Churches of Strength: Super Saturday Seminars
8:30 am - Noon

2010 Dates and Locations:

• August 28: Broadview Baptist Church, Broadview, IL
  
• September 11: O'Fallon First Baptist Church, O'Fallon, IL
  
• September 25: Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Mt. Vernon, IL

For more information contact: Dale Davenport at DaleDavenport@IBSA.org or by phone at (217) 391-3130.

National Sunday School Director Seminar
Broadview Baptist Church
2100 S. 25th Avenue
Broadview, IL  60155

September 24-25, 2010

Are you ready to accelerate life-change through your Sunday School?

Unlike any other event you've ever attended, the National Sunday School Director Seminar is totally devoted to the Sunday School Director! This two-day seminar focuses on the role of the Sunday School Director and how he or she carries out that role. Sunday School Directors gain a new understanding about the importance of the role, how to build a strong Sunday School team, growing the Sunday School, reaching people for Christ, developing life-transforming teaching and building a strategy for the Sunday School.

The National Sunday School Director Seminar is for:

• Sunday School Directors
• Division and Department Directors
• Pastors and Ministers of Education

A variety of conference leaders provide training through five intensive general sessions and 20-30 targeted special interest conferences focusing on all aspects of the work of the Sunday School Director.

What will NSSDS do for you?

• Equip Sunday School Directors to serve effectively in all areas of Sunday School work
• Deliver practical tools for all aspects of Sunday School work
• Facilitate opportunities to network with other Sunday School directors
• Build team spirit among the Sunday School director, minister of education, pastor, and division and department directors

Your registration fee includes:

• 13 hours of training
• Four elective conferences (choose from 20-30 topics)
• Friday lunch and Saturday breakfast
• Participation in the National Sunday School Director Seminar follow-up Webcast

Registration Information

Registration is open

Register by mail: Registraion Form
Illinois Baptist State Association
Attention: National Sunday School Directors Seminar
3085 Stevenson Drive
Springfield, IL 62703

Register by fax: (217) 391-5124

Register online: visit https://abes.ibsa.org/EventManager/Main/Logon.aspx?EventID=93 and use Visa, MasterCard or Discover

Mail-in and online registrations must be received by:
Early ($50): on or before August 27, 2010
Regular ($60): from August 28-September 9, 2010
Late ($70): September 10-25,2010
*This includes a $10 non-refundable service charge

Cancellation Policy:
Full refunds available 15 days prior to the conference (minus $10 service charge). No refunds within 14 days of the conference.

The 2011 Bible Drill and State Speakers materials are now available. 

Each church participating in Bible Drills or State Speakers will need register online in order to receive materials. 

Click here to register: https://abes.ibsa.org/EventManager/Main/Logon.aspx?EventID=96

Step-by-Step Registration Process:

1. Go to www.IBSA.org
2. Move your cursor over the words "Ministries" (A grey box will appear)
3. Move your cursor down to the words "Church Strengthening Team" (A new grey box will appear)
4. Move and click on the words "Education and Leadership Development"
5. Once on the Education and Leadership Development homepage, scroll down to the bottom of the page until you see "2011 Bible Drills."  Click on the link to register your chuch for Bible Drill or State Speaker materials.
6. Once on the Event Manager site, click the first box (to register an individual or a group.)
7. It will ask you to enter your phone number (just click on the word "verify" instead of entering your phone number.)
8. Once on the next screen, type in your church name and click search.  If you see your church's information, click to select it.  If not, select the button that indicates your church information was not available.  Take a moment on the next screen to enter your church information.
9. The next screen will ask you to enter your information.  Please enter all required information (including an email address).  You will need to select whether you wish to receive NIV or KJV materials and the areas participation (YC, OC, Youth and/or State Speakers).  Once you have entered all of the appropriate information, click submit.
10. The Event Manager will take you to a checkout screen.  These materials are "FREE" so click submit again.
11. You will then arrive on a confirmation screen which you can print for your records indicating that you have completed this process. 
12. The Event Manager system will automatically send me an e-mail stating there is a new registration for Bible Drill/State Speakers.  I will then send out the materials you have selected via e-mail.  It will be up to each church to print the appropriate number of copies for your participants.

If you have any additional questions, please do not hesitate to call Cathy Waters at (217) 391-3124.

 The purposes of Children’s Bible Drill are to help children:

·         Increase in the knowledge of the Bible.

·         Develop skills in locating Bible books and Key Passages.

·         Memorize the names of the books of the Bible in order and the Bible verses and Key Passages identified on the current Verse Cards.

·         Learn how to apply the Bible to their lives.

When do I begin Bible Drill?
Most churches begin with the new church year in September. Beginning this early allows them to use a variety of activities to help children learn the verses, Key Passages and the books of the Bible.  Some churches wait until January to begin. Beginning in January means children must learn most of the material at home and spend class time practicing drilling.

When do I schedule my church drill?
When you know the drill date for your association, schedule your church drill a week or two before that date.

What are the dates for the Association and State drills?
Contact IBSA for drill dates, locations, and contact information.

Which version of the Bible do I use with Bible Drill?
IBSA currently drills in NIV or KJV.

What is a Key Passage?
Each year children learn the location of 10 important passages in the Bible. The older children must be able to find the passage when the caller gives the title. For example, if the caller says “The Crucifixion,” the children must know that the reference is John 19 and be able to find the passage in 10 seconds. At the end of three years in Children’s Bible Drill, children will be able to find 30 Key Passages.

The younger children only need to know the reference to the Key Passage.

• 15 Ways to Increase Your Church Offerings
• The Armor of God
• Avoiding the Attitudes that Hinder Growth
• Back to the Basics and Beyond
• Build a Strudy Framework
• Building an Explosive Sunday School
• Basics of Budgeting
• C3: The Power of One Sunday School Class
• Conducting Successful Leadership Meetings
• Connect, Grow, Serve and Go
• Discover Triad: Three Facets of a Dynamic Sunday School Class
• Essential Elements of Effective Sunday School Growth
• Expectation of a Servant Leader
• Facilitating Spiritual Transformation
• Five Keys to Building Classes that Reach People
• Five Step Formula for Sunday School Growth
• Following-up on Members and Prospects
• Great Expectations: Planting Seeds for Sunday School Growth
• Growing a Sunday School
• The I-6 Strategy for Sunday School
• Making an Enlistment Visit
• Motivating Your Sunday School
• Spiritual Warfare
• The Best Practices
• Ten Disciplines for Transformational Teaching
• Ten Paradigm Shifts Toward Community Transformation
• The Eight D’s of Personal Discipleship
• The Necessity of Creating New Units
• The 3D Strategy
• Transformational Church
• Understanding and Applying Spiritual Gifts
• What Does It Take to Be an Effective Teacher?