MUUUCE 2015

Aug. 6-8, Crossroads Church, Woodbury, MN

Registration is open! This amazing three-day event is for middle schoolers and jr. highers and is being designed by the incredible MUUUCE team at Crossroads Church (Woodbury).

Key Learning and Discussion Opportunity   

NWC to host gathering for pastors and ministry staff members    

The Northwest Conference leadership is cognizant of the need for more intentional resourcing on the topic of human sexuality for both pastors and congregations in our region. Thus, we are committed to providing opportunities for conversation and learning for those interested in participating, as we continue to share both life and ministry together in these challenging days.

In the months ahead, we plan to provide a number of such opportunities for interaction on this potentially volatile and pastorally complex issue. There will be different facilitators, but our focus will be on honest dialogue, with an eye toward how we can best minister from within the position of the Evangelical Covenant Church on sexuality, particularly related to the current climate within our culture and issues surrounding the Church and the LGBTQ community.

Bill Henson / Wednesday, May 27

10 a.m.-3 p.m. / Maple Grove Covenant Church 

The NWC will host a gathering open to all pastors and ministry staff members with Bill Henson, president of an organization called Lead Them Home. Mr. Henson states that he founded this ministry in 2005 after receiving a powerful call from God a few years earlier. In this ministry he consults church leaders on building a biblically orthodox, missiological framework for church mission and ministry with LGBTQ persons, with a specialization in sharing Christ with non-heterosexual persons.

Further, Mr. Henson has developed a framework for conversation and learning, which has become a national model reaching over 5,000 church leaders in recent years. His work has been featured in Leadership Journal and it has been incorporated as teaching curricula at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and Gordon College. The board of trustees of Lead Them Home is chaired by Dr. Raymond Pendleton, professor of pastoral psychology, at Gordon-Conwell.

Additionally, the organization expects to train an additional 5,000 church leaders in 2015 alone! Working with national and regional teams, pastors, and local church leadership teams, this approach ensures that church leaders can assess the training prior to expanding this ministry model to a wider circle of people within a local congregation.

Depending on the response of NWC pastors to this May event, there is also a possibility that Mr. Henson will return in November to facilitate a day-long Saturday workshop for both NWC pastors and lay leaders.

Registration and Address 

RSVP to jessa@northwestconference.org or call 612.721.4893 by Friday, May 22.

Maple Grove Covenant Church
9350 Upland Lane N
Maple Grove, MN  55369