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Keynote Speaker
Rick Loewen
While Rick spent 20 years working as a police officer in patrol, narcotics, vice, and homicide, he saw firsthand the devastation that stress can have on people emotionally, physically, and spiritually. Following his years as a police officer Rick has spent the past 10 years worked in ministry. During this time he has served on the Apache reservation and travelled throughout the Wisconsin Synod working with called workers and their families, once again observing the impact of stress on some of God’s most dedicated workers.
In Rick’s keynote presentations you will hear his experiences and how the Word of God provides incredible insight to combat stress. Learn how to develop a personal action plan that can change your life. Learn how you can not only survive but thrive!
Session List
Session Title: Band of Brothers
Presenter: Darin Aden
Presenter: Darin Aden
Too often men go it alone. Some would rather fail than admit they don’t have it all together or have all the answers. In truth, we need each other like a band of brothers gathering men around God’s Word? What can we do to foster a band of support and encouragement for men? We’ll hear ideas from other men’s ministries, share our own questions, and share God’s encouragement as we explore how we might start and sustain a men’s ministry “a band of brothers “at our home congregations.
Session Title: Five Things About Marriage I Wish I Had Been Taught…Instead of Learned the Hard Way.
Presenter: Mark Henke
Presenter: Mark Henke
Typical men open the box containing the new tool, cast aside the instructions for assembly, and proceed with the “I’ll-figure-it-out-as-I-go” approach. If you have used that same approach in your marriage…How’s that worked out for ya’? This session is designed for husbands (all are welcome, but especially those married less than 20 years) who still have open hearts willing to peek at God’s instruction manual. We’ll discuss …men’s brains (waffles) and women’s brains (spaghetti)…. your sex life begins in the kitchen…. arming yourself in the war of words, and other issues valuable to men of His Word.
Session Title: I Can’t Forgive. Now What?
Presenter: Phil Merten
Presenter: Phil Merten
Resentment over the past can keep you from living in the present and moving into the future. Holding on to those resentments puts you at odds with God, who is all about forgiveness. But what happens when what you’ve suffered is unforgiveable? Chaplain Phil Merten of Wisconsin Lutheran Institutional Ministries has been working for over 20 years with people whose sobriety and survival depend on letting go of resentments. In this session we’ll discuss what makes forgiveness so difficult and what help God gives to make it work.
Session Title: LEARN LEADERSHIP FROM JESUS
Presenter: Paul Kelm
Presenter: Paul Kelm
Seven leadership themes from the life and words of Jesus will be applied to the roles of Christian leaders and to the challenges of the church in our time.
Session Title: Make Your Day Count
Presenter: Steve Stern
Presenter: Steve Stern
Time is precious. As God’s people we need to use it wisely and minister to others effectively. Chaplain Stern has three areas of life where we can make our day count if we see the opportunities that beckon to us. These three areas are: Affirming others, living fully, and walking with people in the valley of suffering.
Session Title: Forceful Men, Lay Hold of the Kingdom
Presenter: Wayne Mueller
Presenter: Wayne Mueller
In Matthew 11, while describing John the Baptist, Jesus said the kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing, “and forceful men lay hold of it.” What Jesus meant by the kingdom and forceful men is the subject of this session. Have we in our touchy-feely, politically correct generation lost all the forceful men to advance the kingdom of God? Or, just as bad, do we think of forceful men only as those who through control and force of personality get things done in the church? Tune in, and stay tuned. We could be talking about you. And me.
