Workshops (choose two only)
Staff/Pastor Parish
Relations Committee
Rev. Marla E. Brown,
District Superintendant of the
Maumee Watershed District
The Staff Parish Relations Committee has the potential to turn around congregations by modeling responsibility and accountability. Instead they’re often turned into the complaint department. Our time together will be filled with practical information, best practices, shared wisdom, and some reflections on addressing conflict. (For anyone, especially clergy, SPRC chairs, & SPRC members)
Rev. Michael Denman , Assistant to the D.S., Maumee Watershed District
Are you a newly elected Chairperson of Trustees?
Is this the first year you have served as a trustee?
Have you served on the board of Trustees for years?
Then here is your opportunity to learn of or review the
responsibilities of the board of trustees.
(For Trustee chairpersons, Trustees & other interested laity)
VIM Teams in Mexico: How to experience a two-way transformation
Rev. Dee Stickley-Miner , Director of Connectional Mission and Justice & Rev. Guadalupe (Lupina) Villalpando-Stewart ,Missionary-Conference Coordinator of Hispanic/Latino Ministry
Working in cross-cultural settings could be a challenge or non-effective if we are not trained to see with "other cultural glasses." Through this workshop we will help you to go on a mission trip where you will have a lifetime transformation, to be relevant in the culture-ask questions and to look for "clues" that will allow you to connect with those ministry places beyond just one visit. Form deeper partnerships by learning cultural elements of the Mexican culture
How to Fund Your Church Ministry Budget
or… How to talk about finances &
keep your friends
Rev. Scot Ocke , Lead Pastor , Maumee UMC
Jesus said that sometimes the reason we don’t have is because we don’t ask. Sometimes we don’t have the financial resources in our churches because we don’t ask or know how to ask our people for the monies we need. How do we ask? How do we begin to do stewardship campaigns that help us grow financially and do the ministries God needs us to do in our community? How do we create strategic budgets to do as much ministry and as little maintenance as possible?
Recapturing a Culture of Call
Rev. Wade Giffin,
Director of Office of Ministry, West Ohio Conference
This workshop will discuss the ways our churches can recapture a culture which helps people hear God’s call on their lives to full time Christian service with specific focus on youth and young adults. Learn ways the local church can be engaged with students in intentional cultivation and development of church leaders. What would it be like if churches began this conversation starting with Confirmation class through their teen and college years? Let’s talk about it!
Rev. Dr. Kenneth Ladd, Assistant to the D.S. Maumee Watershed District
How do we keep imperfections of human behavior from distracting from our ministry? Learn to recognize and develop some methods for dealing with the difficult people found in any church setting. ( For anyone)
Unconventional Ways
Rev. Dr. Julian A. Davies , Pastor, The University Church
Is your church the best kept secret in town? How can you share the good news about all that is happening and draw people in without breaking the bank? Come and hear about social networking tools and ways to engage people in conversation and ministry. Maybe you have a church web site that is full of interesting information but does anyone know and does anyone visit it? How can you use facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, friendfeed, Oreo, YouTube, LibraryThing, Find-A-Church and the whole host of freely available tools to draw traffic to your site and engage them? How can you move up the rankings in search engines so people find you more easily? Come and find out how you can take the church beyond the walls of the building.
All Roads Lead to the Finance Office
Dawn Kuhn CPA, Conference Controller/West Ohio Conference
Taxes, year-end reports, internal controls… advice on all the things you wish you’d known before you said yes to working with your church’s finances. (For anyone, especially treasurers, finance chairs, financial secretaries)
Kingdom Discipleship
Rev. Bill Lyle, Lead Pastor, Evangelical UMC, Greenville, Ohio.
EUMC is one of the fastest, growing congregations in the West Ohio Conference. Greenville is the county seat of Darke County – a very rural county.
The mandate of Jesus is to make disciples for the transformation of the world, yet often we don’t even know where to start. Discover the most effective way for your church to begin transforming the world. (For Everyone)
Parental Guidance Required AM ONLY (morning)
Carol Bandelaria , Director of Children’s Ministry at Church of the Cross UMC, & Melinda Gillette , Education Chairperson at Holland, Living Faith UMC
Enough forces tear at churches and families today that both are in jeopardy. United, the two are a formidable force for the kingdom. This session will examine how to connect with parents; creating a family approach to children’s ministry; parents reaching their children from Christ; small church struggles; Hot Topics in children’s ministry today (declining membership, children in adult worship, and more). Participants are invited to bring their own “Hot Topics” as there will be time to share and network with others.
Growing a Servant’s Heart in Children, Youth & Families PM ONLY (afternoon)
Jay Miklovic , Director of Youth Ministry, Maumee UMC,
Kristin Miklovic , Assistant Director of Children & Families, Maumee UMC, & Rev. Joanie Schilling , Minister of Children & Families , Maumee UMC
What if children and youth learned from a young age that mission work is not just something we do as Christ followers, but it is at the heart of who we are. In an age of selfishness, Christ calls us to live differently than the world. Jesus came not to be served but to serve. The church needs to instill a servant’s heart at an early age. Participants will learn age-appropriate service/mission ideas, how we can involve children in missions more easily if it is done as family ministry and hear about a vital youth ministry that is mission-centered. “I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” (Matthew 25:40). Join us as we strive to make this passage a reality in the lives of our children, youth and families guiding them to go and be the hands and feet of Christ!
