Central Connection | December 12th, 2024
In This Connection
Rekindle Retreat | February 24th-26th, 2025
A Thought From The Church Multiplication Office
LEAD Modules
Joy For All People!
LIFE 2025 Financial Grant | Central District Scholarship
District Leadership Development Scholarship | Reminder
Rekindle Retreat
Rekindle is a Retreat designed for
Central District licensed workers and their spouses.
Come and enjoy marriage enrichment, rest, relaxation, connection with our district family, worship and opportunities for prayer. Our guest speakers for this year are Michelle and Sam Park from the Metro District.
Rekindle 2025 will be Monday, February 24th–Wednesday, February 26th, at the Carlisle Inn located in Sugarcreek, OH.
To register online, click here!
To register by mail, please complete this form and send it with payment to the Central District Office at 1231 High St, Wadsworth, OH 44281. Please write, "Rekindle 2025" on the memo line.
Registration deadline is January 15th, 2025.
Church Multiplication Office Thought
See a brief message from Todd Sovine.
(Director of Church Multiplication)
During this season, we remember the love of the Father, who sent the Son to incarnate among those created to bring him glory. Who in your Judea and Samaria needs your church to send some to incarnate there? John 20:21 still echoes in the halls of the church.
"Again Jesus said, 'Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me,
I am sending you.'
Let’s talk!
Email Kirsten Tousley, [email protected], to make
an appointment with Todd Sovine.
LEAD Modules
Please see below a message from LEAD introducing their new modules.
We wanted to share some changes we’re making to the LEAD program and invite you to connect about how they will impact the current students in your district and future ministry leaders.
The most significant shift is moving from the LEAD program's “all-or-nothing” sequence to a modular model. You and I know that relationships are the pathway for personal and spiritual transformation, and so in the past, we’ve emphasized committing to an entire 2 ½ year journey in LEAD. We still hold to this value of relationships; however, we’ve found a need to become more flexible in order to serve our students better. Those who have life situations arise, or need to take a break, or just can’t finish the whole program were unintentionally required to take too many (though probably needed) steps back.
Our modules give our students more on ramps and off ramps for their ministry development. It creates a new flexibility that we’re excited about! Not only for our students but our cohort directors as well. Some cohort directors will desire to journey with students through the entire process from one module to another, but some will become experts in their area of equipping.
These modules also allow the program to become 2 years instead of 2 ½ years. The values are still the same. The relationships are still strong. And the new structure allows the transformation to be even greater in our students.
Additionally, the modules will be LESS EXPENSIVE and more affordable for our students. Like MASSIVELY less expensive
If you have questions or would like to learn more, please schedule a call with Clint Bieri by clicking here!
Joy For All People!
See below a video from the National Office reminding us that this good news is for both the world's unreached peoples on the other side of the globe and our neighbors nearby.
Every single person matters to God. Together, let’s join Him in the work of proclaiming this good news to all the world.
LIFE 2025 Financial Grant
LIFE is a gathering for the next generation Alliance family to experience God and expand His kingdom locally and globally.
Click here to visit the LIFE event website!
GLORIFY God in worship, word, and community.
INTRODUCE Jesus Christ into the whole life of each student.
EXPOSE God's heart for the lost.
INSPIRE students to join the global Alliance family.
The Central District would like to support students and leaders in financial need to attend LIFE. We will subsidize up to $300 per student / $500 per leader, with a maximum of $3,000 per church.
Please note: This grant is also available to those who have already applied to the National Office grant.
We will process these as we receive them and award scholarships at the end of each month beginning now until the funds are gone or registration closes.
The deadline to submit an application for this scholarship is April 15th, 2025.
Click here to view the application!
Please complete the attached application and send it
to Mariah Kulton, [email protected].
If you have any questions, please email Mariah Kulton, [email protected]
District Leadership Development Scholarship
Applications for the District Leadership Development Scholarship will be accepted beginning January 1st, 2025, and will close April 2nd, 2025. The district is offering to cover up to 60% in financial assistance.
This needs-based leadership development scholarship will benefit people throughout the Central District who are pursuing accreditation with the Alliance or who are participating in District-approved ministry initiatives.
Leadership development programs that are already approved include: Alliance Center for Leadership Development (ACLD), LEAD, Westwood Academy, and Thrive. Please encourage those in your congregations to consider one of these programs (or other options like these) and to apply for the Scholarship.
Click here to view more information about the scholarship!
Please email Mariah Kulton ([email protected]) with any additional questions you may have.