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The sixteen COMPASS Sessions (eight sessions, each repeated) envision both ministry leaders and volunteers simultaneously through innovative examples of holistic church direction, offered by some of today’s best thinkers. |
Sessions may hold brand new concepts for your church team, or may be an extension or refinement of an existing one. Together, you will explore opportunities to cohesively align your entire church team to a common mission. Attend the COMPASS Sessions that speak best to your church’s vision and purpose. Then select TOOL Sessions that complement or target each individual’s ministry needs.
| Organic Community |
S1 & S47 |
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Joseph Myers
Entrepreneur, speaker and author of The Search to Belong and Organic Community
In the right context, people can build relationships in an organic way, naturally connecting into community. Increasingly, we find that community can’t be forced, controlled, or easily created. How can churches develop environments where community will spontaneously emerge?
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Dave Teixeira
Youth and Family Pastor, Ventura Missionary Church, Ventura, CA and co-author of Take it Home.
Churches consistently build top-notch weekly gatherings for
children and students but often miss the opportunity to equip
parents to influence their children outside the church environment.
How do we extend the spiritual impact of the church into our
homes where children spend most of their time?
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Brokenness: Jesus Loves Porn Stars as much as He Loves Pastors
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Justice : An Urgent Call
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S4 & S50 |
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Craig Gross
Pastor and founder of Fireproof Ministries and XXXChurch.com and author of many books, most
recently, Starving Jesus.
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The Brokenness session will no longer be offered twice at COMPASS. Instead, Craig Gross will present a second session called: Starving Jesus now offered as a TOOL Session C ...more
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Jamie McIntosh
Executive Director and Founder of International Justice Mission Canada
Around the world injustice abounds. But when it comes to pursuing justice on behalf of those who are oppressed and abused, we’re at a loss to know how to get involved. In this session you will develop a heart for justice in your church that helps touch and transform your local community and the world beyond. |
Recalibrating the Church
for Missional Impact |
S24 & S70
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| Exploring New & Evolving Forms of Church in Canada |
S25 & S71 |
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Alan Hirsch
Missional leader, educator, strategist and author of The Shaping of Things to Come and The Forgotten Ways
This session will focus on identifying the key issues that the Canadian church must deal with in order to become a genuinely missional movement in the 21st century. It touches on issues of spirituality, theology, organization, and missiology, but in a way that is accessible and engaging.
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Joe Manafo
Lead Team, theStory, Sarnia, ON
Joe Manafo will share his experiences and learnings from his church planting film project, One Size Fits All?. The project has given him a national perspective on what’s happening on the fringes of church life in Canada. Joe will share stories of life change and insights into what the project is revealing about these curious expressions of church.
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| Relational Evangelism |
S26 & S72 |
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Dan Cochrane
Senior Pastor, CrossRoads Church,Red Deer, AB
Dan will share their experiences in leading ministries whose focus is a relationship with Christ rather than program driven ministries. Genuine relationships will reach beyond the church into communities locally and globally.
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Wayne Alguire
Senior Pastor, Trinity Baptist Church, Kelowna, BC
Imagine a church being led and supported by a community of individuals fully engaged in their area of passion and giftedness. That is precisely what God intended; His people, living life to the max, using their gifts to impact the world for Him.
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