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Trip to Louisiana State Capitol and Museum - Saturday, August 28

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August 23, 2010 in Trips. 1 Comment

Church of the Nations will host a field trip to the Louisiana State Museum and the State Capitol this Saturday, August 28. People who live on or near the LSU campus can catch a ride starting at Edward Gay apartments at 9:30 a.m. The bus will also stop at Tiger Towers then Nicholson bus stop then Tigerland. Those who want to drive themselves can meet us at the church parking lot - we will leave the church parking lot by 10:00 a.m.

We first will visit the Louisiana State Museum which has many interesting exhibits about the state of Louisiana - its history, culture, and traditions. We will have a short picnic lunch (sandwiches, chips, drinks) then visit the State Capitol. Children may come but parents must watch them at all times.

Louisiana State Capitol

*This trip is mainly for “new” internationals (those who have recently arrived in Baton Rouge) and/or internationals who have not yet visited these places*. But people who are interested in participating must reserve a place by Friday morning. (The church bus can only carry so many people and we need to know how much food to bring.) To reserve a place on the trip please contact Rick Wright at rwright AT ubc-br DOT org or call his office at 766-9474 ext 222.

We should have everyone back home around 2:00-2:30 p.m.

You can learn more about the Louisiana State Museum at this website and more about the State Capitol at this website.

Come with us to the New York Opera! Saturday, May 01

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April 21, 2010 in Trips. 0 Comments

Two times we have enjoyed visiting the opera! First “Turandot” by Rossini. Then “Carmen” by Bizet.

And now “Armida” by Gioachino Rossini!

This mythical story of a sorceress who enthralls men in her island prison has inspired operatic settings by a multitude of composers, including Gluck, Haydn, and Dvor?ák. Renée Fleming stars in the title role of Rossini’s version, opposite no fewer than six tenors. Tony Award winner Mary Zimmerman returns to direct this new production of a work she describes as “a buried treasure, a box of jewels.” The fanciful and magical tale, Zimmerman says, “has an epic, enchanted quality and a tremendous visual element.”

In other words the story of a magical woman who keeps men as happy prisoners on her island. Sounds like fun!

Church of the Nations will take another group to enjoy the opera on Saturday, May 01 starting at 12:00 noon. We will watch the New York Metropolitan Opera perform “Armida” by Rossini. This will be a live broadcast from New York City.

You can meet us at the Citiplace movie theater on Corporate Boulevard at 11:30 a.m. or you can ride on the church bus which will pick up from:

  • Highland Plantation/Duplantier at 11:00 a.m.
  • Edward Gay apartments at 11:10 a.m.
  • Nicholson bus stop at 11:15 a.m.
  • (Tigerland - if someone asks me to pick them up there - at 11:20 a.m.)

We encourage you to eat lunch before you come. Please bring $10 to help with the cost of the tickets. (Or you can bring the coupons that the movie theater gave us after “Turandot” if you still have them.) I need to know by Thursday April 29 if you would like to come so that I can buy enough tickets!

Come with us to the opera! - Saturday, January 16

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December 30, 2009 in Trips. 0 Comments

Did you want to come to the opera in November but could not make it? Are you sad that you missed the wonderful performance of “Turandot” by Giacomo Puccini? Would you like to spend only $10 for an afternoon in New York City?

Church of the Nations will take another group to enjoy the opera on Saturday, January 16 starting at 12:00 noon. We will watch the New York Metropolitan Opera perform the famous opera “Carmen” by Bizet. This will be a live broadcast from New York City.

You can meet us at the Citiplace movie theater on Corporate Boulevard at 11:30 a.m. or you can ride on the church bus which will pick up from:

  • Highland Plantation/Duplantier at 11:00 a.m.
  • Edward Gay apartments at 11:10 a.m.
  • Nicholson bus stop at 11:15 a.m.
  • (Tigerland - if someone asks me to pick them up there - at 11:20 a.m.)

We encourage you to eat lunch before you come. Please bring $10 to help with the cost of the tickets. (Or you can bring the coupons that the movie theater gave us after “Turandot”.) I need to know by Thursday if you would like to come so that I can buy enough tickets!

Trip to downtown Baton Rouge for Christmas music - Sunday, December 20

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December 7, 2009 in Christmas and Trips. 0 Comments

One of the most moving and beautiful experiences of the year - Church of the Nations takes a group for the music and singing at downtown Baton Rouge churches. It begins at Mt Zion First Baptist Church at 6:00 p.m. - and then we walk to the next church for more music and singing. There are five churches - but we will go only to the first three. The third and last church we will go to is First Presbyterian Church.

Pastor Rick will pick up people who want to come starting at Edward Gay apartments at 5:00 p.m. We will park at First Presbyterian Church and then walk to Mt Zion. We want to be there before 5:30 p.m. because it will be very crowded very quickly.

As I said - this is one of my favorite trips during the year. Many people enjoy it very much. I hope you are able to come with us.

Come with us to the opera! Saturday, November 07

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October 29, 2009 in Announcements and Trips. 0 Comments

How would you like to see the New York Metropolitan Opera this weekend?

Well even if you are not sure - you might want to come along on Saturday November 07 to see the Metropolitan Opera perform “Turandot” by Giacomo Puccini starting at 1:00 p.m. at the movie theater. Why? Because it is one of the greatest operas ever written. Set in “legendary times” in China it tells the story of the cold cruel princess Turandot and the secret prince Calaf who wins her heart and her love. It could not be performed in China until 1999.

You can meet us at the Citiplace movie theater on Corporate Boulevard at 12:30 p.m. or you can ride on the church bus which will pick up from:

  • Highland Plantation/Duplantier at 12:00 noon
  • Edward Gay apartments at 12:10 p.m.
  • Nicholson bus stop at 12:15 p.m.
  • (Tigerland - if someone asks me to pick them up there - at 12:20 p.m.)

We encourage you to have lunch before you come!

We are asking people to contribute $10 for the tickets (which cost $22 each). Pastor Rick will be happy to pick people up that day so we can enjoy the opera as a group. (The performance is broadcast live in HD from New York City. The performances are exciting and outstanding. What people in New York City are watching is what we will be watching.) You also get to enjoy the experience of visiting a movie theater in the United States - something I know many internationals do not do while they are here.

Spaces and tickets are limited - so please email Rick Wright at rwright[at]ubc-br[dot]org or call him at 225-921-2355 to reserve a ticket and a space.

Fall camping trip coming soon! Saturday-Sunday October 3-4

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September 22, 2009 in Trips. 0 Comments

Our Fall camping trip is coming very soon! This Saturday-Sunday, October 3-4 at:

Camp Living Waters
21230 Living Waters Road
Loranger, Louisiana 70446

The theme is “Facing Your Giants”.

Come and hear how you can face and overcome the giant obstacles that come into our lives. We will discuss Facing the Giants of Differences, Uncertainty, and Failures.

Camp activities include volleyball, soccer, hiking, low ropes, basketball, a bonfire

Cost is only $20 per person. This includes meals, room, recreation, games.

We will leave Baton Rouge around 8:00 a.m. on Saturday and be back around 2:30-3:00 p.m. on Sunday.

We hope you can come! But if you want to come we need everyone to register now to reserve a place! Please contact Pastor Rick Wright at (225) 766-9474 ext 222 or rwright[at]ubc-br[dot]org for more information and to reserve a place.

For more information about Camp Living Waters.

For more information about the camping trip.

English Conversation - Friday, January 09

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January 6, 2009 in Announcements, English Conversation, Trips and Uncategorized. 0 Comments

English Conversation is back for 2009!

(And the crowd goes wild.)

English Conversation is beginning again after our usual break for December/Christmas/New Years. Church of the Nations will offer English Conversation for the first time in 2009 this Friday, January 09 starting at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Jim and Eloise Richards:

1621 Rue Desiree
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70810

You can drive yourself or ride on the church bus which picks up from Edward Gay at 7:10 p.m. then Tiger Towers at 7:13 p.m. finally from Nicholson bus stop at 7:15 p.m. Please allow 5-7 minutes for the bus to arrive because of weather/traffic.

Directions:

  1. Drive southeast from LSU along Highland Road
  2. Turn left onto Bluebonnet
  3. Turn right onto Rue Larouge
  4. Turn right onto Rue Desiree
  5. Look for house 1621 which is not far from the turn

Map to 1621 Rue Desiree, 70810 at Mapquest

*Important note about English Conversation - Please read*

English Conversation has always been for adults. (And sometimes youth who participate as students.) *Do not bring children please.* We do not have childcare or a program for children during English Conversation. If children come they will distract you (and others) and make it difficult to concentrate on learning and practicing English. It also makes the activity more difficult for teachers and host families. (Of course Church of the Nations has plenty of other activities and events when children are very welcome such as field trips and movie night as well as Sunday morning Bible study and worship.)

When English Conversation starts again in January we will again ask everyone to follow this rule. (And we are sorry but we cannot allow any exceptions.) If you have any questions please speak with Pastor Rick at rwright AT ubc-br DOT org or 766-9474 ext 222.

Downtown Christmas Pilgrimage - Sunday, December 21

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December 17, 2008 in Announcements, Christmas and Trips. 0 Comments

Church of the Nations will take a group downtown for the Downtown Christmas Pilgrimage this Sunday, December 21 starting at 6:00 p.m. at Mt Zion Baptist Church (near First United Methodist Church).

(I have had difficulty finding a good resource on the Internet for information about this. This is the best I have been able to find:

First Baptist Church calendar

First United Methodist Church calendar

best of all seems to be First Presbyterian Church - Christmas Carol Pilgrimage)

The Downtown Christmas Pilgrimage is a beautiful and special way to prepare for and celebrate Christmas. Basically there is music and singing at five churches in downtown Baton Rouge. We begin at one church then walk to the next one and the next one and so on - five churches in all. (We will probably not go to all five churches - that can take a long time and people might become too tired.)

You can drive yourself and meet us at the first church at 5:30 p.m. (nice and early in order to get good seats) or ride on the church bus which will pick up from Edward Gay at 5:00 p.m. then Tiger Towers at 5:03 p.m. finally Nicholson bus stop at 5:05 p.m. Please allow up to 5-7 minutes for the bus to arrive because of weather or traffic.

Children are welcome (as long as they participate and can walk with everyone else). We strongly recommend you have something to eat/drink before you come! (We may not be finished until around 8:00 p.m.)

This is perhaps Pastor Rick’s favorite activity during the Advent/Christmas season. We hope you can join us.

CAMPING TRIP - Saturday-Sunday, September 27-28

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September 10, 2008 in Activities, Trips and Uncategorized. 0 Comments

Yes! Another camping trip! The weekend Saturday-Sunday, September 27-28 Church of the Nations will host a “camping trip” (or retreat) at Timber Creek Camp in Pulaski, Mississippi (just past Jackson). We will leave Saturday morning and return Sunday afternoon.

Timber Creek Camp, Mississippi

Learn more about Timber Creek Camp here.

The theme of the camp is “The Way of Relationship” and will focus on how we can know and have a personal relationship with God. Men/boys and women/girls will stay in nice cabins. There will be fun time, plenty of free time (to rest play or relax), and three short Bible studies. This is a great opportunity to have a short break and get away from Baton Rouge. There are plenty of fun things to do during free time (inside and outside). The food is very good.

The cost of the trip is $53 per person - but we are asking those who come to give only $20. (But we do not want anyone not to come because of cost - talk to us if the cost is a problem.) It is very important that people who want to go (a) reserve a spot and (b) provide the $20 per person.

Yes we know it is a little late to announce this but of course Hurricane Gustav made it difficult to advertise, print forms, and so on. We hope as many internationals as possible can come!

Here is the registration form in DOC and PDF formats. You can complete a form and send it to rwright AT ubc-br DOT org.

Fall 2008 Camping Trip Registration Form DOC

Fall 2008 Camping Trip Registration Form PDF

Trip to Louisiana State Museum and Capitol - Saturday, August 30

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August 25, 2008 in Activities, Announcements and Trips. 0 Comments

Louisiana State MuseumChurch of the Nations will host a field trip to the Louisiana State Museum and the State Capitol this Saturday, August 30. People who live on or near the LSU campus can catch a ride at 9:00 a.m. (a few minutes later for Tiger Towers and Nicholson bus stop). Those who want to drive themselves can meet us at the church parking lot - we will leave the church parking lot by 9:30 a.m.

We first will visit the Louisiana State Museum which has many interesting exhibits about the state of Louisiana - its history, culture, and traditions. We will have a short picnic lunch (sandwiches, chips, drinks) then visit the State Capitol. Children may come but parents must watch them at all times.

Louisiana State Capitol

This trip is mainly for “new” internationals (those who have recently arrived in Baton Rouge) and/or internationals who have not yet visited these places. But people who are interested in participating must reserve a place by Friday morning. (The church bus can only carry so many people and we need to know how much food to bring.) To reserve a place on the trip please contact Rick Wright at rwright AT ubc-br DOT org or call his office at 766-9474 ext 222.

We should have everyone back home around 1:30-2:00 p.m.

You can learn more about the Louisiana State Museum at this website and more about the State Capitol at this website.

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