Attend the 2008 School of
Congregational Development

Thursday, July 31 - Tuesday, August 5
Two Locations:

• Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Orlando, Florida

Multiple Tracks including:

• Grand Rapids
  • Turn-Around
  • Emerging Worship
• Orlando
  • New Church Starts
  • Racial and Ethnic Church Development
  • Turn-Around
• Bishops, District Superintendents & Conference Leaders (Orlando)
  • New Church Development
  • Congregational Development Think Tank

Listen to presenters Dottie Escobedo-Frank and Joe Daniels as they share about the Turn-Around Track:

SCD Blogs

Our blogs are designed to inform you about what is happening in congregational development in the United Methodist Church. You are invited to subscribe to at least two of these blogs. There is no cost involved. You will receive emails letting you know when there are new posts. After reading a post you can add your comments or read the comments of others.

Pick Two Blogs:

First, read and subscribe to SCD Ideas, the place where new ideas on Innovation, Demographics, Explore, Arts, and Spirituality are shared. Craig Miller from GBOD and Chris Heckert from GBGM will be the main bloggers for this site.

Bishops/DSs/Conference Leaders Tracks Blog
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Plenary and Worship Leaders

Two exciting and innovative congregations will serve as hosts for this year's School of Congregational Development. Using a satellite feed, Plenary Sessions will be simulcast to participants at both sites. An interactive website will allow participants to ask questions that will be address online after the presentations by the speakers.

	Spiritual Life of the Leader Minerva Carcaño Bishop, Desert-Southwest Annual Conference		En-Guage the Disconnected Ed Jones Founding Pastor, The Living Water UMC in Pearland, Texas
	The Tribal Church Carol Howard Merritt Author of The Tribal Church		Innovate or Die Mark Beeson Founding Pastor, Granger Community Church, Granger, Indiana
	The 21st Century Church Bill Barnes Pastor of St. Luke's UMC Orlando, Florida		The 21st Century Church Brad Kalajainen Pastor of Cornerstone UMC, Grand Rapids, Michigan
	Leading in a Multi World Jorge Acevedo Lead Pastor at Grace Church in Cape Coral, Florida		Worship and Communion Jim Walker Co-Pastor, Hot Metal Bridge, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and author of Dirty Word: The Vulgar Offensive Language of the Kingdom of God

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