Harbor, Pepperdine Bible Lectures

Jeff Pierpont How can you have a positive impact on your co-workers every day? By exploring what it means to be the aroma of Christ at work.

Susan Giboney, Carrie Wall, Jessica Wall  A grandmother, mother, and granddaughter reflect on their generational distinctiveness and how churches and families can nurture health intergenerational relationships. Strategies for bridging understanding and cultivating appreciation among generations will be explored.

Kelly Haer Young adulthood is a time for significant transitions--especially in the parent-child relationship. Help young adults to reflect on their families of origin and take ownership and responsibility to strengthen healthy relationships with their families. Specifically, leaders will learn to help young adults discover how childhood memories have shaped them, develop new insights about their parents, consider the impact of birth order on their own development, understand family dynamics, communicate with their parents, and form their own families when away from home.

Gotcher, Humphries, Parker Short on volunteers, kids disengaged, parents not interested, shallow curriculum? Carrie Gotcher, Marian Parker and Wendy Humphries will share their experiences teaching children using the rotation model and how it has brought life to their ministry.

Jerry Rushford

Charles Kiser  God is at work at the margins of society, among those many would least expect. What if we didn't have to take God with us into relationships with our non-religious friends? What if he is already there and we simply have to discover what he's doing?

Rick Ross I once questioned if Ecclesiastes should be in the Bible. A reread has left me amazed at its relevance.

Rusty Tugman How God uses common people sharing common meals at common tables to change the world.

Jessica Knapp The transition from high school to college, out of the youth group and into the "church" is wrought with struggles. Together we will explore the benefits and possibilities of youth ministers collaborating with the campus ministries in your state. Specifically, we will address how to help students transition out of the youth group successfully. I will also share the value for campus ministers in taking time to build relationships with the youth ministers in their area. We will talk about how to collaborate without stepping on one another's toes.

Les Ferguson, Jr.  How broken is too broken for redemption? These stories and more found in the family tree of Jesus tells us God can redeem, restore, and reconcile every story. Yours, mine, and the guy down the street included.