The goal of this session is to share practical ways of resolving every day, real world relational problems between people. From the context of working with staff and residents at Allegany Boys Camp, these principles are applied to the mission field, service organizations, schools, family, and the church.

Restricted donations can cause dilemmas for an organization. Such donations may approach the line of personal gifts or be designated for projects outside the organization�s mission. In this session, Dennis Yoder explores issues surrounding restricted donations, including how to handle donations for staff support, how to honor special requests from donors, and how to discern when an organization must refuse a donation unrelated to its charitable purpose.

Ministries can expand their fundraising networks by involving their workers. But to use deputized fundraising effectively, ministries need to know how to comply with legal requirements. This session explains the benefits of deputized fundraising and provide guidance to avoid pitfalls.

Every leader needs to invent vision. Vision and foresight are fundamental elements of leadership. Many embryo-dreams are never birthed into viable visions because leaders struggle to see the real need to form the initial problem-solving ideas and then rally people behind a fully developed plan. This session teaches how to cast a compelling vision of a preferred future. Whether starting a new organization or merely developing a new product or procedure, it starts with vision!

Are you prepared to respond to conflicts around you? Jesus teaches us to respond peacefully when in conflict with our enemies. However, the daily challenge of working with employers, employees, people around us, or fellow church members can test our core principles. This session provides a Biblical perspective on conflict prevention and conflict resolution.

As He did with Moses, God uses what we have, however inadequate it appears to be, for the task He calls us to perform. The emphasis of this session is on home mission opportunities, using the metaphor of Moses’ rod.

Whether you live in a foreign country, teach in a classroom, work in an office, or serve your husband and children at home, your life can be overwhelming. In this session, Lolita Hershberger discusses how to thrive and flourish in life’s endless demands and opportunities, and how to pay attention to the Holy Spirit’s gentle direction in daily decisions.

Conservative Anabaptists involved in social media will discuss what they do and how they do social media. We will attempt to cover the aspects of being a faithful Christian and using social media tools effectively. The panel will include Matt Landis from Landis Technologies, Reagan Schrock from Anabaptist Perspectives (YouTube podcasts), Christian Filbrun from Becoming Conservative Anabaptist (Facebook group), and Frank Reed (blogger at Biblical Brethren Fellowship).

People who serve at our missions bring a heart for the work, a vision of how things should be done, and their personality. Do we as a board give our administrator the support and structure that he needs? How can administrators do well in leading and unifying our team? The vision of productive relationships between the board, administrator and staff can be challenging to achieve but needs leadership to be realized.

This session covers the attitudes and practices that help a leader to lead effectively and in a way that is sustainable over the career lifespan of the leader.

Leaving the mission field and returning home can be a very traumatic event. Returning missionaries need discerning and caring people around them to help them navigate the challenges of re-entry. This session examines some of the major challenges that returning missionaries face and some practical ways churches and individuals can come alongside them.

This session considers how women specifically reflect God�s image, and how this reflection gives direction for women of God to participate in ministry effectively.

Each year, over 1.5 million international students come to America to study. Many of these scholars never visit or make friendships with American families. Many know very little about Christianity or the Bible. This is a wide open door! In this session, Ernest Eby explores practical ways for ministering to this mostly unreached people group.

Often in ministry teams, those serving in subordinate roles are more competent in some ways than those in leadership roles– sometimes more competent in significant ways. In this breakout session, John Coblentz shows how to use abilities to bless fellow workers and supervisors rather than becoming competitors.

Donors expect us to issue donation receipts that allow them to deduct their contributions on their income tax returns. But do you know what critical elements must be included on your donation receipts? What about material donations or donations received at fundraiser events? This session focuses on these questions and more.

Growing up is hard for anyone. What is it like to grow up in a foreign land and understand two cultures but not be at home in either one? Stephan Gingerich shares stories and lessons from a third culture kid.

This session is designed to help us identify people in our churches, schools, and families who have a missionary calling. This session offers practical ideas for coming alongside them and assisting them in preparing themselves for an assignment in missions.

All around us are searching faces. Jesus encountered them, too. Lovingly He reached into dark places to bring healing and hope into the lives of women just like you, inviting them to pursue their own special passions. In your uniqueness, God has placed specific gifts to use in touching hearts around you.

Prepare? There is work to be done! Let us go before we waste more time! While zeal is commendable, proper preparation will help prevent an early death of ministry through burnout, interpersonal conflict, and other issues. Maturity, character, cleansing, and a clear call developed in the womb of worship are significant aspects of this journey.

In this session, Allen Roth observes the Apostle Peter in his (sometimes bumbling) experience of visiting a non-Jewish home. He then draws out lessons that will help Christians befriend people from other backgrounds and incorporate them into churches composed of people who have grown up primarily with others of similar backgrounds.