Spend your spring break learning to share the Gospel in Panama City Beach Florida. Big Break will give you the training and experience to share the gospel back on your college campus.
The conference begins with onsite registration on Saturday afternoon. The beginning session is Sunday night. The Monday through Thursday morning sessions provide practical training on sharing the gospel. The afternoons offer the opportunity to practice sharing the gospel in Panama City Beach. The Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evening sessions provide worship, opportunities to share your afternoon experiences, and biblical teaching. Optional seminars will be offered throughout the week on such topics as apologetics, Web evangelism, and worldviews.
This is what a typical weekday at Big Break will look like:
10:00am – Morning Session
12:00 – Lunch and Personal Quiet Time
1:30pm – Evangelism on Beach
7:30pm – Evening Session
There will be groups of students and staff going to Big Break for both the week of March 17 – 24 and March 24 – 31. The cost of the conference is $299 and that includes your stay in a beautiful condo just steps from the beach, and conference costs. The Condo’s have full kitchens so you can cook your meals. We’ll be arranging transportation from Chicago via Buses of Vans as well. We’ll be renting vehicles to get to and from the conference. The cost of travel is $130 per person.
Do you want to invest your Spring Break reaching students in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Chicago Metro’s new overseas partnership? On this trip you’ll have the opportunity to share your faith with students at the Universidad de Guayaquil, a campus with over 80,000 students. Ecuadorian students are extremely open to the Gospel. You’ll also have the chance to experience Ecuadorian culture and all that Guayaquil has to offer.
The trip will leave from Chicago on Saturday, March 17th and return on Friday, March 23rd. The cost for the trip is $1600 (This is a current estimate, the price may go down). It includes flight, hotel, food, in country transportation, and SOS/Medical Insurance. You can register for the trip using the link below. The registration also serves as your application for the trip. A $200 deposit is required for your application to be reviewed. In the event that you are not accepted on the trip, your $200 will be refunded within 3 business days. Your deposit is not refundable for any reason other than that you are not accepted on the trip.
The deadline to fill out the application is February 14th and the deadline to pay the deposit is February 17th. The deposit counts toward the total payment for the trip. If your deposit is paid with personal funds it can be refunded later if enough support is raised.
We hope to let you know of your acceptance status within three days of your registration/application. If you are interested in going please apply as soon as you can so that we can have accurate information in terms of numbers (which helps us plan well and keep costs low), so that you have time to discuss the trip with your parents, and so that you have as much time as possible to raise support for the trip. Resources to help you with your support raising will be made available upon your acceptance.
Do you want to invest your Spring Break reaching students in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Chicago Metro’s new overseas partnership? On these trips you’ll have the opportunity to share your faith with students at the Universidad de Guayaquil, a campus with over 80,000 students. From a recent trip to Ecuador we can tell you that students on this campus are extremely open to the Gospel. You’ll also have the chance to experience Ecuadorian culture and all that Guayaquil has to offer.
There will be two groups of students and staff from Chicago going to Ecuador, the first from March 14th – 20th, and the second from March 21st – 27th. The cost for both trips is $1450. It includes flight, hotel, food, in country transportation, and SOS/Medical Insurance. You can register for the trip using the links below. The registration also serves as your application for the trip. A $200 deposit is required for your application to be reviewed. In the event that you are not accepted on the trip, your $200 will be refunded within 3 business days. Your deposit is not refundable for any reason other than that you are not accepted on the trip.
The deadline to fill out the application and pay the deposit is February 17th. The deposit counts toward the total payment for the trip. If your deposit is paid with personal funds it can be refunded later if enough support is raised.
We hope to let you know of your acceptance status within three days of your registration/application. If you are interested in going please apply as soon as you can so that we can have accurate information in terms of numbers (which helps us plan well and keep costs low), so that you have time to discuss the trip with your parents, and so that you have as much time as possible to raise support for the trip. Resources to help you with your support raising will be made available upon your acceptance.
