The Children's Ministry Lab

August 15

Join colleagues from the Virginia Conference for a one-day workshop designed to help your congregation envision and execute truly innovative and transformative children’s ministries. Led by Ministry Incubators’ Kat Bair*, the grant writer and project manager of our conference’s Hatching Faith Cohorts project, this highly interactive workshop will be built on design thinking, community development, and discipleship principles that are nationally tested and informed by Kat’s deep engagement with our specific context. You can expect table-based collaboration, innovative games and activities, deep theological reflection, actionable practical tools, and a whole lot of fun!

COST: $35, includes lunch

DATE, TIME, & LOCATION:

·      Saturday, August 15

·      10:00 am – 3:30 pm

·      Discovery UMC, 13000 Gayton Rd., Richmond

QUESTIONS? email chadbeck@vaumc.org

*BIO:

Kat Bair is a consultant, project manager, and coach for Ministry Architects, in the Ministry Incubators division. She is passionate about walking alongside organizations looking to live more fully into their callings with joy, creativity, and a willingness to experiment. Most of her work currently is in the design and implementation of large-scale grant initiatives, particularly focused on innovation in mainline institutions. Before consulting she spent nearly ten years leading large youth ministries, primarily in Texas, and has a Master of Arts in Youth Ministry from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee with her husband and 3-year-old twins.