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Is your children's ministry so . . . Last century? This century is nearly 1/10th over but this workshop will help you catch up with the current trends that are defining Children's Ministry. Come explore how technology is rewiring our children's brains, discover ways to rewire your ministry without breaking the budget. Master the new "3 R's" to turbo-charge your Sunday School.

This workshop will present creative ways that work with preschoolers and provide fun, unique ideas that will point your children to Jesus. (Suitable for PreK through 1st grade).

Here's an 18 year plan for raising kids to become modern-day Josephs. This workshop will give an abundance of ideas for parents and churches to work toward the common goal of raising kids who know, love, and serve the Lord.

Are you striving for success in your students tomorrow , or for the adults they will become in a few years? In this session, we'll discuss a long-term approach to ministry, along with an understanding of what determines success in our ministries.

Sometimes life just gets hard! Sometimes that's the "norm" for many of us. How do we keep on following and serving the Master faithfully when we seem to be continually hitting roadblocks and facing spiritual warfare? Leading women in the midst of life's crises is difficult but possible!

Everyday young adult women are being discipled by culture rather than by the unchanging Word of God. More than that, many young adult women feel isolated, disengaged, and overlooked in the context of the local church. They are single, married, and from all stages of life. We will look at ways to engage young women in your current ministry and learn some how-to's of discipling young women.

This workshop will deal with the issues of those wanting to minister in the extended or para-church ministries. People romanticize about working for, or starting nationally recognized m ministries, without some consideration. Come and learn the essentials for doing ministry well.

Often when God is at work, Satan attacks. This session will help move from the defense to the offense. This session will help you identify strategies of the enemy as he seeks to keep people out of the Kingdom. This session will also help you identify strategies the Lord uses in defeating the work of the Enemy and rescuing those who are unsaved.

The High School textbooks tell the students that we have evolved from ape-like ancestors. Does the fossil evidence support this? Come and see!

Some Christian apologists present the Big Bang as evidence for God, while others view it as opposing god. We will present a layman's level description of the Big Bang and its implications (a la William Lane Craig's "kalaam" argument) and show how it can be compatible with a high view of Scripture.

Homosexuality in America, especially in the SF Bay Area, is a hot topic to say the least. And the Christian response to homosexual issues has ranged from hateful condemnation to unconditional acceptance. And yet at the heart of the homosexual agenda is the individual. How are we as Christians supposed to react and reach out to this community without compromising our beliefs? This workshop will provide participants with biblical principles for dealing with this issue.

This workshop will take a balanced look at the many aspects of cherishing and challenging the children in our classrooms as well as homes to be all they can be for Jesus Christ. We will look at their different personalities, learning styles, discipline to the design of the child, self-esteem, teaching responsibility, caring communication, prayer, and reading with children.

This workshop will guide you to understand and apply biblical truths to have a successful and from the heart, ministry to your teens and young adults.

This presentation will help you understand anxiety better in order to identify it in yourself and those you are serving. Specific topics that will be covered include the following: You and the Anxious Parishioner, manifestations of anxiety, approaches to treatment of anxiety, and guidelines for help Christians who are anxious or phobic.

This is a practical workshop on how to build up and equip a core group of students to serve within their own church. We will look at critical components such as identifying, training, equipping, and mentoring.