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PRIDE Week
 June 23 - 28, 2024

We're looking to host a Pride Week at Ferry Beach this summer! During June 23-28 celebrate Pride at the beach! All LGBTQ members are welcome at Ferry Beach! You can enjoy daily onsite meals prepared in the dining hall by our chef and a variety of lodging accommodations from cabins, cottages, hotel-style rooms, to dorms and campsites. 

Come enjoy this magical place on the beach, where you can bask in the afternoon sun, take a morning walk through a grove of sunlit trees and enjoy the company of other LGBTQ individuals as they travel along this journey called life!

You could...
-Laugh & chat the days away on our porch
-Take Pride polar plunges into the ocean
-Surf, swim, lounge or play in the sand
-Enjoy s’mores around the campfire in our Grove
-And so much more!!!

To celebrate we’re offering special discounts of 10% off lodging and no conference fee!

Interested? Send us an
​email here!


About Ferry Beach
With more than 32 acres and 19 buildings, Ferry Beach is a retreat community with 1000 feet of beach front in Saco, Maine. Ferry Beach is a respite away from the everyday world. It is a collection of meeting spaces, wide porches, an art studio, an outdoor chapel, a performance space, many gathering places and a wonderful dining hall. It is a place of renewal and rejuvenation for families, couples, and individuals. 
  • Sand volleyball court
  • Tennis court
  • Basketball nets
  • Art Studio, well-equipped art room *for conference attendees only*
  • Two playgrounds - both visible from porches with rocking chairs
  • Beach 
  • Theater with stage and lights
  • Grove campsite and bonfire pit
  • Full-service Dining Hall offering 3 meals/day all summer long. Open for winter programs. Heated in the winter/air conditioned in the summer
  • Ferry Beach Store - ice cream, specialty coffee, clothing, accessories, and sundries
  • Memorial Garden
  • Eleanor B. Forbes outdoor chapel
  • Laundry (available for a fee)
  • Gathering/Meeting spaces
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Our mission at Ferry Beach is to awaken hearts to explore, grow and renew the spirit of universal love. 
We work by creating programing and events in the areas of Arts & Culture, Education, Spirituality, Sustainability, Personal Growth and Justice & Action.  
Ferry Beach Retreat & Conference Center is a 501(c)3 membership organization. 
Our mission is to awaken hearts to explore, grow and renew the spirit of universal love.  We accomplish our mission through work in the areas of
​arts & culture, education, spirituality, sustainability, personal growth and justice & action.
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Ferry Beach Retreat & Conference Center
5 Boardwalk Drive, Saco, ME 04072 - Our Address has Changed.  Click here to learn more.
​phone 207.282.4489  • fax 207.690.4800
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  • Home
  • Organization
    • Governance
    • Board of Directors
    • Board Interest
    • Staff
    • Work at Ferry Beach
  • Membership
    • For Members >
      • Strategic Plan
  • Giving
    • One-Time Giving
    • Sustaining Gifts
    • The Beachkeeper Program
    • Quillen Shinn Society
    • Memorial Garden
    • Endowment Fund
    • Scholarship Program
    • Capital Campaigns
  • About
    • Our Mission & Values
    • History
    • Contact Us
    • Directions
  • Schedule
    • Community Dinner
    • Line Dancing
    • Coffee Hour
    • Quilting Retreats
    • Dancing Jaguar's Adult Spirit Camp
    • Profound Treasury
    • Work Week
    • Annual Meeting
    • Personal Retreaters Week
    • Outdoor Work Week
    • Summer Concerts
    • Sand and Stars
    • RE Week
    • Choral Fest
    • GAYLA
    • Women's Healing
    • Family & Friends
    • Circles of Life
    • Company of Women
    • Circle of Music
    • Sacred Circle Dance
    • Motivational Interviewing
    • Quilting by the Bay
    • The Beach Getaway
    • Labor Day Weekend
    • Summer Cookouts
    • Dancing Jaguar's Teacher Training
    • AFG
    • SOS Saco Bay Conference
    • Vintage Improv
    • Kindred Spirits
  • What to Expect
    • Our Facility
    • Our Retreats
    • Our Dining Center
    • Our Accessibility
    • Our Policies
  • Lodging
  • News
    • Discovery
    • Maine Storm & Climate News
    • Blog
  • Plan a Gathering
    • Gathering Spaces
    • Planning Resources
  • Store