If you are registering for the conference only, the remainder of your conference fees minus the $100 per participant deposit will be due by April 19, 2021.

If you are staying in Montreat Conference Center Housing — Assembly Inn, Winsborough, or Glen Rock Inn — $50 of your original $100 deposit was used to secure your housing and the other $50 was applied toward your conference fee. Your balance due on April 15 for each participant will be the conference fee minus $50. Please note: an additional amount for housing and meals is due (payable to Montreat Conference Center) when you arrive at Montreat.

If you are staying in Montreat College Housing — Anderson, Howerton, or McGregor — we send $50 of your original $100 deposit to Montreat College to secure your housing and the other $50 was applied to your conference fee. Your balance due on April 19 for each participant will be the conference fee minus $50. Please note: the balance due for housing and meals will be due to Montreat College 30 days before you arrive. You can pay online at montreat.edu/summerhousing or mail a check (payable to Montreat College).

60-day Deadline for Cancellations

All changes to conference registrations must be submitted using the "Additions/Cancellations" form. You can find this form by clicking "Group Additions/Cancellations" on the Youth Conference Registration Form. To complete the form, please include the number of people you are registering/cancelling. If you are staying in Montreat Conference Center or Montreat College housing, please include the new gender breakdown of your group and the estimated number of rooms needed. If you are staying in private housing, it is your responsibility to contact your housing facility separately if any changes are necessary.

You will forfeit $50 per person if you cancel a conference registration before the 60-day deadline.
After the 60-day deadline, no refunds will be issued.

If you are staying in Montreat Conference Center housing and need to cancel, you will forfeit an additional $50 per person if you cancel before the 60-day deadline (above). After the 60-day deadline, no refunds will be issued and any unused rooms will be charged the single rate for six nights.

If you are staying in Montreat College housing and need to cancel, you will need to email Montreat College at summerhousing@montreat.edu.

Kiss the ground, you made it! Then come see us at conference registration which takes place at Upper Anderson in Montreat from 3:00-7:00 p.m. on the Sunday of your conference. There is no late registration.

The Jeremiah Project is for young people who have an interest in worship leadership as well as a hunger to explore God’s call on their lives. Rising juniors and seniors who have participated in a Montreat Youth Conference before may apply to be part of a special small group that prepares for worship leadership, participates in Keynote, and discusses vocation.

Each summer, Asheville Youth Mission (AYM) partners with Montreat Conference Center to provide mission programming options for groups attending the Montreat Youth Conferences. These options include a day-long program on Sunday or a Wednesday afternoon mission project. AYM will lead your group in work and recreation at a service site in the Black Mountain/Asheville area. Space is limited.

A registration form for the Mission Experience will be emailed to you after registering your group for Montreat Youth Conference. For more information about AYM, contact Cristi Wunsch  at cristi@youthmissionco.org.

You must register more than 60 days before your expected service date. Your Mission Experience registration will not be processed after the 60-day deadline unless express permission from AYM is given to you.

We require at least one fully registered adult per group and recommend one registered adult chaperone for every six youth that attend the conference. We encourage all adult advisors to register as full participants and take part in Small Groups, Keynote, Recreation, and Worship to provide a more complete, fulfilling conference experience. However, in order to accommodate needs of groups who bring extra adults to function as cooks, drivers, etc., wristbands will be available for advance purchase by filling out the Group Additions/Cancellations form. This form can be found by clicking "Group Additions/Cancellations" on the Youth Conference Registration Form. Alternatively, wristbands can be purchased on-site at registration or in the conference office during the week. Please bring cash, credit card (VISA, MasterCard, or Discover), or separate check (payable to Montreat Conference Center).

College-aged young adults are invited to assist the Planning Team behind the scenes in Keynote, Worship, and recreation events by participating in Work Crew. Interested persons need to register, pay conference fee, travel, and lodge with their Back Home Group. Work Crew will spend time together as a small group, as well as work recreation and other conference events. No application for Work Crew is needed. There will be an opportunity to “declare” Work Crew participants during on-site registration. Work Crew participants will have some responsibilities for recreation events in the afternoons and evenings. Please Note: We will not be offering Work Crew during Week 6.

2021 Only - For 2020 Seniors

Last year’s high school seniors missed participating in their final Youth Conference as high school students. To make up for this, we are offering a small group for the HS Class of 2020. The Small Group Leader for this will have skills to help explore the conference theme and at the same time help participants share the affects of the pandemic on their lives.

As a part of final registrations with MyMontreat, Back Home Leaders will find a 2020 Small Group designation to register last year’s seniors for this one time experience. (Or they may register for Work Crew instead.)

The Montreat Youth Conferences are designed for high school students, entering freshmen through graduated seniors. You may register children who are not attending the conference for the Montreat Clubs & Child Care program. This program is available for children ranging from six months to 12th grade. Evening child care is available for children six months to completed first grade. Enrollment is limited. You must pre-register for this program to guarantee your space. Find out more information at montreat.org/clubs. You may also purchase a “Recreation Only” wristband for $5 at on-site registration so children may attend evening activities with your group.

A “Back Home Packet” will be emailed to you approximately 60 days prior to your conference. Some of the back home information is available online now. You can access that information at montreat.org/y-ya-events/myc-back-home. The Back Home Packet will have a link to mymontreat.org and instructions for logging on. As a group leader you will need to send your group’s personalized mymontreat.org link (found on your groups’ admin page after you log on) to each person in your group (including adults who will be purchasing wristbands for keynote and/or recreation). Have each person complete their covenant information online, sign the covenant electronically, and submit their information online. Then after every group member has submitted their information, you as the group leader will need to print, and bring to registration, the Conference Covenant Signature Page for your group. Please make a copy of the Conference Covenant signatures for your records. Also, please print one copy of the Participant Locator form to bring with you to registration.

The Conference Covenant, Locator Form, and mymontreat.org will be ready and available to you on March 1. Thank you for your patience and understanding as our staff work to update paperwork and online systems. Please note: the Conference Covenant will have the year of the conference written on it. Any covenant without the conference year on it will not be accepted at registration.

If you are 21 or older and can contribute some part of your summer, keep reading! Small Group Leaders provide critical guidance for the heart of the Youth Conference, the small group (approx. 25-30 people). Small Group Leaders (SGLs) receive FREE room, board, and travel, but they also expend lots of time and energy. The required training is the Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning before the conference. If you are a back home leader the same week that you are selected to be an SGL, be sure you have plenty of other adults to chaperone your group and drive them up, since you will have to be here a day early! Better yet, come some other week of the summer so you can devote your full energy to the conference! If you are interested in applying to be a small group leader for the Youth Conferences, call 828.419.9833, or download a Small Group Leader application at montreat.org/get-involved to apply. All Small Group Leaders must be members of congregations that are members of the World Communion of Reformed Churches (for a listing of member churches, visit www.wcrc.ch).

But what do we do there? There are so many things happening during a youth conference week that we only way to describe it to show you.  Every year is different, but you can click below for a sample of a previous year's weekly schedule.

Sample MYC Conference Schedule

Any individual or group wishing to use the trademark/copyrighted name of “Montreat” or the Montreat logo on any t-shirts or clothing items needs to request approval from Montreat Conference Center. Please email artwork to Tanner Pickett, Vice President for Sales, Marketing, and Communications, at tannerp@montreat.org. Montreat Youth Conference t-shirts and other Montreat products are available for sale and may be ordered from the Montreat Store 828.669.5298.