Creation Care Alliance Symposium

May 1 & 2, 2026 

Registration Deadline: April 27, 2026

Location: Montreat Conference Center – Anderson Auditorium
303 Lookout Rd, Montreat, NC 28757

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Faith, Hope, and Resilience in a Changing World

Creation Care Alliance will gather people of faith from across the Southern Blue Ridge for a conference on creation care, disaster recovery, and building community resilience. 

Day 1 will feature creation care activities and spiritual experiences around beautiful Montreat that will inspire you and your creation care work. 

Day 2 will explore faithful creation care through workshops and feature a panel discussing how the work of disaster response and resilience-building is re-energizing faith communities and elevating their value to their communities.

2026 Symposium Details

Friday, May 1: Creation Care Experiences to Inspire and to Try at Home

  • Interfaith Creation Care Service w/Susannah Tuttle of NC Council of Churches’ Eco-Justice Connection preaching
  • Awe Walk led by Rev. David Carter Florence of Black Mountain Presbyterian Church
  • Nature Hike with Jason Nance, Montreat’s Wilderness Director
  • Reclaim-the-River Ritual led by Sarah Skinner, Montreat Program Director and Associate with the Kaleidoscope Institute 
  • Writing Workshop – Lauren Graeber, Author and writing coach

Saturday, May 2: Workshops and Conversations

Ticketing information:
*Please note that Friday registration does NOT include lunch (lunch will be on your own. You can check out the Huckleberry Cafe at Montreat, visit on of the tasty restaurants in Black Mountain, or bring your lunch from home.)
*Saturday registration DOES include lunch at the Galax Dining Room of Montreat’s Assembly Inn
*You can register for just one day, or both!

About the Creation Care Alliance

With natural disasters increasing in frequency, faith communities are attending more to the natural world and to finding our true place within it. As a union of climate connected congregations, MountainTrue’s Creation Care Alliance is working to strengthen and expand its network of Covenant Partner Congregations, helping them become lifelines of resilience, compassion, and mutual aid in the face of future climate challenges.

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