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April 2007 will find stewardship ministry leaders from throughout North America and the United Kingdom meeting together for the first time to explore our varied responses to God’s generosity, and to examine the way a clear sense of mission encourages the generosity of individuals and benefits the institutional Church.
April 23-26 , 2007, Suffolk England Plan now to attend this exciting conference and perhaps one or more of the special educational and entertainment offerings during the conference. You may even add an eight day post-conference tour to visit Cathedrals, Castles, Abbeys, Villages and Ruins. Other opportunities include a visit to historic Ipswich, childhood home of King Henry’s VIII’s right hand man, Cardinal Wolsey, and participation in the British Commemoration of the 400th Anniversary of the settling of Jamestown, Virginia. LOCATION: Our host Diocese is St. Edmundsbury & Ipswich located in beautiful Suffolk County. Click here to view their diocesan web site. The conference will be held at Trinity Park Conference and Event Centre. Click here to view the Trinity Park web site. For travel by rail from London to Ipswich depart from the London Liverpool Street Station on the route to Norwich. Many on-line resources are available for planning your schedule from (and to) London Liverpool Street Station and Ipswich. Click here for one option for planning travel to Ipswich. Suggestion: use the QUICK JOURNEY PLANNER on the right side of this page, and enter travel from “Liverpool Street Station” to “Ipswich” to identify options for your travel. SCHEDULE: Refinements to the conference schedule are available in PDF file format. Click here to open the file. Then print and/or save for future reference. PROGRAM: Full conference brochure in PDF file format can be accessed by clicking here to open the file. KEYNOTERS: Keynote presenters have been invited to share their preliminary thoughts with you as they prepare their addresses. Their comments will be made available on this site as soon as they are available. The banquet on Wednesday, 25 April, will feature The Most Rev’d. John Sentamu, Archbishop of York, as guest speaker. Conference participants are encouraged to invite spouses/guests traveling with them to join us for this evening event. (Additional charge for each guest is $50 US) OPTIONAL EVENTS: Optional events on the afternoons of Monday, April 23rd and Tuesday, April 24th include a golf tournament and several short tours. Spouses/guests traveling with conference participants are welcome to participate. Click the appropriate line below for detailed descriptions: Monday, April 23rd Kentwall Hall Banquet (click for pdf) Tuesday, April 24th Suss Out the Secrets of Sutton Hoo (click for pdf) Tuesday, April 24th Coastal Cruise (click for pdf) The previously offered post-conference tour option to visit Cathedrals, Castles, Abbeys, Villages and Ruins has been cancelled due to an insufficient number of participants. For those who may be interested, we are aware of two tour opportunities available through Atlas Cruises and Tours. The first is an eight day tour titled The Best of the West Country. Click here to view the web site describing this tour. The second opportunity is a 10 day tour titled Britian Sampler. Click here to view the web site describing this tour. CONFERENCE LODGING: Conference participants are responsible for booking their own lodging accommodations. Click here to review lodging options that have been negotiated for your consideration. Bus transportation will be provided between these locations and the conference centre as indicated on the conference schedule. A limited number of accommodations in private homes are available on a first come/first serve basis. This option may require that you provide your own transportation to and from the conference centre. To explore accommodations in private homes, please contact Mrs. Sharon Pendorf, conference coordinator for our host diocese. Click here to send an e-mail to Sharon. Or, to telephone Sharon from the USA dial: 011 44 1473 298 503 REGISTRATION: Register Early ~ ~ Conference space is limited to 225 participants ~ ~ NORTH AMERICAN AND OTHER NON-UK PARTICIPANTS:
Print and complete the form then return by mail or FAX as noted below. Registration to be paid by Visa or MasterCard and registrations to be invoiced may be completed by telephone. Please familiarize yourself with all optional conference events and related costs and complete a draft registration form before calling. This will expedite your telephone registration process.
Forward your completed registration form and payment to: TENS Confirmation of your registration will be sent via email. UK PARTICIPANTS
Mrs. Sharon E. G. Pendorf Tel: +44 (0) 1473 298 500 Confirmation of your registration will be sent via email.
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