Star Gathering Conferences

About Star Gathering Conferences

For over 50 years, people have been coming to attend UCC Star Gathering Conferences. The Family Conferences are open to all – singles with or without children, couples with or without children – all ages are invited and included! Each year there is a Guest Speaker and a Minister of the Week who guide reflections on the week’s theme and lead chapel services. Children’s programming for infants through 8th graders is always available in the mornings and there are plenty of activities accessible to all ages in the afternoons and evenings. Your time on Star Island can be as busy as you would like it to be or it can be completely unscheduled.

The Youth Conferences run separately, but simultaneously, to the Family Conferences, and are open to 9th graders through graduating high school seniors. On Star, we celebrate and honor decades-old conference traditions – candlelit chapel services, softball games, and more – but we also love to add new and engaging practices to our week’s experience! 

 

Star Island United Church of Christ Inc.

Star Island United Church of Christ, Inc. is a New Hampshire nonprofit corporation qualified as an exempt organization under section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code. We are managed by a board of directors who are elected at an annual meeting of members of the corporation in November each year. There are currently thirteen members on the board.

A Typical Day On Star

 

What is a typical day like on Star Island?

7:00 AM Polar Bear Dip 
7:30 AM Wake Up 
8:00 AM Breakfast 
9:00 AM Children’s Program 
9:15 AM Chapel Service 
10:30 AM Adult Program 
12:30 PM Lunch 
1:30 PM Naptime for Tots 
2:00 PM Crafts, Art, Tennis, Reading, Rocking 
3:30 PM Bell Choir, Softball, Tea
5:30 PM Adult Fellowship Hour 
6:30 PM Dinner 
7:30 PM Sunset 
8:00 PM Talent Show, Pel Show, Auction 
9:15 PM Adult Candlelight Chapel 
10:00 PM Youth Chapel 
11:00 PM Quiet Time

Sustainability on Star

The Green Gosport Initiative

Drawing on a long tradition of creative resource use and conservation at the Isles of Shoals, the Green Gosport Initiative is Star Island’s sustainability program. Named for the original fishing village on the island, this is a reference to the endurance, resilience, and creative spirit of the island communities that have called Star Island home.

As an island with limited resources, Star has long understood how to live within its means. This need for self-reliance has shaped the character of the island’s communities over time and fostered on Star a creative, can-do spirit. Rather than accept paucity at face-value, Shoalers have risen to the challenge, building dynamic and enduring communities over several eras.