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Carry-Out Conversation: Whole Church Discipleship
Tuesday, January 31 @ 11:15am – 12:45pm
Bring your lunch and join us for conversation and connecting as we dialogue about what it means to be a church that engages all ages in discipleship.

Youth and Young Adult Ministry Reception
Tuesday, January 31 @ 9 – 11pm
This gathering is open to those who minister with youth and young adults. Space is limited, so please indicate your interest in this reception during the registration process.

Carry-out Conversation: Disabilities Ministry
Wednesday, February 1 @ 11:15am – 12:45pm
Bring your lunch and join us for conversation and connecting as we dialogue about disabilities ministry in the church.

Carry-out Conversation: Creatively Communicating God’s Word
Thursday, February 2 @ 11:15am – 12:45pm
Bring your lunch and join us for discussion and demonstration among panel and participants as each share their experiences and ideas for helping to foster a passion for God’s word in adults, youth, and children.

Children’s Ministry Reception
Thursday, February 2 @ 9-11pm
This gathering is open to those who minister with children. Space is limited, so please indicate your interest in this reception during the registration process.

Carry-out Conversation: Ask CGE
Tuesday, January 31 @ 11:15am – 12:45pm
Bring your lunch and come meet the staff of Church Growth and Evangelism. Find out more about the ministries of this department and how they can partner with your church to provide resources for your ministry.

Church Planters Reception
Tuesday, January 31 @ 9 – 11pm
If you have planted or parented a new Covenant church, this reception is for you! Please join us for a time of fellowship.

Carry-out Conversation: Ask CGE
Wednesday, February 1 @ 11:15am – 12:45pm
Bring your lunch and come meet the staff of Church Growth and Evangelism. Find out more about the ministries of this department and how they can partner with your church to provide resources for your ministry.

Breakfast with the CGE Staff
Thursday, February 2 @ 7:30 – 8:45 AM
Please join the staff of Church Growth and Evangelism for an open forum breakfast. Ask your best questions! Space is limited, if you did not RSVP for this breakfast during registration, please check availability at the door.

Carry-out Conversation: Ask CGE
Thursday, February 2 @ 11:15am – 12:45pm
Bring your lunch and come meet the staff of Church Growth and Evangelism. Find out more about the ministries of this department and how they can partner with your church to provide resources for your ministry.

Urban and Ethnic Church Reception
Thursday, February 2 @ 9 – 11pm
If you minister in an urban or ethnic setting, you are invited to fellowship and network with peers.

Racial Righteousness Breakfast
Tuesday, January 31 @ 7:30 – 8:45am
All previous participants of Sankofa, J2M, or I2RR, as well as those looking for cross-racial relationships, are invited to join us for breakfast. Space is limited; if you didn’t RSVP for this breakfast during registration, please check availability at the door.

Carry-out Conversation: How is compassion, mercy, and justice alive in your community and the world?
Tuesday, January 31 @ 11:15am – 12:45pm
The Covenant Church has a resource paper on ministries of compassion, mercy, and justice, but how are those ministries alive in your community and the world? How is the Covenant Resource Paper helping your congregation to meet the needs within your local context and beyond? Bring your lunch and join us for an interactive conversation.

Ongoing Ministry in Haiti Reception
Tuesday, January 31 @ 9 – 11pm
Join us for a reception about Covenant World Relief’s ongoing ministry partnership in Haiti.

Breakfast with the Paul Carlson Partnership
Wednesday, February 1 @ 7:30 – 8:45am
Come for food, stay to see how the Paul Carlson Partnership is changing lives in DR Congo through micro-finance and medical assistance. Space is limited; if you didn’t RSVP for this breakfast during Registration, please check availability at the door.

Carry-out Conversation: Deeper with Covenant World Relief
Wednesday, February 1 @ 11:15am – 12:45pm
Covenant World Relief is actively serving in community development and disaster relief in more than twenty countries. Bring your lunch and come to learn more about the difference our shared ministry is making in the world and how you can be more involved.

Carry-out Conversation: Immigration
Thursday, February 2 @ 11:15am – 12:45pm
Bring your lunch and join us as we have a conversation about immigration and the immigrant experience.

CMJ Reception
Thursday, February 2 @ 9 – 11pm
As we engage in ministries of compassion, mercy, and justice, come together to discover how God has been at work this past week. Let’s celebrate how we are being equipped, empowered, and emboldened to join God in making things right in this broken world.

Carry-out Conversation: Social Media and the Pastor
Tuesday, January 31 @ 11:15am – 12:45pm
The challenges of social media are not new challenges; they are new tools for old challenges. Bring your lunch and join facilitators Sean Curtis, Carol Lawson, and Richard Lucco for this time of thoughtful reflection on issues of Covenant clergy and social media. There will be opportunities for conversations concerning how Covenant clergy might think theologically and vocationally about the use of social media.

Carry-out Conversation: SPE Grantees Gathering
Wednesday, February 1@ 11:15am – 12:45pm
Ordered Ministry wants to hear from those of you who have had a retreat, cohort training, or other experience through Sustaining Pastoral Excellence. Bring your lunch and join in this opportunity to help the department craft a picture of the future of this resource for the Covenant ministerial community.

Carry-out Conversation: Married to the Pastor – Clergy Spouses
Thursday, February 2 @ 11:15am – 12:45pm
This is an invitation to Covenant clergy and their spouses to bring a lunch and discuss how vocational ministry affects a non-credentialed spouse. Learn what one conference is doing to support families and offer suggestions for broader conference and denomination care.

Carry-out Conversation: Establishing Ministry Metrics in a Downsizing Military
Thursday, February 2 @ 11:15am – 12:45pm
As the military services downsize in this current austere economic era it is imperative that military chaplains effectively communicate the value of their ministry to commanders. Bring your lunch and join us for a discussion of how metrics provide a fiscal measurement of value for what you provide to your command.

Carry-out Conversation: Immigrant Ministry in the European ContextTuesday, January 31 @ 11:15am – 12:45pm
Jesus calls us to pay attention to people on the margins, to walk alongside those on the fringes of society, to welcome the stranger. Letha and John Kerl, regional coordinators for Europe and Africa, will facilitate missionaries sharing stories of how Jesus is at work among immigrant communities in Belgium, France, and Spain. Bring your lunch and participate in table conversations focused on approaches to building relationships with immigrants in healthy and respectful ways.

Covenant World Mission Reception for Pastors and Staff
Tuesday, January 31 @ 9 – 11pm
Come hang out for an evening of conversation and fun with Covenant missionaries serving around the world. There will be food. There will be games. There will be fun!

Carry-out Conversation: Kenya Mission Connections
Wednesday, February 1 @ 11:15am – 12:45pm
Bring your lunch and join the staff of World Mission and pastors who are passionate about mission ministry in Kenya. This is a time for networking, idea sharing, and deepening relationship with those committed to what God is doing throughout Kenya.

Middle East Ministry Connect
Thursday, February 2 @ 7:30 – 8:45am
Are you curious about how the Covenant may be more closely connected to ministries in the Middle East? Join World Mission leadership over continental breakfast to learn about doors that are opening and to discuss possibilities for joining in God’s work among Christians, Muslims, and Jews. Space in limited; if you didn’t already RSVP for this breakfast during registration, please check availability at the door.

Carry-out Conversation: Domestic Mission around North America
Thursday, February 2 @ 11:15am – 12:45pm
Join the staff of Covenant Merge Ministries to learn about new opportunities for Covenant churches to engage and connect with other Covenant churches for cross-cultural mission experiences. There are expanded opportunities to build relationships with and to serve alongside sisters and brothers around the U.S. who are reaching their communities with the love of Christ. Bring your lunch and join us for discussion.

Merge Ministries Reunion
Thursday, February 2 @ 9 – 11pm
Merge Ministries and World Mission invite any Midwinter attendee who has participated in a Merge mission trip to join our staff for food and conversation.