Midwest Kicks Off Winterfest 2011 This Weekend
The first of a dozen Winterfest events for 2011 is slated for this weekend as thousands of young people will converge on the city of Indianapolis for Midwest Winterfest.
Winterfest is sponsored through Church of God Youth and Discipleship and is one of the largest gatherings of its type in the nation. The latest cutting-edge Christian artists and speakers are scheduled to entertain and encourage thousands of delegates who will attend.
The magnitude of the popularity of Winterfest is demonstrated as this first event, scheduled for January 21-23 at the Indiana Convention Center, is sold out. Special guests for the three day weekend include Eddie James, Preston Centuolo, Cast and Crew, Passage Worship, Chris Gilbert, Lee Claypoole, Snowman Levite, NR Hunt and Wundafam.
Two more Winterfests are scheduled for this month and will take place next weekend, January 28-30. Frontier Winterfest will be located in Arlington, Texas, while Arcticfest will be held in Anchorage, Alaska. Registration for both of these events is by telephone only. For more information about Frontier, please call 817-599-7691. For ArcticFest, the contact number is 907-272-4847. Two other events have phone-only registration. They are Pacific Northwest scheduled for February 25-27 in Antelope, Oregon. The contact number is 509-965-0075. Wild West Winterfest in Rapid City, South Dakota is scheduled for February 18-20 and has a contact number of 701-873-5444.
On-line registration is available and encouraged at www.mywinterfest2011.com for the remaining Winterfests, including the largest and original, Smoky Mountain, which will be held at the Thompson-Boling Arena on the campus of the University of Tennessee. Smoky Mountain Winterfest has traditionally filled the arena, attracting more than 22,000 participants. It is scheduled for March 11-13.
Remaining Winterfests are Premier in Ocean City, Maryland, scheduled for February 4-6; Ozark, located in Branson, Missouri, and scheduled for February 11-13; Northeast on February 18-20 in Rochester, New York; and Sonfest on March 25-27 to be held in Orlando, Florida.
Youth pastors and youth leaders have testified over and over about the life-changing effect of attending Winterfest. Pastor Joey Grizzle of Monroe, Georgia offers his experience in the following video posted recently on YouTube (please copy URL and paste in your browser):
Additional information, including locations, dates, artists, promotional items and registration information is located at www.mywinterfest2011.com or by calling 423-478-7220.
The Winterfest Web site proclaims that, “Students have a hunger for God more than ever in this day. They are coming together and uniting in Christ to worship and hear the Word of God preached with hundreds saved through each conference. Year after year teens are joining each other in fellowship and igniting the fire within to spread the Word to a lost and dying generation.”
