2021 ALASKA SYNOD ASSEMBLY
Online - April 23, 24 and 25
Workshop Registration
God will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.
Behold, I make all things new!
Revelation 21:4-5
Workshops are open to all.
Prior to the workshop, download the free Zoom app here.
You may also visit this Zoom webpage for more options.
Test your connection by joining an automated test meeting.
- Please register for each individual workshop that you will be attending (see below).
- Join the workshop five-ten minutes before, so that your registration is recognized by the host.
- We plan to have a host in each workshop to offer tech support.
- Please note: registration for the Assembly is not the same as registering for Assembly workshops.
Prior to the workshop, download the free Zoom app here.
You may also visit this Zoom webpage for more options.
Test your connection by joining an automated test meeting.
Friday, April 23rd
1:30 - 4:30pm
Question, Persuade, Refer: Suicide Prevention
We all know this last year has been a hard one. QPR is a basic education program that teaches everyday community members to recognize a suicide risk and how to get a person at risk the help they need.
Presented by Wendi Shackelford, Training Coordinator - Youth Mental Health First Aid
1:30 - 2:30pm
Growing the Strength of Funding Streams for Ministries
Beth Adams, Regional Gift Planner for the ELCA Foundation
Question, Persuade, Refer: Suicide Prevention
We all know this last year has been a hard one. QPR is a basic education program that teaches everyday community members to recognize a suicide risk and how to get a person at risk the help they need.
Presented by Wendi Shackelford, Training Coordinator - Youth Mental Health First Aid
1:30 - 2:30pm
Growing the Strength of Funding Streams for Ministries
Beth Adams, Regional Gift Planner for the ELCA Foundation
Saturday, April 24th
2:30 - 3:30pm
Coaching is for everyone!
Learn how coaching can help you at this workshop hosted by Alaska Synod coaches Rev. Meredith Harber and Zach Manzella. We'll do a demo to show what coaching looks like and discuss how trained coaches can help you get unstuck in ministry and/or life and move toward your goals. We'll also talk about how to become a trained coach.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85876089222?pwd=OHZOcExZdmRnZmEwNVRHdkZ4cjh4QT09
Meeting ID: 858 7608 9222
Passcode: Coach
Coaching is for everyone!
Learn how coaching can help you at this workshop hosted by Alaska Synod coaches Rev. Meredith Harber and Zach Manzella. We'll do a demo to show what coaching looks like and discuss how trained coaches can help you get unstuck in ministry and/or life and move toward your goals. We'll also talk about how to become a trained coach.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85876089222?pwd=OHZOcExZdmRnZmEwNVRHdkZ4cjh4QT09
Meeting ID: 858 7608 9222
Passcode: Coach
2:30 - 3:30pm
Invitational Faith in a Post-pandemic, Hybrid World
The pandemic moved lots of things online in a hurry. The advent of the vaccine promises to open things back up, at least to some degree. Soon we will be functioning in both an on-the-ground and online environment. So, how do we work to invite people into the life of the church when we are on-the-ground again? And how is the online world able to expand our ways of sharing faith and inviting people to become a part of the faith community? In this workshop we’ll explore lots of practical and useful ways to help people of faith be more confident and invitational using all the tools our new world will have to offer.
Dave Daubert is a pastor in Elgin, IL and also serves as an author, coach and consultant to congregations all across the US and Canada. His two most recent books are Becoming a Hybrid Church and The Invitational Christian.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87800990618?pwd=RlVpa0NxSzhQMWpqaXIzRHp3L0kzZz09
Meeting ID: 878 0099 0618
Passcode: 5600048
Invitational Faith in a Post-pandemic, Hybrid World
The pandemic moved lots of things online in a hurry. The advent of the vaccine promises to open things back up, at least to some degree. Soon we will be functioning in both an on-the-ground and online environment. So, how do we work to invite people into the life of the church when we are on-the-ground again? And how is the online world able to expand our ways of sharing faith and inviting people to become a part of the faith community? In this workshop we’ll explore lots of practical and useful ways to help people of faith be more confident and invitational using all the tools our new world will have to offer.
Dave Daubert is a pastor in Elgin, IL and also serves as an author, coach and consultant to congregations all across the US and Canada. His two most recent books are Becoming a Hybrid Church and The Invitational Christian.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87800990618?pwd=RlVpa0NxSzhQMWpqaXIzRHp3L0kzZz09
Meeting ID: 878 0099 0618
Passcode: 5600048
2:30 - 3:30pm
Reconciling Works
Join Ashlei Cramer (she/her), Reconciling in Christ (RIC) Program Coordinator at ReconcilingWorks to learn what it means to be a faith community that is committed to the work of welcome, inclusion, celebration, and advocacy for all of God's Beloveds. Ashlei will outline the Reconciling in Christ (RIC) Journey, share helpful tools and steps from the Building an Inclusive Church toolkit which supports the RIC Journey, and how you and your faith community can engage in a public commitment to welcoming our LGBTQIA+ siblings and others who have been excluded from the church. At the end of our time together, we will hear from Alaska’s first Reconciling in Christ faith community and more on their own RIC Journey.
Resources: https://www.reconcilingworks.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Synod-Assembly-Links-for-Tabling.pdf
Links connected to resources for those beginning their journey and those who are RIC to help set new milestones.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83936149169?pwd=MS9qdXIvZDhaNW9EQTE2UVBwTnRzUT09
Meeting ID: 839 3614 9169
Passcode: 522123
Reconciling Works
Join Ashlei Cramer (she/her), Reconciling in Christ (RIC) Program Coordinator at ReconcilingWorks to learn what it means to be a faith community that is committed to the work of welcome, inclusion, celebration, and advocacy for all of God's Beloveds. Ashlei will outline the Reconciling in Christ (RIC) Journey, share helpful tools and steps from the Building an Inclusive Church toolkit which supports the RIC Journey, and how you and your faith community can engage in a public commitment to welcoming our LGBTQIA+ siblings and others who have been excluded from the church. At the end of our time together, we will hear from Alaska’s first Reconciling in Christ faith community and more on their own RIC Journey.
Resources: https://www.reconcilingworks.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Synod-Assembly-Links-for-Tabling.pdf
Links connected to resources for those beginning their journey and those who are RIC to help set new milestones.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83936149169?pwd=MS9qdXIvZDhaNW9EQTE2UVBwTnRzUT09
Meeting ID: 839 3614 9169
Passcode: 522123
