SPD ADMINISTRATORS COUNCIL 2023 WORKSHOP INFORMATION
Below you will find information for each of the plenaries and workshops including times. Please click the button below to be taken to each day’s workshops.
WEDNESDAY 12 JULY
Morning Plenaries
The Movement of God – Steve Addison
Ministry Models: Spiritual Leadership – Maurice Valentine
- Spiritual Leadership is Crucial to Successful Leadership. This module will cover the ministry model of servant leadership from a fresh perspective involving renewing remembering their call to ministry to how to clearly articulate their personal core values to their teams to build employee engagement.
- The meeting participant will be introduced to the tools of refining an understanding of God’s personal call on their life and the clarity that comes from the articulation of personal core values to employees.
- These tools inevitably help an individual have clarity during times of personal mission drift during times of duress and or discouragement.
- Lastly, there will be an introduction to how to move employees from low engagement to highly engaged servant leaders through revival and reformation strategies.
Leadership & Authority – Darius Jankiewicz
Workshop 1: Start Time 2.00 pm (1 hour)
Workshop A
Gospel Conversations
Steve Addison
Workshop B
Ministry Models – Discipleship & Church Growth
Maurice Valentine
- The Apostle Paul demonstrated a church can be birthed and grow through spiritual principles in the face of paganism. His passion, rooted in love for Christ was fundamental to establishing the Christian faith against all odds.
- Church Growth is rooted in 5 basic tenants that must be established in the life of the new believer within 6 weeks. When these are accomplished, church members become highly engaged assets for God’s kingdom and are more likely to not consider any other alternative other than being lifelong learners at the feet of Jesus.
Workshop C
Leadership Lessons from Ellen G White
Dwain Esmond
In her writings and counsels, Ellen White paints a compelling picture of God’s leader, especially those who lead in times of crisis and at the end of time! Come and discover the core competencies required of End-Time Leaders!
Workshop D
Christ’s Method of Ministry
Gary Krause
We’ll explore Jesus’ wholistic approach to mission and how we can apply it today. It’s the blueprint for an effective mission in any cultural context, and it’s a remedy for the high apostasy rate that plagues the Adventist Church.
Workshop E
The Priesthood of All Believers
Darius Jankiewicz
This presentation explores the Biblical understanding of the priesthood of all believers, its demise during Old Testament times, and its restoration in the New Testament.
Workshop F
Challenging Leadership Norms
Warrick Long
Rethinking four leadership principles that are accepted as the norm and flipping them for a new perspective on leading in a Christian context.
WORKSHOP 2: Start Time 3.15 pm (1 hour)
WORKSHOP A
Gospel Conversations 2
Steve Addison
WORKSHOP B
Ministry Models – Discipleship & Retention
Maurice Valentine
WORKSHOP C
Seeking the Shalom
Gary Krause
For the first time in history, more people are now living in cities than in rural areas. This is a challenge for country-living-loving Adventists. How can we best engage with urban-dwellers for Jesus?
WORKSHOP D
The Priesthood of All Believers in the Post-Apostolic and Medieval History
Darius Jankiewicz
This presentation explores the priesthood of all believers during the post-Apostolic Christian era and the implications of its demise.
WORKSHOP E
Board Governance
Warrick Long
Engaged boards are high-performing boards, and we will look at indicators of engaged boards, including the role of the board and relationships with management.
THURSDAY 13 JULY
Morning Plenaries:
The Movement of God – Steve Addison
Ministry Models – Systems for Governance – Maurice Valentine
- Systemic Leadership is Crucial to Successful Leadership. This module will cover the ministry model of servant leadership from a fresh perspective utilizing change management and how leaders communicate and shift culture from a Biblical perspective called Power From Above.
- As demonstrated by Jesus, how the ministry of presence makes a difference in employee engagement.
- How to build team through employee one-on-ones and the use technology.
- Recalling the importance of the Priesthood of all believers, the participant will review the importance of engaging executive committee members as change champions to help define and assist with advancing the organizational agenda.
Mission Refocus – Gary Krause
There are no workshops scheduled on Thursday afternoon
FRIDAY 14 JULY
Morning Plenaries:
The Movement of God – Steve Addison
Ethical Leadership – Maurice Valentine
- Ethical Leadership is Crucial to Successful Leadership. This module will cover the ministry model of servant leadership from a fresh perspective of putting others first and resisting ego by following Jesus’ example of self-awareness.
- The Power From Above concept will be built upon as a measure to mitigate against the temptation to lead from positional power.
- The humanistic need for more power will be addressed and its remedy in servanthood will be demonstrated.
- The impact of ministry forged by service will be reviewed
PNG Lessons – Malachi Yani
WORKSHOP 3: Start Time 2.00 pm (1 hour)
WORKSHOP A
Making Disciples
Steve Addison
WORKSHOP B
Strategic Planning for Disicipleship
Maurice Valentine
WORKSHOP C
The Blessing of Failure
Dwain Esmond
No leader ever wants to fail, yet failure is often one of the most fruitful realities of ministry. In this seminar, we will learn how failing well is critical to future success!
WORKSHOP D
Connecting in a post-Christian culture
Gary Krause
Most Adventist outreach methods have assumed people are Christian. How do we refocus our witness to the new reality of post-Christianity in many parts of the world? We’ll discuss how to connect effectively and meaningfully with this rapidly growing group of people.
WORKSHOP E
The Priesthood of All Believers in the 16th Century – Reformation and Adventism
Darius Jankiewicz
This presentation explores the attempt to restore the New Testament ideal of the priesthood of all believers during the Reformation and in Adventist history, as well as the implication of not fully returning to the New Testament ideal.
WORKSHOP F
Financial Governance is Everyone’s responsibility
Warrick Long
All board members have a responsibility for the financial governance of the organisation and this presentation will provide an outline of those responsibilities and some tips and tools.