Looking for inspiration as you finish out 2023? Check out the top 5 most engaged with workshops from #ccdaCincinnati Conference in November. These workshops will help you grow in your relationship with Christ, your identity & theology, and in loving your neighbor. Whether you are a pastor/lay leader, nonprofit leader, business leader, or a good neighbor – there is something in this list to help you finish 2023 strong alongside your community.
Plus – these resources below are free for members!
Trauma Informed Discipleship
Today’s youth are contending with enormous hardships stemming from family breakdown to post-pandemic stress to school violence. How can students find hope in the midst of all they face? Trauma Informed Discipleship will offer techniques to help emerging leaders reach students to effectively love, intervene, and walk with those that are enduring ambiguous environments and…
Cultivating Communities Congregational Formation for Church-Based Christian Community Development
What does it mean to be the church in 2023? This crucial question led representatives from Englewood Christian Church/CDC, Lawndale Christian Community Church, and Missio Alliance to launch Cultivating Communities. Learn about their work in congregational formation and the role it plays in Christian community development. What is formation? How do the desires that fuel…
Practicing Discernment: Knowing When to Embrace and When to Let Go
As CCDA practitioners, there is always more asked of us. So it becomes imperative that we learn how to discern what is truly ours to do. How do we decide what to embrace and what to let go? How do we give space to let God embrace us and move us toward where we need…
Embracing The Long Game The Power of Capacity Building and Learning Conversations
Embracing The Long Game: The Power of Capacity Building and Learning Conversations is a workshop designed for those seeking to engage in place based development: the Shalom of their neighborhood. Whether you’re a community member or part of a church or organization, this workshop will provide you with practical next steps as well as inform…
Ethical Storytelling Simple Steps for Honoring the Story of Others
In this workshop, we will discuss 12 principles intended to help you sustain life-giving friendships between cultures – while visiting a family, home, school, global village, or as a local neighbor or volunteer. We believe that the way we see, listen, or participate within a story can work for the empowerment or detriment of others.…
