March 7-8, 2024
Uncover the practical tools you need to build a healthy church.
The DREAM Church Conference is a 2-day conference hosted at Oak Ridge Church in Salisbury, MD. This conference is for ministry leaders and their teams who dream God-sized dreams for their church.
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Our goal is to assist other churches in discovering God’s dream for their church by equipping church leaders with the practical tools they need to grow a healthy, vibrant church and become difference-makers in their communities.
D
esign worship services that lost people love.
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each the broken and connect them to the church family.
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ngage people in spiritual growth.
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ctivate every member into meaningful ministry.
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obilize the whole church to change the whole world!
Meet the Plenary Speakers
Brian Moss
Host & Lead Pastor
Oak Ridge
Tom Holladay
Teaching Pastor for 30+ years at Saddleback Church and for Healthy Churches Worldwide
Kathy Livesay
Volunteer & Leadership Development
Oak Ridge
Bryan Lloyd
Live Venue & Recovery Pastor
Oak Ridge
Gary McCabe
Pastor of Family Ministries & Mobilization
Oak Ridge
Dave Minton
Lead Pastor
Capital Christian Center
Ryan Nunez
Lead Pastor
Palm Valley Church
Ryland Walter
Senior Pastor, Rock Brook Church
Richard Pope
Lead Pastor, Canvas Church
DAY 1
SCHEDULE
FOUNDATIONS
7:30 AM
Registration & Breakfast
8:00 AM
General Session One
The DREAM That Transformed our Church
DESIGN: 6 Keys to Creating a Great Guest Experience
10:15 AM
General Session Two
DESIGN: 5 Ways to Build a Service Lost People Love
REACH: 4 Steps to Effectively Reach Your Community
REACH: 6 Practices that Will Turn Spectators into Participators
12:00 PM
Lunch
1:00 PM
General Session Three
ENGAGE: 8 Laws of Spiritual Growth
ENGAGE: 8 Reasons Your Church Needs Small Groups
2:30 PM
General Session Four
ACTIVATE: 7 Steps to Get Your People Serving
MOBILIZE: 4 Practices that Will Get Your People Out of the Seats and Into the Streets
The Dream of a Dying Pastor
4:30 PM
Day 1 Ends
DAY 2
SCHEDULE
BREAKOUTS
7:30 AM
Breakfast
8:00 AM
Welcome & Worship
8:30 AM
Breakout Session 1
Creating a Winning Guest Services Culture
Preschool Ministry
Moving People Missionally from Apathy to Advocacy
10 Things Every Church Needs to be Doing Digitally
Care Ministries that Bring Hope and Healing into Your Community
9:45 AM
Breakout Session 2
How to Turn 1st Time Guests into Members
Children's Ministry-Admin Behind the Scenes
Building Community Partnerships Through Service
Developing Your Worship Leadership Skills
11:00 AM
Breakout Session 3
How to Build a Discipleship System that Works!
Small Groups: Where Do We Start?
Sunday Morning Experience in Elementary Ministry
5 Keys to Craft a Powerful Worship Experience
Assessing the Health of Your Church Through Metrics
12:00 PM
Lunch
1:00 PM
Breakout Session 4
Getting Volunteers Into the Right Role
Small Groups: Growing Together
Student Ministry: Shifting from Drawing a crowd of Students that Leave to Creating Connected Students That Lead
Tips for Mixing Online
Celebrate Recovery 101
2:15 PM
Closing Session
3:00 PM
Conference Ends
The Venue
Oak Ridge Church
361 Tilghman Road
Salisbury, MD 21804
Oak Ridge Church is proud to host the 12th Annual DREAM Conference in its New State-Of-The-Art Auditorium. The new Auditorium was built with the DREAM principles in mind, so you will see in real-time one of the ways they Design services that lost people love to attend!
Our Partners
