Dynamite Prayer
With Rosario Picardo and Sue Nilson Kibbey
Do you long to put fuel for Holy Spirit guidance and momentum at the heart of your Fresh Expression, your ministry or your established church? Discover how this best-selling 28-day resource can and will change everything about your leadership, those you lead and discernment about God's next steps forward and new possibilities.
Diverse Expressions - Reimagining / Refreshing / Revitalizing Evangelizing in 2024
With Rai Jackson
How do we reach more people is the question that every spiritual body wrestles with. How do we begin to think about evangelism from our context? Who do we start with? Where do we go? Since the days of Jesus and the disciples the goal has always been to spread gospel to as many people and places as possible. This workshop, led by Pastors Rai Jackson and Tae Flemming of The Well in The DC / MD area, who are both pioneers in the Fresh Expressions arena, will walk with you through some very clear and basic key steps to reimagining, refreshing and revitalizing your ministry for today.
Listening Church - Deep Listening
With Luke Edwards
Practice contemplative community listening with Luke Edwards. In this skill builder you'll hear a brief overview of contemplative community listening and then be given the opportunity to give it a try in the surrounding Charlotte community. Bring your walking shoes and an open mind.
Cooperative Missional Partnerships
With Susan Arnold
In this workshop participants will learn how to plant new Fresh Expressions of church through cooperative missional partnerships in their community.
Catalyzing Effective Discipleship
With Heather Jallad
Participants will: Define and explore the concept of fresh expressions. Discuss the role of discipleship in the context of fresh expressions. Explore biblical, theological, and historical foundations and the implications for our faith and practice. Analyze a real-life case study of a successful fresh expression and its impact on discipleship.
Doing Justice Together
With Stephanie Moore Hand and Michael Beck
This workshop will provide a framework for churches looking to heal from racialization in a collaborative way through Fresh Expressions.
Expresiones de Amor
With Chris and Jaidy Smith
Expresiones de Amor explores ways of being church in multi-cultural spaces with people of Latin descent. Listening to the unique contexts of culture to bring forth spaces of community and connection.
Planting Younger, Diverse and Inclusive Expressions
With Kris Sledge
In a moment where younger Americans are disengaging from organized religions and our traditional churches are aging at an alarming rate, we will explore how to embody and lead a fresh community of church that is intentionally young, diverse, inclusive, and compelling. Kris Sledge is the lead pastor of The Journey Church, an almost 5-year-old United Methodist Church in urban Harrisburg, PA. The Journey celebrates both its ability to connect with young adults (approximately 65% of the church is under the age of 40) and its diversity (55% identify as white, and 45% identify as a person of color). This community seeks to embody an inclusive, life-giving, and multi-ethnic church where we seek to help people find belonging, experience the liberative spirit of Jesus, seek justice, and love our neighbors.
Church Planting in the 21st Century
With Paul Nixon
Explore how church planting in the 21st century has changed and ways to utilize Fresh Expressions as a way to plant with your community.
Queer Expressions
With Tracy Rose and Piper Ramsey-Sumner
Join Tracy Rose and Piper Ramsey-Sumner as they explore what it means to create new spiritual communities with the LGBTQIA+ community that are trauma-informed, inclusive, and incarnational. This workshop is for the LGBTQIA+ community and their allies. All are welcome!
Church@Play: Family Meal
With Tiffania Icaza Willets
Church@Play seeks to create intentionally intergenerational faith communities outside of the traditional church. Family Meal is one example of how we can bring all ages together through feeding body and soul, with a bit of fun, to center the experience of children at the table. Learn how you can use this simple model in your church or community to connect more deeply with neighbors and longtime members through food, fun, and fellowship.
Brew Theology: An Interfaith Approach to Spiritual Community for the 21st Century
With Piper Ramsey-Sumner
Join Piper Ramsey-Sumner, founder and facilitator of Tallahassee Brew Theology, as she discusses a new and uncomplicated approach to building spiritual communities in breweries and coffee shops. Learn why interfaith dialogue leads to spiritual renewal and faith formation in our changing cultural landscape.
Navigating FX Adventurers Through The UM Jungle
With Rob Hutchinson
The United Methodist System wasn't built with Fresh Expressions in mind! Yet, the UM Connectional structure can still be a powerful "Collaborator of Peace." Whether you are a practitioner, denominational influencer, and/or a collaborative existing church, we all need a little help steering an FX through the existing UM Connectional Institution. This workshop will equip participants with a broader understanding of the dynamics that happen during the inevitable collisions (Holy or Not) that occur as we keep trying to fit FX into UM. As we develop a Blended Ecology Jungle, what are some helpful strategies? What do we need to consider from the different points of view of the key players in the UM structure? What are some examples of Conference-sponsored FX experiments? What are we learning? What do we still need to figure out?
Young People Want "Church": At The Table
With Woo Kang
Young people are leaving the church in drastic numbers. This workshop will present examples and tools of how At The Table has been able to become and continue to become a church community for young people through unique and innovative ways of being the church.
Blended Ecology Planting: Integrating FX Thinking in Conventional Planting
With Jeff and Jessica Taylor
Participants in this workshops will learn how to get started on their journey of lovingly planting a blended ecology church in their community. With both the traditional church plant and the on the edge Fresh Expressions.
Sow, Grow, Systematize: Building a Discipleship System in Fresh Expressions
With Motoe Yamada Foor
Join us for a vibrant and interactive workshop on '"Sow, Grow, Systematize: Building a Discipleship System in Fresh Expressions." Dive into the core principles of intentional discipleship systems, drawing inspiration from John Wesley's historical approach to disciple-making. Through engaging scenario analysis and group discussions, participants will discern challenges unique to Fresh Expressions and identify personalized strategies for growth.