GATHERING DETAILS & SCHEDULE

Evangelism Training: For our guests who are arriving in town the day before, come join us for this small-group evangelism training.

2:00pm-5:00pm: Training with Verlon Fosner for pastors and staff: Seeing, Reaching, and Communicating with the unengaged

5:00pm: 30-minute break

5:30pm: Meal

6:30pm- 9:00pm: Training with Verlon Fosner for all leaders: Leadership and Outreach

8:00am-9:00am: Check-in, Continental Breakfast, and Fellowship
Registration Open

9:00am-9:30am: Welcome, Worship, and Devotions

9:30am-10:15am: Keynote Speaker: Greg Alderman

10:30am-11:25am: BREAKOUT Session #1

AI and Ministry (Chuck Huckaby) Empowering Outreach, Operations, and Weekly Worship without Selling Your Soul!
Discover how local churches in and outside the ARC are using AI tools to enhance their outreach, streamline office work, and multiply the effectiveness of their discipleship efforts. Get your AI questions answered!
Reaching the Next Generation (Steve Poole and Frankline Tshombe) Learn tools and practices to reach the next generation.
Evangelism for Non-Evangelists (Ben Ingebretson) Because engagement precedes evangelism, this session will focus on introducing a wide range of evangelism methods. Transferrable, field-tested approaches relevant for all churches.

11:30am-12:00am: Business Meeting

12:00pm-1:00pm: Lunch (no cost)

1:00pm-1:50pm: BREAKOUT Session #2

Dinner Church (Verlon Fosner and Scott Stephan) Discover a practical tool to reach your community and discuss its implementation with practitioners who have seen its fruitfulness.
Four Fields (Thomas Cellilli and E3 Partners) Explore an evangelism framework to engage in outreach with experienced leaders.
Discipleship Pathway (Ben Ingebretson) Look at models and methods for discipleship that will re-ignite the priority of discipleship. A crisis in discipleship usually precedes a crisis in ministry – come discover why.

2:00pm-2:15pm: Closing Thoughts and Prayer

We have reserved a block of 10 rooms at Tru by Hilton Hotel, which is a short drive from the church. The group rate is $135.

Check-in is at 3pm Friday. Check-out is at 11 am Saturday. This block will be available until May 14th at 12am.

annual Upper Mississippi Valley Network gathering