Touchdown - Dubai
| Contents | Links |
| General Info | City Index |
| What’s on? | Weather |
| Things to do | Travel Currency |
| Airline Fellowship | Vacation |
| Church & Mission |
| General Information | |
| Co-ordinates | Latt 025 17 N, Long 055 20 E |
| Phone code | Country code 971, City
code 4, Exit code 00 Police 999, Fire 997, Ambulance 998 or 999 |
| UTC offset | + 4 |
| Summer time | N/A |
| Measurements | Metric |
| Electricity supply | 220 V ac and 3 pin UK plug (French 2 pin will work). |
| Weather | Summer - extremely hot from min 30 to max 50. Winter - very pleasant, min around 20, max around 25 |
| What’s on? | |
| Welcome to Dubai books | www.waiviata.com.au |
| Things to do
Check out the net tours "Welcome book" Phn: 04 666-655, fax: 668-662, email: nettravel@emirates.net.ae Dubai interests include... For lunch try the Jumeirah Beach Hotel, where water sports are also readily available. Taxi fares in Dubai are cheap and the lunch food prices at the resort very reasonable. There is an amazing off-shore hotel 1000 ft high attached to the hotel. Email: jbh@jumeirah-beach-hotel.com Phn: 971 4 272 480-000. Fax: 482-273. Crew rates at the Sheraton Dubai are available for vacations and are around USD $60 per night, depending on availability. Phn: 971 4 281-1111, Fax: 213-468. |
| Church and Mission | |
| United Christian Church of Dubai | |
| Latest update | Jan 1999 |
| Characteristics | International and inter-denominational charismatic |
| Address | Dubai Evangelical Christian Cente (DECC) in Jebel Ali church ground. |
| Church Web site | n/a |
| Contacts | Pastor:
(4) 344-0828 Office: (4) 344-2509 and 344-1995 splett@emirates.net.ae
(Pastor) |
| Service times | . Friday
0830 and 1000 . Arab evangelical Fri 1100 . Indian Fellowship 1900 . Sunday 1900 hrs . Ring for mid week meetings, Mon and Tue. |
| Language | English |
| Transport | Taxi - about Dh 25 from city. Note: the drivers are not good map readers! |
| Holy Trinity Anglican Church | |
| Latest update | Jam 1999 |
| Characteristics | No info as yet... but this is a large operation for many nationalities and fellowships. |
| Address | Well known area to the south of the city near the Wafi Centre in Oud Metha Road (Budget map ref: E4). |
| Church Web site | n/a |
| Contacts | Chaplain: Dennis Gurney,
Phn: 370-247 Asst Chaplain: Bill Atkins, phn: 357-530 |
| Service times | Sun: 0830 and 1930 hrs Tue: 2000 Bible study Wed: 1915 service |
| Language | English |
| Transport | Taxi (see address above) |
| Notes | Other women's bible
studies as well. The Catholic Church St Mary's, is next door. |
Other Church and Mission info As mentioned above, Holy Trinity Anglican Church compound is a large plant accommodating many Protestant churches and fellowships. The location is noted above, and here you will find the following fellowships... (but there are others not mentioned here) - The Well of Life +971 (50) 5596-785 New Life Fellowship Fri: 1900 Church of the Living Word Tue, Thu and Sun at 2000 hrs Foursquare Church Victory Christian Fellowship Fri: 1000, Sun: 2000 King's Revival Fellowship Fri: 0700 and Sun 2000
