Progressive Faith Con Blog

Good news, all: I’m delighted to announce that we’re able to offer some modest scholarship money to folks who want to attend the Progressive Faith Blog Con but aren’t able to afford it comfortably.

Please use your own discretion in deciding whether or not to apply for scholarship funding. Our funds are limited and we’re creating the con on the proverbial shoestring budget, so if you’re able to pay your own way, please do. (You might even consider adding a small donation to help subsidize others!)

By the same token, if finances won’t permit you to join us, please don’t hesitate to put in a request for funds. We’d hate to miss the pleasure of your company just because money is tight. Funding will be disbursed on a first-come, first-served basis, and priority will be given to bloggers whose travel expenses are high and who will benefit greatly from the conference experience. (Yeah, we know, that’s everyone. Use your own discretion, right?)

The scholarship application is available here.

Thanks to everyone who’s registered thus far! It’s really exciting seeing registrations start to roll in.

Almost everyone who’s registered thus far has offered to help with a panel or two, which is awesome. We’re working on the panel distribution — making sure that every panel has at least a few panelists; seeking balance among and between bloggers from different faith-traditions, and so on — and we intend to have a definitive list of who’s on what panel by June 30th.

So if you offered to lead a panel, thank you; we’ll be in touch by the end of the month to let you know where we think you’d be the best fit.

Thanks, too, to all of y’all who’ve mentioned the con on your own blogs. Please keep doing that; we have zero advertising budget, so we’re depending on word-of-blog to get the word out.

Meanwhile, check out the growing attendee list — and if you haven’t registered yet, please do!

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