The conference is hosted at Great Lakes Center for the Arts: 800 Bay Harbor Dr, Bay Harbor, MI 49770.

Bay Harbor is just outside Petoskey, Phy’s home town and a beautiful getaway destination just south of Mackinac Island on the shores of Lake Michigan. We can’t wait to welcome you here!

There are several ways to get to Petoskey:

• It’s easiest to fly into TVC (Traverse City Airport) and drive a rental north to Petoskey. Uber is available from Traverse City to Petoskey, but it’s expensive.
• Fly into Grand Rapids and drive three hours north to Petoskey.
• Fly into DTW (Detroit) and drive four hours north to Petoskey.

We recommend connecting with our Facebook group and ride sharing! Use the Hopper App. from our link and save $10 on your flight, hotel, and car rental.

Hotel is not covered in your ticket price. However, we do recommend these local hotels:

Marriott, Staffords, Hampton inn, Apple Tree Inn, Airbnb, and VRBO. If you are looking for proximity to the conference, these hotels are higher cost, but on the same property as the convention center: The Inn at Bay Harbor, Village Suites at Bay Harbor. Use the Hopper App. from our link and save $10 on your flight, hotel, and car rental.

We don’t provide meals, but there are some amazing restaurants in the area that Phy enjoys! We recommend you try them out!

Breakfast

Roast and Toast: quirky cafe with breakfast and lunch options
Sam’s Graces: sit-down breakfast, usually busy so get there early
Filmore’s: local greasy spoon-style family diner
North Perk: just yummy coffee
Johan’s: donuts
Tillie’s Tafels: the best cinnamon rolls

Lunch

Tap30: higher-end American-style food (and Phy’s fave totchos!)
Julienne Tomatoes: locally-sourced sandwiches and soup options
Symon’s General Store: sandwich bar in the back (quick and delicious!)
Backlot: food trucks with tacos, mediterranean, grilled cheese, philly cheese, and pizza options
Parkside Deli: classic small deli downtown off the park

Dinner

Jose’s: small local authentic Mexican food
Duffy’s: classic pizza and burgers
Beards: creative pizza and some handheld hot sandwiches
Petoskey Brewing Company: great burgers
Side Door Saloon: small-town classic American food
Thai Orchid: Thai-inspired food cooked on 700-degree woks
Aamchi Mumbai: delicious Indian cuisine
City Park Grill: a victorian-era pub
Palette Bistro: double-decker cafe with bay views and gourmet-style Mediterranean fare
Pour: seasonal and locally-sourced food
Mitchell Street Pub: vintage-inspired grill filled with antiques and a retro jukebox
Southwoods: options for all three—breakfast, lunch, and dinner

Yes, nursing babies are welcome! We have an area for nursing mothers in the building that can stream the conference or have a private conference view if nursing mothers need to leave the auditorium for any reason. However, we do not have childcare for walking babies and toddlers. 

Due to open discussions of issues like sexuality and pornography, we recommend ages 13 and up. You can find youth tickets here.

Although the majority of attendees will be women, we would like to extend an invitation to men to join us. Our event features both male speakers and worship leaders, and we warmly welcome men. Husbands are particularly encouraged to attend.

For college students, we have a limited number of student tickets. Use code: “studentdiscount” for 20% off your ticket price.

Online tickets explained:

For single access, click here.

Up to five friends at a private streaming party, click here.

Churches or bigger groups for public gatherings, click here.

Yes! You can stream Verity to any location that has internet access for single-person use! Just grab a streaming ticket.

Yes! The recording will be available for purchase 2-3 weeks after the conference. Grab a streaming ticket here to watch live (includes lifetime access).

Yes! You can view and download an hour-by-hour conference schedule here. 

https://phyliciamasonheimer.com/live/

Yes! Professional closed captioning will be available for you to enable if you choose

Yes! The worship lyrics will be on the lower thirds of the screen during worship.

Yes! You can find those instructions here.

Our lunch break on Friday will be from 12-1 PM ET, and on Saturday from 12-1:15 PM ET.

Yes! The recording will be available for purchase 2-3 weeks after the conference. Grab a streaming ticket here to watch live (includes lifetime access).  If you have purchased a Verity Online, Small Group or Verity Local ticket(s) you will have lifetime access to the recording with playback to accommodate your timezone.

You will be emailed the link to the replay.

You will be able to rewind the stream to start at a later time, if you are in another time zone and need to start later.

If you signed up as a Verity Local location prior to September 9th, you will be getting physical swag bags in the mail for your attendees! 

If you signed up after September 9th, your attendees will be getting the digital swag bag version! We will send a graphic that you can display with a QR code, so that all the attendees at your church can scan and access the digital swag bag.

We highly recommend doing an equipment test prior to the event, and having the person that normally runs A/V for your church there for support during both the equipment test and at the event. Our team will be available for support throughout the conference, but we are still a fairly small team. Since we aren’t acquainted with your church’s specific equipment, having your A/V support person present is highly recommended. If you need support right away, please submit a help ticket here.

Our customer care team is happy to help! If you are participating in Verity Local and can’t find the answer to your question, please submit a priority support ticket here.