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(prices cover the program for the weekend; the hotel room is separate)

 

$189

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$209

Register by May 2

 

Hotel rooms available

$92 per night

 

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National Youth Event

July 5-8, 2012

Equipping young people to live out their faith in Jesus Christ.

 

The purpose of Impact is to:

  • proclaim Jesus as Savior and Lord so lives may be transformed
  • resource congregations to strengthen their youth ministry
  • equip young people to live out their faith in Jesus Christ

 

This will be done through worship, small groups on life topics, and serving together as they engage in Christian fellowship. Youth will grow deeper in their faith and understanding of the love and plans that our Lord has for them. The youth will also have an opportunity to do a service project with Kids Against Hunger.

 

Impact is for high school students that have completed grades 8-12.
Impact Announcements - Saturday, July 23, 2011

We're planning a great youth event in Nashville, Tennessee - four days of worship, small groups, service projects, breakouts, bible studies, concerts, and games.

Hope to see you in Nashville July 5-8!

 

This year, we will have an on-site service project through a partnership with Kids Against Hunger.  We will be packing life-saving emergency meals that will help feed children suffering from starvation and malnutrition around the world.  Find out more about the partnership and project at www.youthencounter.org/kidsagainsthunger

 

The program fees at the left are inclusive of all programming for the event.  The hotel room cost has been removed from the registration cost to allow your group more freedom in choosing where to stay.  We have rooms at the event hotel available for $92 per night; you can register for as many of these rooms as you need when you register for the program.  This rate is availble two days before and after the event as well.  Contact registrar@youthencounter.org to find out how you could come early or stay late as an opportunity for your group to see the sights or do some local service projects around Nashville.

 

Looking to share car-pooling or find another group to go together with to rent a bus?  We've created a facebook group called Impact 2012 Adult Leader's Meet-Up so you can find other leaders in your area interested in travelling together or helping each other out in various ways.  E-mail event director David Frei at dave@youthencounter.org if you have more questions.

 

Are you planning to go to one of our Quakes, Quake Zones, or Zones?  Or maybe you are planning to go to Impact with your high school students, and haven't thought about attending one of these regional events with your middle school students?  Check out the "Regional Event Coupon" in the event downloads section for a great discount if you go to both!

 

Check back here frequently for updates as bands, speakers, and other information is added.

 

Speaker

Celia Whitler
Celia Whitler is a singer, songwriter, author, speaker, friend, wife and mom. She enjoys a good laugh, a well told story, connecting with people through her music and through travels. “When it comes down to it, there is something really sacred about telling our story and about hearing each other’s stories. I just happen to do that through song.” In April 2006 Abingdon Press released Celia’s first book. It contained real life stories from Celia’s work and travels and was written for graduating seniors. Celia has written two other books for Abingdon Press. Each of the three books contains a music CD inspired by the stories. www.celiamusic.net

Actor
Rev. Jonathan Swenson, Paraphrase Theatre
Rev. Jonathan Swenson has three great passions in his life: Faith, Family and a love for the Performing Arts. (Okay, he is also a huge MN Vikings and Twins fan.)   Jonathan has a B.A. Degree in Psychology, Theater and Music from Gustavus Adolphus College, and a Masters of Divinity Degree from Luther Seminary in St. Paul, MN.  After serving as a parish pastor for nearly 20 years, in 2010 Jonathan launched Paraphrase Theatre, a faith-based theater company in Cedar Rapids, IA. As part of Paraphrase, Swenson is performing and sharing his faith at churches, retreats and conferences around the country. His various characters encourage the audience to experience Jesus from fresh perspectives; not cold and distant, but as one who is intimately involved in the “nitty-gritty” of life.  Jonathan and his wife, Rev. Jana Swenson, live in Marion, IA with their daughters, Christina (18) and Caitlyn (16) who fill their parents lives with an endless supply of joy and grace. For more info, contact jpswen@yahoo.com.

Speaker

Dr. John Van Epp

Dr. John Van Epp is the author of How to Avoid Falling in Love with a Jerk, published by McGraw-Hill, which blends in-depth research with humorous stories to provide a map for making healthy relationship choices. His twenty-five years of clinical experience and extensive research in premarital, marital and family relations have paved the way for his teach-out-of-the-box courses, PICK (How to Avoid Falling for a Jerk) Couple LINKS, Our Home Runs, and Ultimate Spiritual R&R to be taught in thousands of churches, singles organizations, educational settings and social agencies in all fifty states, ten countries and by more than 3,000 military personnel. Van Epp and his innovative Relationship Attachment Model, book and relationship courses were awarded the Smart Marriage Impact Award (2008) and have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, Psychology Today, O Magazine, and Cosmopolitan; and he has appeared on the CBS Early Show, the O’Reilly Factor, Fox News, and Focus on the Family. He has been happily married for over thirty years and is the proud father of two daughters. www.lovethinks.com

Hotel Information

 

Franklin Marriott Cool Springs
700 Cool Springs Blvd. ·
Franklin, Tennessee 37067

Driving Directions

 

Musician

Bread of Stone
With a new range of vocals, talent and tour experience, Bread of Stone hits the mark with their highly anticipated, long awaited third album, "Saturate." The bands goal is to share what God has been doing in their lives personally and as a group. The pop/rock 5 song EP features "Beautiful," which was inspired after a recent trip to Indonesia. Lead singer, Ben Kristijanto said "we spoke with a recent convert named Abraham and he told us that when we heard about the Gospel of Christ, he was in awe of how Someone so great would come down for someone like him and turn it in to something beautiful. Bread of Stone has toured with some of the top names in Christian music including the Newsboys, Stellar Kart, Decemberadio, Petra, Building 429 and many others. For more information, visit http://www.breadofstone.com.

Speaker

Rev. Bill Yonker

When he’s not enjoying his family or pastoring his congregation called Immanuel Lutheran Church of East Dundee, Illinois, Rev. William Yonker loves to travel around the country talking to people about the Lord Jesus. Presently he lives in Illinois, and though he was born in Milwaukee and raised in Grand Haven, Michigan, he is a true blue “cheese-head”, devoted to his birth state of Wisconsin and the Green Bay Packers. Pastor Yonker attended Valparaiso University, graduating in 1982 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. He then attended Concordia Seminary in St. Louis where he received his Masters of Divinity in 1986. This year Pastor Yonker will travel from San Francisco to Orlando and from Houston to Bismarck, ND proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus. Pastor Yonker is married and besides spending time with his wife, Joanne and three children, Rebecca (18), Abigail (15) and Joshua (12), and speaking, you can usually find Pastor Yonker reading or writing, which are his other passions.

Musicians

Echelon

Echelon is a ministry organization that seeks to spread the Gospel of Christ through music and relational ministry. Lloyd Garrelts, Lowell Michelson, Todd Miller & John Simshauser have been involved in Christian music ministry for over ten years and have performed hundreds of concerts throughout the United States. They look forward to getting to know you!
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