| Identical Events in Three Cities | ||
| Pittsburgh, PA March 31-April 1 |
Houston, TX September 15-16, 2000 |
St. Paul, MN November 3-4, 2000 |
| Major Addresses by | |||
| Alvin Jackson | |||
| Sally Morgenthaler | |||
| Tex Sample | |||
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Alvin Jackson is senior pastor of the historic National City Christian Church in Washington, DC, and former pastor of Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church, Memphis, Tennessee, the largest (over 7,800 members) and fastest growing church in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). |
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Sally Morgenthaler is author of Worship Evangelism (Zondervan), columnist for Worship Leader magazine, founder of Worship Evangelism Concepts, Littleton, Colorado, speaker, and onsite worship consultant for Denver Seminary and Pathways Church. |
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Tex Sample is author of The Spectacle of Worship in a Wired World (Abingdon Press) and Ministry in an Oral Culture (Westminster/John Knox), church sociologist, and Rogers Chair professor emeritus of church and society at Saint Paul School of Theology, Kansas City, Missouri. |
Effective lay mobilization requires casting the vision, plus tracking and calling members into service according to their spiritual gifts, skills, interests, and passions. Equip your lay ministry with practical systems, tools, and processes.
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Leader - Calvie Hughson Schwalm, director of volunteer ministry with the Crystal Cathedral (Reformed Church in America), Garden Grove, California, is an author, speaker, and lay ministry consultant. |
Multiethnic Ministry in the 21st Century Church
In the ever-changing community of new immigrants and ethnic minorities, the church must rethink the concept of multiethnicism, especially in the urban setting. This workshop examines practical, ministry-related issues.
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Leader - George Tan, mission developer in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, serves as pastor of St. John Lutheran Church, Cerritos, California, a multiethnic/multimedia congregation. |
By building relationships through small groups over the 10-week Alpha Course, people connect and commit to God, to one another, and to the local church. This workshop describes innovative ways to use this cutting-edge, nondenominational tool.
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Leader - Tom Herrick, pastor of Christ the Redeemer, a five-year-old Episcopal congregation with 300 members in Centreville, Virginia, has used the Alpha Course as a method for the congregation to reach the unchurched and as diocesan chairperson for church planting. |
A streamlined, team-based organization lies behind a thriving church system. This workshop introduces a new perspective and new structure for congregational boards and provides coaching to church leaders to redesign their organization.
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Leader - Thomas G. Bandy, Net Results' senior editor, is partner in Easum, Bandy & Associates and author of Moving Off the Map: A Field Guide to Changing the Congregation, Christian Chaos: Revolutionizing Congregational Organization, and soon-to-be-released Coaching Change: Breaking Down Resistance and Building Up Hope (Abingdon Press). |
Knowing what outreach is doesn't mean that all forms of outreach will work for your community. This workshop explores how to determine which outreach methods suit your community.
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Leader - Susan K. Smith, pastor of Advent United Church of Christ, Columbus, Ohio, is a former broadcast and newspaper journalist and author of Carla and Annie (African American Press) and From Calvary to Resurrection (United Church Press). |
This workshop offers new and creative ideas to keep small groups healthy and outward-focused, have effective leadership meetings, build teams, and link small-group studies with the church's main mission.
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Leader - Tammy S. Kelley, lay ministry director of Ginghamsburg United Methodist Church, Tipp City, Ohio, a congregation whose more than 200 home groups, ministry teams, and support groups have helped raise average worship attendance above 2,000. |
This workshop suggests positive strategies for faithful evangelism and helps to explode the traps small churches are prone to, such as the Retro Limitation, Inside-out Inversion, or Old Shoe Phenomenon.
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Leader - Anthony G. Pappas, American Baptist Area Minister for southeastern Massachusetts, edits The Five Stones - Newsletter for Small Churches and has authored 5 books, including Entering the World of the Small Church and Pastoral Stress (Alban Institute). |
Congregations experiencing negative attendance trends will find this workshop full of ideas for turning around, such as the importance of church health before growth and ways to continue a positive flow.
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Leader - Nancy Vogel, associate in ministry with Lutheran Ministry in Christ Church, Coral Springs, Florida, has contributed to or authored various resources, most recently the workbook Catching the Next Wave: Leadership Strategies for Turn Around Congregations (Augsburg Fortress). |
Explore congregational and choir music: praise and worship, contemporary Christian, and multicultural. Examine the resources for bringing these forms--and more--into your worship setting. Experience this music firsthand during this lively, practical workshop.
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Leader - Jeffrey P. Radford, director of music, Trinity United Church of Christ, Chicago, the largest (over 8,000 members) and fastest growing United Church of Christ congregation, also serves as adjunct music professor at Chicago Theological Seminary. |
Developing a personal pattern of prayer and becoming a prayer-powered congregation move us as individuals and as congregations more fully into Christ and overflow in sharing Christ with others.
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Leader - Judy Turner, minister for congregational growth for the Center for Congregational Growth and Vitality, Division of Homeland Ministries, the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Indianapolis. |
How can appropriate, effective communication bring positive attention to Jesus Christ and the Church? Meeting guests' expectations as a congregation now demands new education and worship experiences.
| Leaders - Gregg Hartung and Ron Wanless. | |
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Gregg Hartung, church growth/media consultant, is award-winning executive director and producer of Presbyterian Media Mission, Pittsburgh. |
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Ron Wanless serves as pastor of Pine Run United Methodist Church, Clairton, Pennsylvania, and was director of communications, Western Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church. |
Who are the postmodern generations, and how do we connect with them? This workshop will offer insightful principles for reaching postmoderns and will help congregations open up to a new world of ministry possibilities.
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Leader - Pam Fickenscher, pastor/developer of Spirit Garage: the Church with the Really Big Door, and ELCA congregation in Minneapolis with participants' average of 28. Committed to "innovative worship, hands-on service, and real-life questions," she frequently speaks on ministry in postmordern culture for local and national forums/workshops. |
| Pittsburgh, PA March 31-April 1 |
Houston, TX September 15-16, 2000 |
St. Paul, MN November 3-4, 2000 |
| "The three locations provide laypersons and clergy inexpensive access to numerous ways to make a difference in their congregation's evangelism effectiveness," says Net Results Executive Director Margo Woodworth. |
| Planning Partners |
| · American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A · Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) · Episcopal Church · Evangelical Lutheran Church in America · Net Results, Inc. · Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) · Reformed Church in America · United Church of Christ · United Methodist Church |
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