Leadership Conference Schedule Cost: $40/person or $60/couple

Thursday, May 14 1:00 p.m. Registration Opens

1:30 p.m. Session 1

What is happening? What needs are churches and individuals effectively addressing in Florida?

3:00 p.m. Break

3:15 p.m. Session 2

How could we work together? Why?

6:00 p.m. Dinner

8:00 p.m. Free Time

Friday, May 15 9:00 a.m. Session 3

Making a plan. What is required to move to action?

12:00 p.m. Adjourn

25th Anniversary Celebration Schedule Cost: $40.00/person (excludes Friday’s luncheon)

Friday, May 15 10:00 a.m. Registration Opens

11:00 a.m. Exhibits Open

12:15 p.m. Advocacy and Your Church Luncheon

3:15 p.m. Welcome

3:30 p.m. Workshops

4:45 p.m. Q & A with Steven Porter

6:00 p.m. CBF Florida 25th Anniversary Banquet

7:30 p.m. Opening worship

9:00 p.m. Fellowship

Saturday, May 16 8:30 a.m. Morning Prayer

9:00 a.m. Workshops

10:05 a.m. Workshops

11:15 a.m. Closing Worship

12:15 p.m. Adjourn

CBF Florida Spring Celebration Moving with Jesus into the Neighborhood May 15-16

This year’s spring meeting will focus on holistic community outreach - loving the people God brings into our lives daily, as well as loving the people that are outside our usual circles. In showing love to everyday neighbors and seeking out intentional neighbors, we can have a true impact upon Florida.

Friday, May 15 at 7:30 p.m. Who is My Neighbor?

Saturday, May 16 at 11:15 a.m. Living with Grace and Truth in the Neighborhood

Heidi Unruh is the Director of the Congregations, Community Outreach and Leadership Development Project.

CBF Florida Leadership Conference Better Together May 14-15

Are you interested in bringing about change in Florida? Would you invest your time in discovering effective ministries that are occurring throughout our state? Would you be willing to make a plan and then act upon that plan in order to bring about change for the Kingdom of God? If so, WE NEED YOU! Join clergy and lay leaders

from across the state and facilitator David Odom as we seek to discern God’s calling for Florida’s Cooperative Baptists. We will formulate an action plan that will help us Impact Florida!

David Odom is the Executive Director of Leadership Education and Associate Dean at Duke Divinity School.

Auxiliary Events • Workshops • Accommodations • Pre-registration

Steven Porter, CBF’s Global

Missions Coordinator will be

the keynote speaker on Friday,

May 15, at 6 p.m. for the 25th

Anniversary Banquet. Cost

included in event registration

or purchased separately.

Stephen Reeves, CBF’s

Associate Coordinator of

Partnerships and

Advocacy, will be the

guest speaker for the

“Advocacy and Your

Church” luncheon on

Friday, March 15 at 12:15

p.m. Cost is $12/person.

Workshops

David and Merrie Harding Forming Together: A Holistic Approach to Mission Preparedness Among the Poor

Vania Llovera Human Trafficking: An Overview from FSU’s Center for the Advancement of Human Rights

Phil and Janel Miller-Evans When Charity Makes Things Worse: How to Break the Cycle of Dependence

David Odom Discovering the Other: An Asset Based Approach to Community Ministry

Kyle Reese and Bill Shiell Moving into the Neighborhood

Stephen Reeves Predatory Lending: A Christian Response

Touching Miami with Love Staff & Students An Update on Ministry in Miami and Homestead

Heidi Unruh Welcoming Single Parent Families in the Church

Accommodations & Pre-registration

Hotel reservations can be made at the Comfort Suites in

Tallahassee, located at 1026 Apalachee Parkway. For

reservations, call (850) 224-3200. Be sure to ask for the

CBF Florida group room rate of $95.00/night.

Pre-register for the Leadership Conference and Spring

Celebration by May 1 in any one of the following ways:

Online at www.floridacbf.org/upcomingevents/.

By mail. Download and print the form on page 8 of our

newsletter - Florida Fellowship News (can be found on

our website under News/Events). Complete & mail it

to our office, to Marti Edwards’ attention: PO Box 2556,

Lakeland, FL 33806.

By phone. Call the Lakeland office at (863) 682-6802.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH TALLAHASSEE

CBF Florida 25th Anniversary Celebration

David Odom Heidi Unruh