Join All Star II (AS2) this summer while we, as a multi-generational and inclusive conference, come together to spend a week of laughter and friendship, with friends old and new, to connect and reconnect, sing, play, rest and marvel at the beauty that surrounds us on the sun-drenched porch of the Oceanic and the breezy shores of Gosport Harbor.

As a family conference that prides itself in providing a creative and safe environment for all, time with AS2 will be spent celebrating what it means to be one in a community of many and explore what it really means when we say, “We Are the Boat”. Adults and children, young and mature, together and the like, will enjoy a restorative week making music and art, rekindling thoughts and passions, and forming new kinships (while maintaining old ones), all while exploring Star Island and the natural beauty that surrounds it. Early morning walks on the misty rocks; lively coffee discussions on the current state of the world; exploring the marine ecosystem of the harbor; playing softball, volleyball, tennis or pickleball; indulging in a yoga class; cool mornings exploring the harbor by kayak or canoe; lazy afternoons in a rocker; nights singing, strumming, and dancing on the porch; and engaging in our daily lecture series; all of this and more await those who take the journey from Portsmouth and join us on the little boat that we have built together with our many hands adrift off the coast of New Hampshire and Maine.

New this year: check out our Instagram page, @all_star_2_conference !

Minister: Rev. Bethany Russell-Lowe

The Children's Program

AS2’s Children’s Program is truly the gem of our week on Star Island. Our Children’s Staff is a remarkable group of 20+ experienced leaders and caregivers who create an enriching and secure week of fun, understanding, community, independence, and friendship like no other for Children from infants through high school. Life-long bonds of friendships blossom among AS2’s Children, which are carried through to adulthood. Children meet with their groups twice a day, in the morning and most afternoons for an hour and half.  Our Children delight in mornings and afternoons spent with peers and group leaders engaged in traditions and new tailor made activities, including time spent in the Art Barn, visits to the Marine Lab, row boat trips across the harbor to Smuttynose Island, and a Children’s stunt show night.  Children and Youth alike are encouraged to explore the Island together and carve a space out for themselves. Outside of the Children’s program, they look forward to family bingo night, bedtime stories in the Pink Parlor, kites on the lawn, the Great People Hunt, marshmallows and hot chocolate on the rocks, swimming at the beach and off the dock, and much, much more.