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67th CCCC Annual Gathering
July 20-23, 2015
Hyatt Regency
Rochester, New York
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Life-long Learners
by Susan E. Moody
“Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.” ― Albert Einstein
Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man. (Luke 2:52 ESV)
As disciples of Jesus, we are called to be like him, and we need to keep growing in wisdom by being life-long learners.
In just 100 days the CCCC will be gathered in Rochester, New York at the Hyatt Regency for networking and worshipping and connecting and learning. Hopefully you are already making your plans to join us there! On Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon of that week, you will have the opportunity to choose four different workshops. We wanted to give you a preview of the wonderful opportunities for learning that will be available. (Please note: there may be changes in the final seminar schedule.)
| Seminar Title | _ | Presenter(s) | _ | Description |
| All In for the King | Dave Balicki and the Church Development Team | Here you are invited to examine the depths of surrender in your life to King Jesus and to better understand what Kingdom living is all about | ||
| Building a Generous Stewardship System | Ryan Howell | Stewardship is discipleship. Learn proven tactics to increase commitment to Christ and His church through giving. | ||
| Church Multiplication Coaches’ Workshop (Part 1 and 2) | Rob O’Neal | During this follow up workshop to the church multiplication pre-conference coaches will apply the methods they learned on Monday to particular situations church planting pastors encounter. | ||
| Church Multiplication Update | Jeff O’Guinn | Come meet CCCC planting pastors from around the country and hear about how God is using their congregations to change the world. | ||
| Embracing the Fullness of Your Church | Dave Eisley and Church Development Team | This workshop helps you to identify the characteristics of your church and to apply core New Testament principles toward embracing a fresh understanding of what the Church is to be and what it is to do. | ||
| The Five Stones: An Everyday Guide to Following Jesus | Foye Belyea and Samuel Huggard | An introduction to a multiplying way of life in Christ that begins in the hearts and homes of those who desire to follow Jesus. | ||
| Fulfilling the Vision | Paul McPheeters and Ed Whitman | What is this CCCC Way of Life? Two past presidents of the Conference will share. Anyone interested in finding out more about who the CCCC’s are where we have been and where God is leading us to go would do well to come to this seminar. | ||
| Fully Invested in God’s Word: The big picture of the Old Testament Part 1 and 2 | Dr. Carol M. Kaminski | Here you will learn how the Old Testament is wonderfully fulfilled in the person of Jesus and how God’s mission which began in the Old Testament continues in the church today. | ||
| Good Goodbyes for Pastors | Pastor Ed Whitman | Saying goodbye to a church is seldom easy but how you do it is vital for the future for the future of the departing pastor and continuing congregation. This seminar is for both pastors and church leaders. | ||
| Impacting Your World For Christ | Rich Cook and Church Development Team | This workshop looks at aspects of how God has formed and is forming us so that we can know what it is we have been created and equipped to do. | ||
| Introduction to the CCCC | Nick Granitsas | Come to this seminar to find out where/how the CCCC originated who we are and why you (a church or individual) would want to join. | ||
| Is Interim Pastor Ministry Your Encore Career? | Rev. Tom Harris | Attendees at this seminar will learn about the need for and the role of trained experienced intentional interim pastors in today’s churches. | ||
| Leaving a Legacy: When a Church Must Close | Lenn Zeller and John Kimball | Without finding fault this seminar provides information on what leads to that conclusion what steps are recommended to close the church with grace while still caring for the people. | ||
| Marriage Matters in Ministry | Lenn and Janeen Zeller | A personal reflection on how God can inform heal and transform marriages in the ministry setting. | ||
| Media as Ministry: Using Technology Outreach and Discipleship | Jeremy Peters | Learn to speak — or at least understand — the language of the day: media. | ||
| A Multiplied Ministry: Releasing church members into every sphere | Neil Hudson | How can the ministry of our local church envision equip and sustain Sunday worshippers for these complicated Monday lives? What practical steps can we take? | ||
| Preaching for the Frontline: Words that can change a nation | Neil Hudson | How can we preach in ways that build confident fruitful disciples? What needs to change? What can we do as preachers to be more effective in ensuring that the words we offer lead to the change that we pray for? | ||
| The Rabbinical Discipleship Process of Jesus | Peter Wood and the Church Development Team | Learn the secret of how pouring into a few disciples like Jesus did can change the world. | ||
| Renewing the Struggle: Exactly What Is the Church? | Joel Kletzing | Decide for yourself if the Mercersburg Theology an obscure part of the history of a number of our CCCC churches (those from the German Reformed tradition) has any value for today. | ||
| 7 Reasons to stay in your small church for 25 years (or longer!) | Blake Brown | To leave or not to leave that is the question. We will be taking a close and HONEST look at in this seminar by ask ourselves and Scripture what possible purpose could God have in asking us to stay and give our lives for a precious few. | ||
| There and Back Again: A Journey to the Core of Christianity | Tim Franklin and the Church Development Team | Dive into the gospel accounts to search out what Jesus said are the three absolutely essential traits of his followers. Explore how this discovery revolutionizes our concepts of disciple church and community. | ||
| What Churches Can Glean from Church Multiplication | Rob O’Neal | This seminar will update churches on what the Church Multiplication Movement is doing what we have learned in the process and how it can help any church achieve health. | ||
| Who are you? | Rama Ziegenhals | Come and begin to unpack the difference between your true self and your false self and center “who you are” in the unconditional love of God. It is from this inner center of belovedness that we in turn love God with all of our heart soul mind and strength. | ||
| First-Person Narrative Preaching | Jason McConnell | This seminar will help pastors add variety and depth to their preaching by discussing the “why” and “how” of preaching expository first-person narrative sermons—where the preacher tells and applies a biblical narrative from the perspective of a character in the story! |
