September 22-23, 2008, The Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, Illinois

At The Fellowship's 25th Anniversary National Conference and Celebration Banquet, we'll celebrate two-and-a-half decades of lifesaving ministry with Fellowship friends and key Jewish, Christian, American, and Israeli leaders. Below you'll find a complete schedule of each day's events. Click on the times to find out more about each event.

Monday, September 22

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Registration/Check-in
The Palmer House Hilton - Grand Ballroom Foyer
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Opening Session
The Global Reach and Importance of The Fellowship Programs
The Palmer House Hilton - Red Lacquer Room
2:30 PM - 3:50 PM Session II
Israel, America, and the Free World:
Facing the Global Challenges of Our Times

The Palmer House Hilton - Red Lacquer Room
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM Session III
Jewish-Christian Relations: Past, Present, and Future
The Palmer House Hilton - Red Lacquer Room
6:15 PM - 7:15 PM Reception
The Palmer House Hilton - Grand Ballroom Foyer
7:15 PM - 9:45 PM 25th Anniversary Celebration Banquet (Kosher) and
Life Achievement Awards for Support of Israel

The Palmer House Hilton - Grand Ballroom

Tuesday, September 23

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Breakfast
Spiritual Call to Action and Closing remarks
The Palmer House Hilton - Red Lacquer Room
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Estate Planning Seminar (optional)
The Palmer House Hilton - (location TBD)

Monday, September 22

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Registration/Check-in
The Palmer House Hilton - Grand Ballroom Foyer

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Opening Session
The Global Reach and Importance of The Fellowship programs
The Palmer House Hilton - Red Lacquer Room

With the support of caring Christians in America, The Fellowship has touched the lives of hundreds of thousands of Jewish people in Israel, the former Soviet Union, and around the world. Hear firsthand how lives have been changed for the better because of your sacrificial support for The Fellowship’s life-changing programs: On Wings of Eagles, Isaiah 58 and Guardians of Israel.

Belaynesh Zevadia Deputy Consul General for Southwest Region Israeli Consulate
Dvora Ganani Director General IFCJ Israel
Asher Ostrin Director, Former Soviet Union, American Jewish Joint Distribution Agency

2:30 PM - 3:50 PM
Session II
Israel, America and the Free World: Facing the Global Challenges of Our Times
The Palmer House Hilton - Red Lacquer Room

Every day Israel, America, and the entire free world face challenges you won't read about in the news. Get an insider's look at the terrorist threat to our religious and civic freedoms.

Jennifer Lazlo Mizrahi President, The Israel Project
Ralph Reed Jr. President, Century Strategies
Orli Gil Israel's Consul General to the Midwest
Bodie and Brock Thoene Noted Christian Authors

4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Session III
Jewish-Christian Relations: Past, Present, and Future
The Palmer House Hilton - Red Lacquer Room

More than 30 years ago, God gave Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein a vision of building bridges of understanding between Christians and Jews. As The Fellowship celebrates 25 years of ministry, hear what has been accomplished and what still needs to be done to further this critical work, and explore the status of Jewish-Christian relations today.

Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein President and Founder IFCJ
Jonathan Falwell Senior Pastor, Thomas Road Baptist Church
Gary Bauer President, American Values
Ralph Reed Jr. President, Century Strategies

6:15 PM - 7:15 PM
Reception
The Palmer House Hilton - Grand Ballroom Foyer

7:15 PM - 9:45 PM
25th Anniversary Celebration Banquet
The Palmer House Hilton - Grand Ballroom

One of the highlights of the banquet celebration will be a multimedia journey that tells the story of Rabbi Eckstein's early work fighting anti-Semitism to his founding of The Fellowship, and explores how God has blessed the work of The Fellowship through the last quarter century. Join with Fellowship partners as Lifetime Achievement Awards for Support of Israel are presented to two extraordinary friends of the Jewish State: Dr. Pat Robertson and the late Jerry Falwell. Dr. Pat Boone, popular entertainer and writer of the theme song from the movie "Exodus," will be Master of Ceremonies.

Special Address: His Excellency Sallai Meridor Israel’s Ambassador to the United States
Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein President and Founder IFCJ

Presentation of Lifetime Achievement Awards to:
Dr. Jerry Falwell (posthumously), Jonathan Falwell to receive this award in his father's name Dr. Pat Robertson Founder, CBN


Tuesday, September 23

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Breakfast
Spiritual Call to Action
The Palmer House Hilton Hotel - Red Lacquer Room

The Fellowship, with the help of hundreds of thousands of faithful partners, has been able to accomplish much in the past 25 years. Receive a spiritual energy boost during this session as The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews embarks on another 25 years of helping God's chosen people.

Pastor Lamarr Mooneyham Pastor, The Tabernacle, Danville, VA
Gary Bauer President, American Values
Rabbi Daniel Lapin President, American Alliance of Jews and Christians
Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein President and Founder IFCJ

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (optional)
Estate Planning Seminar
The Palmer House Hilton Hotel ( location TBD)

The Fellowship's Estate Planning seminar will help you understand how a well-crafted Estate Plan can provide for the distribution of your assets at death, help you avoid estate taxes, determine who will care for your minor children, and more. This seminar will give you the peace of mind that comes from knowing that your family is prepared for the unexpected. Participants will receive The Fellowship's 29-page booklet Building a Legacy: A Guide to Estate Planning, Wills and Trusts

Terry Lilley National Planned Giving Officer, IFCJ
George Mamo Senior Vice President, IFCJ