Autumn conference for big & small 2025

Theme: Spiritual Discernment!

Tentatively 10 -12 October 2025

The information below applies to the 2024 fall conference.

Thanksgiving Day falls during this year's autumn conference. Today's three Bible texts each mention a different part of the Christian life: praise, discernment and gratitude. In an age of untruth and misinformation, we believe Christians increasingly need to be able to distinguish the true from the false. The autumn conference is based on the texts of Thanksgiving Day. It offers deepening in spiritual discernment framed by praise and thanksgiving.
For the young people who accompanied their families to Sandvikengården, but are too old to participate in the children's meetings, some parallel gatherings and activities are arranged. We hope that the Autumn Conference will give all participants an opportunity to grow in faith in our living God in a good and warm community.
The weekend will offer teaching and worship. There is also time for personal reflection, conversation and togetherness. For those who so wish, the opportunity for confession is given. All in Sandvikengården's fantastic environment, which is worth enjoying. Come and let yourself be filled by God's living word, with inspiration for your faith in fellowship with new and old friends!

Keynote speakers

Vincent and Elin Ihlberg and Peter Albertsson

 Vincent and Elin Ihlberg are both members of EFS Karlstad and serve in the Church of Sweden. They live in Karlstad and have 3 children.
Elin will teach on the theme "Praise" which is also the theme for Thanksgiving Sunday this weekend.
Vincent will have a session on spiritual discernment and how we can "test prophecies", a topic that we also have the opportunity to discuss in small groups.

Peter Albertsson, who has his roots in Småland, was baptized (Varberg) and confirmed (Norrköping) in the Church of Sweden where he was also a churchwarden (Kista and Eskilstuna) but is no longer active. Instead, he has preached a few times in two of the EFS associations in Värmland and also at Sandvikengården (here most recently two years ago)

Programme

Friday
18.00 Dinner, check-in
19.30 Evening meeting with praise and intercession."Put your past away" Peter Albertsson.
Evening coffee. Hot tub.
22.00 Completorium
Hot tub cont.

Saturday
08.15 Laudes (Morning)
08.30 Breakfast
09.30 Passport I: "Praise" Seminar by Elin Ihlberg
(Parallel children's activities during sessions I-IV).
10.30 Refreshments
11.00 Passport II: Walk / Soaking in the chapel
12.00 Sept. (Lunchbön)
12.15 Lunch, rest, walk, conversation
14.30 Passport III: Teaching and conversation. "Spiritual Discernment" Vincent Ihlberg.
16.00 Refreshments
16.30 Passport IV:Continue call.
17.30 supper
19.00 Mass with praise and intercession. "The tree and the branches" John 15. Peter Albertsson
Evening coffee. Hot tub.
22.00 Completorium
Hot tub cont.

Sunday
08.45 Laudes (Morning)
09.00 Breakfast 
10.30 Celebration Liturgy with the participation of children. Collected for the farm
12.30 Lunch and journey home

Fee

Course fee: SEK 120 / adult participant full time 
Full board: SEK 1200/person, however a maximum of SEK 3000 for a family.
discount for children: Up to 2 years free, 2 - 6 years 75% discount, 7 - 11 years 50% discount, 12 - 15 years 25% discount
Students and Young Adults 20-35 years old: year SEK 800.
Day guest Saturday: SEK 270 full day
(Snack, lunch, snack, dinner and conference fee)
Day guest Friday or Sunday pay only the fee for ev. food.

Rooms with WC: 60 SEK extra per person
Single room: 160 SEK extra per night
If accommodation in a cottage (incl. Sandbolstugan) is desired (and obtained) adds 10% to the help rate.
If you want your sheets will be hired to 100 SEK


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organizers:

EFS circuit Compound  
ETUC Sandvikengården