Continuing Education Opportunities

Life-Cycle and Stages of Congregational
Development Workshops coming
to ABCOPAD this Spring!
Dates, locations and registration information for workshops designed to help your church.
Last Event, Sept. 12, 2009

Seminary Extension Center Offers
Courses In Public Worship:
A Continuing Education Event taking place in the Southwest beginning
September 3rd at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church in Smithfield, PA.

Finances/Stewardship & Small Groups Con. Ed.
Event In Northeast PA

BIG question, right? When talking with pastors about which areas of their church they would
most like to see improve immediately - there are two areas that consistently come up.

1 - Finances/Stewardship - "I wish our people were better at honoring God with their finances."
"I wish we had more money to invest in ministry and evangelism."

2 - Small Groups - "I wish we had more people in small groups." "I wish our small groups were
more effective at getting people connected and helping them grow."

Workshop on July 30, 2009

Healthy Small Church Workshops

HEALTHY SMALL CHURCH WORKSHOPSCOMING IN OCTOBER 2009 Downloadable & Printable Workshop Letter This October, ABCOPAD is offering four days of workshops on The Healthy Small Church, led by the Rev. Dennis Bickers, SE Area Resource Minister for the ABC of Indiana & Kentucky. Dennis defines a "small church" as one with an average attendance of 120 or fewer. Dennis has presented this workshop to hundreds of pastors and laypeople, across several denominations, and is the author of the book The Healthy Small Church.