Leaders all across the country are rediscovering Jesus’ dinner table theology that dominated the Apostolic Era. The present-day Dinner Church movement is giving leaders and churches a renewed ability to reach people who would never attend their Sunday morning gatherings. Join us for this special event to find out how the Dinner Church vision could impact your congregation’s ministry and leave with practical insights that can enable you to begin hosting a Dinner Church in your own community,

A Dinner Church Encounter is a 1-day training event, beginning with the rich theological history of the dinner church vision, and progresses throughout the day toward more practical insights that would enable a leader or group to imagine hosting a Dinner Church in their town. The training day includes light refreshments in the morning, lunch and light refreshments in the afternoon.

The schedule is as follows:

SCHEDULE

8:30am Registration opens

9:00am Coffee, Refreshments, Mingling

9:30am Session #1: “Declines & Rebirths.”

10:30am Break

10:45am Session #2: “Sore Neighborhoods and Macedonian Calls”

12:00pm Lunch

1:00pm Session #3: “Talking to Seculars”

2:00pm Break

2:15pm Session #4: “Practical Things.”

3:15pm Break

3:30pm Table Discussion

5:00pm DINNER CHURCH EXPERIENCE (only available to the first 50 tickets who register with the ticket labeled ‘training + dinner church event’) – The experience will take place at Suncoast Community Center – 2241 Case Lane, North Fort Myers, FL 33917

6:30pm Dismissal/Head for Home

This Dinner Church Encounter is sponsored by Grace Church in Cape Coral, and the Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church.

If you have any questions please email sarah.kealser@freshexpressionsus.org.