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