Event Details
Event Date
Event Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2026 -through Sunday, July 12, 2026
Event Time
Event Time: All day
All events are Eastern Time
Event Description
The 2026 FGC Gathering “A Window and a Door: A Prayer” will be held July 7-12, 2026, at the University of Vermont in Burlington, VT.
Schedule & Program
The 2026 Gathering will be held in-person for Friends of all ages! Expect worship, exciting workshops, vibrant youth programs, engaging speakers and more! Information about the schedule and program will be available starting in fall 2025. Learn more about what happens at the Gathering.
Workshops this year run for four days, not five. To learn about how and why the Gathering is getting simpler, read this article from our Vitality newsletter.
When to Register
Payment Plan Registration is open from November 17, 2025 to March 17, 2026. Learn more here.
Registration is expected to open in Spring 2026. Want to make sure you get an email with Gathering updates when registration opens? Sign-up for the Gathering email list.
2026 Gathering Clerk Team
The clerks for the 2026 Gathering will be Anne Pomeroy, Janet Gibian Hough, and Regina Renee Nyégbeh. Read about these three Friends and their work in human rights, faithfulness, Quaker practice, and community-building. FGC is grateful for the work of the Clerk Team!
2026 Gathering Theme
The theme for the 2026 Gathering is “A Window and a Door: A Prayer.” This theme is inspired by a poem by LVM Shelton. The poem talks about willingness, grounded connection, and hospitality to strangers. You can listen to LVM read the poem herself aloud in an archived recording.
The Clerk Team shares:
The poem spoke to us, and we chose its title as our theme, lifting up our sense of the need for prayer in these times. LVM was a friend to each of us, a spiritual presence, a long-time workshop facilitator at the FGC Gathering. LVM was dedicated to the Friends of Color community. LVM passed away in early 2025. We continue to feel LVM’s presence with us as we listen for what Spirit is calling us to in these times.
LVM was a philosopher, mystic, and lover of math. LVM was deeply involved in Quaker circles, and mentored many Friends. LVM passed away in 2025.
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Location Details
University of Vermont
