Celebrate 2009 by Catholic Charismatic Renewal

Dear Friends

THE CELEBRATE CONFERENCE

CELEBRATE is a Holiday Conference for Christians of all ages, organised by a team from Catholic Charismatic Renewal. Our vision is to offer you a spring event which combines good Christian teaching and celebration, with an opportunity to relax and enjoy a short break after the winter – in other words, refreshment for body, mind and spirit for all the family during the Easter Holidays. Most of us are Catholics, but we are always delighted to welcome a good number from other Christian traditions, including some of our conference speakers. We have much to learn from each other and to share and celebrate during the week.

CELEBRATE IN ILFRACOMBE, EASTER 2009

Sadly, the 2009 Celebrate Conference in Ilfracombe is now over. For those of you who attended, we hope you and you families enjoyed the the refreshement, the teaching and being with friends old and new. The organising teams worked hard leading up to the Conference, sensing God’s guidance along the way. We are immensely grateful to everyone involved in the Celebrate Conference, and we thank God for all of you. We're grateful too to the staff at John Fowler Holidays and at Ilfracombe Arts College, trusting us with the full use of their recently expanded and improved premises. But 2009 is not over yet ....

THE CELEBRATE WEEKENDS

In 2008, the changes in the school holidays meant that we couldn't hold the Conference during Easter week in Ilfracombe, so we took the opportunity to offer a number of CELEBRATE WEEKENDS in different locations. These were so popular that we will be holding five weekends again in 2009. We will do everything possible to ensure the weekends are as relaxing and refreshing as possible.

So it promises to be an exciting time. We’ve assembled teams of gifted people to challenge and inspire us with the Good News, and to entertain us with their wit, wisdom and God-given artistic talents. It isn’t boring to be a Christian today! Hoping to see you at one of the weekend.

In the Peace and Joy of Christ

Charles Whitehead,
Conference Chairman