Breakouts

Student Ministry Gauntlet
More than ever, students are asking challenging questions that deserve good, theologically sound answers. Discover how we build a healthy approach to these questions and the students who are asking them.

Holistic Family Ministry Strategy
Family ministry works best when the parts work together. Learn how we model themes and deliberate transitions in each life season to make a holistic plan.

Developing a College Ministry
Studies show that college are disengaging from church more than ever. Check out what we’ve found that’s working to reach and keep them.

KidMin – Core Principles, Practices, and Systems
Learn the ins and outs of how our preschool and elementary school ministries work every Sunday—from safety to curriculum to the wonderful volunteers who make it all happen.

KidMin – Creating Events That Partner with Parents
Discover innovative strategies for creating memorable and impactful events for children's ministry. Gain insights on logistics, planning, volunteer coordination, and creating an engaging atmosphere that resonates with kids and families alike.

KidMin – KidStuf Showcase
Want to create a free fun family event to kick off the school year? Then join us for a showcase of KidStuf’s Start Strong Stay Strong show and leave with all the assets you need to create it at your church. Kidstuf is one of our core ministry distinctives. Don’t miss a chance to partner with parents and help their families not only start the school year strong, but stay strong!

Things Every KidMin Small Group Leader and Volunteer Should Know
Experience how we train and equip some of the most valuable Sunday morning players—your children’s ministry volunteers!

5 Student Leader Essentials
Every student’s journey at North Point is built upon their connection to a small group. Discover the principles and practices we teach to every small group leader.

Developing and Empowering Volunteers
A key to any irresistible church is a team of well-trained, mission-minded, spiritually-growing volunteers. Come hear how we’ve gone all in on a scalable system to spiritually develop and equip them and their leaders.

Volunteer Funnel
Hear best practices for building a volunteer pipeline. Learn the art of transforming attendees into dedicated volunteers who embrace and drive your mission.

Be Worth Following
Just two things drive 77 percent of a leader’s effectiveness. This session will guide you on how to cultivate these essential aspects for a more impactful leadership journey.

Contending for Staff Health
Keeping staff teams healthy is harder but more important than ever. You need a plan. Join us to learn the ways we keep staff healthy, growing, and inspired.

Systems for Creating an Inspired Staff Culture
Everyone wants a healthy staff culture. But not everyone has a plan to build one. Learn the systems we use to onboard, train, equip, and survey staff leaders.

Building Effective Teams
Explore the intricate connection among Patrick Lencioni's fundamental teachings: the Five Dysfunctions of a Team, the Ideal Team Player, and the Six Types of Working Genius. Understand how these concepts collectively offer a robust framework for crafting effective and cohesive teams.

Maximizing Assessment Tools
Explore the double edge of self-assessments in leadership—the benefits of enhancing self-awareness and the potential pitfalls in shaping organizational dynamics. This session will provide insights on effectively using these tools while being mindful of their unintended consequences on team culture and decision-making.

Leading a Divided Church
Today’s church leader often builds community while battling division within it. Learn how we lead toward an essential core theology amid the important periphery issues.

Building Vision Carriers
Learn strategies to transform team members into enthusiastic advocates of your organization's vision and foster a culture where every individual embodies and promotes the core mission.

Soul Care—Don’t Wait Until It’s Too Late
Prioritizing soul care is crucial for leaders who often overlook their own spiritual health. This breakout guides you to embrace Jesus's practices of rest, relationships, solitude, and simplicity.

Ministry Longevity—How to Stay the Course
When reflection and relationships are combined into a life of deliberate practice, leaders become both stronger and more flexible. As a result, these resilient leaders are able to offer greater wisdom and skill to the organizations they serve.

Creating Irresistible Guest Services
The Sunday message happens way before the service even starts. Explore the strategies and practices that make Guest Services teams vital to each gathering.

Multi-Site Best Practices
This breakout is designed to provide conversation around the strategies, tensions, and lessons learned from being a church of multiple locations.

How We're Growing Again By Setting Wildly Important Goals
In the last two years, we’ve experimented with goal-setting and tracking like never before. Come hear what we're doing, how it’s going, and the surprising lessons we’ve learned.

Human Resources Principles and Practices
Here’s how we interview, hire, and support passionate, gifted staff, as well as the human resources, systems, and processes that support them.

Developing and Connecting with Community Partners
Effective churches partner with community organizations to serve their cities. Discover how our Intersect ministry and Be Rich campaign help us do this.

We Should Stop Building Church Buildings
Explore how churches can shift from owning underutilized buildings to using their spaces as active, community-engaging ministries.

Fostering Unity: Pathways to Racial Reconciliation
Explore effective strategies for integrating diverse cultures within your community and fostering racial reconciliation. This session delves into practical steps for building bridges, understanding cultural differences, and creating a more inclusive and united environment.

Reaching the Unreachable
In 2023, Your Move Collective completed a comprehensive study on the increasing segment of religiously unaffiliated individuals—known as the Religious “Nones.” This session will delve into insights from this research, offering practical strategies and actionable steps for effectively reaching and engaging with this often “unreachable” group.

Marketing to the Skeptic
It’s easy to invite but just as easy to forget about the mindset of the invitee. Learn great tips for crafting and executing invitations that work.

Endearing Your Church to the Community
Explore ways to make your church an integral part of the local community. Learn how to identify and meet community needs, foster strong local relationships, and create outreach programs that resonate deeply with residents.

The Five Stages of a Person’s Faith Journey
People come into the church at different stages in their faith journey. Find out the five stages and what people in each stage need to move forward in their relationship with Jesus.

Spiritual Formation
Discover how two of our network churches are taking a creative approach to spiritual growth. Hear about their unique strategies to foster dynamic spiritual development within a church community.

Care – Foundational Concepts and Strategies
Care Ministry is the backbone of effective churches, especially when life is tough. Discover all the ways our Care Ministry serves our church family.

Adult Ministry – Core Principles and Practices
Dive into the core principles of our small group model, designed for new staff and volunteers to grasp the fundamentals of effective group dynamics and leadership.

Scrappy Irresistible Environments
Learn how to create compelling, engaging environments with limited resources. This session focuses on innovative, cost-effective strategies for making spaces vibrant and welcoming.

Balancing Authenticity with Excellence
What does it look like to prioritize authenticity in your environments while still striving for excellence? How are you balancing them or favoring one over the other? This session addresses this dynamic, offering practical approaches to harmonize high standards with heartfelt authenticity.

Building Worship Experiences for Insiders and Outsiders
As churches unchurched people love to attend, we need to craft services that appeal to newcomers. But there is also a real need to nurture and spiritually develop our existing members as well. Explore subtle yet powerful ways to refresh services, addressing the unspoken needs within your church community.

Developing Student Communicators
Speaking to students involves so much more than jokes and stories. Join us to hear the practices we use to develop and equip student ministry communicators.

How to Speak to Your Entire Audience
Learn to create sermons that reflect your congregation's varied values and emotional needs. Drawing on research called “Spiral Dynamics,” this session offers strategies for structuring sermons that resonate. Gain practical tips to ensure your next sermon connects meaningfully with all attendees.

The Art of Lasting Communication
Improve adult learning in your ministry using guidelines from advanced education techniques. This session offers insights into adapting your teaching to adult learning styles, ensuring deeper engagement and comprehension.

Exploring the Motivation of My Leadership
Within every level of leadership we are constantly talking about methods that will help us engage the people in our community, which is a good thing. What if that good thing isn’t the best thing? What if we are trying to answer questions Jesus didn’t ask?

What Does It Take for a Church to Be Irresistible?
God creates life change, but we create the environment for him to do it. Discover how to design irresistible settings for people to best engage, learn, and grow.

Building a Culture of Generosity
Learn strategies to foster a spirit of generosity within your community. This session will explore practical ways to encourage and nurture a mindset of giving, enhancing the overall culture of generosity in your organization.

Navigating Transition and Change
In times of change, great leaders know where their energy and focus are best directed. Join us to learn about the nine audiences of your church amid change.

Creating a Vibrant Volunteer-Led Church
Healthy churches run on great volunteers. We’ve been reengineering how we recruit, onboard, support, and inspire them. We’ll download it all to you.

Neighborhood-to-Kitchen Strategy
Twenty-five years ago, North Point introduced the Foyer-to-Kitchen Strategy. In this breakout we’ll explore a newly developed, holistic church strategy that goes from the Neighborhood to the Kitchen and back again—ensuring that churches inspire people from the community to the core to take their next step in following Jesus.

Engaging with Marginalized Community
Explore current perspectives and approaches for meaningful engagement with the marginalized community. This session focuses on fostering understanding, respect, and open dialogue while navigating the complexities of faith, inclusivity, and community outreach.