During the Gathering

The 2025 Online Gathering Attenders Directory will be available online once registration opens, and will be viewable through the end of February. You can access it by logging into your Gathering registration. There is not a pre-printed copy of the 2025 Attenders Directory. You will only be able to access it until March 1, 2025.

Return to the Online Gathering registration site. Alternately, use the link to view your registration in your registration confirmation email.

• Click “Already Registered?” near the top of the page.
• Enter primary registrant’s name and email address, exactly as entered on the registration form.
• Enter Confirmation Number. (It’s in your registration confirmation & final details emails, or you click on the request button.)
• Click the OK button.
• Click on the POST REGISTRATION tab at the top.
• Click on Attenders Directory tab on the next line down.
• The list is arranged by last name. Depending on the size of your screen you might have to scroll to the right to view all columns. (Scrolling bar is at the bottom of the page.)
• There is not a printer-friendly version, but you may print it from your web browser

Only Gathering participants who have opted-in to the Attenders Directory are listed. This list is only to be used by 2025 Gathering registrants for individual contact. Using data from this list for mailing lists or any bulk communication is expressly prohibited by Friends General Conference. Individuals included in this list have only given permission to be contacted on an individual basis by other Gathering attenders.  

Use the Gathering Contact Form! This form is updated for each Gathering event.

If you don’t see the contact person or activity you are looking for on the form, email the Gathering Office and we will connect you.

You will receive emails with links to events you registered for a day or two before the event. For afternoon activities, a daily email will go out with the links to that day’s activities. 

In line with the Online Gathering Recording Policy, we only record plenary programs and Bible Half Hour, with the presenter’s permission.
We will not have the videos available for general viewing until well after the Gathering is over – you will not be able to re-watch them during the week. Part of this is because it takes time to edit the videos, and part of it is that most of these events include participant interaction, and we are encouraging Friends to be together synchronously.
We anticipate videos of the Online Gathering plenaries & Bible Half Hour will be up on our website by mid-April.

Visit the Using Gathering Technology webpage for more information.

What you attend is up to you. If you don’t want to – or are unable to – attend every event, that’s ok. While there are so many options, it’s also important to rest, take care of our bodies, and to allow time for informal connection.

We do ask that you attend your workshop sessions. Those have a limited capacity, and if you register but don’t attend, you could be keeping that spot from someone who wants to attend. There are some workshops that said part-time attendance is ok – so it’s fine if you don’t attend every session of those workshops. 

If these instructions don’t help, then click “Needs staff processing” as your payment option and contact the Gathering Office via email or phone: 215-561-1700, ext. 3200. Do not leave your credit card number on our voice mail!

To make a payment by credit card:

1. Visit this link to access your YAY Gathering registration
2. Click “Already Registered”
3. Enter primary registrant’s email address, exactly as entered on the registration form.
4. Enter Confirmation Number (it’s in the primary registrant’s confirmation email, or you can click on the request button).
5. Click “Log In” button.
6. Click “Submit Payment” button.
7. Complete credit/debit card information
8. Click “Submit” button at the bottom of the page.

The primary registrant will automatically receive an email noting the payment .

To make a payment by check:

Make out the check to Friends General Conference and write “YAY Gathering registration” in the memo line along with the names of everyone you’re paying for

Mail the check to:

Gathering Staff
Friends General Conference
1216 Arch #2B
Philadelphia, PA 19107

1. Make sure that the amount you’ve entered as your total payment is equal to or less than the balance due on your account—the form won’t let you overpay. (If you want to make a donation, we can add that to your registration.)
2. If paying less than the total due on your account, make sure you have itemized your payment (for example, if you want to make a payment of $100, you need to say whether you want that applied to your program fee, housing, etc). You can’t pay more than is due on any single item, and the total in those item boxes must add up to your total payment.
3. Check the formatting of your total payment. It should have a dollar amount, decimal point, and cent amount, with no dollar sign or other punctuation. For example, if you were paying $100, your total amount should look like this: “100.00” not like “$100.00” or “100”.
4. Please make sure that your billing name and address exactly match your credit card bill. Slight variations (such as “Ave” instead of “Avenue”) can prevent your charges from going through for some banks.
5. If you still have problems, click “Needs staff processing” to complete your registration form and email the Gathering Office or call 215-561-1700, ext. 3200.

Yes! The 2025 Online Gathering has three time blocks for workshops. Learn more on the workshops page.

Online Gathering workshops have capacity limits that are determined by the workshop leaders. Workshops will be marked as “FULL” on this page when they reach the maximum capacity. This page will be updated weekly. Workshop capacities are also listed on registration when you select a workshop.

Short answer: Yes

Due to the shorter timeline in planning the 2025 Online Gathering in February, there will not be an early registration window. Workshop enrollment will be first-come first-served, and you will not choose a second choice workshop. What you register for is the workshop you will be in. 

If you want to change your workshop, or check back later to see if you can switch into a workshop that was full, here are instructions for how to change your workshop after you are registered. We do not maintain waitlists for workshops. 

All cancellations must be submitted in writing (email preferred) or completed online by the registrant. We strongly recommend that anyone cancelling one person from a multi-person registration contact us rather than cancelling online. Cancellation fees apply, except in a few circumstances. Read the cancellation policy & instructions for how to cancel.

Adding or changing information about financial aid? Please do NOT make changes in your registration form. Instead, email the new information to the Gathering Office.

Option A (easiest method): Use link in primary registrant’s confirmation email

1. Follow the “Click here to view your registration” link from the primary registrant’s confirmation email
2. Click “Already registered?”
3. Enter Confirmation Number (it’s in your confirmation email)
4. Click “Log In” button
5. Click “Modify Registration” button
6. Click “Next” until you reach the page where you want to make a change
7. Make desired changes
8. Click “Next” Button until  you see a FINISH button
9. Click FINISH

Option B: Use generic link to completed registration forms

1. Use this link (link will be updated when YAY Gathering registration is open)
2. Click “Already registered?”
3. Enter primary registrant’s name and email address, exactly as entered on the registration form
4. Enter Confirmation Number (it’s in the primary registrant’s confirmation email, or you click on the request button)
5. Click “Log In” button
6. Click “Modify Registration” button
7. Click “Next” until you reach the page where you want to make a change
8. Make desired changes
9. Click NEXT Button until  you see a FINISH button
10. Click FINISH

When you ask us to change a financial item, the registration software adds the cost for the new item to your bill. But it does not always remove the cost for the old item. Staff has to do this manually. Please allow several days for us to correct your account and send you an updated financial statement.

Your confirmation is very likely in your Junk Mail or Spam Mail folder. Go find it and other emails from the Gathering! Read more about Gathering email being treated as spam. If you do not find your confirmation, please call the Gathering Office. Do NOT assume that your registration is complete without a confirmation letter.

I click NEXT and nothing happens.  Scroll to the top of your screen to look for a red error message.  If you missed answering a required question or didn’t use the required format (for example you used a space or a letter when a number was required), the form won’t let you proceed to the next page.  But it will describe the error to you.

Please also check the top of the page for instructions you may have missed.

I’ve tried everything and I’m still stuck!  Email the Gathering Office or call us at 215-561-1700, ext. 3200 and leave a message if we are unable to answer right away. We will return your call and can finish your registration by phone. If you get stuck right before a deadline, we will check e-mail and phone messages for technical problems before closing those options.