Praise the Lord for the upcoming London International Blending Conference!

Dates: 8-9 April 2023
Cost: £30 per adult (children up to 18 may attend free of charge)
Deadline: The deadline for registering is Lord’s Day 2 April 2023

All conference meetings, book sales, children’s and young people’s meetings, and crèche will be held at the Hammersmith Novotel Hotel. 

Registration for the conference will be open one hour before each morning meeting.

To limit distracting noise and to take care of the atmosphere of the meetings, there will be a designated overflow room for parents with infants.

Translation
Translation will be provided into Chinese. An outline in Chinese will be provided. Please remember to bring your own FM radio and headset.

Service
Thank you for all those who signed up to serve at the conference. If you signed up for service but have not heard from your coordinator, please go to the help desk on the day.

ALL WHO WISH TO ATTEND MUST REGISTER (including those under 18 years old). There is a £30 per adult registration donation (ages 18 and above), and those under 18 are free.

Deadline: The deadline for registering is Lord’s Day 2 April 2023

REGISTER HERE

Saturday, 8 April:

Meeting 1 – 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Meeting 2 – 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Lord’s Day, 9 April:
Meeting 3 – 10:00 am – 12:30pm*
Meeting 4 – 2.30 pm – 4:30pm

*Young people will join the 10am Lord’s table and morning message.

Parents are ultimately responsible for their children during the weekend and should make sure that their children are not walking around the hotel unattended or leaving the grounds but are in their respective meetings as listed below. (Please do not bring children who have had vomiting or diarrhoea in the last 24 hours.)

Crèche: The crèche will be parent-led. We will have a very pleasant room set up for you and your child to be in with lots of toys, planned singing, snacks, and a craft/colouring table. There will be a room coordinator and helper to help oversee supplies, snacks, and light tidying, but there will be no designated serving ones during this time. For parents staying in crèche, there will be a video link in one corner of the room. If you want to leave your child at the crèche to attend the live meeting or serve in another area, please coordinate with another parent/carer to take responsibility for your child during that meeting session.

Children (UK School Years Reception – Year 6)
There will be meetings for children aged 4-11.

Children must be brought to the children’s meetings by their parent or guardian (18+) and signed in. Please do not allow your children to come to children’s meeting on their own. Families should register together at the main registration at the beginning of the conference and then sign their children in and out before and after each meeting at the appropriate room. Sign-in will begin at the classrooms 20 minutes prior to meeting times. Those who arrive earlier will need to remain with their children until classroom sign-in begins.

Children will only be looked after during the meetings. Parents or guardians (18+) must collect their children immediately after each meeting and sign their child out. Parents or guardians are responsible for looking after their children before and after the meetings and during the break time.

Please bring a water bottle or drink that is clearly labelled for your child.

Snack will be provided during the meetings; however, children will eat their lunch with their parents/carers. Please note that no food can be brought into the hotel venue.

Young People
There will be meetings for the young people (12-17 years old), except on the Lord’s Day morning. If young people would prefer to attend the conference meetings, we would encourage them to do so. However, to maintain a positive atmosphere, we would ask that young people remain for the full duration of whichever sessions they attend.
We request that young people who have never attended a young people’s meeting before are accompanied by an adult shepherd.

The church is unable to coordinate accommodation for the conference any hospitality will need to be arranged privately. 

Conference Hotel Accommodation

Limited accommodation is available at the Novotel with the special rate for one double room per night:

• £162 single person per night
• £172 for two people per night
• One child up to 16 years old can stay with parents free of charge
• Strict booking deadline of 24 February.

To book please email h0737-re@accor.com and state the name of the event “International Blending Conference” with the booking code: 070423AMANAB, or call 0208 237 7798 between 9 am and 5:30 pm Monday through Friday.

Transportation

Address: 
Hammersmith International Ctr, 1 Shortlands
London, HMF W6 8DR

Please check your route before you travel: https://tfl.gov.uk/plan-a-journey/

Directions from Tube Station

Parking
There is limited parking available near the conference venue. Saints are encouraged to travel via public transport when possible. The hotel offers on-site parking, charged at £3.50 per hour for non-residents on a first-come, first-served basis. On the Lord’s Day, on-street parking may be available close to the hotel. ‘JustPark.com’ is a helpful app that can be used to book affordable parking in the area in advance