Calvin College postponed its Festival of Faith & Writing until March 2022 but noted on its website “we have already reserved March 16-18, 2023” if a 2022 gathering does not occur.
Global meeting planners are also scheduling gatherings that will take place next year.
The Pentecostal World Fellowship’s Pentecostal World Conference is set for June 2022 in Seoul, South Korea, and the United Methodist Church’s General Conference — which has been postponed twice — is now scheduled for August 2022 in Minneapolis.
RELATED: United Methodist bishops cancel virtual special session of General Conference
The National Religious Broadcasters’ annual convention was postponed from March to June 21-24 this year — and squeaked in last year before pandemic shutdowns.
When they meet in person, NRB CEO Troy Miller said he expects to follow local rules in Grapevine, Texas, and will work with hotel property managers on social distancing guidelines.
“We’ve expanded our ballroom footprints, our exhibit floor and other areas so that we can effectively social distance for any of the sessions or dinners,” he said. “We expect to exceed whatever the hotel is asking us to do to keep everybody safe.”
Miller said attendees seem ready for an in-person gathering where networking might be easier than in a virtual setting. NRB could have more than last year’s almost 3,000 attendees if registrations maintain their current pace. Exhibitors have been so interested, he added, planners have twice increased the exhibit floor size.
“We’re excited,” Miller said. “Most people are just really hungry, we’re finding, to get back and get together.”
This article originally appeared on ReligionNews.com.
