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Farm Dinners
Mushroom Workshops
& Much More
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Intro to:
Living Your Life Purpose
Sold Out - Please See Second Session
3 Virtual Intro Sessions
Feb 22, 25, & March 1
Open to the Public
Course Purposes:
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To introduce research of what contributes to fulfilling, healthy and high-quality experience of living.
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To identify typical psychological adjustments experienced as we mature and want to develop life-sustaining habits for ongoing happiness.
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To heighten, beyond financial security, a grounded, authentic sense of quality of life security and thereby retirement readiness.
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To begin tapping into your Inner Purpose and discovering new ways of expressing it in daily service to beloved communities of your choice.
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Prelude to Music Week
Virtual Program
March 2, 9, 16, & 23
Open to the Public
Friction Farm (Christine Stay and Aidan Quinn) invite you to a 4-part series they will lead on song writing.
All levels of writers are welcome, as well as those interested in writing in a lyric form for the first time. You will learn a variety of techniques to tap into your creativity and shape your ideas as we explore the creative process together. These sessions will provide a solid foundation upon which to build when Music Week returns.
Regaining Balance In Rapidly Changing Times
Virtual Program
Weekly Online Sessions April 1 -29
Open to the Public
Feeling…Rattled? In-shock? Unsettled? Confused?
Struggling with maintaining your mental and emotional equilibrium? You are not alone!
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Indeed, we are living in a time of unprecedented change. Some say it’s like being on a “teeter-totter” trying to keep our balance so we do not fall or fail.
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To be sure, it is challenging to maintain our mental and emotional equilibrium.
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It is also a struggle to figure out which strategies and behaviors are the best match with what we know about ourselves and our disposition.
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Constellations East-Coast Intensive
April 1 - 4
Since it’s inception in 2000 the aim of the East Coast Intensive has been to bring Facilitators together, work together and grow our Family Constellation Community: making us stronger people, facilitators, and providers now and into the future.
Join in as a senior facilitator, a new generation facilitator, a Constellation friend or a curious one who wishes to meet Constellations for the first time. Our focus is – as always –
Growing Relations in the Constellation Community.
Easter Work (& Play) Weekend
April 2 - 4, 2021
Open to the Public
Join us on the Mountain to celebrate the return of spring, and start of the 2021 season through our Easter Work & Play Weekend.
Spring is the time of rebirth and renewal. For the Mountain this is just as true, as the leaves return and spring flowers emerge you can feel The Mountain coming alive! Come give it a helping hand. Bring your spirit to The Mountain to embrace the season of rejuvenation! Renew yourself and The Mountain as you help us prep for a season of excitement.
SEUUMA -Spring
April 8 - 11, 2021
SEUUMA (Southeast UU Ministers Association) Spring Retreat.
Ministers and their families from around the Southeast Chapter of the UUMA are invited to return to The Mountain for a weekend of learning, fun, and connection.
We encourage you to plan this as a family getaway, as well as a retreat with colleagues.
SEUUMA will be a covid-safe and family-friendly event at The Mountain as well as online. The Rev. Jake Morrill will present workshops on "Playful Leadership".
Second Intro to:
Living Your Life Purpose
FREE Virtual Sessions
About Life Fulfillment
3 Virtual Intro Sessions
May 1, 8 & 15
Open to the Public
Course Purposes:
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To introduce research of what contributes to fulfilling, healthy and high-quality experience of living.
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To identify typical psychological adjustments experienced as we mature and want to develop life-sustaining habits for ongoing happiness.
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To heighten, beyond financial security, a grounded, authentic sense of quality of life security and thereby retirement readiness.
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To begin tapping into your Inner Purpose and discovering new ways of expressing it in daily service to beloved communities of your choice.
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GSV Spring
May 7 - 9, 2021
Open to the Public
We are committed to creating safe, sacred space that is open to all spiritual paths, wherein men who love men may explore and strengthen spiritual identity.
We are committed to creating a spiritual community with the intent to heal, nurture our gifts and potential, and live with integrity in the world.
We are committed to supporting others in their spiritual growth by sharing experiences and insights.
Please go to the Gay Spirit Visions website for more information:
Earth, Spirit, Healing Arts: 3-Day Immersion
May 22 - 25, 2021
Private Event
With Adolfo Ttito Condori & Amy Nicholson
In this retreat, you will learn the foundations to Andean Energy Medicine cosmology including:
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The cosmic principles and laws that govern the organization of cosmic beings and their connection and communication with human beings.
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Foundational practices for misa work.
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Learn more at:
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Earth, Spirit, Healing Arts: 5-Day Immersion
May 26 - 31, 2021
Private Event
With Adolfo Ttito Condori & Amy Nicholson
This 5-day immersion retreat is for those who already have a misa and who work with clients. Or, for those who are interested in learning how to use a misa to work with clients.
Learn more at:
A Gathering of Performing Artist
June 3 - 6, 2021
Private Event
A Gathering of Performing Artists. This event is by invitation only and not open to the public.
Wedding of MaryCait Russell and Nick Cannon
June 4 - 6, 2021
Private Event
The couple asks that you join them for a full weekend of festivities and togetherness; with their wedding ceremony taking place on Saturday afternoon and celebration into the evening.
Please RSVP as well as booking your lodging at The Mountain thru this webpage
Homecoming Weekend
June 11 - 13, 2021
Open to the Public
Come return home and reunite with your extended Mountain family and community! We're welcoming new and old friends and family alike to come enjoy a taste of Mountain life!
MountainCamp!
June 13 - July 24, 2021
Open to the Public
For 42 years, The Mountain has provided enriching Unitarian Universalist youth summer camp programs filled with recreation, adventure, education and creativity.
Review our Camp Programs:
Christ In The Smokies
June 13 - 17, 2021
Private Event
What we do at Christ in the Smokies
Passage to Manhood
Each summer, Christ in the Smokies hosts our main event for fathers to welcome their sons into manhood. This four-day event is specifically designed to engage men in daily high-adventure activities—such as white-water rafting, hiking, mountain biking and rock climbing—that bring out manly qualities of courage, determination and humility.
LREDA
July 11 - 16, 2021
Private Event
Southeast LREDA Liberal Religious Educators Association
If ever there was an era for religious educators as leaders, we are in it NOW! And with it, after years of absence, comes the return of Leadership School for Religious Educators (LSRE). This year’s RE Week at the The Mountain we’ve brought together a stellar group of religious educators leading this groundbreaking conference.
Attendees will experience new “whole church” content such as:
• Covenant Centered UU faith development
• Systems Thinking (from a religious educator perspective)
• Dimensions of UU Faith Development
Intergenerational Camp
July 25 - 30, 2021
Open to the Public
A Summer Camp experience for all ages! In this program The Mountain welcomes everyone to join in the fun of a MountainCamp experience. Adults and families come together for workshops, crafts, hiking, campfires, music and singing, storytelling, time for relaxation and reflection. Individual adults, parents, children, grandparents… all are welcome!
Summer Camp makes memories that last a lifetime.
Music Week
- Postponed
Open to the Public
Attracting popular professional musicians from SUUSI and national tours, we will help you learn more about music and your abilities to make music.
Focus will be on voice as well as instruments. Bring your dulcimers, flutes, drums, guitars and instruments of your own.
You’ll learn new music and techniques. Enjoy concert and sense of harmony as we enjoy nature, friendship, and each other's talents.
Visual Arts Week
August 19 - 25, 2021
Open to the Public
Painting and Sculpture Workshops
led by internationally recognized artist/instructors
Matt Toole & Melinda Borysevicz
Join fellow visual artists for our first annual gathering to retreat and explore.
Enjoy workshops and time-on-your-own to create in the splendor of the temperate rainforest by waterfalls, grand vistas and deep woods.
GSV Fall
September 22 - 26
Open to the Public
We are committed to creating safe, sacred space that is open to all spiritual paths, wherein men who love men may explore and strengthen spiritual identity.
We are committed to creating a spiritual community with the intent to heal, nurture our gifts and potential, and live with integrity in the world.
We are committed to supporting others in their spiritual growth by sharing experiences and insights.
Please go to the Gay Spirit Visions website for more information:
UU Athens
Mountain Gathering
October 1 - 3, 2021
Private Event
Gather with us at The Mountain for fun, fellowship, and connecting opportunities. Enjoy a variety of workshops, hikes for all ages, worship and sharing food together
while relaxing in the beauty and serenity of Little Scaly Mountain. Come share a memorable weekend with your UUFA family.
Website: www.uuathensga.org
UU WomenSpirit
Fall Institute &
Gathering
October 6 - 10, 2021
Open to the Public
We are an all-women organization that was formed out of Unitarian Universalist traditions with an emphasis on exploring and celebrating the Feminine Divine in her many forms. We offer bi-annual spiritual retreats in the Spring and Fall that run from Wednesday afternoon to Sunday morning. We are run solely by our members who volunteer their time and talents to conceptualize, plan and execute our events. We are based in the Southeastern United States but have members who travel from across the United States to be a part of our unique retreats. Learn more online at:
SUUFI
October 10 - 15, 2021
Open to the Public
Enjoy the Autumn cool and color at 4200’ above sea level. Fantastic (40 mile) vista of mountains and National Forests. Hiking and excursions. Really good food—vegan, vegetarian, and traditional. Renewed relationships and community. No traffic, a break from “e-obsession”, no hassle. Feeling of “soaring”—you're at peace, at “home”!
Multiple opportunities to learn, experience, grow and relax via theme talks, workshops, hikes, social time, alone time, and entertainment for 6 days and 5 nights at 4200’ elevation in Autumn color and coolness in a temperate rainforest at 4200’ elevation.
UUC Asheville
Mountain Gathering
October 15 - 17, 2021
Private Event
The Unitarian Universalist Church of Asheville annual Mountain gathering. Join your congregation here on The Mountain in October!
Living Your Life Purpose
Creating Your Plan for Fulfillment
POSTPONED until LATER
New Dates TBD
6 Virtual Sessions
Open to the Public
Course Purposes:
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To present research of what contributes to fulfilling, healthy and high-quality living.
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To identify typical psychological adjustments experienced as we mature and want to develop life-sustaining habits for ongoing happiness.
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To heighten a grounded, authentic sense of quality of life security and thereby retirement readiness--beyond financial security.
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To define your Inner Purpose and plan new ways of expressing it daily in service to beloved communities of your choice.
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Northwest UU Mountain
Fall Gathering
October 22 - 24, 2021
Private Event
The Northwest Unitarian Universalist Congregation is holding their annual congregational retreat in October.
UUCA Men's
Fellowship
October 22 - 24, 2021
Private Event
UUCA Men's Fellowship gathers each Fall at the Mountain. In addition to the community wide activities, we meet together where we "check in" with each other at the start of the weekend. We hold sessions around a prepared topic or topics, schedule hiking and other activities, enjoy fellowship around a campfire, and join in meditation and/or worship.
UU Church of Spartanburg Mountain Gathering
October 29 - 31, 2021
Private Event
The Unitarian Universalist Church of Spartanburg annual Mountain gathering. Join your congregation here on The Mountain.
Unity Men's Group
October 29 - 31
Private Event
More to come...
Learn More & Register
The Shaman's Path
November 3 - 10, 2021
Private Event
Society has moved from the caves and the mud huts and now Shamanism has opened a new door to help Awaken those who choose to truly be a “vibration” for the Higher Good. The world needs more Shamans. More people dedicated to deepening their experience with Great Spirit, nature and themselves.
To “retreat” in Shamanism is to give yourself the opportunity to become fully immersed in growing your relationship with Great Spirit in order to replenish, renew and remember just how strong of a connection you have with the Divine Nature of the Universe.
SEUUMA - Fall
November 8 - 11, 2021
Private Event
SEUUMA (Southeast UU Ministers Association) Fall Retreat.
This fall, our guest presenter is the Rev. Dr. Frank A. Thomas, author of "How to Preach a Dangerous Sermon" and the "Preaching as Celebration" workbook. In addition, there’s time for relaxing in the fresh air, reconnecting with colleagues, and inspiring worship each day. Please join your colleagues for a worthwhile time together.
Thanksgiving Gathering & Feast
November 22 - 26, 2021
Open to the Public
The Mountain is hosting a traditional Thanksgiving celebration for family and friends, an annual event since 1979! In addition to a festive and delicious feast on Thursday, our long weekend schedule is filled with fun activities, adventure, and community. Enjoy workshops, evening programs, and arts and crafts. Hardy souls may hike Mountain trails, while many gather around fireplaces for storytelling, playing games, and relaxing. This traditional weekend of blessings and thanks will feature a worship service Sunday morning.
Wedding of Katrean Hall and Alex Ackert
Sept 30 - Oct 2, 2022
Private Event
Family and friends of Katrean and Alex gather for a weekend long wedding celebration.