PARTNERING WITH THE CHURCH
I Come Bearing Gifts
Jim Sprague, CEO, Pregnancy Resource Center
In this interactive workshop, participants will consider three fundamental ways PRCs can partner with the local church, and move from asking for gifts to being one.
Engaging the Church: How to Partner with the Gatekeepers
Pastor Panel
This moderated panel will allow you to interact with several pastors who will help you identify and avoid the pitfalls of certain approaches that keep you from successfully connecting with churches. Focused on what real pastors have to say about real solutions for engaging the church, a Q & A time will allow you to present your most pressing questions, needs and challenges to the very person who can help you craft effective strategies for partnering with a church’s gatekeepers.
Communicating Pro ABUNDANT Life in Church Presentations
Dr. Marc Newman, President, Pro-life Speaker
Analyzing the prolife message often requires speakers to break the issue down into its component parts. But there is a time when speakers for centers and clinics need to help churches see the big picture: how babies fit in with God’s plan for an abundant life. Dr. Marc Newman explains how you can craft a center presentation for a church audience that not only speaks truth about the unborn, but also helps them to see the connection between your ministry and impacting their community to strengthen families and spread the Gospel.
Making Life Disciples: Going to the Church with Your Hands Full
Mary Chapman, Care Net Director, Church Outreach & Engagement
Making Life Disciples (MLD) – equipping the church to offer compassion, hope, help, and discipleship to women and men considering abortion. MLD is the new Care Net church curriculum. In this workshop learn how MLD will help create or deepen partnerships with the local church. Learn how to use MLD to:
- Present your center as community experts on life affirming options that women and men considering abortion need if they are to experience the abundant life in Christ.
- Equip, educate and activate the congregation so they become Life Disciples who make disciples for
- Provide an out of the box resource for your church partners that will take their involvement with your center to the next level.
What it Takes to Activate the Church
Kim Triller, Kim Sandberg, and Nancy Kuhuski, Care Net Pregnancy & Family Services of Puget Sound
This panel of pregnancy center professionals will be discussing different aspects of activating the church through a variety of topics including: ways to educate the congregation, developing internal relationships, collaboration in the community, events to engage the congregation in the life issue and more. The Q & A time will guarantee that you leave with practical information you can implement as soon as you get home.
Embrace Grace Live
Amy Ford, President / CoFounder, Embrace Grace
Are you effectively engaging the churches in your community? When churches and pregnancy centers join together to provide spiritual, emotional and physical support to moms with unintended pregnancies, lives and generations are transformed. In this workshop you will gain a new perspective on how to implement the Embrace Grace program as a great bridge between your pregnancy center and the church. You will also investigate specific ways you can help spark a passion for the prolife cause in your city. Join us and learn how to rally churches in your community to get involved in the prolove movement!
The Church’s Holistic Approach to Pregnancy Care
Chris Wheel, Director of Family Services, Turn Around Agenda Family Services
When a single mother or couple is facing an unplanned pregnancy, she or they may be more likely to consider an abortion if their basic need of food, shelter, and clothing has been compromised by certain events. The church should be committed to providing holistic services that help single mothers and/or couples navigate through life’s crises and pursue the abundant life. This workshop will focus on strategies and concepts geared to improving the overall quality of life for the single mother and/or couple. With a goal to educate, elevate, and equip them, attendees should learn about services in the areas of housing, nutrition, rent and utility assistance, clothing assistance, crisis counseling, and pregnancy services.