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A Christian Advice Site special review from Jean Lockwood If you are looking for something to do with your family this summer; something that includes Christian fellowship, fun for all ages, and many choices of entertainment that will encourage your growth in the Lord; Kingdom Bound Festival may be what you are looking for. Kingdom Bound is held in western New York at Darien Lake Theme Park, between Rochester and Buffalo. For directions visit www.godarienlake.com/directions.php. This is the 22nd year for Kingdom Bound and the dates this year are August 3-6, 2008. Featured at this year's festival will be musical artists such as Newsboys, Third Day, Delirious, Skillet, Jaci Velasquez, Salvador; worship leaders Robin Mark, Relevant Worship, Paul Baloche, and Lenny Leblanc; and communicators Reggie Dabbs, Jeri Barricks, and Family Counselor Kevin Leman -- as well as many more contemporary Christian artisits, worship leaders, and speakers. There will be special things going on each day. The extreme skating and biking ministry called Enemy Opposition will be performing daily in the park. There will be new artists introduced, as well as all of the ones you know and love. On Tuesday night, Jaci Velasquez will sing with her husband Nick from the group Salvador. Enjoying a time of worship in the morning is made easier by the option of having your kids ministered to in the Children's Tent where they will have worship, see skits and puppet shows, play games, win prizes, and have an all out good time, while you join in the corporate worship with other adults and families. There are options of what to do all day long, with the Performing Arts Center, Park Stage, and Worship Tent each offering concerts, seminars, and worship times. At the end of the day the Laser Light Show offered by Darien Lake is a fun time for all, and then maybe enjoying a campfire with the family and some friends will make a wonderful memory that will last a lifetime. When you purchase tickets to attend Kingdom Bound, included in the package is the Darien Lake Theme Park rides and entertainment. According to Lisa Leone, Accommodations Director for Kingdom Bound, there are still accommodations available for this year's Kingdom Bound on ground at Darien Lake. The camping sites, RV rentals, and Motel have the advantage of keeping you close to all that's available to do and see. Kingdom Bound tickets are available for either a day or two, or for the entire event. For more information about the Kingdom Bound Festival and to learn how to reserve a trip to Kingdom Bound for your family please visit www.kingdombound.org. Kingdom Bound Festival is the experience of a lifetime. Enjoying it with the whole family can make it even better. Jean Lockwood is a freelance writer in upstate NY, where she lives in the beautiful Mohawk Valley with her husband Dan and six of their seven children. The Lockwood family has attended Kingdom Bound Festival each year for 20 years. Visit Jean at www.parentingandreligion.com.
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Take a vacation with your faith, not from it! If Vegas, Atlantic City, or a beach full of scantily clad alcoholics doesn't sound like the kind of fun you want for your family, try a visit to a monastery. 
by Brother Benet Tvedten is where I first learned of Blue Cloud Abbey. The book is a behind-the-scenes and often humorous look at modern monastic life. From bus trips to the drive-in movie to a heart-warming look at the final days of a beloved fellow monk, Brother Tvedten brings to life the beauty of Blue Cloud Abbey and its monastic brotherhood. If you have never had a desire to visit a monastery before, you will after reading "The View from a Monastery."
