Women’s Retreat

at Camp Gravatt Conference Center

Friday - Sunday
October 25 - 27, 2024
Aiken, SC

Prayer time. Downtime. Soul time. Friend time.

Join us as we gather for spiritual reflection, community, and natural beauty in a weekend retreat at Camp Gravatt.

With you, O Lord, is the well of life: And in your light we see light. — Psalm 36

a sanctuary in the woods

Located in Aiken, South Carolina, Gravatt is a year-round Episcopal retreat center and summer youth camp. Gravatt is a place where community is built, hospitality is experienced, and God is felt.

Gravatt is a rustic and beloved part of our diocese, a favorite of our youth (and youth who have become our adults), and steeped in great love and memories. It is about an hour drive away from Columbia, nestled in the pine forest around a small beautiful lake. In our retreat weekend, we’ll get to take in all the beauty and serenity it has to offer in nature and gathered around cozy fireplaces.

Accomodations and Cost

Single Room - cottage

  • All inclusive price - lodging, meals, program expenses for three days and two nights.

  • Every room in at the conference center is fully climate-controlled and sound-proofed to ensure privacy. Each room shares an en suite bathroom with the adjoining room. While these rooms contain two beds, they are single rooms for one person. Towels and linens are provided.

Double Room - Cole Lodge

  • All inclusive price - lodging, meals, program expenses for three days and two nights.

  • Every room in at the conference center is fully climate-controlled and sound-proofed to ensure privacy. Each room has two full sized beds and has its own bathroom. You will list your roommate at registration. Towels and linens are provided.

Weekend Schedule

  • 3 PM - Early check-in begins

    5 PM - Reception

    6 PM - Dinner

    7 PM - Welcome

  • 7:15 AM - Yoga

    8:30 AM - Breakfast

    9:30 AM - Program

    12:30 - Lunch

    1:30 PM - Free Time

    4 PM - Program

    6 PM - Dinner

    8 PM - Campfire

  • 8:30 AM - Continental Breakfast

    10 AM - Eucharist

    11 AM - Brunch

Retreat Leaders

  • Elizabeth McKay Moosbrugger was born and raised in Columbia.  She graduated from University of the South, and has a Master’s Degree in Organizational Development from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.  She is also a Certified Personal and Professional Coach.  She facilitates spiritual retreats that focus on bringing stories from the Bible to life and using them as a prism to view our own lives.

     

    For fun, Elizabeth loves to garden, cook delicious food, and run with her dog Betty.  Along with her Betty, she lives with her husband, John.  She has lead Bible studies and spiritual retreats off and on for 15 years. 

  • Caitlyn joined the St. Martin’s staff in 2019. She grew up on the High Plains of Colorado but came East to attend the College of William and Mary where she earned a B.A. in religious studies, focusing on Hebrew scriptures and Christian ethics. Caitlyn was formed for priesthood at Yale Divinity School where she met Scott, her theater-maker husband. A lifelong Episcopalian, Caitlyn is proud to have served in the Episcopal Service Corps and on the United Thank Offering board. Previous side hustles have included rock climbing teacher, craft beer marketer, youth minister, and dog trainer.

    If you are looking for Caitlyn on a Sunday afternoon, you’ll find her romping around with her Wheaten Terriers, Bentley & Hopps, or “supervising” her husband’s dinner preparations. 

O God, with you is the well of life, and in your light we see light: Quench our thirst with living water, and flood our minds with heavenly light

Book of Common Prayer

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Registration is now open and closes October 10th. You can register here.

  • Your bible, your Book of Common Prayer, a journal, and an open heart. Plus anything you'd pack for a weekend overnight. If you don't have a Bible or a BCP (or if yours are worn out and it's time for replacements), the registration form has a place where you can purchase them for pick up when you arrive.

  • Clothes, preferably. Dress code is very casual - think jeans, t-shirts, shoes you can walk in. We'll send around packing lists to registrants before the weekend.

  • This retreat is designed for adults only (but nursing infants are fine). There is not childcare or children's programming. This is meant to be a time of relaxation and spiritual self-care.

    Gravatt also includes walking on some mildly uneven terrain and is not universally handicapped accessible.

  • St. Martin's is fully open, affirming, and accepting. Our retreat and our church welcome all women, including cis and trans women, and nonbinary persons. All are welcome, and if you have questions or worries don't hesitate to call Caitlyn.