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Conference Workshops

Many of these seminar topics are listed as well under their topic pages, ie. youth ministry.  All of our seminars can be customized to fit the audience and time period.

Seminar Topics

(time varies according to subject)

  • Youth Ministry for the Volunteer - 4 hours  This is aimed at equipping people who want what time they do have to count in youth ministry.  Most churches will have youth ministries run by volunteers.  This enables them to establish a viable youth ministry in their setting.

  • Building Your Youth Staff- 4 hours  For those who are fortunate enough to have some youth staff this allows for a unified effort on the part of the staff and volunteers.  The Team can do so much more than the individual.  In this seminar gifting, dreams, long range planning, and practical areas are covered to help you build a lasting youth ministry.

  • Crisis Times, Teens, and Tools-4 Hours Youth Ministry in the 21st Century means that you will deal with abuse, runaways, anger, suicide, and more.  These are practical tools to help you make the most of a bad situation.

  • He Made Them Male and Female-3 Hours  Don't fight the differences; work out a youth ministry model that will see both genders succeed.  This includes a planning matrix.

  • Loving the Teens in Your World-4 Hours This is orientated towards parents, grandparents, and anyone who deals with teens.  It addresses the most volatile issues that usually tear these relationships apart.  You will be better equipped to love the teens in your world when this seminar is done.

  • Drama in the Ministry Tool Box-4 Hours This four hour seminar will enable you to establish a drama ministry from your congregation.   Sessions are geared towards drama coaches and participants. 

  • Drama in the Missions Tool Box-4 Hours    In four hours you will learn how to use drama as an effective tool on the mission field.  How to draw a crowd and make the most of the opportunity you have.  Based on numerous years of Short Term Missions experience.

  • Human Video Training - Eternal Effect - Weeklong     This week provides an incredible opportunity for discipleship in the basic areas of the Christian life as well as learning or increasing their skills in this form of drama.

  • Your Gift and the Gospel-6 Hours This six hour seminar will equip anyone with a capacity to share the Gospel.  It includes a test that helps apply people's gifts to some additional strategies for evangelism.

  • Your Community Campus Vision-3 Hours  Reaching the schools in your community is a bigger job than you can handle by yourself.  There are some key factors that you can help put in places that will unify the youth workers in your area around reaching the youth in your community.  You will also learn how to speak on the campus as an invited guest.

  • The Alter Experience-3 Hours This is two hours of training for those who are involved in ministering to those at an altar.  It will equip them to cooperate with the working of the Holy Spirit.

  • Mapping Out a Strategy for Your Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and the Ends of the Earth-3 Hours  What are you doing now, what are the visions for the future, and what does it take to get there?  This three hour seminar is for the leadership of the church.  It will help you plot a plan for the future outreach of your church.

  • Wave Evangelism-4 Hours  This is a practical four hour seminar that helps  you plan out an effective evangelistic calendar for your outreach strategy.  By looking at a variety of models and price tags you will be able to make waves in your community as you toss The Rock-Jesus into your communities setting.

  • Anger and Conflict-2 Hours  Dealing with the anger within will help you to resolve your personal anger issues as well as help you to understand the dynamics of group conflict.

  • Kingdom Accomplishments - 2 hours  This practical seminar equips you to plan and execute a youth ministry that impacts the world every time it meets. This includes mid-week service, Sunday School, "fun" events as well as mission trips and special projects

Conference Workshops

(usually 45 -60 minutes in length)


 

Drama

  • Drama in the Ministry Toolbox-The words drama and ministry go together.  Watch examples and learn how to utilize drama in dozens of settings with a variety of action and audiences.  Based on drama experiences since 1984.

  • Drama in the Missions Toolbox-Learn how to cross language and cultural barriers anywhere in the world.  The tool of drama can be used to set the platform for incredible ministry opportunities.  Based on ministry experience on six continents.

  • Developing a Drama Ministry in your Setting-This session targets people who know what drama is and want to develop a drama ministry in their setting.  Practical help from people who have been training others since 1990.

  • Drama Games-Learn how this fun interactive exercise can help build team unity, creativity, and basic drama skills.  Come ready to be involved in this fast-paced informative sessions.

Evangelism

  • Holes in the Armor-How to effectively share the Gospel with those who are involved in the cults and religions of the world. This practical session gives you five tools that works with anyone.

  • Creating Evangelistic Opportunities-Most people want to obey Christ's commands to be fishers of men.  This will enable you to involve them in the great commission in the Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and to the ends of the Earth.

Short Term Missions

  • Winning the World with Short Term Mission Teams-Why and how you can get involved in short term missions.  You will see why and how short term missions has supplied most of the existing missionaries on the field full-time today.

  • Short Term Missions at Home and Abroad-With experience on over one hundred short term mission trips, you will learn what to do and avoid as you work with  team to go into the corners of the globe.  From planning to preparation to the post game wrap up you will find nuggets to help you in your mission efforts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conference Workshops

(usually 45 -60 minutes in length)

 

Youth Ministry

  • The Four Corners of a Growing Youth Ministry-These are the four keys that will determine the size and impact of the student ministry you lead.

  •  Hit Your Targets-There are eight key youth targets.  Do you know them?  Find out what they are so your time of ministry can be fruitful.  Critical for the volunteer and full time worker.

  •  Utilizing Small Groups in Youth Ministry-You must facilitate small groups in your youth ministry to see real discipleship take place in your teens.  Find out what it takes to make it work in your setting.

  •  Pioneering Youth Ministry-What to do when there is little or nothing already there.  Learn from two pioneering works that are still flourishing today.

  • Current Youth Culture and what to do about it-Learn what the current issues of the student culture are and how to reach them with Christ's message.  This practical session will help you to effectively plan for your setting.

  •  Creating Controlled Chaos-Learn how to organize events that students beg for.  god's trust is presented in an unforgettable way, and all within the budget of the poorest groups.  Based on John 12:49 where we learn to push the boundaries on typical learning experiences.

  • Youth Ministry Basics-The is a practical approach to youth ministry that assumes you don't have any time to waste.  the principles here work with a group of 2 to 200.  With over twenty-five years of youth ministry experience you will be helped by stores that show you are not alone.

  •  Creating Evangelistic Opportunities-Fact, teens want to see their friends come to Christ.  Fact, most won’t do anything about it.  Fact, you can organize events and strategies that will help them win their friends to Christ.

  •  Anger, the Everybody Issue-This engaging presentation enables you to understand anger and what to do about it as you learn how to deal with it in a mature way.

  •  Suicide the Friend Stealer-A proactive approach to one of the most tragic events that can occur in a community or church.

  •  Building Your Youth Staff-Learn how to put into practice a plan that will fill the ranks of volunteers in your youth ministry setting.

  •  Short Term Missions in Youth Ministry-This key event can be your biggest heartache and/or success as you disciple your youth on Christ’s Great Adventure for the church.  Learn the A to Z on this from a veteran of over one hundred trips.

  •  Creating a Climate for Change-How do students change?  How can you make that happen in your youth ministry setting?  Key scriptural principles are laid out for you here.

  •  Developing a Drama Ministry in Your Setting-What do your coaches need to know?  How can you calendar for success?  What are my options in the area of Drama in the Church and in Ministry?  Come find out!

  •  Make Your Calendar Work for You-Learn how to utilize the calendars around you to create a fruitful youth ministry year in your setting.

  •  Get a Quick Checkup for Your Youth Ministry-Find out what is a healthy youth ministry and how to take steps to help the common areas of weakness in them.

  • Campus Ministry-Learn how to have effective ministry on the public school campus.  A variety of strategies and tools will be presented to help you reach your students where they spend the majority of their time

General

  •  Anger, the Everybody Issue-This engaging presentation enables you to understand anger and what to do about it as you learn how to deal with it in a mature way.

  •  Suicide the Friend Stealer-A proactive approach to one of the most tragic events that can occur in a community or church.

  • Making Disciples in a Busy World-Jesus gave us the key teachings for an unshakeable and fruitful life.  recognizing the four E's of exposure, experimentation, experience, and expertise, you can develop a successful strategy in your location utilizing retreats and outreaches.

  • The First Aid Kid-Everyone has to deal with the wounds of life.  Learning how will enable us to live a long fruitful life and pass on the First Aid Kit to those we minister to.  Equipped we can see life's wounds becomes scars and stories of God's faithfulness.  Left alone they become the wounds that sideline so many.

  • He Made Them Male and Female-Learn how to program ministries in the church that take the gender differences into account.  This will help you develop strong people in every aspect of your church.  Whether it is children's ministry, youth, or adult this will be a help to you.

Children's Ministry

  • Building a Long Term Tem of Children's Workers-Key principles that will enable you to recruit and keep children's workers in your volunteer setting.

  • Utilizing Drama by and for Children- Involve your children in drama so they can impact their peers on their level with the truths they all need to know and understand.

  • Evangelism and Children-An honest look at evangelism and how to keep them once we have cast the net and brought them into the faith.

  • Exposing children to Missions with an Unforgettable Experience-You can't take them on the field but you can bring the field to them.

  • Creative Teaching with Children-Learn to teach in a way that they will never forget the lessons.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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