Rhythms of Effective Leaders
Presenter: Todd Villemont
Great leadership isn’t built in big moments — it’s formed in daily rhythms. This breakout explores simple, intentional habits that shape you into a stronger, healthier leader. Learn how consistent practices in your spiritual life, relationships, and leadership can help you lead with greater clarity, impact, and sustainability.
Serving Together as a Family: Building a Ministry-Minded Home
Presenter: Elizabeth Cochran
Serving isn’t just something we do at church — it’s something we model and live out together as a family. This breakout explores practical ways to include children in serving others, teach compassion in everyday moments, and help kids notice, love, and care for people wherever they are. Together, we’ll talk about raising children who see serving as a natural part of following Jesus.
Avoiding Three Leadership Pitfalls
Presenter: Jay Fennell
Your greatest influence as a leader isn’t your knowledge or experience — it’s the depth of your relationship with Jesus and the integrity of the life you lead. Discover three common pitfalls that quietly undermine spiritual leaders and learn how to guard against them. The ministry through you should never be greater than the ministry happening in you.
Four Pillars That Shape Your Influence at Home First
Presenter: Linc Taylor
Faithful ministry begins at home. Explore four essential practices — Relate, Reflect, Renew, and Reproduce — that will encourage you as you shepherd your family with intentionality while faithfully serving and leading in the church.
Leading Different Personalities & Communication Styles
Presenter: Michele Dyer & Michelle Harris
Great leaders know a one-size-fits-all approach to leadership and communication rarely works. In this practical breakout, you’ll learn how to better understand different personality styles, adapt your communication approach, and lead volunteers and teams with greater clarity, empathy, and influence.
Fueling Leadership by Following: A Unique Look at Prayer
Presenter: Evan Kunz
Most of us think leadership begins with leading, but truly great leaders are first great followers. As we integrate prayer into our leadership, we learn to lead out of a dependence on Jesus, leaning on His strength, direction, and wisdom.
Apologetics: Equipping to Defend and Share the Faith
Presenter: Paul Wilkinson
Every believer needs the confidence both to hold onto their own faith and to share it with others. This breakout offers practical tools to help your people grow in confidence, in what they believe and in how they share that faith with those who don’t yet believe.
AI for Ministry: Practical Tools for Volunteer Leaders
Presenter: Darrel Girardier
You lead people, not software, but the right AI tools can help elevate your leadership. Join us for a plain-English look at what AI actually is, the fears worth taking seriously, and a few simple ways it’s already helping us serve well at Brentwood Baptist.
Invitation and Challenge: Engaging Culture Through Relational Discipleship
Presenter: Cameron Russell
The gospel changes culture by changing people, and Jesus changed people by meeting them with both truth and love. This breakout explores how to build healthy, life-shaping relationships that invite others closer while challenging each other well. If you’ve ever wondered how to talk to someone about a hard topic without being a doormat or a jerk, come be part of the conversation.
