Abide Gathering 2025
JULY 6-9, 2025
THE HENRY HOTEL IN DEARBORN, MI
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Registration Opens March 2025
Email events@abidegathering.org if you have any questions.
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Join us at Abide 2025
Our annual gathering is a guided experience focused on learning and growth through meaningful connection and conversation. You will meet others who understand your cultural background and want to journey together through similar life challenges. Our hope is that you will leave feeling connected, equipped, and rejuvenated.
Abide is not a traditional church retreat or faith-based conference.
People who attend Abide say they have never experienced or seen anything like it. To our knowledge, a community like this does not exist elsewhere for our audience, and we are excited to invite you to be part of building something new at Abide.
At Abide, you will find:
a culture of friendship that is built on openness
thought-provoking content and conversations
refreshing perspectives on faith and identity
helpful frameworks for navigating challenges in life
“At Abide, I felt seen, heard, connected, embodied, embraced, and whole. I felt a deep, deep sense of belonging. I didn't have to explain the context of my lived experience—people just knew, and that made me feel like I could rest easy. I felt connected to God in the most authentic version of myself, something I've never experienced anywhere else or in any other community. To be able to worship God out of a sense of wholeness was liberating. Abide gives me hope for the Asian American faith community. Abide is life-giving. Abide is necessary. Abide is healing.”
—Abide Gathering attendee
Abide Gathering exists to encourage Christians with Asian ancestry towards flourishing and deep relationships with God and others. Our annual retreat is an invitation-only event where we cultivate openness and connection through thought-provoking content, shared experiences, and small group conversations. For those who are used to performance-oriented environments, we desire to create room to share the real challenges of life while connecting with others who understand their cultural and familial backgrounds. We expect our time together to be rejuvenating, restful, and restorative.
We have designed Abide for a primarily Asian and Asian American audience in recognition of the value of spaces where Christians from an Asian background can commune in shared experiences and cultural understandings. However, we invite non-Asian spouses and friends to attend as well. We welcome people from a variety of professional backgrounds to the gathering, and especially encourage married couples to attend together. The emphasis of the content and conversations at Abide will be relevant to everyone.
We hope you will join us for this year’s gathering at The Henry Hotel in Dearborn, Michigan from July 6-9, 2025. If you have any questions, please contact events@abidegathering.org.
About Abide Gathering
Dates and Times
Sunday, July 6, 2025 to Wednesday, July 9, 2025
July 6: Registration is open from 3:30-5:30 pm. Please plan to arrive at The Henry Hotel no later than the 4 pm published hotel check-in time as our event programming will officially begin with a 5:30 pm welcome reception and dinner.
July 9: We will officially close the event with morning worship that will end at 10:30 am. We encourage you to book flights from DTW to leave no earlier than 12:30 pm. Hotel check out time is 11:00 am.
There are also informal gatherings scheduled for those arriving early and leaving late.
Location and Lodging
Google Map location: The Henry Hotel
The Abide Gathering will be held at The Henry Hotel in Dearborn, MI. We have worked with The Henry to extend our discounted rates to you should you desire to extend your stay pre or post gathering.
Rates will be posted in early 2025
For those who are traveling alone and would like to share a room, there is a place to indicate that preference on our registration page.
Cost
Registration cost (will be posted in early 2025) includes all programming and meals throughout the gathering. The cost of the event is subsidized through generous donors who support the mission of Abide Gathering.
Children and Youth Camp Cost includes programming, meals, and experiences.
Once you have registered, please begin making travel arrangements to Michigan.
Airport: The nearest airport is Detroit Metro Airport (DTW), which is under a 20 minute drive from The Henry Hotel where the event will be held. Both rental cars and ride share options can provide transportation from DTW to The Henry. There will be off-site activity options and periods of non-programmed time during Abide Gathering.
Arrival: We will open registration at 3:30 pm on Sunday, July 6. Please plan to arrive at The Henry Hotel no later than the 4 pm hotel check-in time as our programming will begin promptly with a 5:30 pm welcome reception and dinner.
Departure: Our final morning on Wednesday, July 9, will include a meaningful time of worship to close the event, ending at 10:30 am. We encourage you to book flights from DTW to leave no earlier than 12:30 pm on the afternoon of July 9. For those who are staying in the Detroit area after the conference ends, we will host an optional dinner and fellowship time on the evening of July 9.
Flight Information
We are excited to offer both childcare and a youth day camp. We hope to see the next generation of Abiders connect with each other and form friendships. Both the youth camp and the childcare program will be based out of The Henry Hotel.
Children & Youth
The Abide Gathering is a guided, curated experience, with an agenda that includes speakers, worship, breakout conversations, workshops, and free time — all designed to provide opportunities for meaningful connection and conversation. The agenda below is the framework for our time together — details are omitted by design but will be available for attendees upon arrival.
2024 Highlights:
Topics that include integration and its importance in holistic healing and growth, loving and launching children well, practices that embody abiding with God, and more to come
Schedule adjustments that allow for more time to get to know attendees
Sunday
5:30 pm - Opening reception, dinner, and welcome
7:30 pm - Evening program
Monday
8:45 am - Morning program
1:30 pm - Afternoon program
3:00 pm - Free time
7:30 pm - Evening program
Tuesday
8:45 am - Morning program
12:30 pm - Lunch + Free time
4:45 pm - Afternoon program
7:30 pm - Evening program
Wednesday
9:00 am - Closing program
10:30am - Abide Gathering officially ends
6:00pm - Optional dinner and evening fellowship for those departing later
Agenda Structure
Registration will open March 2025.
Contact us at events@abidegathering.org to connect with us and get more info.
We hope to see you in July!
How to Register
From Our Attendees