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Booking for the Ichthus Leaders' Conference 2010 is now closed.
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Ichthus Leaders’ Conference
A retreat for leaders at the Croydon Park Hotel
15-16 January 2010
Dear Leaders,
We look forward to welcoming you back to the Ichthus Leaders’ Conference in January 2010!
We have a challenging programme planned, which examines our relationships, at home, in church, ecumenically, in our leadership teams, and in the community. On Friday evening we have guest speaker Rob Parsons speaking on The leader and their relationships, while on Saturday Les Isaac will address us on Relationships in the community.
In addition, we have seminars addressing ecumenical relationships, handling disagreements and accountability in team leadership. In our main sessions we will tackle the subject of men and women working together in leadership. We will look at the meaning of masculinity and femininity, offer a Biblical perspective on gender issues and tackle the question of whether there is such a thing as a Jezebel spirit. Since some other churches and streams have made a point of emphasising their opposition to women in leadership, we feel it is time we set out our stall and discussed these matters openly. It should be a lively time! We hope you will join us and add your own perspectives and questions as we seek the face of the Lord together.
We have taken seriously your suggestions from last year and have made small adjustments to the programme to accommodate them. The Croydon Park Hotel is ready to welcome us back, with their excellent facilities and food, and we believe this will be a significant event. We look forward to having you with us.
With love,
Roger and Faith Forster
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Guest Speakers
Les Isaac
Reverend Les Isaac is the CEO of Ascension Trust, which he founded in 1993. After working in Ichthus London for a number of years, he co-launched the Street Pastors initiative, which provides late night outreach in high crime areas. He has been a minister in Lambeth for over 30 years, serves as the chair of the Convenor of Ecumenical Lambeth Borough Deans and is the associate minister of Christian Life Fellowship. Les and his wife Louise have two children.
Rob Parsons
Best-selling author and international speaker Rob Parsons has been speaking and writing on family and work-life issues for over 30 years, since he launched Care for the Family in 1988. More than half a million people have benefited from Rob's wisdom and insights in live seminars around the world, and his ten books have sold worldwide in over a dozen languages. Rob and his wife Dianne belong to the Ichthus Link church in Cardiff and have two grown-up children.
Worship led by
Chris and Jennie Orange
Chris and Jennie oversee worship in Ichthus, serve on the leadership team of Ichthus Forest Hill and travel with their band to lead worship, and resource worship teams with training. Find out more about their work and new book, Pursuing the Presence of God, at aloudervoice.com
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The Croydon Park Hotel
7 Altyre Road, Croydon, Surrey CR9 5AA
Croydon Park is a four star hotel renowned for its warm welcome and high standards. The restaurant serves a four course gourmet buffet and your accommodation will include use of all leisure facilities including the swimming pool, sauna, jacuzzi, solarium, squash court and gymnasium.
Travelling by rail
East Croydon Station is only 200 yards from the hotel, with regular services from London Victoria, Gatwick, London Bridge, Charing Cross and Waterloo. London Victoria and Gatwick are both only 20 minutes away by train.
Travelling by road
Croydon is easily accessible from the A23 leading from central London to Gatwick, Crawley and the South Coast. From the M25 take junction 7 and head for the centre of Croydon.
Travelling by tram
The hotel has good tram links with Wimbledon, New Addington, Beckenham Junction and the Centre of Croydon. |
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Conference fees
A
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Full conference with accomodation |
£105 |
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Single room supplement |
£30 |
B
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Full conference without accomodation |
£69 |
C
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Friday day visitor (includes dinner) |
£31 |
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Saturday day visitor (includes lunch) |
£38 |
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Friday evening session only
(arrive at 7.45pm) |
£10 |
All bookings except option E include meals and drinks. There are no alternative booking options.
Full board accommodation includes dinner on Friday, breakfast and lunch on Saturday, and use of all leisure facilities. Delegates will be accommodated in twin rooms, so if you wish to share with a particular person then please indicate this on the booking form. There are also a limited number of single rooms available, which are subject to a supplementary cost of £30.
Bookings will be dealt with on a first come, first served basis. While making every effort to accommodate all bookings, we are unable to guarantee places and you may be required to make your own accommodation arrangements. All accommodation bookings must be received by 21 December 2009.
We respectfully ask you not to bring children or infants to the conference. |
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