Morning Classes
AM Classes
1. PS: Preparation, Pilgrimage and the Power of Transformation – Neil Myer
Trips start long before the vans leave the parking lot and don’t end when the vans return. Learn tangible ways to prepare a group and connect your congregation to the whole experience before, during and after a trip around the world, a trip around the block, or anywhere in between.
2. A Stitch in Time – Kathy Emerson
Come experience the power of prayer shawl ministry and learn how to start this ministry in your particular setting. You will share in the spiritual practice of knitting a prayer shawl and explore how this craft can increase your prayer life and benefit your congregation and the wider community. Basic knitting knowledge required.
3. A Time to Heal – Jodi Martin
Explore ways to accompany those who are struggling with chronic or serious illness, hospitalization, being home bound or terminally ill. Discover how creativity, spiritual practices, the arts, and recreation can be used in pastoral care.
4. Let Us Break Glass Together – Brian and Roger Maness
THIS WORKSHOP IS FULL AT THIS TIME – you are welcome to register for it and you will be put on a waiting list.
Whether you are learning the basics or improving your skills, join us to build your own beautiful stained glass creations. If a beginner, you will learn to cut glass, apply lead or foil, and to solder in order to create one-dimensional panels or tiffany stones. Persons with prior experience in working with stained glass will be able to create more intricate pieces, including larger panels, three dimensional boxes, or kaleidoscopes. Everyone will leave with sensational finished pieces, improved skills, the fun of creative expression, and resources to continue this artistic expression. Class limited to 14. Additional class fee $45.
5. A Beat in Time – Bill Buchanan
Can you feel the beat? In this course we will get “hands on” with various hand drums and other rhythm instruments. We also will talk about the fellowship of drum circles, mission aspects of music, and the theology of music and music leadership. This course is for people with or without music leadership experience. If you have a drum, bring it with you. If you don’t, we will have drums to share. Come and enjoy some bangin’ and sangin’!
6. Awaken to Worship – Carol Clark
It’s time! It’s time to incorporate all that we are into the experience of worship! So, how do you do that in real life setting with real life people who may or may not think it is time? Come learn how to shepherd your congregation into deeper and broader expressions of worship in the local setting.
7. Into the Great Wide Open – Croskeys Royall
Come join us for outside play in God’s creation using group initiatives, team building concepts, ropes course activities, and “big space” games. This class will explore ways to use the outdoors in any setting. You’ll bring the adventure home with resources and ideas for your youth group, rec program, and maybe even a session meeting.
OR CHOOSE 3 OF THE FOLLOWING VARIETY PACK OPTIONS.
You’ll have a different variety pack workshop each day.
8. To Everything There is a Season – Hugh Donnelly
If you are looking for creative ideas to use with congregations and families to help celebrate the seasons of the Christian year, this is the class for you. Get and help create practical worship, education, arts, and fellowship event ideas for Advent through Christ the King Sunday.
9. Playtime on a Dime – Neeley Rentz Lane
Do you need handy resources in your pocket when time is of the essence? Playtime on a Dime will give participants “more than fifty” quick and easy games for a variety of ages in a variety of settings with a minimal amount of required equipment. Let’s learn, grow, and play together.
10. Time’s A Wastin’ – Mary MacMichael and Lisa Diedrick
A warming world reminds Christians to live, play, and worship with God’s creation in mind. We will re-use and recycle materials to create musical instruments, crafts, and recreation equipment for use in worship and a wide variety of programmatic settings. Go home with great ideas for the local church.
11. Tricks of the Trade with Small Groups – Steve Thomas
Learn to lead effective and faithful group process and how to be an effective small group leader. You’ll develop skills in how to read a group and respond to group dynamics as you facilitate group building, committee meetings, educational events, and other small group gatherings.
12. Sticky Ideas, Persuasive Communication and Deep Change – Jim Wallis
Do you know someone whose ideas seem to catch on? They seem able to generate energy, momentum and change…...sometimes deep change. How do they do it? Is it personality, process, the idea or a bit of all three? If you are willing to transform your ideas, communicate persuasively with your audience and overcome inertia for positive change, come to this worksho
13. Keeping Time While Dancing – Glenn Bannerman
Fulfill scripture as we dance our way through a variety of dance styles that are sure to please those you work with back home. Big Circle Barn Dances, a few sure-fire International Dances, Novelty Dances and liturgical folk dance will all be taught with teaching techniques included. All left-footers are welcomed.
14. Theology of Golf – Jim Wallis
We will explore how one of the greatest games ever played teaches us about ourselves, other people, the lessons of life and God. We will examine these jewels through movie clips, excerpts from books, and meaningful conversations on the tee boxes, fairways, greens and 19th hole. Bring your clubs and a willingness to grow in mind, body and spirit. Class limited to 16. Additional class fee $20
15. Intro to Knitting – Carol Steele
Knitting is officially a craze, and no wonder: it’s relaxing, it’s best done in community, and it’s a fun way to give beautiful gifts. Intro to knitting will teach you the basics you’ll need to cast on, knit some rows, and forge ahead into a first project. You can come to this class without any previous experience, and leave without feeling intimidated by the esoteric vocabulary of knitting! The only thing you’ll need to invest in: a pair of needles, size US 7.
16. Dutch Oven – Dick Porter and Howard Moore
Come experience the excitement of cooking in the wonderful Dutch over. This three-legged cast iron pot is an amazing cooking device. We will cook main dishes and of course, desserts. We will also eat what we cook. Yum! Yum!