Following is information about international Feast sites. The WN will publish information about other sites when it is available.
For general information telephone George Patrickson at 1-604-929-4942 or by e-mail at George_E._Patrickson@bc.sympatico.ca For specific site information contact the coordinators listed below.
Edmonton, Alberta
Call Bob Millman at 1-403-444-6336 or by e-mail at bob_millman@wcg.org
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Call Owen Willis at 1-902-826-1197 or by e-mail at owen_willis@wcg.org
Montreal, Quebec (French)
French: Rejean Vautour, 1-514-678-9254; e-mail rejean_vautour@wcg.org; English: Kevin Armstrong, 1-514-421-0101; e-mail kevin_armstrong@wcg.org
Penticton, British Columbia
Call Bob Morton at 1-250-769-5613; e-mail bob_morton@wcg.org
St. John's, Newfoundland
Call Chris Starkey at 1-709-368-9901; e-mail chris_starkey@wcg.org
Toronto, Ontario
Call Doug Smith at 1-519-746-4337; e-mail doug_smith@wcg.org
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Call Alan Redmond at 1-204-654-3217; e-mail alan_redmond@wcg.org
Rodney Bay, St. Lucia
Contact Paul Krautmann, P.O. Box 780, Castries, St. Lucia; telephone 1-758-453-7574, or e-mail krautmannp@candw.lc
Kingstown, St. Vincent
Contact Frederick Forbes, P.O. Box 780, Kingstown, St. Vincent; telephone 1-809-457-1237.
Roseau, Dominica
Contact Crisford Vidal, P.O. Box 352, Roseau, Dominica; telephone 1-809-448-8589.
St. Michael, Barbados
Contact Clifton Charles, P.O. Box 1021, Bridgetown, Barbados, telephone 1-868-428-0760; fax 1-868- 428-0732; e-mail cpcharles@caribsurf.com
Arima, Trinidad
Contact Albert Lynch, P.O. Bag 114, Port of Spain, Trinidad; telephone 1-868-667-2557/2558/0818; fax 1-868-667-6247; e-mail wcgtt@tstt.net.tt
St. George's Grenada
Contact Clifton Charles, P.O. Box 1021, Bridgetown, Barbados; telephone 1-246-418-0760; fax 1-246-418-0732; e-mail cpcharles@caribsurf.com
Georgetown, Guyana
Contact Clifton Charles, P.O. Box 1021, Bridgetown Barbados; telephone 1-426-418-0760; fax 1-426-418-0732; e-mail cpcharles@caribsurf.com
Melgar, Colombia
The Colombian Feast will take place at Cafam resort in Melgar, a two-hour drive from Bogota.
Various accommodations are available, from three- to five- star hotels to traditional cabanas. A cabana for the entire Feast costs US$100 per person. Transfers must be able to speak Spanish. Last year the average attendance was 85 people.
Contact Hector Barero, Apdo Aereo 11430, Bogota DC, Colombia; e-mail hbarrero@colomsat.net.co
Contact for Australia and Fiji: Sheryl Richardson, P.O. Box 202, Burleigh Heads, Qld, 4220 Australia; fax: 011 61 7 5593 4662; e-mail: wcg4sr@wcg.org.au
Caloundra, Queensland
Caloundra is a coastal family-type holiday center, 100 kilometers (60 miles) north of Brisbane.
It has sandy beaches and is set in a subtropical climate. Sailing, boating, fishing, picturesque countryside, sports and entertainment facilities are available.
Lakes Entrance, Victoria
The coastal fishing and holiday village of Lakes Entrance is a four-hour drive east of Melbourne.
The area is host to a vast range of leisure activities, spectacular views and fine restaurants. The lakes, ocean and rivers of the area offer good fishing. Boats, yachts, wind surfers, canoes, paddle boats and jet skis can be hired locally.
Perth, Western Australia
Mandurah, the West Australian site for '98, is a one-hour drive from Perth, and is centered on one of the largest inland waterways in Australia.
The area also boasts miles of sandy Indian Ocean beaches.
With an estimated attendance of 500 from Western Australia, we have room for a few hundred.
Ulladulla, New South Wales
Ulladulla is an Aboriginal word that means "Haven of Peace." This coastal town is 211 kilometers (122 miles) south of Sydney.
Attractions include mountain panoramas, beach resorts, rain forests, streams and waterfalls, lakes and rivers. To appreciate the area around Ulladulla, a car is recommended.
Suva, Fiji
Fiji is a tropical paradise consisting of 300 islands in the South Pacific Ocean. The population is 750,000, including Fijian, Indian, European, Chinese and other peoples.
Suva is set around a natural harbor, and sandy beaches can be found fringing the offshore islands. The city bustles with duty-free shops, open-air cafes and food and handicraft markets.
Contact: Rex Morgan, P.O. Box 2709, Auckland 1015, New Zealand. Fax: 011 64 9 377 2328, e-mail: rex_morgan@wcg.org
Rotorua, North Island
Rotorua is the North Island's most popular destination for overseas visitors and an important cultural center. The area is known for its geysers, steaming lakes and streams, mud pools, hot mineral pools and silica terraces.
Queenstown, South Island
Queenstown is the South Island's most popular resort. It is set on the banks of Lake Wakatipu, amidst glacier-smoothed hills and rugged peaks.
Queenstown provides easy access for skiing in the Southern Alps or tours to Milford Sound, Mt. Cook, Lake Wanaka and the Fiordland.
Port Vila, Vanuatu
Vanuatu is a tropical paradise of 83 islands in the South Pacific. The population is 150,000, of which 80 percent are Melanesians, known as the Ni-Vanuatu people.
Port Vila is set around a natural harbor. It is a potpourri of cultures, blending elements of Melanesian, English, French and Chinese tastes.
The main street bustles with duty-free shops, open-air cafes and handicraft galleries.
Sri Lanka, Malaysia and India will also have Festival sites. Details are to be confirmed. If you are interested in any of these sites, please contact Sheryl Richardson (see contact details for Australia).
Members in Japan will be hosts for an eight-day Feast at a retreat facility about an hour north of Tokyo by bullet train. This is close to the Nagano Winter Olympics site.
The location has good Japanese and Western style accomodations.
Plans call for worship services, seminars and small group meetings, plus hiking, refreshing dips in a natural hot spring, a visit to a Japanese park, and a pizza and barbecue party. An outreach activity is also being explored.
Members who would like to have a tour of Tokyo or other tourist attractions should come earlier, or stay a few more days after the Feast.
For more information, please contact Robert Long at long@japan.email.ne.jp, or Eugene Guzon at the Philippine Office eugene_guzon@wcg.org
The Festival will be conducted at the following sites in the Philippines:
Davao City
Cagayan de Oro
Zamboanga City
Tacloban City
Bacolod City
Santiago City, Isabela
Metro Manila
Baguio City
Please contact Elma Angel, Worldwide Church of God, 6/F Fil Garcia Bldg., Kalayaan cor. Mayaman St., Quezon City or Box 1111 QCCPO, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines. Telephone numbers 011 (0632) 920-7430 to 32; e-mail elma_angel@wcg.org
The Ghana Feast tour provides an opportunity to fellowship with brethren and have an extensive tour of this West African nation. The tour is planned for 10 to 20 people and will cover 15 days starting with Atonement services in Accra.
The first part of the Feast will be observed with about 80 brethren in Kumasi, founded in 1695 as the capital of the Asante Kingdom. Tours will be conducted to a palace, museum, fort, one of the largest open air markets in West Africa, and artisan villages where kente cloth is woven and sold.
The second half of the Feast will be observed in Accra with nearly 250 brethren. Tours around Accra will include the 100-year-old Aburi Botanical gardens, Tetteh Quarshie's farm, the first cocoa farm in Ghana, the Akosombo dam and the largest manmade lake in the world. The beautiful beaches also await you.
Tours will include: Accra, sites of significance to the emancipation from colonialism, open-air craft shops, W.E.B. DuBois Memorial Centre for Pan African Culture, and the National Museum, which houses cultural and historical artifacts. *Cape Coast and Elmina castles, from the 1480s, links between West Africa and the Americas on the slave route (declared heritage sites by the U.N.). *Kakum National Park, nature reserve of tropical rain forest, home to rare animals and birds. *Gold mine at Obuasi.
Package will include two star hotel accommodation (double occupancy) for 15 nights with breakfast and dinner, travel by bus within Ghana for 15 days, entrance fees to all sites and administrative charges, $1,750 per person. Tickets, visa processing and other costs borne by participants are not included in the amount stated above.
Call Gabriel Ojih, 011-233-21-502817; e-mail ojihgab@AfricaOnline.com.gh
Our European congregations will celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles in 12 countries. Why not come over and join us?
Choose from: England, Scotland, Ireland, Norway, Holland, France, Germany, Italy, Malta, Estonia, Spain or Portugal.
We welcome oversees visitors at all our sites. At most of them, we provide English translation for the worship services.
Many of our sites are quite small, and you'll get to meet everyone. But don't worry, even at the bigger ones we won't let you get lost in the crowd.
We are enthusiastic about sharing the Feast with you, but there is far more to tell you than one small advertisement can hold. So we have prepared a comprehensive brochure with all the information you need to select which site (or sites) you would like to visit.
Just ask for the European Festival Brochure. You can use e-mail, fax, ordinary mail--or even phone if you like.
European Festival Brochure
European Service Centre
Worldwide Church of God
P.O. Box 111
Borehamwood
Hertfordshire England WD6 1LU
Fax: 011-44-181-207-1216
e-mail: david_silcox@wcg.org
Phone: 011-44-181-953-1633
A nine day option has been added for those members who would like to save a little money and join the Holy Land Tour two days later. For a copy of the Israel packet with these new options contact Travel Gallery at 1-800-858-6999.
Members can still book outside and inside cabins from Acapulco, San Francisco or Vancouver. Ted Johnston, who for years served as Feast coordinator in Vail, Colorado, will be the coordinator. For a cruise packet call Travel Gallery at 1-800-858-6999.
Travel Gallery will again be providing international travel services for airfare, rail, car rental and other land arrangements for members traveling to international Festival sites. Members in North America can contact Travel Gallery at 1-800-858-6999 or by e-mail at info@travelgallery.com
Feb. 24, 1998, WN, pages 22 to 24
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