Focus Sessions
Freedom Groups: Hope for Hurts, Hang ups and Hurried Lives
Garrett Higbee – Biblical Soul Care & Healthy Leaders
Every church needs a safe and effective place for those in a season of struggle. Whether stuck in a cycle of sin, an enduring time of suffering, or stalled in spiritual growth this ministry provides hope, help and healing. Participants will learn about this ground breaking group based soul care ministry that they can easily implement in their church.
How to Build a Workflow using PraiseCharts
Devan Sylvester- PraiseCharts
How to manage your team, access and share charts through the app, and quickly find the right music for your services. Perfect for worship leaders looking to simplify their Sunday prep.
How to Use Multitracks in Worship – and why you shoud!
Derek Kerr – Loop Community
Using tracks is a great way to take your worship band’s sound to the next level. It can be complicated to get started, but it doesn’t have to be. With Loop Community and the Prime App, you can customize tracks to fit your team. In this session you’ll learn how to create setlists, use tracks for any size band and budget, audio routing, and more!
How to Make the Most of Planning Center Services
Aaron Stewart – Planning Center
Planning your worship services and scheduling your teams can be overwhelming. Planning Center Services gives you and your teams a centralized place to access personalized schedules, service information, and rehearsal files anytime. This class covers intermediate and advanced functionality to ensure you are getting the most out of your Planning Center Services and Music Stand subscriptions.
Worship and Culture
Roger O’Neel- Cedarville University
As believers, we are to be “in” the world, but not “of” the world. How does the culture of the world that we live in affect our worship? What should be proper relationship be between our world culture and our worship culture? This class will answer those questions, and give some specific ways that understanding our culture can inform and enhance our worship.
Build Epic, Engaging Worship Sets
Alex Enfiedjian – Worship Ministry Training
If you want your church to respond more passionately in worship, build better sets. The set is your primary tool to help people encounter and express their praise to God. Come learn the 6 step process to build powerful sets that flow to a climactic destination of God’s goodness, glory, and grandeur! Then watch your church come alive in worship.
How to Lead a Band Rehearsal
Janson / Wade
A great rehearsal sets the stage for great worship. In this breakout, you’ll learn how to plan and run effective rehearsals, clarify roles between worship leader, music director, and production director, and pick up practical tips for smooth transitions and team communication. We’ll even walk through a live mock rehearsal and end with Q&A to address your real-life challenges.
Unlock Your Worship Voice: Sing Stronger, Lead Better
Amber Peairs – The Worship Life
Discover practical tools for vocal health, strengthening your mix voice technique, and proven ways to practice smarter so you can step fully into your role as a confident vocalist.
Thriving as a Ministry Wife
Andrea Griffith & Teresa Whiting
Andrea offers a rare and needed voice on the joys and weight of walking in ministry beside your spouse. From hidden wounds to holy resilience, she shares practical insights for ministry wives (and their churches) to thrive in the long journey.
Tracking Down Distortion in the Live Stream
Dusty Foster – AudioVideo Fix
Why does my stream sound so bad when it sounds “great” in the sanctuary? Small moves that yield huge results
Coffee & Donuts: An Informal Gathering for Those Interested in Learning More About TCH
The Church Hub
Get an inside look at The Church Hub—a new resource built by pastors, for pastors and ministry wives. Hear the heart behind why it was created, explore resources designed to strengthen leaders, and step into a protected space for honest questions and conversation. And yes, we’ll have some of the best drinks and snacks at the conference waiting for you. The Church Hub isn’t just another program or platform. It was born out of the real experiences of pastors, elders, and ministry wives who know what it feels like to juggle sermons, staff, budgets, counseling, family, and the quiet pressure of carrying it all. That’s why The Church Hub is built on encouragement, biblical content, authentic community, and Spirit-led coaching.
How to move past AI slop to authentic creativity.
Rich Kirkpatrick
We don’t need more content creation; we need connection creation. Learn how the Creative Process promotes human connection in your ministry.
Finding Balance in Chaos
Earl Seals – Church Leadership & Momentum Building
Pick the Right Acoustic for Your Church
Jordan Houghton – Sweetwater
Taylor, Martin, Gibson, Breedlove, Yamaha, or whatever Brandon Lake is playing these days. We see different artists and prolific worship leaders playing all different types of acoustic guitars. Our preference ends up being what we see, then we buy them and they don’t sound or feel like what we hope they will. Maybe it sounds great in your personal practice time, then you get with the team and you’re either buried in the mix or absolutely overtaking the entire mix like a Mumford and Sons concert. Let’s talk about why it’s important to choose an acoustic that both fits your playstyle, and the overall feel of your worship sets.
How to play modern worship keys
David Pfaltzgraff – Sunday Sounds
From ‘just play a pad’ to confident, modern worship keys. Worship bands need keys players who know their role! In this breakout we’ll better define the keys position, so whether you’re a worship leader or the keys player yourself you can bring fresh, usable ideas to your next rehearsal.
How to Use Planning Center as a Church Management System
Aaron Stewart – Planning Center
Though Planning Center started as an app for planning worship services, it has expanded into a suite of apps for managing your entire church. This class gives an overview of Check-Ins, People, Giving, Groups, Registrations, and Resources and what it takes to get started or to move to a full Planning Center solution for your church.
SongSelect in Action: From Search to Sunday
Chris Pitoyo – CCLI
Discover how to make the most of SongSelect in every step of your worship planning. In this hands-on session, you’ll learn how to quickly find the right songs, access lyrics, chords, and lead sheets, and seamlessly equip your team for Sunday. Whether you’re a seasoned worship leader or just getting started, this workshop will give you practical tips to save time, stay organized, and keep your team confident and inspired. Walk away with tools you can use immediately to plan with clarity and lead with freedom.
How to Make Rehearsals More Efficient
Rogue Worship Leader
Rehearsal is what we do together, practice is how we prepare for rehearsal. Using a proven tech stack, you can prepare for rehearsals better, reduce frustration and maximize efficiency. This leads to a healthier team dynamic, improved quality on Sunday morning, and a morale boost for your entire team.
Living with Blocked Longings
Andrea Griffith & Teresa Whiting
This session will explore how to navigate the tension between God-given longings and present realities with both honesty and hope. You’ll discover practical ways to bring your disappointments, confusion, and broken dreams to the One who promises to be our greatest treasure, especially in life’s darkest and most confusing seasons.
Leading with Endurance and Encouragement
Chip Bernhard
Let’s admit it… pastoral work is hard! Ministry is a marathon, not a sprint. It’s filled with joy and heartbreak, victories and disappointments, laughter and tears. Barna research says 42% of pastors are considering leaving ministry due to stress, loneliness and other pressures. This seminar will prepare pastors for their ministry challenges and is led by a 45 year veteran pastor who finished his pastoral run and now wants to build into other pastors to endure the long haul of pastoral ministry so they can be both faithful and fruitful.
Problem Solving Clarity in Revitalization
Terry Thompson
Many times churches working on revitalization get frustrated because they don’t correctly assess the true nature of the problem. In this session we will interactively work through
a practical tool for problem solving clarity. This tool is worth the price of admission! Please come and join us.
Building a 20+ Year Youth Ministry
Brad Brittain
Worship as Warfare
Meredith Andrews
How to use the Sunday Keys App for worship
David Pfaltzgraff – Sunday Sounds
You don’t need that new red keyboard to get great worship keys sounds. In this hands-on session, you’ll learn how to use your current keyboard with the Sunday Keys App for iPad and Mac to transform it into an all-in-one worship keys rig that fits any budget!
Establishing Worship Culture
Garret & Kate
How to create space for presence driven worship when I have a time clock? How do I teach my congretation to worship for themselves and not rely on the screen? How do I empower my worship leaders to “go for it”?
4 Steps to Accelerating Church Revitalization
Terry Thompson – Small Church USA
Church revitalization can seem like a daunting undertaking because the question we often get asked is, “Where do I start?” Join us to learn the four key
steps in the revitalization process and leave with some time tested tools. Guaranteed not to be boring!
The Perfect Audition & Onboarding Process
Alex Enfiedjian – Worship Ministry Training
After testing out dozens of audition and onboarding processes in churches ranging from 100 to 10,000, I finally found the 9 step process that will fill your team with ideal team players! Come learn how to elevate your team with this simple, powerful, proven process!
The Gift of Feedback: Healthy Conversations for Healthy Teams
Amber Peairs – The Worship Life
Discover one of the most overlooked skills in leadership – How to give and receive feedback. You’ll walk away with key insights for handling conflict, building trust, and leading a team culture where honesty and grace work together.
Electric guitar tone and parts/arrangement
Worship Tutorials – Brian Wahl
A Year in the Life of Staff Development
Phil Taylor – Executive Pastor Coach, Healthy Church Dynamics
Creating Healthy Rhythms in Ministry & Marriage
Garrett Higbee – Biblical Soul Care & Healthy Leaders
We will address burnout, ministry exhaustion, and common trials and temptations that have some leaders and their spouses on life support. We will learn how healthy rhythms can reset your intimacy with God and in your marriage. A practical tool will be shared and every participant will walk out with a clear path toward thriving in ministry and marriage.
Stages of Church Growth
Kent Shaw – Church Growth & Phases of Development
Healing the Wound of Rejection
Meredith Andrews
Pastors Should be Friends Too
Jordan Houghton- Sweetwater
Okay, let’s talk about it. Unfortunately, it’s no secret that the position in the church with the highest turnover rate is worship leaders. While every church has its own unique hurdles, a common thread I’ve seen in a lot of these situations is the lack of a consistent and close relationship between the Senior Pastor and the Worship Pastor. If you’re close to someone, they could say the craziest thing right to your face, but because you know their heart and intentions so well, it doesn’t even phase you. However, if a total stranger comes up to you with the same energy, defenses go up instantly, and the chance of an altercation is increased. It’s important for Senior Pastors and Worship Pastors to work together in tandem for the worship experience and for the health of the church overall. I want to go over how it’s helpful for teams throughout the church, the worship set into the message, and for consistent and healthy growth together.
Advanced Multitracks in Worship
Derek Kerr – Loop Community
If you’re already using tracks at your church, you know how great of a resource they can be to improve your band’s sound. But are you using them as effectively as you can? In this session we’re going to show you how to take your tracks to the next level from controlling your tracks hands-free, to syncing and integration with other apps.
Essentials of a Thriving Church
Kent Shaw – Church Growth & Phases of Development
How to Lead a Band Rehearsal
A great rehearsal sets the stage for great worship. In this breakout, you’ll learn how to plan and run effective rehearsals, clarify roles between worship leader, music director, and production director, and pick up practical tips for smooth transitions and team communication. We’ll even walk through a live mock rehearsal and end with Q&A to address your real-life challenges.
Clear the Clutter – Creating Cleaner-Looking Stages for Worship
Tory Smith – Black Box Prompter
Visual distractions like iPads, music stands, and cable clutter can take the focus off what really matters in worship. In this breakout, Tory Smith, co-founder of BLACK BOX Prompter, will share practical strategies and methods worship leaders can take advantage of to create cleaner, more distraction-free stages—without compromising on functionality. Discover how streamlined technology and intentional design can elevate your worship environment and keep the focus where it belongs.
How to delegate and scale worship leadership using the Six Hats.
Rich Kirkpatrick
You can wear a hat, share a hat, or give a hat away. Learn how and when to delegate and use strategy and better manage your ministry with The Six Hats of the Worship Leader.
Attracting, Building, and Sustaining Leaders
Earl Seals – Church Leadership & Momentum Building