Benefits Gained by Attending S3:
- Help for New Leaders
- New Outreach Ideas
- Knowing What Is Working in Other Churches
- Practical Ideas for Pastors And Directors
- Better Equipped Age-Group Teachers and Leaders
- Sharing of New Ideas
Cost:
FREE for MPBC teachers & leaders. Lunch on Saturday will be $7.50 and
we will
all split the gas cost.
Each participant will also receive a copy of Dr. Elmore’s book,
Mentoring: How to Invest Your Life in Others.
Registration ends September 7th. Please sign up on church bulletin
board.
2008 Guest Speaker: Dr. Tim Elmore
Dr.
Tim Elmore is founder and president of Growing Leaders, Inc.,
created to develop emerging leaders. He has taught leadership for
corporations such as Chick-Fil-A and The Home Depot and is the
author of twenty-one books, including the bestselling Habitudes:
Images That Form Leadership Habits and Attitudes and Nurturing
the Leader within Your Child.
Conference Schedule:
Friday, September 19
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6:45 – 7:00 p.m
|
Introductions |
|
7:00 – 9:15 p.m
|
Session with Tim Elmore |
Saturday, September 20
|
8:15 – 9:15 a.m.
|
Session with Tim Elmore |
|
9:15 – 9:30 a.m.
|
Break |
|
9:30 – 10:15 a.m.
|
Breakout Session 1 |
|
10:15 – 10:25 a.m.
|
Break |
|
10:25 – 11:10 a.m.
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Breakout Session 2 |
|
11:10 – 11:20 a.m.
|
Break |
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11:20 – 12:05 p.m.
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Breakout Session 3 |
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12:05 – 1:15 p.m.
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Lunch |
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1:15 – 2:00 p.m.
|
Session with Tim Elmore |
Conference Breakouts:
Preschoolers: The
Wonderful World of Preschoolers Growing in Faith
- Strokes and Rainbows: Successful Art Experiences
- A Baker’s Dozen: Cooking with Preschoolers
- What’s an Octave?: Enriched Learning through Music
- Beyond Balls: Games with Preschoolers
- Preschoolers Worshipping: Effective Bible Story
Time
Children Grades 1-6:
The World of Inquiring and Internalizing for Children
- “I Can’t Be Jesus Today; He Didn’t Have Painted
Toenails!”: Using Drama with Children
- Bible Games and Skills
- Are You a 40/40/20 Teacher?
- Don’t Leave Your 5th and 6th Graders Behind:
Elements of Successful Preteen Ministry
- Nurturing Leadership Skills in Children
Youth
- New Ideas for Reaching a New Generation
- Developing Leaders for Ministry
- Teaching the Postmodern Way
- Pop Goes the Culture
- New Strategies for Involving Parents in Youth
Ministry
Adult Leaders
- Getting Ready for Sunday
- Presenting a Great Lecture
- Leading My Members to Participate in the Lesson
- How to Experience God Daily
General Topics
- How to Get More People to Attend Sunday School
- How to Discover and Enlist New Teachers
- How to Be a Great Sunday School Director
- Ministering to Absentees and Dropouts
- Dealing with Difficult People