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Location: Naperville: Grace UMC, 300 E. Gartner Road, Naperville
Sat., Jan. 31
Naperville: Grace UMC
A Leadership Event For Prairie Central District Clergy and Laity, open to all in the Northern Illinois Conference
Sat., Jan. 31
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Naperville: Grace UMC
300 E. Gartner Road, Naperville
Cost:
- $15 per person
- $40 per church (4+ members)
Culture, not programs, budgets, or buildings, determines whether a church thrives or merely survives. When culture shifts, everything shifts: worship, generosity, mission, and morale. This workshop, with Rev. Jim Ozier, is a one-day experience focused on helping pastors and lay leaders assess, shift, and shape their church culture toward vitality and growth.
This is an event all the leaders of your church will benefit from attending.
Schedule:
- 8:30 a.m. Doors Open, Registration and Refreshments
- 9 a.m. Worship
- 10 a.m. Interactive Workshop with Jim Ozier
- Noon Lunch (included)
- 1-3 p.m. Interactive Workshop with Jim Ozier
About the Speaker:
Rev. Jim Ozier
Jim Ozier, founder of The Difference Makers Group, is a seasoned pastor, coach, and consultant specializing in church leadership transitions and congregational vitality. After succeeding the founding pastor at Trietsch Memorial UMC in Flower Mound, Texas, he led the church for 18 years, growing it to over 4,000 members and helping launch three new congregations. His experience navigating pastoral transitions inspired him to begin coaching other pastors in 2008, partnering with Jim Griffith Coaching and Path1 of the UMC.
A former Director of New Church Development and Congregational Transformation for the North Texas Conference, Jim has trained more than 20,000 pastors and church leaders across 30+ Annual Conferences on topics such as church culture, leadership transitions, pastoral searches, and hospitality. He has also spoken at major events including the Church of the Resurrection Leadership Institute and the Indiana Annual Conference, and contributed to national publications like The Circuit Rider and Leading Ideas.
Jim lives in Irving, Texas, with his wife, Suzanne, a retired special education teacher.