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This year, you will be able to attend 4 foundational sessions and have the option to attend 2 other sessions related to your everyday Christian life. In addition, based on your age group, you will have the chance to attend a guest lecture or 2 shorter spiritual growth sessions. Explore the offerings below to get a better picture of what you can expect to learn at conference.
Foundational Sessions (60 mins)
Foundational Sessions (60 mins)
Below are the four sessions all participants will attend with their age group:
Everyday Mercy
Everyday Mercy
This session focuses on mercy as a daily posture, not a rare heroic act. You’ll explore how small, consistent choices of patience, compassion, and grace make faith visible in ordinary moments and everyday relationships.
Forgive First
Forgive First
This session challenges the instinct to wait for apologies, explanations, or fairness. You’ll reflect on forgiveness as a deliberate choice that frees your heart, restores relationships, and mirrors the grace Christ extends to us first.
Present on Purpose
Present on Purpose
This session invites you to take an honest look at the gap between what you say and how you live. Grounded in 1 John, it explores how love becomes credible when integrity shows up consistently, not just in intention but in action.
Beyond Charity
Beyond Charity
In this session, you’ll rethink service through Matthew 25, moving beyond charity toward Christ-like presence. You’ll explore how true service recognizes dignity, builds connection, and helps you encounter Christ in others.
Everyday Christianity Sessions (30 mins)
Everyday Christianity Sessions (30 mins)
You will have the opportunity to attend 2 of the following sessions, based on your ranking/choice.
Discerning Your Gifts and Purpose
Discerning Your Gifts and Purpose
You’re gifted for a reason. This session helps you identify your God-given strengths and reflect on how they point toward your purpose in this season of life. You’ll explore practical ways to use your gifts with confidence, clarity, and intention right where you are.
Serving Without Burnout
Serving Without Burnout
Serving can be life-giving, but it can also become draining without healthy rhythms. This session explores practical ways to set boundaries and create sustainable patterns of service that honor both God and your wellbeing.
Spiritual Habits for Busy People
Spiritual Habits for Busy People
Faith doesn’t have to disappear when life gets busy. This session explores small, doable practices that fit into real schedules and help your faith grow consistently, even in the most demanding seasons of life.
Technology, Distraction, and Your Spiritual Life
Technology, Distraction, and Your Spiritual Life
Our phones are always within reach, and the noise never really stops. This session takes a practical look at how constant technology and digital distractions affect your focus, prayer life, and sense of peace. Together, we’ll explore simple, realistic ways to create healthier boundaries with technology so your spiritual life has room to breathe and grow.
Handling Stress Without Losing Yourself
Handling Stress Without Losing Yourself
Life can feel overwhelming, and stress has a way of creeping into everything. This session creates space to talk honestly about worry, pressure, and anxiety, while offering practical, faith-rooted tools to help you stay grounded when life feels heavy. You’ll leave with simple ways to respond to stress without losing your sense of peace, purpose, or trust in God.
13-18 Age Group
13-18 Age Group
During conference, you will have the opportunity to participate in two Spiritual Growth sessions. You can read about these sessions below and rank them as part of the registration form.
Life after High School: hear from experts in different fields about post-high school plans and possibilities.
Leadership Workshop (Aspiring Leaders): This workshop is intended for youth members who aspire to become youth leaders in the future.
Leadership Workshop (Leading Without a Title): This workshop is intended for youth members who want to learn about leadership but have no committee position aspirations.
Friendships Rooted in Christ: Learn about biblical examples of friendship and what type of friend Christ calls us to be.
What's Influencing Me Right Now? Examine your current influences and see Who or what is shaping how you think, act, and decide every day.
19+ Age Group
19+ Age Group
During conference, you will participate in a lecture by Professor Glen L. Thompson on the important mission work of the Assyrian Church of the East along the Silk Road and into China. Professor Thompson has authored many books on the history of the early church and he is excited to share his knowledge with you.
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