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GO Equipped TENTmaking Course
Victoria BC Canada
July 1-4, 2010 |
Attention US citizens:
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WHO
SHOULD ATTEND THIS COURSE?
- Anyone
interested in learning about today's tentmaking missions, either to go or to
mobilize others to go.
- Active
tentmakers looking to improve their ministry skills for more effective
service.
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Business as Mission (BAM) people who want their businesses to have a ministry
component.
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Missions leaders with a vision to add a tentmaking component to their
organization.
- ESL
teachers who want to do more than just teach English as a second language.
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Connections - Students will post topics
of interest on a white board during the days, and then we divide discussion
groups accordingly
with a facilitator for each group. These are informal
discussion times.
- Course fee: $250
Single - $400
per couple. Payable by cheque
on arrival or PayPal.
- Includes: Lunches, dinners and all
snacks! Course handbook, course CD
& Tentmaking presentation for your use. Sunday farewell lunch is pizza from a nearby restaurant.
- Each session is 50 minutes, with a 10 minute
break.
- Coffee and snacks will be available at all times.
We are very excited at being able to bring
Steinar Opheim of TENT Norway to this course as a guest speaker.
He is the
director of one of the most effective tentmaking organizations in the world,
serving Norway and Europe.
His tentmaking story
will inspire you and his clear articulate teaching will feed you.
There are also other guest speakers whose names we can not publish in advance.
Trust that they will also amaze
you with their ongoing stories.
GLAD
Tidings church has also given us a wonderful meeting and fellowship room.
It
will be easy to step out direct from the
classroom to enjoy fresh air during
breaks.
Breakfast will be at your hotel or homestay. Coffee
will be ready when you arrive in the classroom.
Lunch will be light and dinner
will be a hot three course meal.
Coffee, tea, great tasting
Victoria water & snacks will be
available at all times.
All preparation of food and snacks will be done by a volunteer team
from Glad Tidings Church.
Housing - the
following accommodations are within an easy walk to the church.
Travellers Inn on
Blanshard 7 minute walk to the church
Paul's Motor Inn
5 minute walk to church
Turtle Hostel 4 minute walk to
church
Ocean Island Backpackers Inn & Hostel
6 minute walk to church
Click here for
directions to Victoria
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How to get here...
From Victoria International Airport (YYJ)
• Shuttle bus to downtown, get off at City Hall bus stop, walk two blocks.
From Swartz Bay Ferry terminal on
Vancouver Island
• Double decker city bus,
get off at City Hall bus stop, walk two blocks. A few bucks,
have change ready. About one hour.
From downtown Victoria Inner Harbour
• Walk or pedicab - 15-20 minute scenic walk. Many restaurants and coffee shops
enroute.
Options from Vancouver (YVR)
• Fly to Victoria - 15 minutes
• Pacific Coach Lines Bus from
airport to ferry to downtown Victoria - 3.5 hours total
• City bus, but with two exchanges
enroute to Tsawwassen ferry terminal. Much cheaper but takes longer.
• BC Ferries from Tsawwassen to Swartz
Bay ferry terminal - 90 minute scenic cruise through small islands.
Enjoy good food onboard, we recommend the Clam Chowder.
Options from
Seattle Washington (USA)
• Fly to Victoria - 35 minutes
(Alaska/Horizon Air)
• Bus from airport
to Seattle Harbor - 1 hour
• High speed Catamaran Ferry
from downtown Seattle to
downtown Victoria - 90 minutes
From Port Angeles Washington (USA)
- leave your car in Port Angeles!
• Coho ferry to downtown Victoria - 95
minutes. Walk or pedicab to church. About 2 miles.
