Each year, many families organize their retreats in their favorite hotel in the North, Clearwater Resort Hotel in Clark Philippines. Here is an article titled “HOW TO ORGANIZE AN ABOVE RUBIES RETREAT” that might help you to plan and organize your next family camp and retreat near Manila.

Date:  10th November, 2010 from Clearwater Resort Hotel Clark Philippines which is just 80 minutes North of Manila near Angeles City and 30 minutes from Subic

The first thing you’ll want to decide is whether you want to have a a Men’s Retreat, a Couples Retreat, or a Family Camp for the moms, dads and/or the whole family.

The next thing that you need to do is to find a suitable Retreat Center – somewhere where we can all stay together – sleep, eat, and have meetings. It’s not only the ministry that is so valuable, but also the fellowship and encouragement of kindred spirits. Choose a comfortable place, but not too expensive so that it can be affordable.

If you are planning a Family Camp you will need to find a camp that has loads of fun things for families so the children can have a wonderful time and will not be bored. At Family Camps we make the afternoon free for families to enjoy family time together as a family, so you need suitable facilities for this.

We like to have the Retreat from Friday evening to Sunday lunchtime. We would need to have meals from Saturday breakfast to Sunday lunchtime. Folk can get their own meal on the way to the camp on the Friday evening. We start the Retreat with the first meeting on the Friday evening at about 7. 00 p.m.

If possible, it is good if the meeting room and the dining hall are not too far away from the bedrooms. Make sure the meeting hall is adequate too.

What about finance? The cost of the retreat is $30 per person, or $60 for couples or families. This is to cover the cost of my airfare (or for Colin and myself if it is a Couples of Family Camp), brochures, phone calls, photocopying and other expenses involved in setting up the retreat. This way no one will be out of pocket. If there is money left over, it is given to the printing of Above Rubies.

Most retreat centers require a deposit. Mostly the folk organizing the retreat will pay this (it is reimbursed of course as money comes in for registrations). However, if you can’t manage this, let us know and Above Rubies will pay the deposit, which will be reimbursed as registrations come in.

Once you have found a suitable place, check out what dates they have available and then contact me at Above Rubies and we can confirm a date.

Once we have confirmed the date, you will then need to prepare a registration form that can be made available to those who want to come. We will advertise it in Above Rubies, but we don’t want to rely totally on Above Rubies. To really get folks in, you need to think of others ways of making it known by getting the brochures or advertising to churches, homeschooling organizations, radio etc. However, the greatest advertising is personal invitation and word of mouth.

Once you have confirmed a Retreat site, I will then send you a list of all the ideas that can help you organize a wonderful Retreat. I can send you samples of brochures and everything you need.

It is also great if you can gather a few ladies around you and do it together. Pray together and plan together. It is always much more fun to do something together, isn’t it? And less work for you as a mother, too.

Beside your own contact information, it is preferable if you can have the phone and email of someone else too. On odd occasions the person organizing a retreat has had to urgently go out of town and there has been no one to take calls. Therefore, please have two contacts on your brochure and advertising.

Unlike other hotels and resorts in Pampanga, Clearwater Resort in Clark Philippines located near Angeles City just 70 minutes from Manila offers unusual features like a large fresh-water lake accompanied by several swim spots including a small white-sand beach, small and large swimming and wading pools.  Games and activities are important for outings and picnics to keep the events from stagnating into a boring experience.  However, overloading a day’s program with too much activities may ruin the balance between relaxation and excitement.  Here are some tips, articles, news, suggestions and pertinent information about organizing these get-togethers, events and gatherings.

For reservations and inquiries for accommodation, amenities, events and other requirements in this hotel in Clark Philippines, please email Reservation@ClearwaterPhilippines.com

Hopefully this will help enhance the pleasures of your stay in this hotel and resort in Pampanga Clark Freeport Zone.

Are these articles useful for enhancing your travel, leisure and vacation plans in Pampanga, Philippines?  Yats Leisure hopes to provide you with ample information so you can plan your trips to Subic, Angeles City, Clark Freeport Zone or other interesting locations in the North whether you are travelling from Manila or other Asian countries such as Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Malaysia or Korea.  The concierge of this resort hotel in Clark would be happy to assist you if you require more information on things to do with travel, leisure, accommodation, wine and dine, nightlife, event venues, team building, picnics, camping, family retreats, celebrations etc. to do with Philippines Angeles City, Clark Freeport Zone.

Popular Resort Hotel in Pampanga Angeles City Clark Philippines is a semi-private establishment located in the central business district near shopping, business, entertainment, airport and other conveniences of Philippines Clark Freeport Zone.

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