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WORKSHOPS
The 2008 Annual
Meeting is offering a variety of workshops this summer. Each
workshop will be offered twice on Saturday. There will be a session
and the morning and another one after lunch. The following is the
title, description and leader/s for each one.
“Can These Dry Bones Live?”:
God is still speaking and is calling us to enter into a new promised
land of land of exciting, authentic, Biblical worship! Come and
learn how you can bring new life to your worship experience. Come
and experiences how you might move from “fill in the blanks” worship
to creating an encounter with the Divine.
Presenter - Rev. John Roberts
Bringing Curriculum to Life!:
This workshop will help you
look at your prepared curriculum in a new way and stimulate you to
create some innovative teaching methods of your own for both
children and Adults of your Christian Education program. Through the
use of easy-to-find and in expensive props and simple crafts, your
lessons will become more memorable and stimulating experiences for
your students and more enjoyable for you to present. The class
includes a generous packet of samples and patterns for each
participant.
Presenters - Dan Peeler and Charlie Rose are
UCC Partners in Education, long-time Christian Educators and
graphic/animation artists with many national television credits
Making Missions Meaningful:
This workshop will help participants learn to identify needs in
their communities and beyond and provide practical ways to develop
and implement mission outreach programs.
Presenter -Ms Winner Laws, active member,
involved in Outreach, at the Cathedral of Hope
Celebrate Joyfully, Give
Generously: This workshop will
help participants develop a theology of generosity, and guide
participants through a learning process on how to talk and ask for
stewardship and money in ways that enhance giving to the church.
Presenter - Rev. Alan Akana, Canon for
Stewardship and Ministry Programs, the Cathedral of Hope
The Mystery of Media:
This workshop will share information on how to incorporate media
into the worship service in ways that enhance the worship
experience. This workshop will be a “how to get started” session
with special attention given to churches that have limited resources
and smaller memberships.
Presenters - Rev. Michael Piazza, Dean and
National Pastor, and Mr. Paul Taylor, director of Television
Ministries, the Cathedral of Hope
“We Having a Baby Shower”:
Come and meet our new “babies” (new church starts)
of the South Central Conference. You are invited to see how our
babies are growing up and how we can support their growth. This
workshop is sponsored by the South Central Church Development
Committee.
Presenters - Malcom Richards and Carla Cheatam
Who and What Are Opening and
Affirming Churches and People?:
The workshop
will be for people interested in learning more about the Opening and
Affirming program, and the process by which churches become ONA. It
will cover things like: how churches become ONA, why declaring
yourself ONA matters, a history of the ONA program, resources, what
churches do once they become ONA.
Presenter - Rev D.Taylor Curate/ Associate
Pastor for Congregational Life, The Cathedral of Hope
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