BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Topics to be discussed:

Marriage in the 21st Century-Really?

Presenters:  Ray & Jody Mitchell. Ray is Senior Pastor of Praise AG, Ottawa, and Jody is an LCPC

with an office in Joliet known as Crossroads Counseling and Care Center

Room 235

“Pastor...Are You & Your Congregation Physically Ready for God's Call?”

Presenter:  Dr. Jeff Rebarcak: Founder of Shape Up Church 

Room 225-226

Building a Bridge to the Immigrant Community

Presenter:  Lamond Banks, Associate Pastor and Director of Church-based English as a Second

Program at Maranatha Chapel, Evergreen Park  

Room 233-234

Building a Mission-Minded Church

Mark & Rena Johnson. Mark is Senior Pastor of Calvary Church, Springfield; Rena serves as

Missions Director.

Room 510

Avoiding the Saturday Night Special:  Strategic Sermon Series Planning

Presenters:  Travis Spencer & Evan Courtney. Travis is Lead Pastor, & Evan Courtney, Executive

Pastor, of The Fields Church, Mattoon

Room 540

Reaching Millennials

Presenter:  Todd Lucas, Chicago Chi Alpha Director

Room 236-237

A Yellow Whale with an Abraham Lincoln Tattoo! (Church Health)

Presenter:  Ricky Spindler, Family Ministries Pastor at Stone Creek Church, Urbana

Room 550

Healthy Pastors Creating Healthy Churches

Presenter:  Kevin Kringel, Lead Pastor of Life Church, Roscoe

Room 535