NOTE: Applications for Academy #43 are no longer being accepted. The next Two-Year Academy, Academy #44 begins October 2026 and is currently accepting applications.  We also invite you to sign...

Theme: ‘Practising Peace: How can we live as peace-makers in a disordered world?’ Speakers: Rev. Barbara Glasson and Rev. Steve Radley. Weaving activities provided by Ruth Sprague. Please note, for this event there...

Theme: Come to the Water Faculty: Amy Oden and Shalom Agtarap Contact: Michele Clark [email protected] Sponsors: Upper New York Annual Conference of the UMC and The Upper Room...

Theme: Blessed is the Ordinary Faculty: Mary C. Earle, Jerry Webber Contact: Roy Smith, retreat leader, ([email protected]) Sponsors: UMC Conference of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi and The Upper Room...

"Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." — Howard Thurman...

Theme: Deepening Spiritual Community: For Such a Time as This Faculty: Elaine Heath and Jerry Haas Retreat Leader: Jerry Oakland Contact: [email protected] Sponsors: Iowa Annual Conference of the UMC...

Faculty: Dr. Stephanie Ford and Rabbi Or Rose. Contact: Claire Cox-Woodlief ([email protected]) Sponsors: North Carolina Annual Conferences of the UMC and The Upper Room...

The 44th Two-Year Academy for Spiritual Formation  Camp McDowell • Nauvoo, Alabama  October 2026 – August 2028  Discover the Two-Year Academy: A Journey of Deep Spiritual Formation Join the...

The Puerto Rico Five-Day Academy for Spiritual Formation is offered entirely in Spanish and is sponsored by the Seminario Evangélico de Puerto Rico. Participants from Puerto Rico and beyond are welcome...

Save the Date Theme: TBD Faculty: TBD Team Leader: Estee Valendy ([email protected]) Sponsoring Org: Horizon TX Conference of the UMC...