7th SEARCHING TOGETHER CONFERENCE SCHEDULE, July 20th - 23rd
Association Retreat Center (ARC, Osceola, WI)


GENERAL THEME:

“Exalting Christ As The Only Head of the Ekklesia” (Col.2:9,19)

 

DATE:

July 20 -23, 2006.  The Conference starts Thursday, July 20: registration 3 pm – 7 pm; dinner, 5:30 pm; first session, 7 pm.  There will be 4 sessions on Friday, 4 sessions on Saturday, and a group session on Sunday am. We must be off the conference grounds by noon on Sunday, July 23.

 

LOCATION:

The Association Retreat Center (ARC), Osceola, WI www.arc-aflc.org

 

THE SESSIONS


(Each session consists of 45 minutes of presentation & 45 minutes of Questions/Discussion)
 
Thursday, July 20th
 
3 - 5 p.m.       ----  Registration
 
5:30 p.m.        ----  Dinner
 
(Music, 6:30--7:00)
7 - 8:30 p.m.  ----  Dan Thompson, Mountain View, CA, Romans Series #1: Chapter 5, Adam & Christ
 
Friday, July 25th
 
8 a.m.              ----  Breakfast  (Cinnamon Buns, Coffee, provided at the conference meeting room)
 
9 - 10:30 a.m. ----  Tim Germain, Pickle Lake, Ontario, Canada, Unto Full Stature: Our Journey Together in
                                The Body of Christ
 
11:00 - 12:30  ----  Dan Thompson, Romans Series #2: Chapter 7, When We Were In the Flesh
 
12:30 p.m.       ----  Lunch
 
3 - 4:30 p.m.   ----  Cliff Bjork, St Croix Falls, WI, The Hittite Curse Treaties: Uses, Abuses & Implications
                                For Pastoral Leadership                      
 
5:30 p.m.         ----  Dinner
 
(Music, 6:30--7:00)
7 - 8:30 p.m.   ----  Dan Thompson, Romans Series #3: Chapter 9, Mercy & Hardening
 
Saturday, July 26th
 
8 a.m.               ----  Breakfast  (Cinnamon Buns, Coffee, provided at the conference meeting room)
 
9 - 10:30 a.m.  ---- Steve Coleman, Santa Teresa, NM, Heavy-Handed Leadership: The 1970's Shepherding
                                Movement As A Case Study
 
11:00 - 12:30   ----  Pete Van Dyke, Mondovi, WI, My Brush With The Authorities: NT Leadership Is About
                                 Foot-Washing Not Brow-Beating
                                 Pam Spock, Canandaigua, NY, Observations Based on a Recent Short-Term Missions
                                 Trip to Ecuador (10 min)
 
12:30 p.m.        ----  Lunch
 
3 - 4:30 p.m.    ----  Jon Zens, Osceola, WI, Romans 16: Brothers & Sisters Doing Kingdom Work Together
 
5 p.m.               ----  Dinner
 

(Music, 6:30--7:00)
7 - 8:30 p.m.    ----  Dan Thompson, Romans Series #4: Chapter 11, A Remnant Chosen By Grace 
 
**(Note: We must be out of the dorm rooms & camping sites by 11 a.m. Sunday.  So please plan to have your rooms emptied and camping areas broken down before Sunday's breakfast or after breakfast before 9 a.m.)**
 
Sunday, July 27th
 
8 a.m.              ----  Breakfast  (Cinnamon Buns, Coffee, provided at the conference meeting room)
 
9 - 10:30 a.m. ----  David Toups,  Anacoco, LA,  What Leadership Should Be According to Jesus (45min) &
                                Group Reflections/Observations/Ruminations (45 min)
                              
 
(Conference schedule is subject to modification due to circumstances beyond our control)



INFORMATION ON LODGING AND MEALS


The Conference is held on the grounds of the Association Retreat Center (ARC), Osceola WI.  Rooms have 4 beds and are $50.00 per night.  Meals are $7.00/each (all meals, Dinner Thursday to Breakfast Sunday = $56.00 per person).  We will be providing cinnamon buns and coffee each morning.

 

To make reservations and for further information on meals and accommodations, please contact Pat Flanders at the ARC: 800-294-2877; 715-294-2877; pjfland@centurytel.net.  Also, for reservations, rates and information on RV spaces, contact Pat.

 

Also, here is a list of local motels for your information (with distance from ARC in parentheses):

 

Dalles House Motel, St Croix Falls, WI, 715-483-3206 (11 mi.)

Holiday Inn Express, SCF, WI, 877-422-4097 or 715-483-5775 (13 mi.)

Interstate Park, SCF, WI, Campsite reservations, 715-483-3742 (12 mi.)

Osceola River Valley Inn & Suites, 715-294-4060 (7 mi.)

Pines Motel, Taylors Falls, MN, 651-465-3422 (12 mi.)

Springs Inn, TF, MN, 651-465-6565 (12 mi.)

Valley Motel, Dresser, WI, 715-755-2781 (8 mi.)

 

Contact Searching Together with any questions at: 651-465-6516
E-mail:  jzens@searchingtogether.org; cbjork@searchingtogether.org.