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Senior Adult Retreat 2024
May 5 - May 8
“Being Salt and Light”
Register Here for CBFGA Senior Adult Retreat!
Date: Sunday Evening, May 5 -Wednesday Lunch, May 8, 2024
Place: First Baptist Church, St. Simons Island
Retreat Cost: $50/Person (includes two lunches and two fellowships)
Lodging Suggestions:
We have been able to reserve blocks of rooms this year! The room blocks will be held until April 6, at which time any unused rooms will be released back into circulation.
*Thirty rooms are available at Saint Simons Inn by the Lighthouse, 888-367-7270, at a cost of $169/night plus taxes and fees.
*Twenty rooms are available at the Ocean Inn and Suites, 912-634-2122, at a cost of $149/night plus taxes and fees.
Other suggested hotels and accommodations, along with Airbnb and VRBO, include:
Best Western Plus SSI (912-638-7805)
Hampton Inn SSI (912-634-2204)
Holiday Inn Express (912-634-2175)
Home2Suites (912-638-0333)
There may also be some availability at Epworth-by-the-Sea (912)290-6777.
Program Personalities
Melissa Willis, Minister to Senior Adults & Missions at First Baptist Augusta, will be our retreat preacher. Philip Hedgecoth, also from First Baptist Augusta, will lead music. Special guests will be Missy Ward-Angalla and Francis Angalla, CBF Field Personnel in Uganda.
Tentative Retreat Schedule
Sunday, May 5:
7:00 – 8:30 p.m. – Evening Check-in, First Baptist Church, Saint Simons
Monday, May 6:
9:00 a.m. – Morning Celebration in Sanctuary
9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. – Breakout Session #1
10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. – Breakout Session #2
11:45 a.m. – Lunch and Learn
12:45 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. – Free Time and dinner on your own
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. – Worship
8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. – Cake Fellowship and sing-a-long with the Ukelele Ensemble from First Baptist, Griffin
Tuesday, May 7:
9:00 a.m. – Morning Celebration in Sanctuary
9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. – Breakout Session #3
10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. – Breakout Session #4
11:45 a.m. – Lunch
12:45 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. – Free Time and dinner on your own
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. – Worship
8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. – Ice Cream Fellowship and music
Wednesday, May 8:
9:30 a.m. – Fellowship and coffee in Fellowship Hall
10:00 a.m. – Closing Worship and Communion. Sanctuary
11:00 a.m. – Depart for home
If you need information please email Melissa Kremer at mkremer@cbfga.org or call/text (704)491-9814.