15th Anniversary Tour / Overview
Rich Melheim is celebrating the 15th Anniversary of Faith Inkubators by hitting the road to help you build your new family ministry team...out of parents! In an afternoon of challenging thought and systems design work, Rich will unveil a way you can transform Christian education from staff-driven weekly programs at your church into parent-driven nightly processes in the home. “We’re looking for folks with a passion for redesigning family ministry into families doing ministry,” says Rich. “Every night in every home!”
Church leaders serious about exploring this systemic change are encouraged to bring a task force of staff, church leaders, parents and key volunteers. To give you a break if you’re serious about transformation, Rich is actually charging LESS if you bring a full team representing the leadership from your church.
“Crazy?” says Rich. “No. I want you to succeed. And from my experience, I know your chances are exponentially better if you bring a critical mass of vision-folks, decision-makers and system-shakers.”
The afternoon will unveil a comprehensive, integrated strategy to connect church to home from cradle to graduation.
The evening event − free to the public − will feature Rich modeling his “Working on the Dream” parent recruitment method. Following the parent/child event, a final strategy session will send you on your way ready to launch the revolution.
If you have any questions regarding the tour, please give us a
toll-free call at 888-55FAITH or drop an e-mail to info@faithink.com.
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The 15th Anniversary Faith Inkubators Training Tour
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Click here to download a copy of the detailed daily schedule (PDF) |
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12:30 pm |
Registration (Please pre-register online.) |
1:00 pm |
Rethinking Family Ministry as Families DOING Ministry What might your church look like three years from today if the majority of your households were setting aside time each night to share highs and lows, read a verse of Scripture, talk about their day, pray, and bless one another? In this session we will walk through five simple steps to begin pulling parents the process of their own kids faith lives...every night in every home. |
1:45 pm |
Rethinking Preschool Ministries as Family Ministry The easiest and most powerful time to begin a meaningful nightly faith walk in a family is when children (and parents) are young. Faith Songs, prayer and nightly blessings can begin here and stay with the family throughout their lives. We'll ask a few key questions, then explore some simply nightly faith rituals every family can do tonight to begin a rich parent/child faith walk as a family. |
2:15 pm |
Rethinking Children's Ministries as Family Ministry As children begin to move out into the world, adding a few simply communication techniques can help nurture the family. We'll discuss the power and practice of "Highs and Lows" and a Bible verse reading and songs that can bring God's wisdom and insight into the nightly family rituals. |
3:15 pm |
Rethinking Confirmation Ministry as Family Ministry Adolescence is no time to stop the family conversations and care. Time to kick it into high gear! Deepen the nightly faith talk by inviting everyone to mix the Bible verse and their "highs and lows" together. They'll be doing theology every night in every home. (Text...context!) |
4:00 pm |
Rethinking Youth Ministry as Family Ministry You don't stop the race on the second to last lap! We'll discuss models that ordain (set aside) small groups of youth into significant servant ministries of the church while encouraging them to commit to continued nightly faith time with parents as long as they're still at home. |
4:45 pm |
Getting Started (without getting fired) Momma always said, "If you fail to plan, you plan to fail." What can you do to get moving in the direction of redefining family ministry at your church? We'll tackle this before breaking for dinner. |
7:00 pm |
Evening Event: "Working on the Dream" Invite all parents AND kids in town to come over for this fun free family event. It'll be 1/2 standup comedy, 12% practical parenting advice, 3/4 sneaky parent recruitment and 100% just plain fun or your money back. (Oh yeah. It's free.) It'll also be the closest thing to a parenting altar call you'll ever see. In the end the majority of parents in the room will commit to investing 5 minutes each night in family faith encounters for the next 6 weeks. Don't believe it? You get 'em there. The Holy Spirit will do the rest! |
8:30 pm |
Strategic Assessment You've seen Rich outline the strategy to bring parents into and onto the faith journey with their own kids. You've seen him invite parents to test "The FAITH 5" in their own homes. Now get your team together and decide the next steps you want to take. |
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