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Thursday
, July 16
Atrium
8:00pm •
Escalator Singing
Ballroom A
8:15am •
Bible Villains: Herod Antipas -- The Puppet King of Public Approval
9:00am •
Can Christians Choose Peace over Truth?
10:00am •
Pressing the Issue: A Study of Gethsemane -- A Place Jesus Didn't Want to Be
11:00am •
Bible Villains: Herodias -- Dancing and Decapitating
1:30pm •
Amazing Grace—Misunderstood: When Faith Works; How James and Paul Agree
2:15pm •
Bible Villains: Haman -- The Gallow Architect
3:00pm •
Pressing the Issue: A Study of Gethsemane -- The Place Jesus Suffered for Me
3:45pm •
Brainstorming Panel: Tactics for Reaching the "Religious Nones" -- Bringing the Nones Back
Ballroom B: PTP Camp
8:00pm •
Bedtime Devotional for Children (Ages 2-9)
Bee Creek
3:00pm •
Future Leaders Workshop (Class 2): Outline Practice
8:30pm •
PTP-U Hangout
Boston Ferry
9:00am •
Integridad sin Compromiso
10:00am •
Caminando por Fe
11:00am •
Liderazgo que Cuida
1:30pm •
Unrealized Spiritual Elements: Battlegrounds (2 Corinthians 10:3-5)
2:15pm •
Mujer de Fe en Tiempos Difíciles
3:00pm •
Servir con Propósito
3:45pm •
What Grace Looks Like in Real Life: Paul, Onesimus, and Philemon as a Model for Christian Relationships
Compton Ferry
9:00am •
Tax Workshop: Minister Taxes 101 -- What Every Minister Must Understand
10:00am •
Tax Workshop: Church Payroll, Compensation, and Compliance -- What Elders and Leaders Need to Get Right
11:00am •
Tax Workshop: When Good Intentions Go Wrong -- Advanced Minister & Church Tax Issues
1:30pm •
How to Keep the Spiritual in the Practical -- Bringing Prayer, Patience, and Purpose into Everyday Service
2:15pm •
Temper, Temper (Controlling Anger)
3:00pm •
Framework for an Active, United, and Faithful Eldership
3:45pm •
The Forgotten Revival of 2 Chronicles 30
7:00pm •
Fe que Mueve Montañas
Cooper Creek 1/2
9:00am •
Amazing Grace—Misunderstood: The Day Grace and Water Met (Acts 2:38)
10:00am •
David: The Giant Slayer Who Faced His Own Weakness (2 Samuel 11–12; Psalm 51)
11:00am •
“Convince Me”: Church Attendance Isn't Optional
1:30pm •
Nehemiah’s Wall and the Critics in the Cheap Seats (Nehemiah 4)
2:15pm •
Amazing Grace—Misunderstood: The Law of Liberty — Not License (James 1:25)
3:00pm •
Hot Button Issues: Compassion Without Compromise -- Loving People in a Culture That Redefines Sin
3:45pm •
Seven Minutes of Wisdom on Parenting Tips
Cooper Creek 3
9:00am •
Did the Sun Really Stand Still? And Other Curious Bible Questions
10:00am •
Living a Life of Purpose: Finding Meaning and Direction in God's Plan
11:00am •
How to Master the English Bible: Discovering Bible Mastery
12:30pm •
Nuts and Bolts -- Tech Solutions Panel: Media & Apps for Church Use
1:30pm •
How Jesus, Paul, and the Prophets Used Logic—And Why We Should, Too
2:15pm •
Roman Emperors from A to Z (Augustus to Zeno): Claudius
3:00pm •
Are the Nag Hammadi Codices Inspired Scripture?
3:45pm •
How to Grow Without a Budget: Outreach Strategies Small Churches Can Actually Do
EHA
9:00am •
Two for One: Culture Creator -- Conviction
9:00am •
Two for One: Culture Killer -- Comfort
10:00am •
Two for One: Culture Creator -- Gratitude
10:00am •
Two for One: Culture Killer -- Complaining
11:00am •
Answering the Methodist Church's Defense of Homosexuality
1:30pm •
Hot Button Issues: Christian Nationalism vs. Kingdom Mission: What Is the Church’s Identity in a Polarized State?
2:15pm •
“Convince Me”: Entertainment Choices Can Cost Me My Soul
3:00pm •
Stop Trying to Be Holy and Start Training to Be Holy
3:45pm •
Two for One: Culture Killer -- Cliques
3:45pm •
Two for One: Culture Creator -- Community
6:30pm •
Congregational Singing
6:45pm •
PTP Certificate & Graduate Program
6:55pm •
Welcome (Emcee)
7:00pm •
New Testament Churches: Smyrna -- The Church That Refused to Quit (Revelation 2:10)
7:45pm •
Invitation/Responses
EHB
8:30pm •
Teen Late Night: Fun & Games in EHB
EHB Tables
10:00am •
Children's Bible Class Teacher Resources: Make & Take at Your Own Pace
3:00pm •
Children's Bible Class Teacher Resources: Make & Take at Your Own Pace
Fall Creek
9:00am •
Two for One: Wise Words from the Proverbs -- Honor the LORD with Your Possessions, and with the First Fruits of All Your Increase (3:9)
9:00am •
Two for One: Wise Words from the Proverbs -- Do Not Despise the Chastening of the LORD, nor Detest His Correction . . . (3:11-12)
10:00am •
Why Feelings Make a Poor Foundation (Proverbs 14:12)
11:00am •
Holiness Starts with Intentionality
1:30pm •
Worship: Our Wonderful and Weighty Responsibility
2:15pm •
Logic Paves the Path to Total Abstinence: Why the First Sip of Alcohol Crosses the Line
3:00pm •
The Attention Economy and the Battle for Your Soul
3:45pm •
Seven Minutes of Wisdom on the Mind
Hensley Ferry 1
9:00am •
Getting the Congregation Involved in Evangelism That Works (Sign up Required)
3:00pm •
Singles Hangout 50+
8:30pm •
Singles Hangout 25-35
Hensley Ferry 2
9:00am •
Getting the Congregation Involved in Evangelism That Works (Sign up Required)
10:00am •
Getting the Congregation Involved in Evangelism That Works (Sign up Required)
8:30pm •
Singles Hangout 35-50
Off-Site
8:30pm •
Pre-Teen Late Night: Coral Reef Mini Golf
Roark Creek
9:00am •
Morning Marriage Class: Hearing What My Spouse Isn't Saying: If Only We Could Read Each Other's Minds
10:00am •
Orthodoxy and Tradition
11:00am •
Book Reviews: What I Have Read This Year That Might Help You
1:30pm •
Powerful Psalms: The Fulfillment of Forgiveness (Psalm 32)
2:15pm •
Is Temptation Fair?
3:00pm •
Advice for Bonding With Teens Who Don't Want to Be There
3:45pm •
Functional Complexity Confirms the Existence of God
6:00pm •
Unrealized Spiritual Elements: Serenity (1 Peter 1:3-5)
Short Creek 1
7:45am •
Early Bird Devotional: Wake Up! There’s Work to Do (Romans 13:11)
8:00am •
Early Bird Devotional: Singing
9:00am •
The Mountains and Valleys (Part 1)
10:00am •
Presence Over Perfection: What Your Kids Actually Need from You
11:00am •
Elijah’s Cave: When Spiritual Exhaustion Almost Breaks You
12:30pm •
Digging Deep Review: Bullet Points from the God of More
1:30pm •
Standing Strong Even When You Feel Unqualified
2:15pm •
Unpacking the Accounts of Those Who Challenged and Questioned the Divine
3:00pm •
Walking Beside a Man Everyone Else Needs (The Life of a Preacher's Wife)
3:45pm •
The God Who Stays When Others Walk Away
Short Creek 2/3
9:00am •
The Lord Is My Shepherd
10:00am •
"But She/He Was Someone I Respected" (The Fallen and the Faithful)
11:00am •
Unlearning to Learn -- How God Reshapes Our Thinking Through His Word
1:30pm •
God’s Blueprint for Deep Marital Unity
2:15pm •
The Soul Deep Famine: Recognizing When You’re Spiritually Starving and What To Do
3:00pm •
Women Who Welcome: Creating Circles, Not Cliques (Romans 15:7)
3:45pm •
Seven Minutes of Wisdom for Preachers' Wives
6:00pm •
Corinthian Issues: The Natural Man (1 Corinthians 2:14)
Short Creek 4
9:00am •
More Miracles in Mark: A Miracle Within a Miracle (5:25-34)
10:00am •
What Happens When the Church Remembers What It’s Supposed to Be (Acts 11:19–26)
11:00am •
How the Church Helps When Life Falls Apart: Understanding the Spiritual, Emotional, and Practical Support of God’s People
1:30pm •
What De-escalation in Law Enforcement Has Taught Me About Peacemaking
2:15pm •
What Does It Mean to “Work Out Your Own Salvation”? A Study of Philippians 2:12
3:00pm •
Orthodoxy and Leadership/Liturgy
3:45pm •
Two for One: The Perils of a Checklist Preacher
3:45pm •
Two for One: The Hurt of a Helicopter Eldership
Silver Creek
9:00am •
Personal Counseling by Appointment
10:00am •
Preacher Renewal by Appointment
1:30pm •
Preacher Renewal (by appointment)
2:30pm •
Personal Counseling by Appointment
3:30pm •
Personal Counseling by Appointment
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