Providence Foundation

Bring your Friends!

Come celebrate America's Christian Heritage at the annual Jeffersonian Thanksgiving Festival
With Stephen McDowell as Thomas Jefferson and Mark Beliles as Reverend Charles Clay

On November 21-23, 2008, the Providence Foundation will participate in an historical re-enactment of Governor Thomas Jefferson's Thanksgiving Festival in Charlottesville, Virginia. The Festival is a means to remember that in November 1779, while Governor of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson issued a proclamation appointing a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to Almighty God.

Thousands will come to the many events that takes us back to late 18th Century Colonial America. The general Festival program is opened to the public. Please refer to the Festival Website for further highlights and details at www.jeffersonthanksgiving.org.

The Providence Foundation cordially invites you to attend a few special events exclusively hosted by Mark Beliles and Stephen McDowell. All Providence Foundation special invitation meetings will be held at the Providence Foundation offices, 609 East Market Street. Suite 114, Charlottesville, VA. Please RSVP for all special invitation events to Michelle at 434.978.4535 or confirm by email at: info@providencefoundation.com.

"We hope you can join us at the Jeffersonian Thanksgiving Festival and at the special meetings we are hosting. We look forward to meeting you in person and sharing about the ministry of the Providence Foundation."

Mark Beliles, Stephen McDowell
Co-founders, Co-Chairmen

This course is designed for anyone interested in a Biblical worldview, providential history, the Principle Approach to education, and Biblical principles for godly reform, including pastors, teachers, parents, home-schoolers, government leaders, social activists, educators, businessmen, journalists, and more.
Those desiring to set up classes or discussion groups will especially be interested.

One goal of this course is to equip people to go and teach others, therefore, tips on setting up and conducting Biblical worldview classes will be discussed.

Winter Session (short course) Schedule: The Fundamentals of a Biblical Worldview short course will be again in 2009.

Summer Session (long course) Schedule: June 28 - July 4, 2009. Lectures will be held in mornings and evenings over topics such as: America's Christian History, Biblical Worldview, Discipling the Nations & more. Afternoons include directed study, assignments, and discussion.

Textbooks
The basic texts are Liberating the Nations, America's Providential History, and Watchmen on the Walls by Stephen McDowell and Mark Beliles. These books, plus a notebook of assignments, are included in the registration fee.

Stephen McDowell, President and co-founder of the Providence Foundation, has traveled to 40 states and over a dozen nations in six continents, teaching tens of thousands of people from about 100 different countries. He has consulted with numerous government officials, assisted in writing political documents, aided in establishing political parties, and helped start a number of private schools as well as classes on godly reformation. He has authored numerous books and written scores of articles for various publications.

Mark Beliles, co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Providence Foundation, has lectured throughout the U.S. and in Europe, Asia, and Africa. He has authored several books, trained many Christian leaders for the ministry, and helped establish churches in America and other nations. Mark has been the convener of a number of symposiums and is director of the annual Governor Jefferson's Thanksgiving Festival. He is presently pastor of Grace Covenant Church in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Special guest lecturers will participate in each session.

Winter Session -- $35 per single, $50 per couple, early registration (due by Dec. 30, 2008). $45 per single and $60 per couple at the door (registration form due by Dec. 30). Price includes textbooks and materials (valued over $40). One set of books per couple.

Summer Session -- $120 per single, $170 per couple, early registration (form and payment due by June 1, 2008). $140 per single, $190 per couple if paying after June 1.

Registration form and $10 non-refundable deposit is due by June 15, balance of payment due at the door. Price includes textbooks and materials (one set per couple).

Family rates also available - please call or email for more information.

Fill out and submit the on-line form with proper payment by due date, or ask for a brochure and register via mail. Register Now!

The Biblical Worldview School will be held at the Providence Foundation offices -- 609 East Market Street, # 114 in Charlottesville, Virginia. Directions will be sent to registrants.

Motel information will be sent to those requesting it. Limited accommodations in homes are available on first come, first serve basis for $100 per person for the week, in summer session, and $15 per night for the winter session.

"I have grasped more truth in this seminar than I learned in years of study of law and economics. Complex issues have been made simple to understand. I have also been equipped to practically apply principles in my nation which will cause it to prosper and increase in liberty for all."

Pedro Moreno, Former Secretary General, Bolivia; Special Assistant in U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

"Liberating the Nations [the central text of the seminar] has found wide spread acceptance and interest, and continues to change minds, hearts and lives around the country of South Africa and beyond. As the official manual for two national God and Government symposiums, it's message has spread like wildfire and is helping to inspire a ground swell of Christian virtue and learning."

Paul Daniel, Founder, His People Ministries, Organizer of SYMSA '92 & '93, South Africa

"A volume could not trace the knowledge and understanding I have gained this week, and I anticipate it will impact me individually as a mother, church member, citizen and in public service."

Patricia Phillips, Virginia State Representative, Concerned Women for America

"Liberating the Nations is more that just a textbook for the ministry - it is the weapon with which we can step against the ungodly totalitarian authority in my nation, using biblical methods."

Pastor Boris, Belarus

Special Invitation to Friends of the Providence Foundation

"He who shall introduce into public affairs the principles of Christianity will change the face of the world." - Benjamin Franklin

Be trained in biblical principles of government, education, economics, and politics
Be equipped in a biblical view of the family, church, and state.
Be prepared to teach classes on Godly reform.
Course includes teaching on America's Christian history and the Principle Approach to Education

Winter Session (Short Course), The next short course to be held in 2009 Register Now!

Summer Session (Long Course), June 29-July 5, 2008 Register Now!

This course will train you how to apply God's Word to all aspects of life. You will be equipped with Biblical principles of government, education, politics, and law and learn how to infuse them into your nation. This will help prepare you to participate in changing the face of the world, because the fruit of applying God's principles will be liberty, justice, and individuals and nations.

In past years, hundreds of people from dozens of states and foreign countries have participated. They have included an African prince, a Bolivian lawyer, a South African university Professor a Russian Orthodox Priest, a seminary professor, a pastor from Trinidad, and political, academic, and church leaders from the United States, as well as teachers, home-schooling parents, and college students. Graduates have put into practice what they have learned m numerous ways. They have started schools and newspapers, begun instructing their children at home, run for political office, set up state-wide and country-wide organizations, written laws and constitutions, and more.

Lectures

The Fundamental Principles of Christian Nations
God's Plan for Men and Nations - the Extent of the Christian Mission
Origins and Development of Government and Liberty
The Protestant Reformation in Europe
America's Christian History
Christ's Teachings on Public Affairs
The Principle Approach to Education
The Home and School
The Role of the Church and Ministers in Society
The Arts, Media, and the Press
The Framework of Godly Government
Principles of Christian Economics
The Ten Commandments and Modern Society
How to Bring Godly Reform to Your Nation

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