2012 - Ignite at Indiana Grace United Methodist Church
About 180 clergy and laity gathered at Grace UM Church in Indiana, PA on April 17 for Ignite, an event designed to inform, inspire and encourage church leaders with a passion for mission and ministry. Mike Slaughter, author and pastor of Ginghamsburg Church in Ohio, who inspired the Change the World movement in the UM Church, was the keynote speaker. An evening session, with worship led by students in Grace's campus ministry The Grip, featured a Q&A with Slaughter and Bishop Thomas J. Bickerton.
Indiana Grace UMC team members welcomed and assisted guests at the Spring...
All the Indiana Grace Ignite team members wore t-shirts so visitors could...
Mike Slaughter's books were available for sale at Ignite.
Registration tables were set up at the church and at the Kovalchick...
Rev. John Flower of Heritage UMC in Ligonier talks with a parishioner at...
Rev. John Ciampa of Harrison City Community UMC, left, and Washington...
Pastor Lauster thanks Doris McAnulty, who handled most of the...
Bay Allen, left, director of modern music and worship at Indiana Grace,...
Participants sign with the band during opening worship.
Bishop Bickerton greeted participants during a morning break.
Breaks provided a time to talk.
Bishop Bickerton offers remarks.
A new group of praise team members opened the afternoon session.
Rev. Brad Lauster gives directions to participants.
Phil Floyd introduces the Rev. Dale Roddy of Crossroads Church, who led a...
Rev. Jim Walker, WPAUMC director of congregational development and...
Jim Walker offered examples of cutting edge ministries that are reaching...
Rev. Brad Lauster talked about forming partnerships in the community to...
The executive director of the Indiana YMCA and other board members offered...
Indiana District Superintendent Sharon Schwab, center, led her breakout...
Rev. David Panther of Butler First UMC led a session on the cost -in staff...
Rev. John Zimmerman, pastor of Corry First UMC, which will host an Ignite...
Rev. Randy Bain, pastor of Oakland UMC in Johnstown, led a breakout...
Rev. Steve Cordle, pastor of Crossroads UM Church, talked about the value...
Participants in Steve Cordle's session broke up into small groups for...
Steve Cordle encouraged those in his session to model cell group...
Rev. Ron Hoellein, pastor of St. Paul's UMC in Allison Park, outlined the...
Hoellein called on Faith Geer, administrator at St. Paul's, to explain the...
Karen Salser, director of campus ministry and a licensed local pastor at...
Indiana Campus Pastor Tim Toy explained how he works with the Grip worship...
Pastors Tim Toy and Karen Salser introduce a session led by members of the...
Pastors Toy and Salser are backed by the Grip Worship Team members as...
Lead guitar/singer Nate Mack, right, and lead vocalist Elizabeth Hatton of...
Guitarists Tom Lyttle, left, and Haley Jennings lent their talent to the...
Haley Jennings, left, Elizabeth Hatton and Nate Mack of the GRIP Worship...
Pastor Tim Toy introduced Rev. Mike Slaughter and Bishop Thomas Bickerton...
Rev. Mike Slaughter, left, and Bishop Thomas Bickerton, right, answered...
Bishop Bickerton answers a question.
Rev. Mike Slaughter showed photos of Ginghamsburg's work in Darfur, where,...