The 2025 Square Halo Conference—CREATIVITY, COLLABORATION, AND COMMUNITY
March 7-8, 2025 | Lancaster, PA at The Trust Performing Arts Center
Our keynote speaker will be Diana Pavlac Glyer, editor of Square Halo’s A Compass for Deep Heaven, and author of our forthcoming Clay in the Potter’s Hands. Our concert Saturday night will feature Thomas Austin and Skye Peterson.
Matthew Dickerson writes: “The Square Halo conferences have offered times not only of fascinating and inspiring ideas in a high caliber of wide and varied presentations, but also of rich, meaningful interactions, dialogue, and (in a deep sense of this word) fellowship. Creativity, collaboration, and community was not merely a slogan in 2024, but an apt description of what took place.”
TICKETS
There are several options this year for tickets (see below). To order, click on the bold OPTION title. This will take you to one of our pages in The Neighborhood (a new online space for groups like Square Halo) where you will register. Everything is safe and confidential, and by registering you will get information you need from us as we move toward the conference.
There is a $30 restocking fee for ticket cancellations with refunds but no charge if tickets are transferred to another guest. If you have any questions about this, please email CONF@SQUAREHALOBOOKS.COM.
OPTION 1: Conference + Friday Bonus Session + Lunch $235
This pass secures your participation in Square Halo Conference 2025, admits you to the digital conference space where all guest choices (sessions and lunch) will be made, where all conference information and announcements will be housed, and where you are invited to participate in pre-conference conversation and community. This pass also secures your spot in our Friday Bonus Sessions from 10AM-11AM. We have some exciting offerings to be announced in the digital community very soon. You will still have time to peruse the bookstore, enjoy the gallery, and participate in our conference art-making before and after your session! Additionally, this pass secures your Saturday lunch. Gluten free, vegetarian, and regular options will be available. Meal selection will be live soon in the Square Halo Digital Conference Space.
OPTION 2: Conference + Friday Bonus Session $220
This pass secures your participation in Square Halo Conference 2025, admits you to the digital conference space where all guest choices (sessions and lunch) will be made, where all conference information and announcements will be housed, and where you are invited to participate in pre-conference conversation and community. This pass also secures your spot in our Friday Bonus Sessions from 10AM-11AM. We have some exciting offerings to be announced in the digital community very soon. You will still have time to peruse the bookstore, enjoy the gallery, and participate in our conference art-making before and after your session! Saturday lunch is NOT included.
OPTION 3: Conference + Lunch $215
This pass secures your participation in Square Halo Conference 2025, admits you to the digital conference space where all guest choices (sessions and lunch) will be made, where all conference information and announcements will be housed, and where you are invited to participate in pre-conference conversation and community. Additionally, this pass secures your Saturday lunch. Gluten free, vegetarian, and regular options will be available. Meal selection will be live soon in the Square Halo Digital Conference Space. Friday Bonus Session is NOT included.
OPTION 4: Conference ONLY $200
This pass secures your participation in Square Halo Conference 2025, admits you to the digital conference space where all guest choices (sessions and lunch) will be made, where all conference information and announcements will be housed, and where you are invited to participate in pre-conference conversation and community. Friday Bonus Session and Saturday lunch are NOT included.
BOOK TABLE
All the Square Halo titles and more will be on site throughout the conference to pursue and purchase.
LODGING
The conference is being held walking distance from several fine hotels, including Holiday Inn Lancaster, the Lancaster Arts Hotel, and the Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square. There are other quality hotels in driving distance, as well as local AirB&Bs.
MORE INFO
More information about the conference will be posted to this page in the weeks to come, but for ALL the details you will want to visit “The Neighborhood.” The Neighborhood is providing our conference hospitality in their digital Pavilion so that we can provide our conference guests with a safe and private place to receive conference information, make session selections, and participate in pre-conference conversation. We know you are going to love our digital conference space in The Neighborhood!
What is The Neighborhood? It is a digital neighborhood made up of distinct buildings where creative communities gather privately. Together, Neighborhood communities value Christ, Community, and Creativity. A construction crew is currently building a home for Square Halo in The Neighborhood—so stay tuned for our Open House!
SCHEDULE
FRIDAY
9:00
—Early Bird Registration
Bookstore Opens
10:00
—Early Bird Special
Three Breakout Sessions by friends of Square Halo
11:00
—Theater
Premier performance of “Prince of Preachers,” a new one-man play about fame, criticism, and depression, seen through the lens of the life and ministry of Charles Haddon Spurgeon. The play is being written and produced by Jeremiah Miller, a Lancaster actor with experience performing at the Fulton Theatre, on Broadway, and on NBC's Law & Order.
12:00
—Registration Opens
1:00
—Welcome/Opening Lecture
Creativity
2:30
—Breakout Session I
Gandalf, Motherhood, Music, and more
3:30
—Breakout Session II
Birds, Fish, Tom Becker, and more
4:30 Dinner (on your own) at Local Restaurants
7:00
—The Row House
Diana Glyer’s first keynote Lecture
9:00
—Pub Night
SATURDAY
8:00
—Continental Breakfast
9:00
—Opening Lecture
Diana Glyer’s second keynote Lecture
10:30
—Breakout Session III
Poetry, Theater, and the Incarnation
11:30 Lunch
1:00
—Lecture
Community
2:15
—Breakout Session IV
Panels, Podcasts, and other goodies
3:30
—Afternoon Activities (optional)
Printmaking, Discussion Groups, and fun stuff
4:30 Dinner (on your own) at Local Restaurants
6:30
—Closing Lecture
Diana Glyer’s final keynote Lecture
7:30
—Concert
Thomas Austin and Skye Peterson
NOTE: This schedule is subject to change, and probably will. For example, last year we had huge changes due to speakers getting sick, but we filled those sessions with some fantastic replacements.
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