Tuesday at 11:00 AM
How to Win with Parents & Families
The goal is not only to know who the parents are, but to build strong relational bonds that ultimately end up benefiting everyone in your church!
Angie Hooie, Coach/Consultant, ALH Consulting, LLC
Do You Feel Called to Plant a Church?
Come learn more about ECO's church planting process and see if planting with us is right for you!
Luke Parker, Director of Church Planting, ECO and Nate Stratman, Pastor and Church Planter, Hope Community Church, Wilmington, NC
Healthy Worship Culture
Establishing a Healthy Worship Culture Regardless of Budget or Church Size
Graydon Tomlinson, Contemporary Worship Director, First Presbyterian Church, Greenville, SC
Discipleship Essentials
Discipleship is at the heart of what it means to be a Christian and the church, yet many churches struggle to do discipleship in a way that transforms lives. Discipleship done Jesus' way is simple, but not easy. There is no shortcut or curriculum to growing mature disciples, but there are core components necessary for discipleship. If you and your church want to grow disciples who live and love like Jesus, join us!
Lisa Johnson, Executive Director of Leadership Formation, ECO
Beauty and Our Missional God
How God uses beauty as an evangelistic tool to draw people to himself.
Michelle Wegner, Director of Soul Care and Spiritual Formation, KC Underground
Seven Transitions Today's Young Adults Face
From internal factors like faith, personal passions, and values to external influences such as culture, socio-economic status, and even the role of parenting, young adulthood is a time of significant self-discovery. Join us as we discuss how youth leaders, mentors, and faith communities can offer meaningful support during this critical phase.
Andy Jung Senior, Director of Church Engagement, Fuller Youth Institute
LGBTQ: Loving Across the Divided Lines
Learn with us how to better follow the truths of Jesus that lead to spaces of grace, as well as how to have grace that leads to opportunities for truth in our friendships and relationships.
Scott Kingry, Program Director, Where Grace Abounds
Fuel Church Economics Cohorts
How can the church look under the hood and check the economic engine? Come learn about our new learning cohort that will do this and more. An 11-month experience involving your pastor and a key leadership team will explore all options in how the church creates a culture of generosity and looks at other revenue generating possibilities.
John Terech, Executive Director of Operations, ECO
Lessons From the Fourth Lausanne Conference
The Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization aims to be catalytic in advancing the Movement’s fourfold vision—the gospel for every person, disciple-making churches for every people and place, Christ-like leaders for every church and sector, and kingdom impact in every sphere of society. Learn more about what took place this year at Lausanne and its impact for our lives and ministries as a united global church bridging cultures, generations, and professions.
Laura Macias, Director of Missional Engagement, Trinity United Presbyterian Church, Santa Ana, CA
Harnessing Anxiety
An anxious organization is hard to lead, BUT anxiety can be useful for your church/staff. Don’t waste the opportunity! Learn to navigate the good, bad, and ugly in your staff and church.
Tom Parker, President, ParkRise Consulting
Pastoral Search & Certified Transitional Pastors
Are you looking for a pastor? Are you a pastor looking for a church? Are you a pastor who may someday want to be a Transitional Pastor? Are you are church looking for a Transitional Pastor? If you can relate to any of these questions, this breakout is for you!
Nate Dreesmann, Executive Director of Ecclesiastical Support, ECO & Kaitlyn Wood, Director of Church Health, ECO
Leading While Wandering
How to remain Spirit-led as you are in your own wilderness season.
Faith Eury Cho, Founder, The Honor Summit, Co-Pastor, Mosiac Covenant Church of New Jersey
Tent Making for the 21st Century
Fully living the call of a bi-vocational pastor in today's world. It's no secret fewer and fewer people are feeling called to full time vocational ministry. Come learn about the incredible opportunities, benefits, challenges, dilemmas, and joys that bi-vocational ministry can provide. Perhaps a new model of ministry could be the right fit for you or your church!
Aaron Hansz, Assistant Pastor, Grace Presbyterian Church, Houston, TX
Your First Steps In ECO
Whether you are new to ECO, want to get more deeply connected, or are in a church that is considering joining ECO, this breakout will help you understand all about ECO and how we can help you and your congregation flourish!
Dana Allin, Synod Executive, ECO
Lord of Time - Two Years In
Two years after the publication of the New Theology Document, Drs. Patterson and Wagenfuhr discuss how these vital new theological foundations rediscovered in Scripture offer a unique and powerful way to address the crucial issues the church is facing. Sabbath offers the church a renewed vocabulary for the gospel that allows us to begin shifting our understanding of what it means to be the church in a post-Christendom era.
ECO's Standing Theology Committee and Greg Wagenfuhr, Theology Coordinator, ECO
Tuesday at 3:45 PM
Next Generation Disciple-Making
Moving Toward a Discipling Ministry for the Next Generation
Mark Oestreicher (Marko), Founding Partner, The Youth Cartel
Become a Sending Church
Come learn how your church can start a church planting movement.
Luke Parker, Director of Church Planting, ECO and Nate Dreesmann, Executive Director of Ecclesiastical Support, ECO
Cultivating Flourishing Congregations
Imagine having a spiritual and strategic roadmap that leads your congregation into a season of flourishing marked by transformation and a renewed vision! Come learn about ECO's process for walking with your church through a season of discovery to bring leadership together to discern in community and develop a personalized roadmap for your congregation.
Kaitlyn Wood, Director of Church Health, ECO and Dana Allin, Synod Executive, ECO
Seven Worship Leaders
Worship leadership is such niche craft with a diverse spectrum of specialization. 7 Worship Leaders was created to help worship leaders and churches flourish through comprehensive assessment, development and placement tools. Worship leaders will benefit from discovering their archetype, while church leaders, pastors and search committees will gain greater clarity on what type of worship leader is the best fit for their worship culture and ministry goals.
Brandon Muchow, Minister of Worship, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Newport Beach, CA
Evangelizing Young Families in Your Community
Every church desires to reach young families for Christ! Join us to learn how community based evangelism can be strategic for growing your church with through the influence of young families.
Karla Merrell, Church Engagement and Southeast and Spanish Network Manager, The Mom Co
Discipleship
Starting, Leading, and Multiplying Networks of Disciple-makers and Microchurches.
Rob Wegner, KC Underground
Show Me The Money!
Breaking the Triangle
In this breakout we will focus on wisely engaging criticism, blame, and all the other ways people talk about others rather than to them.
Tom Parker, President, ParkRise Consulting
Soul Strong
Learning to grow our soul's strength through seven principles of soul care from the life of Jesus.
Michelle Wegner, Director of Soul Care and Spiritual Formation, KC Underground
A Livable Missional Theology
A Livable Missional Theology – a Latin American Perspective
Robson Gomes, ECO Brasil National Leader
God is Calling, Let your Journey Begin - ECO's Ordination Process
Understanding the ECO Ordination process from beginning to end. If God has been stirring, we invite you to come learn how our ordination process is all about your leadership development, spiritual formation, and how God can use your unique gifts and calling for His kingdom work.
Lisa Johnson, Executive Director of Leadership Formation, ECO
Gender, Sex, and the Church
A quick overview of the important issues that lay behind discussions of gender and sexuality as outlined in ECO's published document, and offer ideas for pastoral care and church leadership.
Greg Wagenfuhr, Theology Coordinator, ECO and Mark Patterson, President, Flourish Institute of Theology
Wednesday at 11:00 AM
Supporting Your Youth Ministry & Youth Pastors
How to Support and Nurture Youth Ministry and Youth Ministers (If you are a pastor or a senior leader in your church, this breakout is for you!)
Mark Oestreicher (Marko), Founding Partner, The Youth Cartel
Unwrap God's Vision For Your Church
Unwrap God's Vision (Especially for Small and Medium Size Churches)
Mike Clark, ECO Pastor, Flourish Consultant and Author
Explore Alpha
Cultivating a culture of Hospitality, Listening, and Dependence on the Holy Spirit.
Jalen Taylor, National Events Specialist, Alpha USA
Exegeting Your Community
Become a central part of your city by learning your community's missional needs and how your church can meet those needs.
Luke Parker, Director of Church Planting, ECO, Will Ritter, Pastor and Church Planter, Renew Churches, Jerome, ID and Jackie Parks, Pastor, South Scottsdale Presbyterian Church, Scottsdale, AZ
Child of God or Child of Mammon: Race and the American Church
Join us to learn how the desire for power and money--what some call "racial capitalism"--causes violence and exploitation. In this breakout you will gain a better understanding of how we can resist greed that exploits others, love our neighbors more completely, and build communities of deep solidarity, anti-violence, and truth-telling.
Malcolm Foley, Pastor, Mosaic Waco, TX
Taking Stewardship to the Next Level
Equipping ECO Pastors to help their congregation in the Journey of Stewardship
Tim Newell, President/CEO, Envoy Financial
Flourish Institute of Theology
Flourish Institute: Updates, Progress, and Plans
Mark Patterson, President, Flourish Institute of Theology
Strategic Communication in a Time of Polarization
Moving from Disconnection and Division to Curiosity, Compassion, and Convicted Civility
Andrea Gurney, Psychologist and Professor at Westmont College
A Rhythm for Life
Spiritual Transformation for Overwhelmed Leaders (Part 1): Ministry Leaders are burning out at an unprecedented rate and you may find yourself among that number. In part one, come discover the biblical foundation for spiritual formation and developing a rhythm of life, which will not only change the way you lead yourself, but will change the way you lead your church for exponential transformation.
Austin Thomas, Pastor, First Presbyterian Church of Griffin, GA
Making Ministry & Marriage BOTH Work
Maintaining a strong and vibrant marriage in the midst of ministry life can be difficult, but there is no healthy ministry without healthy ministers. Investing in your most important relationship is central to a healthy wholeness. Join us to learn practical and encouraging rhythms to sustain you and your spouse in the midst of serving your church community.
Pete Santucci and Geordie Ziegler, Co-Founders of The Table Retreats
Lay Leadership Development
Are you a lay leader who wonders what your flourishing next steps could be? Are you a lay leader who desires more equipping, training, skills and Biblical knowledge? Come to find out what resources ECO, Flourish, and FIT have to offer and see where God might be stirring your heart for deeper equipping.
Lisa Johnson, Executive Director of Leadership Formation, ECO and Kaitlyn Wood, Director of Church Health, ECO
Lit Up With Love
Adoring Christ Jesus for the beauty of his person and his redemptive work of grace, living from union life in Christ, producing Holy Spirit empowered formation into the image of Christ, and becoming everyday missionaries who compelled by the love of Christ. Learn how to join Jesus is seeking and saving the lost!
Derwin Gray, Founder and Lead Pastor, Transformation Church, Charlotte, NC
Pathways to Finding New Hope during Difficult or Forced Pastoral Transitions
This breakout will introduce us to both the reality of the impact of those difficult transitions and pathways to find new hope and healing for the next chapter of ministry life.
Roy Yanke, Executive Director of PIR Ministries
10 Challenges for Ministry in the Next 10 Years
Come hear some of the predictions as well as how to prepare our churches to seize the opportunities that these challenges create.
Dana Allin, Synod Executive, ECO
Wednesday at 2:30 PM
Recruiting Teams That Last
Stop the cycle of recruiting, training, and losing volunteers. Learn how to put in the work up front to make volunteers stick.
Angie Hooie, Coach/Consultant, ALH Consulting, LLC
Multi-Ethnic Church
Business As Mission
Leveraging your business for Kingdom impact by taking your flourishing next step as a small business owner or senior executive.
David & Nancy Goebel, Owners of Great Harvest Bread Co. & Lead Pastor of Redeemer Church
It Not a Giving Problem; It's a Giving to the Church Problem
American giving has remained consistent at 2% of disposable income for over 40 years, yet the percentage the church receives is in free fall, dropping by over 60% in the same period. This breakout examines why church donors are rapidly shifting giving away from the church and provides practical insights and resources you can immediately implement to reverse this trend when you return home.
Joe Park, Horizons Stewardship
Utilizing Your Building's Availability & Functionality
How to Utilize Your Building's Availability and Functionality to Increase Community Impact and Add a Nontraditional Revenue Stream.
Justin Knapp, CEO/Founder, SpaceTogether
Biblical, Christ-Centered Conflict: Becoming a Peacemaking Leader
Working through conflict is essential in building a flourishing church. Come learn about ways that ECO is resourcing churches to flourish in the midst of everyday conflict.
Christina Severinghaus (Bondofpeace) and Julia Leeth, Pastor, Grace Presbyterian Church, Houston, TX
Pastor Spouses Exclusive
Pastor spouses, this breakout is exclusively for you! Join us as we learn about burnout, exhaustion, and God’s remedy for both.
Laura Seifert, Founder, Yes.Ministries
A Rhythm for Life
Spiritual Transformation for Overwhelmed Leader (Part 2): Once we have a solid Biblical Foundation and understanding of a spiritually formed life (discovered in Part 1), we can then, and only then, develop a Rhythm of Life for our own transformation. In part two, you will learn to discern a Rhythm of Life for yourself, as well as practice a rhythm in community to jump start your spiritual transformation.
Austin Thomas, Pastor, First Presbyterian Church of Griffin, GA
Abiding with Christ in the midst of the Ordinary
In the overlooked moments and routines of our day, we can become aware of God's presence in surprising ways. How do we embrace the sacred in the ordinary and the ordinary in the sacred?
Tish Harrison Warren, Anglican Priest & Author
Effective Discipleship in the Small Church
Small churches face unique challenges when implementing discipleship programs, from limited resources to volunteer burnout. In this breakout session, we will identify some of the specific obstacles small congregations encounter and provide practical examples and strategies to cultivate successful discipleship even with limited resources.
Kaitlyn Wood, Director of Church Health, ECO and Susan Finck, ECO Pastor in Validated Ministry, Presbytery of Texas
Mentored Ministry
Pastors, would you like to strengthen your mentoring skills for current staff and emerging leaders? Churches, are you interested in becoming a "teaching church" for ordination candidates and FIT students? Come find out about our new Mentored Ministry training and resources.
Lisa Johnson, Executive Director of Leadership Formation, ECO
Theology In ECO
Have you ever wondered what ECO believes, or what the theological culture is like? Whether you are just checking out ECO or have been involved for years but have questions, come learn about how a livable theology drives us forward in ministry.
Greg Wagenfuhr, Theology Coordinator, ECO
