Youth festival of the ev. luth. church of finland 4.-6.5.2012 tampere

‘For The Price oF one’

PROGRAMME

FRIDAY 4. May / May 4

16.00-21.00 Registration at the reception location: Tampere Areena Pick up or buy tickets, ask for advice at the office

18.00 Opening of the code location: Tampere Areena Getting in the right mood for the festival by starting the barcode reading device and listening to the ‘House band’.

19.00 Decoding the Code location: Tampere Areena Drama, interviews and stories about following the Master. On stage will be the bands ‘Eve´s’ and ‘Idän ihmeet’, pastor Gerson Mgaya and the theatre group ‘Kumbe’. The Finnish Mission Society will help us to crack the code.

21.30 Reformation night location: Kaleva church You´re welcome to attend a worship-service held by the ‘Reformation campaign’, that has reached high popularity in Tampere. The band ‘ Monkey Ministry’ and people from the ‘ Uusi Verso’– network (a network of young adults, being a pro ject of the ev.luth. parishes in Tampere) will join us.

24.00 Good Night! Closing hour at the school-accomodations (sleeping hour between 00.30 – 07.00)

SATURDAY 5. May / May 5

8.00 – 9.00 Breakfast at the accommodation schools

9.00-20.00 The office is open, location: Tampere Areena Pick up or buy tickets, ask for advice at the office

9.30 The Bible becomes alive! location: Vanha kirkko (The Old Church of Tampere) “Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light on my path.” Psalm 119:105. An interactive Bible-study. Hosts: Raamatunlukijain Liitto (The Scripture Union of Finland). Eeva-Maria Kanerva and Anu Vuola.

11.00 Bread and Circuses location: Central Square Because the market square is situated in the centre of the town, it attracts and gathers lots of different people. Therefore it is no coincidence, that the Church is located in the centre as well. For the same reason also we chose this spot: Pekka Simojoki is giving a concert and “Houseband” performs some sing along-songs. Write your own prayer at the prayer-station or take a biblical quotation with you from church. You can also take part in fun competitions, do some shopping at the small market booths or take a break at the “Tapulikahvila” (bell tower-café).

11.00-12.00 Official Welcoming of the churches´ employees in the city hall location: Tampereen raatihuone (the city-hall) Requires special registration!

12.00-14.00 Sons Of Abraham MCC location: Nuorisotoimisto (the youth-office) Kyttälänkatu 1 Come and find out, what sort of people bikers are and what their biker clubs are all about. The Christian motorcycle club `Sons Of Abraham MCC´ presents their motor cycles and offers all guests a cup of coffee at their clubhouse in Kyttälä. The ´No Man´s Band´ duo is in charge of the music.

13.00 “Therefore go and make ...” - the confirmation school – workshop location: Tampere Areena Program for young people at the age of confirmation school, visions of mission and global responsibility, theatre plays by Youth from all over the world and great perfor mers such as: the beat boxer ‘RudiRock’ and ‘Tarvo Laakso & STARWAR’.

13.30 and 16.00 Under the Open Sky - a theatre play location: Kauppaoppilaitos (Business School) Faith, Hope and Love. A co-production by Youth from the City of Kajaani, the Kajaani Ev.Luth. parish and the Kajaani City Theatre. Script and direction by Anne Ballini, music by Jari Rättyä.

14.00/15.30 Workshop 1 and Workshop 2 location: Kaleva Church and Kauppaoppilaitos (the Business School) The workshops will be held two times in a row: at 14.00 and at 15.30 o´clock (duration 1h if not mentioned otherwise)

The Workshops at Kaleva Church:

1. Eco bibliodrama (14.00 and 15.30 0´clock)Discover the “green passages of the Bible” through drama, dance and other creative methods. Each one of us is God´s creational workmate in his/her own everyday life. Discover, towards what sort of a life style these biblical texts lead us to. For this workshop you need to bring with you an open mind, curiosity and willingness to try out new things. Workshop-leader: pastor and drama-director Heidi Peltola

2. On stage – learning performance skills (14.00 and 15.30 0´clock)Everybody knows, how a good teacher should act like, but what happens, when suddenly the pupils become the ones standing in front of the class? Can skills of acting and performing be learned? Comedian Mikko Vaismaas answer is “yes” and he will shows us, how to plan and perform funny and successful evening programs.

3. “Really?” “No, just kidding” Enough with the same old pony-song! Instead, get to know lots of new games, ideas and other fun stuff to do at confirmation- or youth camps and at weekly youth meetings in the parishes.Workshop-leaders: Milla Siivonen and Katri Tähtinen

4. Trash-Art-course (14-16:30 0´clock)Our consumer behaviour has several downsides. By buying two articles for the price of one, we at the same time redublicate the amount of litter. In the year 2007 we produced 74,1 tons of waste out of which only 40% were recycled. Did you know that one way to prevent this from happening is to paint your garbage pink? The master of trash-arts Lasse Kaikkonen will tell us why. Come and find out. You can just stop buy or stay the entire time.

5. International workshop (at 14.00 0´clock) Languages used: Finnish and EnglishGet to know young people from different countries and brush up your English skills by playing, singing and chatting with one another. Find out how youth work is done in other countries (f.e. Great Britain and Denmark) and take some impulses with you back home. Also participating: Adric Constantinou-Etheredge and Mikko McLean. 6. Classic Hymns (at 15.30 0´clock)Come and sing along songs of “Nuoren seurakunnan Veisukirja” (the red hymn-book) that have become classics over the past 40 years. Singing with us: Jaakko Löytty, Tarvo Laakso, Jani Muhonen and Houseband.

7. Chapel of Silence (13.00-17.00)The chapel of the Kaleva Church is open for prayer and meditation. A Taize-prayer moment will be held at 15.15 o´clock.

The Workshops at “Kauppaoppilaitos” (the Business School)

8. Gospel Boarders (14-16.30 o´clock)Gospel Boarders is a nationwide snowboarding-association based on Christian values. Feel welcome to stop by and experience some stunning action.

9. Video workshop by the journal “Fleim” (at 14.00 and 15.30 0´clock)Do you find the Bible old-fashioned and somewhat uptight? At the video workshop we will approach the Bible from a new angle by making humorous videos about some topics of the Bible. You can participate in writing the screenplay or by standing in front or behind the camera. The video-clips will be shown to the public on Saturday evening during the CrossRock –concert and also published on the official Fleim-website. The participation is limited to 12 persons. Workshop-leaders: Timo Utterström, Eveliina Lahti and Nelli Kampfma.

10. Avartti – The International Award for Young People (14.00 o´clock)The International Award operates in 130 countries and yearly 900.000 young people take part in its self-development program. Come by yourself or in pairs or even with a group. Service, exercise, knowledge and adventure are the topics that we will be working on. You will also have the change to meet other young people, who have participated in Award-activities in Finland and hear about their experiences about international happenings and camps in Latvia, Israel, Malta or Germany. The Award has over 130 different international activities to offer to you.

At Kiova park:

11. Exercise –Workshop (14.00-16.30 o´clock)Experience the joy of exercise in the park. Equipment can be borrowed from trainer Emmi Erkkilä. Or why not combine the pleasure of work-out with a picnic in the sun?

Some things to do for the employees:

What comes after youth work? (14.00-15.00 o´clock) location: “työntekijäkahvio” (the employees´café)For the employees of Tampere Kanava and voluntary leadersConfirmation- and Youth Work are the national pride and crown jewels of the Finnish Church. However resent studies show that the same thing can´t be said about the work with young adults. Often the parishes are having a hard time reaching the age group of young adults. This workshop invites you to participate in a discussion about the attractiveness and effectiveness of the work with young adults and challenges you to find new solutions and options for the future work with young adults. The discussion will be led by Timo Pöyhönen.

18.00-22.00 CrossRock Concert location: Tampere Areena The legendary ‘CrossRock Festival’ dismisses us into bright spirits. On stage: the leading artists of the Finnish gospel genre: ‘Miriam’, ‘RudiRock’, ‘ Tera(-pia)’ and ‘Juha Tapio’.

24.00 Good Night Closing hour at the school-accomodations (sleeping hour between 00.30 – 07.00)

SUNDAY 6. May / May 6

8.00-9.00 Breakfast at the accommodation schools

10.00 Amusement Park Mass location: Särkänniemi Amusement Park There will be spirituality, lots of fun and some bread of life to take with you for the roller coaster of your life. Sermon by bishop Matti Repo, liturgy by Marita Hakala and music by the Peter Joukainen- band

11.00-12.00 Enjoy the ride on the amusement park equipments The Särkänniemi Amusement Park has free admission for the youth festival participants (the cost of admission is included in the wristband) during this hour.

12.00 Särkänniemi Amusement Park is open for everyone The Youth festival wrist-bracelet includes a special discount of 60% for the ticket to the amusement park (normal prize: 34,00€ ). You need to buy the ticket beforehand either via the internet or at the information desk at Tampere Areena.

12.15-13.00 Music on the stage of Särkänniemi park The music bands “Cumina” and “Peter Joukainen Band” are here to entertain us and to provide us with a great musical experience.