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apostolicassembly.org Dear People of God, Praise the Lord. It is our pleasure to warmly welcome you to our Youth Convention, Ministerial Symposium The Word, and all activities that will be conducted during this spiritual celebration. Bishop John & Sis. Sara Fortino Once again, the City of Long Beach, CA opens its doors and fondly welcomes us. I ask you all to please, wherever you may be, guard your testimony since everyone knows that the Apostolics have come to this celebration. Use this opportunity to invite a soul to our activities. During this year, we united under the Theme: United in Consecration, enhancing the importance of unity and of consecration to God. During this Celebration, we will culminate in spectacular fashion featuring 16 themes on the infallibility and inerrancy of the Word of God as the source of authority on all we speak and believe. When the Bible speaks, God speaks. Our Youth have also prepared an extraordinary program for the Youth Convention, that no one should miss. Adults, Youth and Juniors, we will join in praise to our Creator, we will enjoy heavenly music and powerful messages. The Apostolic Men and Dorcas Confederations have also prepared a program full of special activities. My wife, Sara, and her tremendous team of Virtuous Women have prepared a separate program for all pastors wives. This program will serve for them to receive new strength to work in their local churches. Long beach convention center November 24-28, 2015 3
The children, as always, will not only be taken care of but also educated during the days of convention. For the first time, we will present apostolic songwriters with music and lyrics written by them, which were chosen after testing thousands who sent in their demos. So as you see, everything is ready and we anticipate a glorious move of the Holy Spirit. We welcome you with open arms. If we cross paths during these activities, please stop and greet us, it will be a pleasure for Sara and I to hug you and extend our hand of companionship to you. Fraternally, Bishop John & Sis. Sara Fortino Praise the Lord, On behalf of the National Messengers of Peace, we would like to welcome you to our National Youth Convention 2015 here in Long Beach, CA. We are believing that God has something powerful in store for each and everyone. This convention is packed with different activities, workshops, sessions and evening celebration services for everyone. We encourage you to attend and participate in these activities. Rejoice with us in this historical event. Thank you for joining us this year. May the Lord bless you. In His Service, Pastor Omar Cortez MOP President 4 2015 Ministerial, Family & Youth Conferences
apostolicassembly.org general board 2014-2018 President: Bishop John Fortino Vice president: Bishop Ismael Martín del Campo General Secretary: Bishop Felipe A. Salazar General Treasurer: Bishop Felipe Lugo Secretary of Foreign Missions Bishop Andy Provencio Secretary of National missions Bishop Joe A. Aguilar Secretary of Christian Education Bishop José G. Zúñiga Secretary of Social Assistance Bishop Joseph V. Rodríguez Long beach convention center November 24-28, 2015 5
program Schedule Tuesday: November 24, 2015 9:00 AM 1:00 PM: Training for District Bishops and Treasurers Westin Hotel, Barcelona/ Casablanca 9:00 AM 2:00 PM: Breakfast for Bishops wives Westin Hotel, Tokyo/ vancouver 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM: Training for pastors and treasurers Westin Hotel, Salon A&B Wednesday: November 25, 2015 9:00 AM 1:00 PM: Church Planters Workshop Westin Hotel, Salon C&D 4:00 PM 9:00 PM: The Word Symposium LBCC, Grand Ballroom 5:00 PM 9:00 PM: TRAIN Children Ministry Workshop, English LBCC, Seaside A 5:00 PM 9:00 PM: TRAIN Children Ministry Workshop, Spanish LBCC, Seaside B 5:00 PM 9:00 PM: TRAIN Juniors Ministry Workshop, English LBCC, Seaside S1 5:00 PM 9:00 PM: TRAIN Juniors Ministry Workshop, Spanish LBCC, Seaside S7 3:30 PM 9:30 PM: Children s Ministry LBCC, Promenade 104 3:30 PM 9:30 PM: Juniors Ministry LBCC, Promenade 103 6 2015 Ministerial, Family & Youth Conferences
apostolicassembly.org Thursday: November 26, 2015 9:00 AM 11:00 AM: Healing and Miracles Prayer Westin Hotel, Ocean Ballroom 8:00 AM 1:00 PM: The Word Symposium LBCC, Grand Ballroom 8:00 AM 12:30 PM: Leadership training, messengers of Peace Westin Hotel, Salon A 9:00 AM 1:00 PM: TRAIN Children Ministry Workshop, English LBCC, Seaside A 9:00 AM 1:00 PM: TRAIN Children Ministry Workshop, Spanish LBCC, Seaside B 9:00 AM 1:00 PM: TRAIN Juniors Ministry Workshop, English LBCC, Seaside S1 9:00 AM 1:00 PM: TRAIN Juniors Ministry Workshop, Spanish LBCC, Seaside S7 7:30 AM 1:30 PM / 6:00 PM 10:00 PM: children s Ministry LBCC, Promenade 104 7:30 AM 1:30 PM / 6:00 PM 10:00 PM: Juniors Ministry LBCC, Promenade 104 6:30 PM 9:30 PM: Celebration Service, sponsored by the Messengers of Peace LBCC, Pacific Ballroom (Arena) Long beach convention center November 24-28, 2015 7
program Schedule Friday: November 27, 2015 9:00 AM 11:00 AM: Healing and Miracles Prayer Westin Hotel, Ocean Ballroom 9:00 AM 1:00 PM: New Challenges, pastors, ministers and deacons training LBCC, Grand Ballroom 9:00 AM 2:00 PM: Dorcas and Apostolic virtuous Woman Conference Westin Hotel, Centennial Ballroom 9:00 AM 12:00 PM: MOP Next Generation conference LBCC, Seaside A 9:00 AM 12:00 PM: MOP Driven Ministry conference LBCC, Seaside B 9:00 AM 12:00 PM: MOP College and career Conference LBCC, Seaside S1 9:00 AM 12:00 PM: MOP GROW and Young Ladies Conference LBCC, Seaside S7 9:00 AM 1:00 PM: Leadership Conference, men s Auxiliary Westin Hotel, Barcelona/ Casablanca 9:00 AM 5:00 PM: Social Assistance Scholar ship Interviews Westin Hotel, TBD 7:30 AM 1:30 PM / 5:30 PM 9:30 PM: children s Ministry LBCC, Promenade 104 8 2015 Ministerial, Family & Youth Conferences
apostolicassembly.org 7:30 AM 1:30 PM / 5:30 PM 9:30 PM: Juniors Ministry LBCC, Promenade 103 6:00 PM 9:00 PM: Celebration Service, sponsored by the messengers of Peace LBCC, Pacific Ballroom (Arena) 9:00 PM 11:00 PM: MOP Socials Saturday: November 28, 2015 9:00 AM 11:00 AM: Healing and Miracles Prayer Westin Hotel, Ocean Ballroom 9:00 AM 12:00 PM: MOP Youth Preaching conference LBCC, Grand Ballroom 9:00 AM 1:00 PM: United in The Word Family Conference LBCC, Pacific Ballroom (Arena) 8:30 AM 1:30 PM / 5:30 PM 9:30 PM: children s Ministry LBCC, Promenade 104 8:30 AM 1:30 PM / 5:30 PM 9:30 PM: Juniors Ministry LBCC, Promenade 103 6:00 PM 9:00 PM: Celebration Service, sponsored by the messengers of Peace LBCC, Pacific Ballroom (Arena) Long beach convention center November 24-28, 2015 9
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Advisor: Bishop President John Fortino Convention Committee Secretary: Bishop Joseph Rodriguez Convention Committee Administrator: Bishop Jose G. Zuñiga Director of Operations: Sandra Martínez Assistant to Convention Committee Secretary: Frank Quezada Assistant to Minister Frank Ramirez: Jonathan Ramirez apostolicassembly.org Convention & symposium Committee Convention Committee President: Bishop Ismael Martín del Campo Convention Committee Treasurer: Bishop Felipe Lugo Convention Committee Administrator: Minister Frank Ramirez Jr. Assistant to Convention Committee President: Ismael Martín del Campo III Assistant to Convention Treasurer: Pastor Eddie Campa Assistant to Director of Operations: Rena González Virtuous Women Program: First Lady Sara Fortino National Men s Auxiliary Varones Apostólicos : Pastor Jimmy Morales National Ladies Auxiliary Dorcas : Linda Montes National Youth Auxiliary Messengers of Peace : Pastor Omar Cortéz Children Ministry: Daniel & Sonia Jasso Teachers Conference Coordinators: Pastor Armando and Stephanie Gonzalez Hospitality: Pastor David Ramírez Registration: Pastor Ruben Villegas Song Writing Challenge: Aaron Barbosa VIP Coordinators: Ruben & Maggie Velasco Juniors Ministry: George & Martha Martínez Exhibitions: Fredy Nuñez Levites: Santiago Cristóbal Prayer: Pastor David Jiménez Audio / Visual: Auvix Solutions Ushers: Manuel Barrera VIP Coordinators for Bishops: pastor Ben & Sylvia Guerra Long beach convention center November 24-28, 2015 15
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