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Regional Recommended Events

THRIVE: A Family Retreat

July 16-18, 2008

THRIVE is a getaway for families with children with special needs. Network with other parents, hear from advocacy groups. Enjoy camp: waterfront activities, crafts, campfires. Rediscover yourself and your family in an environment designed for you to THRIVE.  Click here for more information.

Journey to Mosaic

July 17th-20th 

On this 4-day bus journey of racial justice and reconciliation, Christians from diverse backgrounds will explore historical and present-day racial justice issues and will witness a sampling of Christian ministries living out the Kingdom of God in the Northwest. The journey seeks to build authentic Christian community across racial/ethnic lines through dialogue, films, tours, and other interactive experiences.  Contact Krisann Jarvis Foss for more info: krisann (at) covchurch-npc.org.

Feet to Faith   

Feet to Faith is a pilot youth justice conference.  It will be held at Seattle University August 6-11th, 2008.  The goal is to show students that God has called them to put feet to their faith where they live.  The five-day event will have a five-fold focus of World Issues of Hunger, AIDS and Poverty; Immigration and Refugees; Creation Care and Environmental Justice; Racial Justice; and Homelessness.  Click here for more information.

Welcome Advent 

November 9-12, 2008

Discuss the appearance of the Star of Bethlehem and why the magi were traveling nearby.  Then explore how Handel paints pictures with music in "Messiah", a work originally meant for Easter.  Your guide for these discussions will be Prof. Emeritus of North Park University Gregory S. Athnos.  Download a registration form here. registration form here.