Saturday Breakout Sessions

Fueling a Movement of Multiplication
Discover some vital tools to train and equip your leaders to thrive. (Mac Lake)

Beyond Yourself: Building a Sustainable Youth Ministry
God can do immeasurably more than you can ask or imagine, but are you leading your youth ministry in a way that allows for it? This session will show you how to move above and beyond the limits of one person's capacity. Learn how to recruit and empower a dedicated team of volunteers and student leaders, effectively multiplying your impact and freeing you to lead with vision rather than exhaustion. (Renee Ghobrial)

Through the Roof - How Leaders Remove Barriers to the Gospel
Ever wish every community member could fully participate in your church? Four friends dug a hole to get a paralytic to Jesus—and now it’s your turn. This session equips pastors to empower their leaders, break down barriers, and make inclusion a natural part of church life—all while keeping it practical, interactive, and maybe even a little fun. Leave with a one-page Leader Playbook and first steps for building an accessible church culture. (J.J. Owens)

Ready Church
Is your church ready to connect with your community? Ed Lucas of our Disaster Relief team will be helping to lay the foundation for how to get your church ready in the event of an emergency or natural disaster. Come and discover how to get your church involved and connected. (Ed Lucas)

Refocusing the Pastorate: The Call to Be Shepherds, Not CEOs
In an age of celebrity pastors and endless digital content, there is a pressure placed on pastors that their main role is to be a program manager, volunteer leader, and attractional speaker.  We've done a huge disservice to the pastorate and to the sacred calling God has given us. What does it truly look like to be a faithful shepherd of the flock God has entrusted to you, all while being accountable to the Chief Shepherd? (Dominic Raffa)

Why I can’t Recommend Becoming a Foster Parent but You Should Do It Anyway
Rich and Abbey Clegg have been foster adoptive parents for 17 years and have adopted 5 children through the NH Foster Care system. Abbey manages AdoptNH and one of her key roles is recruiting families for kids who need adoptive homes. This breakout session will focus on the realities of foster care and how you can be part of God’s redemptive mission in the life of families. This session will address the need for foster homes and how you can be part of helping families. (Rich and Abbey Clegg)

Campus Calling: Unleashing Your Church to Reach Gen-Z College Students
Discover how your church can step into God’s “immeasurably more” by reaching and discipling Gen Z through church-based college ministry. Learn how partnering with the BCNE can equip you and your church to start strong, go further, and join a growing movement to see lives changed on campuses across New England. (Fady Ghobrial)

Go Above and Beyond in Partnership
Thinking about partnering on a local, regional, national and international level. We will discuss principles of a good partnership and the call to partner. (Sharon Haller)

Why Every Pastor Needs a Coach: Building Pastoral & Organizational Health
Healthy pastors lead healthy churches. This panel explores how coaching can strengthen your well-being, help you structure for growth, and lead through change with confidence. (Gary Moritz, Logan Loveday, Robbie Pitt)

Spiritual Warfare: Fight Like Heaven
You are empowered by Jesus to command demons to leave and render them powerless—stop losing the same battles and take back your life in the authority of Jesus. In this breakout, you’ll learn how to expose and humiliate the enemy’s tactics, cancel the ground you’ve given him, and walk boldly in Christ’s authority. It’s time to stop living in fear and start walking in the freedom and victory Jesus already purchased for you. (Daniel McGhee)

Preparing for the Storm
In the midst of suffering and heartache we can lose trust in God’s goodness. In this women’s only session, we will discuss God’s main purposes for suffering in the lives of His children and how to prepare ourselves now so we don’t lose faith when all hope seems lost.  (Angela Sims)

Being Transformed into a Hope Bearer and a Spiritual Influence in Today’s Workplace
The workplace continues to be one of the greatest opportunities for Christian believers to impact the lives of others for the advancement of God’s kingdom. In this webinar, believers—including church members, leaders, laypersons, and pastors—will learn practical strategies on how to bring the hope of the Gospel into the workplace, how to be a spiritual influence at work, and how to express their Christian faith to non-believers in a respectful and non-threatening manner. (Rev. Frantzy Delphonse)

Going Above and Beyond in Church Planting throughout New England
How can churches with varying sizes and contexts partner together for the sake of multiplication? Practitioners will share how God has worked above and beyond across New England through collaborative church planting. Come and see how you and your church can get involved. (Lyandon Warren, Joe Souza)

Disciplemaking: Equipping People To Engage in Mission
In this breakout, biblical principles and examples from scripture will be used to map out a pathway for people to become more engaged in Christ’s plan for Kingdom multiplication. (Rev. Mark Gedicks)