Age range
17-28 years.
4-8 August 2015 Vaasa, Finland
Once in a lifetime opportunity to fellowship with
an international group of future leaders and
to meet experienced business and Christian leaders.
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We
invite you to the fourth ICCC Next Generation Conference
in Vaasa, Finland. This unique conference will provide you
with the tools needed for dealing with life’s challenges both personally and professionally. It will provide you with the right equipping in order to experience the creativity and release of God into
your future, which is finding God’s YES for your life.
We
believe that God
has a specific design for you and anticipate
through the assistance of
our highly qualified teachers and group leaders that
you will come into an understanding of God’s plan
and calling for your life. Our
teachers serves as coaches,
mentors and counselors
and are present as living
examples in their walk with
God. As a team, our prayer
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is for clarity to your vision, dreams for your future and a strength
to see you through difficult times.
We
know your time is valuable and therefore challenge you
to prioritize this conference week as a wise investment
for your life. Exceptional feedback from delegates of our previous conferences, which has hosted youth from 25 different
nations, have testified of the powerful impact and investment
this week meant to their life and decisions. The testimonies
have been amazing! Lasting friendships have been made and
networks established that remain for years to come.
You are most welcome. Come and expect new things in your life!
See you in Vaasa!
Blessings,
Fredrik and Kerstin Ekholm
Conference Hosts
PICTURES FROM PREVIOUS CONFERENCES.
Next Generation 2005
Discover God´s Plan for your Working Life
Next Generation 2010
Vision and Reality
Next Generation 2007
Finding and Fulfilling your Destiny
Group work
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Topics:
Releasing Gods creativity in your working life
What does the world look like today?
God´s yes in different branches
Personal relationship/intimacy with God
Significance of prayer and intercession
Following the leader - hearing God´s voice
Called to create, Called to entrepreneurship
Giving everything to God-fulltime for Him
How to handle money (or lack of it)?
Healthy relationships
Blessing that reaches generations
Being faithful in the calling
Your heart matters
Qualifications of a King´s servant
ICCC calling and purpose
Personal Testimonies
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Some changes can take place in the final program.
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REFLECTIONS FROM PREVIOUS CONFERENCES.
I
was privileged to attend the ICCC Youth Conference in
2010, and it was a wonderful experience.
The most beneficial part of the conference for me was
to learn how to remain men and women of integrity in our
business dealings even when difficult and tempting situations come our way. In a world that is thriving increasingly on immoral standards, this kind of teaching is vital to a
young Believer.
Experienced men and women come together who are
grounded in the Word of God and knowledge and teach
young people to stand strong in their values of Christ and
honor Him in everything. The teachings are not only for
the business-minded, they are for all, and applicable to all.
My earnest gratitude goes to
Fredrik & Kerstin who were faithful
and such an immense blessing in
making it happen and to all others
involved!
- Eleos, Benin
B
eing privileged to attend the ICCC Youth
Conference is being honored to meet
family in Christ and in business! As a young
professional in education, I was searching for
the greater picture of my calling as a follower
of Christ and as a businessman. I had never
learned to combine these two aspects: the
spiritual calling & natural gifts or professions.
When I came to attend this amazing
conference, where these inspiring and
warm-hearted people came together, I
was overwhelmed by the presence of God, the powerful and
eye-opening messages about God building His Kingdom through Pastors, Evangelists, Prophets and Businessmen, Politicians and Teachers.
Also, the warm welcome and professionalism I received from Fredrik
& Kerstin, together with the local church family in Vaasa was wonderful.
Do you long for a fresh encounter with God and new inspiration and
confirmation in your calling? Go there! Do you long for some time out,
hanging with some of the loveliest people in the world? Go there!
- Ben, Germany
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REFLECTIONS FROM PREVIOUS CONFERENCES.
W
hen I was first invited
to the Next Generation
conference in Vaasa in 2010,
I thought the invitation had
reached the wrong person. I
had nothing to do with business.
Anyway, I decided to attend, and
I soon realized that it was about
so much more than just busi
business. It was about finding one’s
calling, serving God in working life, and walking in faith
wherever God leads us.
I came to Vaasa feeling a bit frustrated with my life and
calling. I was struggling inside. Through the teachings I got
a clearer picture of the difference of calling, career and
work. In the discussions and career counselling I finally
dared to speak aloud the dreams I had and the things that
I felt God had put in my heart. The leaders prayed for me
and encouraged me.
We all have our own walk to take with God. He has got a
plan for every one of us. God put many things in place in
my heart during the days we spent in Vaasa. I hope and
pray that you will experience the same; to receive teaching
and prayer, but even more importantly, to hear His voice,
words of His love and good plans for your life. Hope to see
you in Vaasa!
- Iina, Finland
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Responses:
Amazing!
This has been life-changing!
Perfect!
It helped me to plan my career.
The topics were practical
and interesting.
Excellent, I would love to come
here again!
My calling became clear.
Great, simply great!
ARE YOU LONGING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
T
housands of young people all over the world dream about living
out the Kingdom of God in their schools, for their future and in
the workplace. They may be students, educators, nurses, politicians,
volunteers in an NGO or managers at their corporation. Their home
may be in Asia, Africa, Europe or the Americas, but they have one
thing in common – an insatiable longing on the inside for a new dimension, a longing to see and experience the power of God at work
through them. They have a heart to serve people and a desire to
make a mark for God.
This conference will:
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Provide you with the understanding that
the professional life is also a call of God
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Bring clarity to your calling and vocation
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Serve as a gateway for your future and
working life, and
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May challenge you into becoming an ICCC
Young Professional
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Programme.
Daily
programme:
(preliminary)
Please note:
Registration begins Tuesday
(4.8.2015) at 14.00
Dinner at 18:00,
Opening meeting at 19.30
Address: EFO, Strandgatan
21-22, Vaasa
Tuesday 4 August
Opening meeting
Vision and dreams
8.00
9.00
9.30
10.15
11.00
11.30
12.15
13.00
14.00
18.00
19.30
Breakfast
Prayer and worship
Session 1
Session 2
Coffee
Session 3
Session 4/Workshops
Lunch
Free time
Dinner
Celebration/Teaching
More detailed programme will be available
when the conference starts.
Wednesday 5 August
Calling, gifts & future
Thursday 6 August
Kingdom of God in everyday life
Themes
for every day:
(preliminary)
Friday 7 August
Called to work
Every day: Outdoor activities, sightseeing, visiting worldwide leading company etc.
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Saturday 8 August
Getting ready to depart
SION CHURCH OF VAASA
The Sion Church welcomes you to Vaasa.
Sion is a Pentecostal church founded 87
years ago. Sion has been partnering with
the ICCC –Next Generation conferences
and served with audio equipment, worship
teams and more.
Additional afternoon Programmes:
• Network building between the participants/
creating relations , sharing dreams
and visions etc
• Guidance on how to start a business
• Outdoor activities, sightseeing, visiting
worldwide leading company etc.
Thursday Night 6.8
Night of Arts – A wonderful and interesting
annual event in Vaasa.
The congregation hosts many nationalities
each service with translation into English
provided.
Taste of Israel
The Vision of the church is two-fold:
• Sion – A Relationship based Church
• Sion – A Centre that Makes Disciples
Saturday 8.8 at 19.00
Closing Celebration in Sion Church with the
Sion worship team and singer Marina Sigfrids.
Professional dance team “Taste of Israel”,
Testimonies from the participants
Fredrik Ekholm, Jan Sturesson etc.
Marina Sigfrids
Stefan and Marina Sigfrids are Senior
Pastors in the church. Stefan is presented
on the Speakers page.
Marina Sigfrids is a nurse, but she has
served the Sion Church for all her life as
Youth leader, worship leader and pastor.
She is good singer and she also function
as choir leader and teacher at a Folk High
School.
Sunday 9. 8 (Additional day in Vaasa)
Opportunity to partake in the Sunday Service
at Sion Church at 18:00, Speaker Jan Sturesson (ICCC International Chairman)
Sion Church Worship team
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Speakers.
Partik
Hellström
Jan & Catarina
Sturesson
(Finland)
(Sweden)
JAN STURESSON has been a partner in one
of the world’s largest consulting firms for
fifteen years, which includes the last seven
years as an industry leader, serving clients
such as EU, UN and World Bank. He is also a
member of World Economic Forums global
agenda council, “Global Governance System.”
As a volunteer Jan serves as the Chairman
of the ICCC International Board. His heart
beats for strategy, leadership and understanding our times.
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CATARINA’S heart is very much towards
family issues. During many years she focused on raising the three, now grown up
children. She has also worked as a dental
assistant for several years and she is currently managing a small conference and
guesthouse business.
She has a heart for strategic prayer, especially about next generation and family
issues in today’s society.
PATRIK HELLSTRÖM Patrik Hellström is the
Senior Pastor of the Elim Church of Jakobstad in Finland. He is married and has four
children. He has been involved in politics
and numerous local elections. In the last parliamentary election in Finland, he ran as one of the candidates for the
Christian Democratic party.
He is also the Editor in Chief of the Swedish
Pentecostal Magazine in Finland.
Fredrik
Ekholm
(Finland)
FREDRIK EKHOLM is a Finnish Building Entrepreneur. He has been a builder his entire
career and holds a Master Builder’s Degree.
He has managed his own Building & Construction Company since 1982, with around
50 employees.
He has been the President of ICCC Finland
from 1993 until 2012 and currently serves as
the Vice-President of the Chamber. He sat
on the International Board 2002-2013. He
has previous experience in politics, was on
the Board of Directors for a bank, and has
been active in church leadership.
In 2000 Fredrik was appointed Honorary
Consul for Benin and in 2014 was appointed
as Honorary Consul for Israel.
Saku
Pitkänen
(Finland)
SAKU PITKÄNEN has over ten years of experience in international trade, consumer
goods business and marketing of brand
products. His focus has been in sales and
marketing strategy, category management
and ECR.
He also has over 15 years of experience in
management consulting. In his current consulting role, he is helping Finnish companies
to succeed in international markets.
Saku has served on the ICCC Finland National Board since 2003 and as President
since 2014. In 2010 he was elected to the
ICCC International Board where he continues to serve.
Tobias
Sturesson
(Sweden)
TOBIAS STURESSON became involved with
the ICCC in 2013. He is now adjunct in the
Swedish ICCC Board and involved with TWL
and Young Professionals.
Tobias has founded a Communications
Agency named FERVENT, that helps organisations that have a purpose beyond profit
get clarity of vision and communicate effectively and creatively.
He has spoken at many youth events,
churches and led workshops in places such
as Google Campus London and Swedish
Television.
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Speakers.
Iina
Mattila
(Finland)
Tim
Snelson
(UK)
IINA MATTILA became involved in ICCC in
2010 when she attended the Next Generation conference in Vaasa. Nowadays she is
a member of the board in ICCC Finland and
the leader of the ICCC Young Professionals
in Finland. Iina has graduated as a special
education teacher, but she has been working mainly in the field of politics. Iina is also
involved in a national youth prayer movement.
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TIM SNELSON is a structural engineer working for Arup, one of the world’s leading engineering design practices. He has helped to
design some of the world’s most sustainable
buildings, such as the world’s first naturally
ventilated TV studios for Sky TV in London
and a solar-powered football arena in Qatar. His most high-profile project was designing
the abutments for the Millennium Footbridge in London.
Tim is married to Karolina and they have
two sons, David and Jack. He is also Secretary of ICCC UK, responsible for Equipping
and Training. He has a passion for what the
Bible says about Holy Spirit-inspired creativity and design and longs for the special
wisdom that God has stored up for His disciples to be released into the business world.
Stefan
Sigfrids
(Finland)
Kerstin
Ekholm
(Finland)
Group Work is an essential part of
this event and is supervised under
the coaching and mentoring of our
highly-qualified leaders. Groups are
kept small to promote openness and
provide an atmosphere of personal
counseling and guidance.
Picture: Linus Mickelsson
STEFAN SIGFRIDS is the Senior Pastor of
the Sion Church of Vaasa in Finland. At 44
years of age he has already pastored the
Church for 17 years. His professional background is in computer science. In 1992 he
graduated from the University of Applied
Sciences in Vaasa with A B.Sc. degree in Automation Technology. After that he worked
for ABB Substation Automation Systems for
5 years as product manager for Data Communication travelling the world as a trainer
and lecturer. In 1998, he radically changed
directions in his career and became a fulltime Pastor.
Group Work:
KERSTIN EKHOLM is a nurse, as well as
serves as an announcer in church and as a
speaker for Christian radio programs. She
works today at Tabita products, their family
company which imports and sells products
from Israel. She is married to Fredrik and
they have four children and 13 grandchildren.
...and more teachers
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ICCC International
T
he ICCC began almost 30 years ago by a man
named J. Gunnar Olson who dreamed of a worldwide growing people who know God and whose inward
walk of faith is being worked out in their working life
and motivated by God’s love. The aim of the ICCC is
to put the Kingdom of God as the first priority in our
working lives and to train men and women to respond
to the Bible Challenge of a walk of faith with Christ in
the workplace. The organization grew to become a
worldwide movement that now exists in some form
in over 70 nations.
J. Gunnar Olson, Founder of ICCC
Vision
The vision of ICCC is to see “A worldwide people who, in
their business and working lives, are experiencing the
reality of goals, strategies, and plans becoming an outward manifestation of an inward walk of faith, leading
to a glorious release of the Kingdom of God at work.”
Purpose
The purpose of ICCC is to “Encourage and equip
Christians to experience a release into a new dimension of faith, hope, love and freedom in their
business and working lives and to better understand our time…for individuals, business, and nations and the Body of Christ at large”
Jan Sturesson, ICCC International Chairman
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www.visitvaasa.fi
The city of Vaasa in brief
Located: west coast of Finland
Founded: 1606
Population: 67.000
Finnish-speaking: 70,1 %
Swedish-speaking: 22,7 %
Other languages: 7,2 %
Welcome to Vaasa!
The energy capital of the Nordic countries, embraced by a barren,
beautiful archipelago.
With its 67.000 residents, Vaasa is a vibrant centre
of growth and a lively student city. It is located at the
narrowest point of the Kvarken, on Finland’s west coast.
Vaasa region is the Nordic Leader in Energy Technology; an impressive 30 percent share of Finland’s energy
technology export is concentrated in Vaasa. Today, the
energy sector is a major employer in the region with
Wärtsilä and ABB as its leading enterprises.
Our six institutions of higher education have room for
13.000 students, who play an active part in our urban lifestyle.
In Vaasa you have the opportunity to study in over 30 multilingual
qualifications in three languages!
The region is one of the most international districts in Finland. More
than a hundred different nationalities live in Vaasa, most of them
study or work among energy related solutions. Bilingualism and
multiculturalism play an active part in our urban lifestyle, which
is absolutely an advantage for our region. There are also a lot of
choices of leisure-time activities.
Here history meets the present, culture meets nature, and shop
shopping centres meet the market hall. Parks and architecture in the
centre create this seaside city’s unique atmosphere. And Vaasa
is a port to Finland’s only World Heritage Site – the Kvarken archipelago.
Welcome to sunny Vaasa!
Tomas Häyry, Mayor of Vaasa
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Conrefence location.
The conference will mainly be held in a Folk HighSchool, Evangeliska Folkhögskolan (EFO), which has
good facilities. The school has an international taste
with students from about 25 nations. The school is
owned by a warranty group and operates on a Christian basis.
EFO aims to provide its students with a safe and caring environment. EFO is located by the sea, not far
away from downtown Vaasa. Close by is a nice beach
for strolling and swimming. Within walking distance is
the city square with all the commerce the city has to
offer. The bus station and the railway station are not
far away either. Along the beach you will find beautiful
parks where you can go jogging or relax with your
friends.
Director Kristian Sjöbacka welcomes you!
EFO Strandgatan 21-22
65100 VAASA, Finland
tfn. +358 10327 1600
School hotel +358 10327 1609
fax. +358 6 312 4072
www.efo.fi
e-mail: [email protected]
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Sponsors.
ICCC-Finland
www.iccc.fi
Finland
Vaasa
www.aholatranspor t.com
Tampere
Turku
Vantaa
Espoo
Helsinki
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Registration info.
Conference fee
Price .................................................. 340 €/person for 5 days
(incl. conference fee, accommodation, lunch, dinner,
coffee breaks and outdoor activities)
Please, register using the ICCC website (www.iccc.net)
or e-mail at [email protected]
Janice Hellström ICCC International Office
Hjälmarbergets Företagscenter
Grusgropvägen 5
SE -702 36 Örebro, Sweden
Tel. +46/19-24 7000
Fax: +46/19-24 7001
E-mail: [email protected]
Conference secretary:
Hanna Juhaninmäki
E-mail:[email protected]
For more information also:
Tel: +358 6 320 9110
Fredrik Ekholm
E-mail: [email protected]
Fax: +358 6 320 9101
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Price without accomodation ...........150 €/person
Price for additional nights....... 30 €/night
Please, note that these prices have been reduced to special
rates. Payment must be completed on registration, at the
latest.
If you need a visa, please arrange this yourself a.s.a.p. We
request that you provide us with a letter from your Pastor or
ICCC Board. This letter will also help you with the application
process during your visa interview at the Finnish Consulate
Office.
Flights via Stockholm 1h
via Helsinki 1h
• 16 flights arrives daily to Vaasa
Train from Helsinki to Vaasa 4 h
www.vr.fi
N.B. The accommodation prices above refer to lodgings on the
conference premises. There are max. 25 rooms available, which
are reserved for the first 50 applicants. Additional accommodation will be arranged with bus transfers.
Please remember to register before June 30th 2015
We look forward to seeing you!
We are excited and honored to have this great
opportunity to invite you to our City: Vaasa.
Vaasa
We believe that you will experience God’s goodness
and blessings during these conference days. We will
do our best to serve you, together with all the wonderful and experienced teachers /entrepreneurs,
who with differing gifts honor God with their lives.
Our hope and prayer is that this conference will
give you an alternative perspective on all aspects of
your life. In these days it is significant that we have
prophetic insight so that we can see the things God
sees and be a part of His design. Come and have a
lot of fun and enjoy what we believe will be a life
changing Conference!
Fredrik&Kerstin Ekholm
Conference Coordinators
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International Office
Hjälmarbergets Företagscenter
Grusgropvägen 5
702 31 Örebro Sweden
Tel. +46 19 247 000
Fax. +46 19 247 001
Conference office in Vaasa
VRK/Fredrik Ekholm
Vöyrinkatu 13
65100 Vaasa, Finland
Tel: +358 6 320 9110
e-mail: [email protected]
www.iccc.net