Renewing the Church -
Reclaiming the Gospel
A New Life Ministries Leadership Training Event
To Register
Featuring Keynote Speakers
Tony Campolo
and Brian McLaren
co-authors of the newly released book
Adventures in Missing the Point: How the Culture-Controlled Church
Neutered the Gospel
Tuesday, April 26, 2005
Franconia
Mennonite Church
613 Harleysville Pike • Route 113 (between Harleysville &
Souderton)
Telford, Pennsylvania (near Philadelphia)
About the Plenery Speakers
 Tony
Campolo, emeritus professor of sociology at Eastern College in
St. Davids, Pennsylvania, is among the most celebrated and
sought-after speakers and writers in the United States. Dr. Campolo
is a media commentator on religious, social, and political matters,
having guested on television programs like Nightline, Crossfire,
Politically Incorrect, The Charlie Rose Show and CNN News.
He co-hosted his own television series, "Hashing
It Out," on the Odyssey Network, and presently hosts From Across The
Pond, a weekly program on the Premier Radio Network in England. Dr.
Campolo is the author of more than 25 books, including
Speaking My Mind,
Revolution and Renewal: How Churches Are Saving Our Cities,
and
Let Me Tell You a Story: Life Lessons From Unexpected Places and
Unlikely People.
 After
several years of teaching and consulting in higher education,
Brian McLaren left academia in 1986 to become founding pastor of
Cedar Ridge Community Church, an innovative, nondenominational
church in the Baltimore-Washington region. The church has grown to
involve several hundred people, many of whom were previously
unchurched.
McLaren is a popular speaker for seminaries and
conferences, nationally and internationally. His books include
The Church on the Other Side: Doing Ministry in the Postmodern
Matrix,
A New Kind of Christian, and
The Story We Find Ourselves In. He has written for or
contributed interviews to many periodicals, including Leadership,
Sojourners, Worship Leader, and Conversations.
Schedule
9:00 am Registration
9:45 am First Plenary Session - led by Brian McLaren
12:00 noon Lunch
1:30 pm Workshop Session 1
3:15 pm Workshop Session 2
5:00 pm Dinner
6:30 pm Second Plenary Session - led by Tony Campolo
8:00 pm Conclusion
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Registration fee includes two meals, plenary sessions with Brian
McLaren and Tony Campolo, and two workshops
Workshops
Each workshop will be presented twice so
participants will be able to choose any two from the list below:
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Hospitality and the Vital Church - Fred Bernhard,
consultation specialist for Christian Community and co-author of
three books on hospitality:
Widening the Welcome of Your
Church,
Hospitality: Life in a
Time of Fear, and
Worship and
Hospitality. |
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Hosting an Invite a Friend Sunday at Your
Church - S. Joan
Hershey, author of the
Invite a Friend
Sunday Kit, the popular greeters and ushers resource
The First Thirty Seconds:
A Guide to Hospitality for Greeters and Ushers, and
two books of poetry. |
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Reaching Young Adults - Steve Clapp,
senior consultant to New Life Ministries, who has authored or
co-authored over thirty books on congregational life, including
50 Ways to Reach Young
Singles, Couples, & Families. |
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Servant Leadership - David Young,
adjunct professor of spiritual formation and church renewal at
the Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, is the author of three
books, including
Servant Leadership for Church Renewal. |
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Public Relations—Help from a Hospitality
Perspective - Dick Benner, executive
director of the Shalom Foundation, co-author of
Public Relations Kit,
author of a monthly column on outreach for the Mennonite
Weekly Review, and an instructor in communication at
Eastern Mennonite University. |
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Keys to Positive Change in the Church - Paul Mundey,
author of Unlocking
Church Doors and Change and the Established
Congregation and senior pastor of Frederick Church of the
Brethren, Frederick, Maryland. |
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Servant Evangelism - Jeff Johnson,
director of evangelism for the American Baptist Churches, USA,
and formerly a local pastor with extensive background in
evangelism, church growth, and new church planting. |
| Cross-Cultural Ministries - Ertell
Whigham & Leonard Dow. Ertell is one
of the founding pastors of Norristown New Life, a bilingual,
multicellular, urban congregation and conference minister of the
Franconia Mennonite Conference, Mennonite Church USA. Leonard
is the senior pastor of Oxford Circle Mennonite Church, a
multicultural congregation in the northeast section of
Philadelphia. |
Registration Costs
|
Includes 2 plenary sessions, 2 workshop
sessions, and 2 meals |
Registration Fee
per
Person |
Early-bird Registration -
before April 1:
• One person
• Two to four persons from same church, registered together
• Five or more persons from same church, registered together |
$89
$79
$69
|
Registration after the Early-bird
Deadline:
• One person
• Two to four persons from same church, registered together
• Five or more persons from same church, registered together |
$99
$89
$79 |
Continuing Education Credit
Church of the Brethren pastors attending this
training event will earn 0.6 Continuing Education Units (CEUs).
Contact us for more information.
Directions -
Map
From Philadelphia – Go north on Interstate
476 (the northeast extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike) to exit
31. After exiting, turn right at the traffic light onto Route 63 (Sumneytown
Pike). Follow Route 63 west approximately 3 miles through the town
of Harleysville and then turn right onto Route 113 (Harleysville
Pike). Follow Route 113 north approximately 1 mile. Franconia
Mennonite Church is on the left.
From Allentown – Go south on Route 309 and exit at Souderton
(Route 113). After exiting, turn right and follow Route 113 south
(Harleysville Pike) approximately 3 miles through the towns of
Souderton and Franconia. Franconia Mennonite Church is on the right
side of the road.
Hotel Information
Best Western - The Inn at Towamencin
1750 Sumneytown Pike, Kulpsville, PA
Reservations: 800-277-3615. Please make
your reservation before March 25. After March 25, room rates are
subject to availability.
Rate: $85 plus tax per night (April 25 and/or
April 26)
Group Code: New Life Ministries
Directions: After exiting Interstate 476 at exit 31, turn left
at the traffic light onto Route 63 (Sumneytown Pike). Hotel is on
the right.
About New Life Ministries
New Life Ministries provides resources, training
events, and research to help Anabaptist and mainline Protestant
congregations in church vitality, hospitality, and evangelism. New
Life Ministries hosted the Anabaptist Evangelism Council in 1998
through 2002. For more information about New Life Ministries, visit
our website at
www.NewLifeMinistries-NLM.org or contact our Director,
Kristen Leverton Helbert, at 800-774-3360 and
NLMServiceCenter@aol.com.
To
Complete Your Registration or
To Request a Seminar Brochure
| Write: New Life Ministries, 6404 S. Calhoun St., Fort Wayne, IN 46807 |
| E-mail:
NLMServiceCenter@aol.com |
| Call: 1-800-774-3360 |
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