Free conference for Open Door Church volunteers
Friday, AUGUST 23rd, 7pm - 9pm
Saturday, August 24th, 9am - 4:30pm
Open Door Church, 1255 Haughton Rd., Edenton, NC
Register required on Church Center
As we grow and learn together, our goal is… purpose in every step. Attending this conference will equip you with essential skills and knowledge to effectively serve our church community. Participate in hands-on workshops and training sessions tailored to various volunteer roles within the church, ensuring you feel confident and prepared in your responsibilities.
23 I do everything to spread the Good News and share in its blessings. 24 Don’t you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run to win! 25 All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize. 26 So I run with purpose in every step. I am not just shadowboxing. 27 I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others I myself might be disqualified.
// 2 Corinthians 9:23-27
Intentional Conference Schedule
friday evening
5pm - 7pm
Food trucks available in church parking lot for purchase before the evening session
7pm - 9pm
Join us for a time of worship and a main session with Pastor Dino Rizzo, Executive director of ARC Churches.
SATURDAY SCHEDULE
8:30am: doors open
9am: prayer main session led by Pastor Dino
10:15am: breakout one
11:45am: lunch
12:30pm: breakout two
2:00pm: breakout three
3:30pm: main closing session with Pastor Stephen Mizell
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Dino Rizzo
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dino Rizzo serves as the Executive Director of ARC (Association of Related Churches), an organization he co-founded which has planted over 370 churches across the country. He is the author of the book Servolution, and he serves as an Associate Pastor at Church of the Highlands in Birmingham, Alabama.
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Dan Scott
KID’S MINISTRY BREAKOUTS
Dan's been crafting kids and preteen ministries for more than a decade. Dan’s background in education, theater, and church ministry led him to his current role at Orange as the Elementary and Preteen Curriculum Director. He leads the team who create the weekend church experience for thousands of churches around the world. -
Alex Schwindt
PRODUCTION & TECH BREAKOUTS
Alex Schwindt is a documentary filmmaker, writer and creative director for Alex Schwindt Media. Over the past 20 years he has served in churches and worked as creative director in places like San Francisco, Chicago, Kansas City and Miami. -
Michael Ball
EVANGELISM & SPIRITUAL GROWTH BREAKOUTS
Michael A. Ball, D.Min. is a fourth generation preacher and a third generation Church of God (Cleveland, TN) minister. Dr. Ball has served the church as Music Minister, Co-Pastor, and National Evangelist. He is graduate of Lee University and Pentecostal Theological Seminary. He has also authored several songs, as well as his published work, Spirit-led Evangelism: A First Century Evangelism Paradigm for the Twenty-first Century Church. -
Ryky Legg
WORSHIP BREAKOUTS &
LEADING WORSHIP IN MAIN SESSIONS
Ryky serves as the Central Creative Arts Director at The Bridge Churches in Eastern North Carolina. He’s passionate about seeing local church congregations and leaders walk deeper in relationship and intimacy with God through worship and creativity. Ryky is also one of the leaders and songwriters of Bridge Music Collective, which released it’s first all-original live worship album last year! -
STEPHEN BRASWELL
YOUTH MINISTRY BREAKOUTS
Stephen Braswell has a heart to lead students into a life-long relationship with Jesus. His goal is to see those students discipled and for them to become lights of love in his community through Awaken Student Ministries at Princeton Church in Princeton, NC.
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
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Taught by Alex Schwindt
"Making Weekend Worship Run Smoothly" (joint session with worship minsitry)
If Sundays are about celebrating our faith and our community, why do they often feel like the most stressful hours of our week? In this workshop we'll explore the crucial processes and systems that will maximize collaborations, protect relationships and free us to worship through serving.
"Maximizing the Power of Your Cinema Cameras"
With the incredible rise in the availability of cinematic-quality cameras, getting the best out of them can prove incredibly challenging. In this workshop we'll explore the foundations of cinematography and explore how to maximize the effectiveness of cameras like the Blackmagic Design Cinema Cameras, the Canon EOS C200 Cinema Camera and the EOS R6 Mark II.
"Recognizing and Telling Great Stories"
Description: Each of us are hardwired to respond to stories. They move our hearts, change our minds and reshape the way we connect to each other and to God. In this workshop we'll explore the essential elements of how to tell stories effectively, and how to recognize and shape the stories in our own community.
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Session taught by Dan Scott
“Faith Foundations”
We only have so much time with the kids in our church, what are the most important things we should be teaching them about trusting God and following Jesus? In this workshop, we’ll talk through understanding how kids learn, how that impacts the way we talk about theological foundations of faith, and cover nine core theological foundations that lead to a lasting faith.“It’s Just A Phase”
Have you ever wondered why kids act the way they do at each phase of their life? This workshop will trace how kids think and experience life throughout their lives from birth through high school. We’ll talk about how this can impact the way we help them understand their relationship with God as each stage of development.“It’s Personal”
As volunteers, it’s important to really get to know the kids you serve. In this workshop, we’ll take a closer look at a moment from Jesus’ life and how it can impact the way we get to know kids. We’ll cover five important questions that kids have when it comes to the people in their life and understand how we can be the answer to them. -
Pastor Stephen Braswell will lead sessions for our youth leaders on discipling the next generation, healthy habits for leaders and preparing our teenagers for launch into adulthood. Full descriptions coming soon.
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Taught by Ryky Legg
"Building Authentic Stage Presence"
We all want to worship more passionately and lead more effectively, but how do we become more expressive worshippers without it feeling fake? This session will dive into biblical examples of both worshipping and leading worship and help you develop a biblical foundation for an engaging stage presence.
"Practicing A Lifestyle of Worship"
You’ve heard the cliche: “worship isn’t just music, it’s a lifestyle”, but what does that even mean? This session will explore practical aspects of the posture of worship - both on and off the stage - as well as what it means to be spiritually prepared to lead worship.
Taught by Alex Schwindt"Making Weekend Worship Run Smoothly" (joint session with tech team)
If Sundays are about celebrating our faith and our community, why do they often feel like the most stressful hours of our week? In this workshop we'll explore the crucial processes and systems that will maximize collaborations, protect relationships and free us to worship through serving.
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Evangelist Michael Ball will cover sessions on the basics of evangelism, spiritual growth, and discipling others in small groups. More details coming soon.
FAQs
Is there Childcare?
Due to the length of the conference and use of the church during the conference, we are partnering with Starting Point Child Development Center to provide childcare at their facility around the corner from the church for children age 12 and under. There is limited capacity and children must be registered to attend.
CAN I ATTEND JUST ONE DAY?
You can sign up for which days you will attend, but we’d love for you to attend both, as both days have different purposes.
Are Meals Provided?
Friday evening there will be food trucks in the parking lot for dinner, for purchase. We hope you’ll take the time to spend it with your church family.
We will provide a lunch as part of registration on Saturday. We will also make sure there are snacks around throughout the day!
Why a conference?
We spend so much time working together that we wanted to pause and look at why we do what we do and how we can intentionally work together better.
We hope this conference will refresh and encourage you, as well as connect you with those you serve with regularly.
What is the cost?
This is a FREE conference for Open Door Church volunteers and anyone who attends who is considering volunteering. We just ask that you pre-register on Church Center.
What is the Purpose of this conference?
We want to let our volunteers know that we appreciate their time and the skill they bring to our church every week. We will have breakouts in youth ministry, children’s ministry, tech and production, worship, evangelism, and small groups.