Summit Theme: “Growing New Shoots from Deep Spiritual Roots”
Northern California Church Alive Summit, May 3-5
The Northern California Church Alive Summit was held in Sacramento, California over 3 days in May, 2013. The summit mission was: To emerge from this gathering inspired with fresh, practical and immediately useful ideas for growing our individual practice, church family, and community embrace. The theme was: “Growing New Shoots from Deep Spiritual Roots”
The summit topics were organized into these areas: Deep Roots, New Shoots, Community Embrace, and Blossoms/Fruits.
Please enjoy the extensive videos and resources that are available below.
FRIDAY
| Friday Evening Summit Welcome | Jason Marsh, George Strong, Jennifer Dale, Musicians | Video |
SATURDAY – Morning
| Church Alive Welcome, Purpose & Focus | Bill Warrick, Church Alive ManagerJennifer Dale, Emcee | Video |
| Summit Mission and Video | ||
| DEEP ROOTS “The structure of Truth and Love…” Mary Baker Eddy | ||
| The Soil of Church Growth: Movement of the Spirit | Madelon Maupin, Bible SpeakerChet Manchester CSB, President of The Mother Church | Video |
| NEW SHOOTS “…whatever rests upon and proceeds from divine Principle…” Mary Baker Eddy | ||
| Love | Jason Marsh | Video |
| Manual Myth Busters | Michael Davis, MBE Library for the Betterment of Humanity | Video |
| For the Love of Church: Changes that Work | Auburn and Mountain View Churches | Resources Video – Mountain View, Video – Auburn |
| Youth Perspectives on Church | Students | Video |
SATURDAY afternoon breakout sessions for Individual and Church Growth
| Lectures as Comminity Embrace | David Mackenroth | Resources |
| Reading Rooms as Community Embrace | Kristen Wakefield and John Best-Jarvis | Resources |
| Mary Baker Eddy and the Manual | Michael Davis | |
| Nurturing Healers and Caregivers | Susan Breuer, CS and George Strong | Resources |
| Answering Questions about Christian Science | Eric Nelson, CS, Committee on Publication for Northern California | Resources |
| Church Fellowship: “…And on the same branch bend.” | Carrie Curlee | Resources References |
| Then, Now, Next: Exploring Outreach in the Digital Era | Gabriel Serafini | Resources |
| Sunday School: “the Highlight of the Week” | Jon Heath and John Biggs, CS | |
| Institutional Outreach | Brian Shiffman | |
| Building Community through Bible Study | Madelon Maupin | Video Session 1, Video Session 2, Resources |
| Youth Program Activities & Discussion – Radical Acts Game and Envisioning Church | Chet Manchester CSB and DiscoveryBound Staff | |
| Mural Project: Gift for downtown community (throughout the day) | Alex Cook | |
| Alex Cook, Desiree Goyette, Gerry Johnson, Nick Lynch, Jason Marsh, Jon Marsh, Renee | Video |
SATURDAY Evening
| MUSIC PROGRAM and Church Music Discussion | Alex Cook, Desiree Goyette, Gerry Johnson, Nick Lynch, Jason Marsh, Jon Marsh, Renee | Video | ||
SUNDAY Morning
| DYNAMIC CHURCH and SUNDAY SCHOOL |
SUNDAY Afternoon
| COMMUNITY EMBRACE DISCUSSION “…that institution, which affords proof of its utility…” Mary Baker Eddy | ||
| Youth Vision for Church | Chet Manchester CSB and Students | Video |
| Breaking Down Fears and Cultural Barriers | David Fowler and Jorge Perez | Video,Breaking Down Fears Resources
Cultural Barriers Resources |
| Ecumenical Engagement | Brian Talcott CSB | Video,Handouts: A Self-Understanding of Christian Science, Ecumenical Engagement, Circle of Faith |
| Prayer Warriors in the Community | John Best-JarvisKristen Wakefield | Video |
| BLOSSOMS and FRUITS Inspiration | ||
| Dialogue with the Board of Directors of The Mother Church | Bill Warrick | Video |
| Summit Fruitage and Ideas Going Forward | Everyone | Video |
Hi Yvonne,
The videos should be linked above, and are also all listed on the Videos page: https://csnorcal.org/2013-northern-california-church-alive-summit-videos/
Gabriel
Hi! I was under the impression that videos of the various workshops held at the summit would be available on the CSNC website. I saw a lot of filming going on. Will videos of each individual workshops be available in the near future? I was not able to attend several interesting workshops, and the ones that I did attend are too comprehensive for me to share in full with our membership. A video of each one could be easily shared with members and would encourage their enthusiasm. Thanks for any info about future video availability. Yvonne