Women's Group Retreats at Camp Geneva
Give the women of your church a weekend to step away, worship, and rest on the shore of Lake Michigan. You bring the teaching and the people, and we'll take care of the lodging, the meals, and meeting space.
✓Hotel or cabin style lodging
✓Free recreation open to your group all weekend
✓Groups from a dozen women up to 500
Check Your Dates
Tell us a little about your group and we'll follow up with availability.
Why Choose Geneva for a Women's Church Retreat?
Women's groups from churches across the Midwest come to Geneva, a Christian Retreat Center on Lake Michigan, because we handle the everything behind the scenes. As a Christian retreat center right on Lake Michigan, we take the planning weight off your leaders so the weekend can be about worship, teaching, and rest instead of logistics.
We'll provide the lodging, meeting space, and meals giving you the freedom to plan and lead your group's time onsite. This way, you can ensure each time of worship, teaching, and fellowship meets your group where they're at.
You're right on the water, five miles north of Holland and under three hours from both Chicago and Detroit. The setting does a lot of the work of helping your group slow down.
Bring a dozen women or fill our campus with 500. We have lodging and meeting space to accommodate your group's size.
Beach, woods, campfires, and open sky give your women room to rest, talk, and reconnect away from the pace of a normal week.
With a variety of lodging options to choose from, pick what works best for your group and enjoy the benefits of extended time together.
Everything Your Weekend Includes
Lodging, meals, a meeting space, and full run of our recreation are all part of the package.
Where Your Group Stays
We have two campuses, and each has its own feel. Shores sits right on 1,200 feet of Lake Michigan beach, while Pines is set back in 35 wooded acres around Big Pine Lake. Plenty of women's groups book the hotel-style Retreat Center rooms or Mission Point when comfort is a priority, though the cabins stay popular with groups who want everyone together in one place.
Shores Cabins
Up to 24 per cabin. A shared lobby connects two separate sleeping areas - each with its own bathrooms and showers. Carpeted, heated, and close to Lake Michigan.
Pines Cabins
Up to 10 per cabin. An open floor plan gives room for both gathering and sleeping, with its own restrooms and showers. Carpeted, heated, and nestled in the woods.
Mission Point
Space for up to 36 across three separate sleeping areas, each with their own restrooms and showers. Comfortable lounge areas and a second-story deck with Adirondack chairs overlooking Lake Michigan.
Retreat Center Rooms
Hotel-style, with a full bath and a private balcony or patio. Bedding and towels included, elevator access, a fireside lobby, and meeting space under the same roof.
The Cottage
A one-bath cottage with a partial kitchen and comfortable living area with a murphy bed. A favorite spot to up a retreat speaker.
Space to Gather
Full-group worship & teaching
The Woods at Pines seats 525 with sound, mounted projector and screens, and a fireplace lobby. The Chapel at Shores seats 300 and opens onto a walk-out deck over Lake Michigan. The Celebration Center seats 250 and the Dunes Room seats 200, both with projectors and sound.
Breakouts & small groups
The Harbor Room seats 100 and splits in two with a divider. Creation Corner seats 75, the East Wing seats 25 with soft seating, and the Anchor and Coast Rooms hold 10 and 5 around a fireplace with whiteboards, a good fit for small-group discussion.
Food Service
Nobody in your group has to plan a meal or wash a dish all weekend. Our dining team cooks breakfast, lunch, and dinner in house, served buffet-style from a chef's choice menu, with coffee going around the clock in the Geneva Center lobby.
If anyone in your group eats dairy free, gluten free, or vegetarian, let us know at least a week out and the kitchen will have options ready for them, at no added cost.
Activities on Our Grounds
Some of the best parts of a retreat happen in the open hours between sessions, whether that's a walk on the beach, a game with friends, or a seat by the fire at sunset. All of it comes free with your stay.
Indoors
Basketball, volleyball, and pickleball courts in the gym, plus a game room and changing rooms with showers.
Game room
Ping pong, foosball, and air hockey, a good spot for a slower version of free time.
At Shores
A quarter mile of Lake Michigan beach front, sand volleyball, gaga ball, 9-square, soccer, basketball, frisbee golf, walking paths, and campfire pits.
At Pines
Big Pine Lake, beach volleyball, soccer, wiffle ball, kickball, basketball, frisbee golf, trails, and campfire pits.
Want to Get Off Campus for an Afternoon?
Nearby Off-Campus Spots
Riley Trails and Tunnel Park are both under five minutes out. Holland State Park and the Big Red lighthouse are about ten, and downtown Holland's shops and restaurants are fifteen
Planning Is Simple
1
Tell us how many women you expect and when you'd like to come.
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We'll confirm what's available and build out a plan covering lodging, meals, and meeting space.
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You arrive and lead your weekend while our team runs everything behind the scenes.
Ask early
We book on a rolling 12-month calendar, and return groups generally get the first crack at the same weekend the following year. If you have dates in mind, it's worth getting in touch soon.
Let's Find Dates for Your Women's Retreat
Send us a few details about your group and we'll help you lock in a weekend that works