and the Baltics

 

Feast of Tabernacles 2005

Good things to know....

Feast Memos:

Fourteen October 31 Feedback, names/addresses, photos and more

Thirteen October 13 Changing money
Twelve October 11 Babies, Last Great Day
Eleven October 11 Swim suits, bulletins
Ten  October 10 The water park, our team of translators
Nine October 9 Userful phrases and expressions
Eight October 8 Wireless capapbility at hotel and 4 babies at the Feast
Seven October 8 Weather, currency, credit cards, Henrikas Klovas, swim suits,  prices
Six  October 6  Estonia Feast website info
Five October 6  Final considerations: money, weather, opening night, Saaremaa, Hymnals, when you arrive...

Four May 24 Pallas Hotell website
Three May May 24 Correction on Pallas Hotell number
Two May 11   Music survey
One May 11   Pallas Hotell reservations

   Our UCG History in the Baltic Republics

 

 

Saaremaa is the larger of the two islands of the west coast of Estonia. 

We plan to hold the Fall Festival in Tartu, Estonia again this fall and would like to invite your application to attend.  You can receive an application by emailing

estonia@kubik.org

Take a look at our reports from years gone by by going to www.kubik.org/estonia.

Here is the report from the United News

Tartu, Estonia

After five years of holding small local Festivals, we are once again planning a larger Feast of Tabernacles in historic Tartu, Estonia's second largest city. Estonia is nestled between Russia, the Baltic Republics and Scandinavia. We hope to bring brethren together from these areas along with transfers from the United States and Europe.

Our first meeting will be Monday evening, Oct. 17. The meetings will be held at the Atlantis Club on the Emajoe River, which is only a 10-minute walk from the hotel. You will not need to rent a car as many restaurants and sights are within walking distance. Taxis are plentiful and inexpensive.

Median coach airfare cost from the United States to Tallinn, Estonia, is about $1,000 to $1,100 per person. After arriving in the capital city, there is an easy 2 1⁄2-hour bus ride to Tartu. The hotel is a little more than a block from the bus station.

We have reserved 35 rooms at the Pallas Hotel in Tartu with more available at the London Hotel.

The daily rates are as follows: single, $65; double, $84

In the past several years we have been building our Good News subscription list and sending out the Bible Study Course and some booklets in the Estonian language. We are preparing to send out literature soon in the Russian language. We are reaching many people who just a little more than a decade ago were part of the Soviet Union. We want to make the Feast a time when we can make ourselves available to our subscribers as well as our brethren.

We plan a number of excursions into the countryside along with a trip to the island of Saaramaa and the capital city of Tallinn. Also, we especially encourage young adults to come and visit us this year. We are planning a number of activities and service opportunities.

Reservations: To attend, you must send for an application by e-mailing Festival coordinator Victor Kubik at estonia@kubik.org or by writing to 3707 Turfway Court, Indianapolis, IN 46228-2095 or calling (317) 216-0802. We will be posting more information for the Feast at www.kubik.org/estonia that gives much more information. Come join us for a memorable time.

Key Dates to Remember

April 9, 16, 23 U.S. and Canadian head-of-household members should clip out their completed 2005 Festival Registration form (see page 8 of the print or PDF versions) and give it to their local Festival advisor at Sabbath services.

Late April Festival Planning Brochure to be mailed to member households.

May 28 Notification at services if any sites cannot accept all transfer requests (automatic transfer approval is expected for all U.S. and Canadian sites except Panama City Beach).

June 5 Members attending a U.S. or Canadian Feast site may begin making reservations from the list of accommodations supplied in the Festival Planning Brochure.