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This workshop urges a holistic understanding of good traditional towns and neighborhoods as communities of justice and generosity, and focuses especially on the importance of traditional urban and architectural form and the place of faith communities in promoting a beautiful civic realm. The workshop will entail an hour long slide presentation followed by a 15-20 minute discussion.

This workshop will examine the various theological methodologies on the question of the interaction of faith and culture in order to provide a more theologically equipped approach to the multiethnic ministry of the urban ethos.

Dr. John Perkins leads the Sunday morning Bible study at CCDA 2007.

Is your non-profit evaluating whether your current facility best meets your needs and mission? Are you engaged in developing a real-estate strategy for the future?  In this session, your non-profit can learn how to meet the exciting challenges of growth and development involved in the creation of a new facility.

In this workshop, Noel will share what has happened in his life in the last 6 months to motivate him to lose 40 pounds and get his diabetes under control.  All of us in CCDA are running so hard working to take care of others, that we often neglect to take care of ourselves, both spiritually and physically.  Come and get motivated and informed on how you can take 3 practical steps to regain control of your health today.  If Noel can make these drastic changes in his life, you can too!

Corporate profiteers produce and market media for a target youth audience they call mooks and midriffs, "caricatures that exploit adolescent insecurities and hormones," a strategy described as, "grabbing below the belt and reaching for their wallets." The result: average teens now consume digital media for 72 hours each week and increasingly digest that media online in what the New York Times calls, "Websites Without Rules."

This workshop will focus on a proven 12-step personal solicitation program based on the popular Moody Press book People Raising: A Practical Guide to Raising Support. Also a 6-hour DVD/video curriculum and web site www.PeopleRaising.com will be introduced for ongoing fund raising training.

Launching Point is an innovative program developed for people interested in starting a nonprofit ministry in their community.     CDP will provide step-by-step instructions to help a ministry team to...     (1) Form a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation; (2)Establish and train a governing Board of Directors; (3) Develop a strategic plan, establishing goals and objectives for the short and long term; (4)Develop a Resource Development Plan to bring ongoing revenue into the ministry; and, (5) Create an Image Development Plan to build a positive image and market the organization both inside and outside the community.

Dr. Bob Lupton presents the "Empowerment" workshop at CCDA 2007.

In the midst of disasters, the Christian community has the opportunity to be the hands and feet of Christ to people who are hurting.  World Vision is implementing a national strategy to more effectively respond to disasters at the local, regional and national level.  We will present a few models and ideas on how to be more strategically effective in mobilizing resources and share opportunities for partnering together to serve those impacted most by disaster and crisis.

LFA has leaned on St. Paul as the first urban minister and used his genius of strategically concentrating on key cities and his ability to adapt the Gospel to a particular context.  This seminar will explore how, in our post-modern, global, and urban world, to take the timeless truths of the Gospel and adapt them to current realities.

This workshop is about ways to put the Word of God back into the public schools. It describes how to partner with churches to set up "Good News clubs" in the schools, train volunteers how to minister to children and how to reach into the families of those children as well.

Designed for those beginning their "urban ministry" journey: volunteer, relocator, donor, neighbor, old or young.  "Where do I begin?"  "Should I plug in with an existing ministry or start my own?"  We will look at 5 types of ministry structures, their expectations, limitations, and how they affect the neighborhood.

Got Stuff?  Everybody does!  Learn innovative ideas to increase funds, provide employment opportunities, and broaden public awareness of your ministry through thrift, recycle, and scriptural redistribution!  Is thrift right for your ministry? Do you want to improve an existing operation to make it produce more?  Join this fun workshop.

The Holy Spirit and the present and social dimensions of the Kingdom of God such as social oppression and social justice issues will be the focus. Key Scriptures will be the Messianic passages from Isaiah which tie the Spirit, Kingdom, and Justice together. See also Luke 4:18-19, Acts 1:1-8, and Romans 14:17. How can we release the Spirit to incarnate the Kingdom among the poor and oppressed?

How do you develop a Christian community development ministry?  Learn the key elements needed to have a successful ministry.

Using the Relational Tithe as a model of redistribution, this workshop will explore purposes of the tithe as described and prescribed in the Bible.  The workshop will also facilitate dialog around common contemporary congregational uses of the tithe and where those uses converge or diverge from the Biblical tithe's original intent.  Workshop will include Q&A with people who have implemented the Relational Tithe model of redistribution in the community and congregational settings.

CCDA’s third “R” (redistribution) refers to the economic empowerment and justice that can result from creative, accountable stewardship. This workshop explores the Biblical foundations of stewardship that brings economic transformation, with a special focus on understanding the free market.

Dr. Mary Nelson presents the "Economic Development in the Hood" workshop at CCDA 2007.

This workshop will inform participants about utilizing mentoring to reach out to the children of prison inmates and their families.  The resource of local ChristianUniversity faculty and students will be discussed.  The Taylor University-Ft. Wayne/ Prison Fellowship Mentoring program will be discussed.

Rev. Efrem Smith presents the "Raising Up Young Heroes" workshop at CCDA 2007.

What makes a church a visible demonstration of Jesus' grace and justice in a community? Is it normal to struggle when my church looks more like dysfunctional Corinth than the spotless Bride of Christ? New City Fellowship St. Louis has been asking itself that question for over 15 years in the context of white/black hatred, an influx of 50,000 immigrants and refugees, decaying urban infrastructure, political ineptitude and New City's own mess of sin! Join us as we discuss the core values Jesus has guided us in for the past 15 years and, we hope, many decades to come...Core Values of: the Gospel of Grace; the Kingdom of God; Reconciliation; Team Ministry; the Promises of God; Humility and Weakness; and Trials.

The needs in urban ministry can be overwhelming and often time intensive. This workshop will consider how to balance competing time demands. We will look at a model to evaluate your priorities and set appropriate boundaries.

Urban communities are prime targets for marketing products, images, and ideologies of conspicuous consumption. The drive to build false images of wealth in urban communities is tempting and pushing the poor into lives of consumption and credit. This workshop will provide an overview of the issue, and present a prophetic biblical model to speak against the domination of the poor as profit-engines for corporate wealth.

Effective leaders are effective collaborators, aware of the rich resources present in their organizations and communities. Participants are challenged to identify those resources, build healthy partnerships, and work closely with others.

Mentoring takes many shapes and directions.  This workshop provides you with a comprehensive description of foundational essentials to build a successful mentoring ministry to reach urban youth for long-term growth.  At the completion of this workshop you will have your own mentor manual to refer to after the conference.

Dr. Barbara Williams Skinner & Dr. Isaias Mercado present the "Reconciliation" workshop at CCDA 2007.

Craig Wong & Shane Claiborne present the "Redistribution" workshop at CCDA 2007.

This talk by Russ Reid from the AGRM 1987 Convention is used in the Basic Fund Raising course offered by City Vision College.

Overcoming Denial audio file from A Guide to Effective Rescue Mission Recovery Programs by Michael Liimatta, AGRM, 1993

Andrew Sears, Executive Director of TechMission, discusses implementing the use of technology programs in Community Development.  Presented at the CCDA 2002 Conference.

Andrew Sears, Executive Director of TechMission, discusses the use of computer technology in educational programs.  Presented at the AGRM 89th Annual Convention in 2002.

In this Youth Track workshop, Shawn McKnight leads a group of young people in a discussion on how to cultivate leadership skills.

Mike Genung and others share personal testimonies during the first hour of the Blazing Grace Conference, "From Porn To Grace," held at the Fellowship Bible Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado on May 10, 2007.

 - from A Guide to Effective Rescue Mission Recovery Programs by Michael Liimatta, AGRM, 1990

Calm in the Storm? Seeking Shalom in the Midst of Gentrification (as the Gentrification Wave Crashes over Your Neighborhood)

Chicago’s HumboldtPark community will serve as an example of what “the storm” looks like as government powers are used to facilitate the market’s takeover of a neighborhood.

Women in Ministry: Wrestling with our Fears

There are a variety of factors that affect women in ministry: Fear of doing it wrong, fear of being alone, fear of what others will think, fear of not having enough….This workshop examines the story of Deborah and extracts Biblical models for facing our fears. We will discuss different paradigms of women in ministry and how different cultural factors affect us. You will walk away encouraged to move forward in ministry!

Holistic Hardware: Tools for Preparing Prisoners and Preventing Recidivism

Through a combination of spiritual and practical tools and Principles, Holistic Hardware: Tools That Build Lives enables men and women to overcome addiction, poverty and incarceration. The workshop demonstrates how these holistic tools can be implemented to achieve a reduction in the recidivism rate of its participants.

By Joe Holland

The Great Commission: On a Child's Level

In order for Community Development to be truly holistic, it must include evangelism. This workshop teaches an effective way to reach the elementary-aged children in their community with the Gospel. Through the model provided by Child Evangelism Fellowship’s Good News Club, paticipants will learn how to personally implement programs that reach children on a spiritual level. Brainstorming is encouraged!

Get Off the Couch: Honoring God with Our Bodies

In this workshop, Noel will share what has happened in his life in the last year to motivate him to lose 40 pounds and get his diabetes under control.  All of us in CCDA are running so hard working to take care of others, that we often neglect to take care of ourselves physically.  Come and get motivated and informed about how you can take three practical steps to regain control of your health today.  If Noel can make these drastic changes in his life, you can too!

The Terror by Night: Finding God's Shalom When Tragedy Strikes

Job lamented, “What I feared has come upon me; what I dreaded has happened to me.” What do you do when disaster comes to your house? Where is Jesus when your family is wounded in the midst of your call? This workshop encourages veterans and newcomers with practical ways to find God’s shalom in the midst of suffering.

By Maria Garriott

A Spirituality for the City

Sustaining a vibrant ministry in the city requires a balance of loving God and man (Micah 6:8). This workshop focuses on cultivating the spiritual life of the urban worker, encouraging a prayerful, passionate walk with the Lord, characterized by holiness, humility and compassion.

By John Fuder

Beauty for Ashes: Ministering to the Brokenhearted

Externally, we are spiritual giants and "super Christians" in our church communities, but internally many of us are burdened, fearful, angry and broken-hearted. In this workshop we will learn practical, biblically-based steps for ministering inner healing to ourselves, and to others. Let's quit being "wounded healers" and get whole in our souls! (1Thess. 5:23)

By Pamela Toussaint

Is it Time to Move? An Honest Look at the Risk and Reward of Relocation

This workshop invites beginners and seasoned veterans to share stories related to relocation and discuss how shalom for the family and the city is impacted (for better or worse) by our decision on where to live. The presenters share their experience of relocation from three perspectives: husband, wife and son.

The Parent Project: Transforming Families

Gang prevention and intervention efforts leave parents out of the equation. The Parent Project®, a course created for parents with out-of-control adolescents, teaches strategies to combat destructive behaviors such as truancy, drug use, gangs, practice of the occult, running away, violence and suicide. This workshop teaches how you can bring this proven-effective tool to your community.

By Jill Shook

Partnering in Peace: Shalom in Marriage and Ministry Together

Shalom is a Hebrew word meaning peace, nothing missing, nothing broken, complete. When we serve others as Christian couples, we need to display love, joy, and peace, regardless of the gender, marital status or nationality of those with whom we are working. Before we can do this effectively, we must “tend our own gardens” and make sure there are no little foxes in our marriages that can steal our shalom. This workshop offers simple ways to discover and activate that peace.

Radical Unity in a Racially Divided World

In this workshop, Jim and James share their stories and the principles they learned as Christ brought them together to live and minister with one another in a violent inner city community–one where the shalom of God was birthed.

Anger: An Interruption to Emotional Healing

Anger is a spontaneous response that has a vital function in life. It is not wrong as such. When anger is indulged and individuals turn away from emotional healing, it can become a toxic poison that corrodes the soul, creating inner turmoil that disrupts couple and family relationships. This workshop discusses anger as a barrier in sustaining shalom in the home and offer an invitation for reconciliation through emotional healing.

Experiencing Personal Shalom

What does it mean to be at peace with your calling and to be a prophetic voice wherever God has planted you? There is a delicate balance between trying to tilt the scales without blowing up the community to which you are called to minister. Agents of justice are always pushing against perceptions, perspectives, and the system. Experiencing peace (shalom) in our personal callings is a necessary component to being in the game for the long haul. This workshop focuses on learning how to live in God’s “shalom” as you live out your calling.

Reordering Church Outreach: Overcoming Market Forces, Building Beloved Community

This workshop focuses on ways that the church can overcome market forces that foster race and class divisions. Rather than seeing the church as a static location dispensing spiritual goods and services, it envisions the church as a relocating, reconciling and redistributing force that is active in re-binding the broken world and seeking the peace of the city.

By Paul Metzger

Youth-Adult Partnerships

World Vision US Programs is committed to community transformation that engages young people from the start. This requires a commitment to building partnerships between young people and adults. This workshop challenges us to see the importance of creating authentic opportunities to partner with young people in our work, to see the barriers that we may not be aware of, and discover the difference between seeing young peoples as true partners rather than token participants.

How to Experience Shalom in Marriage, Parenting, Life & Ministry

Ty shares his personal journey of going from living a “driven” lifestyle to a lifestyle of “shalom.” The workshop covers issues such as: unhealthy motivations, fear of failure, living with an eternal perspective and experiencing shalom in every area of our lives.

By Ty Schenzel

Partnering with Homeless Families in Transition

This workshop explores best practices for partnering with homeless families in transition and will cover partnership and advocacy, the different faces of empowerment and how our language transcends into action. Serving our families in complex situations holistically is the healthy way to connect them to one another, their families and their communities as well as increase their stability and their shalom.

Becoming the Answer to Our Prayers

Prayer is not so much about convincing God to do what we want as it is about convincing ourselves to do what God wants us to do. Through exposition of biblical prayers, Shane and Jonathan provide concrete examples of how a life of prayer fuels social engagement and the work of justice.

Wounded Spirits: Helping Survivors of Sexual Abuse Heal

Survivors of sexual abuse face distinct challenges in dealing with the spiritual ramifications of their abuse. The faith community is uniquely positioned to be a place of peace and sanctuary. This workshop addresses ways in which the church and faith community can be catalysts for their healing.

By Lilada Gee

Respond vs. React: Yoga & Conflict Resolution

This initiative brings together both body and mind in order to address the single issue of violence in our poor neighborhoods. This workshop offers an opportunity to understand the importance of breathing and mindfulness, so that they can respond to conflict, rather than react to it. This was developed out of our concern that cognitive methods (Anger Management, Counseling, Bible Study) are not enough to change the cycles of violence.

The Unique Role of the Woman in the Hood

This workshop addresses the fears some white women leaders have that they will be unable to minister effectively in the inner city.  Drawing from her work with teenagers, Dorothy discusses reaching and building relationships cross-culturally: what works and what doesn't, and the unique advantages of being a woman in the 'hood.

By Dorothy Moore

Answering the Tough Questions on Sexual Identity

When someone tells you they are dealing with same-sex attraction and then asks you: “Do you think that my thoughts and feelings are a sin? What if I do not act on them? Was I born this way? The Bible says I’m an abomination and I should be put to death. Why?” These are serious questions and can affect the rest of a person’s life. This workshop explores each of those questions and how to answer them productively, so as to build a bridge for eternity.

Urban Monasticism in the 21st Century

This workshop addresses the critical place of the ‘Desert Father of North Africa’ and a contemplative spirituality to building effective church communities in Western urban culture today. It will consider the radical power of silence, solitude, and a ‘Rule of Life’ to slow both us and our people down. Moreover, it will consider the long term impact on our community development efforts today.

Pre-emptive Peacemaking

Most conflicts fit in a handful of story patterns. This workshop explores how Jesus told and lived an alternate story that redeems these other stories.

By Brian McLaren

Domestic Abuse: Implications for Community Shalom and Safety

This workshop explores the basic issues and dynamics of domestic abuse, focusing on intimate partner or spousal abuse. It explores the prevalence of abuse in our churches and society, examines its ministry implications and discusses ways to create a culture of safety and non-violence in the local congregation.

By Kate Johnson

‘The Four Worlds’ Model and Urban Ministry

Urban ministry is not possible with a singular worldview, one-size-fits-all approach. It must encompass the global diversity of the human family. This workshop introduces a new way of looking at the global community, one that embodies shalom (wholeness), moves away from fragmentation, and understands the uniqueness of the West, North, East and South.

By Caleb Rosado

When Did the Church Stop Being a

This workshop addresses the unique nature of church-based leadership development and evaluates school-based and church-housed options for Biblical training. It takes seriously the central role that a church should play in community development and helps to evaluate various leadership development options in light of Biblical teaching.

Building a Cross-Cultural Learning Community

This workshop highlights the creation of a transformational learning environment that engages diverse groups of people in non-threatening conversations that expand cross-cultural sensitivity and awareness. The Breakthrough Urban Institute of Leadership Development (BUILD) was created by Arloa Sutter in an effort to facilitate cross-cultural understanding.

Praying Korean-Style by Susie Kook CCDA Conference 2008

Being Missional and Mutli-ethnic: Global Shalom

In John 17, Jesus prayed that all his disciples would be as one. He also prayed that as the Father sent him, so he sends his disciples into the world. This workshop includes testimonies from pastors and ministry leaders who mobilize multi-ethnic churches and teams for impact in the community and beyond; dialogue welcome.

By Jim Spoonts

Access to Civil Justice

The saying “if you want peace, work for justice” rings true in regard to Shalom for people on the margins. People struggling with poverty in the US have little access to representation in civil matters. This workshop explores God’s call to “defend the cause of the poor and needy,” discusses the history of Christian Legal Aid, identifies common legal issues people in our neighborhoods face, and shares successful models from around the country.

Don’t Get Served by Volunteers! Utilizing Service Teams and Missionaries

“Hey, got any service we can do?” If this is a question that has been asked of your ministry, then this workshop is for you! It offers tips for working with and finding groups to serve with your ministry next summer and throughout the year. Learn what organizations are looking for, what you should be charging to host a volunteer group and how this can become a legitimate revenue stream for your ministry.

Engaging Hip-Hop Culture for Shalom’hood

Hip-hop is the primary cultural language of the urban world, breaking down barriers of race and class. Unity and peace are historical themes in hip-hop that are often lost in the commercialized rap of the day. This workshop examines the history of hip-hop and looks at some models that empower youth and exemplify the shalom of God in the community; dialogue encouraged.

2020 Vision for Schools: Transforming Public Education Within a Single Generation

First graders in fall 2008 will graduates high school in 2020. Adults promise children that if they stay in school they will be equipped to succeed in life, but we have failed to make good on that promise for generations. This workshop explores how urban ministries can transform public education within a single generation of students.

Making Housing Happen: Faith-Based Affordable Housing Models

This workshop examines the theology of housing and eleven ways that churches have created affordability including: co-housing, community land trusts, cooperative housing and more. Tools for evaluating various models appropriate for your local context are provided.

By Jill Shook

Jesus for President

A workshop to provoke the political imagination.

By Shane Claiborne

Tools for Sustaining Leaders in Ministry - Balance

Scripture describes godly leaders as people who attend to their families and other important relationships, who care for their bodies, and who live with moderation. Balanced living is seen as both a means to and a byproduct of godly living. Effective leaders understand the importance of living a balanced life and are concerned with the development of the whole person. This workshop teaches how to identify priorities, examine use of time, and develop personal growth plans.

Neighboring: The Basics to Following Jesus

This workshop presents neighboring as a proven concept and a foundational commitment to being a follower of  Jesus.

By Leroy Barber

and Nate Ledbetter

For Men: Supporting, Developing & Encouraging Women in Ministry

Men in leadership within a ministry are often challenged with how to best develop the women on their staff. This workshop gives a very practical method for how to mentor and grow the women within your ministry. We will look at the concept of walking women from support staff into leadership roles, and how specifically men can develop the women leaders in their ministries. We will also discuss the dynamics of husbands and wives walking in ministry and raising a family when both are called to unique leadership roles; taught by a husband and wife team.

Being a Missionary Order: How the Rhythms of Order Sustain Us in the Urban Landscape

Community development in an urban setting is exhilarating–but can be exhausting. How do we live incarnationally in a way that brings life, deepens joy, and sustains a community of workers for the long haul? Several InnerCHANGE members discuss the rhythms of work, prayer and community life that sustain us as an international missionary Order.

Generational Acculturation

A definition of acculturation is the extent to which ethnic-cultural minorities participate in the cultural traditions, values, assumptions, and practices of the dominant white society. Acculturation has been described as a powerful determinant of attitudes and behaviors and it affects many aspects of child and family functioning. This workshop will discuss why many of our immigrant families fail this transitioning process causing chaos and strife within what was once a culturally sound family.

Parenting with Shalom

This workshop presents Life to Life, which equips parents and leaders to align their efforts with schools, after school programs and churches to Biblically prepare children for godly living and penetrate all aspects of a child’s life so they experience shalom.

How to Develop Margin: The Space Between Our Load and Our Limit

The demands of ministry can at times seem overwhelming. This practical workshop helps you assess your current coping strategies, find better ones and develop the concept of margin in your life. Margin is the space that enhances vitality and resilience and guarantees our sustainability. It is also the space where healing occurs, where our batteries are re-charged, where our relationships are nourished and where wisdom is found.

Spirit, Kingdom, Justice, Shalom

To bring shalom to our troubled, poor, urban areas, the Spirit, Kingdom and justice are key Biblical concepts. Drawing from ten years of reconciliation work alongside Dr. John Perkins, this workshop explores my paraphrase of Romans 14:17 - “The Kingdom of God is Justice, Shalom, and Joy in the Holy Spirit,” plus the messianic passages from the book of Isaiah, Luke 4:18-19 and Acts 4:32-35.

Mentoring by Senior Leadership

Many organizations do not recognize the need to develop strong mentoring programs within the ranks of leadership. Due to this, emerging leaders who are the future of the organization do not receive the accountability and training necessary to ensure that shalom is not only established, but continues past the current leader’s reign.

A Theology of Assessing Ministry Impact

How does a kingdom theology shape how we define and assess the outcomes of community development ministry? Is there a tension between being faithful and being effective? What are the indicators of shalom? This workshop applies the theology of shalom to the realities of practical ministry evaluation.

By Heidi Unruh

Youth As Agents of Change: Civic Engagement and Advocacy

In this workshop, World Vision’s US Programs shares about curriculum that has been piloted in nine cities across the country. Learn to practically engage the passion, experience and wisdom of your young people as they identify and address important issues that affect their lives on a daily basis. We will share an inspirational model for youth civic engagement and advocacy that has helped young people move and shake their communities in powerful ways!

Intro to CCD

Come and learn from CCDA’s co-founder and chair emeritus about the basics of Christian Community Development. This acclaimed speaker and author shares the history and principles of our Association and its vision to holistically restore communities with Christians fully engaged in the process of transformation.

By John Perkins

Reaching out to Pregnant Teens

Three out of every 10 girls will get pregnant before the age of 20; in Latino communities, it is five out of 10. This workshop offers ideas on reaching teen moms and pregnant teenagers, and creating a life-changing community of shalom–not shame.

By Ginger Sinsabaugh MacDonald

Issachar: Leadership Development with Young Adults

The Issachar workshop introduces a leadership program committed to: 1) helping young adults from high risk communities make the transition to healthy adult living, 2) mentor younger leaders as they follow Christ into a life of service, 3) equip those leaders, and 4) enable them to lead people of faith and emerge as agents of shalom in the city.

Building Beloved Community

Sharing Biblical and King’s understandings of “beloved community,” using the examples of the Poor People’s Campaign and current experiences, the workshop helps provide insight and tools for building beloved community in faith-based settings; interactive.

Toward Civic Justice and Economic Empowerment

This workshop focuses on the importance of prayer (individual and corporate) when serving the poor, and demonstrates how prayer and practical service filled with love and mercy will lead to peace–with ourselves, our clients, our neighbors and our community.

The Right Connections: Success in Grant and Major Gift Fundraising

Fundraising is a vital part of securing the resources needed to sustain ministry work. This workshop demonstrates two vital skills: how to put together a successful grant proposal or major gift appeal; how to engage a faith-based board of directors and church leadership. The presenters have helped many faith-based organizations achieve funding success using these principles.

From Fragmentation to Wholeness (Shalom)

This workshop utilizes a quantum physics framework to present a holistic model (where the whole organizes the parts) that moves the conversation from content to context, in order to effect integral change. Much of what passes for urban ministry is fragmentary in approach (the parts organize the whole). On the other hand, what seeks to be “holistic” ministry is often no more than the addition of the spiritual dimension.

Shalom in the Board-Exec. Director Relationship

For a CCDA ministry, seeking community shalom starts in the relationship that the board creates with its executive director. This workshop explores practical ways to build shalom and overall health in the board-executive director relationship. Learn how this profoundly impacts your staff and the community your ministry serves.

Transitions: Retiring from Your Organization, Repositioned for Full Life

This workshop shares information and experiences in planning for one’s retirement from a long held job and scoping out future opportunities for making a difference in justice and community in a new kind of way. It assists in reflection on personal journeys, hopes and fears of the future.

The Terror by Night: Finding God's Shalom When Tragedy Strikes

Job lamented, “What I feared has come upon me; what I dreaded has happened to me.” What do you do when disaster comes to your house? Where is Jesus when your family is wounded in the midst of your call? This workshop encourages veterans and newcomers with practical ways to find God’s shalom in the midst of suffering.

By Maria Garriott

Emotionally Healthy Leaders: Leading from Within

Most Evangelical leaders in North America are characterized by a “frenzied busyness.” Our lives are filed with endless “To Do” lists, distractions, and crammed schedules. The demands of our ministries cut into our marriages and families. This does violence to ourselves, and to our relationships with God and others. This workshop considers a radical remedy to ensure a growing spirituality, and looks at emotional health, limits, and Sabbath-keeping to help us live faithfully.

Managing Personal Finances

This workshop discusses many aspects of personal finance including God’s attitude toward money, how to make a budget, how to stick to a budget, managing credit cards, short term and long term savings, and working with your spouse on your finances.

By David Warren

and Michelle Warren

Building a People of Relational Power

This workshop focuses on equipping churches to become communities of relational power that can bring about significant transformation of its neighborhood, its neighbors, its city, and itself.

By Gerald Davis

Conflict Engagement in Community Organizations

Too often, the response to conflict is either flight or fight. These responses neither solve the conflict nor create cooperation between antagonists. This workshop presents the ARI A Method, which leads to cooperation and common cause between actual or potential antagonists, by fostering a new awareness of shared values and goals.

Essential Building Blocks for Starting a Mentoring Program

This workshop captures the principles for starting a quality mentoring ministry for at risk youth.  Many variations of mentoring programs exist that have different results and impact.  Attendees receive help to determine where to start for realistic results suited for the size and scope of their ministry.

When Grief and Trauma Affect Your Community

Individuals within a community who have been traumatized profoundly affect those around them, are often misdiagnosed, and find it difficult to move on or avail themselves of opportunities for healthy change. This workshop presents an overview of the dynamics of trauma, the emotional effects of traumatic memories and the potential remedies for these effects. If time permits, there will be a discussion of the dynamics of a trauma on a community (such as a natural disaster or community violence).

Prayerful Following: Chaos, Confusion, and Transformation in Making the CCDA Turn

This workshop uses story and picture to present one church’s lessons in its transformation from the suburbs to an industrial, immigrant community in Atlanta, Georgia. What will become obvious is how the Lord has led throughout this four-year process through unlikely leaders, unexpected circumstances, and all-out commitment to follow Him.

Prove your Ministry’s Success to Donors

If your donors asked you about the measureable impact of your ministry, how would you respond? This workshop introduces a process which will help you plan for the measurement of your impact and offers tools to accomplish it. This will be especially helpful if you plan to submit proposals to foundations as many are now requiring these planning tools as a part of the application.

By Yvonne Sawyer

From Charity to Development

We are called to be compassionate, which literally means “to suffer with.” Providing relief, or even betterment programs that meet immediate needs, is not a substitute for being available and entering into the life of a broken and hurting individual. What should a church do and not do if it wants to help people and the community? This workshop helps address this question and provide a tool for developing an informed response for your context.

Including the Excluded: Mental Illness and Recovery

Of all folks in our communities, the mentally ill and those recovering from addiction desperately need to be loved and included. Yet the average church or ministry struggles to find meaningful ways to embrace those on the margins. The panel discusses the important threads that are missing in the tapestry of Kingdom Shalom and how intentional community can be formed to include and empower these that are commonly “excluded.”

How Asset Mapping Can Unite a Community

Asset Mapping is a way to look at the community as a “glass half full” by looking for the assets that are already there. This workshop offers practical ways to discover the assets individuals, churches, businesses, and organizations have that could lead their communities toward genuine shalom.

By Monika Grasley

Creating Space for Community Listening

Community development is an inside story; all stories have one thing in common–a storyteller! Utilizing an Asset Based Community Development framework this very interactive workshop explores ways to create “Listening Spaces” so that all the storytellers (young and old) of the community are able to share their hopes, dreams and concerns, mobilizing them into action.

Keeping Shalom in Times of Change, Crisis & Chaos

Keeping shalom (peace & order) in urban ministries and community organizations facing extreme crisis, change, and chaos in their day-to-day operation can be very difficult. Though having different aims and situations, the circumstances and solutions so often are so common. This workshop draws on my ten years of experience as a ministry consultant, and will offer practical ways leaders can turn crisis into gain.

A Shalom Rites-of-Passage: Youth Violence Prevention

Many youth are willing to engage in violence or gang activity in order to get basic human needs met. Rites of passage programs are a creative way for adolescents to become reconciled within their community, with their peers, and with adults in ways that address those needs in a godly way.

Train the Trainers: Enhancing Ministry Partnerships

Do you have a unique skill or model to share with other groups and community members? Do your trainings for ministry partners need to be refreshed? World Vision’s US Programs team offers a dynamic training platform for community transformation, believing that the greatest work is done when community groups and partners are equipped and trained to carry it out. This interactive workshop provides an overview of adult learning, instructional design, workshop planning and training delivery.

Can There Be Peace Without Fathers?

God’s plan for the family includes mothers and fathers raising children. Yet more than 70% of African American children are born into homes with an absent father. This workshop summarizes the impact of fatherlessness on urban families, and outlines strategies for the church to address this crisis.

By Carey Casey

Middle Class Shalom: Church Engagement in CCD

Five pastors in California are exploring how community development concepts and practices could be used to bring shalom to their mostly middle class and above communities. This workshop explores best practices on how established churches can bring community shalom to any neighborhood.

ABC Time Banking: Rebuilding Communities of Trust

Abundance in Beloved Community (ABC) Time Banking is an asset-based model for community change that builds up the non-market economy of safe neighborhoods, strong families, and trusting friendships. This workshop discusses the concept of time banking to promote the shalom of God in our cities by incorporating the capacities of all community members–everyone is valuable, everyone has something to offer.

Recovery Coaching

Recovery from addiction is possible! Coaches and mentors make the difference. This workshop teaches practical and godly ways to encourage people to build “recovery capitol”, identify their own strengths and goals through accountability, and a personalized recovery plan that works; great for people in recovery who want to give back, pastoral and clinical counselors, family members and friends.

By Jean LeCour

Christian Community Development: The BIG Picture

If a church or faith-based organization starts an after school program is it doing Christian Community Development? What if they also help families leave poverty one at a time? Is that community development? This workshop provides a platform for participants to think about their efforts in terms of six broad dimensions of community development.

By Jay Van Groningen

8 Components of CCD: Starting Your Ministry

How do you develop a Christian Community Development ministry? Learn from CCDA’s co-founder and president some key elements needed to bear witness to the Kingdom of God by reclaiming and restoring under-resourced communities.

Churches and Non-Profits Building Collaborations

Church and non-profits working in partnerships and in unity provide an aspect of shalom in the city. This workshop presents foundational principles to building collaborations and offers practical tools to assist in the establishment of partnerships.

By Bruce Jackson

Turning Lemons into Lemonade: Harnessing the Foreclosure Crisis

Enough hand-wringing over the foreclosure meltdown! It’s time to act to avoid more foreclosures, and time to see foreclosed homes as opportunities for affordable housing; this workshop offers a practical strategy for doing both.

Becoming King: A Local Movement’s Impact on MLK

Without the grassroots organizers in Montgomery, we might not know Martin Luther King’s name today. MLK did not arrive in Montgomery as a civil rights activist or leader, but spent his first six years of pastoral ministry demonstrating the power of local community organizing and development. This workshop explores how participation in and relationships with local people struggling together for justice can build an effective movement.

Building Community Between Church and Neighborhood Residents

This workshop is a case study of a church and its affordable housing residents in tension, and how the church took positive action towards diffusing tension and building community.

By Betty Glover Palmer