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We all fight and have disagreements! So great conflict resolution skills are essential for a marriage/family/church to survive and thrive. Learn practical, tested strategies from these popular relationship coaches on how to start a difficult conversation, how to apologize and move on.
Simon & Ruth Clarence
Simon & Ruth Clarence are the founders of Two-gether Ministries. They pastored together for over 30 years and now offer pastoral counselling and coaching through Clarence Counselling Centres. They make regular television appearances and lead marriage enrichment seminars across Canada. Ruth is the author of Firestarters and Hot and Holy.
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Communication breakdown is the #1 reason couples give for their drifting or disintegrating marriage. Often the desire is there, but couples lack the skills to really understand each other. They’re stuck in communication patterns that keep them from thriving. In this fun and interactive workshop, Neil and Sharol share principles that have helped couples at FamilyLife Weekend Getaways across Canada get ‘unstuck’ and reconnect.
Neil & Sharol Josephson
After 25 years in higher Christian education and TV news, Neil and Sharol are devoting their second half of life to serving families and the church in Canada. They were marriage pastors at Bayside Church in California but returned home to Canada in 2010 and are currently the national directors of FamilyLife Canada and Break Forth One.
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Each of the speakers on Stage One are given 15 minutes to answer the question, "What is one thing every Christian should know?"
Sarah Bessey
Sarah is the author of Jesus Feminist and Out of Sorts: Making Peace with an Evolving Faith. She is a sought-after speaker at churches, universities and conferences around the world as well as an award-winning blogger from right here in Canada. Sarah also serves on the board for both Help One Now and Heartline Ministries.
Brady Josephson
Brady is a charity nerd, entrepreneur, professor, writer and founder of Shift, a digital first marketing agency for charities. He’s also CEO for Nonprofit Supply Co. Brady hosts The Good Journey Pod, a weekly podcast with thought leaders, philanthropists and innovators shaping the world of ‘good’.
Eddie Kaufholz
Eddie is the producer and host of The New Activist, a podcast that hears from activists and world changers tackling some of the world’s biggest problems. He is on The RELEVANT Podcast and on staff with International Justice Mission, an NGO dedicated to ending slavery around the globe.
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The year is 2030. What does the Church in Canada look like? Hanging on or thriving? The same basic approach or a radically new model? These national leaders have a heart for the Kingdom, an eye on the future and deep connections across Canada. In this session they will discuss how we as the Church interact with and impact the ever changing Canadian cultural landscape for decades to come.
Mark Clark
Mark grew up in an atheistic home and after his father’s death began a skeptical search for truth through science, philosophy and history, asking the big questions of life and eventually finding answers in Christianity. He felt called into pastoral ministry when he was 20 years old and in 2010 planted Village Church, which has since grown to a vibrant, multi-site church with a heart to reach the greater Vancouver area and beyond into Canada.
Shaila Visser
Shaila is the national director of Alpha Canada, the director of Alpha in the Workplace International and a member of the Alpha Global executive team. She also spent years helping women investigate their own spiritual lives through her work with Women in Leadership.
Mark Burch
Mark & Karolyn Burch spent 23 years in local church ministry before transitioning to church planting leadership with the C2C network. C2C exists to catalyze church planting from sea to sea (Psalm 72:8) and partners with over 25 denominations to assess, coach, train and support church planters.
Tim Day
Tim gives leadership to a new vision in Canada called City Movement— designed to help business leaders, para-church ministries and churches advance the gospel in their city. Tim has served in a senior leadership role at The Meeting House, a multi-city church in Ontario. He is also the author of God Enters Stage Left, a creative retelling of God’s story.
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You love each other a lot. So, why do you sometimes find yourselves at odds? And why do you react the way you do, even though you don’t want to? This episode will help you map what goes wrong and learn how the humility of Christ can empower you to love each other. A laugh and learn opportunity for couples in first marriages and blended families.
Ron L. Deal
Ron is the director of FamilyLife Blended. He is a licensed marriage and family therapist and has extensive experience training pastors, ministry leaders and counselors. Ron is considered a leading voice in stepfamily education, ministry to blended families and preventing re-divorce. His one-minute radio feature, FamilyLife Blended, can be heard daily on stations around the world.
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In this episode, Paul Spilsbury teaches on how to understand God's purposes for the world laid out in the Book of Revelation.
Paul Spilsbury
Paul is the author of The Throne, the Lamb, and the Dragon: a Reader’s Guide to the Book of Revelation and holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge. Paul has been teaching and writing on the New Testament and the world of the early Christians for many years. He currently serves as Academic Dean and Professor of New Testament at Regent College.
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What if asking the challenging and difficult questions of our life with God is actually a healthy spiritual practice? What if Jesus is interested in increasing our curiosity, not resolving it? Dr. Casey Tygrett will lead us through both ideas and practices to help us rediscover curiosity as a healthy and fruitful spiritual practice.
Dr. Casey Tygrett
Dr. Casey Tygrett is a writer, pastor, and spiritual director. He is the author of Becoming Curious: A Spiritual Practice of Asking Questions and an e-book, The Jesus Rhythm: Finding a Life of Advance and Retreat. Casey and his family live in Chicago, Illinois.
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How do we talk about suffering in the church? Is all suffering redemptive? Why does God allow us to suffer? What does it really mean to suffer as Christ suffered? In this episode, Fr. Sean Kilcawley unpacks these questions and shows how to move beyond the platitudes and discover the gift of fortitude.
Fr. Sean Kilcawley
Fr. Sean Kilcawley is an internationally recognized speaker on the Theology of the Body, Human Love and pornography addiction. He has a License in Sacred Theology from the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family in Rome and serves as the director of religious education for the Diocese of Lincoln, NE.
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Ben shares key insights from his journey—leading the worship ministry at Holy Trinity Brompton, recording multiple albums with Worship Central as well as on his own and working with other writers to pen some of the most loved and sung songs around the world.
Ben Cantelon
Canadian Ben Cantelon has worked for several years with Worship Central and Holy Trinity in London. He’s a respected worship leader and songwriter within the UK and well beyond. Most of his time is spent sharing his gift of music around the world.
Set against the backdrop of global uncertainty he sees everywhere he goes, Ben’s music, including Happy Day, The Way, Simple Pursuit, He Lives and Set Apart and the songs on his latest solo album, The Ascent, Vol. 1, are reminders that “God is bigger than any of us, far brighter than any of our gloom and far more real than any of our denial.”
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Technology is not only changing how we live, it’s changing how we love. Youth ministry lifer Randy Carter and author Donna Carter explore adolescent brain development and how their use of technology is hitting where it hurts most: their relationships.
Randy & Donna Carter
Randy and Donna are the founders of Straight Talk Ministries. Lively and entertaining, they speak individually and together in churches and at leadership, youth, women’s and marriage conferences across Canada. Donna is the author of several books including Friend Me and Kick the Boring Out of Your Life.
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We are all walking stories – made up of experiences and memories that make us who we are. How do we engage those memories in a healthy way so that we can become more like Jesus? Dr. Casey Tygrett will lead us in an interactive practice of remembering as a spiritual practice.
Dr. Casey Tygrett
Dr. Casey Tygrett is a writer, pastor, and spiritual director. He is the author of Becoming Curious: A Spiritual Practice of Asking Questions and an e-book, The Jesus Rhythm: Finding a Life of Advance and Retreat. Casey and his family live in Chicago, Illinois.
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Wrapping up the weekend with this keynote address, Mark Clark paints a picture of what the Church should look like today and reminds us of the One mission we are all called to.
Mark Clark
Mark grew up in an atheistic home and after his father’s death began a skeptical search for truth through science, philosophy and history, asking the big questions of life and eventually finding answers in Christianity. He felt called into pastoral ministry when he was 20 years old and in 2010 planted Village Church, which has since grown to a vibrant, multi-site church with a heart to reach the greater Vancouver area and beyond into Canada.
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Every congregation has parents who are silently grieving as one or more of their kids have walked away from church or faith. Explore contributing factors and focus on reconnecting to prodigals and restoring relationships. Learn how to establish a prodigal ministry in your church. Family ministry must address the generations who have walked away from the church.
Ron Hunter
Ron is the executive director and CEO of Randall House and co-founder of the D6 Conference. Ron regularly speaks at conferences and consults with ministry and business organizations.
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How do we share the Gospel message with a hostile secular culture? In this second half of a two-part series, learn to effectively build bridges in evangelism with those who reject the Gospel message.
Rev. Dr. Joe Boot
Rev. Dr. Joe Boot is the founder of the Ezra Institute for Contemporary Christianity and founding pastor of the Westminster Chapel in Toronto. Before that he served as the Canadian director of RZIM.
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How much do we allow popular culture and social media to inform our thinking? This episode, which is part of a two-part series, will review the Christian understanding of our reality—how we know things to be true and the implications that follow for how we live. Discover the framework for a resilient Biblical worldview in order to better interpret our cultural sphere, including current hot button issues.
Rev. Dr. Joe Boot
/ Rev. Dr. Joe Boot is the founder of the Ezra Institute for Contemporary Christianity and founding pastor of the Westminster Chapel in Toronto. Before that he served as the Canadian director of RZIM.
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In this episode, Fr. Sean will share stories of hope, lessons learned and best practices for addressing the problem of pornography in local churches.
Fr. Sean Kilcawley
Fr. Sean Kilcawley is an internationally recognized speaker on the Theology of the Body, Human Love and pornography addiction. He has a License in Sacred Theology from the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family in Rome and serves as the director of religious education for the Diocese of Lincoln, NE.
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This episode explores God’s intent for the gift of Sabbath and how often we treat the Sabbath commandment as optional.
Mark Buchanan
Mark is associate professor of Pastoral Theology at Ambrose Seminary in Calgary. He is a gifted pastor, teacher, speaker and the author of seven books including The Rest of God and Your God is Too Safe as well as the forthcoming novel, David.
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At some point, everyone’s faith, character and hope are tested. Not one of us is immune. When faced with significant disappointments in life and leadership, how do you keep your head and heart engaged when you’re ready to do the opposite?
Carey Nieuwhof
Carey is the founding and teaching pastor of Connexus Church north of Toronto. With a passion to help leaders lead like never before, Carey blogs, write books and hosts a podcast on the subject of leadership. His resources have provided professional development and learning to numerous leaders worldwide.
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Many people struggle with the violence of the Old Testament and particularly the apparent genocide in Canaan. We’ll take a closer look at these passages to confront some popular caricatures, revealing not only that these passages do not depict genocide, they are surprisingly a great source of hope.
Joshua Ryan Butler
Joshua is pastor of Imago Dei Community (Portland, OR) and author of The Skeletons in God’s Closet: The Mercy of Hell, the Surprise of Judgment, the Hope of Holy War and The Pursuing God: A Reckless, Irrational, Obsessed Love That’s Dying to Bring Us Home. Joshua oversees his church’s work in foster care, human trafficking and homelessness.
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