Mission Statement of Laurel Ridge: Laurel Ridge is a mountain place set apart for forming disciples of Jesus Christ who learn and live in community to serve in the world.

For every season, Laurel Ridge offers a variety of facilities for year-round programming and events. Individuals, families, and groups of any size can choose the facility that best meets their needs, whether it’s overnight, a weekend, or during the week.

• Year-round lodges amenities:

Higgins Lodge, a year-round conference and retreat facility, sits on a ridge overlooking the Yadkin River Valley. Higgins offers 48 sleeping rooms, a full service dining room and 5 meeting rooms to serve your conference and retreat requirements.

The Tise Building is a heated, log retreat facility containing 8 bedrooms, each with two sets of built-in bunk beds. It has a great room, a meeting room, fully-equipped kitchen and dining room, public baths and a loft. Tise has a maximum capacity of 32.

The Gemeinhouse is a furnished cabin with sitting area, fireplace, kitchen and bathroom. The Gemeinhouse welcomes any individual who seeks spiritual retreat. The quiet beauty of the natural setting creates an atmosphere in which, unencumbered by distractions, a guest may seek spiritual growth through prayer, study, meditation, reflection, relaxation and healing rest.

The Friends’ Cottage is designed to nurture the family spirit by providing a place away from daily distractions for couples and families to spend time together. Whether you hike Laurel Ridge’s trails, drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway, or simply sit on the porch to enjoy the beautiful and secluded view of the valley below, the Friends’ Cottage is a wonderful place to reconnect and relax with your loved ones.

• Our summer camp facilities (open April-October) Our NC Summer Camp offers 4 separate lodge units. Each rustic unit consists of a central lodge building (containing a kitchen, public bathrooms, a meeting room with fireplace), and 4 cabins with 11 beds each.
  
  
  
  

• Kohnjoy Inn: capacity of 32
• Thornburg Hall:can sleep over 60 adults
  
• Bacot:eight-bedroom house
  
• Lakeside Village: village of six cottages
  
• Carla and H&H Cottages: for small groups
  
  

Housing for youth:

• Whisnant Youth Village
  
• Lakeside Village
  
• Carla and H&H Cottages
  
• Beam
  
• Pioneer Cabins
  

Dining:

Lineberger Hall is the dining room serving up to 250 people in the conference and retreat season.
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• Faith Center: serves up to 552
• Efird Lounge: up to 100 in theatre-style seating or 50 in classroom seating
• Efird Assembly:can accommodate 100
  
• Mission Hall:can accommodate up to 125 people
  
• Lakeside Lodge
  
• Whisnant Chapel: offers a woodsy setting for a worship service for as many as 200 people
  
• Thornburg Hall: 2 meeting rooms accomodating 40 in theater seating and 25 in classroom seating.
  
• Kohnjoy Lounge: for 10-15 people.
• Kohnjoy Conference: 35 in theater seating and 20 in classroom seating.
  
• Lineberger Hall:up to 250 people
  
• Bischoff Lodge: two large meeting rooms, a breakout room,
  

God's transformation happens here. Lake Logan lies in a pristine valley near the Blue Ridge Parkway, where visitors soak up the serenity of God’s glorious gifts in a 300-acre sanctuary. Lake Logan Episcopal Center lends itself well to spiritual retreats, business conferences, seminars, and family reunions. All religious and nondenominational groups are welcome to this special place, where the power of nature’s bounty nourishes, restores, and rejuvenates.

Lodging

We offer a variety of cabins and cottages. Architecture and furnishings are in keeping with the natural setting. All accommodations have coffee service, clocks, and telephones. Many have microwaves and refrigerators, and some have full kitchens.

Our spiritual path at the Sanctuary is very simple. It is the path of the heart, in whatever form that may take at any given moment.

When we step beyond the mind and belief and into the heart we experience the true nature of Divine Presence as Love.

We honor the human need to believe and to reach out (or inward) to Divine Presence through various forms & practices. But we know that when the Essence is reached, regardless of the method or path, it will be known as Love.

The purpose of Mountain Light Sanctuary is to provide you with a place to rediscover and reconnect with your essential nature, with your original innocence, with Divine Presence, and with Love.

The Sanctuary is available for personal retreats with guests normally being lodged at our one room Hermitage. It is the perfect place to get away from it all. There is a spacious porch overlooking our cascading mountain stream that offers you a quiet place to read, write, paint or meditate. Or it can be your base camp for exploring endless miles of national forest trails into the mountains. We require a minimum stay of two nights.

Group Retreats

The Sanctuary is available for small group retreats and it is especially ideal for groups focusing on Earth oriented themes or simply those who like to be close to nature while learning. We can manage a group of up to 12 for a long weekend with accommodations ranging from indoor guest rooms to outdoor shelters. The rate is $100 per person for up to three nights without food. Normally groups bring their own food and prepare in the lodge kitchen. Also, groups are asked to bring their own sleeping gear.

The Blowing Rock Conference Center is a Christian Retreat and Conference Center and is open year around. The BRCC is an ideal place for conferences, retreats, meetings, weddings, personal renewal and family get-aways or reunions.

The Center at Rose Creek is ideal for retreats for groups from all walks of life. Just 8 miles from downtown Franklin, NC gives us the convenience of access to all types of local outdoor recreation activities and shopping. Past retreats have come to the Center from Church groups, nature groups, clinical and therapeutic groups as well as couple relationship workshops. With a separate Chapel, away from our conference center, there is a quiet space for prayer and services, contemplation and meditation.