Participant Information

A Conversation on Young Adults and the Church will be held at Westmont's Global Leadership Center located at 955 La Paz Road in Santa Barbara, CA. As you approach campus, you’ll see a kiosk. Please let the attendant know that you are here for A Conversation on Young Adults and the Church.

Driving Directions to Westmont:

To Westmont from points south:
Take 101 North to the Hermosillo Road exit. Continue on Hermosillo Road and turn right onto Hot Springs Road. Turn left onto Sycamore Canyon and then turn right onto Cold Springs Road. Bypass the first campus entrance you'll see, then bear left at the fork in Cold Springs Road., then left again to go through the large stone upper campus gate.  

To Westmont from points north:
Take 101 South to the Coast Village exit (on the left). Turn right onto Coast Village and take the second left on the roundabout onto Hot Springs Road. Turn left onto Sycamore Canyon at the first stop sign. Turn right onto Cold Springs Road. Bypass the first campus entrance you'll see, then bear left at the fork in Cold Springs Road., then left again to go through the large stone upper campus gate.   

Parking: 

A map of campus may be found here.

There is reserved parking available in the Kerr Student Center Lot (P1), with overflow parking also available in the Page (P6) and Emerson Hall (P4) lots. Signs and balloons will direct you from these parking lots to the GLC. We also encourage carpooling to campus if possible.

Parking at Westmont is free and no permit is necessary in any lot. 

  • Kerr Student Center Lot (P1): This lot will have reserved parking. To get to this lot, bypass the first campus entrance you'll see, then bear left at the fork in Cold Springs Rd., then left again to go through the large stone upper campus gate. Once you're through the gate, make an immediate left into a large parking lot (if you find yourself on a circular drive bordering a large lawn, you've gone slightly too far). From there, registration at the GLC is just to the south; from the lot, walk downhill on the path bordering Kerr Student Center, then bear left across the long footbridge. The GLC is the collection of golden-tan buildings just across the bridge. There will be signs to guide you to the Kerr Student Center Parking Lot and the Global Leadership Center. 
  • Emerson (P4) and Page Hall (P6) Lots: Follow the instructions above. Instead of making a left turn into the Kerr Student Center lot, continue straight ahead and follow the signs to Emerson and Page Hall lots. There will be balloons to guide you to the Global Leadership Center.
9:00 am Registration opens 
9:30 am  Welcome and Introductions 
9:45 am Keynote Address from Steve Argue
11:00 am Break
11:15 am Young Adult Panel
12:00 pm Lunch 
12:15 pm Keynote Address from Steve Argue (continued over lunch)
1:15 pm Closing Comments

The Young Adult Leadership Lab is one of four programs at Westmont that help churches and individuals explore God’s call. If you work with high school youth, we invite you to learn more about Trailhead, a summer experience that invites young people to slow down and see how their lives might participate in God’s work. If you’re a pastor, please consider Frontiers, a program that supports ministry professionals through seasons of visioning and transition. Thriving Communities gathers churches to explore how we can see and do the work God calls us to on California's Central Coast.