SoulNet Retreat programme 2013

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SOULNET RETREAT 2013 F R I D A Y 1 ST - M O N D A Y 4 TH F E B R U A R Y

AT SHERWOOD FOREST CENTER PARCS YOUR GUIDE TO WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND

SOULNET WEEKEND PROGRAMME GUIDE 2013

WELCOME! It’s great to be with you here at our SoulNet retreat. It seems like just yesterday we were braving the snow and ice to get out of here last year. I’m definitely hoping for better weather this weekend.

It’s brilliant to be able to host this weekend with our SoulNet director Ali Etheridge. As part of his role he’s been travelling up and down the country in the past few months getting to know some of you and finding out about your youth work.

It’s great to hear the stories of how so many of you, despite the tough times and challenges of day to day youth work, are seeing young people come to know Jesus in your local communities and churches.

The idea of this weekend is that it’s all about you and God. Our aim is to give you plenty of time to relax and spend time with God, talking to him, singing his praise, hearing from his word and waiting on his Spirit. We hope you leave feeling refreshed and encouraged and ready for the onward journey. Enjoy!

Love, Mike

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The sessions

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Meet the team

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Weekend schedule

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SoulNet dates

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Further information

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Dates for the diary

THE SESSIONS WHAT’S THE CRAIC? Your hosts: Mike Pilavachi and Ali Etheridge Mike P will be your host for the weekend and he will be joined

by SoulNet director Ali Etheridge.

We’re chuffed to be joined by Matt Summerfield from Urban Saints on Saturday. Along with Ali and Mike, Matt will be helping us explore how going deeper in relationship with God will help us develop a better understanding of our young people.

As a gift to all of you lovely lot, Matt will be giving you a free copy of ‘Don’t Make History, Change the Future’ - his new book that looks at how we can best run the race set before us and pass the baton of faith onto the next generation.

Recordings If you miss any of the talks or would like to listen again, recordings will be made available for free to download from www.soulsurvivor.com/uk/soulnet shortly after the event.

Worship & Ministry Sam Bailey will be leading us in worship throughout this weekend. We will be having times of worship in all of our sessions whilst also leaving plenty of time to wait on the Holy Spirit in times of ministry.

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SCHEDULE FOR

THE WEEKEND FRIDAY 1ST FEBRUARY Registration

4pm onwards

RESOURCES AREA

Venue open

7:30pm

Session 1

8pm – 9:30pm

Bar open ‘til

11.30pm

The resource area will be open before and after each session and during the breaks.

SATURDAY 2ND FEBRUARY Venue open

9am

Session 2

9:30am – 11am

Break

Grab a coffee and have a natter

Session 3

11:30am – 1pm

Venue open

7pm – why not visit our stand at the back of the venue?

Session 4

7:30pm – 9pm

Quiz

At 9.30pm we’ll be having a quiz in the bar so get into teams of about six and prove you’ve got the knowledge to claim the prize!

Bar open ‘til

11.30pm

SUNDAY 3RD FEBRUARY Venue open

9am

Session 5

9:30am – 11am

Break

Why not check out the exhibitors at the back of the venue?

Session 6

11:30am – 1pm

MONDAY 4TH FEBRUARY Villas to be vacated by

10am but you can use facilities ‘til 2pm

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EXHIBITORS Towards the back of the room we have some cracking exhibitors keen to have a chat with you and explain who they are and what they do! We also have a Soul Survivor stand manned by our happy, smiley merchandise manager Chris. Feel free to pop over, have a browse around and see what’s on offer.

HERE ARE SOME IDEAS OF WHAT’S AVAILABLE

SOUL SURVIVOR YOUTH BIBLE

SOUL SURVIVOR LIVE ALBUM

GET IT ACROSS LOUD AND CLEAR

Packed full of hundreds of articles on challenging topics facing young people today!

Relive summer with your favourite songs from Soul Survivor and Momentum 2012.

This practical book by Ali Martin is designed to equip and develop public speakers to communicate the word of God effectively.

PLAY TIME There are so many ways to spend an afternoon at Center Parcs. Whether you fancy a bike ride, a trip to the bowling alley or a spot of retail therapy, Center Parcs can accommodate! Head to the information point in the main complex for more info on these and many more activities.

DEPARTURE Our lovely friends at Center Parcs have allowed us to stay until Monday. Whoop!

So, if you don’t have to be back at work until Tuesday or if you can’t leave without one more trip down the rapids, you are more than welcome to stay and use the facilities on Monday morning but the villas need to be vacated by 10am.

Center Parcs had limited wifi in the main venue.

Please see the Center Parcs desk for more info.

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MEET THE TEAM MIKE PILAVACHI is one of your hosts for the weekend. As an avid chef, Mike has two main influences: Jamie Oliver’s cooking style and Delia Smith’s fashion sense.

ALI ETHERIDGE is hosting alongside Mike. He is named after youth culture icon Ali G*; you can’t get much more youth relevant than that. *not actually true but we wish it was.

SAM BAILEY will be leading worship this weekend. He counts Cliff Richard as his biggest musical hero and has been known to break out the leather trousers on previous occasions.

MATT SUMMERFIELD will be joining us on Saturday. Matt is the Chief Executive of Urban Saints and the Senior Pastor of Hitchin Christian Centre.

FEEDBACK

TWEET TWEET!

We’d love to hear your thoughts about this weekend. What did we do well and what can we improve on? Are there things you would like us to talk about or anyone you’d like to hear from?

Throughout the weekend we will be attempting to keep everyone up to date with what’s going on with the twitter hashtag: #sn13

If so, please fill in our online survey (the link will be emailed to you once you get home).

You’ll also be able to access the link from our SoulNet website www.soulsurvivor.com/uk/soulnet from our SoulNet Facebook page and we’ll Tweet the link too.

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Make sure you keep us posted with what you think of the weekend.

Get tweeting and give us a follow:

@soulnetuk #SN13

@soulsurvivorGB

SOULNET THROUGH THE YEAR! SoulNet is the part of Soul Survivor that is all about resourcing and equipping you lovely lot, but we don’t just resource and equip at this weekend!

SOULNET EQUIPPING DAYS In March and June, Ali Etheridge will be hosting equipping days in both Manchester and Watford geared towards helping you deal with different issues that arise when working with young people.

The dates are as follows:

BEYOND BAD MOODS AND APATHY How to support young people coping with depression and other mental health issues.

11th March – Manchester 14th March – Watford

MY WHOLE YOUTH GROUP KISSED A GIRL AND THEY LIKED IT Tackling the issues of sex and sexual identity.

3rd June – Manchester 6th June - Watford Equipping days are £8 if you book online in advance, or £10 on the door. More details and booking on our website.

PRAYER BREAKFASTS We’re holding a number of prayer breakfasts around the country which give an opportunity to gather local youth leaders together to eat, worship, pray and chat. If you’d like to host one in your church please chat to Ali or email soulnet@soulsurvivor.com.

Breakfasts already in the diary include HTB in London on the 8th February and St Paul’s in Salisbury on 8th March. Keep in touch with future events via Facebook and our regular enews (see ‘keep in touch’ for more details).

SOULNET IN THE SUMMER! As part of our summer conferences we have some special seminars just for youth workers. They take place at 9am on days 2-4 of each Soul Survivor week and include a pastry and a coffee. You can also sign up for prayer and prophecy sessions where our team will try and listen to God on your behalf and see what he might want to say to you.

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DATES FOR THE DIARY 2013 NATURALLY SUPERNATURAL In two weeks time from 13th – 16th February, we will be holding our Naturally Supernatural conference at our warehouse in Watford. We will be spending four days looking at the Bible’s teaching on the work of the Holy Spirit and how to live our lives in his power. This is ideal if you and your church are looking to move more in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Cost: £55 Full Conference, £17 Day ticket

13th – 16th February

YOUNG WORSHIP LEADERS DAY Do you have young people who are passionate about worship?

Get them along to our worship training day geared towards encouraging and practically equipping young people to lead worship at their church, cell group or youth group.

Cost: £5 (limited spaces – book online)

Saturday 27th April 2013

EQUAL On Saturday 15th June, Mike P and Ali Martin will be joined

by Jane Williams for our third Equal conference. We want to encourage women in church leadership by exploring what the Bible says about this and practically supporting women in leadership roles. Sorry guys, this one is just for the ladies (16+)!

Cost: £5

Saturday 15th June

SATURDAY CELEBRATIONS Bring your youth group and hang out together on a Saturday night at our celebrations in Watford. Come and join us at either 5pm or 8pm.

Cost: FREE!

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23rd Feb, 9th Mar, 27th Apr, 25th May, 22nd June

KEEP IN TOUCH SOUL SURVIVOR SUMMER 2013 We are busy getting all our plans in place for summer 2013. We know for sure we’ll be focusing on Jesus and we’re super excited to be doing that with you!

WEEK A 26TH - 30TH JULY STAFFORD WEEK B 13TH – 17TH AUGUST SOMERSET WEEK C 22ND AUGUST SOMERSET Cost: £97-£112 Depending on time and mode of booking For more details about any events we run and to book, please visit www.soulsurvivor.com/uk

SOULNET ENQUIRIES Email (for SoulNet specific queries) soulnet@soulsurvivor.com or (for general enquiries e.g. summer bookings) info@soulsurvivor.com

SOULNET NEWS You can opt to receive emails from us with specific SoulNet news (we only send them a few times a year). Sign up at: soulsurvivor.com/uk/enews

FIND US ON FACEBOOK There’s a SoulNet, Soul Survivor and Momentum page!

TWITTER @SoulnetUK @SoulSurvivorGB @MomentumGB

MOMENTUM If you’re in your 20’s or 30’s check out Momentum as we gear up to our weekend away 15th-17th March and our summer event on 23rd -27th August (Bank Holiday weekend). momentum.soulsurvivor.com

THE SOUL SURVIVOR WEBSITE You can find all these links, plus free talks, articles and other resources online at www.soulsurvivor.com/uk

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Our contact details are: Soul Survivor, Unit 2 Paramount Industrial Estate, Sandown Road, Watford, Herts, WD24 7XF. E: info@soulsurvivor.com

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