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Rockford District Leadership Training

Location: Freeport: Faith 1440 S. Walnut, Freeport

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Schedule:
8:00 am - 8:30 am check-in
8:30 am - 9:45 am workshops - session 1
10:00 am - 11:00 am plenary with Bishop Dyck
11:15 am - 12:30 pm workshops - session 2

Everyone is encouraged to register for two sessions offered during each workshop session

  • STAFF-PARISH RELATIONS COMMITTEE (for committee members and pastors)
  • PROPERTY INSURANCE & ACTIVE SHOOTER PREPAREDNESS (for trustees and pastors)
  • GOING GREEN IN YOUR CHURCH (for trustees and all ecologically-minded people)
  • YOUR CHURCH’S FINANCIAL FUTURE (for finance and trustee committees)
  • STATISTICAL REPORTS/APPORTIONMENTS (for church administrators, pastors, and finance)
  • MINISTRY WITH THE VULNERABLE (for women, men, study groups, pastors)

These two are offered only once each, at different sessions:

  • YOUTH LEADER ROUNDTABLE (at 1st workshop slot only) & MISSIONS (at 2nd workshop slot only)


Register by January 26
For more information, call: 815-561-8285

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