"Building Community" is this year's theme, based on II Corinthians 13:14.  Reconnect with old friends and make new ones at this 5-day, transformative event!

Scholarships are available up to $175. The deadline for submitting a scholarship application is December 1, 2009.

Once you register, you will receive an e-mail from Eventbrite with the subject "Order Confirmation for College Conference 2009".  This e-mail is your receipt and registration confirmation.  It will also have information about scholarships.  Please print this e-mail and bring a copy to the conference!  You will not receive a ticket or letter by mail.

Transportation

If you plan on flying into Pittsburgh Int'l Airport, your flight will need to arrive prior to 3pm on Sunday, December 27. The airport shuttle to the Village will leave promptly at 4pm.  Students will gather at the car rental kiosks to load buses.  Please email your flight information by December 1 to kelli@ocf.net.  We cannot guarantee transportation to the Village if we do not receive your flight information by December 1.  For departing the Village on December 31, please plan to leave Pittsburgh Int'l Airport no earlier than 4pm.

If you are taking the Amtrak or Greyhound Bus into Pittsburgh, you must arrive by 2pm on Sunday, December 27. Please email your transportation information to kelli@ocf.net by December 1 to ensure your transportation.  We cannot guarantee transportation to the Village if we do not receive your transportation information by December 1.  For departing on December 31, please plan to leave no earlier than 5pm.

Travel information is not required to register. Your flight details are required by Dec. 1, 2009 to info@ocf.net.

Each year, December 27-31, under the jurisdiction of the SCOBA Campus Commission, these National Conferences of Orthodox Christian Fellowship are open to college students and college–age young adults. Both conferences will include a variety of enlightening workshops, daily services and many different social events. They aim to promote unity among Orthodox young people and to renew them in their journeys toward salvation.

• You must pay a minimum of $100 deposit even if you are applying for a scholarship.
• You will not be registered until a deposit is received.
• We no longer are accepting mail registrations.
• Rooms are based on a triple or quadruple occupancy.
• If you will be paying your registration balance upon arrival at the conference, all monies collected MUST be in US Dollars.  Canadian checks will not be accepted.

Details:

Keynote Speaker:

His Beatitude Metropolitan Jonah - Archbishop of Washington and Metropolitan of All American and Canada

  
Workshop Speakers will include:

• Fr. Moses Berry
• Nicholas Lionas
• Mother Alexandra
• Kathryn Saclarides and others

Events:

Social Events, service project, closing banquet

Questions— ask the student chair:

Irene Papas — irp6@pitt.edu

Refunds: The $100 College Conference Deposit is refundable due to a severe reason such as an illness or death. All other refunds are subject to a $50 administration fee, if cancelled prior to December 1, 2009.  Registrations that are cancelled after December 1 will not be refunded unless there is an extreme emergency (death or severe illness).