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GLOBAL GATHERING
GOIANIA, BRAZIL 'SHARING THE LOVE THAT UNITES' JULY 25-29,2012 Stay in touch in this special section to get the latest planning information for the 2012 Global Gathering. Ongoing access to details can also be found on our website - www.worldconvention.org the Global Gathering website (english)- www.worldconvention2012.org the Global Gathering website (portuguese)- www.convencaomundial2012.org* *Please note - the registration process on this site is for Brazilians only 
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Registration
Have you registered? Have you invited others? Here's what you need to get started.
On Line
Click here to complete electronic form. Australia residents see following option.
Australia Registrants
Print Brochure
Click here, then print brochure. Complete and mail or give to a friend. Visa
Check with your country's consulate office to determine if you need a visa to enter Brazil - OR - check with your travel agent.. Quatro Estações (our official travel agency) can help with this information. Prepare your documents for interview using visa questionnaire here. Letter of Invitation (if required for visa)
This will be prepared in the Nashville office following your paid registration. World Convention, Nashville must have your completed visa questionnaire to prepare your letter. Your letter of invitation and your passport are normally required by the Consulate to issue your visitor's visa. Please send documents or make appointment for interview to the Consulate (not to World Convention.) |
Travel
Quatro Estações is the 18th Global Gathering's official travel agency. Transportation, accommodation and tours can be arranged with them. We recommend you begin on their web site www.quatroestacoes.tur.br/103665-destino-world-convention-2012 for an English version of their offerings. |
Accommodations
The friendly Quatro Estações sales team is available to assist with your accommodations. Detail in English can be found at www.quatroestacoes.tur.br/103665-destino-world-convention-2012 03665-destino-18th-world-convention-2012 Please note that prices are listed in Brazilian Real. To compute foreign exchange rates, visit www.x-rates.com/calculator.html |
Transportation
Hotel to Convention Center
Transportation will be available.
Airport to Hotel
Transportation will be available from the Goiania airport to hotels. Travelers will need to advise of their planned arrival times to organize trips.
Brasilia to Goiania
There will be transportation to and from Goiania and Brasilia. The planning team will inform the times for these in the near future. |
Tours
Travel consultants at Quatro Estações will assist with individual tour options. Click here to view two of their choices Caldas Novas sights - Rio de Janiero sights. View details for a post tour to Rio de Janiero here. For more information, please email them at convencaomundial2012@quatroestacoes.tur.br
Christian Standard Tour World Convention board member, Mark Taylor (editor and publisher of Christian Standard) and Larry Travis (vice president for leadership development, Cincinnati Christian University) have teamed up with Brazilian Rafa Soares to offer an eleven day tour surrounding the Global Gathering. See their brochure here for details, or email Larry.Travis@CCUniversity.edu Brazil River of Life Ministries' 'Experience Brazil' Tour World Convention advisor, Jeff Fife and his wife Monica Fife (Global Women Connecting President and World Convention board member) will host a tour of several BRoLM church plants in five cities See the BRoLM brochure here. |
Program
Plenary Speakers Click here for biographical information under the EVENTS/Global Gathering - Program section Classes
A variety of learning opportunities. Click here for list of presentation descriptions Global Women Connecting Special program and activities for women. Click here to view the schedule |
Mission Opportunities
Teen Mission USA-Talita Cumi Day Care Center
Talita Cumi - the theme for the Day Care, to help little children and their families rise out of need.
Phil McAfee reports two Global Gathering team mission opportunities in conjunction with Teen Mission USA, www.teenmission.org
Green Team - July 17-30, 2012
Yellow Team - July 24-Aug. 07, 2012
Each team will:
1) help with landscaping and possible construction of Talita Cumi Day Care Center
2) visit a Brazilian church
3) spend 3 days at Hot Water Resort
4) attend World Convention Global Gathering, July 25-29, 2012
The first step is to register with World Convention for the Global Gathering, and then contact Teen Mission or Phil McAfee at philkmcafee@hotmail.com
tmusa@teenmission.org
gregh@teenmission.org
Preparations are made to receive a group of 20 in each group. All transportation in Brazil will be included as well as hotel and meals. Further details will be available soon.
Teen Mission is experienced in international travels and provides a wonderful and Christian experience.
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Citations
World Convention has a long tradition of giving citations of honor to several individuals at each Global Gathering. We'd like for you to pray, think, and share the names of those you feel should be honored at Goiania.
There are two categories of awards:
- The Allan and Mildred Lee Awards which recognize contributions to the life and mission of the church.
- The Garfield and Grace Todd Awards which recognize those in our churches who have made a significant contribution to the wider community.
Submit your nominations to Gary Holloway at gary@worldconvention.org OR PO Box 50998, Nashville, TN 37205
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| ChristiaNet
March, 2012
Issue 105
Connecting Everywhere...Every Day
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PO Box 50998 Nashville, TN USA 37205-0998 615-298-1824 Visit our office at 4101 Harding Pike, Nashville, TN 37205 USA |
I want to thank all of you in the World Convention community for your prayers at the loss of my father and for my mother's health. Mom is home recovering nicely from her surgery. The prognosis is for full recovery. Thanks be to God! - Gary
The Year of the Lord's Favor ~Gary Holloway
February 14-17, I along with board members Doug Foster and Robert Welsh and Abilene Christian University student Joel Brown attended the annual meeting of Christian Churches Together in the USA (led by board member Dick Hamm), held in Memphis, Tennessee.
The theme of the meeting was from Luke 4:18-19:
"The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free,
to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor."
With these words in our hearts, participants from over forty Christian churches and groups experienced the work of Martin and Luther King and the Civil Rights movement. We shared this experience through presentations by those who worked with Dr. King-Bernard LaFayett and Virgil Wood-and through visits to the National Civil Rights Museum, Slave Haven (a museum of the Ground Railroad), and the Mason Temple where King gave his final "Mountaintop" speech.
This emotional and spiritual look backward actually focused the group on the future. How can we as Christian Churches Together work toward racial and economic justice for all people?
That was the question we prayed over and discussed in small groups, around meals, and in plenary sessions.
In addition to that focus, the highlight of the meeting was worshipping together in various styles. As we worshipped and fellowshiped together, it was plain that the Spirit is moving among us to proclaim good news.
So my question to all the churches in our movement-Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Churches of Christ, and Christian Churches-is how shall we together work to proclaim good news-freedom, recovery, reconciliation, and justice-to all people, languages, nations, and tribes?
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The Women's Desk
March 8, 2012 was International Women's Day, a moment in the year to envision what it means to be, "connecting girls, inspiring futures." This day has been recognized since the early 1900's and moved from being a reminder about negatives to a celebration of positives regarding women, their possibilities, and contributions in global community.
This month is also proving to be a time of visioning and preparation, call and response, connecting and celebration.
Global Women Connecting will have a special program during the 18th Global Gathering that will speak to the special ways women are present to each other and their communities. Ideas are beginning to buzz as our speakers prepare. New country representatives are making themselves ready to help in the shaping of Global Women Connecting's future. And women who claim and strive toward understanding are listening and sharing in the unity of this special bond.
I know the special blessing that comes from having a friend in another part of the world. Won't you join me in sharing the special gift God has placed in our lives? This month is a perfect time to learn and share more of the mission and ministry of women in the Campbell-Stone family. Write a letter or email sharing your friendship. Post or tweet where you find women making a difference in your part of the world. Text or phone a friend to get together and celebrate.
Together, let's discover God's latest plans for us!
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Profile Resources
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June 26-30, 2012
Oregon Christian Convention
July 19-22, 2012
Asamblea Nacional Hispana y Bilingüe National Hispanic & Bilingual Assembly
www.obrahispana.org
July 25-29, 2012
World Convention Global Gathering
www.worldconvention.org
english version
portguese version
July 26-31, 2012
June 25 - 29, 2014
Quadrennial Assembly
October 14, 2012
Forrest F Reed Lecture-Dr. Alvin Jackson
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