Hey friends, let’s connect at Orange! Orange is my favorite time of year because of all the amazing people that I get to meet. It’s an opportunity to reconnect with old friends and my best chance to meet hundreds of new friends. Before you pack your bags, let’s go over a couple of really important things you need to know.
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If you’re a NextGen Pastor, we have an amazing schedule planned out for you this year at Orange. Like every year, we have some amazing NextGen specific workshops and breakouts specifically designed for you (NextGen Leaders). Pay close attention, Breakout C and D on Thursday were recently changed. The new breakouts feature some of the most experienced NextGen Pastors who are going to unpack culture creation and strategy. If you signed up for breakouts before these two changed, you may want to reconsider.
Breakouts are going to be AMAZING, but you MUST take advantage of the NextGen Meetups. We’ve actually scheduled SIX different meetups for NextGen pastors. If you’re an early bird, we have breakfast meetups for you. If you’re a night owl, we have late night meetups for you. The best part of Orange is that you’ll spend 4 days surrounded by thousands of ministry leaders just like yourself. Prioritize a meetup or two. Meet some people who are in similar situations as you. Meet some people who are further down the road than you. Meet someone who isn’t quite as far as you. Just don’t go home without making some connections.
Below is the OFFICIAL NextGen Schedule. You’ll see when and where everything is happening. Orange boxes with the speech bubbles indicate meetups. Blue boxes with the gears indicate NextGen specific breakouts. Dark blue boxes with microphones are general conference sessions.
NEXTGEN NETWORKING
8:00PM – 9:00PM
Location: Tin Lizzy’s Cantina
Hosts: Kenny Conley, Cindy Fiala, and more
VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT MAKEOVER
9:30AM – 10:30AM
Speaker: Various
Room: Various
DISCOVERING WHAT VOLUNTEERS REALLY WANT- NEXTGEN LEADERS
11:00AM – 12:00PM
Speaker: Darren Kizer
Room: 9
CREATING A VOLUNTEER STRATEGY FOR GETTING IT ALL DONE- FOR NEXT GEN LEADERS
1:30PM – 2:30PM
Speaker: Mike Park
Room: 9
VOLUNTEER INNOVATION LAB- FOR NEXTGEN LEADERS
3:00PM – 4:15PM
Speaker: Nina Schmidgall
Room: 9
NEXTGEN NETWORKING
6:00PM – 7:00PM
Location: Arena (2nd Floor Near Coffee)
Hosts: Kenny Conley, Cindy Fiala, and more
7:30PM – 10:00PM
Location: Arena
NEXTGEN NETWORKING
7:00AM – 8:00AM
Location: Panera Bread
Hosts: Kenny Conley, Kevin Monahan, Cindy Fiala, and more
8:30AM – 10:00AM
Location: Arena
LEADING YOUR TEAM TO GO FURTHER FASTER
10:45AM – 11:45AM
Speaker: Various
Room: Various
NEXTGEN NETWORKING
12:00PM – 1:00PM
Location: CrossPoint (across from Room 19)
Hosts: Kenny Conley, Shawna Lester, Cindy Fiala, and more
WHEN PARENTS WIN—PRACTICAL IDEAS FOR NEXTGEN LEADERS
1:15PM – 2:15PM
Speaker: Kara Powell
Room: 19 (CrossPoint)
CREATING CULTURE—BUILDING A THRIVING NEXTGEN TEAM
3:00PM – 4:00PM
Speaker: NextGen Panel
Room: 19 (CrossPoint)
DEVELOPING A NEXTGEN STRATEGY
4:45PM – 5:45PM
Speaker: NextGen Speakers
Room: 19 (CrossPoint)
7:30PM – 8:30PM
Location: Arena
NEXTGEN NETWORKING
9:00PM – 10:00PM
Location: Tin Lizzy’s Cantina
Hosts: Kenny Conley, Cindy Fiala and more
NEXTGEN NETWORKING
7:00AM – 8:00AM
Location: Panera
Hosts: Kenny Conley, Cindy Fiala, and more
8:30AM – 10:00AM
Location: Arena
10:45AM – 12:00PM
Location: Arena
1:30PM – 2:45PM
Location: Arena
3:30PM – 5:30PM
Location: Arena