“I attended the Nashville CPC last week and LOVED it!!! I think it was either my 8th or 9th time, and CPC is always a highlight of my year. I start getting excited around October. 
I wanted to thank you for doing your best to keep costs down. Registration has gone up minimally since my first year, and I know that you have worked hard to provide that. Again, thank you so much for all you do to make each year at the CPC incomparable! I have attended a few other conferences, and nothing compares to CPC. Your time and commitment are obvious and appreciated. You are a blessing!”
Tonya Lawson
First Baptist Church, Chandler, AZ
Fast Tracks and Church Tours
When registering for CPC 2012, you will have the opportunity to register for these sessions separately.
Title: Creative Teaching
Presenters: Eric Hamp and John Tasch
Description: Join us for an exciting and motivational learning experience. We will demonstrate and educate in this workshop on how to make each experience with your children memorable and powerful. Creativity is defined as the power to create, to bring into existence something new or to produce with imaginative skill. We want to unlock the creativity that God has placed in each of you to energize your worship, teaching and activities. This hands-on Fast Track will have you on the edge of your seat and send you home with hundreds of new and fresh ideas. You will experience a live Children’s Church service, learn keys to leading children into worship, get object lessons from things around the house, and learn how to add games and activities that teach God’s word.
Title: The P.O.L.E. Position: 4 Keys to Position Your Ministry to WIN!
Presenters: Ryan Frank and Brian Dollar
Description: Ministry can sometimes feel like a NASCAR race! You are moving at high speeds, avoiding obstacles and racing toward the “finish line.” Our hope is to make it “Victory Lane” and hear the words, “Well done, my good and faithful servant.” But, there is more than the “Sprint Cup” at stake – we are “racing” for the souls of God’s children. It is important that we not allow ourselves to be distracted and end up getting the dreaded “black flag.” In this hands-on Fast Track, you will discover the importance of four important keys that every children’s minister must possess if they want to position themselves to win the race: People, Organization, Leadership, Energy!
Title: Spiritual Formation in Our Children and Families
Presenters: Michelle Anthony
Description: Imagine a generation that knows God’s voice, desires to obey it and is doing so in the power of the Holy Spirit. If forming faith is what we’re about then what happens on the weekend is not the end goal. How do we engage with families so that we are equipping them to flex their faith muscles while exploring the biblical principles found in God’s design to pass faith down from generation to generation? The traditional approach to teaching assumes that we learn differently in the classroom than we do in real life. In actuality, the soul learns differently than the mind. Why is this and how can we teach God’s Word in such a way that lives are transformed and God’s amazing story is replicated in those we teach?
David and Teesha Laflin will be the featured performers for all onsite Fast Track Lunches
www.davidandteesha.com
info@davidandteesha.com
Church Tours
When registering for CPC 2012, you will be given the opportunity to purchase this tour separately.
8:00 am – Meet in Coronado MN Room and roll call/Coronado Springs Resort
1000 West Buena Vista Drive Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
8:20 am – Bus pick-up in the Convention Center Porte Cochere
8:30 am – Depart Coronado Springs
9:05 am – Arrive Cornerstone Church – 407-892-3300
2925 Canoe Creek Rd.
Saint Cloud, FL 34772
9:05 am to 10:15 am – Tour Cornerstone Church www.cornerstonefamily.com/
In 2008, 20 years after the church began and with over 1200 people in attendance, Cornerstone had to continue doing church as always or make decisions to change and lead where they had never been before. The bold decision was made to change. Since that year the name of the church, the strategy and the allocation of space to children and families has transformed their ministry. By making the decision to stop doing a few good programs they repositioned the ministry to do what used to seem impossible in the creative realm of reaching families. Come and see how they increased space for kids and students by 50% without adding any new square footage to their building.
10:15 am – Depart Cornerstone Church and travel to Northland Church
11:15 am – Arrive at Northland Church
Northland Church – (407) 949-4000
530 Dog Track Road
Longwood, FL 32750
11:15 am – 12:15 pm – Tour Northland, a Church Distributed www.northlandchurch.net
Come experience the home of Children’s Ministries at Northland where children experience authentic worship, and receive sound Biblical instruction in an environment which creates a visual expression of God’s Word. The walls are wired with state of the art technology, allowing for our vision of connecting children around the world. Mural and photo walls create settings for entering Bible times – actual geographic locations of the past, present and future. This reminds the children that the Bible stories are about real people in real places who are in relationship with a real God.
12:15 am – Lunch at Northland Church
1:00 pm – Depart Northland Church and travel to Summit Church
1:20 pm – Arrive Summit Church
Summit Church – (407) 897-8130
735 Herndon Ave
Orlando, FL 32803
1:20 pm – 2:20 pm – Tour Summit Church: www.summitconnect.org
Summit is a multi-site church with currently three locations. Base Camp, the Children’s Ministry, strives to support parents as they raise their children to love Christ. They do this through relevant teaching, creative and fun environments, and volunteers who truly want to invest in children’s lives. Safety and relevancy are of utmost importance to us.
2:20 pm – Depart to Coronado Springs
3:00 pm – Arrive Coronado Springs
Dale Hudson will be the Church Tour guide. Dale Hudson has been in Children’s Ministry for over twenty two years. He is the Director of Children’s Ministry at Christ Fellowship Church in South Florida. Christ Fellowship is a multi-campus church with five campuses. Dale was recently named one of the top twenty influencers in Children’s Ministry by Children’s Ministry Magazine. He speaks at conferences across the country encouraging and equipping other Children’s Ministry leaders. He is the Leading Volunteers columnist for Children’s Ministry Magazine and has co-authored three books. Dale and his wife, Pamela, have been married for over twenty two years and have two sons, Josh who is twenty, and Caleb who is seventeen. You can read more about Dale’s ministry journey atwww.relevantchildrensministry.blogspot.com or meet up with him on facebook or twitter:@dalehudsoncm