Pacific District Conference
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Event Date
  • 10/18/2012 3:00 PM -
    10/20/2012 11:45 AM
    Please arrive early for registration
Location
  • First Congregational Church
Address
  • 3409 Brookside Road
    Stockton, California 95219
Coming up!  The 2012 Pacific District Conference! You don't want to miss our time together in Stockton, California, October 18-20, 2012. This year's conference includes cutting-edge seminars, refreshing times of praise, worship, and devotions, and a tour of Gospel Center Rescue Mission! Your conference fee of $90 includes program costs, dinner on Thursday night, and lunch on Friday.

Schedule

Thursday, October 18

Quail Lakes Baptist Church (QLBC) Gymnasium
1904 Quail Lakes Drive, Stockton, CA
3:00-5:00 p.m.     Conference Registration
6:30-8:00 p.m.     Welcome Banquet Dinner/Registration

Friday, October 19

First Congregational Church (FCC)
3409 Brookside Road, Stockton, CA
8:00-8:30 a.m.     Conference Registration
8:30-9:00 a.m.     Praise and Worship/Devotions
9:00-9:15 a.m.     Break
9:15-10:30 a.m.   Session 1 (Choose 1)
Nomadic Shelter - Helping the Church Learn Radical Hospitality
Keeping Up with Rescue Ricky
Development...More than just Dollars and Cents
Culinary Arts and Catering
10:30-10:45 a.m.  Break/Snacks
10:45-12:00 p.m.  Session 2 (Choose 1)
Mobile Outreach
Keys to Recovery
The Three "R's" of Volunteer Management
The Value of Social Enterprises to Your Mission
12:00-1:15 p.m.   Lunch
1:15-2:30 p.m.     Session 3 (Choose 1)
New Horizons Bringing Hope to the Chronically Homeless
Engaging Volunteers and Developing Them into Donors
Changing Landscape of Development
5 Ps of Thrift Store Management
2:30-2:45 p.m.     Break/Snacks
3:00-5:00 p.m.     Tour Gospel Center Rescue Mission (GCRM) and Gleason Medical Clinic
5:00-7:00 p.m.     Dinner on Your Own
7:00-9:00 p.m.     Movie Preview: Blue Like Jazz

Saturday, October 20

8:00-9:00 a.m.     Praise and Worship/Devotions
9:00-10:00 a.m.   Business Meeting
10:00-10:15 a.m. Break
10:15-11:30 a.m. Session 4 (Choose 1)
Reaching Tomorrow's Rescue Mission Donors Today through Social Media
Changing the Landscape of Development
The Critical Shift: Recognizing Context & Culture
Turning What You Already Do into Social Enterprise
11:30-11:45 a.m. Convocation

Accommodations

Extended Stay America Hotel
2844 West March Lane, Stockton, CA (.5 miles from conference venue)
Phone: 209-472-7588
Website: www.extendedstayamerica.com/property/extended-stay-america-stockton-march-lane-hotel.html
Rates: $63 (Studio Suite Queen) to $73 (Studio Suite 2 Double Beds)

La Quinta Hotel
2710 West March Lane, Stockton, CA (.5 miles from conference venue)
Phone: 209-472-0732
Website: www.lq.com/lq/properties/propertyProfile.do?propId=625
Rates: $49 (2 Double Beds to $64 (King suite with microwave/fridge)

Courtyard Marriott Stockton
3252 West March Lane, Stockton, CA (across street from conference venue)
Phone: 209-472-9700
Website: www.marriot.com/hotels/travel/sckst-courtyard-stockton/
Rates: $99 (King or 2 Double Beds) to $130 (Suite-King w/ sofabed)

Residence Inn Marriott Stockton
3240 West March Lane, Stockton, CA (across street from conference venue)
Phone: 209-472-9800
Website: www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/sckri-residence-inn-stockton/
Rates: $130 (Studio w/ 1 Queen and Sofabed) to $150 (2 Bedroom Suite w/ 2 Queens, sofabed, and 2 baths)

Online registration is now closed. New registrations, changes, and cancellations can be made onsite at the conference.