Let’s demystify anxiety and mental health and equip ourselves with understanding so that we might lead well. We will cover the most common mental health issues: what they look like (presentation), common causes (origin), coping strategies, and possible treatments. We will consider how to address these symptoms in ourselves and/or how to be supportive (without taking responsibility for) mental health influences in others.

Terri is a licensed marriage and family therapist and certified life coach. She is the wife of one and mother to five children ranging from ages 17-29. She is a servant of Christ and passionate to see people set free from anxiety, depression, and the impact of trauma history. She works with The Center for Family Counseling doing couples and individual counseling.

Amidst divided times in our world’s history, there is hope for the Church to receive and share with those around us!

John 17:21, “May they all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us, so that the world may believe you sent me.”

Portia has been in ministry for 11 years and leads alongside her husband, Clinton, at River Valley Church in Minnesota under their lead pastors, Rob & Becca Ketterling. She is passionate about uplifting and empowering people, especially women, to remember the life-changing truth of God’s amazing love. Learn more: portiaallen.com.

God wants you to be thoroughly equipped as a leader, and He has given us His Word as our guide! Learn easy-to-use, powerful tools to help you dig deeper as you study the Bible!

2 Timothy 3:16-17, “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God a may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.”

Stacy Bellward produces online courses, is a Bible study teacher, an award-winning author, a wife, and a mom of two teen girls. You can connect with her at Stacy@bellward.com.

Having a pure heart is essential in leadership, family dynamics, relationships and inheriting the Kingdom of Heaven.
Discover four ways to unleash your pure heart in leadership and life while finishing well.

Micah Kennealy is a Chi Alpha pastor with her husband Josiah in Bloomington, Minnesota. Together, they lead the Minnesota Young Adults movement. Micah is the author of Worth the Wait: Because I’m Made for You (2017). She loves seeing young adults discover their purpose in life, influence their workplaces, and grow in relationships. She loves coffee, spending time with friends and family, and traveling. Find out more: micahkennealy.com.

Through challenging seasons and times of crisis, leaders in organizations, ministries, and businesses learn how to reinvent their leadership direction and chart new courses. It’s uncomfortable when new, out-of-the-ordinary tactics need to be explored; yet, seasons such as these can produce new ideas that can transform or reveal the gaps in your organization. How do you step into change to help make a difference?

Pat Schwalbe is the Director of Volunteers and Community Engagement for CROSS Services. CROSS is a food shelf and social service agency serving families in need in the northwest suburbs of the Twin Cities. Serving people in the non-profit world for the last 13 years as a director, pastor, and ministry leader has been Pat’s passion. She volunteers as an advisor for Bridging the Gap, and her past careers have been focused in the areas of sales and marketing, developing product lines, and distribution opportunities

We are in the middle of the story of our life. In books, movies, and especially heroic stories of the Bible, we get the benefit of reading the whole story–the beginning, middle, and end. Being a leader challenges us to learn from the middle of these Bible stories and take on a perspective from that place. In order to have a miracle, we must have a middle.

Peggy Vagle loves God, loves people, and loves life. She and her husband pastor The Waters Church in Sartell, MN, and the last 10+ years have been the greatest adventure of their lives as they have watched God grow the church from a dozen people and a trailer of equipment into a thriving, large community in central Minnesota! They have three children, Abby, Nat, and Sophia, and a dog named Gus. They love hanging out with each other, their kids, friends, and family!

On the surface, conflict may seem to be anything but appealing; yet, the fruit of working well through conflict can unify, strengthen, or propel a relationship or organization in significant ways. Learn tools for managing conflict with hope and vision for the future.

Dolores Smith is a Learning and Development professional with a proven success record in the for-profit, non-profit and private sector for over 15 years. Her expertise lies in the areas of training, facilitation, and public speaking. Her passion is to equip public speakers, particularly those who serve in ministry. Realizing that if those in ministry could apply dynamic presentation principles to the work they were doing for the Kingdom, they could ensure their audiences capture the depth of their message of hope in Jesus Christ.

Raised in a Christian home, Dolores is a daughter of an Assemblies of God pastor. She currently lives in the Minneapolis area and attends of Emmanuel Christian Center. She can be found volunteering in in a variety of ways from a small group leader, kids camp counselor and working at The Car Clinic at the statewide single mom’s retreat.