Workshops
Choose workshops each morning based on topics relevant to you.
We are asking every Vineyard pastor to attend one session.
Rubén Quintero
Robb Morgan
Amanda Joy Clark
Ted Kim
In March of 2023, as a result of the findings of the ReOrg, Vineyard USA began the process of developing a framework for ordination in Vineyard USA churches. The first step of this process was a nationwide conversation with all of our pastors, curated through Area Meetings, about the keystone questions defining this work: “What should a Vineyard pastor be, know, and do?” This workshop will unpack the origins, orientation, and current findings of this discernment process, as well as laying out some next steps for the road ahead.
Kevin Fischer
Mary Anne de la Torre
John Elmer
Bubba Justice
Jess Gatton
Evangelism and justice go hand in hand. Jesus tells us to expect a plentiful harvest of new lives committing to Jesus. The prophet Isaiah says that oaks of righteousness will rebuild ruins and restore devastations. Seeds of faith become oaks of justice. We need both. Have you ever wondered how evangelism and justice fit together? Come hear Kevin Fischer and Josh Williams as they share more about the intersection of the two from their own lives.
At this workshop, Bubba Justice and Jess Gatton will also share about Missions and Alpha as they invite folks to their breakouts on Wednesday and Thursday.
Melanie Forsythe-Lee
Harry Fritzenschaft
Michael & Trisha Houle
Bill & Lainie Elander
Priscila Vasquez
Is it possible to be a great pastoral leader AND have a healthy personal life and family? Between ministry demands and all the seasons of life, it’s hard to stay focused so that we give out of the overflow of our own life! In this workshop, we will look at current cultural trends in vocational ministry and name the challenges that we all experience. Most importantly, we will spend time painting a robust picture of the culture of Pastoral Health and Formation for Vineyard USA with clear next steps for resources and support. Everyone is welcome!
Bill Couchenour
Do you desire greater multiplication at every level in your church—disciples, leaders, services, churches? Join us for this workshop where we will share several key frameworks to implement—a leadership pathway, apprenticeship, residency and more—in order to create a multiplication culture at every level in your church.
Rick Olmstead
Jeff Faust
Successfully transitioning pastoral leadership is a critical part of the future and growth of every church movement. We invite you to join us as we explore some do’s and don’ts of what a healthy pastoral succession looks like. Whether you are a lead pastor exploring transitioning out of your church, a new pastor ready to take the reins, or a Leadership Team member who will help oversee the process, this workshop will give you some practical tools that come from real life experiences. There will be time for Q&A and interactive group discussions.
Mike O’Brien
Casey Corum
Melisa Keller
Olu Medouye
Nicole Topete
Calling all worship leaders and worship lovers! Come hang out with the Vineyard Worship crew and connect with a broader network of worship leaders across the country, talk about our mission and vision for worship in the Vineyard, and discover more of the resources we offer including songs and training. You’ll also meet the members of our new worship task force, which includes leaders from each of the nine Vineyard USA regions. We hope to see you there!
God has a heart for the nations! However, many pastors and leaders don’t understand how to navigate cultural differences and it is costing them. Cultural Intelligence (CQ) is the ability to effectively manage, work, and operate in intercultural settings. This interactive workshop will explore strategies to develop our cultural intelligence so we can be more effective in making disciples of Jesus Christ.
We are asking every Vineyard pastor to attend one session.
John Elmer
Chris Honess
Q Stitt
Jessica Arboleda
Dave Hanson
Do you want to love your city or town well? Good news! God has a heart for the place where you live already. During this workshop, we’ll unpack how your local church can grow in prayer, learning your city’s redemptive history, getting started with serving, and then serving with an impact. John Elmer, Super Regional Leader, will share about how he’s seen this in Syracuse alongside two other pastors in his city. Jessica Arboleda and Dave Hanson will share from small and large church perspectives. Then, Josh Williams will lead an interactive exercise where you can get started having a different relationship with your city or town right on the spot. You don’t want to miss this!
Bill & Kristi Gaultiere
Melanie Forsythe-Lee
Don & Melody Milton
Joel Lowery
To be resilent in the journey as a pastor or leader, prioritizing your emotional health and wellbeing is important. This can be challenging as leaders experience crisis and eventually hit “walls” where they often get stuck personally, relationally and spiritually. Drs Bill and Kristi Gaultiere (psychologists, spiritual directors and founders of Soul Shepherding) will identify the different stages of faith with attention to normalizing the “walls”, and giving practical ways for a thriving life with Jesus. There will be several resources highlighted for Vineyard ministry leaders that can help in the midst of crisis.
Convoy of Hope
Compassion International
His Feet
New Generations
Frontiers
Petros Network
To help us engage in increasingly holistic missions, we are consulting with several strategic organizations that offer additional expertise helpful in assisting individual Vineyard churches and partnerships. In this session, these organizations will be sharing for about five minutes each and will be available afterward to answer questions. Participants will also have time to talk with them about how their organizations are involved in church planting efforts around the world. Some of the organizations who will be joining us are: Convoy of Hope (relief and development), Compassion International (child sponsorship), His Feet (fundraising organization), New Generations (Disciple Making Movements – DMM), Frontiers (missions sending agency to the Muslim world) and Petros Network (church planting organization).
Danielle Kemp
Seth Bazacas
Why hospitality, listening and prayer are essential elements to reimagining evangelism in your church.
Michael Houle
Come and learn how to bring real change to your church and community by developing the powerful discipleship practices of Jesus’ ministry. At this session, we will dive into practical strategies that will multiply your dreams, initiate permission-giving conversations, develop an apprenticeship system that works, activate your leaders’ gifts, and develop a simple scoreboard that measures kingdom-building progress.
Christian Dunn
Becky Olmstead
Everybody wants to be a hero, but few understand the power of being a hero maker! In this breakout you will discover how to create a discipleship pathway for those serving in your kids and youth ministries. Learn about ways to empower them to be heroes in the story of the generation they are serving. This will be an interactive space where you will engage with practical tools to help you discover and create a culture for your volunteers to be heroes!
God has a heart for the nations! However, many pastors and leaders don’t understand how to navigate cultural differences and it is costing them. Cultural Intelligence (CQ) is the ability to effectively manage, work, and operate in intercultural settings. This interactive workshop will explore strategies to develop our cultural intelligence so we can be more effective in making disciples of Jesus Christ.
We are asking every Vineyard pastor to attend one session.
Justice & Evangelism
James Payne
Adrienne Ash
Tina Colón Williams
Do you have a solid discipleship pathway for the work of justice in your church? You know who did? Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and so many others from the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s. Come to this breakout to discover how Christ-centered nonviolence training from sixty years ago could animate the service and justice arm of your local church today. Join James Payne, Adrienne Ash, and Josh Williams as they unpack the six principles of nonviolence as a discipleship pathway for folks eager to make a practical difference in your church, town, and world. You also don’t want to miss Tina Colon Williams connecting our Vineyard heritage of worship with the power of music in justice movements. This will all culminate in a powerful time of worship and Spirit-led prayer ministry using our Vineyard songbook and music from the Civil Rights movement as we ask God to empower us to bring His Kingdom to our broken world.
Pastoral Health & Formation
Bubba Justice
Missy McPhail
Willie Pinkins
Susan Van Riesen
Ross & Barb Naylor-Tatterson
The financial realities of a ministry leader are often stressful to acknowlege but vitally important to the emotional wellbeing of the leader and their family to live with peace. In this session, we will examine some specific Vineyard USA trends (such as our high percentages of bivocational pastors) as well as the personal and professional financial stresses of the pastor. We will spend time talking through different theological perspectives of money that can often hinder or help us pursuing financial health, with clear next steps for education and support for VUSA leaders.
Justice & Evangelism
Danielle Kemp
How to bring people who are far from God to the table for meaningful conversations about faith, life and meaning.
Missions
Rich Andrews
Glenn Schroder
Jeremy Pleasant
Josh Armstrong
Ross Naylor-Tatterson
Todd Rosenwald
Joel Lowery
Ray Maldonado
Duke and Marie Lancaster
In the Vineyard, we view “partnership” as a coming together of a group of local Vineyard churches with the express aim of initiating and nurturing a church-planting movement amongst a particular people group or within a particular nation – “churches doing together what no one church can do alone.” We have Coordinators who can help you connect with partnerships in specific parts of the world. In this session, each Coordinator will give a five-minute overview of those partnerships working in their region. The regions being represented are South America (Rich Andrews), Central America (Glenn Schroder), Sub-Saharan Africa (Jeremy Pleasant & Josh Armstrong), Asia/Middle East/North Africa (Ross Naylor-Tatterson & Todd Rosenwald), Europe (Joel Lowery), Caribbean (Ray Maldonado) and representing our Missions Mobilizers (Duke and Marie Lancaster).
Church Health & Multiplication
Multiply Vineyard
We invite you to consider owning a vision for your city, town or area that far exceeds the vision for your individual church and is beyond what you could do alone. Join us as we talk about dreaming of a gospel movement and how building a network of churches who become friends on mission will transform the spiritual landscape where you live.
Church Health & Multiplication
Dave Workman
Healthy churches reproduce healthy churches. But how do we assess what real health is? We have to measure more than numbers and nickels. Our research has shown that all healthy and effective churches (or any ministry) are marked by 4 critical values: Integrity, Passion, Servanthood, and Imagination. In this fun and interactive breakout, we’ll explore not only how they function and flourish, but how to build them into your organizational life and leadership.
ASSOCIATIONS
God has a heart for the nations! However, many pastors and leaders don’t understand how to navigate cultural differences and it is costing them. Cultural Intelligence (CQ) is the ability to effectively manage, work, and operate in intercultural settings. This interactive workshop will explore strategies to develop our cultural intelligence so we can be more effective in making disciples of Jesus Christ.
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