SOAR 2013
SOAR 2013Student Conference
July 2-4
Gaylord Texan and Convention Center
Grapevine, Texas
THREE CHAIRS - DISCIPLESHIP
SOAR REGISTRATION
Registration includes all sessions, concerts, village, videos and a conference t-shirt. The fee is $80 per person by June 2, 2013 and $90 per person after June 2 and does not include a t-shirt. If you choose to stay off-site, registration is $105 per person. We do not encourage small children to attend SOAR but everyone (Except Infants) in attendance is expected to pay registration. Fees are non-refundable after June 2. Register by clicking the link below or download a registration form, fill it out, make yourself a copy and mail it along with your check to the DCM address posted on the form. Please arrange payment, faxing your form does not secure registration.
REGISTER ONLINE HERE
or
DOWNLOAD A REGISTRATION FORM
GAYLORD TEXAN AND CONVENTION CENTER
1501 Gaylord Trail
Grapevine, TX 76051
Direct Phone: 817-778-2000
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Overlooking beautiful Lake Grapevine and brimming with authentic Texas style and hospitality, the awe-inspiring Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center invites guests to experience the energy and excitement of the Lone Star State. Underneath our signature majestic and climate-controlled glass atriums, you’ll find some of the most distinctive shopping, dining and recreation options all under one roof! Every hotel room features high-speed wireless Internet access, two phones, in-room coffee service, refrigerators, irons & ironing boards. You'll enjoy the private oasis of your large bath area with double vanities. Find out what our guests already know and discover the difference! Explore the Resort at http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/dalgt-gaylord-texan-resort-and-convention-center MAKING RESERVATIONS
Room Rate is $114 + $7 Resort Fee plus tax (up to four to a room) by June 1, 2013 to secure group rate. If you find our block is out of rooms, call the DCM office (501-513-3726) and we may be able to add additional rooms to the SOAR block for you. After June 1 rooms will be offered on a space-available basis at the prevailing rate.
A dedicated website is now available for attendees to book their hotel rooms online. The link below allows you to book one room at a time. Ultimately this is a good thing to ensure an easy checkout with guest billing & folios. https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=welcome_ei_new&eventID=10563770
Or, call the SOAR group reservations at 866-782-7897. Ask for group name SOAR and July 2-4 dates.
For churches wishing to book a block of rooms with payment(s) going to one source, email Meredith Mondy at mmondy@gaylordhotels.com directly with a rooming list (preferably in an excel spreadsheet) with the guests first/last name that will be in each room, check-in & check out dates. Have your credit card ready for deposit or if you want to secure rooms with a church check for a deposit, Gaylord would like to get this process started as soon as possible as it can take additional time to go through the necessary course of action.
Regrettably, early check-in cannot be guaranteed. The Gaylord will do all possible to keep groups together and in one area of the hotel. If you know the time you will arrive at the Gaylord to check-in, you can coordinate with them to have your rooms ready and pre-keyed by communicating with Meredith. You would need your list of rooms with names correct without any changes needed to guarantee this service. Gaylord can also coordinate a luggage holding area for you prier to arrival upon request.
NOTE
You may not use Gaylord Texan meeting rooms to have meals in with your group due to contractual limits. You may order pizza and eat off site or in your guest rooms but not in any common areas in consideration of other guests and groups. Thank you in advance for your understanding.
The Gaylord will offer meals and snacks during the first Village hours only on July 2.
The Village Menu
Individual Pizza - $7.00
Hamburgers - $5.00
Chicken Fingers - $6.00
Fries - $2.00
Chili Fries - $4.50
Chips - $1.50
Popcorn - $1.50
Candy bars - $1.75
Cookies - $2.00/Small or $3.00/Large
Sodas - $1.00/Fountain or $2.00/Can
PARKING
Gaylord Parking is $6 per vehicle for guest and overnight self park per day. Bus marshalling fees are $25 per day.
Bus Marshalling – You should present the bus marshalling form to hotel upon arrival. Anyone with a full size coach should drop off their guests at the Tour Lobby. There is signage noting the Tour Lobby as you approach the resort. If the bus is a mini-coach, you may pull up to the front drive/main entrance of the hotel. If you are pulling a trailer you will need to use bus marshalling.
The Marshalling Form must be completed prior to arrival as the charges for parking may not be applied to your guest room. When you know what time you will arrive let Lauren or Will know in advance. They can schedule a shuttle to pick up the bus driver from the marshalling lot. Contact Lauren or Will with any questions.
William Hawthorne
Exhibit Hall Floor Manager
Office: 817-778-3680 Fax: 817-778-3677 Cell: 817-205-8139
whawthorne@gaylordhotels.com
Lauren Bridges
Catering Manager
Office: 817-778-3215 Fax: 817-778-3329
LBridges@Gaylordhotels.com
FELLOWSHIP OPTIONS
Six Flags Arlington - Group Rate - $28.50 per person & parking is $18 per vehicle www.sixflags.com/overtexas
Hurricane Harbor Arlington – Group Rate - $18.99 per person & parking is $14 per vehicle www.sixflags.com/hurricaneharbortexas
Please order your tickets online or by mail when you register for SOAR. Purchased tickets are good any day in 2013.
Rangers Baseball - 2013 group tickets for the July 4 games are now on sale. Please call Derek England to arrange for your tickets and reference "SOAR Youth Conference". This will be a sellout game so if you want tickets you should order soon. Click here to see the schedule and group rates.
Derek England
Account Executive-Texas Rangers Baseball
1000 Ballpark Way, Suite 400, Arlington, TX
Direct (817) 273-5257 | Fax (817) 273-5180 |
E-mail dengland@texasrangers.com
www.texasrangers.com
WORSHIP
Aaron WilliamsAaron Williams serves as the Worship Pastor for the Edge Venue at Fellowship Bible Church. He graduated from Ouachita Baptist University and is currently studying at Western Seminary. Aaron is married to Mallory, and we are thankful to be a part of what God is doing in and through Fellowship Bible Church. Aaron has led SOAR worship for several years and we are excited he agreed to serve again and anticipate God using him in a great way at SOAR 2013.
SPEAKERS
Scott AtteberyAfter serving in campus ministry at the University of Central Arkansas and coordinating student conferences for the Department of Church Ministries from 2000-2005, Scott pastored Wyatt Baptist Church in El Dorado Arkansas. In 2008, Scott’s wife, Jill, passed away in an automobile accident. He recalls, “God used our Church to be Christ to my family and me during that time.” After seven years as pastor, Scott was selected as the Executive Director of DiscipleGuide Church Resources, a department of the Baptist Missionary Association of America. Scott’s most important ministry is to his son, Bryce. They love to play in the backyard and cheer for the Razorbacks together. Scott holds a Bachelor of Arts in Bible from Central Baptist College, a Master’s of Divinity from the BMA Theological Seminary, and is a Doctorate of Ministry candidate at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary.
Tracy McMillenTracy has served as Student Pastor at Bethel Baptist Church in Fulton, Mississippi for the last 10 years. He and his wife, Michelle have been married for 23 years and have three children.
Dustin WiselyDustin has been in student and church ministry for 12 years and has a passion to see Christ known in the next generation. He is currently serving as student and family minister at First Baptist Church of Magnolia, Arkansas where he has been for 5 years. He has a beautiful wife, Angela, of eleven years, two daughters, Aria who is 2 years old and Noel born in December. Dustin is a graduate from Central Baptist College with a Bachelors degree in Religious Education.
GUEST ARTISTS
LECRAEOne listen to Lecrae and it is unashamedly evident that he has a worldview not commonly found in popular Hip Hop. From the south side of Houston to a major platform in the movement of urban reform, a rocky road provides a window into the grace he experienced throughout his life, with every situation molding him into the artist and leader he is today.
Raised by his mother, Lecrae Moore moved around quite often as a youth. San Diego, Denver and Dallas were once home to him and the street life he idolized and pursued. Along the way, like many in the inner city, he was drawn to rapping as a way of communicating his thoughts. But it wasn’t until after high school, when his life’s course changed, that his hobby became a real passion.
At the age of 19, Lecrae attended a conference where he saw hundreds of teenagers who looked and dressed like him, but whose lives were steered by their faith. It was there that he heard the Gospel message and recognized his need for a Savior. Shortly thereafter, stirred by a newfound zeal for Jesus Christ, Lecrae printed his testimony and distributed it across the University of North Texas campus. Five years later, he would team up with Ben Washer, a friend he met while serving with a youth ministry, to found Reach Records with hopes of sharing the Gospel of Christ beyond his local context.
Calling Dallas home, Lecrae had been content using his gifts of speaking and rapping while volunteering at a juvenile detention center, but he was encouraged to share his gifts beyond those walls. Pouring out a genuine discussion of life issues and a passionate, unapologetic pursuit of Jesus Christ, Lecrae released his debut album Real Talk and soon gathered a following. Listeners appreciated his in-your-face delivery of biblical truths and transparent, relatable and encouraging lyrics. He is co-founded Reach Life Ministries in 2005 and in 2006 released After the Music Stops album focusing on Discipleship. His follow up, Rebel, released in 2008, garnered even more success: becoming the first Christian Rap album to ever sit in the No. 1 position on Billboard’s Top Gospel Charts and spending 78 weeks on the Billboard charts.
Lecrae returned in 2010 with an album whose influence extended into mainstream media and culture. Rehab, an honest look at his problems and the only solution to them, broke into the Billboard Top 200 Albums debuting at No. 17, while reaching No. 3 on the Top 10 Albums chart on iTunes. Lecrae also reached No. 1 on the Billboard Contemporary Christian chart and No. 1 on the Billboard Gospel Albums chart. The impact of this album spread across the globe, receiving nominations for several awards including a Grammy for Best Rock/Rap Gospel album.
In 2011, the music industry continued to take notice, with a well-received appearance on the BET Hip Hop Awards Cypher, a feature on Statik Selektah‘s mix tape and collaborations with other mainstream artists and producers. In May 2012, he released the Church Clothes mix tape hosted by Don Cannon and featuring production by Bio-1a, 9th Wonder, S-1 and Street Symphony. The mix tape garnered over 280,000 downloads and debuted at #10 on iTunes as an EP, as well as #10 on the Billboard Gospel Albums chart. In September, Gravity dropped and made waves in several mainstream outlets with 70,490 units sold in its first week making it the #1 Rap Album, #1 Independent Album and #3 on the Billboard 200. The album also ranked as the #1 Christian Album and #1 Gospel Album. To date, Lecrae holds the title as the highest-selling independent artist in first week sales for 2012.
A graduate of the University of North Texas, Lecrae now resides in Atlanta, GA with his wife and children. His passion for impacting urban culture persists. With a musically evolving and successful discography, nationwide tours along with the 116 Clique, and a generation of young believers around the world inspired to live unashamed; Lecrae is humbled by his position in the growing movement to bring truth to every arena. His hope is that Reach’s impact will spread far beyond simply the music and into the lives of individuals across the globe, ultimately exalting Jesus Christ.
Tell The World - Listen Now
Rhett Walker BandOutspoken son of a preacher was born and raised around the South, his mellow yet animated voice a sure mix of Georgia and the Carolinas. In that drawl, he tells an intense wild oats story tempered by God’s grace, a testimony that fuels the deep-fried rock and deep-down worship on Come To The River. Indeed, Rhett is a shining example of faith, family, and country values today—an experienced man who teaches that grace comes with a calling, a clear message in his transformative single “When Mercy Found Me.”
That old life just about broke me . . . this is my testimony.”
He hopes fellow believers will join him instead of going soft on the defense of God’s absolute truth—a trend Walker sees in today’s church and laments. “What’s right is right, and what’s wrong is wrong,” he says. “I’m headed to conquer. I want this to be a movement. We have all these other people in the world with non-Christian beliefs that aren’t scared to speak their minds. They don’t hide behind anything; neither should Christians.” That isn’t to say Walker lacks compassion for people who don’t think like him—it’s quite the opposite in fact on the album’s most defining cut, “Brother,” an introspective worship duet with All Sons & Daughters’ David Leonard. Built upon a mournful steel guitar and escalating toward eternal hope, they sing about how we’re all beggars and thieves in need of the very same grace.
Sure in his purpose and ready to sing about it, Rhett has seen his past mistakes washed clean at the river. The rebellious teenager has become the courageous family man; those two scared kids who did everything wrong just a few years back are, by God’s grace, striving to do everything right and even counseling other couples now. Still leading worship at his home church, Walker is excited to take Come To The River through every door the Lord will open. “I’m someone living my dream through the grace of God,” he concludes. “I’m blessed with a beautiful wife and two children who have walked with me every step of the way. My faith, my family, and my country are the most important things in my life. Come To The River tells all that.”
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Jordan GodsSon Henderson Jordan was born and raised in Victoria, Texas. Life started out a little rough as he lost some family and friends due to some of the negative influences in their lives. But with the help of a praying mother, God got his attention and transformed him into an awesome man of God. Originally he had other goals in his life but when God got a hold of him his passion for music exploded. He has performed at events in Conway, Arkansas, Dallas, Houston, Tyler, & Kilgore, Texas. Putting his heart into words and sharing the hope of Christ he is an example of true healing and forgiveness in Christ. He takes pride in his name and lives to honor Christ on and off the stage showing others God’s forgiveness.
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The Panic SquadThe Panic Squad will serve as SOARs Master of Ceremonies and has wit faster than a speeding bullet! Able to dodge dirty humor in a single bound! The Panic Squad performs CLEAN comedy without sacrificing the FUNNY!
The Panic Squad combines exceptional comedic talent, a love for entertaining and commitment to excellence to create a high quality, professionals that will have you buckled over with laughter. For nearly 15 years The Panic Squad has successfully performed for hundreds of businesses, conferences and top Fortune 500 corporations across the United States and Canada.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
SOAR 2013 SCHEDULE
Monday, July 1
10am–3:00pm SOAR Serves Mission Arlington
Tuesday, July 2
1:00pm-3:00 Registration
4:00-5:30 Worship & Session 1
5:30-7:00 Dinner Break & The VILLAGE
7:30-8:30 Rhett Walker Band Concert
8:30-9:00 Break
9:00-10:30 Worship & Session 2
10:30-12:00 The VILLAGE
Wednesday, July 3
9:00am-10:00 The Panic Squad Comedy
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-12:00 Worship & Session 3
12:00-8:00 Fellowship Time
5:00pm-7:30 The VILLAGE Opens
8:00-10:00 Session4 - LECRAE
10:00-12:00 The VILLAGE
Midnight Missions Meeting (Ballroom)
Thursday, July 4
9:00am Worship & Session 5
11:00 SOAR 2013 Wrap-up
