Susquehanna Daily LINK - June 10, 2016


Lunchtime Learning Opportunity Workshops Choose one below.


Today, Friday, June 10 11:50 a.m. - 12:50 p.m.


Pick up your box lunch outside the campus bookstore and snack bar and eat while learning. Age-Level Ministries


Topic: Child Advocacy: What to do and how to do it!


Description: Using the new “Child Advocacy Factor Workbook,” participants will learn how to engage in ministry and mission with children, young people, and their families who live on the margins in all thirty-two counties within our conference boundaries. We have the updated info and materials you need to make Child Advocacy work.


Presenter: Rev. Dr. Edwin Zeiders, Chair, Commission on Child Advocacy Location: Boyer Hall, Room 331 (Seats 44)


Topic: Creating Space for Young Adult Discipleship


Description: Join us to discuss strategies for understanding the specific needs and drives of young adults. Workshop participants will also have opportunities to discuss specific actions that can help congregations develop young adults into committed disciples.


Presenter: John Hodges-Batzka, Program Assistant, Young People’s Ministries, Discipleship Ministries


Location: Boyer Hall, Room 230 (Seats 40) Topic: Faith After Graduation


Description: Aaron Russell and a panel of college-age students will share tips from their own experiences for helping high school graduates stay connected and committed to their faith after graduation. This workshop is geared toward high school students and those in ministry with high school and college-age students.


Presenter: Aaron Russel, Director of College and Outreach Ministries, First UMC Williamsport


Location: Hostetter Chapel, Room 113 (Seats 50)


Topic: Top 7 Things You Need To Know About Camp Description: What are the outcomes from time spent at camp? What are the building blocks that parents are seeking that will strengthen their children and youth? Time together will be experiential in nature. Give the young people in your congregation or neighborhood the opportunity to hear God’s voice and have a life-changing experience through time away at camp.


Presenter: Anne Horton, Director of Camp & Retreat Ministry Location: Boyer Hall, Room 271 (Seats 40)


Church Vitality


Topic: From the Steeple to the Street: An Innovative Approach to Reach People for Existing Congregations


Description: Fresh Expressions US is a movement that is about empowering and equipping existing congregations to develop creative expressions of church that can reach our changing culture. Both laity and clergy can take part in cultivating new forms of church that can connect with people wherever they are -- from the steeple to the street.


Presenter: Kristen Beckert, Mission Strategist and Trainer for Fresh Expressions US and appointed elder and church planter to Vine Church, a United Methodist church plant in the Virginia Conference.


Location: Hostetter Chapel, Room 120 (Seats 200) Topic: How to Become a Biblical Storyteller


Description: This dynamic, interactive workshop will cover the “basic steps” of how to become a Biblical Storyteller. We review the skills of “learning and per- forming by heart” so that the audience will see the Scriptures come alive! Join a Central Keystone Guild of Biblical Storytellers.


Presenter: Bob Booz, member, Grace UMC, Centre Hall Location: Kline Hall, Room 120 (Seats 99) Topic: New Places for New People


Description: To create new places for new people, it’s important to understand the people you currently connect with and those you want to reach, and some of the barriers you’ll need to overcome to connect with those outside of your natural affinity group. This workshop gives resources and questions to begin these conversations.


Presenter: Rev. Dr. Candace Lewis, Executive Director, Path 1 New Church Starts, Discipleship Ministries


Location: Frey Hall, Room 110, Alexander Auditorium (Seats 177) Communications Topic: Church Communications


Description: George Bernard Shaw once said, “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” We’ll discuss the art of persuasion: what we say and how we say it, simple Web and social media solutions, and the dangers of copyright infringement.


Presenter: Jerry Wolgemuth, Conference Director of Communications and Wes Bealla, Conference Technology Intern


Location: Boyer Hall, Room 235 (Seats 50) Missions Topic: Bishop’s Partners in Mission


Description: Saving lives and rekindling hope are what happens when you participate in Bishop’s Partners in Mission. The churches of the Susquehanna Conference are engaged in two major mission initiatives: Imagine No Malaria to save 100,000 lives in Africa by 2017, and Imagine No Mortgage for Mission Central so that Mission Central will be freed up to do even more as it partners with churches to rekindle hope for people in dire need. Learn more about these two campaigns and how your church can be engaged and energized for God’s work – saving lives and rekindling hope.


Presenter: Dr. Dilip Abayasekara Location: Boyer Hall, Room 137 (Seats 129)


Topic: Cultural Sensitivity


Description: Our world is becoming increasingly global. How do we, as a church, learn to reach out to those around us, beyond the borders of culture, age, and religion?


Presenter: Rebecca Hosier, Young Adult Mission Leader, Liberty, Pennsylvania Location: Boyer Hall, Room 277 (Seats 36)


Topic: Global Ministries: In Mission “From Everywhere to Everywhere”


Description: The UMC Board of Global Ministries will commission 29 new missionaries in 2016 for a total of nearly 400 missionaries in more than 60 countries. Learn how they share the gospel and transform lives around the world, including young adults who serve through “Generation Transformation.” Hear updates on GBGM’s move to Atlanta and new offices in Latin America, Africa, and Asia.


Presenter: Rev. John Calhoun, Mission Advocate, Northeastern Jurisdiction, General Board of Global Ministries


Location: Boyer Hall, Room 336 (Seats 58) Topic: Mission Around Town


Description: During our time together we will discuss the steps to starting local mission and outreach into your community. Presenter: Curt Knouse, Director of Volunteers in Mission Location: Boyer Hall, Room 335 (Seats 50)


Native American Ministries Topic: Detailed Native American Life in the Susquehanna River Basin Region


Description: Learn about the lives of the various Native American tribes that inhabited our area in the 17th


and18th dress, villages, dwellings, travel, and women’s occupations.


Presenter: Steve and Janeann Runkle, Commission on Native American Ministries Location: Boyer Hall, Room 131 (Seats 68)


Social Concerns Topic: United Methodist Advocacy in Pennsylvania


Description: Topics which UM Advocacy in PA follows includes: The Environment, Payday Lending, Human Trafficking of Children. United Methodists who are interested in the process of faith advocacy and relating social principles to government are encouraged to get involved.


Presenter: Rev. Dai Morgan, Coordinator, UM Advocacy in PA Location: Boyer Hall, Room 330 (seats 40) Topic: Our Social Principles


Description: Come to learn more about the history of our United Methodist Social Principles, what they mean for our churches, and how we can better teach them within our congregations.


Presenter: Rev. Mark Reisinger, Chair, Mission and Outreach Team Location: Boyer Hall, Room 231 (Seats 45)


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