• Friday night is more of an after-dinner event, but will include drinks (including alcoholic options) and munchies.

• Coffee, tea, and water will be available all day Saturday, along with all the coffee/tea fixings including non-dairy creamer.

• Saturday morning we’ll also provide some pastries—if you want a heavier breakfast, there are some fantastic restaurants within a mile or two.

• Saturday lunch will be on-your-own meetups at local restaurants—including some excellent “second breakfast” options!

• Saturday dinner is provided as part of the pub night affair; there are options to bring a dish in exchange for a discounted ticket.

For more specific questions about food allergies, see below.

We take hospitality very seriously, including doing our best to make sure everyone gets to feast!

We typically mark food that has gluten, dairy, and nuts so it’s easy to avoid, and provide options for those diets as well as vegetarian options. The signup form includes a place to let us know your more specific needs—we’ll do our best to accommodate them.

For the times when we’re eating out, local restaurants (and for that matter grocery stores) are exceptionally good with all your typical special diets, and we’re happy to make recommendations based on your specific situation.

Fear not my friends, we have a plan. We’ll communicate more details soon, but there’ll be several manageable options, including:

• Make-ahead dishes you can bring and we’ll warm up in the ovens.

• Option to join a Saturday afternoon group for some communal cooking.

• And maybe another clever trick or two.

The weekend as a whole will be most suitable for adults and teenagers ages 14 and up. There may be a limited number of children’s tickets (we generally recommend ages 10 and up) available for the Saturday pub night. Those will go on sale closer to the event.

Larger context: everybody’s kids are different and everybody’s idea of “kid-friendly” is different, so here’s ours. We believe that most “adult activities” (and the behavioral expectations that go with them) are deeply healthy places to invite our children into—and that that invitation is one most older children are not only capable of accepting, but excited to accept. At our community events, we want them to see Christian grownups living life as it was meant to be lived—so they have a vision of the future to look forward to, and participate in right now.

Just keep in mind the events happen on the grownups’ terms—so unless the event states otherwise, we recommend only bringing kids who are comfortable in that space; doing what the grownups are doing (including sitting and listening).

NOTE: we often serve alcoholic drinks at our events (we don’t consider this “not kid-friendly” because we believe it’s good to model responsible consumption for our kids). More questions? Email us at events@anselmsociety.org.

The main facility is ADA-compliant, with all floors accessible by elevator. One or two of the Friday afternoon activities, like hiking, are of course “for those interested and able”—but there will always be options for you! If you have specific concerns, email us and we’d love to help.

• Friday afternoon: if there’s enough interest, we might coordinate some activities; otherwise, enjoy local attractions! (We’ll post some suggestions closer to the event date.)

• Sunday morning:

  • Worship with Anselm families: Holy Trinity Anglican Church, International Anglican Church, Holy Theophany Orthodox Church

  • Other recommended options: Village Seven Presbyterian, Woodmen Valley Chapel Downtown (non-denominational), Corpus Christi Catholic Church

  • And after that…second breakfast anyone???

Full-weekend tickets will go on sale first, and we will prioritize them. A few weeks later, if there are extra spots for a specific portion of the weekend, we will open those up.

We will refund tickets up to one week before the event. After that, you’re welcome to contact us here https://www.anselmsociety.org/contact to let us know you can’t make it, so we can let someone in off the waitlist to take your spot.

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Absolutely not! We will have a number of “tracks” and you can choose the one that best suits your interests. Some will be art medium-specific but others will be general interest.

Ah, but you miss the point! This isn’t a thing you have to qualify for. This is a gathering of Christians who love beauty, truth, and goodness. A chance to be inspired by rich teaching, real quiet and contemplation, enlivening conversation with kindred spirits, and marvelous stories and music and food. If that sounds wonderful to you, you should come.

So are most of the organizers. We’re planning a weekend that’ll give you plenty of opportunity to recharge alone if you need to, as well as opportunity to be inspired by other people.

Yeah, we know you only clicked this out of sheer curiosity. The weekend’s going to be wonderful for everyone.

We would be happy to discuss this with you. Email us at events@anselmsociety.org to discuss potential scholarships.