OUR FATHER'S FESTIVALTM !2009 Feast of Sukkot / Tabernacles!   

~ 2009 ~ 

Speakers and Musicians

Congregation Worship Speakers

All speakers (both Worship and Teaching session speakers) believe that we should live by every "word of God"; however, we may not agree or endorse everything they present either at the Festival site or on their respective web sites. We still agree to grow forward as One Body and recognise that all of us are individually responsible for "proving all things" in our walk to spiritual maturity and our relationship with Our Father. This freedom gives you a diversity of approaches to various topics to think about and discuss (to eat the meat and throw away the bones) to further your spiritual growth and walk in the faith. A more detailed desciption of the Speaker's topic will be found within our Festival Program to you (one per family) upon arrival at Camp Yavapines.

Would YOU like to Speak? 

PLEASE See Our Invitation at the bottom of this page!

Attendance at all the speaking sessions is purely voluntary. There will be many activities at the Festival and we encourage all to seek balance–especially those with families–since this a vacation time for many of you, yet do not forget the meaning of why you are attending the Festival. 

SPEAKER CONFIRMATIONS to date (September 3, 2009)

Mark Biltz is the founder and Pastor of El Shaddai Ministries, a Hebrew roots congregation in Washington State. He has been interviewed by FOX television, has appeared on the broadcast and cover of Prophecy in the News and has been interviewed by several radio stations across the United States and Canada. He is a well-known and popular commentator on the Feasts of the Lord and has produced a series of DVD’s on the Feasts that have gone around the world. He has revealed a link between charts of solar and lunar eclipses from NASA’s website with Israel’s history, the Biblical feast days, and signs in the heavens drawing clear similarities between them, lining up through history.   He’s spoken at congregations & meetings in Alaska, Washington, New Mexico and California. His website, www.elshaddaiministries.us, averages over one million hits every month from over 40 nations around the world.

Topic: Current Events--If it gets exciting by the Feast! If things are a calmer

then,"How Messiah is Hidden in the Hebrew Text and How God so Incredibly

                                     Arranged the Torah." Pr 25:2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.

Steven M. Collins has authored five books documenting the migrations, kingdoms and locations of the biblical ten tribes of Israel after their exile from the Promised Land. Some of the events of Jesus Christ’s life become more understandable when they are examined in light of the politics that prevailed between Rome and Parthia at that time, including a group of Parthian elites—called the “Magi” or “Wise Men”---that chose Parthia’s emperors. He has also written many articles on a variety of biblical topics, prophecy related to the modern tribes of Israel and presented lectures to various audiences. After a career-ending injury, Mr. Collins directed his research skills to a comparison of secular historical records with the historical accounts of the Bible. The author is a former Board member of the Association for Christian Development (ACD), Auburn, WA,  and a member of the former National Epigraphic Society founded by Dr. Barry Fell. However, his books represent the analysis and judgments of the author, and do not claim to represent the views of either organization. Steve will be audio conferencing with us with a Q & A session following his presentations. http://stevenmcollins.com/html/books.html

Topic: "Israel's Lost Empires"

Topic: "How Many Will God Save?"

Mordakhai Joseph was born of a very Biblically-oriented Jewish Family in 1944 in Yemen (located at the southern tip of Saudi Arabia). In 1949 the family moved to Israel where he was raised and attended mostly Orthodox Jewish schools. He moved to France in 1963, worked in the fashion industry and studied French. In 1965 he moved to New York to join his sister Miriam Jacobi--a Jewish folk singer.  God led Mordakhi into a relationship with the Worldwide Church of God in 1969. In 1970, Mordakhai was asked to join the faculty of Ambassador College to teach modern and Biblical Hebrew to both students and ministers on Sabbatical. He also joined the student body, graduated with a Theology Degree in 1975, was sent into the field ministry, and ordained an elder in 1977. He now serves the Sabbath keeping members of the Worldwide Church of God West Valley congregation in Chatsworth, CA; has written 3 books, numerous articles, and is teaching an internet course he has developed (with over 700 lessons) on the law from both the Old and New Testaments. The internet series is named Teaching the Law and may be found on the website: www.teachingthelaw.org

Topic: "The Sabbath and Its Link to the Kingdom." 

Topic: "The "Four Dimensions of Love: Heart, Mind, Soul, Might."

Tony Robinson. Tony is with the Restoration of Torah Ministries (RTM) http://www.restorationoftorah.org/ which furthers the goals:

•Teaching the Hebraic Roots of the Faith

• Producing Songs Celebrating the Torah

• Facilitating Messianic Praise & Worship

Tony will be audio conferencing with us with a Q & A session following his presentations.

Dr. Frank Seekins has studied Hebrew word pictures for 26 years. He is the acknowledged founder of the modern study of Hebrew Word Pictures and was given an honorary Doctor of Divinity for Hebrew Word Pictures and his proven ministry. in addition to being an International conference speaker as well as radio and television. He has  been a Marriage and Relationship counselor for 17 years, and the author of numerous books and studies.

Married for 28 years with 3 incredible children. Visit his web site at  http://www.livingwordpictures.com/index.htm  

Teaching and Workshop Session Speakers

Teaching Sessions are not worship services; however, like wroship service, there will be a Q & A session after each. We will offer a biographical sketch, a further detailed session description, and a photo of each Speaker within the Festival Program given to you (one per family) upon arrival at Camp Yavapines.

Mike Bacon, a landscape architect, has lived in Prescott for the past 12+ years.

Nature Session: "Prescott People, Places, and Plants" Mike will co-lead the nature hike with Charlies Sullivan (see below).

Festival Panel. Congregational Relationships – A Special Festival Break-Out session.

Panel: Gerald Ohst, Phil Ohst, Frank Seekins, Mordakhai Joseph, Mike Bacon, Moderator: Mark Webb

Relationships among believers in the faith can take dividing turns. No one is immune to division. Friendships and congregation/fellowship attendance can be broken over doctrine, administrative policies, government, but equally, if not more so on perceived slights, hurt feelings, personality differences, gossip, ego, and the inability to go to one’s brother when offended. 
     What are the scriptural character traits of a spiritually mature person? A carnal person? What is the role of the church/fellowship in a spiritual community of believers? Is it wrong to divide over doctrinal issues? If so, when? Does the end justify the means? What is the role of faith, patience, and kindness in such matters? 
     Believers need to be cognizant of their examples, the spiritually new people in the congregation, and the need to stand--whether individually and/or collectively—in order for one’s faith to be fully active with agape love (Gal 5:6), coupled with a clean conscience and an attitude of forgiveness while bearing all the fruits of the Holy Spirit. 
    A Festival panel will present and discuss their experiences and offer their recommendations on spiritually mature interpersonal relationship skills that believers need to be aware of, but also to begin to implement in their daily growth. A Question and Answer session will follow. 
 

 
Uri Harel has always been committed to discovery and teaching. Born in Haifa, Israel, Uri attended college in Buffalo, New York, where he graduated with a degree in education. After moving to Phoenix, Arizona in 1977, he began what would become a life-long passion to explore and share with others the unique beauty of the Hebrew language.
Over the past 25 years, Uri has spoken, taught, and lectured in both the private and public arenas. His unique approach to teaching has earned him the respect of both his students and peers. In 1995, Uri founded the Center for Biblical Hebrew http://www.c-bh.com/  in response to the growing public interest in the original text of the Bible, and the Hebrew language in which it was written. Through the programs offered by the Center, people from all backgrounds and religious denominations have been able to explore this intriguing and powerful information in an open, informal and non-critical environment.
Research is a critical element in the work of the Center for Biblical Hebrew. During the past ten years, Uri has devoted his energies to exploring ancient Hebrew traditions about the mysteries of the Hebrew letters and the powers attributed to them. He has since put that research to work, and begun what promises to be a monumental undertaking: ‘translating’ the Hebrew letters of the biblical text into their equivalent musical tones was named the Music from God project (www.MusicFromGod.com). The musical products of this project are now distributed internationally and many volunteer musicians are working on new translations. The music is also being orchestrated and distributed to orchestras for live concerts. The Center for Biblical Hebrew has also created computer programs for translating the Hebrew letters to colors according to ancient traditions and offers many educational opportunity to those who are interested in Modern, Conversational or Biblical Hebrew.

Teaching Topic: "Secrets of the Hebrew Language"

Charles Morton. Charles, 74 years young, is a retired control systems engineer who brings a lifetime of experience in herbal medicine and how to eat BETTER THAN ORGANIC. He was raised in the garden and has a toxic free method of raising nutrient dense food which tastes and feeds us the way the creator intended to produce fat free, high energy Temples of YHVH. Charles spent five years teaching herbal medicine and BETTER THAN ORGANIC gardening at madison College and has conducted seven natural health seminars. Bring your questions for the Q&A period.

Teaching Topic: "How To Easily Eat BETTER THAN ORGANIC Food.

Teaching Topic: "Cobra Cola" A health-oriented Break-Out Session for kids over the ages of 10 will address Cobra Colas and the sugar-and sugar free carbonated drinking sodas.

 
Debi Lipinski is one of our Hebraic Dance Workshop Session Hebraic instructors for the children, women, and men.  a Teacher/Choreographer for her own congregation Kehilat Ariel and many outreaches around the San Diego area and Southern California. Her love of dance is infectious, and seems to be able to get the feet of every crowd moving Some events you may have seen Debi teaching or presenting at are: MJAA, UMJC and the Southern California Messianic Women's Conference.

April Renée is the Keynote Speaker for Vaccine Injury Coalition (VIC) and former President of The Autism Autoimmunity Project (TAAP). She presents worldwide in honor of her 4-year old autistic angel, who passed away on June 13th, 1999. April realized Casi was vaccine injured, before she received the “label” of autism. Autism is 1 in 67 children today and it’s impossible to have a genetic epidemic! ADD, ADHD, diabetes, cancer (and rising number of other dis-ease “labels”) are more prevalent than ever-the evidence points to vaccinations as the cause. She has dedicated the rest of her life to doing whatever is necessary to help these innocent victims and the children-yet-to-be from the autism epidemic!

         April has written many articles in Chiropractic and Health magazines. She has been interviewed on several radio shows, such as “The Power Hour”, “Radio Liberty”, “We the People” and many more. She was interviewed by WSVN FOX News and has been on “WYKE Christian Television”, in Florida. April travels the world presenting regularly at churches, chiropractic schools, health food stores, birthing centers, holistic groups, healing centers, chiropractic organizations and individual chiropractic offices, and has presented for such organizations as the Florida Chiropractic Society, Hippocrates Healing Institute,  Palmer Chiropractic College, Nutrition Smart, Rotary Club, New Medicine Expo, Expo of Heart, Southern Chiropractic Association, Missouri Chiropractic Association, Shores Good Health Club, and many others.Visit her website at www.vacinfo.org

Teaching Topic: "Educate BEFORE You Vaccinate".  The presentation is over 20 years of research/facts showing the cause of autism, ADD/ADHD, cancer, diabetes and ALL dis-ease "labels". 

Teaching Topic Sunday:

Kristin Rice is one of our Hebraic Dance Workshop Session Hebraic instructors for the children, women, and men. She was introduced to her Hebrew roots in 1991 at the congregation Tzur Yisrael in Phoenix, Arizona,  and in 1994 was shown in Scripture the prophesies of the restoration of all Israel (House of Ephraim/Israel and House of Judah) under Messiah Yeshua.  She began Davidic dancing shortly afterward.  She attends B’nai Yisrael Kahal HaMashiach in Paulden, Arizona with her husband, Shawn and 2 children.

Darwin & Candy South. have been raising dairy goats for nine years. They got started in goats when  given a gallon of goat milk to try and we found out how delicious it is, and have had goats ever since. They have also learned to use the milk for different uses: different cheeses, goat milk lotion & goat milk soap. Darwin and Candy try to be as self sufficient as possible & raising goats fits right in with that lifestyle. "We enjoy our goats more than we ever thought we would. We really are looking forward to having our goat milking and cheese making classes. We hope that you will enjoy the goat experience as much as we do." They have 2 children, Amber and Daniel.

Charlie Sullivan, Jr. an Eagle Scout, has been learning to implement Leave No Trace (LNT) from the early 1990s when he started Boy Scouts.  As the Camp Director for a High Adventure Base Camp near Yosemite, he has introduced hundreds of youth to these principles, and has also taught LNT at the Log Cabin Wilderness Camp for the past five years.

Nature Session: “Leave No Trace Principles”. (LNT). Charlie will be co-leading this hike where he will address some of the reasons behind the LNT, along with some practical applications. Leave No Trace is more than a set of rules to follow–but a style of stewardship. We are all called to care for our surrounding, and this nature session will cover the LNT principles. 

Drury Sylvester. Drury is a Certified Public Accountant and a long-time resident of Prescott.

Teaching Topic: "The Idiot's Guide to the Science Behind a 6000 Year Old Earth". We will review a compilation of true science observations that make a 4.54 billion year old earth unlikely, if not impossible.  Measurable things like silt and salt content in the seas.  Distance of the moon from the earth.  Plus, true science that can be used to go on the offensive with your "old age of the earth" friends and aquaintances: "modern" fossils,  petrified trees connecting strata, freshly deposited "ancient lava".  Bonus: Nifty questions like: 'If astronomy proves a 11-20 (the estimates are ever changing) billion year old universe, how can the Hubble telescope see objects estimated at 47 billion light years away from us?

Gary L. Tunsky with Precision Healing Technologies is a traditional naturopath and has a 24-year diverse background in a wide array of healing arts. He is an international speaker/author/lecturer and a professional member of AANC & ABEIM (Academy of Biological Environmental Integrative Medicine). He frequently hosts a variety of radio and television talk shows. Included in a partial list are “The Power Hour” with Captain Joyce Riley, “The Trinity Broadcast Network” and “WYKE Christian Television”.

        Gary has authored the extraordinary book “The Battle For Health is Over pH” and has recently co-authored with Dr. Leonard Horowitz in his masterpiece, “DNA: The Pirates of the Sacred Spiral”. Dr. Tunsky is currently in his finishing stages of completing his new revolutionary book titled, “What in the Cell is Going On?”, currently has both books available on CD. (under construction), and has published numerous articles published in health & wellness journals and grass roots publications.

Teaching Topic: What in the Cell is Going On?"-Alzheimers. His presentation will uncover the cause and reversal of Alzheimers with non-toxic non-invasive treatment protocols. 

Teaching Topic Sunday:

~ FESTIVAL BAND ~

The B'nei Avraham Praise Band is a Messianic worship band hailing from Phoenix, Arizona. The members of the band lead praise and worship every Saturday at the B’nei Avraham Messianic congregation in north Phoenix.

The band will lead us in Praise music for 4 of the Festival days with the Festival Singing Group leading the other  services.

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