British Reformed Fellowship Family Conference 2008
The Share
Village, Co. Fermanagh, N. Ireland
Friday, 25
July - Friday, 1 August
Conference
Theme: "The Work of the Holy Spirit"
BRF
Conference Booking Form (pdf in 8-1/2 x 11 Letter size)
Speakers and Subjects
The biennial general meeting at the British Reformed
Fellowship’s (BRF) 2006 conference settled upon the speakers for the
2008 conference: Professors Engelsma and Hanko, who have served us so
well in the past. The theme too was decided: "The Work of the Holy
Spirit." We are looking forward to 6 quality lectures and
good fellowship on this worthy subject.
Saturday,
26 July
9:30 AM, Prof.
David Engelsma - The Person of the Holy Spirit
7:00 PM, Prof.
Herman Hanko - The Outpouring of the Holy Spirit
Sunday, 27
July
10:00 AM,
Worship Service, Prof. David Engelsma
7:00 PM,
Worship Service, Prof. Herman Hanko
Monday, 28
July
7:00 PM, Rev.
Angus Stewart - Special Lecture on Charismaticism
Tuesday, 29
July
9:30 AM, Prof.
David Engelsma - The Holy Spirit & the Covenant of Grace
7:00 PM, Prof.
Herman Hanko - The Holy Spirit as the Spirit of Truth
Wednesday,
30 July
7:00 PM, Prof.
David Engelsma - The Holy Spirit & Assurance
Thursday,
31 July
9:30 AM, BRF
Biennial General Meeting
7:00 PM, Prof.
Herman Hanko - The Holy Spirit & the Church
Visitors are
very welcome at the conference for the speeches and Christian
fellowship. If you would like to stay for a meal/meals or overnight,
contact Share Village (028 677 22122). A more complete schedule will be
available in early July (DV).
Site
After many discussions, telephone calls, e-mails and
visits, the site for the 2008 BRF Family Conference was booked.
Our venue is the Share Centre (also called the Share Holiday
Village) in County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland, just minutes from
the border with the Republic of Ireland. Share is located on a 60 acre
site, right on the tranquil shores of Upper Lough Erne, part of the
largest inland waterway in Europe, which eventually, as the River
Shannon, enters the Atlantic Ocean at Limerick.
Besides the attractive location, Share Village is
also the largest activity centre in Ireland. Water sports on the lake
include kayaking, canoeing, windsurfing, dinghy sailing and keelboat
sailing. For the younger children, there are the options of banana
skiing or the more sedate setting of the small beach. The Inishcruiser,
a 57-seat, luxury, heated cruiser, will suit all age groups. The one and
a half hour boat trip explores some of the lesser known and most
beautiful parts of Lough Erne, including a nearby castle under the care
of the National Trust.
Also on site, we have an indoor swimming pool, a
sauna, a steam room and a fitness suite, as well as pool tables and
equipment for archery and fuzzball.
There are 30ft climbing walls (indoor and outdoor), professionally
designed in order to offer exciting climbs for beginners to experts.
Activities for smaller children include pottery, mosaic, mask making,
batik, T-shirt printing and pedal go-karting, besides a shallow, indoor
swimming pool, a soft play room and an outdoor play park.
The
more technical activities are led by qualified and experienced members
of the Share staff.
The accommodation sleeps up to 220 people—arranged
in cosy chalets or in the modern style "Farmhouse." All rooms
are double-glazed and have central heating for year round use and
comfort. Currently over 80% of the accommodation is en-suite and by 2008
this percentage may well be even higher.
Importantly, all of Share’s facilities have been
purpose built for guests with disabilities to ensure freedom of access
and independence. Even the Inishcruiser is fully wheelchair accessible
with onboard toilets. The conference site itself is flat, being on the
edge of a lake. So the less able-bodied and the elderly will be well
catered for.
Some, especially in the British Isles, may be
interested to know that Share has a campsite, situated in a secluded
wooded corner. There are 13 sites for caravans with electric hook-ups
and 24 spaces for tents. Laundry facilities are available both for those
in static and in mobile accommodation.
We may well take a day trip to the Ulster American
Folk Park. Of special, but not exclusive, interest to those from the US
and N. Ireland, this fine museum explains the immigration from Ireland
to America, especially in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and
traces the success (or otherwise) of the immigrants in the new world.
The Ulster American Folk Park also includes an extensive open-air museum
(www.folkpark.com).
We think that the beautiful location and the wide range of
activities will make this site especially attractive to young people and
therefore to parents, and even older saints, who will, no doubt, enjoy
spectating! All this on top of what we fully expect will be superb,
Reformed lectures on "The Work of the Holy Spirit," the
blessed presence of the living God with us! Share Village has a good
website, complete with colour pictures, which should give you a good
feel for the place, so why not look it up (www.sharevillage.org)?
Since this site is in N. Ireland, Philip Rainey, a member of
the CPRC is proposing driving a group of visitors in a minibus around
some of the sites of special interest in N. Ireland for a couple of days
after the conference. Thus some may come for the 2008 BRF Conference
itself (Friday 25 July - Friday 1 August) and then join the CPRC for
worship (Sunday 3 August) and take advantage of the
minibus tour through parts of N. Ireland (Monday 4 - Tuesday 5 August).
More details will be provided as they become
available through the British Reformed Journal (for subscribers),
the BRF website (www.britishreformedfellowship.org.uk) and Julie Rainey,
the BRF conference booking secretary (jhrainey31@yahoo.com).
We hope that many of you will be able to join us in
God’s will for the tenth biennial BRF Conference on "The Work of
the Holy Spirit" at the Share Centre (25 July - 1 August, 2008).
Rev. Angus Stewart
