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Torchbearers conference tours coming to a city near you!

We are delighted to announce that Torchbearers is hosting a series of conferences across the USA and Canada during 2012.

These conferences will help reconnect us with some of the thousands of alumni across North America (around 20,000) and give us the opportunity to clearly and effectively communicate what is happening in the ministry of Torchbearers.

The conferences will be held at churches and will run from a Friday night through to late Saturday, or in some cases, Sunday morning.

We have an exciting line-up of speakers, centre staff and guests for each weekend so check out the dates to see who will be where!

Also, for all you past Bible School students, why not take the opportunity to arrange reunions with your fellow Alumni from your time at Bible School? Let us know here (reunions@torchbearers.org) if we can help facilitate these!

The current dates (subject to final confirmation) are:

Denver 30th & 31st March        Colorado Christian University,      Denver, CO
Milwaukee 13th & 14th July        Elmbrook Church,                          Brookfield, WI
Abbotsford 20th & 21st July      Central Heights Church                Abbotsford, BC
Portland 3rd & 4th August        Imago Dei Community Church,     Portland, OR
Calgary 17th & 18th August        Full Gospel Tabernacle                  Falconridge, AB
We hope there will be students and staff (current & past) from all of our 26 centres around the world.

Click here to download video, posters and fliers to promote these events!

Please pray for the planning team as we prepare for these events. This is the first time Torchbearers has done anything like this so we are seeking the Lord’s leading in all the various tasks and planning that are needed.

See you there!
WHEN/ WHERE?

WHEN/ WHERE?

TOUR DATES AND LOCATIONS

We're hitting 5 cities in 2012, bringing our conference tours to you

Starting from Friday the 30th of March through to Sunday the 19th of August, a Torchbearers Conference Tour will stop at a city near you. We will bring you a tour full of goodness, solid Bible teaching and a great selection of speakers and topics to keep you interested. Most tours begin Friday night at 7pm. Check your city location for details. Some locations are yet to be confirmed, so check back later.

DENVER, CO - Click here FOR REPORT

WHEN: Friday 30th - Saturday 31st March.
Tour conference starts Friday night and runs all day Saturday.

WHERE: Colorado Christian University – School of Music, Denver, CO.

SPEAKERS: Zane Black, Chris Thomas, Frank Cirone, Dan Thomas, Greg Stier, Kelly Doherty and more! 

MILWAUKEE, WI - click here to book

WHEN: Friday 13th - Saturday 14th July.
Starts Friday night at 6pm, Saturday starts at 9am through to 9pm.

WHERE: Elmbrook, Brookfield WI

SPEAKERS: Zane Black, Chris Thomas, Satish John, Charles Price, Stuart Briscoe, Dan Thomas and more! 

ABBOTSFORD, BC

WHEN: Friday 20th - Saturday 21st July.

Starts Friday night at 6pm, Saturday starts at 9am through to 9pm.
WHERE: Central Heights Church, Abbotsford, BC.

SPEAKERS: Satish John, Charlie Fordham, Mark Thomas, Frank Cirone and more!

Portland, OR

WHEN: Friday 3rd - Saturday 4th August.

Starts Friday night at 6pm, Saturday starts at 9am through to 9pm.
WHERE: Imago Dei, Portland, OR.

SPEAKERS: Zane Black, Chris Thomas, Charlie Fordham, Mark Thomas, Dan Thomas, Frank Cirone and more!

Calgary, AB

WHEN: Friday 17th - Saturday 18th August.

WHERE: Full Gospel Tabernacle, Falconridge, AB.

SPEAKERS:  Zane Black, Chris Thomas, Charlie Fordham, Frank Cirone and more!

WHO'S SPEAKING?

WHO'S SPEAKING?

GUEST SPEAKERS

It wouldn't be a conference tour without our speakers!

We've organised a variety of great speakers to lead our conference tours, check your city location for a list of who's speaking at your conference.

Speaker

Chris Thomas

The eldest son of Torchbearers’ founder, Major Ian Thomas, Chris is the General Director of Torchbearers International. As well as living and teaching at Ravencrest Chalet in Estes Park, Colorado, Chris travels to teach and preach in Churches, Bible Schools and Universities all over the world.

Speaker

Charles Price

Currently the Senior Pastor at The People’s Church in Toronto, Charles was principal at Capernwray Hall for several years having formerly been a student there also.

Speaker

Satish John

Director of Himalayan Torchbearers in India, Satish has an amazing story to tell of God’s faithfulness. He teaches at several Torchbearer centers and has an itinerate ministry that often sees him travel around the world (and he loves ‘Snickers’ bars)

Speaker

Greg Stier

Greg Stier is the founder and president of Dare 2 Share Ministries International. He combines amazing true-life stories and side-splitting humor to communicate sound Biblical truth in a way that not only inspires teenagers, but motivates them to action. He is the author of eight books and numerous resources. For more information please visit www.dare2share.org

Speaker

Frank Cirone

Having been on staff at Ravencrest Chalet for over 20 years, Frank is the newly appointed director and loves to teach God’s Word, hang out with students and drink coffee (sometimes all at the same time!)

Speaker

Zane Black

Wild, Wacky, Weird and Wonderful! Zane’s love for life and for youth has given him opportunities to speak, teach and preach to hundreds of thousands of teenagers all over the USA and Canada. Zane is on staff at Timberline Lodge in Colorado.

Speaker

Dan Thomas

Director of Timberline Lodge in Winter Park, Colorado, Dan is the grandson of Major Thomas. He is married to Sarah and they have two beautiful girls, Keelan and Niah, and a little boy called Judah

Speaker

Joan "Mrs T" Thomas

The wife of Major Thomas and the co-founder of Torchbearers International. In fact it was ‘Mrs T’ that made the call to ‘go a little further’ at the auction that acquired Capernwray Hall and hence began the amazing ministry of Torchbearers

WHAT TO EXPECT

WHAT TO EXPECT

Schedule for the WEEKEND

At the Torchbearers 2012 Conference Tour, you can expect the following...

Each of our Conferences will be unique. Different venues, start times, speakers, content, visiting staff etc - but they will all follow a loose timetable of events - just to make it easy for you.

All of the Conference Tours will start on a Friday night, and most will run all day on the Saturday. Some will even finish up on the Sunday morning.

Here’s a ‘rough’ breakdown so you get an idea of what’s happening:

FRIDAY NIGHT

6pm    Arrive at the conference venue (usually a church or ministry centre).
            Wander around and catch up with friends, staff, Torchbearer folks!

7pm     Music, speakers, presentations, videos, teaching, fun and all that stuff.

10pm   Finish for the night and head off to find somewhere comfy to sleep

SATURDAY

9am    Music, speakers, presentations and then our main speakers will share with you (hopefully!)

12.30pm    Eat Lunch (otherwise you’ll just be hungry!)

1pm – 2pm   Catch up with friends, chat, drink coffee and wander round ‘Center Central’ – where every Torchbearer Center has a display with updates, information and current opportunities

2pm    Seminars:  2 or 3 options for you including (God willing) ‘Tea with Mrs T’ at some venues!
More info will appear shortly about the seminars in each city.

4pm    Reunion time! – Use this time to organize reunions with friends from your time at a Torchbearers Center. Let us know if you’d like some help arranging or facilitating your reunion!
You might want to do it over a meal but make sure you’re done by 5.45pm because…

6pm    More music, more speakers, maybe more presentations, nearly always some more videos, definitely some more teaching and then our main speakers will encourage, entertain and engage with you (or be shot!).

9pm    Wrap up, shed a tear, see you in two years (or at another conference – go on, I dare you!)

SUNDAY MORNING

Where possible, those that can will meet and worship with the hosting church on the Sunday morning.
Keep an eye out for more details.

Any questions on any of this, please contact Dave Firth (dave@torchbearers.org)

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USEFUL STUFF

Useful Stuff

Some handy links are listed below

Torchbearers International

Zane Black's Website (www.zaneblack.com)

Promotional Materials

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