Events

The Mountain’s Grateful Gathering

Join us for a long weekend of acknowledging and celebrating the gratitude in our lives.  Even through challenging times, there is much to be grateful for, be it friendships, family, community, opportunities for learning, The Mountain, and many other things in our lives. The program includes workshops, entertainment, hiking, building connections with old and new...

The Heart Sutra, A Special Mountain Meditation Retreat

Retreatants will have the opportunity to contemplate and meditate on this wisdom emanating from the heart of Buddha. We will mix our mind with the precious words of Buddha guided by the sublime commentary by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche in his extraordinary book The New Heart of Wisdom. This retreat will bring the Heart...

Fall Senior High CON

Fall Senior High CON Youth Conventions or “CONs” are weekend long events planned by youth with adult support for youth from third grade to high school. At heart, a youth con is an experience in building covenantal community and empowering youth leadership. Supported by the larger work of The Mountain, each con has a different...

Spring PAL Planning Weekend

Spring PAL Planning Weekend ​Youth “CONs” are weekend-long events planned by youth with adult support for youth from third grade through high school. At heart, a youth CON is an experience in building a covenantal community and empowering youth leadership. ​Each con has a different theme and focus, but they all incorporate community building, fun,...

2025 Winter GSV Retreat

Please join me for Gay Spirit Visions’ Winter Meditation gathering, January 17-19, 2025, at The Mountain Retreat and Learning Center. During our time together, we will consider, meditate on, and share two things – the metaphorical seasons of our lives and the literal seasons of earth – and how they both are changing. Visit our...

Spring Elementary CON

Spring Elementary CON Youth Conventions or “CONs” are weekend long events planned by youth with adult support for youth from third grade to high school. At heart, a youth con is an experience in building covenantal community and empowering youth leadership. Supported by the larger work of The Mountain, each con has a different theme...

UU Columbia Work Weekend

Members of the UU Columbia church gather at The Mountain to help us open back up for the spring. All skill sets welcome. Build community while making a difference!

Spring Intermediate CON

Spring Intermediate CON Youth Conventions or “CONs” are weekend long events planned by youth with adult support for youth from third grade to high school. At heart, a youth con is an experience in building covenantal community and empowering youth leadership. Supported by the larger work of The Mountain, each con has a different theme...

Metro Atlanta’s Quilter Guild

Our guild started in 2010 as the Atanta Modern Quilt Guild to offer a place for the more non-traditional and modern quilters to connect and create, and our meetings reflect this casual energy. We rebranded as the Metro Atlanta Contemporary Quilters (MACQ) in 2022. This is the annual retreat for the MACQ at The Mountain!...

Spring Senior High CON

Spring Senior High CON Youth Conventions or “CONs” are weekend long events planned by youth with adult support for youth from third grade to high school. At heart, a youth con is an experience in building covenantal community and empowering youth leadership. Supported by the larger work of The Mountain, each con has a different...