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Intentional Formation in Your Congregation

In Person
EVENT DATE & DETAILS

Note: The listed times for these workshops are in Central Time. The 6/3 listing takes place from 9AM – 3PM CT / 10AM – 4PM ET.

Monday
June 2, 2025
9:00 am-3:00 pm
Tuesday
June 3, 2025
10:00 am-4:00 pm

Churches live on week to week deadlines; but at the end of the year, we often stand back and wonder “how do all these weeks add up? Who are we becoming together in this family of faith?”

In this session, we’ll walk through a framework for identifying some of your congregational values, working to create pathways for formation, and curating resources and relationships that will form your congregation into a community where people say “yes” to God’s invitation.

About the instructor

Rev. Ethan Linder is a neighbor in Marion, Indiana, a dad of 3 kids under 8 (Ezra, Isaiah, and Jack), and husband to Sarah. He serves as Pastor of Discipleship at College Wesleyan Church in Marion, Indiana, and Assistant Director of the Young Adult Innovation Hub at Indiana Wesleyan University. A lot of his past decade of pastoral work has focused on young adults, deconstruction, reconstruction, and seeing the Gospel lived and preached as truly good news.

Dr. Amanda Drury is a professor of practical theology at Indiana Wesleyan University and executive director of the Imaginarium which houses the Strengthening Ministry With Children Coordination Program. She has MDiv and PhD degrees from Princeton Theological Seminary and is the author of Saying is Believing: The Necessity of Testimony in Adolescent Spiritual Development and Testimony and Trauma. She lives in Marion, IN with her husband, John, and their three children.

In Person
EVENT DATE & DETAILS

Note: The listed times for these workshops are in Central Time. The 6/3 listing takes place from 9AM – 3PM CT / 10AM – 4PM ET.

Monday
June 2, 2025
9:00 am-3:00 pm
Tuesday
June 3, 2025
10:00 am-4:00 pm