Synergy

Synergy 2023 - The Power of Practical Prayer for Missions

God wants to use you and those you lead to make a difference in the world every day…through strategic prayer for the nations. Rooted in an understanding of the believer’s identity and authority in Christ, this session will be an interactive “learning and doing” lab for personal and corporate prayer that impacts the world. At the center will be this challenging thought: “If God said yes to every prayer I prayed last week, what would be different in the world today?” It’s time to up our game in harvest intercession!

 

Randy Young
Founder/Director, The Agora Group

Synergy 2023 - Supporting Foster, Adoptive, and Kinship Care Families in Your Church

This breakout will explore the importance of supporting foster, adoptive and kinship care families and the best ways to care for them.

 

Paris Yanno
Director of Father's Heart, OMN Father's Heart

Synergy 2023 - Practical Help for Kids with Special Needs

Understanding kids and how God has uniquely wired them helps us reach more kids for Jesus. This session is about ways to communicate and honor kids who have special needs in our churches.

 

Paris LaCella

Synergy 2023 - NextGen Ministry: Making It Work Together!

Join a conversation about how kids & youth pastors and leaders can work together toward common goals. We'll talk about the wins & opportunities thinking about NextGen ministry.

 

Meghan Boyle
Kidmin Director, Ohio Ministry Network

 

Nate Ortiz
Network Youth Director, Ohio Ministry Network

Synergy 2023 - Empowering Students: Youth Alive & STL

Join this session to find out how to get students to not only give to missions, but to get involved in missions through Speed the Light and Youth Alive. You will also get ideas on how to cultivate a healthy missions environment throughout your church.

 

Matt Clark

Ohio Youth Alive Director

Synergy 2023 - Creative Communication in KidMin

Discover ideas that are hands on to creatively and effectively communicate the Bible. Everything from object lessons to tricks and tips that teach lessons will be covered.

 

Lynna Mooney
Children's Pastor, Lima First

Synergy 2023 - Moving Guests Through the Matrix of Belonging to Believing

Explore best practices for guiding guests through an assimilation process that leads to retention.

 

Lance Porubsky

Lead Pastor, Radiant Life Wadsworth

Synergy 2023 - Creating a Leadership Pipeline

Many church leaders often wonder how to create a consistent process to develop and deploy leaders into a meaningful place of Kingdom impact. In this session, you will be given a practical roadmap and valuable insights for training and deploying leaders in your church.

 

Kyle Smith
Executive Pastor, Simple Church

Synergy 2023 - Becoming a Welcoming Church

In this session, we will examine a practical and scalable process for creating an environment in your church that engages guests and connects them to the life of your church.

 

Ken DeChant
Lead Pastor, Journey Church

Synergy 2023 - Seven Dimensions of Discipleship

Could there be some outcomes of your local church's discipleship process that would allow you to measure the growth progress of the Christ followers in your church? Could these outcomes be age appropriate so that growth could be measured in preschoolers, elementary kids, youth, and adults? Discover a resource to implement this process and apply it in your local setting!

Katrina Miller
Pastor of Discipleship & Groups, Newspring Church

Synergy 2023 - Hosting a Virtual Missions Experience

Travel the world and be kingdom inspired from your couch! Come join us as we learn how to engage our churches with virtual mission trips. This will provide a bridge to take the local church to the next level of being educated and inspired to make a global kingdom impact!

 

Katrina Del Valle
Assistant Presbyter, Greater Cincinnati Area

Synergy 2023 - Church Marketing

Come explore ways to maximize your church's reach to the community using digital marketing platforms.
God has called you to reach a specific group of people and make disciples. But where do you start? In this session, we will...

• equip you to develop effective marketing and communication strategies for your ministry,
• explore ways to deepen engagement with your existing congregation
• and look at the most useful and cost-effective digital tools available.

Justin & Kristen Tarsiuk

Synergy 2023 - I Feel a Call to Ministry: What’s Next?

Do you sense the Lord guiding you into ministry leadership? Are you unsure, but you’re beginning to feel that leading? Are you confused about where to start and what to do next? In this session, we’ll examine what a call to ministry means and the pathway for taking your next steps into that calling.

 

Josh Willaford
Leader Development Director, Ohio Ministry Network

Synergy 2023 - Theology of Worship

Leading worship is more than just singing and playing music. As worship leaders, it is important to have a full understanding and to walk in the biblical and theological depth of worship.

 

Jordan Biel
Lead Pastor, Rock of Grace

Synergy 2023 - Passionate Core Prayer: Synchronizing Our Prayers with the Heart of God

The Power of Agreement! Could Matthew 18:19-20, Acts 1:14, and Psalm 133, be a key to the release of the power of Holy Spirit in our lives and ministry? This session will investigate this and provide guidance in corporate, guided, passionate core prayer.

 

John Musgrave
Church Development Director, Ohio Ministry Network

Synergy 2023 - Security 101: Thwarting the Schemes of the Enemy

Are you ready if an unsafe person comes into your church? Are you prepared to keep church member information safe and keep church staff safe online? This session will give you a 101 level look at building both physical and cyber security at your church and give you some ways to start preparing.

Jeff Heimberger
Director of IT & Security, Ohio Ministry Network

 

Shawn Stauffer

Firefighter/Paramedic/Rescue Technician

Synergy 2023 - Building Bridges to Disciple People Out of Poverty (by Convoy of Hope)

There are several types of poverty including situational poverty, generational poverty, world-wide poverty, and spiritual poverty. This session will help those who are working with people in poverty to better understand them while building bridges of trust to help lift and empower them out of it.

 

Jason Bachman
Convoy of Hope

Synergy 2023 - Best Practices to Strategically Engage your Community (by Convoy of Hope)

There is a difference between doing events to bring your community to your church and taking the mission of the church into the community. During this session the leadership from Convoy of Hope will discuss strategic ways to meet needs and make lasting Kingdom impact in your community.

 

Jason Bachman
Convoy of Hope

Synergy 2023 - Living on Mission: The Everyday Stuff of Life

Fishes and loaves, bedtimes and leftovers night. All you have is enough for service in the Kingdom. The everyday normal moments are the just the spice Jesus is looking for. In this session, we’ll talk about living our whole lives on mission, ending the war between the sacred and secular, and how to win people to Jesus from the living room couch. Living a life on mission isn’t a vocation, as Christians, it’s who we are.

 

Heather Erickson
Campus Missionary, Dayton Chi Alpha

Synergy 2023 - Raising Young Men of Honor

Discover the importance of leading and discipling men of honor, both young and old.  Using biblical teachings with modern day tools, we can we can save a generation and their future from the lies of the world.

 

Eric Diehl
Lead Pastor, Covenant Life