The Shape of
Missional Leadership (Plenary Session)
Speaker: Ken Mills
What does a “Missional Leader” look like? What characteristics help us
understand the shape and look of a leader that seeks to lead missionally, both
in the arena of pastoral leadership and in the dynamic venue of lay leadership
within the church and community.
So Beautiful: Divine
Design for the Church (All 4 Sessions)
Speaker: Leonard Sweet
What is commonly known as DNA today was exclaimed as “...So pretty!” when it
was discovered years ago. Over the course of his ministry, author Leonard Sweet
has discovered that this divine design also forms God’s blueprint for the
church: missional, relational, and incarnational. Sweet shows how this
structure is God’s original intent and shares the simply beautiful design for
his church.
Beyond Sunday:
Everyday Conversations in Disciple-Making
Speaker: Woodie
Stevens
Session 1: "Beyond Sunday" - Making Christ-like Disciples as
a Way of Life
Session 2: "ENGAGE" - Helping people make the
Connection with each other and God's Word.
Session 3: "Closing the Back
Door" -Tools and Techniques for keeping those you win.
Session 4:
"Healthy Bodies" - Equipping believers to do the works of ministry
through small groups and Sunday School.
Ministry to Children Track
Dianna Sheeley is
leading sessions 1 & 2
The Crossroads
Children's Team is leading sessions 3 & 4.
Children’s Ministry Leaders
Track
This year we will offer
nine breakouts with three tracks:
•Preschool/nursery
issues,
•Children’s
ministry 101 (for church leaders getting started with children’s ministry or
wanting to know the value of it), and
•Children’s
ministry outside the box (for established children’s programs looking to
rethink their mental models).
Our overarching theme
this year is practicality. Our breakout leaders have been given the challenge
to present practical ideas and skills that church leaders can go home and
implement immediately.
Session 1
What The Mid-Atlantic
District Can Offer You
Leaders: District
Children’s Council This session includes a meet and greet where your children’s
leaders can meet the District children’s council and learn about what the
District offers with regards to children’s ministry (Children’s Camp, Quizzing,
Caravan Campout, Missions, Family Camp, scholarships).
Session 2
Nursery/Preschool 101
Leader: Judy Carney
Nursery and Preschool environments are a critical component of children’s
ministry. For parents they are an entry point in the church where first
impressions can make all the difference. For children, these environments give
a first look at the God who made them and loves them. In this session, Pastor
Judy Carney will pour out over 13 years of experience in working with Children
and Families to help you develop a vision for your nursery and preschool
ministry.
Getting Great
Volunteers that Stick
Leader: Janelle
Beiler Recruiting, equipping, and keeping great volunteers can be one of the
biggest challenges faced by children’s ministry leaders. What attracts a great
volunteer? What are the best recruiting practices? How do you effectively train
and equip volunteers and create an effective and passionate team around you? In
this breakout, Pastor Janelle will wrestle with these questions and more to
help you create a vibrant volunteer team that will transform your children’s
ministry environment.
Teach with the End in
Mind
Leader: Ajay Vyas
From the first day a child enters your preschool ministry environment do you
have a plan for what you want them to learn and become by the time they
graduate from high school? Does your preschool ministry understand the vital
importance of youth ministry and does your youth pastor know where the nursery
even is? In this session we will explore the critical importance of breaking
down church silos in order to create an effective family ministry team which speak
into each others ministries, fades the lines of programming, and effectively
works together to focus on developing kids into young men and women on fire for
God.
Session 3
Storytelling for
Preschoolers
Leader: Judy Carney
Okay you've got a room full of preschoolers. Help! Now what do you do? In this
breakout, Pastor Judy Carney will unpack the keys to successful storytelling
and object lessons for preschoolers. You will learn practical ways to equip
your leaders, engage and communicate with young children, and make your
preschool environment spiritually effective and exciting.
Children’s Ministry
101
Leader: Janelle
Beiler After leading in children’s ministry on the local, district, and general
level for over 13 years, Pastor Janelle Beiler has tons of great ideas about
what to do to create and cast vision for children’s ministry at your church.
From understanding the spiritual importance of children’s ministry and
developing a mission & team to finding ways to bring parents into the
spiritual lives of their kids, Pastor Janelle will help you define and enhance
your strategy. Whether you are looking to create a children’s ministry
environment or take your existing environment to the next level, this seminar
will help you to dream big and get you moving in the right direction.
High Impact
Children’s Worship
Leaders: Julie and
Ajay Vyas In this session we will show you concepts and principles for creating
incredible worship environments for children’s ministry. We will also
demonstrate current children’s music and choreography experienced at this
year’s District Children and Preteen Camp. Make sure you have your voices ready
and your dancing shoes on so that you’ll be equipped to take back an awesome
worship component to your children’s ministry environment.
Session 4
Igniting Faith
through Children’s Ministry
Leader: Marjorie
Bailey Children attend our ministry environments each week. How do we know that
we are really cultivating what is most important for their lives: faith and
dependence on God. In this session Pastor Marjorie Bailey will give practical
ideas for things you can implement in your ministry environments that will
allow kids faith to grow both at home and at your church.
Creating a Family
Experience from Scratch
Leader: Ajay Vyas
Have you considered launching a family ministry experience but were totally
overwhelmed by the thought of what it would take to put together? In this
session you will learn practical and low budget steps to launch an engaging
family experience that will capture the hearts of families in your church,
increase attendance, remove silo thinking, increase giving, and create a
positive presence in your community using an out of the box approach. One
church will also win a portable children’s set to enhance their children’s
environment.
Church Administration Track
Session 1 Q&A
Session: Funding the Mission (New Allocation System) Leaders:
Kent Vandervort & Beth Wells This session will address some unanswered
questions and clarifications regarding the new allocation system for the denomination
and for the district.
Session 3 Q&A
Session: Church Administration Leaders: Kent
Vandervort & Beth Wells Health Care and Pastoral Relations/Employment
Issues will be covered.
Missional Ministry Track
Session 1 NMI, What’s
the Big Deal, Anyway? Leader: Sharon Kessler Get a new
perspective on the importance of Nazarene Missions International. Learn how to
make “missions” an important part of what you do and discover how to make a
global impact from your local body of believers! Repeated in session 3.
Session 2 An Outreach
of Love: NMI Clothing, School Pal Paks, and Crisis Care Kits Leaders:
John Borgal and Joyce Willey Clothing, School Pal Paks and Crisis Care Kits can
share the heart of what we do to reach the world with the message of Christ’s
love for all.Learn
the specifics of preparing materials for the Nazarene Compassionate Ministries
warehouse on our district and how this ministry makes a difference around the
world. Repeated in session 4
Spanish Track
Session 3 Father
& Son Ministry Wisdom for the Spanish-speaking Church Leaders:
Juan Carlos and Eleodoro Joge Both father and son have served as senior pastors
(at the same church for a period of time). The wisdom of age, and the passion
of youth combine to give insights into generational ministry among the Spanish-
speaking congregations.
Session 4 Leading and
Structuring a Relevant Spanish-Speaking Church Leader:
Jorge Presta Leading and developing a relevant community of believers in this
culture while ministering to those who have come from another culture is the
basis for this workshop. Pastor Presta will share some of his challenges and
insights to help other leaders in Spanish-Speaking churches.
Spiritual Formation Track
The Path to Answered
Prayer
Leader: Estelle
Gross-Cyrus. Effective prayer is all about relationship with God. We will
explore the path that leads to bonding, belief, behavior that flows with the
Word, and boldness that take us into spiritual warfare. The journey on this
path will bring marvelous results as we learn to co-labor with God in prayer.
Session 1
Part 1: Bonding and
Belief.
Session 2
Part 2: Behavior and
Boldness.
Youth Ministry Track
Session 1 NYI 101 Leader:
Kevin Simons The basics of youth ministry across our district and how you can
get your church involved.
Session 2 Emergent
Green Leader: Brian Miller A look at present trends in youth
ministry and how to discern the way this could and should affect the ministry
to teens in your church.
Session 3 Youth
Pastors & Leaders Roundtable Moderator: Gregg
Alsbrooks Topics can be offered beforehand by emailing Gregg Alsbrooks at
galsbrooks@belairnazarene.org.
Session 4 How Now
Shall We.? Leader: Kevin Simons A look at the
wealth of resources available to lead and teach teens.
Teen Seminars
Session 1 Learn to
Discern: Determining what is truth in today's media Leader:
Josh Kleinfeld Technology is a huge part of a teen's life. There is a ton of
music, video, and TV choices. Facebook and Twitter are the rage. Cell phones
give you instant access to friends and the internet. How do you keep track of
what is true and make good choices with all of that?
Session 2 Tackling
Today's Tough Stuff Q&A Leader/Moderator: Gregg Alsbrooks
(with Youth Pastor panel) A panel of youth pastors will discuss what we do when
the faith we hold intersects with the life we live.
Session 3 Spiritual
Disciplines for Teens Leader: Henry Sweeney What does it mean
to live out a continual personal relationship with Jesus Christ? This seminar
is the first in a multi-year series on spiritual formation in the life of a
teenager.
Session 4 WORSHIP:
Living out together our relationship with God Leader:
Gregg Alsbrooks End the day in worship! This will include worship in music,
teen testimonies, and a short devotion from a youth leader.
Worship Ministry Track
Session 2 Navigating
the Worship Wars Leader: Amy Heckman For years the
church has been locked in a battle regarding music and worship - what
instruments to use, what songs to sing, hands raised or hands lowered, hymnals
or video projectors, drums or organ, new music or old? The questions and
arguments build and often the pastor and music leader find themselves stuck in
no-man’s land. If you feel lost navigating your way through the landmines, this
seminar will help you understand how we got here, how to settle the question in
your own church - and why it really isn’t about style at all.
Session 4 The Worship
Team – Recruiting, Training, Arranging, Leading Leader:
Amy Heckman So you want to diversify the instruments you use on a Sunday - but
how exactly do you go about creating a band? We’ll discuss the formation of a
worship team ministry from start to finish, including how to find people, how
to teach them to work together, how to structure rehearsal time, how to pick
music that works with their skill level and most importantly, how to shepherd
their hearts.A
Q&A time will be included.
Session 4 Creating
Worship Banners for your Worship Center Leader: Sue Becke How
to create great looking worship banners for use in your worship center for
special occasions, holidays, and themes for the church focus, sermons, or
special worship emphases.
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