July 31, 2019 - August 3, 2019

Marriott at the University of Dayton

Keynote Speaker: Kathy Maxwell

Theme: "Hearing Between the Lines: Bringing your audience into God's story"

This is THE international conference for biblical storytelling. The Festival Gathering features action-packed days of dynamic workshops (for beginners through master storytellers,) exciting keynote presentations, world-class performances of both sacred and traditional storytelling, opportunity after opportunity to immerse yourself in the Bible as story, and network with other storytellers from all over the world. There are storytelling and story-listening opportunities all day and night long. Each evening ends with our "Lighting the Fire" time of sharing where anyone who wants to can get up and share a story in a warm, supportive environment.

For more see http://www.nbsint.org/festivalgathering