1. Schedule:
9:00 am Registration & Refreshments
9:30 am Welcome & Opening Worship Emerge Praise Band, Sunnyside UMC
10:00 am Keynote 1: Managing Church Growth Pastor Rick Gering & Bert Molner
10:45 am Break
11:00 am Keynote 2: How Great Leaders Inspire Action Rev. Brad Bartelmay & Andrew Stange
11:45 am Lunch
12:45 pm Workshops
1:30 pm Break
1:40 pm Workshops
2:25 pm Break
2:30 pm District Business & Closing Worship
Workshops:
1. SPRC: Dealing with the Elephant in the Room!
Discuss the difficult situations Staff-Parish Relations Committees find themselves faced with and some ways to respond.
2. Designing Worship: Creating Worship Environments for Transformative Growth
Transforming the world - one worship service at a time.
3. Destination or Journey: A Disciple’s Path
Session 1: Explore ways a church can enable people to begin a relationship with God and live faithfully.
Session 2: This session will focus on how Jesus transforms lives through the church’s faithfulness.
4. Living through Conflict
Conflict is inevitable; how we live through it makes all the difference.
5. Ministering to Ministers: Clergy and Laity Seeking Wellness
The myth of wellness is that it is all about us.
6. The Myth of Redemptive Violence
The God of Jesus: confront evil with violence or non-violence.
7. Readiness 360: Multiply Your Impact
This new tool will help churches to measure their readiness to reach out to others with the Good News of God's Love.
8. Reinventing Leadership
Exploring the myths and mistakes of leadership.
9. A Team Approach to Ad Council
Learn how the Ad Council might function in a team-based environment.
10. The W.A.Y. (West Michigan Area Youth)
A youth ministry crossing denominational lines to create relevant, real, and impactful opportunities for youth.
FREE!
Register online at www.WestMichiganConference.org by February 20th.