C o n f e r e n c e  ... “How to Minister to Job Seekers in Your Community”  

Conference for Church Pastors and Lay Leaders
“How to Minister to Job Seekers in Your Community” Look Who’s Coming Saturday, February 27 Roswell United Methodist Church| 814 Mimosa Blvd. | Roswell, GA
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Bethany UMC
Cairo UMC
Regular Closes Feb 26
Cascade UMC
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Central UMC
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Christian Financial Ministries
Christians Living for Christ
Church of the Apostles in Atlanta
Community Church of God
Schedule for Saturday, February 27th
Eastminster Presbyterian
8:00 – 9:00 Registration and Breakfast Episcopal Church of St. Peter & St. Paul
9:00 – 9:30 Welcome by Jay Litton, Prayer by John Harper Allowing Lay Ministries to thrive by Rev. Mike Long Breakout Agenda Review by Katherine Simons. Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta
Fellowship Bible Church
First Baptist Church of Cumming
First Presbyterian Church
Hickory Flat UMC
10:45 – 11:15 Breakout #3 then 10 minute break Hillside UMC
11:25 – 12:00 Georgia Dept of Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond Jodeco Road UMC
Life Center
12:20 – 1:00 Peter Bourke ‐ Modeling Faith Based Dinner Program Martinez UMC
1:00 – 1:15 Break McEachern UMC
Mt Paran North Church
North Point Community
1. Workshops that Work! Interview, Resume, Start Your Own Business Workshops and others that you can leverage to add meaningful content to your Ministry. Richard Kirby, Bill Williams, Tim Morrison North River Church of Christ
Northbrook UMC
2. Adding Faith to the Job Search ‐ Faith Based Sessions and/or Dinner Programs. Discover the various ways to add a faith discussion to your meetings. Mary Schaeffer, Roger Davis, Bill Goff, John Harper, Bob Kashey Peachtree Corners Christian Church
Peachtree Road UMC
Prospect UMC, Lawrenceville
3. Resume Reviews: One‐on‐One and Remote Resume Reviews. The #1 issue most job seekers want help with. Pat Holt, Craig Simons, Barbara Marks, Eric West Ringgold UMC
Roswell Presbyterian
4. Industry Guides: Connecting Job Seekers to employed volunteers via phone after each meeting. Dramatically increase your number of volunteers since Industry Guides don’t have to come to any meetings! Gary Shaar, Michael DuBois, Melton Hood, Neil Ginn Simpsonwood UMC
St. Andrews UMC
St. James UMC
St. Peter Chanel
Hosted by: Breakouts Newnan First UMC
WOF Worldwide Ministries
Phone: 404.518.1377 2:15 Closing MUST Ministries
Zion Baptist Roswell
[email protected] 1:15 – 2:15 Best Practices Panel Q&A Panel of Lay Leaders in Metro Atlanta Includes a session specifically around Marketing, PR and Prayer. McKendree UMC
Wesley Chapel UMC
12:05 – 12:20 Break and Lunch Buffet in preparation for Peter Bourke Liberty Hills UMC
Unity North Atlanta
10:10 – 10:40 Breakout #2 then 5 minute break Gainesville First UMC
Tate UMC
Kay Holmquist @ 770.261.1766 Church Office @ 770.993.6218 or Katherine Simons Email: 9:35 – 10:05 Breakout #1 then 5 minute break First UMC of Lawrenceville
Suwanee Parish UMC
Roswell United Methodist Church: 5. Joining a Community of Churches in Career Ministry ‐ Crossroads Career® Network: Don’t do this by yourself – take advantage of the resources and community that Crossroads Career Network provides volunteers and Job Seekers (Career Explorers). Brian Ray 6. How to Start Tomorrow from Scratch: Learn from volunteers from churches (non‐RUMC) that have started Career Ministries from scratch the last couple years. Learn what worked and what didn’t. Dan Guelzo, Chris Gilliam, Curt Englemann, Reed Harvey, Bill Lins 7. Weekly Accountability Groups – Christ Centered Career Groups (C3G): Small accountability groups of 5‐7 men or 5‐7 women that meet on a weekly basis is the theme behind C3G. Learn how the method behind one of the fastest growing ideas in Atlanta. Peter Bourke 8. Program Ideas to Generate Interest: Are you looking for ideas to spark interest in your meetings? Learn about the various formats that you can put in place for exciting meetings. Katherine Simons