Adult Leadership Conferences
LifeWay Ridgecrest Conference Center: July 10-13, 2009
Schedule | Faculty
LifeWay Glorieta Conference Center: July 20-24, 2009
Schedule | Faculty
Training is provided for:
- Teachers of adults — Discover opportunities to strengthen Bible study and Bible teaching approaches. Specific training is provided for teachers of adults in major life stages, including collegiate and young adults, parents and empty nesters, and older adults. Teachers focus on ways you can more effectively
- Lead your class to build fellowship around the Word of God
- Lead your class to build ministry opportunities as you connect with members and prospects
- Lead class members to be missionaries as you help release and reproduce the ministry opportunities of the class
- Department and division directors and professional staff who relate to Adult Sunday School — Identify ways to strengthen leadership abilities and focus on enlisting, training, and motivating adults to reach and minister to adults in your church. This training also helps leaders focus on strengthening leadership, organizational, and growth strategy skills, as well as engaging adults in ministry and missions.
- Class Leaders who focus on reaching and ministry with adults — Every class needs as least one person who leads the class to invite adults, and one person who leads the class in hospitality and ministry. These leaders will focus on ways to reach adults through the class. This training will also help you plan for and connect adults to the class and to the church through meaningful fellowship, ministry and missions opportunities.
Elective sessions for adult leaders include
- Understanding and Connecting with young adults
- Lead your class to be part of a mission experience
- I want to be a more enthusiastic Bible student
- Prepare to teach a life changing Bible study session
- Connect your class to the power of prayer
- Help class members connect to a ministry
- Strengthen focus on reaching adults
Ridgecrest Conferences
Saturday, July 11
8:30 a.m.–12:00 noon
Connect with Young Adults, Ages 18-34
Jason Hayes, leader
Dogwood 1-2
This session will help you understand opportunities and challenges of reaching and ministering with today’s young adults –collegiates, young singles, and young families. If you work with young adults as a teacher, department leader, or class leader, this session is designed to help you understand the distinctive challenges and opportunities as you strengthen your ministry with these adults no matter which curriculum you are using in Sunday School or what your class structure may be.
Connect with Parents of Preschoolers, Children, and Students
Keith Lowry, leader
Dogwood 3-4
This session will help you understand opportunities and challenges of reaching and ministering with today’s parents of preschoolers, children, and/or youth. If you work with these adults as a teacher, department leader, or class leader, this session is designed to help you understand the distinctive challenges and opportunities as you strengthen your ministry with these adults no matter which curriculum you are using in Sunday School.
Connect with Empty Nesters
Alan Raughton, leader
Dogwood 5-6
This session will help you understand opportunities and challenges of reaching and ministering with adults who have grown children and perhaps are also relating to aging parents. If you work with these adults as a teacher, department leader, or class leader, this session is designed to help you understand the distinctive challenges and opportunities as you strengthen your ministry with these adults no matter which curriculum you are using in Sunday School.
Connect with Older Adults, Ages 65 and Up
David Apple, leader
Dogwood 7
This session will help you understand opportunities and challenges of reaching and ministering with older adults. If you work with these adults as a teacher, department leader, or class leader, this session is designed to help you understand the distinctive challenges and opportunities as you strengthen your ministry with these adults no matter which curriculum you are using in Sunday School.
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Elective Sessions
Help! I’m a New Outreach Leader
Alan Raughton, leader
Dogwood 5-6
Every class needs at least one person who helps the class focus on inviting people and reaching persons through the class. Discover many wonderful opportunities for this class or department leader. This session will help you focus on significant principles for reaching adults and practical applications of the tips.
Leadership Lessons from the Master Leader
Linda Brewer, leader
Rhododendron 7
Recognizing that Jesus is the perfect model for a Sunday School teacher and leader, this session will help you explore a series of parables that form nine principles for excellence in leadership whether teaching or leading a ministry team. Bring your Bible.
Measure the Effectiveness of Your Sunday School Class
David Apple, leader
Dogwood 7
Your class is responsible for leading people to discover God’s Word, invite persons, and connect persons to Christ and to ministry opportunities. This session will help you measure the effectiveness of your class from the perspective of participants as well as from the perspective of persons you say you are trying to reach. This session will also help you identify ways to strengthen the effectiveness of your class.
10 Teacher Tips for Greater Effectiveness This Year
Darryl Wilson, leader
Rhododendron 8
New and returning teachers will benefit from these lessons learned the hard way. Take your teaching to the next level this year.
The Transitions: Pivotal Times in the Life of a Young Adult
Jason Hayes, leader
Dogwood 1-2
This session focuses on practical ideas of how to keep this generation connected to God and the church during the key transitions of their life. With the transitions after high school and college graduation, entry into the workforce, and starting a family, young adults are experiencing a lot of change. As a result, they often find themselves being shuffled around from ministry to ministry or department to department in our churches. It’s important that we make this as seamless and comfortable as possible in order to keep them connected.
You Can Help Adults with Spiritual Development
Bret Robbe, leader
Dogwood 3-4
We talk a lot of the importance of staying physically fit and keeping our minds sharp. But what about the health of our spirits? This session will help you discover a simple tool that helps you evaluate your present condition and help adults in your class or department improve their spiritual health. This will help give you focus to every area of your responsibility in Sunday School.
3:15 – 4:15 p.m. Elective Sessions
Adults Are in Transition!
Bret Robbe, leader
Dogwood 3-4
One of the significant challenges in working with adults is that they go through real-life transition stages. Each transition gives challenges and opportunity for your Sunday School. This session will help you identify what we are learning about connecting with young adults, with parents, and with older boomers. Come discover ways you can be more effective in engaging adults through transitional times of life.
Contextualizing Your Ministry to Young Adults
Jason Hayes, leader
Dogwood 1-2
Although certain ministry elements are essential for ministering to anyone in this generation, it’s important to recognize that not all young adults (18-34) are the same. Learn about important principles and tips as they relate to various life stages – collegiate, young singles, young families. In addition, this session also helps identify the unique nature of reaching young adults in different geographic contexts such as rural, urban, and suburban.
The Incredible Value of MINISTRY to Single Adults
Keith Lowry, leader
Dogwood 5-6
How well we care for and minister to the single adults in our class (prospects, too!) is a key in our ability to see lives changed. This is a biblical model — Christ’s example, God’s challenge, and practical tools to ensure we’re doing all we can to minister to single adults needs. This session will help you so real ministry happens.
Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria — Helping Your Class Make the Journey
Linda Brewer, leader
Rhododendron 7
This session will help you and your class identify ways to be part of a global missions strategy. You will discover the biblical basis of “Why the journey?” and move to “How the journey?” If your class is ready to become a “missionary class” at home as well as globally, this experience is for you!
Making Discussion Even More Effective in Adult Classes
Darryl Wilson, leader
Rhododendron 8
This session will help you identify values of good discussion, discussion quagmires, and principles for using discussion even more effectively.
Reconnect Your Class to the Power of Prayer
David Apple, leader
Dogwood 7
This experience will help you examine the vital nature of prayer and ways to strengthen the focus by prayer warriors throughout the Sunday School. Learn how churches are strategically involving persons in prayer and seeing God at work.
Sunday, July 12
8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Teachers of Young Adults, Ages 18-34
Jason Hayes, leader
Dogwood 1-2
Discover opportunities to strengthen Bible study and Bible teaching approaches as you teach God’s Word with young adults no matter which Bible study curriculum you are using. Teachers will focus on ways you can more effectively
- Establish a teaching style that is appealing
- Create environments of discussion and inquisition
- Prepare to teach and the process that is involved
- Address tough topics that are relevant to this generation
Teach Parents of Preschoolers, Children, and/or Students
Keith Lowry, leader
Dogwood 3-4
Discover opportunities to strengthen Bible study and Bible teaching approaches as you teach God’s Word with parents of preschoolers, children, and/or students no matter which Bible study curriculum you are using. Teachers will focus on ways you can more effectively
- Lead your class to build fellowship around the Word of God
- Lead your class to build ministry opportunities as you connect with members and prospects
- Lead class members to be missionaries as you help release and reproduce the ministry opportunities of the class
Teachers of Empty Nesters
Alan Raughton, leader
Dogwood 5-6
Discover opportunities to strengthen Bible study and Bible teaching approaches as you teach God’s Word with adults who are relating to adult children as well as perhaps caring for aging parents no matter which Bible study curriculum you are using. Teachers will focus on ways you can more effectively
- Lead your class to build fellowship around the Word of God
- Lead your class to build ministry opportunities as you connect with members and prospects
- Lead class members to be missionaries as you help release and reproduce the ministry opportunities of the class
Teachers of Older Adults, Ages 65 and Up
David Apple, leader
Dogwood 7
Discover opportunities to strengthen Bible study and Bible teaching approaches as you teach God’s Word with older adults no matter which Bible study curriculum you are using. Teachers will focus on ways you can more effectively
- Lead your class to build fellowship around the Word of God
- Lead your class to build ministry opportunities as you connect with members and prospects
- Lead class members to be missionaries as you help release and reproduce the ministry opportunities of the class
Department Directors / Division Directors
Darryl Wilson, leader
Rhododendron 8
These key leaders will identify ways to strengthen leadership abilities as we focus on enlisting, training, and motivating adults to reach and minister to adults in your church. These leaders will focus on strengthening leadership, organizational, and growth strategy skills. This session will help you focus on engaging adults in ministry and missions through your department or division.
Class Leaders and Members
Linda Brewer, leader
Rhododendron 7
Every class needs at least one person who leads the class to invite adults and one person who leads the class in hospitality and ministry. These leaders will focus on ways to reach adults through the class. This training will also help you plan for and connect adults to the class and to the church through meaningful outreach, fellowship, ministry, prayer, and/or missions opportunities.
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Elective Sessions
The Bible — Not Just Any Ordinary Book
Linda Brewer, leader
Rhododendron 7
Teachers and class members will learn and practice a Bible study method that will aid in each week’s Sunday School lesson preparation as well as bring the individual to an intimate encounter with Jesus revealing the vastness of God’s love, mercy, and life-changing hope. Bring your Bible!
Developing the Next Generation of Leaders
Jason Hayes, leader
Dogwood 1-2
Where will the next generation of leaders in our churches and community come from? How do we ensure that we are developing these leaders? What does that look like? Join this session and explore these questions. Learn the practical and spiritual elements of how mentoring, intergenerational ministry, and leadership development all fit together.
How to Be a Disciple-Making Teacher
David Apple, leader
Dogwood 7
Jesus was the Master Teacher, and He shows us how to teach His Word by His example. This session will help you identify teaching attitudes and approaches Jesus used that you can implement to help change lives and build kingdom leaders.
Strengthen Your Class by Showing Adults How to Have a Daily Quiet Time
Darryl Wilson, leader
Rhododendron 8
Don’t just tell them how; show them! This session will help you lead members to journal and practice praying through Scripture.
3:15 – 4:15 p.m. Elective Sessions
A Focused Look into Ministering to College Students
Jason Hayes, leader
Dogwood 1-2
There possibly may be no more significant time of self-discovery and spiritual formation than during the college years. This session, specifically discussing college students, focuses on how best to minister to individuals during this time. Learn about effective practices and tips for reaching those students that remain connected to our church during college and those who go away for their education.
Class Growth is Spelled WORK!
Darryl Wilson, leader
Rhododendron 8
Evaluate your class based on a list of 20 growth actions. This session will help you set priorities to address needs of the class. You will be able to set goals and make plans that result in growth this year.
The Silent Teacher
Linda Brewer, leader
Rhododendron 7
What we feel on the inside invariably finds an outward display in our surroundings that is contagious. This session will help you focus on topics such as spending daily time alone with God, preparing our classrooms to be more welcoming, and even the importance of our visibility. Discover how we can shout without ever opening our mouths and work together to develop a check-list of silent shouting points that communicate God’s love effectively.
Simple Steps to a Super Lesson
Alan Raughton, leader
Dogwood 5-6
Learn simple steps to studying the Scripture and developing a customized teaching plan to use with your class or Bible study group.
Why Was Moses Moping?
Keith Lowry, leader
Dogwood 3-4
Discover how to organize and mobilize your Sunday School class for maximum effectiveness. Based on the advice of Moses’ father-in-law, Jethro, this session affirms the organizational plans of the Sunday School as well as offering some creative options. Come to discover job descriptions, tools for enlistment, encouragement, and lots of FUN ways to be sure we are correctly organized to accomplish the work of the Sunday School.
Monday, July 13
8:30 – 9:30 a.m.
Develop a Strategy for Reaching Adults Like Jesus Did
David Apple, leader
Dogwood 7
We are called to reach the same kinds of people as Jesus did. This experience will help you focus on understanding and implementing the action plan that will help you effectively reach and minister to adults who are needing good news.
Fellowship Ideas with Pizzazz
Alan Raughton, leader
Dogwood 5-6
Class socials and fellowships can be more than casseroles or weenies in a Crock-Pot! Learn top ways to generate pizzazz in your class fellowships every time you meet.
Grow Your Class by Organizing to Respond in Times of Need
Darryl Wilson, leader
Rhododendron 8
This session will help bring growth by preparing your class to respond in times of need and stress in the lives of members and prospects. You will rediscover the power of mobilizing prayer teams, care groups, outreach teams, and more.
Teaching from the Overflow of Our Hearts
Linda Brewer, leader
Rhododendron 7
Throughout the Bible, God’s words are referred to as seeds that are planted in our hearts. How we prepare the soil to receive those words can mean the difference between a spiritual wasteland or a fruitful field. This session will help you examine their own hearts through a study of Mark 4:1-20. Bring your Bible!
Teflon or Velcro – Know the Difference, Make the Change
Keith Lowry, leader
Dogwood 3-4
The way we treat our guests on Sunday morning determines whether they’ll return and become our next new members. The relationships, or connections, we build with our guests become the Velcro that helps them “stick” around. The more relationships, the better they stick. This session gives multiple, practical, and workable methods for creating “sticky” relationships with our guests, ensuring they’ll stick around.
9:45 – 10:45 a.m.
Discover Your Learning Style — Learn and Address Theirs!
Darryl Wilson, leader
Rhododendron 8
This session will help you increase interest and learning retention by using teaching methods that address learning styles of your members.
The Ghost & Mr. Chicken: Overcoming the Barriers to Outreach and Evangelism
Keith Lowry, leader
Dogwood 3-4
Most of us have experienced the dreaded evangelism jitters prior to that visit or phone call. This wonderfully fun and engaging session looks at the common fears and barriers experienced by us all and gives practical and useful solutions to assist us in getting past the barriers into functioning, effective, and exciting outreach and evangelism programs that involve even the most evanga-phobic of us!
Lessons from a Master Gardener
Linda Brewer, leader
Rhododendron 7
Master gardeners are serious about their gardening. They love their gardens, hydrate them, weed them, prune them, keep a year-long calendar, and keep their tools polished and sharp. This session will help you apply these same principles with the goal of cultivating each branch so that it will produce as much fruit as possible.
Reach More Adults!
Alan Raughton, leader
Dogwood 5-6
Start a new class and live to tell the tale! New classes are the key to long-term growth in your Sunday School. Learn simple steps to take before, during, and after starting a new adult class in order to create a positive atmosphere and support its growth.
David Apple is an adult ministry specialist for LifeWay Christian Resources in Nashville, TN
Linda Thompson Brewer is an adult Sunday School teacher at First Baptist Church in Charleston, MO
Jason Hayes is a young adult ministry specialist for LifeWay Christian Resources in Nashville, TN
Keith Lowry is single adult / family ministry specialist for the Baptist General Convention of Texas in Dallas, TX
Alan Raughton is lead adult ministry specialist for LifeWay Christian Resources in Nashville, TN
Bret Robbe is director of Leadership and Adult Publishing for LifeWay Christian Resources in Nashville, TN
Darryl Wilson is director of Sunday School for the Kentucky Baptist Convention in Louisville, KY
Tuesday, July 21
9:15 a.m.–12:00 noon
Connect with Young Adults, Ages 18-34
Jason Hayes, leader
New Mexico Hall Room A
This session will help you understand opportunities and challenges of reaching and ministering with today’s young adults –collegiates, young singles, and young families. If you work with young adults as a teacher, department leader, or class leader, this session is designed to help you understand the distinctive challenges and opportunities as you strengthen your ministry with these adults no matter which curriculum you are using in Sunday School or what your class structure may be.
Connect with Adults, Ages 35-64
P.K.Spratt, leader
New Mexico Hall Room B-C
This session will help you understand opportunities and challenges of reaching and ministering with adults, ages 35-64. These are adults who are married or single; many are parents; many of these adults have grown children and perhaps are also relating to aging parents. If you work with these adults as a teacher, department leader, or class leader this session is designed to help you understand the distinctive challenges and opportunities as you strengthen your ministry with these adults no matter which curriculum you are using in Sunday School.
Connect with Older Adults, Ages 65 and Up
David Apple, leader
New Mexico Hall Room D
This session will help you understand opportunities and challenges of reaching and ministering with older adults. If you work with these adults as a teacher, department leader, or class leader, this session is designed to help you understand the distinctive challenges and opportunities as you strengthen your ministry with these adults no matter which curriculum you are using in Sunday School.
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Elective Sessions
Simple Steps to a Super Lesson
Alan Raughton, leader
New Mexico Hall B-C
Learn simple steps to studying the Scripture and developing a customized teaching plan to use with your class or Bible study group.
Teaching From the Overflow of Our Hearts
Linda Brewer, leader
New Mexico Hall Room M1
Throughout the Bible, God’s words are referred to as seeds that are planted in our hearts. How we prepare the soil to receive those words can mean the difference between a spiritual wasteland or a fruitful field. This session will help you examine their own hearts through a study of Mark 4:1-20. Bring your Bible!
The Transitions: Pivotal Times in the Life of a Young Adult
Jason Hayes, leader
New Mexico Hall Room A
This session focuses on practical ideas of how to keep this generation connected to God and the church during the key transitions of their life. With the transitions after high school and college graduation, entry into the workforce, and starting a family, young adults are experiencing a lot of change. As a result, they often find themselves being shuffled around from ministry to ministry or department to department in our churches. It’s important that we make this as seamless and comfortable as possible in order to keep them connected.
You Can Help Adults with Spiritual Development
Bret Robbe, leader
New Mexico Hall Room D
We talk a lot of the importance of staying physically fit and keeping our minds sharp. But what about the health of our spirits? This session will help you discover a simple tool that helps you evaluate your present condition and help adults in your class or department improve their spiritual health. This will help give you focus to every area of your responsibility in Sunday School.
3:15 – 4:15 p.m. Elective Sessions
Adults Are in Transition!
Bret Robbe, leader
New Mexico Hall Room D
One of the significant challenges in working with adults is that they go through real-life transition stages. Each transition gives challenges and opportunity for your Sunday School. This session will help you identify what we are learning about connecting with young adults, with parents, and with older boomers. Come discover ways you can be more effective in engaging adults through transitional times of life.
Help! I’m a New Outreach Leader
Alan Raughton, leader
New Mexico Hall Room B-C
Every class needs at least one person who helps the class focus on inviting people and reaching persons through the class. Discover many wonderful opportunities for this class or department leader. This session will help you focus on significant principles for reaching adults and practical applications of the tips.
The Incredible Value of MINISTRY to Adults
P.K. Spratt, leader
New Mexico Hall Room M2
How well we care for and minister to the single adults in our class (prospects, too!) is a key in our ability to see lives changed. This is a biblical model — Christ’s example, God’s challenge, and practical tools to ensure we’re doing all we can to minister to single adults needs. This session will help you so real ministry happens.
Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria — Helping Your Class Make the Journey
Linda Brewer, leader
New Mexico Hall Room M1
This session will help you and your class identify ways to be part of a global missions strategy. You will discover the biblical basis of “Why the journey?” and move to “How the journey?” If your class is ready to become a “missionary class” at home as well as globally, this experience is for you!
Reconnect Adults to the Power of Prayer
David Apple, leader
New Mexico Hall Room A
This experience will help you examine the vital nature of prayer and ways to strengthen the focus by prayer warriors throughout the Sunday School. Learn how churches are strategically involving persons in prayer and seeing God at work.
Wednesday, July 22
9:15 a.m.–12:00 noon
Teachers of Young Adults, Ages 18-34
Jason Hayes, leader
New Mexico Hall Room A
Discover opportunities to strengthen Bible study and Bible teaching approaches as you teach God’s Word with young adults no matter which Bible study curriculum you are using. Teachers will focus on ways you can more effectively
- Establish a teaching style that is appealing
- Create environments of discussion and inquisition
- Prepare to teach and the process that is involved
- Address tough topics that are relevant to this generation
Teachers of Adults, Ages 35-64
Alan Raughton, leader
New Mexico Hall Room B-C
Discover opportunities to strengthen Bible study and Bible teaching approaches as you teach God’s Word with adults ages 35-64 no matter which Bible study curriculum you are using. These adults face a wide variety of opportunities and challenges. Teachers will focus on ways you can more effectively
- Lead your class to build fellowship around the Word of God
- Lead your class to build ministry opportunities as you connect with members and prospects
- Lead class members to be missionaries as you help release and reproduce the ministry opportunities of the class
Teachers of Older Adults, Ages 65 and Up
David Apple, leader
New Mexico Hall Room D
Discover opportunities to strengthen Bible study and Bible teaching approaches as you teach God’s Word with older adults no matter which Bible study curriculum you are using. Teachers will focus on ways you can more effectively
- Lead your class to build fellowship around the Word of God
- Lead your class to build ministry opportunities as you connect with members and prospects
- Lead class members to be missionaries as you help release and reproduce the ministry opportunities of the class
Department Directors / Division Directors
P.K. Spratt, leader
New Mexico Hall Room M2
These key leaders will identify ways to strengthen leadership abilities as we focus on enlisting, training, and motivating adults to reach and minister to adults in your church. These leaders will focus on strengthening leadership, organizational, and growth strategy skills. This session will help you focus on engaging adults in ministry and missions through your department or division.
Class Leaders and Members
Linda Brewer, leader
New Mexico Hall Room M1
Every class needs at least one person who leads the class to invite adults and one person who leads the class in hospitality and ministry. These leaders will focus on ways to reach adults through the class. This training will also help you plan for and connect adults to the class and to the church through meaningful outreach, fellowship, ministry, prayer, and/or missions opportunities.
FREE AFTERNOON
Thursday, July 23
9:15 a.m.–12:00 noon
Teachers of Young Adults, Ages 18-34
Jason Hayes, leader
New Mexico Hall Room A
This is a continuation of the session started on Wednesday morning. Discover opportunities to strengthen Bible study and Bible teaching approaches as you teach God’s Word with young adults no matter which Bible study curriculum you are using. Teachers will focus on ways you can more effectively
- Establish a teaching style that is appealing
- Create environments of discussion and inquisition
- Prepare to teach and the process that is involved
- Address tough topics that are relevant to this generation
Teachers of Adults, Ages 35-64
Alan Raughton, leader
New Mexico Hall Room B-C
This is a continuation of the session started on Wednesday morning. Discover opportunities to strengthen Bible study and Bible teaching approaches as you teach God’s Word with adults ages 35-64 no matter which Bible study curriculum you are using. These adults face a wide variety of opportunities and challenges. Teachers will focus on ways you can more effectively
- Lead your class to build fellowship around the Word of God
- Lead your class to build ministry opportunities as you connect with members and prospects
- Lead class members to be missionaries as you help release and reproduce the ministry opportunities of the class
Teachers of Older Adults, Ages 65 and Up
David Apple, leader
New Mexico Hall Room D
This is a continuation of the session started on Wednesday morning. Discover opportunities to strengthen Bible study and Bible teaching approaches as you teach God’s Word with older adults no matter which Bible study curriculum you are using. Teachers will focus on ways you can more effectively
- Lead your class to build fellowship around the Word of God
- Lead your class to build ministry opportunities as you connect with members and prospects
- Lead class members to be missionaries as you help release and reproduce the ministry opportunities of the class
Department Directors / Division Directors
P.K. Spratt, leader
New Mexico Hall Room M2
This is a continuation of the session started on Wednesday morning. These key leaders will identify ways to strengthen leadership abilities as we focus on enlisting, training, and motivating adults to reach and minister to adults in your church. These leaders will focus on strengthening leadership, organizational, and growth strategy skills. This session will help you focus on engaging adults in ministry and missions through your department or division.
Class Leaders and Members
Linda Brewer, leader
New Mexico Hall Room M1
This is a continuation of the session started on Wednesday morning. Every class needs at least one person who leads the class to invite adults and one person who leads the class in hospitality and ministry. These leaders will focus on ways to reach adults through the class. This training will also help you plan for and connect adults to the class and to the church through meaningful outreach, fellowship, ministry, prayer, and/or missions opportunities.
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Elective Sessions
A Focused Look into Ministering to College Students
Jason Hayes, leader
New Mexico Hall Room A
There possibly may be no more significant time of self-discovery and spiritual formation than during the college years. This session, specifically discussing college students, focuses on how best to minister to individuals during this time. Learn about effective practices and tips for reaching those students that remain connected to our church during college and those who go away for their education.
Fellowship Ideas with Pizzazz
Alan Raughton, leader
New Mexico Hall Room B-C
Class socials and fellowships can be more than casseroles or weenies in a Crock-Pot! Learn top ways to generate pizzazz in your class fellowships every time you meet.
Teach a Lesson with a Hook, Book, Look, and Took!
P.K. Spratt, leader
New Mexico Hall Room M2
Teachers, learn a very simple, yet convincing outline for how to organize and prepare a powerful lesson that applies God’s Word in your students’ lives.
3:15 – 4:15 p.m. Elective Sessions
Developing the Next Generation of Leaders
Jason Hayes, leader
New Mexico Hall Room A
Where will the next generation of leaders in our churches and community come from? How do we ensure that we are developing these leaders? What does that look like? Join this session and explore these questions. Learn the practical and spiritual elements of how mentoring, intergenerational ministry, and leadership development all fit together.
Leadership Lessons from the Master Leader
Linda Brewer, leader
New Mexico Hall Room M1
Recognizing that Jesus is the perfect model for a Sunday School teacher and leader, this session will help you explore a series of parables that form nine principles for excellence in leadership whether teaching or leading a ministry team. Bring your Bible.
Organize your Class to Connect, Grow, Serve and Go
P.K. Spratt, leader
New Mexico Hall Room M2
Connect, grow, serve, and go is a unique, simple, and concise way to organize a small group Bible study. Learn how an effective class can engage in each of these in a balanced way that assists the greater church body to fulfill its Great Commission challenge.
David Apple is an adult ministry specialist for LifeWay Christian Resources in Nashville, TN
Linda Thompson Brewer is an adult Sunday School teacher at First Baptist Church in Charleston, MO
Jason Hayes is a young adult ministry specialist for LifeWay Christian Resources in Nashville, TN
Alan Raughton is lead adult ministry specialist for LifeWay Christian Resources in Nashville, TN
Bret Robbe is director of Leadership and Adult Publishing for LifeWay Christian Resources in Nashville, TN
P.K. Spratt is minister of education at Jersey Baptist Church in Pataskala, OH