Topic: The Good News of Shipwreck: Doing Ministry on Malta

You’re not imagining it: there’s a lot of change happening out there! Between cultural shifts in religiosity (especially among young people), Covid-19, and plummeting budgets, many of our flocks feel stuck, spent, and exhausted—and so do we.  Yet these cultural realities offer new opportunities for ministry that were unimaginable even five years ago.  What does the landscape of pastoral leadership look like after a shipwreck, and how can it energize our work as faith leaders?  This interactive session will (playfully) help us re-imagine ministry as it is taking shape on “unknown shores.”

Topic: Shifts to Make to Innovate

Rachel will walk leaders through what it looks like to pivot your ministry. She will explore ways to move from a mundane Sunday to Sunday routine. This time will provide tools and ways to innovate in order to be on the frontline of creative, life-changing ministry.

Topic: The “Dynamite Prayer” Strategy

If you’re hungry for what could fuel the “new and next” in your own setting, what could truly transform and unite hearts and minds, what could supernaturally inspire you and your team beyond anything you could imagine yourselves, a “Dynamite Prayer” strategy can change everything. Stop praying safe prayers, or problem-focused prayers…and experience the Holy Spirit’s dunamis power unleashed through possibility-focused prayer. Hear real stories about what’s happening across the country through a Dynamite Prayer strategy, and dream about what could happen right where you are!