For as many years as we can remember, the fee to attend the fall and spring retreats has been $80 per person/Bonclarken housing and $60 per person/private housing.

When these fees first went into effect, they covered Bonclarken housing, meals, and conference fees and contributed toward the cost of running the retreat. Bonclarken has worked hard to keep their housing and meals increases as low as they can, but their food and facilities costs have increased in the intervening decade or more since we first set those fees. Although the participant cost for Bonclarken has exceeded what we were charging for several years, we have not raised the fees for churches as the Presbyteries have provided funding to cover the difference.

We have now reached the point where this is no longer financially feasible and we will need to increase the per person fee to offset this difference. The fee to attend the Presbytery retreats will be increasing to $96 per person/Bonclarken housing and $65 per person/private housing for 2025.

If your church covers all or part of your youth fees for the Presbytery weekends, 2026 rates will be available upon request following the Bonclarken Board of Trustees meeting next weekend when 2026 rates are set. Please contact the Bonclarken office if you need these rates for budgeting purposes.