Save the Date NOW: 8/23/12

PALC Ongoing Friends:

Please save Thursday, August 23, 2012, for a day long gathering!

That means stop reading this right now… and put it on your calendar.  Right now.

More details will be forthcoming… but for now let's just say that we'll be doing a Disciplemaking Map Quest.

It's going to be biblical, fun, experiential, sharpening, and something you will be able to immediately use in your life and ministry.

Does anyone want to volunteer their facilities for this PALCO?  Let me know.

Now put this date in your calendar… right now.

Can't wait.

The Disciplemaker's Journal now on iBooks!

Breaking news: The electronic version of The Disciplemaker's Journal is now available to download from iBooks.  Get now here. Now get those iPads out and haver at it! This electronic version includes a disciplemaking glossary with in-depth explanations, videos, and other fun goodies we couldn't include in the regular hard copy journal.

Youth Ministry 911 or 101? A training lab experience

Note: Here's another special invitation for those who lead youth ministries and volunteers who serve in youth ministry.

On Tuesday, May 22nd, at 10:30 AM at Eysals Coffee, I'm gathering with a few youth leaders to do a two hour training lab called, Youth Ministry 911 or 101?

This is a great training lab for you to take back to the volunteers who serve with you in ministry... especially volunteer small group leaders. Let's face it. Youth ministry gets relationally messy fast. This training lab will give you some nuts and bolts to help you train the volunteers in your ministry to deal with both 911 situations and 101 situations in a healthy and productive manner.

The ONLY requirement to participate in this training lab experience on May 22nd is that you must purchase this resource online BEFORE you arrive at the training. This and this alone secures your spot... and is your only cost for the day... except for the beverage that you'll purchase at Eysals.

Always and invitation… never any pressure.

Training for Student Ministries Leadership Teams

Note: This is a special invitation to PALC Ongoing guys and their student ministries leadership teams (volunteers and key students). If this morning of training is something you and your team want to be a part of, please contact Bill via email to RSVP within the next 7 days.  Space is limited. One week from the date of this blog post, if we have room left, I will be opening this invitation up to a broader circle of friends.

In youth ministry, summer is typically a time of building great relationships.

And where there are great relationships, the potential for disciplemaking is exponential!

What crazy and wonderful things could God do this summer if the volunteers and key students in your youth ministry got caught up in loving God and loving other students? 

Dream about that for a minute… and let that dream put a smile on your face.

Now, where do you begin to make that dream a reality?  Start here:

Saturday morning, June 2nd!
On Saturday morning, June 2nd, Bill Allison of Cadre Ministries will be facilitating an interactive morning of fun, equipping, and encouragement especially targeted for youth leaders (volunteer and paid) and student leaders. This training is intensely biblical and comes right out of the Great Commandment and the disciplemaking heart of Jesus.

What is covered in the training?
* For the outline of the four sessions, go here.

Who should come?
* Youth leaders (volunteer and paid) and student leaders (junior high and older). Note: This is for student ministry leadership TEAMS. No one should come to this training by themselves.

Where is this training going to happen?
* Real Life Church in Central IL.

What time is the training on Saturday, June 2nd?
* 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM with doors opening at 8 AM for registration.

How much does does the training cost?
* Tuition is $20 per person and includes a training manual filled, a take home follow-through living guide, and yummy goodies to eat and beverages. Space is limited. Teams will be accepted in the order they RSVP.

What's the best way to plan this day for your team?
1.  Experience the training as a team in the morning.
2.  Go out together for lunch to a place of your choosing.
3.  After lunch, invest 60-90 minutes working through the group application questions in the training manual to wrestle next steps with your ministry team.

More questions? Contact Bill.

Great day together: Disciplemaking and iTech

I've never seen so many iPads in one room… except at maybe an Apple store :  )

Great news: My dying van with 200,000 miles on it made it to Sycamore, IL, and back… one more time. Even greater news: The van ride to and from Sycamore was filled with disciplemaking, learning, and community. The van ride together was worth my day. Thanks for the sharpening, love, and encouragement.

Here are few pics I took along the way.  Click any image to enlarge for viewing.

Some of us were totally Geeked out… others of us were merely posers and pretending to be techies (me). Either way, we ate great food.

iTech Rabbi Dave Garda shares from the overflow of his adventures as a Mac guru.

I think Ed (far left) is daydreaming about shooting his shotgun or riding his motorcycle. Retired people… it's so hard to keep their attention : )

Love following Jesus, together, with you guys.

Mastering iTech for Disciplemakers

On Tuesday, May 1st, YOU can join us for a day together with Dave Garda (Cadre staffer and Certified Apple Consultant) to explore the following…

* Powerpoint to iPAD.

* Keynote for iPAD.

* Why I prefer and use Keynote for Mac.

* Importing & Exporting to the format you need.

* Remotely controlling your presentation using an iphone, ipod-touch.

* How to transfer and test existing presentations on the iPad/iphone4S... 

* How to wirelessly train and share from your iPad to a tv or projector... using an appleTVHD box and a flatscreen or hdmi projector.

* How to capture quality video from the web and use it in presentations.

* Using legal graphics so that you can share your presentations... Where to get quality images.

* Forgetting what POWERPOINT taught you and instead creating Great, Memorable, Havering Presentations.

* What I carry with me as a traveling trainer.

* How to get good sound out from your presentations to the ears of your audience.

* How a Disciplemaker can change the way you train!

* An introduction into what a trainer should own and know to multiply what God is teaching...

* Plus Q and A and a bunch of other tips to become a great trainer and disciplemaking trainer/friend. 

The cost for the training will be $50 per person. Bring a check to Cadre Ministries on the day of training or pay online here. You will also be responsible for your own lunch at a place to be determined.  

On May 1st, we'll meet at Bill's house at 7 AM and be back to Bill's house by 5 PM. Bill will drive us to Sycamore, IL. At last count, there are only THREE available seats left in the van! Text Bill if you want a seat

Dave's plan is to focus on the most important priorities and keep a running list of secondary questions. If you're in... then I'll want you to email dave your questions ASAP.

Thanks for a great PALCO lunch!

Click image to enlarge. Print enlarged picture and hang in your house, garage, or office to make it 100% cockroach free.

Not pictured: Erik "Week Bladder" Johnson. Disclaimer: We do NOT know who the two guys hugging are nor how they got into this group picture.

Special thanks to Jesse, Deveraux, and Dave for sharing how they are aspiring to live a disciplemaking way of life… and how that is playing out in their homes and ministries. It was a time of great food and rich learning. Love following Jesus with you all. Thanks for the iron sharpening iron.

What did God say to you during our lunch together?  

Please comment on the blog… or via email.  We'd love to hear from you.