Halftime Event April 27-29

 

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Have you discovered your spiritual passions? Join CE National April 27-29, in Goshen, Indiana, for a special middle adult weekend getaway focused on discovering the passions God has for us and seeing how those passions give significance to our lives.

Special guests Dan and Holly Allan and Jim Brown will encourage attendees to build friendships and take time out of their busy schedules to think what God may have created them to be passionate about.

Throughout the week, enjoy small group interaction and leave with a written purpose statement for your life as well as ideas for your future plans and spiritual passions.

This HalfTime event is an experience-based weekend designed to encourage adults to refocus and refresh. It will include times of training, equipping, discussion, refreshment, motivation, and fun.

Friday afternoon and evening will feature spiritual challenges, a panel discussion, small group interaction, music led by Terry and Sharon White, a meal with other people from the Goshen Grace Community Church, and the testimony of Holly Allan as a cancer survivor. During the evening session, Tammy Robinson and Cathy Boyd will provide special music.

Dan Allan, Saturday, will include a Bible challenge by Jim Brown, pastor of Grace Community Church, and seminars on topics like Caring for Aging Parents, Being Effective Grandparents, Multiplying Our Influence (Mentoring), Parenting Wayward Children, Being Good Stewards of God's Gifts, Finding One's Passion, and Overcoming Boredom in Life. We will also hear testimonies from people who have found their calling/passions for their lives and are now "double-tracking" their lives so they can do what God wants of them.

After lunch the group will learn how to effectively build relationships with non-churched in an attempt to reach out to them. The entire group will then have the opportunity to do various projects in the afternoon and share God’s love with people in the Goshen area. To top off the day there will be free time and then a great dinner at the Blue Gate Theatre in Shipshewana, Indiana, where Dr. Ric Lovelady will be doing music. Ric is well-known for his lively and entertaining banjo music.

The special weekend will conclude on Sunday with a service at Grace Community Church and hearing more of what God is doing with those who have found their spiritual passions in life.

This HalfTime event is planned by a group of people who are passionate about helping believers feel fulfilled and effective in their lives. The weekend is designed to encourage and motivate people to greater effectiveness for the Lord. Some of those attending include Ken and Donna Seyfert, Ron and Viv Weimer, Art and Cindy Bushen, Ed Lewis, Terry and Sharon White, Mitch and Kim Moser, and Larry Orme.

The cost to attend this special weekend is $69.00, which includes meals and programming. You can stay at the Travelodge Conference Center in Goshen (call 574.533.9551 and ask for special 3rd Quarter rates) or at the Holiday Inn Express (call 574.533.0200) or make your own lodging arrangements.

Registrations are now being accepted. And why not bring friends? We are prayerfully seeking 200 adults for this special weekend retreat. To register, download brochure or contact Lois at cenational@cenational.org or call 574.267.6622 ext. 111 to register.

Pastor Dan Allan, has been at Ashland Grace in Ohio for over 20 years. He first joined the staff in 1984 as the youth pastor and then was called as Sr. Pastor in 1990. Pastor Dan grew up in Detroit, Michigan, and trusted Jesus as his Savior as a child. His wife Holly grew up at Ashland Grace and accepted Christ as a teenager. Dan and Holly met at Grace College. He and Holly live in Ashland with their two children, Sara and Jon. They will be sharing about Holly’s recent bout with cancer.


Jim Brown, the moderator-elect of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, and the pastor at Grace Community Church in Goshen, Indiana, for the last ten years, is a graduate of Grace College and Grace Seminary and a current Doctor of Ministry candidate at Grace Seminary. Prior to coming to Goshen he served for five years as a church youth director in Hagerstown, Maryland, and for another five years as the Director of Hagerstown Teen Center. Jim and his wife, Anne, have been married for 18 years and they have three children, Josh, Hannah, and Isaiah.

Schedule

Friday
3:00-6:00--Registration
6:00-7:00--Main Session: Dan Allan, “Seizing the Day.” Also to include worship, testimonies, and small group discussion.

7:30-8:30--Dinner with Goshen area people
7:30-8:30--Music by Terry and Sharon White and others
Challenge by Dan & Holly Allan

Saturday
8:30--Devotions: Jim Brown
9:00-10:15--Issues adults face:
10:15--Break
10:45-11:15--Breakout Session #1
11:30-12:00--Breakout Session #2
12:00-12:30--Challenge and Golden Glo Chicken lunch
1:00--Ministry projects and lunch in the Goshen community followed by free time
6:00--Dinner @ the Blue Gate Theatre in Shipshewana. Music by Ric Lovelady

Sunday
9:45--Worship service at Grace Community Church: Jim Brown
11:30--Lunch together
12:30--Dismiss