Winter Focus 2019 at Jouvence: St Jax Weekend Away

25 Jan 3:00pm – 27 Jan 4:00pm 2019 EST

Jouvence, 131 Chemin de Jouvence, Orford, QC, Canada Map

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Due to limited space this event is open to St Jax community. Thank you for your understanding.

Join us for our third annual church weekend away - We are happy to announce our speaker for this year: Bonnie Yule Kuehne, Regional Executive director of Alpha International! Bonnie Yule-Kuehne is the Regional Executive Director for Africa and Latin America at Alpha International. Bonnie joined the staff in 2001 and she previously served as the Global Chief Capacity Officer, looking after the structure and strategic growth of the Alpha ministries globally. Other previous roles include Global Vice President, Global Director and National Director for Alpha UK. Bonnie moved from the USA to London for graduate work at the LSE followed by a position working for the US Ambassador under President Clinton. Her current leadership focus is on Emerging Markets in the regions of Africa and Latin America.

More details will be announced soon but here are some of the highlights:

  • We will have access to the ski and outdoor centre from Friday afternoon, so come on down early!
  • Our programme will begin with Friday's dinner at 6pm
  • We'll have lots of time to hang out by the fire and with kids areas and shared babysitting too.
  • All rooms include bedding and towels. Families will be assigned family rooms and individuals will be asked to share rooms (please enter any sharing preferences below).
  • Saturday morning we will hear from Bonnie, engaging together as a community.
  • Saturday afternoon will have lots of time to enjoy this beautiful ski centre.
  • All ski and outdoor equipment rental is included in our main price.
  • Saturday evening will be a great fun family party.
  • Sunday morning we'll have a special communion service a final teaching session and then close with our last meal together for lunch.
  • There is an option to stay on Sunday afternoon for more outdoor fun so try not to book up a busy programme back in Montreal!
  • Arrangements will be made for those not able to come, to join one of our sister churches for Sunday worship back in Montreal.

Costs for this weekend are indicated below. If you would like to request a bursary, please email anna@stjax.org - our hope is that everyone is able to come, regardless of your financial situation. A collection will be taken on the weekend, to make these bursaries possible. Also we hire a bus to bring people down Friday afternoon for people who do not have a car. Please indicate if you need bus transportation that will likely leave at 4 pm from the church.

**Please note that if you need transportation, we will be renting a bus and the cost per person is $25.

Bookings for this event have now closed.