Youth Conference in the Czech Republic
Information concerning international Youth Conference in Czech Republic:
Dates: August 4-14, 2006
Place: Herlikovice & Prague, Czech Republic (held at Krkonose Mountains
Church Center)
Language: ENGLISH
Ages: 17-25
Limit: Four from the PCUSA
Description: Program consists of meeting youth from throughout Europe!
In addition there will be morning workshops, discussions, afternoon walks
and discussions, fellowship time, evening programs, games, singing,
talking, etc. The themes of the workshops and discussions will be Biblical
based and influenced by a social and ethical point of view. Both themes
will be presented for youth and attractive to them. Also, tours of the
beautiful mountains and Prague sightseeing will be included.
Cost: $250.00 plus airfare
For further information: contact Betty McGinnis at cobe@comcast.net or
call her at 410-647-7494
Deadline to respond: June 15, 2006
I am also including the following personal note from Rev. Tomas Pistorova, a Czech Pastor now serving a congregation in Ohio. The Czech Mission Network would very much like to see some PCUSA youth attend this inviting and broadening event. (From your Czech Mission Network Editor, Beverly Schmidt)
Beverly,
this is the note to the debate about the International Youth Conference
in the Czech Republic. I tried to put some information to promote it in our presbytery and discovered a nice website of the retreat center were it will be held(www.horskydomov.cz). It is only in Czech, but if you click around you will understand what it is about. I thought it might be helpful to mention it if you try to promote the event.
Also it maybe good to mention that Rev. David Varcoe (United Reformed Church, UK) will lead the biblical part and Jaromir Plisek, former Czech ambassador to Romania will speak about the new prospective members of the EU.
The Rev. Michal Sourek will lead a track on Christianity and postmodernism.
A personal note: A few years ago I participated in this event as the leader of the biblical part, my wife Stacey talked about art therapy and Jan Dus was the leader of the whole event. We had a lot of fun and met a great and diverse bunch of youth from around Europe. PC USA youth would make a wonderful addition to the event and also gain a very valuable experience of this new emerging Europe.
Greetings,
Tomas