IBSA Education and Senior Adult Ministries Director Dale Davenport offers several leadership training ministry opportunities to Illinois Baptist churches.
Churches of Strength
An "Engage Conference" (Enlist. Engage. Equip) is coming to your area! Each event begins with a "free" continental breakfast from 8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m., followed by two informative and inspirational breakout sessions led by various members of your IBSA Leadership Teams.
Join with hundreds of others for some practical, cutting-edge, useful training that is designed to equip and strengthen your church's ministries in such areas as: Leadership Development, Sunday School, Evangelism, Discipleship, Music and Worship, Student Ministries, Family Ministries, Church Renewal, Missions Awareness, Church Planting, Next Gen. Information, Prayer, Men's Ministries, WMU and more ...
Free VBS ideas e-book from IBSA
Get tips and ideas for how to plan your church's best Vacation Bible School, whether you're a new-comer, 20-year veteran, or returning for the first time since your own days of Kool-Aid and cookies. Get your free PDF copy of "VBS Ideas for Sharing" now.
2013 State VBS Clinics: Colossal Coaster World
Come experience a Bible study and/or a rotational site curriculum overview, participate in a sample Worship Rally, listen to VBS songs, take photos of VBS decorations, taste VBS snack ideas and leave with inspiration about how you can host a VBS in your church.
Registering for a State VBS Clinic is as easy as 1-2-3.
Step 1: Choose a 2013 Vacation Bible School Training Location: May 4 - Broadview Missionary, Broadview
Step 2: Select ONE area of training.
Step 3: Each clinic participant will need to register online.
Advance registration is preferred. Walk-in registration will also be available. Participants who pre-register in advance will be entered in a drawling for a chance to receive free LifeWay materials at the clinic.
Motto: “Colossal Coaster World: Facing Fear, Trusting God.” Verse: 2 Timothy 1:7: “For God has not given us a spirit of fearfulness, but one of power, love and sound judgment” (HCSB).
For more information contact Cathy Waters at: (217) 391-3124 or CathyWaters@IBSA.org.
National Sunday School Director Seminar locations in Illinois
This A-to-Z LifeWay event is for Sunday School directors, age division coordinators, department directors, general leaders, pastors, and ministers of education. The seminar will help you learn how to build a growing Sunday School focused on its mission and purpose, develop an organization and enlist leadership to build a growing Sunday School, lead teachers to teach for spiritual transformation.
The cost of this event is $35 per person, which includes a full day of training (8 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.), notebook full of helps you will make use of after the seminar, CD containing the seminar presentations, CD with five books focused on the work of the Sunday School, and lunch.
Sunday School Ministries provides personal church consultations and trained teams to come and work with your General Officers, or any age-level worker in Sunday School.
Vacation Bible School: Team training is available to associations, as well as local churches, detailing how to have the most effective Vacation Bible School possible.
New churches, and those just starting a Sunday School program, can ask to receive six months of free literature from LifeWay.
Sunday School Ministries offers scholarships for FAITH Evangelistic Training and LifeWay Training Centers (Ridgecrest and Nashville).
Sunday School Ministries assists churches with TeamKid.
Dale Davenport
Director, Education and Leadership Development
Church Strengthening Team
(217) 720-0939 DaleDavenport@IBSA.org
Cathy Waters
Ministry Assistant
Church Strengthening Team
(217) 391-3124 CathyWaters@IBSA.org
Director, Education and Leadership Development
Ministry Assistant