Synergy 2025: Full Schedule

10:15am EDT

Supporting the Call to Missions

Saturday March 15, 2025 10:15am - 11:15am EDT

Feeling called to missions or know someone who is? This session is designed to equip both individuals and church leaders with practical steps for answering the call. We'll explore what it looks like to support those stepping into missions, how to nurture emerging leaders, and the process of transitioning from the church or marketplace into full-time missions work. Whether you're discerning your own call, guiding someone else, or seeking to raise up missionaries within your church, this session will provide valuable insights and strategies to help you take the next step in advancing God’s kingdom globally.

Speakers

Carlos Hernandez

Carlos Hernandez has served as Lead Pastor of The Rock Church in Oregon, OH for 16 years. As He engaged in His faith community he was a member of the board for Water For Ishmael, a ministry that teaches English and helps internationals integrate into the Toledo area through the love... Read More →

Supporting the Call Note Sheet pdf

Supporting the Call to Missions pdf

Supporting The Call Detailed Notes pdf

Saturday March 15, 2025 10:15am - 11:15am EDT
Room 110

Missions Partnership

11:30am EDT

Church Around the Table - Dinner Church

Saturday March 15, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm EDT

Room 110

A Dinner Church is an expression of church that is effective in reaching people who would normally not come into the church building. It’s a church that creates space for people to live in community with one another in a way that breaks traditional social barriers while engaging the life-changing love and power of Jesus. Come on out to this workshop and explore Jesus’ own meal-centered approach to discipleship, mission, and community.

Speakers

Carl Bauchspiess

Dinner Church Director, OCMN

I’m an old Jesus freak from the 70s. After a career in the USAF, I was licensed in the Assemblies of God in 1995. Ive pastored in South Dakota, Youngstown Ohio, and Wisconsin. I’m currently the Dinner Church Director for the Ohio Ministries Network, helping to start dinner churches... Read More →

Ryan Little

Lead Pastor, Hope Hill

We’re Ryan & Jen Little and we have two sons - Carson & Jase. Together, we have the privilege of leading Hope Hill. We love getting the opportunity to serve and enjoy a hot meal with friends and neighbors each week. But Hope Hill is more than just a meal it's a family reunion! Every... Read More →

Saturday March 15, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm EDT
Room 110

Church Multiplication

1:30pm EDT

Increasing Your Productivity

Saturday March 15, 2025 1:30pm - 2:30pm EDT

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Discover practical strategies to boost your productivity and increase efficiency in completing your day to day tasks. In this session, we'll explore tools and resources that empower you to give time to the important as well as the urgent.

Speakers

Sarah House

Events & Resourcing Director, Ohio Ministry Network

In 2009, Sarah House joined the Ohio Ministry Network team as an administrative assistant and then as the church multiplication coordinator for the Ohio Church Multiplication Network. She has also served at the network office as the communications & resourcing director and as the... Read More →

Synergy Presentation pptx

Saturday March 15, 2025 1:30pm - 2:30pm EDT
Room 110

Church Operations

2:45pm EDT

Church Marketing Basics: Google Ads, SEO, & Websites

Saturday March 15, 2025 2:45pm - 3:45pm EDT

Room 110

If people can't find you, it's difficult for them to come to your church. In this session, we will explore the basics of setting up a website, making sure you pop up in the right Google searches, and using your marketing budget in the places it makes the biggest difference.

Speakers

Courtney Jones

Owner/Designer, Little Creative Company

Courtney Jones is the founder of Little Creative Company, a design studio dedicated to helping kingdom-minded entrepreneurs, Christian leaders, ministries, and small business owners build brands, books, and websites that make an impact. With over a decade of experience in design and... Read More →

ChurchMarketingBasicsWorkshop CourtneyJones LCC pdf

Church Marketing Workshop Resource Packet FINAL pdf

Church Audience Identification Worksheet Download pdf

Saturday March 15, 2025 2:45pm - 3:45pm EDT
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Communications