2010 Workshops #3

Track	Room	Title and Description	Faculty
Early Childhood	210	Can You Hear Me Now? Just like the cellular commercial, this class will teach you how to filter through the static of today's world by using creative teaching tools such as food, toys, household objects, popular videos, games, songs, illusions and puppets to help teach the Word of God.	Darcy Maze
Early Childhood	208	Teaching in Ways Preschoolers And Toddlers Learn Best Preschoolers are like sponges – ready to absorb whatever we bring their way. Come, explore hands-on Bible learning activities and creative play ideas that actively engage the minds and bodies of preschoolers while laying the foundation for personal relationships with Jesus.	Carol Rogers
Elementary	Pavilion	The Children's Pastor What does it mean to lead a children's ministry? Regardless of the size of church, its style, or type of children's ministry, there are certain principles relevant to your situation. Learn what those principles are and how to focus on them as you lead your children's ministry.	Greg Baird
Elementary	215	Roll Out the Welcome Mat Tools for awareness activities and strategies will be shared to help teachers, parents and children be more accepting and inclusive of children with special needs in children's programming in the church.	Rhonda Cattley
Elementary	103	Dynamic Storytelling: You Can Do It! Take your storytelling to a new level and make the Bible come alive for your students. We all learn better when we can listen to a story! Follow the easy steps in this seminar to make your stories memorable and spellbinding. A list of good storytelling resources will also be provided.	Jackie Gelvin
Elementary	102	Understanding Preteen Media and Technology Habits This workshop will review information obtained from a survey of 4th-6th graders on movies, websites, video games. How can the church support parents in training, monitoring and rules of media/tech habits? How does this information impact student ministries today?	Brian Gosser
Elementary	101	Learning Styles Made Fun! This fun and highly interactive workshop gives you practical ideas about how to incorporate every learning style into your teaching so that each child enjoys learning!	Chris Montgomery
Youth	105	Helping Students to Handle Personal Conflicts This is a practical workshop designed to help youth leaders teach their students how to handle personal conflicts. We will examine common problems that lead to conflicts at church and home and discuss various methods to improve community.	Richard Chung
Youth	104	How Do I Get There? Recreate Jesus' style of teaching and life change events in your culture and calendar.	Mark Schaufler
Youth	107	Ministry for the Long Haul – Finishing the Race Well Learn from a veteran youth pastor how to deal with success and failure in ministry and how to measure the difference.	Mike Shipman
Family Ministries	211	Engaging Fathers in Family Life What do great fathers have in common? The research is in and you will be surprised at what separates the good from the great!	Ken Canfield
Leadership	207	It's Not About Me But it is...if God can't use you, then who? When we say, "It's not me," we are short-selling ourselves and God's providence in our past choices, present circumstances and future involvements. Find out how God can use your past experiences, no matter how difficult, for His kingdom purposes and how to make use of opportunities to impact your community, locally and internationally.	Sheryl Giesbrecht
Leadership	107	Ministry for the Long Haul – Finishing the Race Well Learn from a veteran youth pastor on how to deal with success and failure in ministry and how to measure the difference.	Mike Shipman
Adult Ministries	107	Ministry for the Long Haul – Finishing the Race Well Learn from a veteran youth pastor on how to deal with success and failure in ministry and how to measure the difference.	Mike Shipman
Educational Administration	205	Workers Needed! (Recruitment) We all suffer with the same problem: "Not Enough Helpers." Together let's examine different ways to bring in the workers needed to fulfill the task ahead of us in our ministries.	Judy Jenkins
Women's Ministries	212	The Fastest Way to Publication Expand your ministry by seeing your words in print. You will learn how to write eight types of "mini articles" and the secret of selling them over and over again.	Carole Gift Page
Disabilities Ministries	215	Roll Out the Welcome Mat Tools for awareness activities and strategies will be shared to help teachers, parents and children be more accepting and inclusive of children with special needs in children's programming in the church.	Rhonda Cattley
Outreach	214	The Monkey And the Fish – 10 Myths about Missions That Aren't True Learn the monkey and the fish parable and how it applies to missions. Then get a reality check on the truth about some missions myths such as "With the great need in America, why go overseas?" and "Westerners aren't needed."	Dr. Dale & Marti Fisher
Outreach	209	Kind and Unkind Atheists – Answering the New Atheist Books are being written attacking the Christian faith. This workshop will help you counsel and answer those who are being influenced and confused by the recent wave of what the media has called the "New Atheists."	Randy Rodden
Special Interest	206	Aligning Your Children's Ministry with God's Spirit Aligning your children's ministry to God's Spirit takes some prayer, reflection, relationship and planning. We will discuss how to sense God's leading in your children's ministry. We will talk about having fresh eyes so that we can see where God is leading in our ministries. We will discuss the importance of prayer, and you will get some hands-on tools on how to align your ministry to what God is already doing.	Diana Jones
Men's Ministries	204	How to Raise Kids So They Don't Hate Church This workshop will help you as parents to teach your kids to have a "love for the local church" and thus, as young adults they learn to serve the Lord.	Mike Broyles
Spanish	106	Los Desafios de Jovenes y Niños de la 2nda Generación de Hispanos en la Iglesia de Hoy Como trabajar con adolescentes que son nacidos en los Estados Unidos. Examinando su forma de pensar, valores, etc.	Marcos Canales
Keynote	Pavilion	The Children's Pastor What does it mean to lead a children's ministry? Regardless of the size of church, its style, or type of children's ministry, there are certain principles relevant to your situation. Learn what those principles are and how to focus on them as you lead your children's ministry.	Greg Baird