More than 500 people visited Springbank last year. Staffed by Roman Catholic nuns, the center specializes in Native American spirituality and the arts. Participants will also travel to Mepkin Abbey in Moncks Corner for the Easter Vigil and conclude the week of spiritual sustenance with an Easter morning brunch. Programming in 2001 has sessions on Native American spirituality as well as a focus on spirituality and the arts, including basketry, healing massage, meditation, Tai Chi, water coloring and weaving. The location offers live oaks, magnolias, a wooded setting and walking trails.
Programming is available throughout the year.
Private spiritual direction also is offered. White Oak Conference Center, a gathering place owned and operated by the South Carolina Baptist Convention, is in Winnsboro, a short drive from Columbia on Interstate 77. A group house and a motel, picnic shelter and pool. Food service is available. Allison Askins covers religion.