​The quality of attention that we bring to the world changes what we find. In our time of mass distraction, artifice, and vice, we need to develop our capacities for spiritual discernment more than ever.

​To that end, we invite you to join Wayfare for our third annual summer festival on Saturday, July 11th in beautiful Heber Valley.

​Featuring music, presentations, conversation, food, contemplation, and natural beauty, the Wayfare Festival provides space for imagination, intentionality, and transformation.

​This year, some of the themes we’ll explore include:

• ​Spiritual depth perception

• ​Authentic identity amid conformity and coercion

• ​Mormon utopias and Latter-day renaissances

• ​Attentional resilience in the age of AI

• ​The wisdom of the heart and the knowing of the body

​Friends of Faith Matters get a 20% discount on all events—find your exclusive discount code here!

​WHAT IS THE WAYFARE FESTIVAL LIKE?

​The Wayfare Festival is a place for joyful explorations, new friendships, imagination expansion, and deep spiritual nourishment.

​SATURDAY JULY 11TH

• ​SATURDAY JULY 11TH

  • ​8:15am Doors Open

  • ​9:00am Welcome: Rachel Jardine

  • ​9:10am Musical Performance

  • ​9:15am Invocation

  • ​9:20am Poetry Reading: Kathryn Knight Sonntag

  • ​9:25am Keynote Address: Luke Burgis

  • ​9:50am Conversation: Luke Burgis and Zachary Davis

  • ​10:10am Story: Mallory Everton

  • ​10:25am Break

  • ​11:15am Presentation: Thomas McConkie

  • ​12:00pm Lunch Break (Catered)

  • ​1:15pm Breakout Session 1

    • ​George Handley

    • ​Kathryn Knight Sonntag

    • ​Jeff Strong

    • ​Jesika Harmon

    • ​Haymitch St. Stephen

    • ​Darlene Young

    • ​Rebbie Brassfield & Conor Hilton

  • ​2:15 Break

  • ​2:20 Breakout Session 2

    • ​James Goldberg

    • ​JB Haws & Tyler Johnson

    • ​Brian Kershisnik

    • ​Meghan Farner

    • ​Michael & Erin Allen

    • ​Jon Ogden

  • ​3:20 Break

  • ​3:35 Musical Performance

  • ​3:40 Session: Mormon Utopias

    • ​3:40pm Elle Griffin

    • ​3:50pm Kristine Haglund

    • ​4:00pm Conversation and Q&A

  • ​4:30pm Poetry Reading

  • ​4:35pm Closing Address: Zachary Davis

  • ​4:50pm Prayer

  • ​4:55pm Musical Performance

​LOCATION: HEBER VALLEY

​We’ll be gathering in the UVU Wasatch Campus in beautiful Heber Valley.

​DETAILS

​WHEN: SATURDAY, JULY 11TH, 2026 (9AM-5PM)

​WHERE: UVU Wasatch Campus, 3111 N College Way, Heber City, Utah