Beersheba Springs Assembly

Worth knowing

• Historic mountaintop hotel-style campus with several lodging buildings: a 24-room lodge, eight-room Smith Row, a dormitory for 23, and shared-bath vintage rooms.
• Groups served include church retreats, family events, staff retreats, business conferences and clergy retreats, with events of up to 250 people mentioned.
• A cafeteria dining room for up to 200 (one page says 180), a 150-seat chapel and a 350-person event building.
• Booking is a request form (event name, dates, group size, meal preference) rather than an online checkout.

What the operator states

Sleeps

Only Gill Dormitory has a stated sleeping count: 23 across two sides (4 bedrooms per side, bunk and single beds, one common bathroom per side). Other buildings list rooms but not beds: Turner Family Lodge 24 rooms (private baths), Eastside 12 main-level rooms (10 more rooms downstairs may or may not be counted), Smith Row 8, Lower Hotel 6, Brick Row 3, Lower Neal 4, plus vintage rooms with a shared bath and no linens. The About page lists large conference or church events of up to 250 people. The true campus total is higher than 23 but is not published on the pages we read.

Largest single building

Sleeps 23

Sleeping setup

Beds and bunks

Kitchen

Gill Dormitory has a central great room and kitchen; Turner Family Lodge great rooms have kitchen facilities; Lower Neal has kitchenettes.

Meals and dining

Cafeteria-style dining room serves up to 200 guests per meal (the accommodations page says 180). Gluten-free, diabetic, vegetarian and vegan diets with advance notice. Groups choose on the request form whether the site or the group provides meals; Gill Dormitory is cheaper if the group cooks.

Meeting space

Samuel Boyd Smith Building up to 350 for large events or worship; Chapel up to 150; Bostick and Banks conference rooms; Vesper Point outdoor chapel; campfire pits and pavilion. The hotel lobby is common space and cannot be reserved.

Outdoors

Prayer labyrinth, campfire pits, pavilion and outdoor chapel on the historic Beersheba Springs grounds.

Accessibility

Eastside has six accessible rooms; the chapel is accessible.

Group rules

Brick Row rooms are reserved for group leadership or clergy on personal retreat. Ask for its Retreat Terms and Conditions.

Ask before you book

Built from what the operator's page left open when we checked.

1. Is your stated capacity the permitted occupancy, or a count of every bed and sofa?
2. Can a church bus or coach reach the building, and how many cars fit?
3. Are pets allowed?
4. Is alcohol allowed on the property?
5. What is the minimum stay?
6. What is the full price, with cleaning fees and taxes?

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Also read what "sleeps 30" really means and the full question list.

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