Leading worship is only one of the many ways we can worship our heavenly Father. In Worshiping Off the Stage we will talk about the ways you can live in a lifestyle of worship and reflect your love for God in aspects of your everyday life.

Dove and Grammy Award nominated songwriter and producer, Aaron Rice will be leading these listening panels. Bring your latest worship song and allow songwriters, industry artists, and major publishers the opportunity to listen, review, and critique your work. Please bring your song on a jump drive, with three paper copies of the lyrics.

Whether you’ve been leading in a multisite environment for years, or you’re dipping your toe in the water to see if this ministry approach could work for your church, this roundtable discussion is for you. LCBC Church has been doing multisite ministry for 10 years, and currently has 14 locations of various sizes. Matt Goss (Worship Pastor) has overseen Worship Leaders, Tech/ Production, and Worship Planning/ Programming at LCBC for over 20 years, and will lead a panel discussion with other leaders to explore what’s working, what’s not, and what’s next.

When it comes to effective ministry, nothing can replace solid and skillful leadership. In this session you will... Identify and strengthen skills you need to better serve your team and church, overview key leadership abilities worship leaders need, and learn how to empower others on your team to help you, so you can concentrate on what you do best.

Planning your worship services and scheduling your teams can be overwhelming. Planning Center Services gives you a centralized place for both you and your teams to access personalized schedules, service information, and rehearsal files at any time. This class will walk beginners through the first steps of using your Services account and will set you up for future success as you learn more about this powerful application.

Are your creative meetings the same 3-4 people sitting in a room hoping that Google will inspire your innovation? If so, there is a better way. What if you could have the best ideas that make the most sense to your pastor and your community? Stephen will walk you through the 4 steps it takes to execute a creative meeting that is fun, exciting, AND useful. This is a process that has been executed at churches big and small with results. Join us and never “brainstorm” the same again.

Know 5 basic open chord shapes and how to move them. Learn how these shapes help you to play both rhythm and lead. Each attendee of the workshop will receive a card with a link to videos to continue learning on this topic.

The landscape of how worship services are experienced is rapidly changing. In this session, we’ll take a non-technical look at how technology can not only help you stay connected to your congregation but also provide an extraordinary opportunity to expand your ministry’s reach and impact for the Gospel, with a special focus on live streaming. Come prepared to learn practical steps you can take now to move your ministry forward and ways to avoid many common missteps along the way!

Discover the significance of leaning into the journey God has you on and find out how seasons of trial, hiddenness, disappointment and waiting can actually bring you into deeper intimacy with the Father and shape you into the fullness of who you are created to be.

We live in an age where ministry is demanding more than it has ever demanded in our lifetime. How do we keep sane and mentally healthy during this season? And if you are on the brink of burnout, how do you not only survive, but thrive.

Helping churches understand how to effectively apply their available budget to Lighting Design.