The life of a ministry wife can feel isolating. We believe that you don’t need to go it alone. This workshop track is designed for the care, connection, and equipping of ministry wives. Each workshop will include teaching, discussion, Q&A and/or a panel discussion.

• Empty Yet Satisfied (Sally Terrell) – Tuesday Workshop #1
• Love the Church You’re With (Marie Newell) – Tuesday Workshop #2
• Through Deepest Darkness (Karen Helmer) – Wednesday Workshop #3
• What I Wish I Had Known: Pastors Wives Look Back (Becky Willey and Panel Discussion) – Wednesday Workshop #4

The Executive Pastor sessions will provide you with practical training and partnerships to develop mission rightness with clarity. This will help you flourish while delivering cultural correctness with clarity as well. These practices are not theoretical, copied from a book nor out of context, but practical and proven methods and strategies in support of the mission of the church in the local context. Each track will have built-in discussion time and connection opportunities for practical community within the Collective after the conference.

• Follow The LEADer(s) (Trent Griffith and Wes Ward) – Tuesday Workshop #1
• Just Open the Gift—Stop Trying to Find Volunteers and Leaders (Wes Ward) – Tuesday Workshop #2
• Vision Framing—Frame it Before You Hang It (Dan Perritt) – Wednesday Workshop #3
• The Disciple Making Culture (Wes Ward, Dan and Robin Perritt) – Wednesday Workshop #4

This track is for anyone who manages content for a website, operates social media accounts, handles the email list, organizes announcements for the Sunday pre-roll, or is otherwise tasked with getting information to the congregation or the community. Whether you are the communications director, video production volunteer, head of the media team, or the office manager, there is something here to help you play your role in the comms ministry of your church.

• Creating a Comprehensive Communications Strategy for My Church or Organization—Part 1 (Rodney Calfee) – Tuesday Workshop #1
• Creating a Comprehensive Communications Strategy for My Church or Organization—Part 2 (Rodney Calfee) – Tuesday Workshop #2
• How can I Use the Right Messaging Across Platforms? (Marty Duren) – Wednesday Workshop #3
• Am I Being Successful? A Look at Analytics (Marty Duren) – Wednesday Workshop #4

If Soul Care is going to permeate the culture of your church you will need leaders with integrity, wisdom, and compassion. This track is designed to equip your discipleship staff and lay leaders to build an amazingly effective team, deepening your discipleship skills, and inviting the most hurting into your soul care ministry. Each workshop will include teaching, discussion, and Q&A.

• How to Recruit and Develop a Strong and Cohesive Soul Care Team (Garrett Higbee) – Tuesday Workshop #1
• Championing A Soul Care Culture Across Discipleship Ministries as a Leader (Lee Lewis) -Tuesday Workshop #2
• Training a Soul Care Apprentice to be a Transforming Counselor (Nathan Scroggins) – Wednesday Workshop #3
• Freedom Groups: Starting A Recovery Ministry in Your Church (Garrett Higbee and Lee Lewis) – Wednesday Workshop #4

In these worship sessions, music leaders from across the GCC network will take principles from Paul Tripp’s book and unpack it from a worship leadership perspective. Each principle will have several compelling takeaways for participants to interact with both in session and as they head home to their teams. The production sessions will provide key takeaways related to best practices when it comes to human resources.

• A Worship Perspective on Paul Tripp’s LEAD: Part 1, Principles 1-6 (Cliff Cline and Panel) – Tuesday Workshop #1
• A Worship Perspective on Paul Tripp’s LEAD: Part 2, Principles 5-12 (Cliff Cline and Panel) – Tuesday Workshop #2
• Recruiting, Training, and Caring for Volunteers in Production (Cory Kent) – Wednesday Workshop #3
• Overcoming the Challenges of Being a Church Technical Artist (Wes Harris) – Wednesday Workshop #4

What does it mean to lead a Family Ministry? What an awesome opportunity and responsibility to pour into the lives of leaders who influence the next generation of leaders. Do you have trouble recruiting and leading volunteers? What about leading parents? If you are looking for best practices when it comes to Family Ministry this training track is for you!

• Leading the Family Ministry Programs: Prayer, Worship, Teaching (Jared Schnapf) – Tuesday Workshop #1
• Leading Volunteers (Karl Whittingstall) – Tuesday Workshop #2
• Leading Parents (Sam Nelson) – Wednesday Workshop #3
• Leading Through Best Practices of Family Ministry (Karl Whittingstall, Jared Schnapf, Sam Nelson) – Wednesday Workshop #4

This training track is designed to provide an assortment of options for people who are serving as support staff in a church, serving in women’s ministry, and seeking spiritual renewal. Each workshop will be interactive and will include teaching, discussion, and Q&A.

• Leading Through Serving: The Call of Support Staff (Laura Zimmerman) – Tuesday Workshop #1
• Joy in the Journey: Guarding the Heart of Your Women’s Ministry (Sylvia Zuinderveen, Becky Willey) – Tuesday Workshop #2
• Spiritual Renewal (Robbie Symons) – Wednesday Workshop #4

This workshop and lunch experience is designed to provide a thorough examination of what it means to plant a church with the Great Commission Collective. If you are investigating church planting we invite you to come and check this out. This workshop is designed to be informative, inspirational, and interactive.

Investigating Church Planting (Panel: GCC Church Planters) – Wednesday Workshop #3

NOTE: this workshop meets on Wednesday morning and is followed immediately by lunch, provided by GCC, during which more helpful information about planting with the Great Commission Collective will be provided.

The life of a ministry wife can feel isolating. We believe that you don’t need to go it alone. This workshop track is designed for the care, connection, and equipping of ministry wives. Each workshop will include teaching, discussion, Q&A and/or a panel discussion.

• Empty Yet Satisfied (Sally Terrell) – Tuesday Workshop #1
• Love the Church You’re With (Marie Newell) – Tuesday Workshop #2
• Through Deepest Darkness (Karen Helmer) – Wednesday Workshop #3
• What I Wish I Had Known: Pastors Wives Look Back (Becky Willey and Panel Discussion) – Wednesday Workshop #4

The Executive Pastor sessions will provide you with practical training and partnerships to develop mission rightness with clarity. This will help you flourish while delivering cultural correctness with clarity as well. These practices are not theoretical, copied from a book nor out of context, but practical and proven methods and strategies in support of the mission of the church in the local context. Each track will have built-in discussion time and connection opportunities for practical community within the Collective after the conference.

• Follow The LEADer(s) (Trent Griffith and Wes Ward) – Tuesday Workshop #1
• Just Open the Gift—Stop Trying to Find Volunteers and Leaders (Wes Ward) – Tuesday Workshop #2
• Vision Framing—Frame it Before You Hang It (Dan Perritt) – Wednesday Workshop #3
• The Disciple Making Culture (Wes Ward, Dan and Robin Perritt) – Wednesday Workshop #4

This track is for anyone who manages content for a website, operates social media accounts, handles the email list, organizes announcements for the Sunday pre-roll, or is otherwise tasked with getting information to the congregation or the community. Whether you are the communications director, video production volunteer, head of the media team, or the office manager, there is something here to help you play your role in the comms ministry of your church.

• Creating a Comprehensive Communications Strategy for My Church or Organization—Part 1 (Rodney Calfee) – Tuesday Workshop #1
• Creating a Comprehensive Communications Strategy for My Church or Organization—Part 2 (Rodney Calfee) – Tuesday Workshop #2
• How can I Use the Right Messaging Across Platforms? (Marty Duren) – Wednesday Workshop #3
• Am I Being Successful? A Look at Analytics (Marty Duren) – Wednesday Workshop #4

If Soul Care is going to permeate the culture of your church you will need leaders with integrity, wisdom, and compassion. This track is designed to equip your discipleship staff and lay leaders to build an amazingly effective team, deepening your discipleship skills, and inviting the most hurting into your soul care ministry. Each workshop will include teaching, discussion, and Q&A.

• How to Recruit and Develop a Strong and Cohesive Soul Care Team (Garrett Higbee) – Tuesday Workshop #1
• Championing A Soul Care Culture Across Discipleship Ministries as a Leader (Lee Lewis) -Tuesday Workshop #2
• Training a Soul Care Apprentice to be a Transforming Counselor (Nathan Scroggins) – Wednesday Workshop #3
• Freedom Groups: Starting A Recovery Ministry in Your Church (Garrett Higbee and Lee Lewis) – Wednesday Workshop #4

In these worship sessions, music leaders from across the GCC network will take principles from Paul Tripp’s book and unpack it from a worship leadership perspective. Each principle will have several compelling takeaways for participants to interact with both in session and as they head home to their teams. The production sessions will provide key takeaways related to best practices when it comes to human resources.

• A Worship Perspective on Paul Tripp’s LEAD: Part 1, Principles 1-6 (Cliff Cline and Panel) – Tuesday Workshop #1
• A Worship Perspective on Paul Tripp’s LEAD: Part 2, Principles 5-12 (Cliff Cline and Panel) – Tuesday Workshop #2
• Recruiting, Training, and Caring for Volunteers in Production (Cory Kent) – Wednesday Workshop #3
• Overcoming the Challenges of Being a Church Technical Artist (Wes Harris) – Wednesday Workshop #4

What does it mean to lead a Family Ministry? What an awesome opportunity and responsibility to pour into the lives of leaders who influence the next generation of leaders. Do you have trouble recruiting and leading volunteers? What about leading parents? If you are looking for best practices when it comes to Family Ministry this training track is for you!

• Leading the Family Ministry Programs: Prayer, Worship, Teaching (Jared Schnapf) – Tuesday Workshop #1
• Leading Volunteers (Karl Whittingstall) – Tuesday Workshop #2
• Leading Parents (Sam Nelson) – Wednesday Workshop #3
• Leading Through Best Practices of Family Ministry (Karl Whittingstall, Jared Schnapf, Sam Nelson) – Wednesday Workshop #4

This training track is designed to provide an assortment of options for people who are serving as support staff in a church, serving in women’s ministry, and seeking spiritual renewal. Each workshop will be interactive and will include teaching, discussion, and Q&A.

• Leading Through Serving: The Call of Support Staff (Laura Zimmerman) – Tuesday Workshop #1
• Joy in the Journey: Guarding the Heart of Your Women’s Ministry (Sylvia Zuinderveen, Becky Willey) – Tuesday Workshop #2
• Spiritual Renewal (Robbie Symons) – Wednesday Workshop #4

This workshop and lunch experience is designed to provide a thorough examination of what it means to plant a church with the Great Commission Collective. If you are investigating church planting we invite you to come and check this out. This workshop is designed to be informative, inspirational, and interactive.

Investigating Church Planting (Panel: GCC Church Planters) – Wednesday Workshop #3

NOTE: this workshop meets on Wednesday morning and is immediately by lunch, provided by GCC, during which more helpful information about planting with the Great Commission Collective will be provided.