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NACBA’S travel
agent
NACBA’S
travel agent, All World Travel, is available to provide you with travel options
for your travel to Southern California. For the best rates you
should make reservations 60 days prior to departure. This is
just a service and does not benefit NACBA.
All World
Travel, Inc. offers:
Contact
information is:
Phone: 800-537-1217
or
972-231-5391
Fax: 972-231-7779
Email:
Angela Glavy-Carrizales AngelaG@allworldtravel.com
or
Sherry Talbot
SherryT@allworldtravel.com
SuperShuttle discount link:
http://www.supershuttle.com/default.aspx?GC=38CHJ
The boarding procedures at the airports:
(LAX) –
Reservations are not required. Upon arrival collect your luggage
and proceed outside to the SuperShuttle sign located on the outer
island under the overhead orange Shared Ride Van Sign. Contact our
blue uniformed SuperShuttle Guest Service Representative.
John Wayne Airport
(Orange County) (SNA) – Advance reservations are not required
but are recommended. For reservations call 800-Blue-Van or
800-258-3826. Upon arrival, proceed directly across the street to
the 3rd Island marked “Van Shuttle Service.” Advise our
blue uniformed SuperShuttle Guest Service Representative that you
have a reservation with SuperShuttle.
Long Beach Airport
(LGB) – Advance reservations are required. For reservations
call 800-Blue-Van or 800-258-3826. Look for your van past the Taxi
Stand.
 Two different tours
are offered just prior to and at the beginning of our closing
event.
Behind the Scenes Tour - $12
This is the general historic tour where guest will explore with a
tour guide many of the first class areas of the ship, including the
first class lounge, smoking room, dining room, and actual suite
(based on availability). The tour lasts one hour.
Ghosts and Legends Special Effect Show - $10
The Ghosts and Legends Show takes guests to visit some of the most
haunted areas of the Queen Mary including the First Class swimming
pool, Grey Ghost passageway, and the forward boiler rooms. Complete
with special effects the tour lasts about 35 minutes. The tour is
not recommended for those who are sensitive to strobe lights or have
other health conditions. Wheelchair accessibility is available.
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KEYNOTE Speakers |
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July 18 - Ken Sande
is president of Peacemaker Ministries and author
of
The Peacemaker,
which has been translated into ten languages. He is passionate about
bringing the life-changing power of the gospel and the wisdom of God's
peacemaking principles into the lives of Christians and their churches.
His early experience in engineering and law fueled his desire to
dedicate his life to biblical peacemaking, resulting in his decision 25
years ago to found Peacemaker Ministries.
Ken has used biblical peacemaking
principles to minister to parties in hundreds of conflict situations
ranging from simple personal disputes to complex church, corporate, and
legal conflicts. He has written numerous resources on conflict
resolution and is in frequent demand as a conference speaker. His wife,
Corlette, who has homeschooled their two teenagers, published a biblical
peacemaking curriculum for children called
The Young Peacemaker. The
Sandes’ favorite family activity is hiking in the mountains near their
home in Billings, Montana.
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 July 19 -
Bishop Mary Ann Swenson
is episcopal leader of the Los Angeles Area
of The United Methodist Church, serving the California-Pacific Annual
Conference. Mary Ann Swenson has been preaching ever since she could
line up her dolls to listen. As a girl, she was told the best she could
hope for was to marry a preacher. "I went to college and I started
dating the pre-ministerial students and sitting in class with them. And
that's when I decided I'd rather be a preacher than marry one." In 1992,
she became the youngest of 50 Methodist bishops in America, one of only
six women.Bishop Swenson was awarded the
degree
Doctor of Divinity by her
alma mater, Millsaps College, in 1994.
That same year she was named a Distinguished
Alumna by the Claremont School of
Theology. She is an
Honorary Alumna of the
Iliff School of Theology,
Denver, Colorado. She has served on the
Boards of Trustees for both Iliff, and
the
Saint Paul School of Theology,
Kansas City, Missouri.
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July 20 -
Larry Osborne
serves as president of the North Coast Training
Network and has been the senior pastor at North Coast Church since 1980.
Recognized as one of the
“most innovative” and “ten most influential churches” in America, North
Coast pioneered the use of Video Venues in the late 90s and is a leader
in the Multi-Site Movement. Also known for its incredible sermon-based
small group ministry, North Coast has maintained a participation rate of
80% of adult weekend attendees for over 25 years. In attrition, the
church has helped pave the way with new ministry models for team
teaching, leadership development, word-of-mouth growth and long-term
member retention.
Larry writes and speaks
extensively on the subjects of leadership and developing healthy
ministry teams.
His books include
The Unity Factor; Developing A Healthy Leadership Team,
A Contrarian’s Guide to Knowing: A Spirituality for the Rest of Us
Sticky Church: Slamming the Back Door Shut
Ten Dumb Things Smart
Christians Believe (Available April 2009)
He holds MDiv and DMin
degrees from Talbot Theological Seminary.
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July 21 - Ruth Haley Barton
is co-founder and president of The Transforming
Center (www.thetransformingcenter.org),
a ministry dedicated to caring for the souls of pastors, ministry
leaders and the congregations they serve. A teacher, spiritual
director, and retreat leader, Ruth is the author of several books
including Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership: Seeking God in
the Crucible of Ministry, Sacred Rhythms: Arranging Our Lives for
Spiritual Transformation, and Invitation to Solitude and Silence.
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