What is Mission Advance?

Mission Advance is a unique learning experience that will mobilize corps officers and their leadership team in effective church health, evaluation, and mission practices to impact their corps and surrounding community for Kingdom expansion.

How do I sign up?

Once your application is complete, please give it to your corps officer for approval. Your corps officer will send it to your divisional representative (listed below) for their approval.

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Who can attend?

We want Corps to send a team of people that includes a minimum: Corps Officer and/or soldier or regular attendee (Speak with your Divisional Representative for additional information)

Where will Mission Advance held?

The conference will take place at Ladore Conference Center on October 9-11, 2012.

How much does it cost?

There is no fee for you to attend other than your traveling expenses. Housing and meals will be provided to you at the conference.

What tracks are available?

Corps Health Essentials:

– This track prepares great commission corps for the great mission field of North America. Every program will be designed for presenting the gospel to non-Christians, and making disciples of Jesus Christ. It will show how your congregation can learn to focus on the one thing that most matters: bringing people into a saving relationship with Jesus Christ. (Maximum of 22 delegates)

Corps Health Coaching

– This track will be focused on learning and practicing coaching skills. It will focus on coaching dynamics, coaching practice, relating through discovery listening, using powerful questions to reflect and refocus, resource and review and how to use an online tool. Eight of the participants in this track will also go on to have a mentor relationship with a coach for six months and be certified. This is a foundational track for coaching NCD or any other health or mission initiatives with corps. It is also effective in coaching leaders to implement mission or discipleship programs and in developing disciples in your corps. (Maximum of13 delegates)

NCD Basics:

– This track will discuss evaluation techniques, ministering in ministry teams, eight quality characteristics, diagnosis and how to deal with your minimum factors. It will be for corps who are ready to pursue doing NCD and for coaches who are going to be assisting them through the process. A corps who participates in this track should have fifteen willing leaders to take the initial assessment and an assigned coach to lead them through the process. (Maximum of 25 delegates)

Small Groups Essentials:

– What exactly is a small group? How can I start this ministry at my corps? This highly interactive introductory course will provide a Scriptural basis and practical overview of how to begin small groups at your corps. In two days you will go through how your corps can start and grow a healthy small group ministry.

Small Groups Experience:

– If you have been trained in small group ministry, are implementing the model, and are looking for how to take it to the next level, then this is the course for you. You will walk away with practical knowledge in long-range planning for your small groups. Additionally, this track will examine some common pitfalls that can arise in the course of implementing small groups.

Small Groups Networking:

– This track is intended for those that have been on the journey in Small Group Ministry and are ready to help us continue building our small groups in the Army across the Eastern Territory by intentionally investing in other corps in their division to help them navigate this exciting and challenging ministry. This track is by invitation only.

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Schedule

Track Instructors

Inertia Poster

Track Descriptions

Registration due by September 22, 2012:

Divisional Representative Listing

Please email jason.pope@use.salvationarmy.org /845-620-7482

or chip.kelly@use.salvationarmy.org /845-620-7494 with any questions.

The Salvation Army

Mission and Culture Department-Mission Advance

440 West Nyack Road

West Nyack, NY 10994-1739

LEAD Summit 2012

The 3rd Annual LEAD Summit will be held in conjunction with the Old Orchard Beach Camp Meetings at the University of New England this year. Lay Leaders from around the Eastern Territory will gather to receive training in one of three tracks. Our theme for this year is REPLENISH.

After worship each day, delegates will receive training in their chosen track. Here is an overview of what to expect.

Evangelism Track

• Based on the book by Richard Peace, Holy Conversations will train you on how to engage in easy and comfortable conversation about the good news of Jesus—the pressure is off. By using small, easy steps, this track will explain the gospel in common terms and encourage you to share your faith in practical ways with friends, neighbors and colleagues. Throughout the week, you will be engaged in spiritual conversation inside and outside of the classroom in everyday language. This is the ideal track for helping laypeople to become competent and confident Christian conversationalists!

• Developed by George G. Hunter III, Radical Outreach explains how the contemporary church can reclaim its ancient witness through hands-on ministries with nonbelievers.This track offers several helpful insights into church renewal. Ministry happens not only through preaching and evangelism but also through relationships and conversation. Of course, this requires that we move out of the confines of our church and develop relationships with people who are not (or not yet) Christians.

Discipleship Track

• The First Steps track will give you practical tools for one-on-one discipleship. With it, you’ll be able to sit down with a new believer and lead them through a foundation-building process, grounding them in an active relationship with Jesus, altogether becoming a Christian who loves the Lord and loves others with a desire to serve.
• What exactly is a small group? How can I start this ministry at my corps? This highly interactive introductory course will provide a Scriptural basis and practical overview of how to begin small groups at your corps. In this training, you will go through how your corps can start and grow a healthy small group ministry. Click here to watch a video on small groups.

Corps Leadership Track

• The Adult Ministry track will provide an overview of the variety of adult ministry that can be seen in the Army. You will spend time learning about local officer positions, the job descriptions for the positions, as well as the O & R, answer the question “What is local officership?” and review the difference between a corps council and pastoral care. Delegates will have a chance to discover their spiritual gifts and how that can help direct you to serve where God designed you to be.
• The Youth Ministry track will provide an overview of the variety of youth ministry that can be seen in the Army. You will spend time learning about local officer positions, the job descriptions for the positions, as well as the O & R for work among youth. Delegates will have a chance to discover the unique ways children learn and how we can best reach them for Christ.
• This Music Ministry track will give current corps leaders and potential leaders the chance to enhance their leadership skills by receiving instruction, encouragement and additional resources needed to further their leadership abilities within Salvation Army music programs. Workshops and discussion would take place on various subjects and each delegate would get the chance to lead a band or singing group while receiving instruction and encouragement from presenters. This program would be ideal for a corps music leader or potential leader that is looking to improve their skills in front of a group and gain practical corps music leadership skills. Curriculum: Dr. Harold Burgmayers new book on music leadership would be used as the reference material for this seminar.

How can I register?

Speak with your Corps Officer or Divisional Lay Leader about registering for this gathering. Attached below is a list of Divisional Lay Leaders, a Letter for Corps Officers, and an Application.

2012 LEAD Application – Delegates

LEAD Letter to Corps Officers

Divisional Lay Leaders