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From franchise to local dive… unleash the power for your local church

September 12, 2017 / By Shannon Hodson / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Are you wondering how to spark new life, meet new people and offer them Christ? The temptation is to serve up the same exact ministry models that worked in another time and space. Like ordering from a menu at the franchise chain restaurant and expecting the meal to be palatable in the local context, many churches fail to connect with what their local community is actually hungry for.  Join the Niagara Frontier District Leadership team as they explore ways to unleash the power of the local church at their event entitled From Franchise to Local Dive.... Unleash the Power of the Local Church.

This event, presented by the Rev. Dr Rosario Picardo, will be held at the Alexander United Methodist Church, on Saturday Oct. 21 from 9 a.m.-12 p.m.

Rosario (Roz) Picardo partners with Senior Pastor Mike Slaughter is the Executive Pastor of New Church Development at Ginghamsburg UMC. He has effectively helped the Ginghamsburg leadership team to dream and deploy New Faith Communities within the Ginghamsburg community of churches. Roz is an Ordained Elder within the United Methodist Church, holding a Master of Divinity degree from Asbury Theological Seminary and a Doctorate of Ministry from United Theological Seminary. He leads a consulting group for church planters/pastors called Picardo Coaching LLC and is the author of Embrace: A Church Plant That Broke All the Rules (Pickwick Publications) and Get to Work: Recovering a Theology of Bivocational Ministry (Wipf & Stock Publishers).

Click here to register.