Sozo Training // final details for February 4, 2012 event (9am – 4pm)

We’re excited about the first training session tomorrow- and excited to host this first event at our new facility. We’ve been in the new home for about a month now- and you’ll be the first group to come in.

That said, here are a few details for you:

1) Registration / payment. We haven’t been able to get PayPal to sync with our website. We have an account- but have the kinks to work out on embedding it. Just pay when you get there, at the front door. You can make your checks out to “The Village” with “Sozo Training” in the “for” section. That will help our book-keeper track the flow. Again, the cost is $25.00.

2) Time. We’ll have the doors open as early as 8:30 am- and have somebody in the front lobby to receive you.  You can sign in, get a name tag, and a book, and they’ll direct you right where to go. We’ll have some snacks available when you get there.

3) Parking. Park anywhere you want to. We have plenty of parking- but you’ll see that some of it is covered by a dumpster, a bus, and a storage container that looks like the back of a train cart. I say that, because we do not yet have a sign outside that says “The Village” (it’s on the way). Use the directions below- and you’ll see those “landmarks” all out in front of our building.

4) The sign outside. There is a sign (small, white with blue trim) that says “Mountainview Healthcare” (the former tenant). That’s the right place. We are the only commercial / office building in the area. We are a former nursing home- one level… big… brown and tan. That will help you find us, too.

5) Prayer. We have a team coming to pray over the facility about 4:00 pm. If you would like to stay for 30 minutes or so and pray over the facility with us, we would love for you to. Either way, we’ll be sure the Sozo training is over so you are free to leave.

We have about 40-45 registered for tomorrow (more than we originally planned). That said, we still have room for more. If you know of someone who wants to come, let them know the details and simply send them our way.  It’s going to be a great day!

I’ve copied the directions below again, for you.

By the way, if you get lost, call the following office number. It will ring the front desk: 205-868-3751. You’ll find it no problem, though : )

Here is the address for the new property:

507 Whitmore Drive, Birmingham, Alabama 35221.

Here are some quick directions: Take Lakeshore going West from I-65. You will pass the Walmart / Sam’s megaplex on your left and some other Wildwood shops on your right (O’Charley’s, Chilil’s, etc.). Keep going. You will pass John Carroll High School on your right…. and continue driving down Lakeshore. In fact, you will pass Oxmoor Road and a total of about 6 traffic lights (a distance of about 3 miles). You will be traveling like you’re going to Highway 150, which Lakeshore eventually intersects- but that is too far if you make it there.

Anyway, from Lakeshore, take a right at Sydney. I believe it is the 7th light from I-65- though I have not counted them yet. Another landmark at this turn: Aldersgate United Methodist Church will be on your left. Again, go right down Sydney. You will likely notice signs that point you to Lawson State Community College, too.

Sydney winds- take it for about a mile. You will come to a traffic light (the only one). A convenience store sits across the street from you (it is white). Take a left right here a the light onto Ishkooda-Wenonah Road. You will go left for 1/2 mile, almost exactly.

This streets winds a bit. But, at the 1/2 mile marker you will take a right onto Whitmore Drive/ 44th Street.

Immediately as you turn, you can see the facility on your left. It is a one-story building, tan in color. Lots of windows. Again, the address is 507 Whitmore Drive, Birmingham, Alabama 35221.