SUPER sessions
Carlo Orlando – Maximizing What You Have in Next Gen
Recommended For: Kids Min & Youth Min Leaders
Do you ever feel like you don’t have enough resources, volunteers, or time to build the ministry you dream about? The truth is, you may already have more than you realize—you just need the right tools to organize, evaluate, and maximize it. In this breakout, we’ll explore both free and paid resources for kids’ and youth ministry, practical systems for organizing people, tasks, and vision, and tools to help you assess what’s already in your hands. Together we’ll look at how to evaluate your physical resources, strengthen your spiritual resources, use mental models for clarity, and create annual rhythms that set your ministry up for consistent growth and preparation.
Eric Hoffman (WorldServe) – Raising Up a Generous Generation
Recommended For: Youth Min Leaders & Student Leaders
How do we cultivate generosity in students who live in a self-focused world? Eric Hoffman shares practical ways to teach and model biblical generosity that moves beyond money—helping young people embrace compassion, sacrifice, and mission as a lifestyle.
Ashton Peters – The Five Families You Meet at Church
Recommended For: Kids Min & Youth Min Leaders
Every church is filled with a variety of family types and dynamics. In this engaging session, Ashton Peters, author of “The Third Voice,” explores the five most common “families” you’ll encounter in your ministry—and how to build bridges of understanding, trust, and discipleship with each one.
Anthony Passante / Feed.Bible – Gen Alpha: Insights on the Next Generation
Recommended For: Next Gen & Youth Min Leaders
What will ministry look like for the youngest emerging generation? Drawing from OneHope’s global research, this session unpacks the latest insights on Gen Alpha’s worldview, digital habits, and spiritual potential—and what it all means for the future of your ministry.
Carrie Brooks – Why Gospel Fluency Is Foundational to Your Discipleship Strategy
Recommended For: Next Gen & Youth Min Leaders
Discipleship begins with clear communication of the gospel. Carrie Brooks will help you understand what “Gospel Fluency” really means, why it’s essential for every leader, and how to train your team to speak the good news naturally in every context of ministry.
breakout sessions
Turning Big Ideas into Repeatable Ministry Practices
Shaatir & Marissa Monroe
Recommended For: Next Gen Leaders
Big vision doesn’t fail because of passion, it fails because of chaos. This breakout is about building clear systems that turn ideas into action. You’ll learn how to create simple, repeatable processes that bring consistency, empower volunteers, and move ministry forward without everything bottlenecking through you.
Made in His Image: Engaging the World from a Place of God-Given Identity
Bethany Marshall
Recommended For: Student Leaders
In a culture confused about identity, this breakout centers on anchoring our lives and leadership in who God says we are. Learn how clarity in identity shapes confidence, conviction, and the way we engage the world without compromise or insecurity.
Supporting Kids with Special Needs
Laura Couchara
Recommended For: Kids Min Leaders
This breakout will equip you with practical, Christ-centered strategies you can implement in your children’s ministry classrooms. Together, we’ll explore how to lovingly support and include children with special needs while reflecting the heart of Jesus, who welcomed every child and saw each one as wonderfully made. You’ll leave with simple tools that not only help meet diverse learning and behavioral needs, but also empower your leaders to feel confident, prepared, and compassionate.
When Leadership Gets Heavy
Johnny Radcliff
Recommended For: Next Gen Leaders
Ministry is amazing… and also a masterclass in feeling underqualified. If you’ve ever wrestled with insecurity, burnout, or the low-grade pressure to “hold it all together,” this breakout is for you. We’ll tackle real-life strategies for navigating overwhelming seasons, taking charge of the nagging questions in the soul, and staying emotionally healthy while you lead. Expect practical tools, honest conversation, and a reminder that God’s not done with you yet.
Empowering Student Leaders
Jamal Fletcher
Recommended For: Youth Min Leaders
Healthy youth ministry isn’t built around one leader—it’s multiplied through students who are trusted, trained, and released. This breakout focuses on practical ways to identify, develop, and empower student leaders to own their faith and influence their peers.
Generating a Culture of Buy In
Adam Olson
Recommended For: Youth Min Leaders
How to generate buy in with students and leaders creating a culture of momentum… and how to navigate those you thought were bought in, but decide to check out.
Strategies for Everyday Family Discipleship
Candy Fritz
Recommended For: Kids Min Leaders
You are fully bought-in to partnering with parents as the primary disciplers of their children. But what does that actually mean? And how do you do it? This breakout will unpack what the Bible teaches about equipping families, as well as strategies to get practical tools and routines in the hands of your families. This breakout is ideal for strategic leaders in children’s, student, family, and discipleship ministries.
No Junior Holy Spirit: Students Leading with Authority
Alyvia Probusky
Recommended For: Student Leaders
The Holy Spirit’s power isn’t waiting for someday or for you to hit a certain age. This breakout is for students who want to step into bold faith, grow in spiritual maturity, and take ownership of their calling. You’ll learn how to lead with confidence, move in obedience, and partner with God in ways that make a real impact in your church and community right now.
RHYTHMS That Keep You in the Game
Jay Heiss
Recommended For: Next Gen Leaders
Burnout doesn’t usually come from bad theology, it comes from unhealthy rhythms. This breakout is a practical conversation about personal sustainability: managing pace, expectations, boundaries, and relationships so you can lead students with longevity, joy, and resilience over the long haul.
Understanding & Responding to Challenging Behavior
Jess Blankenbiller
Recommended For: Kids Min Leaders
Kids today are growing up in a screen-based world that has reshaped how they learn, connect, and regulate emotions. This breakout equips leaders to understand the why behind challenging behaviors and respond with wisdom and compassion. Leaders will gain practical strategies to create connected environments where every child feels safe, supported, and free to encounter Jesus.
The Power of Yes
Scott Nagle
Recommended For: Student Leaders
Ready to level up your leadership? This breakout is all about the power of your YES. Discover why great leaders don’t do everything—they choose the things that matter most. Get equipped to crush distractions, embrace the grind, and chase the God-sized purpose waiting on the other side of obedience. If you’re hungry to grow, willing to sacrifice, and bold enough to say YES to Jesus, this session is your next step. Let’s go.
Developing Sacrificial Generosity in your Students
Luke Yoder
Recommended For: Youth Min Leaders
Sacrificial generosity doesn’t happen by accident—it’s formed through discipleship. This breakout explores how to teach students a biblical view of generosity and help them grow from obligation to joyful, faith-filled giving that reflects trust in God.
Preaching to Gen Z & Gen Alpha: Spirit-Led Preaching in a Screen-Led World
Luke Adams
Recommended For: Youth Min Leaders
Today’s students are being shaped by screens more than sermons, but the Holy Spirit still works through faithful preaching. This breakout will help communicators captivate short attention spans while preaching the Word with clarity, biblical authority, and dependence on the Spirit, leading to real transformation in their students’ lives.
More than a Program: Relational Kid Ministry that Lasts
Armando Raygoza
Recommended For: Kids Min Leaders
Kids don’t just need great programming—they need meaningful relationships that point them to Jesus. This breakout equips KidMin leaders to move beyond schedules and systems to build relational ministry that engages families, creates lasting impact, and invites God into every moment.
If What You’re Doing Isn’t Working Anymore
Micah Marshall
Recommended For: Next Gen Leaders
Students haven’t changed because they’re “worse”. they’ve changed because the world has. This breakout is for youth pastors, Sunday school teachers, and leaders who feel the tension between what “used” to work and what actually reaches students today. We’ll talk real cultural shifts, how teens think and process faith, and how to build ministry environments that actually disciple instead of just entertain. You’ll leave with practical tools, fresh perspective, and strategies you can use immediately not theories, not trends.
