The housing crisis in America is growing and the call for meaningful action has never been louder. This November, Stony Point Center will be hosting “Homelessness to Housing: A Justice Summit”, a powerful 3-day gathering of faith leaders, non-profits, advocates, and grassroots organizers working to understand, confront, and transform the systemic conditions that fuel homelessness and housing insecurity.
This year, we’ll explore acts of mercy, advocacy, and innovative solutions like “Yes in God’s Backyard” (YIGBY), all with the intent of helping us care more effectively for our unhoused neighbors.
The Theology of Play Conference started in 2018 as a theology of play conversation that invited five Presbyterian game designers to Menucha Retreat and Conference Center in Corbett, Oregon to meet with national staff around the topic of a theology of play and game design. From that gathering a robust conversation emerged about what it meant to have an embodied theology of play as ministers and in our ministries. One year later we launched a fuller expression of that conversation with our 2019 conference TOPCON! Over forty folks from around the country gathered to explore this important doctrine (and to play a lot of games).
Due to the pandemic in 2020, we held our second TOPCON! gathering as a thirteen-hour online conference. Then after a four-year hiatus, TOPCON returned. In March of 2024, Stony Point Center hosted our third gathering. Hailed by 2019 and 2024 participants as the “best conference they had ever attended,” we’re excited for the return of TOPCON!
This year, the Theology of Play Conference will center around the theme–Keeping the Faith. As religious adherence and expression decline in the face of western secularism, how does a developed theology of play help us form, educate, and engage the church in its identity, mission, and ministry to the world? More specifically, how might tabletop games contribute to our formation as Christians and help us keep the faith.
Our special keynote speaker is Greg Loring-Albright, professor of Game Design and Interactive Media at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology. He has been, throughout his life, a Presbyterian, a Mennonite, a Quaker, an Episcopalian, and a “none.” Greg is most known for his pirate themed game AHOY (Leder Games, 2023). The theme for this year’s TOPCON comes from Greg’s upcoming game Keep The Faith.
Join us to find respite, community, and tools to sustain your critical work without burnout, self-sacrifice, or disillusionment. We’re here for you, and YOU belong here.
In a sector that demands so much (especially in this current social and political climate), the Changemaker (Re)Boot Camp is a space for nonprofit, social impact, and changemaking professionals like you to renew their energy, passion, and purpose. We envision this as not just a convening or retreat but an intimate moment for like-hearted humans on the frontlines of social change efforts to breathe, recalibrate, and leave with a clearer vision of the future for themselves and the social sector.
You deserve a break in a safe space with people who get it.
You’re Invited to a Free Weekend Celebrating Stony Point Center!*
Come celebrate, get inspired, and be the best help you can be in this time of crisis for so many. We begin with dinner & storytelling/music-making on Friday, continue into Saturday with the Social Justice Summit, closing with a gala that night. On Sunday, we will worship together & dedicate a new memorial grove, capping it all off with a brunch where it all began…at the Gilmor Sloane House.
*Free-will donations welcome. Space is limited. Registration ahead of time is required.
Come together – across organizational and issue-based lines – to cross-pollinate, plant seeds, and grow roots. Join with a community of leaders working to make the world more just for everyone. The impact of rapid changes in policy is affecting social justice movements across the spectrum. Exhausting.
Join us and fellow social justice leaders for a full day of inspiration, learning, small group sharing, resourcing, networking, and more. Designed to send you back to your community with more tools, allies, and inspiration to stand up to whatever is thrown in your path next!
The housing crisis in America is growing and the call for meaningful action has never been louder. This November, Stony Point Center will be hosting “Homelessness to Housing: A Justice Summit”, a powerful 3-day gathering of faith leaders, non-profits, advocates, and grassroots organizers working to understand, confront, and transform the systemic conditions that fuel homelessness and housing insecurity.
itical work without burnout, self-sacrifice, or disillusionment. We’re here for you, and YOU belong here.
Come together – across organizational and issue-based lines – to cross-pollinate, plant seeds, and grow roots. Join with a community of leaders working to make the world more just for everyone. The impact of rapid changes in policy is affecting social justice movements across the spectrum. Exhausting.