National Conferences and Meetings
Friends of the Creche holds an annual meeting every year. On odd-numbered years, the annual meeting is incorporated into a national conference or convention.
Planning is in progress for future conferences and meetings. Here are tentative plans, but these dates and locations could change! We will update this page as more information is available.
2026 - Annual Meeting in Woodcreek, Texas
November, 2026 -- Woodcreek is between Austin and San Antonio.
2027 - Conference in Phoenix, Arizona
October 26-28, 2027
2028 - Annual Meeting in Indiana
2029 - Conference in New York City area
2025 Conference in Cleveland, Ohio
The 2025 convention was held December 1 - 3 at the Marriott East hotel in Cleveland, Ohio. Attendees enjoyed hearing from five excellent speakers,; viewing the member museum of small nativities; and seeing exhibits at Sanctuary on Green, Nativity of the Lord Jesus Catholic Church, Kirtland Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and at the home of member Susanne Woods.
The 2024 annual meeting was held November 1 - 3 at Mary and Joseph Retreat Center in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.
2023 Convention in Washington, D. C.
The 2023 convention in Washington D. C. was a great success. Hosted at the Mayflower Hotel, one half mile north of the White House, the attendees enjoyed a wide range of exciting activities, including:
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Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land of America tour and nativity collection
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Festival of Lights display and nativity collection
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Washington National Cathedral tour and nativity collection
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Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception tour
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Museum of the Bible trip
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Monuments by Moonlight tour
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FOTC annual meeting and banquet
Read more about past gatherings in our Archive.
Where have the Friends of the Creche met?
2024 Rancho Palos Verde, CA (annual meeting)
2023 Washington, D.C. (convention)
2022 Saint Simons Island, GA (annual meeting)
2021 Portland, OR (convention, moved online)
2020 Newport, RI (canceled for COVID-19)
2019 Santa Fe, NM (convention)
2018 Dayton, OH (annual meeting)
2017 Bethlehem, PA (convention)
2016 Monck's Corner, SC (annual meeting)
2015 Houston, TX (convention)
2014 Chicago, IL (annual meeting)
2013 Cleveland, OH (convention)
2012 Rancho Palos Verde, CA (annual meeting)
2011 Toronto, ON, Canada (convention)
2010 New Haven, CT (annual meeting)
2009 Salt Lake City, UT (convention)
2008 Ann Arbor, MI (annual meeting)
2007 Dayton, OH (convention)
2006 Nashville, TN (annual meeting)
2005 Santa Fe, NM (convention)
2004 Panama, CA (annual meeting)
2003 Hyannis, MA (convention)
2002 Frankenmouth, MI (annual meeting)
2001 Lancaster, PA (convention)