Collegiate Conference
Collegiate Conference 2018

Light

Life constantly hurls us in unexpected directions. Culture shifts daily. Perspectives vacillate. Paradigms morph. Yesterday's solid foundations become today's suspicions and tomorrow's prison sentences. Anxiety and worry abound. Fear and hostility relentlessly grasp for more. Life itself fractures under the weight of growing darkness. Hope wanes. Or does it?

1 Peter 2:9 says, "But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into this wonderful light."

How do we lean into This calling? This reality? This light? What could it look like for 21 Collegiate Churches to declare the praises of Him who called us out of This darkness? What could it look like to burn brighter for Jesus? To radiate more of His light? To flood This generation with the Hope of Light who is Jesus, "in him there is no darkness at all."  

Join us for three days of dwelling in the Light together. May the story of Jesus death, resurrection, and new life take hold of you again. May God's plan of redemption and renewal refuel your passion. And may the Gospel fill you with Light always.

With great anticipation,

Jason, Becky, and Sarah

Registration

Please register here with Reliant to pay for the Collegiate Conference 2019.

If you are new to registering for a Reliant event simply follow the link to create a username and password, then you will find the registration under the events drop down on the homepage.

The registration fees for the conference this year are as follows:

  • Collegiate Church Staff - $85 per adult.
  • Associate/Supportive church staff and all other churches - $120
  • Prospective Staff- $50
  • Partial conference attendance - $45

Each person will need to register separately for the conference. There is also a day pass registration option for those that are only able to make partial conference attendance this year. For Reliant missionaries, you may pay by internal transfer or reimbursement; however, associate eligibility rules still apply.

Location

For the second time, a supporting church, Vista Community Church, is hosting us! We are so thankful for their hospitality! 

Vista Community Church.
7349 Worthington Galena Rd, Worthington, OH 43085

Wifi: Vista Worthington
Password is: Vista2@5

The conference will use two buildings on the church campus. Here is a map to help you along the way.

If you lose wifi when entering Building #2 you can reconnect to this building's network:

Wifi: VISTA CHURCH
Password is: Vista123

map

Housing

Collegiate is not providing specific housing or hotel blocks this year for the conference. With that in mind, we hope you can find housing that fits you and budget! We did want to provide a few options hotel wise that are within a 10 minute drive of vista. But you are welcome to find another hotel or home rental of your choosing. 

A note for those flying to the conference: If you are coming from outside the midwest, we may be able to find locals to host you if the additional cost of flying is a burden. Please let Becky Bondy know if this is something you would be interested in. We can't guarantee housing, but we would love to try and see what we can do!

Sheraton Suites Columbus

201 Hutchinson Ave, Columbus, OH 43235. (614) 436-0004

Homewood Suites by Hilton Columbus / Worthington

115 Hutchinson Ave, Columbus, OH 43235-1413. (614)-785-0001

Courtyard by Marriott Columbus Worthington

7411 Vantage Drive, Columbus, OH 43235. (614)-436-7070

Transportation

Flying

If you are flying into Columbus, the closest airport is the John Glenn Columbus International Airport: 4600 International Gateway, Columbus, OH 43219. It’s about a 20 minute drive from Vista Community Church. Each person is responsible for travel to and from the airport to their hotel and Vista Church.

During the Conference

Collegiate will not be providing shuttles to and from Vista each day, so each participant is responsible for their own transportation throughout their time in Columbus.

Meals

This year we are only providing coffee and snacks during the conference. No meals will be provided at the conference. We are excited to lower the conference fee for this year by reducing the cost spent on meals. Attendees are responsible for their own meals, be it packing meals or purchasing out. Meals and groceries purchased during the conference can be reimbursed following the normal Reliant reimbursement policies. See Reimbursements below for more details. 

Schedule

schedule

Breakouts and Roundtables

Roundtables: 60-minute deep dives on specific topics with a conversational focus. Format is very flexible and could include think tanking, common interest networking, or evaluation & problem solving. Each roundtable will have a designated facilitator(s) in charge of the time along with stated goals.

Breakouts: 60-minute workshop, presentation, and/or discussion on specific topics with a goal of informing, training, or equipping.

Breakout & Roundtable Sessions

Prospective Staff

We are inviting prospective Collegiate staff to attend this year's staff conference! A prospective staffer is anyone considering coming on staff within the next year. There is a reduced rate for these folks! So please invite anyone considering missionary work with Collegiate to attend! 

Reimbursements

Please see Reliant reimbursement policies for more details before you incur expenses for this event (flights, rental cards, housing, meals, etc). Children expenses are taxable since there is no specific children’s program provided this year. Associate eligibility rules still apply. Expenses for spouses and children of associate’s are not reimbursable.

Children and Families

This year we will not be having any formal children’s program or childcare during the conference. Our space at Vista is limited, so we will not be able to set aside room for children during the conference. You are welcome to bring your families, just note that during the conference hours there is nothing specific planned for families. And since the conference is not designed for children to attend, all expenses for children will be taxable.

SWAG!

If your church has any swag they would like to donate to give away during the conference please let Becky Bondy (becky.bondy@nlcweb.org) know and she will collect any giveways during conference registration. 

Free Time Ideas

  • Tour of Ohio State campus
  • The Book Loft & Schiller Park in German Village
  • IKEA
  • Short North - lots of fun shops to check out
  • Franklin Park Conservatory
  • Highbanks Metro Park or Columbus Park of Roses
  • Downtown/Scioto Mile
  • Polaris indoor mall & Easton outdoor mall
  • COSI - hands on museum
  • Columbus Zoo

Local Food Favorites

  • Jeni's Ice Cream & Graeter's Ice Cream
  • North Market - go and eat/sample cool food downtown
  • Coffee Shops all over the place -- Stauf's, Pistacia Vera, Flowers and Bread, Fox in the Snow, and Roosevelt coffee house

Questions?

For registration questions please email register@reliant.org

Any other questions please email becky.bondy@nlcweb.org