Workshops By Session

Session One:   9:00-10:15 AM

  • Called to be an Elder

  • Choosing Curriculum

  • Church 2.0

  • Church Treasurers (Continues in 2)

  • Creating a Mindset for Hospitality

  • Discipleship

  • Getting Messy For God: Teaching Elementary

  • God’s Gift Shop - Alternative Giving

  • Help! I’m Teaching Middle School Youth

  • I Confess & Why DO We Have Confessions?

  • Integrating Special Needs In Your Church

  • Joyfully Laying the Faith Foundation

  • The Joy of Worship

  • Labyrinths Anywhere

  • Music for the Small Church

  • What is Missional Theology?

Session Two:  11:30 - 12:45 p.m.

  • ...And He Took The Children In His Arms...

  • Artful Worship

  • Book of Order: It’s More Interesting Than You Think

  • Called to be a Deacon

  • Called to be an Elder

  • Church Treasurers (Continued from 1)

  • Close the Back Door & Welcome Newcomers

  • Confirmation: Why? When? How?

  • Conflict In Church: Spiritual & Practical Dimensions

  • Counting Our Days: Journals, Prayers, Devotions & More

  • Discipleship

  • Presbyterian Men - (Why Men Hate Church)

  • Sharing Our Missions

  • Teaching Faith to Adults

  • Teaching Teachers to Teach

  • What Does It Mean To Be Presbyterian?

Session Three:  2:00 - 3:15 p.m.

  • Balancing the Books

  • Clerk of Session (Continues in 4)

  • Church 2.0

  • Cosmic Presbyterianism

  • Evaluation of Congregational Transformation

  • Handbells

  • Healthcare and the 21st Century Church

  • Helping Your PW Reflect the PW Mission Statement

  • Labyrinths Anywhere

  • Low Cost Ways to Reach Out and Invite

  • Middle Years:  Ministry with Tweens

  • Personnel & Legal Issues for the Local Church

  • Safeguarding Assets and People of the Church

  • Spiritual Lives of Children

  • Steward Leaders GAME! (Continues in 4)

  • Stewards of Children (Continues in 4)

  • Teaching Faith to Sr. High

Session Four:  3:30 - 4:45 p.m.

  • Alcohol and Your Teen

  •  Artful Worship

  •  Book of Order: It’s More Interesting Than You Think

  •  Called to be a Deacon

  •  Clerk of Session

  •  Counting Our Days: Journals, Prayers, Devotions & More

  •  Faith & Contemporary Issues

  •  Nurturing the Faith of Children Through Music

  •  O Come All Ye Faithful

  •  Reach the Next Generation

  •  Steward Leaders GAME! (Continued from 3)

  •  Stewards of Children (Continued from 3)

  •  What Does It Mean To Be Presbyterian?
 

But Wait....there’s more!

Take advantage of these additional opportunities during the weekend!

 •  SPIRITUALITY CENTER open after workshop session one for the remainder of the day.  Available for you to gather ideas as well as for your own spiritual nurture. Visit it anytime during the event.

 •  DARKNESS TO LIGHT TRAINING is completed by attending the two-session Stewards of Children workshop during sessions 3 & 4.

 •  ON-SITE BOOKSTORE for all your resource needs provided by the Montreat Bookstore.

•  INFORMATIONAL DISPLAYS from camps, conference centers, mission sites, seminaries, and many others will be on-site and provide you with a chance to learn about new opportunities for retreats, mission work, or educational advancement.

  •  CHARLESTON ATLANTIC PRESBYTERY RESOURCE CENTER DISPLAYS sharing ideas and resources for all facets of ministry.

 •  REGIONAL RESOURCE CENTER DISPLAY new-and-improved RRC will be on-site to share resources and how to best take advantage of their audio-visual lending library.

•  CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES to worship and meet and share ideas with others during lunch and break time.