Tuesday, February 1

How Not to Be Your Child’s ATM

In today’s possession-crazed world, how do you teach your children God’s principles for handling money? Join financial expert and author Nathan Dungan as he shows parents how to talk to their children about money, how to help them understand the difference between wants and needs, how to maintain healthy financial boundaries and how to help children think about and manage money from God’s perspective.

Nathan Dungan – author, Prodigal Son and Material Girls

Thursday, February 10

Becoming a Church that Transforms Children Into Spiritual Champions

Recent research indicates that the critical years for developing world view happens before a child is 14 years old and once set, that world view does not radically change. If that’s true, then there is no more important people group for the church to invest in than children! Join George Barna and ministry experts as they teach you how to build an effective ministry to children and families that can actually transform children into spiritual champions!

Thursday, February 17

Overcoming Overload

Pastors are more overloaded than ever — information overload, expectation overload, meeting overload, sermon overload, and more! With Pastors leaving the field at an alarming rate, Dr. Richard Swenson and Kevin Miller are ready to provide hope and help for overloaded Pastors. Discover how to make the load manageable with practical tools and insights from these experts.

Dr. Richard Swenson – best-selling author of Margin and The Overload Syndrome
Kevin Miller –  Author of Surviving Information Overload

Saturday, February 26

Good $ense Budget Course

Help the people in your church discover tools and develop skills that enable them to control their finances rather than allowing their finances to control them. Invite your whole congregation to take their first steps toward financial freedom!

(Note: Workbook required)

Dick Towner – Willow Creek Association's Executive Director for the Willow Creek Association's Good $ense Stewardship Movement

Tuesday, March 1

Learning to Listen Beyond the Words
Part 3 of Groups That Grow Small Group Leadership Training Series

Dr. Henry Cloud – Best-selling author of Boundaries and How People Grow
Bill Donahue – Executive Director -- Small Group Movement, Willow Creek Association; author of Leading Life Changing Small Groups

Tuesday, March 8

Learn why character development is at the core of great leadership. This broadcast presents the foundational principles of leadership and offers unique tools for diagnosing and developing your own character as a leader.

Dr. Henry Cloud – Best-selling author of Boundaries and How People Grow
Dr. John Townsend – Best-selling author of Hiding from Love

Saturday, March 12

Becoming a Contagious Christian for Students

Bring your students to an exciting, fast-paced, life-changing day of interactive evangelism training that will teach them how to tell their non-believing friends about Jesus in a winsome, authentic, and relational way.

Bo Boshers – Executive Director for Student Ministry Movement for the Willow Creek Association; co-author of Becoming a Contagious Christian Student Edition

Tuesday, March 15

Why ADHD Doesn’t Mean Disaster

The diagnosis often brings fear and discouragement to parents: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Discover Why ADHD Doesn't Mean Disaster as the authors of the book with the same title provide a realistic, encouraging perspective for parents who are raising children with ADHD. Parents will find hope that breaks through hype in dealing with the challenges of handling ADHD.

Walter L. Larimore, M.D . — Vice President of Medical Outreach at Focus on the Family and the best-selling author of 10 Essentials of Highly Healthy People and Why ADHD Doesn't MeanDisaster.
Dennis Swanberg — Host of “Swan’s Place” on TBN, he is “ America ’s Minister of Encouragement.” A former pastor, he is the co-author of Why ADHD Doesn't MeanDisaster.
Diane Passno — Executive Vice President at Focus on the Family; co-author of Why ADHD Doesn't Mean Disaster

Palm Sunday, March 20

PAY-PER-VIEW
Churches that are CCN subscribers by 12/31/04 receive this event FREE as part of their subscription.

The Great Resurrection Debate

Easter boils down to one question: Did Jesus really rise from the dead? Some would argue that Jesus' resurrection was simply a powerful religious metaphor. Where do you stand on this vital issue? In this landmark debate, noted Christian apologist William Lane Craig and Jesus' Seminar scholar Bishop John Shelby Spong square off to address this central question of Christianity. This is a great community-wide Palm Sunday event!

Dr. William Lane Craig — Professor of Philosophy, Talbot Seminary and author of Reasonable Faith
Bishop John Shelby Spong — Former Episcopal Bishop and author of Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism: Why Christianity Must Change or Die
David Aikman as Moderator - a journalist and author, is a Senior Fellow with The Trinity Forum. A specialist on Russia, China, East Asia and the Middle East.
Mark Mittelberg as Host – Executive Director of Evangelism for the Willow Creek Association; Co-author Becoming a Contagious Christian.

Tuesday, April 5

Saturday, April 9

Good $ense Debt Course

For those who struggle under the weight of debt, this course will offer hope along with a practical, workable plan that will lead to financial freedom. Join Dick Towner for a seminar that can be the first step to freedom.

Tuesday, April 12

How to Know God's Will for You as a Leader

Understand God's will for you as a leader by learning to apply biblical principles of transformation and character development.

Dr. Henry Cloud – Best-selling author of Boundaries and How People Grow

Thursday, April 14

A Leaders' Gathering

In this practical ground-breaking seminar, leadership experts Bill Hybels and Marcus Buckingham take us to the core of great leadership as they provide fresh insights into the power of effective leadership and practical tools for becoming a difference-making leader wherever you serve – in the marketplace, in the community and the church.

Bill Hybels – Senior Pastor, Willow Creek Community Church; author of Courageous Leadership
Marcus Buckingham – Leadership/Management Consultant; best-selling author of First Break All The Rules and Now, Discover Your Strengths
Jim Mellado – President, Willow Creek Association

Thursday, April 21

Movies, Media and Ministry

Join George Barna and filmmakers Ralph Winter (Producer of the X-Men films) and Randall Wallace (Braveheart) as they give insights into how movies and visual media can be used to reach people in your community and encourage growth in your church.

George Barna – host, Directing Leader of The Barna Group Ltd., author of A Fish Out of Water
Randall Wallace – Producer, Director, Screenwriter. Credits include Braveheart, Pearl Harbor, and Man in the Iron Mask.
Ralph Winter – Producer. Credits include X-Men, X2: X-Men United; Left Behind: The Movie and Hangman’s Curse.
Craig Detweiler – Chair of Mass Communication, Biola University

Tuesday, April 26

Engaging in Healthy Conflict in Groups
Part 4 of Groups That Grow Small Group Leadership Training Series

Dr. Henry Cloud – Best-selling author of Boundaries and How People Grow
Bill Donahue – Executive Director -- Small Group Movement, Willow Creek Association; author of Leading Life Changing Small Groups

Friday, April 29

More Than Music 2: Windows to Transforming Worship Transforming Congregational Worship

Gather your worship leaders, praise teams, pastoral staff and lay leaders for a half day of training from today's top worship experts.

Tommy Walker –  Recording artist; Integrity Worship Leader; author of over 40 worship songs including Mourning Into Dancing
Jeff Deyo – Founder WorshipCity Ministries; former lead worshipper with SonicFlood.
Margaret Becker – multiple Dove-award winning recording artist
Floyd Ellsworth – Worship Leader, recording artist
Joel Engle – Worship Leader, Recording artist
Scotty Smith – Senior Pastor, Christ Community Church, Franklin, TN
Hosted by Skip Heitzig – Senior Pastor, Ocean Hills Church, San Juan Capistrano, CA; Syndicated Radio host

Saturday, April 30

More Than Music 2: Windows to Transforming Worship
Worship and Technology

Gather your pastoral team, worship leaders, technical staff and volunteers for this half-day of training designed to give you the knowledge needed to navigate the murky waters of technology. In addition to nuts and bolts, this seminar will address relationship issues team members face when confronted with implementing technology into the worship environment.

Kent Morris – Pastor; Technology Editor, Worship Leader Magazine
Skip Heitzig – Senior Pastor, Ocean Hills Church, Radio Host

Tuesday, May 3

Thursday, May 5

When God Doesn't Answer Your Prayer
(National Day of Prayer outreach event)

Does prayer really make a difference? What does answered prayer say about the existence of God? If answered prayer suggests a God who is listening, what does unanswered prayer suggest? Is it possible to find God in those times when we can see no answer to our prayers? Invite your community to join with us on the National Day of Prayer as former atheist and best-selling author Lee Strobel, evangelism expert Mark Mittelberg and best-selling author Jerry Sittser explore the Case for Prayer.

Lee Strobel – Best-selling author of The Case for Christ and The Case for a Creator.
Jerry Sittser – Best-selling author of A Grace Disguised and When God Doesn’t Answer Your Prayer
Hosted by Mark Mittelberg – Executive Director of Evangelism for the Willow Creek Association.

Caring for a Mother's Heart

POSTPONED UNTIL SPRING, 2006

Thursday, May 12

Worship in the Emerging Church: What Resonates with Post-Christian Generations

Where are all the 18-35 year olds? If you have ever looked into your congregation on a Sunday morning and asked that question, this seminar is for you! Join pastor and author Dan Kimball and worship expert Sally Morgenthaler as they give insights into the mind and heart-set of people who have grown up in a post-Christian culture. You'll take away practical steps to create worship gatherings that connect.

Dan Kimball – Pastor, Vintage Faith Church ; author of Emerging Worship and Emerging Churches
Sally Morgenthaler – Author of Worship Evangelism: Inviting Unbelievers Into The Presence of God

Saturday, May 14