Join us  in beautiful Charlotte, North Carolina for two-days of training. Come and be equipped and refreshed and ready to go back to ministry with joy  and increased knowledge.

The training is located less than a minute (across the street ) from the Northlake Mall and movie theater.

Is your staff equipped to protect your church from pitfalls that can bankrupt your church or interrupt your church’s vision? This equipping training will aid in rekindling pastors, ministers' wives, and ministers. It will also equip your administrative staff in better protecting your church from seen and unseen pitfalls.

TRAINERS

 Leading God's People Baggage Free (Session 1)

Friday, August 24, 2012:  30, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm

Pastors, Ministers and Ministers’ Spouses Session

7 Leading God’s People Baggage Free (Dr. Smith)

7 Things Pastors Wish Every Associate Minister Knew (Pastor Sample)

7 Staying and Remaining Effective in Ministry Through it All (Pastor Sample) - luncheon

Friday, August 24, 2012:  30, 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Ministers' Wives Session

7 A Safe Place (Elder McCullough)

(will also have a panel discussion)

Friday Afternoon Sessions: 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

7 Catching & Embracing Your Church's Vision

7 Developing, Establishing & Implementing Policies

7 Choosing Your Team Wisely

Saturday Sessions: 

9:00 am - 3:30 pm

7 Risk Management & Internal Controls

7 Tax & Local Laws Every Senior Pastor, Minister, Deacon, Board Member & Church Staff Must Know

7 Hospitality - Welcoming Visitors & Treating & Sustaining Members   (working lunch)

7Without a Hitch—Ministry Event Planning

7Panel Discussion

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7 Did you know that we minister out of who we are? The baggage we carry is revealed through our ministry.

7 Are you a pastor or associate minister running on empty? Don’t miss Friday’s special session.

7 Are you a pastor who desires for your ministerial staff to better understand how to flow more effectively as a team? Then, bring them to the special ministers’ session.

7 Is your house in order? You will leave with a wealth of information to help bring order to your church office. We will answer such questions as:

7 I'm an associate minister at my church and frequently left in charge, can I be held liable if the church is sued?

 7 The church secretary and her brother (the church trustee) count the money, deposit it into the bank, and then the secretary inputs it into the computer. Is this good internal control?

7 What are common risk factors churches must be aware of?

7 Our church was just assessed huge penalties and fees for failing to report income paid to a couple of foreign ministers we had to minister in our church in 2009. What form were we supposed to use?

7 We issue our pastor, associate ministers and musician 1099’s. Is that the correct?

7Is it true that as a board member I can be held personal liable for misclassifying an employee as a contractor?

7 I worked as a church secretary for 5 years and was recently laid off, but when I tried to collect unemployment I was told I wasn’t eligible. Why?

7 Our senior pastor was audited by IRS and has been ordered to pay $85,000 in back taxes and fines. In addition, they ruled that the church was his "alter ego" and is ordering the church to pay. The church appealed and lost. Why?

7 IRS just assessed our Senior Pastor and Board with $100,000 in fines and penalties for employment taxes they have to pay themselves, not the church. Why?

7 I’m an associate minister at my church and frequently left in charge, can I be held liable if the church is sued?

 7 Our church was just assessed penalties and fees for failing to report income paid to a couple of foreign ministers we had to minister in our church in 2009. What form were we supposed to file?

 7 We sold souvenir booklets and dinners for our church anniversary in 2010 and the IRS just penalized us $8,000 for UBIT? What is that? 

 This is not a preaching workshop and neither is it a sales pitch but a training workshop.

You will receive valuable training, unlike any other. Come and be strengthened, revived, and ready to move forward in ministry. Receive answers to your questions and acquire useful information to help you excel in your role as a pastor, ministry assistant—including board members, church secretaries, financial secretaries, church administrators, elders, deacons, and more!

Bishop Steve Edmondson (Equipping Ministries®, Inc pastoral covering)

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Early Rgistration Deadline: February 28, 2012

Late Registration Fee: $30.00 (after February 15, 2012)

All registrations must be received by March 1, 2012.

Teacher:

Dr. Pamela R. Smith

A much needed workshop for the body of Christ. Don’t miss your opportunity to participate in this training workshop that has made such a tremendous impact on others. 

This workshop is a hands-on teaching session on serving in the church. It is for every church member from the pastor to the lay member.

This equipping workshop will help to strengthen your church and you. It will help to refresh and encourage you in areas where your commitment may have lessened and inspire you where you feel unequipped to respond to the ministry area God has called you to serve.

This workshop is also to help re-focus you in areas where you feel burned out and overworked. It is to help bring restoration and to provide a wealth of information to assist you in rising to the challenge of being an effective and consistent laborer in our Father’s vineyard.

Come and experience a refreshing and equipping day as we train and fellowship with one another.

Topics:

7 Understanding the Covenant Relationship

7 Speaking the Same Thing

7 Not Causing Division Among Members

7 Not Undermining Leadership

7 My Role as a Member

7 Connecting to Your Church's Vision

7 Growing Where You are Planted

7 Overcoming the Spirit of Competition

7 Dealing with Difficult People

Some comments from previous "Serving in the Church" Workshop:

"This workshop changed my life."

"My church will not be the same."

"Powerful and biblically sound."

To see excerpts of Pamela Smith's new book "Serving in the Church" click here

No doubt there are some church offices you admire because they run like fine-tuned machines.  These churches seem to be blessed with skilled administrative staff who instinctively know what needs to be done. 

At first glance, it may seem like these churches just “happened” into effective church administration. But we all know greatness is achieved through years of trial and error and hard work.

You, too could spend years learning these powerful skills making your share of mistakes along the way. Or, you could take a short-cut by attending this workshop. This equipping workshop will teach you in just one power-packed day the proven skills in effective church administration techniques that will make the difference between so-so church administration and effective church administration.

Early Registration Deadline:

Late Registration:

All registrations must be received by TBA

Registration includes workbook and lunch.

Topics:

7 Understanding the Call

7Flowing Well with Ministerial and Departmental Team Members

7 Your role as a Board of Elder, Deacon, or Deaconess

7Policies and Procedures for Effective Church Administration

7 Resources to Make Your Job Easier (listed in workbook)

7 Financial Accountability - Internal Controls, Tax Laws, and Copyright Laws

We have received hundreds of powerful testimonies from pastors, deacons, board of elders, secretaries, church administrators, etc.

Called Alongside - Ministering in the Spirit of an Armorbearer is a workshop for all those who desire to enhance their ability to serve more effectively in the church. Every Associate Pastor, Minister, Usher, Choir Member, Minister of Music, Teacher, Deacon, Church Secretary, Church Administrator and anyone else who serves in a church needs to attend this powerful one-day workshop. 

Armorbearing is not just for those with the title of “armorbearer” but for all those who serve in the church.

After this workshop, you will go back to your church inspired and more equipped with practical ways to help strengthen your pastor’s hands, to serve your church more effectively, and to aid in expanding the kingdom of God. 

  Topics:

¨ What is an Armorbearer/Adjutant?

¨ Qualifications of an Armorbearer

¨ When It’s Not Your Turn

¨ Being an Armorbearer in a Difficult Environment

¨ Singing With a Purpose (Understanding the Purpose of the Minister or Music, Choir and Praise Team)

¨ Ushering with a Purpose

¨ Ministering with a Purpose (Associate Ministers, Elders, Deacons, etc)

¨ Avoiding & Overcoming the Spirits that Can  Attack those Serving in the Church (Jezebel, Ahab, Absalom, Hazael, Gehazi)

This is one of the most informative workshops on ministering in the spirit of an armorbearer /adjutant. It is an interactive workshop that will motivate you and help to equip you to better serve in your ministerial role.

Early Registration Deadline: April 10, 2012

Late Registration: $30.00 after April 10, 2012

All registrations must be received by April 30, 2012

Lunch on your own. 

You know God has a plan and a purpose for your life, but it seems like it keeps alluding you.

This one-day workshop will help to stir and propel you remove all those things that hinder and block you from not only fulfilling but entering into your purpose.

Additional information coming soon.

It has been asked over and over, “How do I fulfill the call that is upon my life?” You don’t want to miss this timely workshop that will richly bless and stir you to move forward into the place that God is calling you into.

Walking Worthy of Your Calling is a one-day, equipping workshop that will minister to you, your ministerial staff, choir, directors, musicians, ministers, deacons, and all those in and called to leadership roles.

You don't want to miss this anointed workshop. We trust it will stir you to welcome your calling, encourage you to embrace it, and equip you to fulfill it.

Topics Covered:

• Understanding the Call - What is my Calling?
• Being Free to Minister
• Knowing the Voice of God
• The Difference Between Being Called and Chosen
• No More Excuses
• Flowing in Your Ministry
• Guarding the Anointing

ARE YOU READY TO SOAR?

This training is also offered as one of our on-site trainings.

Soaring as a Leader is a workshop geared at equipping you to be the leader God has called you to be. It is an equipping workshop that will take you to the next level in your leadership, because your ministry cannot rise above your ability to lead.

So often people are placed in positions but we neglect to train and equip them to carry out the responsibilities. This often leads to discouragement, discontentment and frustration, and often a job not done. Soaring as Leader will help you move from just having the position (title) to knowing how to shoulder the responsibility.

Topics You May Choose:

What is a Leader?

It is More Than a Title

The Characteristics of a Great Leader: (this covers subtopics such as Being Called, Not Operating Manipulation, Humility, Can Handle Criticism, Being Mentally Tough, Self-Control, and more.)

Moving from Excuses to Action

Assuming Too Much

Bringing Out the Best in People

Leadership Styles

Workshops are catered to meet your church's needs.

To request this workshop please complete and submit the form at the bottom of this page.

Testimonies from prior attendees:

"My church has been strengthened and my leaders have been impacted."

"This workshop needs to be taught annually at all churches."

"I have attended many leadership conferences, but this workshop was the most biblically based one I've ever attended." 

It is often said "one man armies never win battles."  Regardless how anointed or gifted an individual is, throughout the bible we are reminded that we are many members but one body and God calls us to unity. 

No matter how great the vision, a lack of unity can hamper, if not abort the vision. It is sad to say, but many churches have an awesome vision but because of members not knowing how to flow together as one, they are not able to reach their fullest potential. 

"Becoming One, Team Building Within the Church", is an interactive one-day workshop geared at equipping your church members to become one so that they flow together in the same mind and in the same judgment.  Your members will learn how move from storming to performing.  From the ministerial staff to the choir, this workshop will touch all your departments and compel them to move forward with the church's vision.

God has given Prophetess Pamela Smith an anointing to bring unity where there is strife and confusion.  In her unique, soul stirring teaching, Pam ministers a word that will help equip your members to become an anointed team with a goal to expand the kingdom. 

Topics Covered: 

• Laying the Foundation 

• Choosing the Team

• Catching and Running with the Vision

• Submission To Authority

• A Sense of Belonging

• Submission to Authority

• I am My Brother's Keeper

• Bearing the Infirmities of the Weak

• Flowing Together as a Team

• And More!

Truly effective ministry is only achieved when we labor together to blend our differing gifts to impact the Kingdom in a way that can only be obtained through teamwork.

To request this workshop please complete and submit the form at the bottom of this page.

Some of the comments made by past attendees:

"This workshop was just what I needed."

"It was excellent.  I learned so much!"

"She kept it very interesting."

"Lots of good information.  I love the workbook it is a great study guide."

"I thoroughly enjoyed it!"

Trainer "was very well organized, prepared and anointed."

"Trainer was humorous and knowledgeable."

"Excellent orator. We welcome her expertise into our ministry."

"Absolutely excellent workshop and training materials."

"There comes a time in your life when you realize

that if you stand still, you will remain at this

point forever.  You realize that if you fall and

stay down, life will pass you by...."Vickie Silvers

How sad it would be to live your entire life with a crushed dream and an unrealized purpose.  This awesome, thought provoking and life changing workshop will help open your eyes and compel you to pursue your dream.  

What is it that God is calling you to do?

DreamKillers affect not only our individual dreams but the corporate vision of churches. Do you have a low volunteer ratio and/or high absenteeism among those you assign positions to in your church?  So often it is because of the DreamKillers, discouraging the people and hindering them from moving forward so they can achieve their purpose. 

THIS LIFE-CHANGING WORKSHOP Will Unveil the Following DreamKillers:  

• Toxic Relationships

• Slothfulness

• Ungodly Counsel

• Pride

• Holding on to the Past

• Lack of Preparation

• Unwillingness to Take Risks

• Not Growing Where You Are Planted

• Fear

• Disobedience

• You

To request this workshop please complete the form at the bottom of this page.