Remember their is child care at the conference.
Seminars available.
Theology
Missional Churches- are they a myth, or just trendy? Missional is the new in word in Christian circles, what does it mean, is what churches talk about today new, or is a reinvention of something old. Join Daniel Schuster, Brad Culver and Bob Buckley in a panel discussion about this.
Grace and Invitation: Participating in God's Work.
Join Frank Emanuel as he shares his passion for Theology. Christians believe that the expression of grace is God’s powerful answer to the problem of sin.... that whenever we observe, give or receive acts of grace we are seeing God actively confront and undo sins effects. What does this mean for us personally? What does this mean for society?
This workshop will explore how our eyes may be opened to see God’s work of grace in our jobs, our homes, our schools, and in our marketplaces; and how we, taking our lead from Jesus who always did what He saw His Father doing, might participate in this great labour of redemption.
Spiritual Health and Leadership
Orienteering Through Ministry. Engaging in ministry leadership is much like the sport of orienteering, navigating from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain. Scott Roe (pastor at Cambridge Vineyard) will discuss the essentials of maintaining spiritual integrity in ministry.
FAMILY AND CHILDREN
Family Devotions @ Work- passing on faith to our kids is a big deal. Come to a practical seminar with resources, and ideas to help you as parents pass on faith at home. leader:Jacqui Pylypiw
Children's Ministry Gathering- are you involved in a children's program at your church? Want to share the griefs and glories of it. Join Jacqui Pylypiw and the other leaders of the children's ministry from across Ont.
WORSHIP
A time of encouragement for worship artists (whether as worship leader or worship band member). Each of the folks from the worship development group will take a few minutes to speak value, purpose and direction to us world-weary worship leaders. These will be pointed, life-lived messages that will seek to build us up, point us forward and encourage us to dig deep as worship influencers.
Reclaiming imagination in our worship. This interactive workshop will focus on encouraging creative thinking/active listening during our times of worship. We want to learn together how to move past simply following along with our corporate liturgies into very personal meaning and intent. How can offering our imaginations to God create a far richer corporate gift for Him than simply gathering together and singing songs? This is ultimately about demonstrating how creative liturgies are best thought of as launching pads, not destinations. Look to move past theory into some experimental practice during this session.
Practical Ministry Leadership
Leaders who Launch Leaders- Every wondered how you multiply a ministry, or have you needed to find a leader to take over something? John Wright will be following up on his morning session with a discussion about the practical skills that help every leader move to being leaders who launch others into leadership. This will have practical outcomes for every leader in the church.
Ministry to New Immigrants- Ed and Marnie Kolar will tell of their experiences in helping care for new immigrants and Muslims. The Kolars have had opportunities to befriend and support refugees, as well as build friendships with Muslims and share Jesus with them. Learn some practical lessons for overcoming barriers of interacting and caring for people of other cultures. Get a taste of the ministries that are taking shape across the province in our various Vineyard Churches.
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