PLEASE NOTE: Registration is closed as of Thursday, Sept. 9. If you haven't registered and would still like to come, please bring a check for registration cost on Saturday and make plans for lunch outside the event.

Price is only $15 per person.

2 Corinthians 9:11 – “You will be enriched in every way for your generosity, which will produce thanksgiving to God through us.”

You are invited to this conference-wide celebration of stewardship, which will include dynamic success stories and in depth workshops on stewarship campaigns, capital campaigns, financial management, faith decisions and more. Facilitator will be Bernice Kirkland

Schedule
9:30am – Registration
10:00 - 10:30am – Gathering Worship and Video – “Abundant Living, Abundant Giving
10:45 – 11:45am – Workshops: Session I
11:45 – 12:30pm Lunch
12:30-1:30pm Workshop: Session II

WORKSHOPS:
Choose One workshop for before and one workshop for after lunch
1. Building A Stewardship Ministry
Rev. Jeanette Dickens, Senior Pastor of Rockmart UMC, Former Senior Associate at Mt. Pisgah UMC with responsibility for Stewardship Ministry
2. Stewardship Ministry within Congregations
Rev. Dr. Michael McQueen, Senior Pastor of St. James UMC in Alpharetta, third fastest growing UMC in North Georgia in 2009
3. Financial Decisions are Faith Decisions
Rev. Sondra Jones, Senior Pastor of Buford First UMC and serves on the North Georgia Conference CF& A
4. So You¹ve Never Had a Stewardship Campaign
Rev. Dr. Phil Schroeder, Church Consultant with Connectional Ministries specializing in Existing Church Development
5. Financial Management for the Church and Individual
Rev. Jim Cantrell, Atlanta Emory District Superintendent
6. Stewarding the Most Generous Givers
Mary Lou Greenwood Boice, Associate Dean of Development and External Relations and Mathew A. Pinson, Director of Development for Major Gifts, Candler School of Theology
7. Marketing Your Ministry
Bunnie R. Jackson, President and CEO of firstClass, inc., a full service public relations and marketing firm. http://www.fclassinc.com/

Displays Include: Cokesbury, The Georgia United Methodist Credit Union and the Georgia United Methodist Foundation

A joint task force coordinates this event with representatives from our Witness and Worship Stewardship Team and CF&A under the direction of Rev. Dr. Bernice Kirkland, Senior Pastor of Hoosier Memorial UMC in Atlanta and Rev. Leon Matthews, Senior Pastor of Lithonia First UMC.

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