Location


Sheraton Greensboro at Four Seasons
3121 W Gate City Blvd
Greensboro, NC 27407
 
Sunday, January 8, 2023
1:00 pm–7:00 pm Attendee Check-In/Registration
5:00 pm–7:00 pm Convention Opening Event:
Welcome Reception and Exhibit Hall Opening
7:15 pm–9:00 pm Opening General Session One: Guilford Ballroom B
 
Monday, January 9, 2023
6:00 am–7:30 am Early Morning Offsite Hike: meet at south lobby entrance
8:00 am–5:00 pm Attendee Check-in/Registration
8:30 am–10:00 am General Session Two: Guilford Ballroom B
10:00 am–11:30 am Late Morning Offsite Hike: meet at south lobby entrance
10:30 am–11:45 am

Full list of seminars
Room Dept. Title Presenter
Sandpiper ITS Empowering Ministries with NADcloud Services Milton Sand
Tidewater A/B WM More than Toughing It Out: Maintaining Your Relationship with Jesus while Leading Crystal Ward
Auditorium IV Leadership Developing an Effective Team Paulo Macena
Colony A Stewardship Conversations on Giving: Demystifying Planned Giving & Trust Services Scot Coppock
Auditorium II ASI ASI: It's History, Motivation and Mandate Andi Hunsaker
Tanglewood Retirement Ways To Take Advantage of a Down Market Wirmin Alcantara
Pebble Beach PSI Online Fundraising Best Practices & Cautionary Tales Tim Kachuriak
Auditorium III ACM Preserving Hope: An Introduction to Suicide Prevention Bill Cork
Grandover E/W Collab Wksp Empowering Your Administrators ChM, YYA Panel
Guilford A Collab Wksp Do It Together Sabbath School ChM, YM, Adult SS Panel
Colony B/C Ministerial Church Revitalization José Cortes Jr.
Augusta A/B Education Understanding Trauma & How It Impacts Us Evelyn Sullivan

11:45 am–2:00 pm Exhibit Hall Open
12:00 pm–1:00 pm Community Service Project: Guilford Ballroom C
2:00 pm–6:30 pm Networking Replenish Bar Open
2:00 pm–3:15 pm

Full list of seminars
Room Dept. Title Presenter
Sandpiper Family Min How to Become Master Communicators? Dr. Dave Jenkins
Tidewater A/B Women's Min Moving From Pain to Hope: Ministering to Women in Emotional Pain Vanessa Alarcon
Auditorium IV Leadership Strategic Leadership! 8 Strategies for Effective Church Leadership! Philip Baptiste
Colony A Stewardship Connecting with Millennials & Gen-Z Dr. Steve Case
Auditorium II Disabilities The Missing Link to Your Conference’s Growth Charlotte Thoms, Gary Moyer, Brian Anderson
Tanglewood Retirement Inflation & My Retirement Edwin Romero
Pebble Beach PSI Cultivating Multicultural Philanthropy: Diversifying Your Donorbase Michael J Brown
Auditorium III OVM Recruiting Volunteers Through Social Media Casey Vaughn
Grandover E/W Collab Wksp Working Alongside Volunteers ChM, YM, MIN Panel
Guilford A Collab Wksp Growing Together, Creciendo Juntos: A Conference & Union Church Revitalization Model MIN, YA Panel
Colony B/C Collabe Wksp Youth in Community Service ACS, MIN, YM Panel
Augusta A/B Multilingual Receiving Refugees and Immigrants in Our Territories Most Effectively Terri Saelee
Offsite Event
Int'l Civil Rights Center & Museum
Liberty Mag, Message Mag, Publishing Min Counternarrative Writing Conference: Part 1 Event runs 2–5 p.m. Meet in Sheraton Hotel Lobby for departure at 1:30 p.m.

3:30 pm–4:45 pm

Full list of seminars
Room Dept. Title Presenter
Sandpiper Family Min Four Levels of Intimacy: What's Your Level? Dr. Dave Jenkins
Tidewater A/B Disabilities The Missing Link to Your Conference’s Growth (Repeat Seminar) Charlotte Thoms, Gary Moyer, Brian Anderson
Auditorium IV ACS A Posture of Service Colette Newer
Colony A Stewardship Generosity Reset Dr. Carlton Byrd
Auditorium II ASI Let's Talk ASI—A Panel Discussion G. Alexander Bryant, R. Remmers, P. Baptiste, B. Folkenberg
Tanglewood Retirement Empower Your Financial Wellness Vanessa Coakley
Pebble Beach PSI Social Media Engagement: Enhancing Value Propositions Tim Kachuriak
Auditorium III ACM Starting the Journey of Healing From Emotional and Spiritual Pain Angela H. Li
Grandover E/W Collab Wksp Keeping Our Children & Youth Safe: Church Safety ChM, YM, WM, MIN, enditnow Panel
Guilford A Collab Wksp Public Affairs & Local Pastor Communtiy Advocacy PARL, MIN Panel
Colony B/C Ministerial Church Leader Health & Wellness Petr Cincala, Ivan Williams
Augusta A/B Education Three Radical Steps to Revitalizing Your Church Evelyn Sullivan, Dr. Leisa Morton-Standish

4:30 pm–6:00 pm Exhibit Hall Open
5:30 pm–6:45 pm Dinner Provided: Guilford Ballroom D-G
7:15 pm–9:00 pm General Session Three: Guilford Ballroom B
9:15 pm–10:00 pm "Those Were the Good Days" Sonscreen Film Screening: Guilford Ballroom B
 
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
6:00 am –7:30 am Early Morning Offsite Hike: meet at south lobby entrance
8:00 am–5:00 pm Attendee Check-in/Registration
8:30 am–10:00 am General Session Four: Guilford Ballroom B
10:00 am–11:30 am Late Morning Offsite Hike: meet at south lobby entrance
10:30 am–11:45 am

Full list of seminars
Room Dept. Title Presenter
Sandpiper ITS Empowering Ministries with NADcloud Services (Repeat Seminar) Milton Sand
Tidewater A/B Prison Min Why Share Jesus in Prison Dr. Cleveland Houser
Auditorium IV Leadership Taking Your Leadership to the Next Level Rick Remmers
Colony A Stewardship Jesus on Social Media Diana Smith
Auditorium II ASI Leadership Working with Antagonistic Independent Ministries Philip Baptiste
Tanglewood Disabilities The Missing Link to Your Conference's Growth (Repeat Seminar) Charlotte Thoms, Gary Moyer, Brian Anderson
Pebble Beach PSI Grant Funding for Christian Nonprofits Derek Lane
Auditorium III Health Min Leveraging the 12 Steps to Build Resilience Dr. Ricardo Whyte
Grandover E/W Collab Wksp Family Worship Is an Action Word! Creative, Informative, & Jesus-Centered Part 1 Lisa Plasencia, ChM, FM
Guilford A Collab Wksp Public College Campus Ministry & Evangelism YA, PCM, EDUC, MIN, ACM Panel
Colony B/C Youth Min Boundaries: Family, Work, Life Armando Miranda, Union Youth & YA Directors
Augusta A/B OVM Recruiting & Engaging Motivated Volunteers for Effective Ministry Ernest Hernandez

11:45 am–2:00 pm Exhibit Hall Open
2:00 pm–6:30 pm Networking Replenish Bar Open
2:00 pm–3:15 pm

Full list of seminars
Room Dept. Title Presenter
Sandpiper Native Min So You Want to Work with the Indigenous Peoples in North America Dr. Campbell Page
Tidewater A/B Women's Min Connecting, Supporting, & Serving Together Across Generations Part 1 Shawn Johnson
Auditorium IV Leadership In a Diverse Society, What Leadership Style Works Best? Elder Alex Bryant
Colony A Stewardship Financial/Economic Lifeline Dr. Rudy Salazar, Troy Levy
Auditorium II Communications Church Communication & Copyright Andre Wang
Tanglewood CRS Have We Forgotten the Blind Community? Diane Thurber, Jeri Lyn Rogge
Pebble Beach PSI Christian Social Innovation: Rethinking Community Impact Michael Brown, John Boston
Auditorium III Health Min Mourning to Joy: Moving Through the Seasons of Loss Teresa Nelson
Grandover E/W Collab Wksp Family Worship Is an Action Word! Creative, Informative, & Jesus-Centered Part 2 Lisa Plasencia, ChM, FM
Guilford A Collab Wksp Next Gen Leaders Development MIN, ChM, YM, EDUC, ITS Panel
Colony B/C Ministerial Spiritual Leadership Litmus Test Ivan Williams, John Grys
Augusta A/B Multilingual El Desarrollo del Movimiento Adventista y el Rol de los Hispanos Ayer, Hoy, y Mañana Gabriela DePhillips
Offsite Event
Int'l Civil Rights Center & Museum
Liberty Mag, Message Mag, Publishing Min Counternarrative Writing Conference: Part 2 Event runs 2–5 p.m. Meet in Sheraton Hotel Lobby for departure at 1:30 p.m.
Offsite Event
Public Campus Ministries Prayer Walk
ACF Public Campus Min Public Campus Ministries Prayer Walk Event runs 2–5 p.m. Meet in Sheraton Hotel Lobby for departure at 2:00 p.m.

3:30 pm–4:45 pm

Full list of seminars
Room Dept. Title Presenter
Sandpiper Native Min Making Ministry Connections with Native American Neighbors Steve Huey, Monte Church
Tidewater A/B Women's Min Connecting, Supporting, & Serving Together Across Generations Part 2 Shawn Johnson
Auditorium IV Men's Min Why Men's Ministry is Essential to the Health of the Church, Our Families, & Our Communities Marty Miller
Colony A Stewardship T7–Revolutionary Generosity Michael Harpe
Auditorium II Communications News in the Social Media Age Heidi Baumgartner
Tanglewood Disabilities What About the Deaf? What Do We Do With Them? Esther Doss
Pebble Beach PSI Education Fundraising; Navigating Today and Tomorrow Charlotte Henderson
Auditorium III Health Min Health Everlasting; How To Gain More Lasting Decisions for Christ Angeline Brauer
Grandover E/W
Guilford A Collab Wksp National Service Organization (NSO) Ministry Development YA, ACM, MIN Panel
Colony B/C Children's Min Children's Ministries Director is More Than a Job! Sherri Uhrig, Gerry Lopez
Augusta A/B Multilingual The Role and Importance of Cultural Intelligence in a Multicultural World Carmelo Mercado

4:30 pm–5:30 pm Exhibit Hall Open
5:30 pm–6:45 pm Dinner Provided: Guilford Ballroom D-G
7:15 pm–9:00 pm General Session Five: Guilford Ballroom B
9:15 pm–10:00 pm The Skit Guys: Guilford Ballroom B
 
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
8:30 am–10:45 am Closing General Session Six: Guilford Ballroom B