Avant-garde: Putting Artists on the Front Lines of the Mission
by Dave Brubaker & Benny Yu God has been raising-up artists to shape culture, to be a voice of advocacy, and to influence the next generation. This will be a discussion on affirming the image of God in the creative expressions of artists and learning practical ways to walk with artists to use the arts as a platform to advance the kingdom.
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Breathing Life into Small Groups
by Clara Yang Clara Yang believes that Isaiah 37:31 can be a genuine reality in the life of a small group-“…taking root downward and bear fruit upward.” Learn how to get under ground, connect at the roots, individual with individual and small group with small group to pave the way for the Holy Spirit to breathe new life into your small group.
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Conflict - It's NOT A Bad Word!
by Tracy Trautman Quick! Word association - I say "conflict." Did you say "avoidance?" So many of us avoid conflict like it is an Egyptian plague. As believers, we are called to lovingly resolve conflict with each other. Learn practical tips on conflict resolution, effective communication and listening skills, as well as, the Biblical principles that call us to move towards conflict resolution. Discover the "goodness" conflict can bring.
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Cross-Cultural Conflicts
by Jamie Strombeck Part of being third culture is intentionally reaching out to others that are different from us. As we enter into relationships across social, economic, and ethnic boundaries, we find ourselves dealing with different world views, assumptions, values, and ways of dealing with conflict. Drawing upon lessons learned from conflicts and relationships around the globe, we’ll give some tools and insights to help prepare those interested in making a difference throughout the world.
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Finding God in Everyday Life
by Abe Park For many years, the West has often tended to separate the spiritual from the physical. Yet, Jesus regularly used the ordinary things from everyday life to convey deep spiritual truths. God is at work all around us, even in places we would never expect. Join us as we "find" God and "see" His truth in the everyday world around us.
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FLOW: The Transformational Journey
by John Park FLOW is our process of growth for people who want to make a difference. In this breakout session, we'll discuss how FLOW is dynamic, messy and most importantly, grounded in relationships. We will also cover the four key stages of FLOW - First Steps, Learning Tools, Opportunities to Grow, and Work of the Father with examples of ministries in the four stages. Finally, we'll explore how FLOW can serve as the foundational structure and support for empowering and releasing lay leaders.
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Give it Away Sharing Life with Another
by April Diaz A few people around you are hungry to be developed. They want to grow and become more of who they were created to be. The best way to develop them is to mentor them, to share your life with them. Come to explore the life change that is possible when leaders willingly give their life away to another. We’ll examine unique ways to mentor, and suggest some of the important conversations to have along the way.
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Intrapreneurial* Approach: Being Catalysts for Change from Within the Community
by Jim Gustafson This breakout session will look at the entrepreneurial process of creating change from within communities and will focus on six basic principles that are necessary for creating change. Case study examples will be used to clarify these principles.
*in•tra•pre•neur (?n'tr?-pr?-nûr') n. A person within a large corporation who takes direct responsibility for turning an idea into a profitable finished product through assertive risk-taking and innovation.
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Justice Evangelism and the University Campus
by Robert Romero Politically and socially "conscious" students are an "unreached" people group on thousands of college and university campuses throughout the United States. During this breakout session you’ll learn some of the ministry strategies of reaching these thousands of unreached students through the use of "justice evangelism." This workshop will use the new campus ministry of "Christian Students of Conscience" as a case study of the effectiveness of this evangelistic strategy.
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Mailboxes, Stucco & Graffiti: the City as Text
by Michael Mata This breakout session will introduce the participant on how to "exegete" the urban environment as a means to engage the city and enhance ministry opportunities. We will visit and explore an urban neighborhood and learn how to read its history, current socioeconomic issues, and its future. We will also look at the implications for strategic ministry development. This is an A/B session. Participants will travel together to Los Angeles for the community exegesis.
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Missional Living in the Workplace
by Daniel Young If the only place we engaged our community were on Sunday morning, we would be in a lot of trouble! God has called us to go out into our world! Join us in our conversation as we see how our missional roles as businessmen, students, teachers, and workers can help us further our pursuit of being a church without walls.
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Rethinking Your Missional State of Mind
by Michelle Tam Have you (or your local church) been thinking about missions and implementing the same program every year? Does life go back to "normal" once the short-term missions teams return from a cross-cultural mission experience? You are invited to enter into a dangerous dialogue about how to reshape the way you think and experience missions in the local church. We’ll challenge some of the traditional approaches and stereotypes of what missions looks like. Be prepared to be liberated into innovative ways of thinking.
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Stories from the Underground
by NewSong BKK Team Less than two years ago, the beginning of a dream began to materialize; that NewSong would be permitted to begin a work in Southeast Asia. Pastor Dave Gibbons, his wife and children, and several other NewSong leaders left Irvine, CA and moved to Bangkok, Thailand believing that that the Lord wanted NewSong to begin a work in this strategic gateway city. In this breakout session The BKK Team will interact with you regarding what they are experiencing as the Church goes Underground (and Aboveground) in Thailand.
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Street Faith: Lessons in Lifestyle Theology
by Tommy Nixon This breakout session will feature a discussion of what lifestyle Christianity looks like when you are willing to take the Faith to the street; to the places and people that Jesus would go and if He was walking the earth today. Come to glean what this kind of practical faith looks like, what it will produce and what it will take to live it out. Learn some of the biblical principles that will re-shape your lifestyle and the way you view ministry.
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The Church Without Walls
by Daniel Young The western church has deep roots in our perception of what church looks like and what church is about. We'll take a look at the paradigm shifts that are needed to embody the concept of church without walls and the implications and impact this has in our roles, responsibilities and expectations in our spiritual journey.
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The Viral Church
by Stephen Jnmarie "aka" Cue Love becomes the spark that ignites a viral movement that sometimes lies dormant in certain context deemed too dark for God. This is an aspect of the church that is not necessarily a house church or a cell church, but it is airborne. It is experiencing Church without walls, it is a moving organism. In light of this type of thinking, God’s Church can thrive in any context.
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Thinking Globally: Who is your neighbor?
by Dave Brubaker & Bennie Yu Encouraging members and leaders to have a more global perspective, to see how life intersects with what God is doing around the world.
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Third Culture 101
by Dave Gibbons & John Park At the heart of all that we do at NewSong is this concept of being a third culture person. What does it mean to be third culture? Is this a biblical concept? How does being a third culture person apply to you in the home, the workplace, and in the way you do church? Come hear Dave and John share about how third culture influences everything we are and do at NewSong.
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Unleashing Creativity
by NewSong Creative Arts Team – Tony Kim Have you ever said to yourself "I'm just not creative" or "I need inspiration"? Whether you use your creativity fulltime or if you are an “artist in hiding,” we have all said those words before. This breakout session is designed to help you foster and unleash creativity at home, work, and in play regardless what you do for a living. Come and hear from our NewSong's creative arts leaders as they share their creative process as well as provide practical tools to unleash the creative genius inside you.
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What Am I Supposed to Do? Figuring Out God’s Will
by Dave Gibbons What do you do when you have a tough decision to make? How do you figure out what God wants you to do? Join Dave as he shares some key questions and guiding principles that will help you to make great decisions. You will also get a feel for the thought process that is used to make strategic decisions regarding NewSong.
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Brennan Manning has spent the past 40 years helping others experience the reality of God's love and grace-- it's at the heart of everything he's written and done. He is perhaps best known as the author of the contemporary classics, The Ragamuffin Gospel, Abba's Child, and Ruthless Trust. His most recent title is The Importance of Being Foolish.