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Calendar of Events
Our Retreats
Bible Explorations sponsors an eight-day retreat
every spring and fall near Terra Bella in California, USA. The
spring retreat coincides with Passover & the Feast of Unleavened
Bread and the fall retreat coincides with the Feast of
Tabernacles.
Can't attend our Retreats? To improve broadcast services, we're
working on upgrading to full streaming audio and video over our own Internet
Channel, so stay tuned. For now, Microsoft® Windows™
users can follow these instructions
to view the meetings, live, over the Internet. That link also
contains up-to-the-minute information for chat room users.
Download
the Bible Explorations 2008 Calendar here
A spiritual renewal is received by those who attend. Speakers in the
past have included Dr. Mike Casey, Alan Fine, Hugo Gambetta, Charles Morton, Jeff Peppinger,
Samuel Pipim, David Pogge, Patricia Robertson, Mary Lou Stollenmaier, Ted
Tesner, Stephen Wallace, Lewis Walton, and many, many
more. Our retreats are old-fashioned, Christ-centered,
and conservative.
Camp sites with water and electricity are
available without charge. Please bring your own bottled drinking
water. Outside portable toilets and separate men &
women's showers are available — also free.
No charge for camping. Please provide your own
complete meals: except for Sabbath Fellowship Lunch on the lawn (i.e.,
please bring a dish to share). As usual, we will host a free, and
complete, Saturday evening Cookout on the lawn and a Sunday Pancake Breakfast
on the lawn.
Our retreats are one of the best little tent
meetings anywhere and, up until now, the 150+ people
who attend each year have kept it one of the best kept SDA
secrets. But now folk are hearing about it
anyway so we might as well open the doors to anyone
who is spiritually awake and adventurous.
Plan to join us for these Spiritual Feasts — you
won't want to miss these retreats! We
will keep you posted with a schedule when it is available.
Again... Our retreats are held near Terra Bella, California,
which is about 45 miles north of Bakersfield.
For more details and a free newsletter, Contact Us.
Directions to Our Retreats
From the South: Highway 5 north to Highway 99
north to Highway 65 north to Terra Bella, CA. There is a traffic
signal (red, yellow, green) at the junction of Highway 65 and Terra
Bella. Then drive east from Terra Bella on Avenue 95 about
three miles to Road 256. Turn left (north) on Road 256 one
long block to Avenue 100. Turn right (east) to 25810 on Avenue 100.
Look on the left for a red house with brick trim. Campgrounds are behind
the house. Pass the house and turn left into the property at the
Bible Explorations sign.
From the North: Highway 99 south to Pixley, CA.
Circle right at the Terra Bella cut off to Avenue 96. Turn right
and cross over Highway 99. Go east on Avenue 96 which becomes
Avenue 95 (after a jog to the right/south and back to the east) before you reach Terra Bella. Cross Highway
65 and continue on Avenue 95 about three miles to Road 256. Turn
left (north) on Road 256 one long block to Avenue 100. Turn
right (east) to 25810 Avenue 100. Look on the left for a red house with brick trim.
Campgrounds are behind the house. Pass the house and turn left
into the property at the Bible Explorations sign.
For those coming from out-of-state: You will find
Highway 99 runs North/South between Bakersfield, CA and Sacramento, CA.
Other Accommodations
Nearby motels, which we have found satisfactory, include both a Motel 6
and a Best Western in Porterville, CA — Motel 6: 935 W. Morton Avenue,
559-781-7600; Best Western: 250 W. Montgomery, 559-781-7411.
Best Western is closest to the campground but is also more expensive.
If you wish to rent an RV, for use on the campground, you may call RV'n USA
in Visalia, CA, at 559-651-1717 and ask for Ed. They will deliver the RV
to the campgrounds for you. When the retreat is over, they will
come out and pick up the RV. All you have to do is move in and make
sure you clean it when you move out.
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