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Join Us This Year!
Sept 5-7, 2024 | Sandy Utah
Newly Added!
An Evening for Young Adults
Friday, September 6th, 7 p.m.
What Is Restore?
Restore is a three-day gathering that brings together speakers, poets, musicians, and artists to inspire, enlighten, and nourish faith. We seek to support spiritual transformation and connection.
Meet Our Participants
Full-Hearted Music
Soul-Expanding Art
Connection & Community
Meet and connect with speakers, authors and new friends. Our app also facilitates connections with people in your city, with similar interests, and more.
Inspired Words by Extraordinary Poets
Find Your Still Point
Experience a beautifully designed contemplation room featuring a guided meditation by Thomas McConkie. It will be a place to pause, drop into your hearts and experience wholeness.
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Winding Paths to God: An Evening For Young Adults
A special event full of storytelling, music, dance, theater and comedy created with young adults in mind.
A New View Of Grace
Get the first look at Faith Matters’ newest book, Gracing, by Hannah Packard Crowther as well as explore a curated selection of faith-focused books.
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Testimonials
Agenda
Thursday, Sept. 5
5:00 pm – 8:00 pm Registration
6:00 pm – 6:30 pm Evensong by Sound of Ages Choir
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Art Exhibition Opening Mixer
Friday, Sept. 6
9:00 am – Noon General Session
- Jordan Smith Musical Performance
- Aubrey and Tim Chaves, Thomas McConkie and Fiona Givens
- Terryl Givens “Wonder: Emergence and Convergence in the Cosmos”
- Eboo Patel “Partners in a Prophetic Mission”
- Jordan Smith and The King Will Come: Musical Performance
- Joseph Grenny “We’re Not Losing: God’s Patient Work in Our Messy Families”
- Tacey M. Atsitty Poem
- Elizabeth Oldfield “Fully Alive: Tending to the Soul in Turbulent Times”
Noon – 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm General Session
- Jordan Smith Musical Performance
- Pete Davis “Commitment in an Age of Infinite Browsing”
- Hannah Crowther “Gracing”
- Jennifer Finlayson-Fife “How to Talk to Kids About Sex”
- Lisa Bickmore Poem
- David Butler “Holy Envy: Gathering Truth From the World’s Religions”
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Winding Paths to God: An Evening for Young Adults
- Grace Freeman Welcome
- Jenna Carson “Do You Have Courage to Follow the Call?”
- Mallory Everton “Comedy and Creativity”
- Ted Bushman “Walking on Winding Paths”
- Play “Fireflies” by Alyssa Call
- McKenna Breinholt “The Rest of the Story”
- Jenn Blosil Musical Performance
Saturday, Sept. 7
9:00 am – Noon General Session
- Emma Nissen Musical Performance
- Aubrey and Tim Chaves Welcome
- Thomas McConkie “Entering the Kingdom”
- Neylan McBaine with Valerie Hamaker “Women at Church–10 Years Later”
- Dance Performance: “Eve and Adam” by Jessica Heaton
- Mauli Bonner “Leap of Faith–What Are We Willing to Risk?”
- Jared Halverson “The Crux of the Cross”
- Mallory Everton and Diana Brown “The Soloists”
Noon – 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm General Session
- The King Will Come Musical Performance
- John Gustav-Wrathall with Allison Dayton “I’m Still Here: A Gay Mormon’s Path to Belonging”
- Short film: Remembering Melissa Inouye
- Astrid Tuminez
- Michael Wilcox “Drawing Widening Circles”
- Elizabeth Garcia Poem
- Patrick Mason and Jennifer Thomas “Into the Breach: Our Mission, Our Moment”
- Madison Leonard and Shea Owens Musical Performance
FAQ's About Restore
We seek to promote faith and flourishing on individuals’ journeys of spiritual transformation. We hold honest, thoughtful, and expansive conversations about the restored gospel and how we experience it both personally and in our church communities. We cast a wide gospel net to embrace a wide diversity of people and thought from within and outside our faith.
We sustain the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its leaders. Though an ally of the church, we exist and act as an independent organization.
Restore is a three-day gathering that brings together speakers, poets, musicians, and artists to inspire, enlighten, and nourish faith. We seek to support spiritual transformation and connection.
- Inspiring talks
- Uplifting music
- Beautiful art
- Space for contemplation
- Friendship and community
- Fresh ideas
- Tons of fun!
Sept. 5-7, 2024
Mountain America Expo Center
9575 State St, Sandy, UT 84070
Thursday, Sept. 5
5:00 pm – 9:00 pm Registration
6:00 pm – 6:30 pm Evensong
6:30 pm – 9:00 pm Reception and art exhibit stroll
Friday, Sept. 6
7:30 am Registration opens
9:00 am – Noon General Session
Noon – 1:30 pm Lunch break, art & vendor exhibits, contemplation room
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm General Session
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Come As You Are: An Evening for Young Adults
Saturday, Sept. 7
8:00 am Registration opens
9:00 am – Noon General Session
Noon – 1:30 pm Lunch break, art & vendor exhibits, contemplation room
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm General Session
- Our keynote speakers are Eboo Patel, President of Interfaith America, Dr. Astrid Tuminez, President of Utah Valley University, and Elizabeth Oldfield, host of The Sacred podcast and author of Fully Alive: Tending to the Soul in Turbulent Times
- Tim and Aubrey Chaves, hosts of Faith Matters podcast will be the emcees
- Singer, songwriter Emma Nissen and The King Will Come will be performing along side other musicians and poets will be sharing their inspired poems
- Restore will open with an Evensong performance
- Art gallery stroll to view unique art curated by Esther Candari, art prints will be for available for purchase
- Come relax and meditate with Thomas McConkie in our peaceful contemplation room
- There will be a Young Adult event on Friday evening (see description below)
- Book signings will be held at our bookstore
- Exhibitors will be at tables ready to answer any questions about their services, products and charities
We will be announcing speaker’s topics and other exciting details via social media and occasional emails leading up to Restore so stay tuned!
This event is open to everyone whether or not they are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We love our interfaith community!
We want everyone to be able to attend. If you need financial aid please email us at [email protected].
The art gallery is curated by Esther Hi’ilani Candari and her team at The Compass Gallery. It will include 200+ pieces of original work and dozens of prints by a diverse array of established and rising artists of faith. All work is available for purchase and many of the artists will be working live on location so you can witness their processes and ask them questions about their work.
Exhibiting artists include J. Kirk Richards, Brian Kershisnik, Esther H. Candari, Lisa De Long, Katie Garner, Walter Rane, Ben Behuinin, Melissa Tshikamba, Kwani Povi Winder, Dave Dibble, Lovetta Reyes Cairo and more.
Join us for an exciting evening of storytelling, music, dance, theatre and comedy specially created with young adults in mind. Featuring Mallory Everton, McKenna Breinholt, Jenna Carson, Madison Daniels, Shea Owens and many more! Tickets are only $10! Register here
We will have a beautifully designed contemplation room featuring a guided meditation by Thomas McConkie. It will be a place to pause, drop into your hearts and experience wholeness.
Yes. For those unable to attend in person, a live virtual option with available for all presentations and performances.these will also be recorded for unlimited lifetime access for $95. Videos will become available several weeks after the gathering and will be emailed to you.
Lift and Love, Leading Saints, Unashamed, Exponent II, Meetinghouse Mosaic, Proclaim Peace podcast, Bountiful Childrens, BH Roberts Foundation, Uplift Benchmark Books, Unshaken/Jared Halverson, MWEG, MHA, The Arch-hive, Come Back podcast, Gathering of Tribes, Scripture Central, BYU Radio, Dialogue, Signature Books, UT Refugee Connection, Cultivate, BCC Press, USU/LDS LGBTQ Research, Emmaus, Marriage on a Tightrope, Jennie Dildine, BOM Storybook, Sam and Jen Norton, Center for Expanding Compassion, LDSES and Warrior Heart Ministries
We have negotiated discounted hotel room rates for our attendees at the below participating hotels. Simply use this link to secure.
Participating properties: |
- Marriott Residence Inn Sandy
- Marriott Courtyard Sandy
- Marriott Fairfield Inn Salt Lake City Draper
- Marriott SpringHill Suites Salt Lake City Draper
- Marriott TownePlace Suites Salt Lake City Draper
Other nearby hotels
- Uber
- Lyft
- TRAX light rail from the airport to Sandy Expo station on the Blue Line is conveniently located across the street from the venue.
- FrontRunner from Ogden and Provo links to TRAX and you can ride the light rail to and from Salt Lake International Airport.
Yes, our Whova app will be released approximately 30 days prior to Restore
Unfortunately we no longer offer refunds for Restore, however we can convert tickets to virtual passes or transfer them to another person. If you would like to convert or transfer your ticket please notify us by email at [email protected].
If you are interested in volunteering please email [email protected]
Children are welcome to attend the conference. If a child becomes a distraction we ask that their parent bring them out of the session into the foyer so as not to disturb other attendees.
We will have a private room for parents with small children. We will provide a monitor that will be showing what is happening on stage with audio. This will also be ideal for any fussy babies.
We will have lunch options and snacks/drinks available for purchase on Friday and Saturday.
There is plenty of free parking at Mountain America Expo Center
Unfortunately, the venue’s policy is to clear out everything on the seats each evening and they don’t maintain a lost and found. So please do not leave anything overnight on the seats.
Any lost items that are found will be taken to Restore’s information booth in the foyer