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As always, we’ve got some great breakout sessions for you this year at IMPACT!
There is literally going to be something for everyone. Over the course of IMPACT 2008, you’ll have the opportunity to choose from about 60 different options. Here’s just a taste of what you’ll get to choose from (keep checking the IMPACT site at www.cggc.org for an up-to-date list).
Breakout Sessions with Margaret Feinberg~Are you a young adult (twenty/thritysomething) or do you care about ministry to young adults? You’ll want to check out some of the breakouts being offered by Margaret Feinberg at IMPACT 2008. Margaret will offer four breakouts for young adults or leaders desiring to do a better job at reaching out to young adults.
1) What the heck am I going to do with my life?
2) What no one else will tell you about building a twenty/thirty something ministry?
3) Conquering the Quarter-Life Crisis: Helping the Next Generation Fall in Love and Stay in Love with Jesus and His Church.
4) Best/Worst of – examples of what is and isn’t working in twenty/thirty something ministry around the country.
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ArtTalk with Joe Castillo~Christianity has an incredible opportunity to reach this current generation with the inspirational messages contained in the Arts. Drawing on 40 years of involvement in the arts, Joe Castillo speaks with great wisdom and passion on the power of the Arts and its place in modern day Christianity. Music, drama, painting, sculpture, architecture, tapestries, and icons have been used for millennia to reach beyond the rational and capture the heart. In this four-part seminar, He fleshes out the value and importance of ‘The Arts’ in evangelism, discipleship and church growth. The seminar includes a live “ArtStory” presentation.
Breakout Sessions with Craig Smith~Along with speaking at three of the general sessions, Craig Smith will be offering 4 really cool breakout sessions that will help you understand the Bible.
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Cracking the Code (The Origins and Reliability of Scripture), Part 1 & Part 2~These seminars explore the origins of the Bible. If you've ever wanted toknow how the Bible came together and how we know that God is the ultimateAuthor of it, this is the seminar for you.
Basics of Biblical Interpretation~Never say in the name of God what God never intended to say. If you want to make sure you're understanding the Bible as God intends you to understand it, this seminar will provide you with some great basic principles.
Tough Questions, Real Answers~You supply the questions! If you've ever wanted to ask a tough question about the Bible, Christianity, other religions, philosophy, science or whatever, here's your chance. Internationally respected scholar and teacher Craig Smith doesn't promise to have an answer for every question, but he'll give it his best shot!
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Looking Ahead: Preparing for the College Transition with Derek Melleby~This three-part track is for college bound high school students and their parents and will address the transition from high school to college. This multi-media seminar is engaging, interactive, and challenges teenagers and parents to think deeply about four crucial questions to ask before entering college: (1) Why am I going to college? (2) Who am I? (3) What do I believe? (4) With whom will I surround myself? This seminar, its follow-up plan, and related support materials will help students and parents better understand and prepare to face these pressures and challenges from a distinctively Christian perspective. Hope and encouragement will be offered to participants by challenging and equipping them to respond with solid and practical tools.
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Identity Matters: The Voice of Culture, The Truth of God with Derek Melleby~Teenagers and young adults face many challenges to finding their identity in Christ. We are all tempted to find our identity in external things rather than in things that are internal and eternal. The “voice of culture” beckons us to find our identity in: what we buy; how we look; what we do; the friends we have. The “truth of God” reminds us that our identity is secure in Christ and made significant in Christ. This seminar first explores the ways in which teenagers are challenged to find their identity and self worth in external things by getting them to take a closer look at what lies behind their choices.
This seminar first explores the ways in which it looks like to live a life of purpose.
Derek Melleby is Director of the College Transition Initiative for the Center for Parent/Youth Understanding (www.cpyu.org), in partnership with the CCO (Coalition for Christian Outreach). Derek graduated from Bloomsburg University in 2000 and completed a MA in Higher Education from Geneva College in 2004. He is also an assistant basketball coach at Penn State Harrisburg and drinks too much coffee. Derek's coauthored book, The Outrageous Idea of Academic Faithfulness: A Guide for Students (Brazos Press), was written to help students make the most of the college experience. He lives in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, with his wife, Heidi, and their son, Jacob.
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Meet Your CGGC Missionaries
Are you interested in what God is up to throughout the CGGC? Always an IMPACT favorite, you’ll get to hear from some of the cross cultural missionaries of the Churches of God as they tell their stories of what God is doing all across the world. Tentative plans are that Gordon and Annie Avey ( Brazil ), Doug and Anna-Karin Molgaard ( Sweden ) and Michael and Sara Sarver ( Thailand ) will be present at IMPACT 2008. This is a great opportunity to learn more about CGGC cross cultural missions, meet some terrific missionaries and get informed and excited about what God is doing through cross cultural ministries.
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Practical Breakouts with Paul Learned from Standard Publishing
It’s our honor to have Paul Learned presenting breakouts at IMPACT 2008. Paul Learned has degrees from Harding University , Harding Graduate School of Religion, and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, with additional studies at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Brite Divinity School at Texas Christian University , and New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He has served as youth minister, adult minister, children's minister, and education minister at the Gateway Church in Pensacola , FL , and at the Richland Hills Church , Fort Worth . He has worked with Lyman Coleman of Serendipity House to train small group leaders and write small group curriculum. He has been VP of Curriculum Development at Sweet Publishing, Christian Education Field Consultant at Cook Communications, Managing Editor of Church Ministry Resources at Standard Publishing, and now is Director of Business Development at Standard Publishing, Cincinnati , working to imprint Standard Publishing’s products to denominational publishing houses. He has been a frequent workshop leader at conferences across the nation, including Children's Pastor's Conferences. If you looking to enhance your church’s teaching ministry, you might want to check out these four great breakouts:
Teaching with the Rich Resources of the Standard Lesson Commentary - How to use the rich resources of the Standard Lesson Commentary to teach the weekly Uniform Lesson (International Sunday School Lessons) for effective life transformation.
Getting Started with a Small Group Ministry - Help your church experience more Christian community through small groups. Whether you're planning a new strategy or supporting an existing program, this session will help you build a small groups ministry that serves the unique needs of your church.
How to Lead Quality Bible Discussions – Do you want to conduct engrossing and life-changing Bible discussions that thrive in your class or small group? Get practical tips to help you lead participants to observe, interpret, and apply God's Word in productive, meaningful sessions.
Move Over, Starbucks! - People come to coffeehouses to talk and think; to ask questions; to seek answers; to be . . .authentic! Does that sound like something that can happen at church? Here's how to turn your class/group into a Faith Cafe with an exciting new curriculum series.
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The IMPACT 2008 Worship Choir
Do you enjoy worshipping Christ through music? These four breakout sessions will give you the chance to clap and sing. Join the IMPACT Worship Choir and spend your breakout sessions lifting your voice in song. Under the direction of Pastor David Welker, Minister of Worship & Lay Activities at College First Church of God, the IMPACT Worship Choir will participate in the worship during Friday evening’s general session.
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Find Your True Beauty – For Women Only with Shelley Hitz
www.FindYourTrueBeauty.com
Shelley Hitz has been ministering to teens for the last 10 years alongside her husband, C.J as they travel and speak to teens around the country. Shelley’s passion is to share God’s truth and the freedom she has found in Christ with teen girls and women. When at home in Findlay , Ohio , Shelley continues to work as a Physical Therapist for Blanchard Valley Hospital .
Find Your True Beauty – Part 1 & Part 2 Did you know that 24% of women would sacrifice 3 years of their life to be thin, that girls as young as five have expressed fears of getting fat and 90% of high school junior and senior girls diet regularly even though only between 10-15% are considered overweight. Does this surprise you? Do you wonder why this is happening? I believe one of the biggest influences on girls today regarding beauty is the media. Using powerful videos and PowerPoint slides, Shelley Hitz will help expose the lies girls believe about their beauty and the steps to become free….helping you find your true beauty!
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The Mantle of Masculine Leadership by Jesus and Rocky Balboa - For Men Only with Matt Pardi
What does it mean to be a man? Lot ’s of young men (and old men too) are struggling to discover what it means to be a man in today’s change world. This seminar will address the temptation of passivity that most men face and help challenge young men to commit to becoming better workers, fighters and lovers.
Matt Pardi is the pastor at h20 church in Bowling Green , OH (www.h2ochurch.com), which is a part of Great Commission Ministries, a church planting movement on college campuses. He’s the husband to MaryLynn (they met doing ministry together!) and father to Dominic, Isabella, and Max. Matt has degrees in Education and Chemistry from Bowling Green State University and will graduate from WTS with a Master of Arts, Theological Studies in August 2008. He’s been serving in ministry for 10 years and has a passion for challenging men to become the type of men God intends them to become.
Help! I’m Depressed -- Tracy Rath
Do you struggle with depression? This seminar will give you some practical steps for dealing with your own depression as well as helping friends who struggle with depression.
Tracy Rath is a licensed counselor and service as the director of Abba's Arms counseling (a counseling service for teenagers and their families) with Findlay Area Youth for Christ. With more than 10 years of ministry experience, Tracy has spoken at numerous youth retreats, camps and the M.O.R.E. weekend retreat for teenage girls. Tracy lives in Findlay, is an active member of Gateway Church (where her husband serves as youth pastor) and is the proud mother of five growing boys. Tracy received her MA in Counseling from Ashland Theological Seminary and has served as an adjunct professor at WTS. Her passion is helping youth grow in their relationship with Christ.
AND MANY MORE BREAKOUTS THAN WE CAN POSSIBLY LIST HERE…
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