Sunday School Summit (S³) 2008
“Mentoring: How to Invest Your Life in Others”

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

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.	Breakout Session 2
11:10 – 11:20 a.m.	Break
11:20 – 12:05 p.m.	Breakout Session 3
12:05 – 1:15 p.m.	Lunch
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