By Ron Kelly
We have eight beautiful sites for the Festival this year: Davenport, Iowa; Hot Springs, Arkansas; Lexington, Kentucky; Palm Springs, California; Seaside, Oregon; Saratoga Springs, New York; Vail, Colorado; and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
In addition, we have the ever-popular sites of Oahu, Hawaii, and Anchorage, Alaska. You may register for Hawaii and Alaska using the same form as for the other sites.
Members planning to attend one of these fall Festival sites have been registering for the past few weeks. Church Administration asked as many as possible to register by the first week in June.
That does not mean that registration is closed. If you would like to attend the Festival for a full eight days or any part of it at one of the eight Festival sites, please register anytime.
Festival '98 ballpoint pens will be sent to all adults who send in registration forms as long as our supply lasts.
Some of our pastors have begun to plan mini-Feast sites in local areas for members who are unable to attend one of the eight full sites.
For most, the mini-Feast will feature meetings, sermons, seminars and special worship services on the final weekend of this year's fall Festival, Oct. 9-12.
Some churches may want to have worship services to open the fall Festival on Sunday night, Oct. 4, or on Monday, Oct. 5.
In a number of church areas, several congregations will want to combine for an even more special time of worship. Please feel free to discuss your desires for any fall Festival observance with your local pastor or regional director.
In a future WN, as pastors notify us, we will publish a list of the cities where mini-Feasts will be conducted. Because we do not have a full-time Festival staff, we will be unable to provide additional information on local mini-Feast sites. Our staff in Pasadena can only administer the eight sites that have been planned for 1998.
This year's Festival theme is Come--Celebrate Christ! Whatever your Festival plans for this year may be, we trust you will look forward to celebrating Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.
If you plan to attend one of the eight-day sites, please register as soon as you can. If you did not receive a registration form in the mail, there was a form in the June WN.
Whether or not you can find a form, the easiest way to register is by calling at 1-800-507-2299.
There is plenty of room at all Festival sites, and there is still room on the Panama Canal cruise and the Holy Land Tour of Israel.
PALM SPRINGS, California--The Oasis Praise Band needs individuals with camera operating experience to volunteer their time to videotape the praise and worship music concert in Palm Springs, Saturday evening, Oct. 10.
Please call Rex Danyluk at 1-818- 409-9397.
An eight-day Feast will take place in Acapulco, Mexico, Oct. 4 to 12.
Services will be in the Hotel Club del Sol, one block from the beach.
Rates per day in U.S. dollars are: one or two people (single or double room), $35; three people, $37; and four people, $40.
The hotel address is Hotel Club del Sol Acapulco; Av. Costera Miguel Aleman y Reyes Catolicos Fracc. Magallanes, Acapulco, Mexico, phone (011-52-74) 85-62-64.
Up to two children under 12 may stay with their parents without extra charge. Services will be in Spanish.
Contact Alberto Esquivel by e-mail at Alberto_Esquivel@wcg.org or call him at (011-52-5) 610-02-57 or e-mail Salvador Barragan at Salvador_Barragan@wcg.org or call him at night at (011-52-5) 824-62-72.
For information about the Festival in Ste. Luce, Martinique, write to Jack Brunet at Le Monde ê Venir, 69 Rocade du Bel Horizon, Ravine Vilaine, 97200 Fort-de-France, Martinique, call 011-0596-79-64-20, or e-mail: jack_brunet@wcg.org
Space still available
Unprecedented low costs are available in Greece because of the devaluation of the Greek monetary unit. Costs for housing, travel, food, entertainment and shopping are at an all-time low for those with foreign currencies.
The hotel is on the beach. It offers rooms of various sizes, and private bungalows on the waterfront. It has first-class cuisine and a view of incredible beauty.
Apart from regular meetings, there will be organized bus tours (with guides) to the Acropolis, the city of Athens, the ancient city of Corinth and the oracle of Delphi. Participants will also take an all-day cruise to three Greek islands.
Activities will be directed by K.J. Stavrinides, who will also explain the significance of the ancient sites.
For details and application forms, contact Delores Schroeder, 300 W. Green St., Pasadena, California, 91123; phone 1-626-304-6140; fax: 1-626-304-6130; e-mail: delores_schroeder@wcg.org
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