Yes! The best time to attend would be Saturday after the retreat wraps. We have a lot of fun planned for you over the weekend. Closer to the event retreat attendees will get a discount code to save on Nordic spa access. 

The event will be catered by Alyeska’s world class chefs. Dinner will be served Thursday evening. Breakfast, Snacks, and an earlier Dinner will be served on Friday. Breakfast on Saturday. To make sure we’re accommodating for allergies, meals will be buffet style and labeled. We’re thinking taco bar, burger bar, and breakfast buffet. We will also have snacks available in Floor Host Rooms so you can snack away between meals or late night chats.

The cost for the event is $300 per person. That covers all your meals, snacks, welcome bags, conference fees, etc. The cost for the hotel room for 2 nights is divided between the number of people staying in each room. At $200 per room per night.

Single: if you’re rooming alone, your room cost is $400 plus the $300 event fees.

Double: if you’re sharing with one other woman, your room cost is $200 plus the $300 event fees.

Quad: if you’re sharing with three other ladies, your room cost is $100 plus the $300 event fees. 

Our desire is that people will stay on site & be part of building community. So much of the connection and value that comes from a women’s retreat is done outside of the meeting times in the late nights of chatting or playing games. Additionally, the highway can be quite treacherous this time of year and we don’t prefer anyone to attempt to trek it daily.

Similar to attending for just the day, we don’t have a cost breakdown for not staying at the resort. Our desire is that people will stay on site & be part of building community. So much of the connection and value that comes from a women’s retreat is done outside of the meeting times in the late nights of chatting , playing games, and hanging out. And since the lodging cost at Alyeska can be split 4 ways, your lodging cost is the smallest portion of the event fees. 

YES! Alyeska will honor our discounted event nightly rate for additional nights stayed, you will have to notify us by September 28th so that we can let the resort know when we send over final numbers. You will pay the cost for additional nights directly to the resort.

Yes. On one hand we want you to get the most out of your weekend. We know to do that it needs to be as distraction free as possible, not only for you but for all the women in attendance. On the other hand we don’t want to create a barrier from any women being able to attend.  We ask that little ones over the age of 1 not be brought to the retreat. We plan to have a mother/baby area set up in the back of the conference room for nursing and wiggly babies. That being said, we ask that you remain aware of distractions and disruptions caused by your little one and be courteous to step out as needed. In terms of room assignments, you will need to find your own roommate or room alone.

Women 16 and older are welcome to attend. Anyone under the age of 18 will need their parent or guardian in attendance with them as well as room with them. 

We have 3 hours blocked out on Friday for Breakout Sessions. You can attend one, all three, or none and take some free time to yourself. We haven’t confirmed all breakout sessions and leaders yet, but we have a variety of options in the works for you. Some breakout sessions might include: How to Study Your Bible, Beaded Jewelry Making, Homeopathy, What is Spiritual Warfare, Couponing, Mental Health & The Bible, Book Club, Hiking, Game Time, & more! *have a fun hobby or passion you’d like to teach others or get together and do at the retreat? Reach out to women@mountaincity.chuch and let us know!

Most of the free time we have allotted will be during the breakout sessions or evenings after we wrap. You can attend as many breakout sessions as you’d like. So if you find yourself wanting some more alone time, or a nap, feel free to skip a breakout session or two. 

We have a lot of room for help on the retreat serve teams. You’ll see a dropdown area to select a serve team to join. This is optional, but we know the more help we have, the more successful we’ll be. Here are some of the serve teams with descriptions.

Prayer Team: Prayer team serves 2 functions: Prayer team members can sign up to pray over the retreat leading up to the event and/or sign up to pray with women at the retreat after sessions and during our prayer time.

Admin Team: Admin Team will help assist with various needs leading up to the event, may be asked to oversea teams, assist other team leads, be a communicator between the leadership team-church-Alyeska-etc. If you’re a “doer” and like to work on projects or smaller tasks, this team is for you.

Door Prize Team: Door Prize team members will help solicit, collect, & assemble door prizes for the retreat. Everyone loves free stuff, especially when it’s really cool free stuff. We have a game plan, but need people to help execute it.

Tech/AV Team: Do you know anything about Tech & AV? Or an interest to learn? We’d love to have you on our team to help make sure sound, slides, instruments, etc are all flowing smoothly during the event. Training can be provided if needed.

Worship Team: Basically, we’re going to give your info to Sierra who will likely be leading us in worship at the event because none of the rest of us know anything about this area other than, we like music and want to worship God in big ways at the retreat. If you’ve got pipes or instrument skills, put your name down.

Speaker Host: The Speaker Host Team will work with speakers & emcees leading up to the event to make sure they have everything they need. Certain mic style preference, slides, stage set up, discussion questions and or handouts/worksheets printed, etc. As we’ll as help during the event to ensure they have water, know the schedule, have questions answered, etc.

Floor Host: If you like snacks and people, this is for you! We’re looking for a few “Floor Hosts” for each floor of the hotel that we have ladies on. Your room will be the stop off point for ladies to get snacks, bottled water, tea, any pamper items they may have forgotten, etc. Be willing to chat with, pray over, and hang out with ladies that stop by.

Marketing/Design: Work with the team & church staff to design name tags, info booklets, help with design of backdrops, bookmarks, fliers, handouts, signage, etc. Work with the team & church staff for ways to promote the event, help with communication to attendees leading up to event, etc.

Activities Team: Activities Team will help oversea & facilitate activities during our breakout times. Help select activity break outs, find leaders/teachers for breakouts, ensure space & resources are available for breakouts, consider leading an activity yourself.

Welcome/Hospitality: Help make sure everyone walking into the retreat feels seen, welcomed, and greeted. Duties might include greeting, issuing welcome bags and name tags, leading ice breakers, assisting floor/room hosts with needs, etc.

Table Leaders: Table Leaders will be present during the whole retreat and ensure that no woman at your table is overlooked. Ensure conversation is flowing, asking discussion questions to the group, pray with table ladies, help facilitate connections, ensure your table is not disruptive, etc. Don’t worry, we’ll have a Table Leaders Training as we get closer to the event.

Merch/Welcome Bags: The Merch and Welcome Bags team will help collect, assemble, and distribute the pre-sale merch items and welcome bags for retreat attendees. You’ll work with the hospitality team and possibly other duties as they come.

Decorations: Decorations team will need to be present at Alyeska early to help set up the decorations, photo backdrops, etc before the retreat attendees arrive. Time will be determined, but roughly by 3-4pm on Thursday.