Conference Hotel
Crowne Plaza-Houston Downtown
1700 Smith Street
Houston, TX 77002
(713) 739-8800
(ask for the Urban Church Growth Conference
Rate of $89.00)
Ground transportation from the airports:
SuperShuttle
One way from Hobby Airport (HOU) - $18.00
One way from Intercontinental (IAH) - $23.00
REAL IMPACT 2008
Urban Church Growth Conference
“The Relevant Power of TOUCH”
April 3-5, 2008
St. John’s Downtown UMC, Houston, Texas
Maximized IMPACT is the goal!
- Investment (more tithes & offerings)
- Membership (more members)
- Prayer (more discipleship)
- Activity (more ministers)
- Collaboration (more teamwork)
- Touch (more outreach)
Conference Pricing:
$129 before March 31
$159 after March 31
$119 (each) for groups of 5 or more
How Will Your Church Benefit?
- Learn how to make your Sunday worship service so relevant to your community that it consistently attracts new members
- Hear proven and powerful models of ministry “marketing” to diverse audiences from the urban upper middle class to the “hip-hop” generation to homeless and recovery communities
- Resolve “family feud” conflicts that stifle church growth and drive new members away
- Experience some of the best urban worship arts ministries on the planet and go home with their resources
- Expand your vision by touring some of the largest urban churches in America including Windsor Village UMC and Lakewood Church (Joel Osteen Ministries)
- Create a strategic action plan to immediately apply what you learn
Who Should Attend?
Church Teams including some or all of the following:
Senior Pastors
Associate Pastors
Executive Pastors
Lay Leaders
Worship Leaders
Outreach Leaders
Christian Education Leaders
Youth Leaders
Board Members
Ministry Leaders
Denominational Leaders
Congregational Development Leaders
Church
Planting Network Leaders from...
Successful Churches that want to break out
Churches at a plateau that want to break through
Churches in decline that want to break the trend
New church starts that want to break records
Speakers Include:
Pastor Rudy & Juanita Rasmus
St. John’s Downtown UMC, Houston, TX
Christian Washington
Organizational Coach & Speaker
Thursday 2:00 PM
Registration (packets contain GamePlan and Action Plan Templates)
Finger Foods
Soft Drinks
Thursday 4:30 to 5:45 PM
St. John’s Worship and Praise with Brian Wilson
Session One: The Power of TOUCH (Rudy & Juanita Rasmus)
“How to Be in a Do-Do World”
The St. John’s Downtown Story
Gaining balance in ministry life
Refreshing prayer
Thursday 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Opening Reception
“A St. John’s Style Party!”
Book Signing: Pastor Rudy Rasmus
“Wings and Things” (finger foods)
Soft Drinks
Friday 8:00 AM to 8:45 AM
Continental Breakfast and Morning Prayer
Friday 9:00 AM to 10:15 AM
St. John’s Worship and Praise with Daniel Johnson
Session Two: The TOUCH Church – Part I (Rudy Rasmus)
“How to Grow a Relevant Church Though TOUCH Part I”
Best of St. John’s Video: “Only at St. John’s” Moments
TOUCH principles
Rudy’s Story
The TOUCH Test
Friday 11:00 AM to 12:15 PM
Session Three: The TOUCH Church (Christian Washington)
“How to grow a Relevant Church through TOUCH Part II”
Man on the Street Video in the Mission field “Why don’t you go to Church?”
How to create a TOUCH Church
The Box Exercise
Creating a GamePlan to grow your church
Friday 12:30 AM to 1:45 PM
Box Lunch
“Vendors with products, services, and books focused on ministry growth”
Finger Foods
Soft Drinks
Music
Friday 2:00 to 3:15 PM
St. John’s Style Worship and Praise
Session Four: Emerging Models of Urban Church Growth
(Christian Washington)
Critical Marketing Activities for Growth
The importance of a Relevant Worship Experience
Video of other Relevant Urban Growth Models (Recovery, Multi-Racial, Artsy)
Friday 3:15 to 3:45 PM
Debrief and Action Planning TimeFriday 4:00 to 5:30 PM
Session Five: Worship Design & Evangelism – (Rudy Rasmus)
“How to turn your Sunday Service into a Relevant Worship Experience”
The St. John’s Model – TOUCH
The Emory Model
Creating a Worship Design Meeting
Focus on the Big Idea
Creating an “Experience” Vs. a “Service”
Speaking the language of the mission field
Multi-Sensory Worship
Inside the Worship Design Meeting
Inside Look at Rehearsals
Examples of Results
Friday 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM
Urban Worship Arts Showcase (open to the public)
Music (St Johns Worship Team)
Spoken Word/Poetry (Seven and Friends)
Comedy (Evangelene Smithers)
Drama (Lindsey Papion and Friends)
Video Ministry (Mike Noel and 3rd Noel Productions)
Saturday 6:30 AM to 8:30 AM
Continental Breakfast and Morning PrayerSaturday 7:00 AM to 8:00 AM
The Bread of Life Experience
Feeding The Homeless in the St. John’s SanctuarySaturday 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM
St. John’s Style Worship and Praise
Session Six: Bread of Life DebriefSaturday 10:15 AM to 11:15 AM
Session Seven: Strategic Action Planning That Works
“How to get the most out of this conference” (Christian Washington)
Epiphany without Execution is Dead
The IDEA Model of change
Recalling Your Top 10 Takeaways
The Necessity of a “72-hour” plan
Focus on Activity and Accountability
Using the REAL Action Learning Plan Template
Saturday 11:30 AM to 12:15 PM
Session Eight: Preaching Hope to the World
Inspirational Preaching in Preparation for the Journey Ahead
(Rudy Rasmus)Saturday 12:30 PM
Closing Remarks and Prayer
“Shalom” options of Corporate Prayer, A Labyrinth Walk Experience, or Individual Prayer
Questions? Contact us at registration@realimpact2008.com
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