VERITAS
February 15-17, 2019
ROGERS CONVENTION CENTER
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SPIRITUAL RENEWAL
Encouraging each other through affirmation is crucial to the growing process of a group. When a youth’s peers compliment them, they feel more confident in their self in relation to the group and can share deeper feelings. When friends tell a peer that they appreciate them, they realize that they are worthy of love and praise.
PASSIONATE WORSHIP
Worship describes those times we gather deliberately seeking to encounter God in Christ. God uses worship to transform lives, heal wounded souls, renew hope, shape decisions, provoke change, inspire compassion, and bind people to one another.
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WHAT IS VERITAS?
Veritas is the premier event for ACCYM. Each year, more than 1,400 youth and youth leaders from across the Arkansas Conference come together to celebrate what it means to live a connected Christian life. Nationally-known speakers and musicians headline this amazing experience, where young people will learn to encounter the Lord in new and deeper ways.
But what does it mean to worship? Worship describes those times when we gather deliberately and seek to encounter God in Christ. God uses worship to transform lives, heal wounded souls, renew hope, shape decisions, provoke change, inspire compassion, and bind people to one another. The word passionate expresses an intense desire, an ardent spirit, strong feelings, and the sense of heightened importance. Veritas is where we practice Passionate Worship.
Registration Closes
February 8, 2019
Registration
per attendee- 5 main worship sessions
- Special guest session
- Saturday break out options
- Access to the ministry mart
The registration cost includes all of the conference activities but does not include the cost of lodging, meals or transportation. Each church is responsible for making arrangements for their group’s lodging and meals.
(See below for lodging options.)
This Years Line Up
Tim Palmer
Veritas Speaker
The son of missionaries who spent his earliest years living in the West Bank and on the island of Cyprus, Timothy Palmer is a singer/songwriter, poet, and speaker who currently lives in Abilene, TX with his wife, Erin, and their three children, Aubrey, Elijah, and Quinn. Tim is a conference favorite and always brings a new perspective to God’s word.
FOR ALL SEASONS
Veritas Worship Band
Our decision to worship isn’t rooted in our circumstances or our emotions, our gifts or our talents. We worship, not because of how we feel or what we’re going through; we worship because of who God is. He has proven faithful time and time again, and so we continually chose to seek Him—in joy and in pain—in every season. This truth is the guiding vision behind California-based band For All Seasons. For All Seasons desires to cultivate an atmosphere of hope through their new project Clarity, no matter what season of life listeners may find themselves enduring.
Taylor Mason
Special Guest
There is no way to describe what he does because combining ventriloquism, music, and comedy is unique to Taylor Mason and quite literally needs to be seen to be believed. Does it sound old school? Only if music, laughter and the shared experience of sheer joy and excitement are out-of-date. For Taylor Mason, these are calling cards as a comedian, and the pillars on which he has built an outstanding, consistent and truly American career as an entertainer.
Lodging Options
Embassy Suites Northwest Arkansas Hotel, Spa & Convention Center
3303 Pinnacle Hills Parkway
Rogers, AR 72758
Room Rate: $121 (1-2 people), $131 (3 people), $141 (4 people)
Group Name:
AR Conference Council on Youth Ministries Veritas Conference
Group Code:
VER
Check-in:
15-FEB-2019
Check-out:
17-FEB-2019
Use the Veritas group web page address to book rooms:
Or, a point person from each church can call the hotel at 479-254-8400 and use your group code: YMV and make reservations for their church.
All reservations must be reserved no later than 02/01/19.
The church representative will be sent a Rooming List Form from the hotel so that the individual churches can send us their rooming list and non-refundable advance deposits (via a church check or credit card) for their estimated charges per their rooming lists before their arrival for the event. This causes each church to be responsible for a set amount of rooms they reserve, meaning the church won’t have the opportunity to hoard reservations then cancel them last minute.
ALOFT Rogers
1103 South 52nd Street
Rogers, AR 72758
479-268-6799
Room Rate: $105
HYATT PLACE ROGERS/BENTONVILLE
4610 W Walnut
479-633-8555 Ext. 5106
Room Rate is $89
Check-in:
15-FEB-2019
Check-out:
17-FEB-2019
Guests are welcome to use the link below or call the hotel and book directly.
QUESTIONS
Where is Veritas?
Veritas will be held at the John Q Hammons Convention Center in Rogers, AR the weekend of February 15-17, 2019.
Who Can attend Veritas?
Veritas is for students currently in 7th – 12th grade
How much does Veritas cost?
Early Bird pricing has passed.
Registration price is now $65 and includes:
- 5 main worship sessions
- Special guest session Saturday evening
- Saturday break out options
- Access to the ministry mart
Registration Deadline is Feb 8, 2019.
A limited number of T Shirts will be available for purchase at event from the Youth Service Fund (YSF) and all proceeds will go toward the mission of YSF.
All payments need to be made by February 10th. All checks payable to ARUMC to be mailed into the Conference Office at:
ARUMC
Attn: Veritas
800 Daisy Bates Drive
Little Rock, AR 72202
No payments or forms will be taken at the event.
What other information do I need?
Each and Every youth AND adult must register and upload a medical release/liability form by February 8th
*Churches are now able and encouraged to upload all forms as one file*
Each church must upload a background check verification form stating that all adults attending Veritas have had background checks and child maltreatment checks performed.
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Romans 12:2
We simply want to make the young generation fully equipped with the teachings of Christ and make them Christ-centered individual. ACCYM encourages more and more youth in this conference in order to develop them physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually strong and prepared now and forever.
John Q Hammons
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Schedule
Friday February 15
5:30-8:00pm – Check-In
8:45pm – Main Room doors open
9:00pm – Veritas Session One – Main Room
10:30pm – Youth Group Devos
Saturday February 16
8:30am – Ministry Mart Opens
8:45am – Main Room doors open
9:00am – Veritas Session Two – Main Room
10:30am – Breakout Options A
11:30am – Lunch break
1:15pm – Veritas Session Three – Main Room
2:30pm – Breakout Options B
4:00pm – Breakout Options C
5:30pm – Dinner break
7:30pm – Veritas Session Four – Main Room
9:15pm – Veritas Late Night – Main Room
10:30pm – Youth Group Devos
Sunday February 17
8:45am – Main Room doors open
9:00am – Veritas Session Five – Main Room*
10:30am – Go Home