Tuesday, January 10

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.

Thursday, January 12

Mentoring Your Teenager

Part of the HomeWord Marriage and Family Series

Give the parents in your community the tools and the confidence to become mentors to their teenagers. Jim Burns calls parents to take a very significant role in their adolescent's life, offering much-needed support during this unique and often difficult season of life.

Dr. Jim Burns — President and founder of HomeWord; author of How To Be a Happy Healthy Family

Saturday, January 21

Preparing Your Daughter for Every Young Woman’s Battle

CCN Programming for Women

Parents of pre-teen and teenage girls will receive creative tools that will give them the courage and confidence to talk openly and honestly with their daughters about sex and sexuality from biblical perspective –– and instill values that will lead her to a lifetime of sexual and emotional integrity.

Shannon Ethridge — Best-selling author of Every Young Woman’s Battle and Every Woman’s Battle.

Monday, January 23

Solutions: Love's Essential Values

Series 1: Creating Extraordinary Relationships

First of Four Weeks

Maintaining a relationship that brings love, satisfaction and joy is no easy achievement.  And if you want to make it truly extraordinary, there is something you cannot do without: a common set of values.  Discover the specific values that separate ordinary relationships from extraordinary ones -- and learn how these values can transform your relationships!

Dr. Henry Cloud — Psychologist; best-selling co-author of Boundaries series and author of How People Grow

Monday, January 30

Solutions: Unlocking Potential

Series 1: Creating Extraordinary Relationships

Second of Four Weeks

We often see such great potential in others, yet notice that over time it never develops.  Is there something one can do to help?  Or perhaps you yourself are bursting with potential, but time passes, and your potential lies dormant, untapped.  Join us for this dynamic program to learn to unlock untapped potential in yourself and others.

Dr. John Townsend — Psychologist; best-selling co-author of Boundaries and author of Hiding from Love.

Thursday, February 2

Revolution

There is a new breed of Christian Revolutionaries emerging in North America and they’re inciting a quiet but challenging spiritual Revolution! Calling it the “Great Reawakening of the Church”, research analyst George Barna will take ministry leaders to the heart of a revolutionary cultural shift that is reshaping the Christian Church and the society we live in.

George Barna — Directing Leader of The Barna Group, Ltd. and author of Think Like Jesus.
Dwight Gunter — Senior Pastor, Trevecca Community Church of the Nazarene in Nashville, Tennessee
Robert Lewis — Pastor-at-Large for Fellowship Bible Church in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he served as Directional Leader for over 20 years; author of The Church of Irresistible Influence

Monday, February 6

Solutions: Give Up the Blame Game

Series 1: Creating Extraordinary Relationships

Third of Four Weeks

When a problem arises in your relationship, are you quick to blame, or do you carefully consider how you  may be contributing to the problem?  Giving up the blame game is critical if you want to create the right environment for an extraordinary relationship to flourish.  Learn practical ways you can stop blaming others, "own your own stuff" and help a good relationship become great!

Dr. Henry Cloud — Psychologist; best-selling co-author of Boundaries series and author of How People Grow.

Tuesday, February 7

Surviving a Spiritual Mismatch

Practical help for couples who are “unevenly-yoked”

Leslie and Lee Strobel — Co-authors of Surviving a Spiritual Mismatch; visit LeeStrobel.com

Thursday, February 9

Saturday, February 11

A New Year, A New You III

CCN Programming for Women

A special half-day of encouragement for the women of your church.

Valerie Bell — Author of Getting Out of Your Kids' Faces and Into Their Hearts and A Well-Tended Soul.
Shaunti Feldhahn — Best-selling author For Women Only: What You Need to Know About the Inner Lives of Men.
Dr. Linda Mintle — Clinical Psychologist; author of Getting Unstuck, Divorce-Proofing Your Marriage; and co-author of the best-selling Lose It For Life.

Monday, February 13

Solutions: Step into My World

Series 1: Creating Extraordinary Relationships

Fourth of Four Weeks

Isn't it a gift when someone makes a real effort to understand our experience?  It feels as if he or she has stepped right into our world!  We feel understood and connected.  How willing are you to try to see other people's experiences through their eyes?  Come and learn how to step into another person's world without losing your sense of self.  Doing this will work wonders in all your important relationships.

Dr. John Townsend — Psychologist, best-selling co-author of Boundaries and author of Hiding from Love.

Thursday, February 16

Strategic Leadership

How to build and lead complex Christ-centered organizations

George Barna (Host) — Directing Leader, The Barna Group; best-selling author of A Fish Out of Water
Greg Hawkins — Executive Pastor, Willow Creek Community Church
Rudy Rasmus — Co-pastor, St. John’s United Methodist Church, Houston, Texas

Monday, February 20

Solutions: Listening in Love

Series 2: Learning the Language of Love (Communication and Conflict Management)

First of Four Weeks

Most of us think we are good listeners, and we may well be.  But often despite our best intentions, the other person may not feel heard.  Learn how to improve your listening skills, a critical component of "love language".  Then, the next time you're listening to someone you care about, you'll know how to listen in love.

Dr. John Townsend — Psychologist, best-selling co-author of Boundaries and author of Hiding from Love.

Tuesday, February 21

The Relationally-Based Leader

Great leaders move beyond a task-result-performance orientation to focus on relationship and connection.

Dr. John Townsend — Psychologist; best-selling co-author of Boundaries

Thursday, February 23

Groups that Grow: Four Meetings that Will Change Your Group Forever Part 1

Meeting 1: Getting Connected From Day One – Learn to use the power of each person’s story to overcome anxieties about being in a group and building community.

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

Monday, February 27