G3 Summit 2013

Hello Girlfriends,
Greetings to you in the name of the Lord.  Hope your Spring has been joyous and sunny.  If it has been raining, I hope you're dancing in the rain.  I've been learning how to do that this year...some blogs are in the making regarding that journey!  Ha.

The God, Girlfriends and Grace Summit this year is October 31 through November 3.  Our sister, Cathy Osbourn, the Camp Hoblitzelle Guest Services Director, is retiring next month.  She is so excited she can hardly stand it!  Ha.  God has blessed G3 all these years with His servant giving us heavily discounted rates each year for our wonderful sanctuary, the Hacienda.

Some of you attended the Summit the year we tried a different location, The Barn, and all agreed it was nice. But it did not quite meet our requirements regarding the type of sanctuary we have grown accustomed to where precious visits from the Holy Spirit have changed each one of us.

Because Cathy is retiring we will be dealing with FULL rates this fall and a new Guest Services Director.  I write to you today to give you a heads up to these new rates so that you can begin putting away a little bit every month now so that you will be well prepared financially for the Summit this fall.

Thursday - Sunday, October 31 - November 3 (three nights, all meals except Thursday eve and Saturday lunch, all Summit materials):  $350

Friday - Sunday, November 1-3 (two nights, all meals except Saturday lunch, all Summit materials):  $250

Roughly $60/month will get you to your $350 by October.
Roughly $42/month will get you to your $250 by October.

We now have to actually "rent" the lobby area of the Hacienda (dining room, kitchen and living room) separately from the bedrooms.  For four days this amounts to $300.  We have already had several generous donors step forward to cover this additional charge in order to keep your costs at the rates listed above.

We also have been made aware that if we do not fill all 10 bedrooms, there is a possibility that the Camp will "rent" out those rooms to another group.  Now, this is crazy and quite unsettling to think we may be "sharing" our sanctuary with strangers...so...get the word out now and let's get all 10 rooms reserved!  At the moment, we have all ten rooms "reserved."  But, we have until 90 days out (July 31) to "cancel" the rooms we will not be using to avoid being charged.

Therefore, rather than waiting until the week before the Summit to get your confirmed reservation, you will need to commit by July 31.

We hope to still have a couple scholarships available again this fall, but as you might expect, we all are dealing with the reality of these news rates.  Thus, the reason for getting this news delivered to you now so you can begin saving now.

There is a lot to digest here.  Be in prayer for our Summit that we would fill all 10 rooms this year and have enough dollars left over for scholarships.

Cindy/Jamee