TRES DIAS OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY WELCOMES YOU
FOR OUR MILITARY SERVING US IN IRAQ & AFGHANISTAN FOR THEIR FAMILIES!
AND HAS RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING
AWARDS: 
TRES DIAS OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY: Tres Dias of Northern New Jersey Web Pages are dedicated to the thousands of men & women who have made a Tres Dias Weekend and for those whose weekend awaits them. Tres Dias endeavors to bring Christians to a closer and more personal walk with our Lord Jesus Christ. Tres Dias encourages those who attend a weekend to become actively involve in Christian leadership in their churches and environments.
HISTORY OF TRES DIAS: Tres Dias was derived from Cursillo de Christiandad, a "short course in Christianity" and has been involved in church renewal since its beginnings in Spain. The first "Cursillo de Christiandad" occurred January 7-10, 1949 at the Sanctuary of Saint Honorato in Randa, Majorca, Spain. Translated from Spanish Tres Dias means "Three Days". Tres Dias is an ecumenical & inter-denominational Christian renewal group that "Proclaims that Jesus Christ is Lord". Men and Women weekends are held throughout the year. Tres Dias encourages people to be in small groups to support each other in their lives as Christians while maintaining ties with their home churches and environments. There are now more than 45 Tres Dias communities around the world. Thousands of men and women have made a Tres Dias Weekend. In America, Tres Dias was begun in 1972 and is overseen and chartered by International Tres Dias, which is made up of laity and clergy from around the world. Individual weekends are sponsored and coordinated by local area groups such as TRES DIAS OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY.
TRES DIAS OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY: The purpose of TRES DIAS of NNJ shall be to create, foster, develop and enhance, among the general public in New Jersey, generally, greater knowledge and appreciation of the tenets of the Christian faith, and encourage, by example, the personal and inter-personal application of the teachings of Jesus Christ to the individual, family, church, business, and society in general. This will be accomplished chiefly through the sponsoring of TRES DIAS weekends. Traditionally in New Jersey, the Tres Dias weekend begins on Thursday evening and concludes on Sunday afternoon. Each year, TRES DIAS OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY sponsors two individual weekends for men & women. For married couples, the husband goes on a weekend first. Each attendee, called a "Candidate", has a Sponsor who prays for the Candidate and assists to help make the Candidate's three days on the weekend free of responsibilities elsewhere. Sponsors act as a resource for their Candidate after the Weekend. The weekends are centered around talks given by Lay & Clergy Team Members which present Biblically based Christian truths and the implications of such truths to our daily lives. During the weekend, the candidates worship & study together. The atmosphere of a TRES DIAS weekend is one of love, joy, patience, hope, Christian fellowship, sharing, singing, participation, laughing, and worship. The weekends for Men's #105 and Women's #102 were recently held. The men and women who attended the weekends were overheard saying that "they were the best weekends ever". Why not participate in the next best weekend. For more information just send an e-mail request to the Weekend Applications Chairpersons at: pdalton@ccahv.com with your name, address, phone number, and church affiliation so that we can get in touch with you. We promise you will not regret your decision to attend a Tres Dias Weekend.
TRES DIAS OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY SECRETARIAT: Tres Dias of Northern New Jersey is governed by a group of volunteers who serve as officers and members of the Secretariat. The Secretariat normally meets the second Thursday of the month except for July & August. Beginning at 7:30 PM the following meetings are scheduled:
The September 9, 2010 Secretariat Meeting Information will be held at the Rockaway Reformed Chuech in Whitehouse Station, NJ.
Weekends for MEN are scheduled
for: 
#106 -Rector Robert Horn - October 21-24, 2010 - Liebenzell Retreat Center, Hackettstown, NJ
Weekends for WOMEN are scheduled
for:
#103 -Rectrix Laurie Hood - November 4-7, 2010 - Liebenzell Retreat Center, Hackettstown, NJ
If you are thinking about sponsoring someone on an upcoming Tres Dias weekend, there are a few things you should consider:
How well do you know your candidate - know the person, not just know about the person? Well enough to be sure that this is the right time in his/her life for this type of experience? Is your candidate physically capable of participating in all of the activities of the Tres Dias weekend? Have you prepared your candidate for the accommodations – the possibility of sharing a room with someone, and depending on the facility, the sharing of bathroom facilities?
Have you explained to your candidate that this is meant to be a cloistered weekend and that they will be asked to leave their cell phones at home, or at the very least, leave them off and in their rooms during the weekend? Have you made your candidate aware of the cost of the weekend or made arrangements to cover the cost of your candidate’s weekend?
Are you prepared to fulfill all of your sponsorship responsibilities? Sponsorship should be considered a total commitment, not just a partial act of selection. Sponsorship involves helping your candidate become more of a leader for Christ through the Tres Dias experience.
Sponsors should be prepared to support their candidate on the weekend by praying for the weekend, providing transportation to and from the weekend, providing general palanca to the weekend and personal palanca to the candidate, and offering help to the candidate’s family during the weekend. A sponsor should attend mananita (men attend women’s, women attend men’s) and the closing on Sunday afternoon.
Most importantly, the sponsor is expected to help the new Pescador live the Fourth Day as it is presented on the weekend by encouraging the new Pescador to join (or form) a Reunion Group and to attend Sequelas. The sponsor should also encourage the new Pescador to work on a Tres Dias weekend, to join and/or become active in a church family and be responsive to the new Pescador until he/she is established in the Fourth Day.
When considering sponsoring someone to a Tres Dias weekend, think of how Jesus prepared His disciples for their Christian walk – He spent three years in close friendship with them, mentoring and preparing each one for the work He would call them to.
“We give thanks to God always for all of you, making mention of you in our prayers: constantly bearing in mind your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father, knowing brethren, beloved by God, His choice of you.” 1Thess 1:2-4
As a follow up to our weekends, Tres Dias of Northern New Jersey hosts a monthly meeting, which is called a "Secuela", at local Churches.
The September Secuela will be held on Saturday, September 11, 2010 at the Clinton Church of the Nazarene located in Clinton NJ.
Food & Fellowship for all Secuela's begin at 7:00 PM and the Music & Meeting begin at 7:30 PM.
PICTURES FROM THE 2002 INTERNATIONAL ASSEMBLY IN ZAREPHATH, NJ (July 2002)
PICTURES FROM THE 2000 INTERNATIONAL ASSEMBLY IN LONG ISLAND, NY (July 2000)
PICTURES FROM THE 1999 INTERNATIONAL ASSEMBLY IN WILLAMSPORT, PA (JULY 1999)
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Do You Know What This Means?
The fish is an ancient Christian symbol known from the 1st century catacombs
in Rome. The first literary reference to a fish as a Christian symbol is from
Clement of Alexandria (born c. 150) in Paedogogus, III, xi. During times of
persecution, early Christians would scratch a fish symbol on the ground as a
means to distinguish friend from foe. The symbol itself may have come from the
miraculous story of the loaves and fishes (John 6:1-13) or from the meal of
fish Jesus shared with His disciples at the Sea of Galilee after the Resurrection
(John 21:1-13). I prefer, however, the interpretation that it came from the
story of the coin found by Simon Peter in the mouth of the fish (Matthew 17:24-27).
The story may be seen as a metaphor for the free gift given to us by Jesus through
his atoning death - our salvation. The Greek word within the fish is ICHTHUS
which means "fish" in Greek. It's also an acronymn for the phrase Jesus Christ,
Son of God, Saviour.
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