Workshops

Fort Wayne Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic Immigrant Outreach Attorney Laura Pontius will help you learn more about immigration laws and policy and present a “bird’s eye view” of the immigration legal system. In this workshop, she’ll explore information about immigrants in Indiana and provide reliable sources for non-partisan information on immigration law and policy. This information will help your congregation create informed and educated decisions.

At  this luncheon, you’ll learn how to:

facilitate congregational conversations about immigration.  access local and statewide resources to support immigrants. utilize this information to strengthen your ministries, decide on policy and discuss or advocate on immigration matters. help your members connect with local… more

Capital campaigns are intimidating. They involve a lot of decisions, planning and work, along with uncertain outcomes. And often there’s a lot at stake. Hearing from those who have completed successful capital campaigns is one of the best ways to prepare for a new campaign or to navigate your campaign that’s already underway.

Join fundraising executive Rob Henson as he provides an interactive presentation utilizing research, his experience and anecdotes about the ingredients for a successful capital campaign. Henson will bring a mixture of real-life examples and templates, as well as campaign theory from current trends in modern philanthropy.

At this luncheon workshop, you will learn:

the basic processes and steps of a successful capital campaign. building blocks… more

It is true that rapid change is everywhere and dealing with change is hard. You spend a lot of energy handling the day-to-day work of your congregation. There’s often not much energy left to wrestle with the rapid shifts resulting from technology, culture, and generational mindsets.

But what if much of this difficulty comes from aiming at the wrong targets? Reorienting your focus, an admittedly difficult task, may be the solution to attaining deep and lasting change.

Join Dr. Jerald Duff in this luncheon workshop as he helps you begin to develop some necessary practices to lead well in the midst of changing circumstances.

Topics covered include:

The necessity of a shared vision Building a transformational team of servant leaders Seeing conflict as an… more

This lunch workshop provides hands-on opportunities to develop better creativity and problem solving within your congregation. 

Strategic planning consultant Tad Dickel addresses the accelerating rate of change in today's society, characteristics of effective creative problem solving in teams, and divergent and convergent thinking. In advance of the workshop, you will be offered the Basadur Profile, an assessment that identifies your creative problem-solving style. Dickel unpacks this helpful tool at the workshop. You’ll gain better understanding of creative problem solving and how to begin applying some of these skills in your congregation. You’ll learn to use both to address challenges and to engage in more productive conversations and decision making.

In this… more

It is true that rapid change is everywhere and dealing with change is hard. You spend a lot of energy handling the day-to-day work of your congregation. There’s often not much energy left to wrestle with the rapid shifts resulting from technology, culture, and generational mindsets.

But what if much of this difficulty comes from aiming at the wrong targets? Reorienting your focus, an admittedly difficult task, may be the solution to attaining deep and lasting change.

Join Dr. Jerald Duff in this luncheon workshop as he helps you begin to develop some necessary practices to lead well in the midst of changing circumstances.

Topics covered include:

The necessity of a shared vision Building a transformational team of servant leaders Seeing conflict as an… more

Fort Wayne Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic Immigrant Outreach Attorney Laura Pontius will help you learn more about immigration laws and policy and present a “bird’s eye view” of the immigration legal system. In this workshop, she’ll explore information about immigrants in Indiana and provide reliable sources for non-partisan information on immigration law and policy. This information will help your congregation create informed and educated decisions.

At  this luncheon, you’ll learn how to:

facilitate congregational conversations about immigration.  access local and statewide resources to support immigrants. utilize this information to strengthen your ministries, decide on policy and discuss or advocate on immigration matters. help your members connect with local… more

Discover the power of positive change at this Center for Congregations conference. The Art of the Flourishing Congregation: Practices that Promote Positive Change builds on the concepts of the Center’s signature Flourishing Congregations event, giving you the knowledge and tools to dream, discover and do.

If you have attended a past Flourishing gathering, you will gain new information and strategies for utilizing positive change. If you are new to Flourishing, this event is a great opportunity to explore the benefits of positive change and how it can make a difference in your congregation – attendance at a previous event is not a pre-requisite.

The Art of Flourishing
The Art of the Flourishing Congregation is 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (Eastern time) Thursday, November 7,… more

You can develop a community ministry that has real impact. This informative and interactive workshop introduces ideas, key elements and tools to help your congregation empower people and make a difference in your community.  

Pastor and educator Kilen Gray will facilitate this workshop in which you will learn:

How to develop a vision for community ministry through formal and informal conversations. How to discover what your congregation needs to create and implement a vision for community ministry. A way of thinking that assesses the needs of individuals and takes seriously the social constructs that affect lives. How other stakeholders shape a community ministry.

REGISTER HERE FOR THIS WORKSHOP.

You'll explore how to create a plan and begin… more