Missionary Spotlight
The Third Culture Kid Experience: Growing Up On The Mission Field
MaryAnn, Aidan & Christianna Yoakum
Room: Brazos North Room (Upstairs)

Three missionary kids share about their twelve years on the field and the benefits of the third culture kid (TCK) experience.

Ministering to Young Adults
Carlos Francis
Director, Single Adults Ministry, Texas Baptists
Room: Bosque Theatre (Upstairs)

In this workshop we will give ideas, tools, and techniques on how the church can start or grow there young adult ministry.

Growing a Great Commission Church
Jason Burden
Pastor, First Baptist Nederland & Former Texas Baptists President
Room: 106

This workshop will focus on how to empower the church laity to connect with missions and ministry in the community. The focus will be on the external ministry of the church.

Mental Health Awareness for Leaders of Preschool, Children, Youth
Melissa Gould
Board Director, WMU of Texas
Room: 107

Children and teens face numerous stressors at home, school, and extracurricular activities. Workers who know their students can actively intervene when they notice behavioral changes in their students and intervene early with the student and their parents.

Greatness Unleashed: Empowering Those Around You
Tamiko Jones
Executive Director-Treasurer, WMU of Texas
Room: 108

Empowering team members to lead begins with recognizing the leadership potential in those already around you. Considering the idea that the most important thing a leader can do is to build others up, we will discuss ways to develop an environment in which individuals excel, and greatness is unleashed.

Involucrandose con la Siguinte Generacion
Carlos Delgado
Pastor, Primera Iglesia Bautista Bilingue Tyler
Room: 109

Las generaciones venideras prefieren estadísticamente el inglés al español, y depende de la iglesia local decidir incluir el inglés en los momentos de culto y estudios bíblicos, o seguir con las tradiciones y perder por completo a la próxima generación.

God's Mission. Your Legacy. Let's Make the Connection.
Jerry Carlisle
President, Texas Baptists Missions Foundation
Room: 110

Learn how to provide for your family, pass on God's blessings, and perpetuate God's Kingdom through faithful stewardship using a free will.

Missions Camps for Leaders
Brian Moore: RA Camp Director, Royal Ambassadors
Room: Lone Star 103

This workshop will be a discussion for camp and church leaders on the importance of summer camps with an emphasis on missions.

Grow Toward Your Future (For Young Adults)
Brenda Sanders
Director, Go Now Missions, Texas Baptists
Room: Lone Star 104

Decisions you make during college will set the direction and pace for your future. How will living on mission be part of your present and future?

Developing a Multicultural Ministry with Cultural Intelligence
Joyce Porto: Multicultural Strategist, WMU of Texas
Shirley Porto: Baptist World Alliance
Room: Lone Star 105

Through interactive activities and practical exercises, participants will learn strategies for building culturally intelligent ministries to reach the cultures for Christ in their surrounding communities.

Missionary Parents Fellowship
Missionary Parents Fellowship Leaders
Room: TXN 114-115

Learn how to support missionaries and their parents as they serve around the world.

Community Mapping
Gaynor Yancey, Director, Center for Church and Community Impact & Professor, Baylor
Elyse McMillan, Candidate for MDiv/MSW, Truett Seminary & Diana R. Garland School of Social Work, Baylor
Room: TXN 117

Asset Mapping propels us to identify beneficial relationships and build on them in collaborative action. Asset mapping encourages community members to focus on community strengths.

Missionary Spotlight
Pastor Training and Human Needs Ministry
Trevor & Kimberly Yokumn
Room: Brazos North Room (Upstairs)

This workshop will inform participants about the ministries of two IMB career missionaries: Trevor and Kimberly Yoakum. Trevor provides pastoral training and Kimberly oversees human needs ministries.

The Dominant Strongholds of Our Culture
Eric Hernandez
Apologetics Lead and Millennial Specialist, Texas Baptists
Room: Bosque Theatre (Upstairs)

There are three dominant strongholds (i.e. worldviews) that permeate our culture and hinder people from coming to a salvific knowledge of God. In this session, you will learn what they are, how to identify them, and how to respond accordingly.

Discipleship Over Decisions
Timothy Fuller
Associate Director of Evangelism, Texas Baptists
Room: 106

Our modern discipleship is weak and often ineffective. It is because we focus on decisions and not disciples. This workshop will examine our current discipleship models and challenge us to align our models to the model of Jesus and the apostles.

Building Your Mental Health Toolbox
Alice Ward
Licensed Professional Counselor & Owner, Transformation Begins Within, LLC
Room: 107

Participants will be educated on spiritual, mental, emotional, and relational tools that may be helpful in creating a toolbox of knowledge, wisdom, understanding, and wellness.

My Brother's Keeper? Building an ESL and HSED Ministry (Christian Job Corps)
Lydia Tate, Director, CWJC Waco
Nancy Gibbs, ESL at Great Hills Baptist Church
Patti Moser, Director, ESL at Great Hills Baptist Church
Room: 108

In this workshop, you'll learn about two great ministries...

ESL Ministry: Have you ever considered starting an ESL ministry? The nations are coming to us, and you can be missionaries in your own city! We can help! Also,

HSED Ministry: Can holistic education opportunities really build an entire family's future? The experience is wonderful and the work is rewarding. Come explore what it takes to build a high school equivalency program. Together we will explore the cautions and delights of this work. We will discuss some basic building blocks for this type of ministry, answer relevant questions, and share stories of triumph. Come see what a high school equivalency program does for your community.

Iglesias Hispana en Mision
Annel Robayna
Estratega de Movilización de la Iglesia Hispana, International Mission Board
Room: 109

Aprenda cómo los cristianos hispanos han sido creados maravillosamente para participar en la misión de Dios.

Generations of Grace: The Enduring Gift of Church Planting
Tom, Howe, Associate Director, Center for Missional Engagement, Texas Baptists
Clay Jacobson, Church Starting Strategist, Center for Missional Engagement, Texas Baptists
Room: 110

This session is designed to inform and active involvement in church planting by considering the long-term, transformative impact that church planting can have for countless future generations.

Opportunities for Missional Engagement
Megan Trotter
Director, Tarleton Baptist Student Ministry
Room: Lone Star 104

Leverage your life and career for the Gospel! Let's discuss what it looks like to develop missional habits as a young professional.

ReNew for Teens
Marisol Sandoval: Age-Level Strategist, WMU of Texas
Savion Lee: Royal Ambassadors Coordinator, Texas Baptist Men
Rebecca Johnson: Student, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Room: Lone Star 103

ReNew for Teens will have two workshops allowing students to Learn, Pray, Give, and Go! They will hear testimonies from our guest speakers and short messages about being called to Christ and being called to share Christ with others. They will also spend time in prayer with one another in an interactive way.

The ReNew mission project will be building hygiene packets for WMU of Texas Missionary, Vanessa Quintanilla Lerma serving along the Texas/Mexico border.

Laotian Cultural Fellowship / Annual Meeting
Joyce Porto: Multicultural Strategist, WMU of Texas
Phonsavanh Xaykosee: Laotian WMU Leader, Laotian WMU of Texas
Room: Lone Star 105

An engaging opportunity to foster connections and spiritual growth among Laotian and Thai women. Participants will fellowship and deepen their faith as disciples of Jesus.

Missionary Parents Fellowship
Missionary Parents Fellowship Leaders
Room: TXN 114-115

Learn how to support missionaries and their parents as they serve around the world.

Learning Between Sunday School and Seminary
David Tate, Director, Truett Seminary Certificate Program
Holly Massie, Truet Seminary Certificate Program
Room: TXN 116

If an MDiv is too heavy, and Sunday School is too light, then the Online Certificate Program might be just right.

Bible Study: God's Call for You
Bennye Bryant
Sisters Who Care, WMU of Texas
Room: TXN 118

This workshop will address calling and how it shows up in our lives. Our call may be near or far, but it is definite.