Serve our city's youth at The Connection!

Join us to learn your role in various committees and service to your church.

Local Church Lay Leader:  Understand your role—liaison between the clergy and your fellow church folks, committee commitments, and the ways laity serve the church.
Finance: Learn about the ministry of administration through best practices for the management of church finances.
Grief and Resiliency: Challenges and hardships. Change and uncertainty. Healing and fresh visions ahead.These are hallmark dimensions of grief and resiliency for individuals and churches.Come join us as we explore and learn.
Missions:Share practical ways to start new missions and keep focused on mission as the church grows and/or changes. 
Student and Family Ministry: Join us as we discuss the many ways to “protect your herd” as we cover the topics of Safe Sanctuary policies within the local church, spiritual formation and growth, and fundraising and connectional ideas to offer for all ages.

Trustees:The trustees provide the facilities and equipment for effective ministry within the local church. This workshop will provide information about the powers and limitations of the trustees in each congregation. We will also discuss risk management and self-inspections.

Staff/Parish Relations: So many times with ministry is boiled down to setting salaries and voting to keep the pastor. But the heart of this important work is setting leadership priorities and guiding the church in building healthy relationships. Be more than the pastor police, be kingdom builders.

Leadership 101: How do you discover and empower strong spiritual leaders and nurture order and structure that empowers ministry? This session is great for those who do the work of Nominations and all church leaders.