Our Women’s Association will kick off the conference on Monday, April 15 through dinner on Tuesday, April 16. That evening, the rest of our Associations will join the conference starting with a plenary session together at 7pm.
Wednesday, April 17 through Thursday, April 18 the Better Together Conference will include daily morning sessions led by each of our ethnic Associations (Black Pastors & Leaders Association, Hispanic Association, AAPI Association), afternoon breakouts and panels, and evening plenary sessions with everyone together. Evening plenary sessions are free and open to the public.
This conference is for everyone – even if you aren’t formally a part of one of the Associations, we would love to have you join us as we grow together into Beloved Community.
Morning
Registration / Check In
8:30 – 10 am
Morning Session
Speaker: Melanie Forsythe-Lee
9:30 am – 12 pm
Afternoon / Evening
Lunch Break
12:15 – 2:15 pm
Breakout Sessions
2:30 – 4:30 pm
Dinner Break
4:45 – 7 pm
Evening Worship (Plenary)
Speaker: Debby Wright
7 – 9 pm
Morning / Afternoon
Morning Session
Speaker: Rev. Catherine Gilliard
9:30 am – 12 pm
Lunch, Prophetic Prayer & Mentoring Meet-ups
12:15 – 4:30 pm
Dinner Break
4:45 – 7 pm
Evening
Registration / Check-In for everyone else
5 pm
Plenary & Multicultural Worship Experience
Speakers: Dr. Charles A. Montgomery, Jr & Jay Pathak
7 – 9 pm
Morning / Afternoon
Morning Session
Association-specific worship & keynotes
9 am – 12:30 pm
Lunch Break
12:30 – 2:15 pm
Breakout Sessions or Panel Discussion hosted by Dr. Korie Little Edwards
Breakout Sessions to be announced
2:30 – 4:30 pm
Evening
Dinner Break
4:30 – 7 pm
Plenary & Multicultural Worship Experience
Speaker: Rev. Dr. James Choung
7 – 9 pm
Morning / Afternoon
Morning Session
Association-specific worship & keynotes
9 am – 12:30 pm
Lunch Break
12:30 – 2:15 pm
Breakout Sessions or Panel Discussion hosted by Dr. Korie Little Edwards
Breakout Sessions to be announced
2:30 – 4:30 pm
Evening
Dinner Break
4:30 – 7 pm
Plenary & Multicultural Worship Experience
Speaker: Rev. Dr. Alexia Salvatierra
7 – 9 pm
Breakout Session Preview
- Women Church Planting and Leadership Succession
- Soul Care for Women Pastors
- Difficult Conversations
- Breakout with Rev. Dr. Catherine Gilliard (details TBD)
- Pastoral Sustainability & Support
- Intro to Mentoring
- Bi-Vocational Pastoring
- Breakout with Debby Wright (details TBD)
- Panel Discussion with Dr. Korie Little Edwards & Vineyard practitioners
- Soul Care & Emotional Health
- Multicultural Worship
- Real Talk: Being a Person of Color on Staff at a Vineyard church
- One Church, Two Languages
- The Work Among Hispanic Immigrants
- AAPI Identity
- Sharing our Stories (for AAPI Association only)
- Pathway to Leadership / Influence