Each year we move to a different destination with the Alpine Bible Week, while retaining the essential ingredients of this holiday - clear Bible teaching and beautiful mountain scenery.
This year, we will be staying in the village of Mandling, on the edge of Schladming in this beautiful Alpine region of Austria. Our speaker will be Steve Lancaster and he will be helping us explore the book of Mark.
This year we are staying at the three-star, family-owned Hotel Taferne. An ideal location for a week of the best mountain adventures!
The hotel is comfortable and all bedrooms are en-suite. We will use most of the rooms for two people, but some of them can be used for three or four people if you prefer. There are also a small number of single rooms. Many of the beds are Austrian-style (one frame with separate mattresses and duvets).
A continental breakfast will be served each morning. After a day of exploring, we return home to Hotel Taferne where we will enjoy an appetising three-course meal served to us by the hotel staff.
Each morning and evening, Steve Lancaster will help us get to grips with with the Bible as we delve deeper into God's word. Steve is an experienced speaker, who studied at All Nations Christians College in Ware. He has recently completed a seven-year assignment in Tanzania serving with AIM (Africa Inland Mission), where he served as a Bible teacher, as well as training local pastors. Steve now works for a Bible translation agency called 'The Word for the World' which empowers indigenous people to translate the Bible into languages which don't yet have the Bible.
There will be time to praise God with singing, and opportunities to discuss how the truths we are learning shape our minds, our hearts and our lifestyles. In the afternoons we will have time to walk in the beautiful surroundings, talking about what we have learnt, letting it sink into our souls and being awed by the majesty of God's creation.
Steve will be taking us through the book of Mark. Below, he gives us an idea of what to expect.
We pay a tourist tax on your behalf, which entitles you to a local Summer card offering free or discounted admission to over 100 attractions in the Schladming area, including a number of lifts and cable cars, plus free access to buses. This gives plenty of options for things to do on our free afternoons, along with many well-marked walking paths, lakes for swimming, and villages to explore.
For our optional excursion, we will hire a coach to take us for a full day visit to the lakeside village of Halstatt, which can’t be reached with the Summer card but is well worth exploring. Take a boat ride between the villages on the lake, spend the day walking along the trails nearby or traverse the Dachstein Ice Cave or salt mines.
Join us this summer and return home refreshed by
the grandeur of God revealed both through the Bible
and the majesty of the mountains.