WOMEN’S RETREAT 2025

Our annual Women’s Retreat is coming closer to home this year! We are delighted to host and welcome Amber Smith as our special speaker. Join us for a relaxing weekend designed to provide opportunities for inspiration, reflection, and fellowship.

Registration closes on Thursday, August 28, at midnight.

Location and Accomodations

The Country Place is located near Moscow, Tennessee. TCP is a nonprofit organization dedicated to unforgettable experiences. Founded in 1972 by John and Jo Walt as a Young Life camp, it evolved into TCP Ministries. Our mission is to uphold a legacy of faith, glory to God, and deliver high-quality event productions with a focus on serving both Him and you.

Cost

Cost is determined by two factors:

  • Are you staying overnight at TCP or at home?

  • How many people will stay in your room or cottage?

Full weekend

With Lodging and all meals

Inn (limited availability)

  • Single: $355

  • Double: $235

Cottage:

  • 3+ people: $185 (Bring twin linens and towels. Beds are bottom bunks only.)

No lodging

  • With all meals: $130
    (Friday, Saturday breakfast, lunch, dinner, and Sunday breakfast)

  • Saturday only: $75
    (includes lunch)

    • add Friday reception: $15

    • add Saturday breakfast: $15

    • add Saturday dinner: $15

$100 non-refundable deposit due at registration.
Scholarships available. Contact Christy for more information.

Additional Costs:

  • T-Shirt: $15 (pre-order on registration form)

Schedule

We encourage you to participate in every activity but also encourage you to take any break you need. All activities are optional. We pray every moment of this retreat will draw you closer to Christ and closer to one another. Schedule is tentative.

Friday

4:00 pm-6:00 p.m. | Check-in and Reception

7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. | Session 1

Saturday 

8:00 a.m. | Breakfast

9:00 a.m. | Session 2

10:00 a.m. | Quiet Time (with complimentary Mane Celebrations Coffee Trailer)

11:00 a.m. | Session 2

Lunch

1:00 p.m. | Free Time

  •  Walking trail

  •  Pickleball

  •  Game room

  •  Pool

  •  Canoes/SUP

  • Crafts

  • Off-Site personal adventures

5:00 p.m. | Dinner

6:30 p.m. | Session 4

7:30 p.m. | S'mores and Bonfire 

8:30 p.m. | Games

Sunday

8:00 a.m. | Breakfast

9:30 a.m. | Programming ends

11:00 a.m. | Checkout

Speakers

Our Friday and Saturday morning speaker is Amber Emily Smith. Amber and her husband, Granger, have been married since 2010 and live on a little farm with lots of animals in central Texas with their children, London, Lincoln, and Maverick. Their lives were forever changed when their youngest son, River, went to be with Jesus in June of 2019. Amber started Arise with Amber to share their journey through grief and how Jesus saved their lives. Her passion since their loss has been to bring good from their pain, to find meaning and purpose instead of reasons, and to share the hope we have in Jesus to a lost, hurting, and broken world.

Our Women’s Director, Christy Bicknell, will share Saturday evening. Christy joined the staff of First Evan in January 2023 after working in corporate marketing. Christy has a passion to see lives transformed through discipleship, friendships across the street and around the world, and the personal study of Scripture. Through personal experience, she understands the fight for joy within the suffering of both the unexpected and the everyday, and the need for a strong community that challenges and encourages us to be steadfast in our faith. Christy is a Rhodes College and Dallas Theological Seminary graduate. She and her husband, Curt, have been married since 2015 and have one daughter.