Epworth Sponsored Events

Check out our Event list to stay up to date on all of the happenings at Epworth By The Sea.

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Epworth Sponsored Events

  • St. Simons Island Storytelling Festival

    February 18-20, 2022
    Live and IN PERSON!!!

    Relive past times and celebrate the best of humanity in the joy-filled space of story.  You will laugh, you will cry and you will discover how very alive you can feel!  

    Storytellers:  Ed Stivender, Bil Lepp, Carmen Agra Deedy and Josh Goforth
    Emcee:  Andy Offutt Irwin

    Please visit their website for more information:  stsimonsislandstorytellingfestival.com

    Registration is NOW OPEN! 

    Video announcement from Epworth.  We look forward to seeing you soon!

All other events

       
Event Name Month Description Registration Links
Southern Lights: A January Adventure in Progressive Christianity January 14-16, 2022 Speakers: Diana Butler Bass and Kaitlin Curtice
www.southernlightsconference.com		 Event Registration

Commuter Registration

Epworth Housing Registration
(SOLD OUT: Please email Tiffany Flavell to be put on a wait list for housing: tflavell@epworthbythesea.org)
SEJ Cabinet Consultation January 17-20, 2022 Bishops, District Superintendents, Directors of Connectional Ministries and other Cabinet members lead the UM Church into the future!
Theme: "Leading with Grace in Anxious Times"
Guest Speaker: Rev. Elaine A. Heath, Ph.D.
Bishop in Residence: Rev. Dr. Debra Wallace-Padgett		 Housing Registration

Tentative Schedule
St. Simons Island Storytelling Festival February 18-20, 2022 Live and IN PERSON!!!
Relive past times and celebrate the best of humanity in the joy-filled space of story. You will laugh, you will cry and you will discover how very alive you can feel!
Storytellers: Ed Stivender, Bil Lepp, Carmen Agra Deedy and Josh Goforth
Emcee: Andy Offutt Irwin		 Visit their website for more information and registration.

Invitation Video
Confirmation Retreat: Join the Journey March 4-6, 2022 Since 2002, the South Georgia Conference has sponsored an annual Confirmation Retreat at Epworth By The Sea for students in the fifth grade and above. This event provides churches of all sizes an opportunity to connect with others through worship, study, and fellowship. More Information
Registration is currently closed and will open December 2021. 
The cost is TBD.
Just for Me May 12-14, 2022 More Information: https://www.lmfinc.com/ Housing Registration will open October 1, 2021.
Living Life to the Fullest: An Older Adult Retreat May 16-19, 2022 This 3-day retreat will be fun, informational and spiritual.
Guest Speaker: Missy Buchanan
Entertainment: Andy Offutt Irwin
Workshops: Financial Planning, Living Their Legacy, Missy Buchanan, Life Planning and Magnolia Manor
Sponsors: Magnolia Manor, Georgia United Methodist Foundation, United Methodist Connectional Federal Credit Union and Epworth by the Sea		 Housing Registration

Schedule

Invitation Video
Camp Connect:
High School		 June 13-17, 2022 More Information: https://www.campconnectumc.org/
Grades: Entering 9th-12th
Cost: $335
Location: Epworth By The Sea on St. Simons Island		 Registration opens January 2022
Camp Connect:
Middle School
Session 1		 June 20-24, 2022 More Information: https://www.campconnectumc.org/
Grades: Entering 6th-8th
Cost: $335
Location: Epworth By The Sea on St. Simons Island		 Registration opens January 2022
Camp Connect:
Middle School
Session 2		 June 27-July 1, 2022 More Information: https://www.campconnectumc.org/
Grades: Entering 6th-8th
Cost: $335
Location: Epworth By The Sea on St. Simons Island		 Registration opens January 2022
Camp Connect:
Elementary School
Session 1		 July 11-15, 2022 More Information: https://www.campconnectumc.org/
Grades: Entering 4th-5th
Cost: $335
Location: Epworth By The Sea on St. Simons Island		 Registration opens January 2022
Camp Connect:
Elementary School
Session 2		 July 18-22, 2022 More Information: https://www.campconnectumc.org/
Grades: Entering 4th-5th
Cost: $335
Location: Epworth By The Sea on St. Simons Island		 Registration opens January 2022

  • This pandemic is a global crisis which challenges our understanding of how the world works.  It creates an unsettling doubt in our mind and soul.  As we begin to emerge from this crisis we need more than ever to reconnect with our heritage.  We need to revisit our sacred spaces.  
    Over the past 70 years, Epworth has become a sacred space for hundreds of thousands of people who have walked these grounds.  This is a holy place.  For over five decades, this sacred place has molded and shaped me.  I will forever be connected to it in a sacred way.  Now more than ever, it needs me and I need it.  Come experience if for yourself and you will understand what I am saying.

    < Jay Hanson - Senior Pastor, The Chapel Ministries

  • For almost a decade, Living Science has thoroughly enjoyed taking the annual Spring Science Expedition to Epworth by the Sea. The staff calmly welcomes our group of approximately 200 middle schoolers, high schoolers and adults for an entire week. Our campers love the fellowship of cabin life, RAVE over the food, (now that's saying something!) totally enjoy the sports amenities and the large Auditorium for big group activities. We look forward to returning to this truly magnificent setting each Spring. Thank you, Epworth Staff, for your excellent service and Godly responses to all of our needs. We will see you next year, if the Lord wills!

    < Lance and Penney Davis

  • Epworth By The Sea is a special place that I love to visit when needing a place to escape from the stresses of everyday life. When going through the entrance under the arch, a peace and contentment is immediately felt. The beauty of the grounds and prayer chapel, incredible sunsets and rocking on the front porch with friends are my favorite things about this wonderful place.

    < Karen Forrester

  • Epworth By The Sea offers guests a peaceful and spiritual retreat. The atmosphere always leaves you feeling good and is a great place to hold meetings. The worst part about Epworth By The Sea is when you have to leave. But knowing that you will return makes it okay again.

    Keith Pritchard >

  • I first came to Epworth in 1998 to work summer staff on the Leadership Team. Little did I know this "summer job" was leading to a career as a Camp Director. I'm grateful to continue my ministry in one of the most beautiful places in the world where my children – both my real ones and my summer ones – can experience God in a new way every time they come to camp.

    < Suzanne Akins

  • God led me to Epworth by the Sea 45 years ago, and after discovering this sanctuary of God's earthly beauty, I continue to return every spring. After passing through the historic arch, a feeling of spiritual peace, joy, and excitement is immediately experienced. There are numerous ways in which Epworth touches my soul. The beauty of nature, especially the majestic live oaks, is a perfect illustration of God's handiwork. The prayer chapel by the Frederica River is a wonderful quiet place in which to experience personal spirituality. I thank God for this Christian mission by the water's edge.

    < David Wortham, Elizabethtown, Kentucky

  • I have been coming to Epworth for over 60 years as a camper, counselor, chaperone and adult. The feeling of being on Holy Ground is always present with me no matter where I am.

    < Gloria Morgan

  • Epworth by the Sea is one of the most beautiful places I have ever been. More importantly, as soon as I step on the grounds, I feel the Lord’s Presence.

    < Charlie Walker - First Love Ministries of Perry, Georgia

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