When

Thursday October 5, 2017 from 9 AM (Social)/9:30 (Programming) to 2:00 PM CST followed by Q& A (see description)
Please note NEW start time this year!

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Where

Green Bay Distillery 
835 Mike McCarthy Way
Ashwaubenon, WI 54304
 

 
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Contact

Maria Schuette 
Diocese of Green Bay-Dept. of Education 
920-272-8309 
cfountain@gbdioc.org 
 

A beautifully inspirational and challenging in-service for those in religious education and youth ministry. The day is filled with prayer, praise and worship, best practices, free resources, and a main speaker on a relevant topic. 

"Brew Time", a time to socilaize over coffee with your peers in ministry and review and collect free resources will start at 9am.  Welcome, Prayer, Praise, Worship, Introductions start at 9:30am.

Our morning speaker will be Rev. Hieromonk Maximos of the Holy Resurection Monastery in St. Nazianz.  Fr. Maximos, a former corporate lawyer who responded to God's call to a monastic vocation.  He is now a writer, speaker, confessor and spiritual father, and his talk will be "The One Percent" about how improving 1% of your day could make you more effective, holy, and content with your work with souls.

Mike Casey will once again be providing the worship and praise music for our day.
After lunch (provided), you choose the table topics to attend (three 20-minute opportunities): 
  • Death by Meeting Sparknotes
  • Newbies to Ministry 
  • Catholic Evangelization Studies (CES):  Who? What? When? Why?
  • What's Happening at Camp Tek
  • How to Tell Your Witness in 3 Easy Steps
  • Extreme Faith Camp
  • The Ministry of Mentoring
  • Shrine On! (Activities for student groups at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help)
  • The Good News about Love Begins Here
  • "Youth Group": How Does It Start, and What Happens?
  • Many Other Topics (of great interest!) 

NEW!   At 2:00, stick around for a Listening Session and Q&A about New Models for Religious Education in the Diocese of Green Bay and a proposal for a grant opportunity to pilot one of those new models!  

Lunch, Refreshments and Materials are included in registration ($17/person).  

Clergy attend free of charge (use promo code CLERGY at check-out)
Table Facilitators also attend free of charge (use promo code FACILITATOR at check-out) 

REGISTRATION REQUIRED (transferable, but non-refundable) by September 26.