All retreats
The archive.
Every retreat preserved as its own self-contained story.
Spring 2025
Gatlinburg
Gatlinburg
Tennessee
Twenty-one creatives, two months of planning, and a cabin smaller than we expected. The retreat where workshops, Bible studies, and impromptu basketball proved polish doesn't matter when the people pitch in.
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Summer 2024
Black Hills
Black Hills
South Dakota
Sixteen creatives, a beautiful property we'd stumbled into in South Dakota, and the biggest risk we'd taken at that point. The trip that ended in tears because those few days mattered more than any of us could have planned for.
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Founding retreat
Purlear Creek
Purlear Creek
North Carolina
What started as an online accountability group became the first in-person retreat. Ten creatives in one house, no plan, no sponsors, and the moment Creative Minds went from an idea to something real.
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