Church Leaders Conference – October 2011

Crushed in the Crucible – Intensive Discipleship in the Church

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General Session #1 – Cartoon or Battlefield?

Jim Carlson
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General Session #2 – Where is God When Hell Breaks Loose in the Church?

Gerry Breshears
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General Session #3 – Bringing Word and Spirit to Sin and Brokenness

Gerry Breshears
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General Session #4 – Dealing with the Demonic

Gerry Breshears
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General Session #5 – Church Discipline: Too Hot to Handle?

Ryan Ward
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General Session #6 – Partnering With the World

Gerry Breshears
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General Session #7 – Taking it Home

Ryan Ward and Jim Carlson
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Leadership Conference – October 2010

Jerry Bridges

Jerry Bridges

General Session #1

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General Session #2

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General Session #3

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Gale Heide

Gale Heide

Theology of Death and Suffering
Death. We avoid the discussion around the dinner table. For that matter, the Sunday morning sermon usually steers clear as well. We avoid the subject of death because we have so few answers. Scripture gives a fairly clear picture of the impacts of death but only hints at why God would allow death in the first place. What is God doing with death? Has He lost control? How do we make sense of death in light of the cross?

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Jim Carlson

Jim Carlson

The Coffin or the Urn – A Discussion of Interment Options
Jim speaks from his decades of pastoral experience and careful personal study. Does the Bible have help for us on this sensitive topic?

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Crisis Pastoral Care – Staying Loose in the Saddle
There are moments in every shepherding ministry not covered by the Bible College or Seminary education – if you were fortunate enough to have one. Jim wants to help us keep the gospel clear in the midst of turmoil, confusion, and occasional surprises.

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Ryan Ward

Ryan Ward

Saying Goodbye to Dad
Ryan said “goodbye” to his dad on three separate occasions. This is a story of loss and legacy that inspires all of us to press on and finish the course well.

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Gary & Carol Jimmerson

Gary & Carol Jimmerson

Saying Goodbye to Our Son
Gary and Carol have had the pleasure of raising four children, two adopted, and two biological. In 1983, the Lord took their oldest son, Ryan, home through a ranching accident. Ryan was a 7 year old who loved the Lord with all his heart.. The family relied on God’s love and strength. There were difficult days in the healing process, but their dependence on the Lord and the support of their Christian friends and pastor helped them through. 2 Corinthians 1:3-5 has become very real in the Jimmerson’s lives. Since the loss of their son, God has allowed Gary and Carol to minister to other families that have lost children.

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Grahame Nicolson

Grahame Nicolson

Shepherding for the Event
When death comes knocking, the church has a door of opportunity. How then shall we mobilize for ministry to our own and those in our community?

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Jim Rollick

Jim Rollick

Shepherding for the Eventuality
Shepherding for the Eventuality
Let’s face it – we’re all going to die. And when we go, we can leave a burden or a blessing to those we leave behind. Jim has years of experience helping people prepare with practical planning, including such areas as finances, record-keeping, insurance, estate options, and burial plots. He can help us personally and in our shepherding roles.

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Jan Davies

Jan Davies

Hospice is Here
Jan Davies, a social worker with Hospice of Southwest Montana, helps us understand the goals of Hospice as well as the issues facing people at the end of life. The wise listener will see many opportunities for the Church to minister to its own and to the community in which God has placed them.

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Chris Remely

Chris Remely

How Not to Make Things Worse
As an evangelical funeral director, Chris has interacted closely with a wide variety of faith and non-faith communities in the wake of loss. He has seen the beauty and the blunders of bereavement care. From this experience Chris will help us sharpen our care in the aftermath of death.

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Warren Hiebert

Warren Hiebert

The Unthinkable Just Happened – Suicide, Murder, and Traumatic Loss
As Gallatin County chaplain for 20 years, our shepherding nightmares are Warren’s reality. When we’re blind-sided by these situations there are things we need to know. What are these people feeling? How are they attempting to cope? What are the police trying to accomplish? What happens when the reporters show up? How can the church minister here according to knowledge?

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Leadership Conference – October 2009

Jim Carlson

Jim Carlson

General Session 1
Elijah’s Big Bud – 1 Kings 19:15-21

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General Session 2
Breaking in the New Guy – 2 Kings 2:1-25

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Marty Giese

Marty Giese

Managing the Rurban Collision (2 Parts)
Marty addresses the unique situation where the rural and suburban mix in the church.

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Capturing God’s Vision for Your Church

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Grahame Nicolson

Grahame Nicolson

Tending Leader Sprouts
What does a potential leader look like? How do we help them move forward in the journey?

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Connecting Rural Routes
Grahame paints a picture of what it can look like in practice for rural churches to band together in the training of leaders.

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Jim Hunter

Jim Hunter

Bible Training Center
Jim presents the Mobile Bible Training Center outreach which aims to bring theological and ministry training to rural church leaders.

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It Worked for Me
Jim shares about his personal experience with discipleship and leadership development in Hot Springs, Montana.

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Gale Heide

Gale Heide

Where Your Legacy Begins
Gale paints a real-life picture of what it means to be a disciple-maker.

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What I Owe to Circle
Gale helps us understand how our setting informs our ministry.

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Ann Ward-Turner

Ann Ward-Turner

Life on Life in the World of Women
Ann candidly shares about discipleship in the lives of women, giving practical wisdom she has gained through years of experience.

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Life on Life – The Story of Two Women
Ann and Mary Chvilicek tell their real-life discipleship tale.

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Scott Morningstar

Scott Morningstar

Go Cross Cultural – Stay in Montana
Scott addresses missions leadership in our unique Intermountain West setting, focusing particularly on Native American ministries.

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Leadership War Stories from the Reservation
What does discipleship and leadership development look like on the reservation?

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Barbara Dykema

Barbara Dykema

Diversified Discipleship on the Home Front
Barb speaks to women about discipleship in the context of our families, relating how she has made discipleship work at home with her sons, her daughters-in-law, and her grandchildren.

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Ryan Ward

Ryan Ward

The Harvest on Tomorrow’s Horizon
Ryan addresses what Biblical discipleship, leadership training, and multiplication look like in youth ministry.

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