The first wave of delegates arrive!

Superintendent Mitch Pierce and his wife, Lynn Sue were the first to arrive today, and throughout the day the rest of the Hungarian delegation arrived as well. We enjoyed a wonderful meal together at a local restaurant. The waitresses noticed the group praying before the meal and asked about our group. We told them about the Free Methodist Church and about our conference taking place at Hotel Arribas. They were happy to hear this and told us that they were also evangelical believers!

Arrival at Hotel Arribas

The advanced organizing party arrived at Hotel Arribas on Tuesday afternoon in order to get things ready for the conference. Conference participants will be arriving throughout the day on Wednesday and Thursday, prior to the start of the conference on Thursday night.

This is the view of the Atlantic Ocean from the hotel. Hotel Arribas is the western-most hotel on Continental Europe.

Conference Welcome Packet Now Available for Download

Key conference documents (in English) are now available for download in pdf format. Other language translations will be added to the download list as they become available. 

Click on the link at the right to open the desired document in Adobe Reader, or right click to save the desired document to your computer.

CLC 2013 is Almost Here!

These are busy days in our Budapest office as we make final preparations for the 2013 Church Leaders Conference. Larry, Katie, and Júlia will be traveling to Portugal on Tuesday in order to complete the advance preparations on site. Worship team members will begin arriving on Wednesday, and the majority of other conference participants will arrive throughout the day on Thursday.

Please join us in prayer that:

1. The Ukrainian delegation would receive their necessary travel visas so that they can participate in the conference.

2. That all those who will be traveling would have safe journeys and arrive in Portugal with all of their luggage.

3. That our conference speakers and workshop leaders would be able to communicate clearly from God's Word and that the participants would be able to hear and understand, even through translation.

4. That our conference translators would have the inspiration to find the right words at the needed time.

5. That those who will be received as ministerial candidates and those who will be ordained will sense God's blessing and power in their lives and ministries.

A Look at What's Ahead

Here is a promotional video from Hotel Arribas, site of the upcoming Church Leaders Conference.

Remembrance of Things Past

Here's a look back at the Church Leaders Conference that took place in 2011 in Madrid. Thanks to Al Mellinger for reminding us of that wonderful event!

Truly Free... to make disciples

Al Mellinger (FMWM Bulgaria) joins our team of workshop leaders for CLC 2013. In his workshop Al will examine the life of Christ, focusing particularly on how Jesus trained his followers to be disciples. This then can be applied to how we, in turn, can be disciples and make disciples today. Much of the material that Al will present is drawn from the Sonlife strategy to "walk where Jesus walked" and "do what Jesus did." This will be a valuable workshop for all who desire to see new believers, of any age, mature in their faith and help others do the same.