What is Formacion?





Student Leadership Formacion is a 10 day long conference that is organised by IFES Europe.

What kind of person does God call to lead?
How do I hear or know that I've been called?
How does a leader grow and not burn out?

The IFES European Student Leadership Formacion conference has been a key event where these types of questions are answered and where life-long friendships are formed.

In the summer of 2018, from August 1 - 10, in Poland, student leaders and potential leaders, from over 50 countries all across Europe will gather to learn and explore leadership in relation to God’s Kingdom. Formacion will focus on the life of Peter and will include various experiential learning opportunities to help you connect and listen to God while also stretching your current leadership skills.

The week will be spent in both a large and in Community Groups, outside, in solitude, in prayer, and in the Bible to help us all in this challenging yet incredibly amazing journey!

Come join us!




What will we do?



Let’s think about the conference in three sections.



Main sessions



this is where we will meet as a whole conference to worship our God and engage in his word together.
We’ll go alongside the life of Peter, look how it fit into Gods bigger picture and what, if anything, does that mean for us today?





Community Groups



are where the big conference becomes small and personal. This will be your international family for the week; where you’ll be able to share, chat and experience the week together.
Each group is led by a couple of young staff from IFES Europe.





Interactive learning



Formacion is not about just sitting down and listening, but also going and doing. Each day will be filled with interactive, hands on activites to compliment what has been shared with us in that day's teaching







Who is it for?






The conference is for people who know Jesus. We unashamedly love Jesus and we want you to too.


Therefore Formacion is for people who have this relationship and are seeking to know him more.






Participants of Formacion will need to be people who can consent to our statement of faith, which can be found here.






It’s not about feeling you have had a burning bush moment of calling like Moses, but it is important for people who are coming to Formacion to be involved in the leading of their IFES groups in some way.


We want to equip you for leadership so for you to be already serving in leadership would be great.






As a delegate of your national movement you have to be nominated by a member of your staff or General Secretary. We will check your nomination with your movement after your application.





Speakers



We are excited to share with you that this summer we will be joined with this guy to share Gods word with us.



Charlie Hadjiev



Lecturer // IFES regional Team



Charlie is originally from Sofia, Bulgaria. He studied law in Sofia and theology in England. He worked for seven years for the Bulgarian IFES movement first as a staff worker and then as the General Secretary. He was also involved in planting and leading a church in Sofia.

After completing a PhD at Oxford Charlie taught Old Testament first in Bulgaria and then in Northern Ireland. He is currently a lecturer at Belfast Bible College and is also a member of the IFES Regional Team. He is married to Tsveta and they have two children, Boriana and Alex.





Where is it?



The Student Leadership Formacion 2018 will take place in Poland, in a beautiful place called H2O.

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A little bit about the place that we're going:
- Its a 17.5-acre property
- a beautiful main building with a dining hall for 120,
- air-conditioned conference halls for 30, 80 and 150,
- and it has a cafe.



Outdoor events can be held in its two large tent halls, amphitheater or fire pit area. Guests can stay in its main building, 14 newly-remodeled cabins or campground.
Onsite attractions include:
– two swimming pools,
– a sand volleyball court,
– a basketball court,
– a soccer field and an archery area.



The property, located on a lake for fishing or kayaking, lies within walking distance of the Vistula River, which boasts 30 km (18 miles) of bike path. In addition, h2o is only 30 minutes from Poland’s beautiful Beskidy Mountains!

Read more about the place here.




Questions?

Maybe we already answered your question in the confirmation email you have received if you registered; check your spam folder and look for an formacion2018 address


Airport Transport?




We will have a bus to take people from Krakow and possibly Katowice to Formacion.
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Please mark on your sign up form that you're interested in this.




Cost?




Formacion will cost €300


We ask all students (or student movements) to cover these costs. If finance is a problem there are scholorships available if needed)




When will I leave?




Formacion will end on August 10 and there will be no official program on this day.

CG leaders will need to stay for an extra day.



I'd like to donate.


That's great. Thank you!


To donate money to enable students who might not otherwise be able to go;

Click here.

  • Enter the amount in EUR
  • Select to support an IFES staff member
    /project/National movement.
  • Enter; IFES Europe Formacion 2018


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