BOREHAMWOOD, England--The European Office announced the following sites for the festival, Oct. 14 to 21.
A little more information on all the sites is contained in a European festival brochure, which can be obtained by writing to Dorcas Taylor, Worldwide Church of God, Festival Office, Pasadena, California, 91123, or by or e-mail at dorcas_taylor@wcg.org
The festival will be at the Pirita Hotel. Services will be in English.
Contact: Leo Kaagjarv, Tamme pst 82A-6, 50417 Tartu, Estonia. E-mail: lkgjrv@ut.ee. Telephone and fax: 011 (372) 747 6164 until June, then from July onward, contact: Carl Aas, telephone 011 (47) 64 86 93 30; e-mail: carl_aas@wcg.org
The festival site includes a private beach and playground for children. Services will be in French, but English translations can be provided if necessary.
Contact: Jack and Betty Brunet, 69 Rocade du bel Horizon, Ravine Vilaine, 97200, Fort-de-France, Martinique. Telephone and fax: (596) 79 64 20. E-mail: Jack.Brunet@wanadoo.fr
This site will feature a number of seminars including a full-day marriage and family workshop led by Thomas Schirrmacher, pastor and author. Manfred Beutel, pastor and church planter, will present a seminar on congregational development.
Contact: Stiftung Weltweite Kirche Gottes, Postfach 1129, 5300 Bonn, Germany. Telephone 011 (49) 228 66 89 10; fax: 011 (49) 228 987 6827. E-mail: wkg53bonn@aol.com
The site this year will again be Lido di Jesolo, on the Adriatic Sea, east of Venice.
Languages spoken at the festival site will be Italian, German, English and French. Translations will be provided in all of these languages. We are planning to have worship services (at least one or more in each language), prayer meetings, workshops and seminars on various topics.
Contact (as soon as possible): Worldwide Church of God, Casella Postale 67, 24030 Brembate di Sopra (BG), Italy. Telephone: 011 (39) 035 21 78 08. Fax: 011 (39) 035 21 77 53. E-mail: italywcg@wcg.org
Services, in English, will be at the Topaz Hotel, Bugibba, Malta. The island has ancient temples, a Roman villa and a harbor.
Contact: David Stirk, 42 Richmond Court, Lisburn, Co Antrim, Ireland. BT27 4QU. Telephone 011 (44) 01846 605020. E-mail: david_stirk@wcg.org
Middelburg is a historic city in Zeeland close to beaches, the North Sea and Lake Veere.
Sermons, worship, lectures and workshops are planned.
Contact: The Dutch Office, P.O. Box 20, 4170 AA Herwijnen, Netherlands. Telephone 011 (31) 418 584 055. Fax: 011 (31) 418 584 119. E-mail: wcg.Lifeline@wxs.nl
Sines, birthplace of explorer Vasco da Gama, has 2,000 years of history. Services will be in Portuguese and English. Nearly all the Portuguese brethren speak English, and translation from Portuguese will be available during services.
Contact: Jose Ribeiro, telephone 01 (351) 96 703 6288. E-mail: Jose.S.Ribeiro@mail.telepac.pt
The vacation village has three types of accommodations: bungalow superior for two or three people, bungalow standard for three or four people, and family rooms for three or four people. All rooms have bathroom, telephone and terrace.
Contact: Pedro Rufian Mesa, Real 26, 28610 Villamanta, (Madrid), Spain. Telephone 011 (34) 918 136 705. E-mail: pedro_rufian@wcg.org
Services will be near Euston in Central London.
Contact: Olivier Carion, 1 Mount Pleasant Lane, Bricket Wood, St. Albans, Herts., AL2 3UX, England. Telephone: 011 (44) 01923 680392. E-mail: olivier_carion@wcg.org
Paignton is a coastal resort on the English Riviera.
Contact: Harry Sullivan, The Round House, Mill Lane, Hulcote, Milton Keynes, MK17 8BP, England. Telephone 011 (44) 01908 582222. E-mail: harry_sullivan@wcg.org
Yorkshire in northeast England is the setting for the festival at the seaside town of Bridlington.
Contact: Robert Harrison, 8 Mallinson Way, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 9HL, England. Telephone 011 (44) 01423 872 885.
Oban is on the west coast of Scotland, 90 miles northwest of Glasgow.
Oban has been home to Scottish Christianity since St. Columba stepped ashore in A.D. 538. Queen Victoria called it "one of the finest spots we have seen." Meetings will be in the Corran Halls, The Esplanade.
A day trip to the Isle of Iona is planned with a service in the abbey.
Contact: Hamish Dougall, Beechmount, Kingscavil, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland. Telephone 011 (44) 01506 845 725. E-mail: hamish_dougall@wcg.org
Kenmare is replete with history, from ancient stone circles to 18th century churches. Services will be in the Kenmare Bay Hotel.
Contact: David Stirk, 42 Richmond Court, Lisburn, Co Antrim, BT27 4QU, Northern Ireland. Telephone 011 ( 44) 01846 605020. E-mail: david_stirk@wcg.org
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Evian-les-Bains, FranceThe French festival will be Oct. 28 to Nov. 4 at Evian-Les-Bains. This will enable French members to meet without having to take their children out of school, which in France is against the law. Evian-Les-Bains is on the south bank of Lake Leman, facing Switzerland, at the foot of the Chablais Alps. Nearby Geneva is the city of John Calvin, a leader of the Reformation. The French Riviera, Nice and Monaco are five hours away by car. Contact: Donat Picard; e-mail: donat_j_picard@wcg.org or Marie-Angelique Alcindor, Eglise Universelle de Dieu, B.P. 64 - 75662, Paris cedex 14, France. Telephone: 011 33.1.43.22.60.84; fax: 011 33.1.43. 35.05.52; mobile: 011 33.6.81.14. 83.22; e-mail: dpi@club-internet.fr Deshaies, GuadeloupeThe festival site is on the Caribbean coast of Basse-Terre island. Contact: Guy and Liliane Colombo, Fontarabie, 97170, Petit Bourg, Guadeloupe. Telephone and fax: (590) 95 12 09. E-mail Jack and Betty Brunet at Jack.Brunet@wanadoo.fr |
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