Preparefor the storm

11-15 September 2013Cullera - Spain

Conference

For all its diminutive size - it’s only 12 kilometers long and 20 kilometers wide - the Sea of Galilee can throw up a fierce storm. Its position at the top end of the Jordan Valley means it is vulnerable to the power of the wind, amplified by the channelling effect of the valley.

That was almost certainly the case when a handful of tough and seasoned fishermen found themselves in the middle of it, tossed about like a cork and quite helpless to do anything about it. What made it worse was the fact that throughout their ordeal, the Creator of the Universe was blissfully asleep in the stern of the boat. When they shook him awake it was not out of politeness and courtesy but sheer panic and terror. They were going to die.

Storms are part of life. They come to batter us at a personal level - illness, financial hardship, marital breakdown and worst of all: bereavement. They can also hit us on a national or international scale. How many of us are being shaken by the mighty hurricanes of economies verging on collapse? Safe as the Bank of England? With the UK alone in debt to the tune of one trillion pounds - perhaps not. With the US indebted to a staggering 16 trillion dollars - we could be standing on the edge of a storm the like of which has never been seen. They all make that storm on Galilee seem like a ripple in a tea cup. And yet the eternal truth of what happened in that little storm is one which can and must be applied to whatever colossus of a storm we or our nations may experience. It is also a truth which perhaps, more than ever, we need to be reflecting in the programmes we are making. That truth is simply that Christ is with is in the storm - even though at times it can appear he is fast asleep and totally unconscious of our need! It is a truth which will enable us to ‘prepare for the storm’ which is this year’s theme for CEVMA as we meet in the not altogether inappropriate setting of the Mediterranean resort of Cullera.

For many of us, what’s happening in Europe and further afield gives cause for deep concern. This year, we want that concern to drive us to the Rock, to the Anchor, to the One who, regardless of appearances, still holds the whole wide world in his hands. And as we do so, we may discover as Habakkuk did, that though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines... yet we will be able to rejoice in the Lord, the God of our salvation.

Prepare for the Storm

This year’s conference and themeFrom 11 – 15 September 2013, Hotel Cullera, in Cullera (near Valencia), Spain, will be the site for the 2013 CEVMA Conference. The conference is an invaluable opportunity for Christians in visual media to meet, network, share ideas, projects and challenges and get spiritually refreshed. The CEVMA Conference always includes a series of Bible Talks aimed at catering to the needs and challenges of media professionals. Each day includes a prayer and worship time too, in order to ‘tank up on grace’ and receive mu-tual encouragement. The theme of this year’s Bible Talks is ‘Prepare for the Storm’. The Bible Speaker is Karl Faase from Australia.

Karl Faase has been the Senior Pastor of Gymea Baptist since 1996. Karl also has had wider leadership experi-ence including being part of the inception and leadership of the Australian Arrow Leadership Development Program, and also co-founding the Media Project, ‘Jesus – all about life’. Karl’s major wider ministries now are through Olive Tree Media ( www.olivetreemedia.com.au) which produces radio spots played around Australia and internationally as well as producing DVD/TV series.

These TV series include ‘Towards Belief’, ‘The Family Series’, ‘The Men’s Series’ and ‘Face to Face’ and ‘The Men’s Series’ also played around Australia and internationally. Karl speaks regularly across Australia and also sits on several boards. Karl is married to Jane and has three adult children - Timothy, Ainsley and Ellie.

INTRODUCTION

Sunday, September 15th08.30 Breakfast10.00 Worship Service 11.30 Coffee and Sandwiches 12.00 Goodbye

PROGRAMMEWednesday, September 11th14.00 Registration 17.00 Welcome 19.00 Dinner20.30 Opening Night 22.00 Late Night Drinks

Thursday, September 12th08.00 Breakfast09.00 Worship & Prayer 09.45 Bible Talk 10.30 Coffee and Tea Break11:00 Plenary Session ‘Excellence on a Shoe String’ by Steven Kisilevich 13.00 Lunch14.00 CEVMA Networking I 15.30 Coffee and Tea Break16.00 Plenary Session ‘Riding the Storm - Observation of a Director’ by Joel Arellanes 17.30 CEVMA Networking II19.00 Dinner20.30 Movie 22.15 Late Night Drinks

Friday, September 13th08.00 Breakfast09.00 Worship & Prayer 09.45 Bible Talk 10.30 Coffee and Tea Break11.00 Plenary Session ‘Riding the Storm - Witnessing in a hostile environment’ by Kamil Moussa13.00 Lunch15.00 Outing19.00 Dinner at the beach22.00 Late Night Drinks

Saturday, September 14th08.00 Breakfast09.00 Worship & Prayer09.45 Bible Talk 10.30 Coffee and Tea Break11:00 Plenary Session ‘Creating compelling stories that open pathways to the human heart’ by Peter Billingham13.00 Lunch14.00 Plenary Session ‘Towards Belief’ by Karl Faase 15.30 Coffee and Tea Break16.00 Plenary Session ‘Share your favourite short clip of a

film’ 17.30 Free time20.00 Banquet2130 Gala Evening 23:00 Late Night Drinks

Joel Arellanes Duran has wor-ked as a writer, actor, producer, and director. He was television station general manager for TV Azteca in Mexico where he won an award for the best publicity spot in 2006.

He is familiar with the wor-kings of television pro-grams as well as shorts and full-length films. Joel journeyed this year through the ins and outs of working with the national film commission to enter the official film festival circuit in Spain.

Peter Billingham is visionary leader, conference speaker, public speaking coach and story-teller. His role as CIS Region-

al Director for the International Charity Christian Vision has seen him envision and lead a number of ‘start-up’ operations in Ukraine including One Hope, an NGO that recruits mentors for children in state orphan-

ages, an online TV project, zazazu.tv and proactive.FM.

Previously, a founding Pastor of NewSong Community Church, Bromsgrove, Peter is now based in Birmingham, England (which makes for an interesting commute to Ukraine) Peter is an active member of Toastmasters, loves adventure travel and creating intentional memories for his family. He once flew 7182 just to cook them a cheeseburger!

Kamil and Kathy Moussa have been serving the Lord in Turkey for the past 24 years. Through prayer they saw their vision of reaching the Tur-kish people with the Gospel through satellite TV, become a reality some years ago. They have a 6 hour per day slot on a Christian Channel called Kanal Hayat.

Kamil gives Bible teaching on a lot of the programmes and before that produced Turkish Christian radio pro-

grammes. Kamil and Kathy’s call is

to take the Gospel to those who have never heard it.

VENUE / REGISTRATION

Hotel Cullera Holiday is a modern hotel, located just 100 meters from the Mediter-ranean Sea and bordered by the Moun-tain of Cullera, only 40 minutes from Va-lencia.

RoomsAll (126) comfortable (ensuite) rooms are equipped with air conditioning, heating, mag-netic lock, TV, radio, safe box, hair dryer and a balcony with sea view or mountain view.

FacilitiesThe hotel has excellent facilities. It offers a fine restaurant (including vegetarian food), several conference rooms, a business centre, outdoor swimming pool, sauna, bicycle rental and fit-ness room. The conference rooms are spacious and well equipped. Free Wifi in the lobby.

Travel to CulleraValencia Airport is the nearest airport. Trans-fer from Valencia is by metro direct from the airport. Take line nr. 3 (red), with direction to Rafelbunyol or line 5 (green), direction Mar-itim-Serreria and disembark at Xativa-Renfe. The metro station is close to the train station Valencia Nord. From here you need to take the train.

From the train station Valencia Nord there is a ‘cercanias-train’ in the direction of Gandia, that stops in Cullera. The train takes about 35 minutes and leaves the station about every half hour. Once at the train station of Cullera, you take the interurban bus to Faro (€ 1,59 per person). The bus stop is just in front of the hotel.

If you come by car from the direction of Ma-drid: take the A3, direction Valencia. Later be-fore Valencia follow the A7 (or in Valencia take direction A7), then direction Alicante (to coast Gandia). Take exit 535 (Sueca) and get on to the A38. Take the Cullera exit and once in Cul-lera follow directions to the Lighthouse (Faro in Spanish), Avenida del Racó. Also watch for the signs for Hotel Cullera Holiday on the yel-low street signposts.

Conference CostThe conference rates include board, food and conference. Price is per person in Euros. To en-courage students to attend the conference we have a special student rate (qualified full-time students only).

Single room € 480Double room (per person) € 395

Spouse rate (double room) € 320Student rate (double room) € 250

There’s a day rate of € 80 per day per person, covering conference attendance, lunch and dinner.

All conference rates are payable in Euros only and should be paid in advance! If you have special requests or require disabled facilities, please let us know, so that we can make spe-cial arrangements.

RegistrationPlease go to www.cevma.com for all regis-tration and payment details and fill out the online registration form (see under ‘Annual Conference - Registration’). Registration is only valid once confirmed by CEVMA e-mail.

CEVMA Officec/o ERF Germany Annegret SchneiderPhone + 49 6441 957 266E-mail: registration@cevma.comwww.cevma.com

is much more than Christians who work in media.

It’s about sharing, encouraging, dreaming God’s dreams together, being refreshed, inspired, nourished and equipped.

It’s an opportunity to mentor and be mentored, to learn and to teach, to give and receive. It’s family, home, precious friendships...

Above all, it’s about making the difference – together.

Liliana Oliveri Chairwoman CEVMA

+49 6441 957 266 - info@cevma.com - www.cevma.com

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