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Do you ever wonder...
What are the key ingredients that make up a successful Alpha Course?
How do we keep inviting guests to our Alpha Course?
How do we keep guests returning week after week?
These and other questions will be answered during Equip & Refresh Day.
Be Equipped ... through best practice sharing and interactive workshops designed to help you run Alpha more successfully. Pick up tips from experienced leaders on how to enhance your Alpha Course through creating the right context, from inviting guests to assimilating them into your church and community.
Be Refreshed ... Worship God, receive ministry. Get ready to be blessed and to bless others!
What is Equip and Refresh Day? A one-day event, with worship, ministry, workshops and a chance to network with your peers who have a heart to for the evangelisation of our nation.
Who Should Attend? ERD is for church leaders, course coordinators and administrators, helpers and small group leaders who have run an Alpha Course.
Date: Saturday 28 April 2012 (9.00 am - 5.30 pm)
Venue: St James' Church, 1 Leedon Road S(267828)
Cost: $30.00 per peson || Group registration: register 5 persons & the 6th attends FREE. Download form here or to register online Closing date: Friday 20 April 2012.
Early bird registration: Sign up before 30 March 2012 & will receive a 15% Discount Voucher for use at Alpha Singapore to purchase resources (DVDs, books, manuals)*
PROGRAMME
| 0830 | Registration |
| 0900 | Welcome and Worship |
| 0915 | Creating The Context For Alpha Success: Moving Beyond Content |
| 0945 | Best Practices #1 - Inviting guests |
| 1030 | Tea Break |
| 1100 | Best Practices #2 - Keeping guests coming during Alpha and assimilation into church life after Alpha |
| 1200 | Wrap up / instructions for afternoon workshops |
| 1230 | Lunch |
| 1315 | Small Groups - A practical session to improve small group facilitation skills |
| 1430 | Workshops (please choose one): |
| 1. Using Games and Activities on Alpha - Find out how to incorporate games and activities into your Alpha session, making it friendly and relaxed for guests coming to Alpha after a long day and using them to build up relationships between hosts and guests. Useful for anyone planning and hosting Alpha programmes. | |
| 2. Live Talks - Learn all about giving ‘live’ talks and how this enhances your Alpha session. Part 1 of the workshop focuses on the key 'take home' message of each talk and the key points in each talk. Part 2 focuses on creative ways of delivery to help guests process and remember the message. | |
| 3. Songs on Alpha - Building the relationship of songs from praise to worship to ministry. Explore how the usage of music and songs introduce guests to the idea of worship in church. For anyone involved in welcoming guests and planning the programme. | |
| 4. Weekly Dynamics - Looking beyond the basic fundamentals of weekly dynamics, this workshop focuses on changing group and discussion dynamics over the 10 weeks and equip leaders to respond accordingly. For small group leaders and course administrators who want to be more effective in their facilitation and pastoral care of guests. | |
| 1530 | Tea and Group Discussion |
| 1615 | Presentation by Groups |
| 1630 | Q & A |
| 1700 | Ministry and Commissioning |
Choose from two training tracks: The Alpha Course or Youth Alpha.
Download form here or to register online at www.alpha.org.sg/friends/Register-TeamTraining
The Alpha Team Training will cover important areas such as ‘Leading Small Groups’, ‘Pastoral Care’ and ‘Ministry on Alpha’. Model sessions have been designed to provide you a practical, hands-on experience on how to facilitate a session, lead worship or ice-breaker activity. All our trainers are on hand to answer your questions on running a course, so come, learn and be equipped to be a run an effective Alpha Course that will transform lives around you!
| Day 1: 19 May 2012 |
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0830 Registration 0900 Devotion" Gospel of Kingdom" 0930 Worship & Ice-breakers 0945 What is Alpha? Testimonies included. 1030 Tea Break 1100 Worship & Ice-breakers 1115 Principles of Alpha 1215 Q&A / Housekeeping 1230 Lunch 1330 Worship & Ice breakers 1345 Leading Small Groups 1445 Briefing on Roles & Responsibilities for Small Groups Sample Session 1500 Tea Break 1530 Sample Session :”Who is Jesus?” 1630 Facilitation Skills & Q&A 1700 End of Day 1 |
| Day 2: 26 May 2012 |
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0830 Registration 0900 Morning Devotion 0930 Pastoral Care and post Alpha 1030 Tea Break 1100 Ministry on Alpha 1230 Lunch 1300 Sample Session – "How Can I Filled with Holy Spirit?" 1530 Tea Break 1600 Practicalities on Alpha 1645 Round Up of Team Training & Commissioning 1700 End of Day 2 |
Do you want to launch Youth Alpha? Then this is the right training for you! We will look at:
- Some tips from the New Testament on Evangelism
- What a Youth Alpha Session looks like
- Giving talks on Youth Alpha
- Small Groups on Youth Alpha
- Discovering the answers and coming into community
- Praying for people on Alpha and end with a time of ministry for your team!
| Day 1: 19 May 2012 |
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0830 Registration 0900 Devotion 0945 Introducing Youth Alpha 1030 Tea Break 1050 Principles of Alpha 1130 Practicalities of Youth Alpha 1225 Lunch 1320 Sample Session - Who Is Jesus? 1400 Leading Small Groups with Roleplay 1525 Tea Break 1545 Sample Session - Why did Jesus die? 1630 Small Group Role Play & Debrief 1700 End of Day 1 |
| Day 2: 26 May 2012 |
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0830 Registration 0900 Devotion 0930 Giving Talks on Youth Alpha 1030 Tea Break 1055 Talk Workshops 1245 Lunch 1345 The Weekend Away & Ministry on Alpha 1515 Tea Break 1530 Model Session: How Can I Be Filled with the Spirit? with Ministry 1655 Feedback 1700 End |