Missional Entrepreneurship Immersion

What if the best way to connect with people in a diverse and rapidly changing world is not with another church program or better preaching?

Churches just like yours are opening missional businesses, such as workout studios, produce markets, surf shops, indoor play areas, ice cream fountains, game cafes, coffee shops, and more—not just as income producing businesses, but also to connect and build meaningful relationships in an increasingly disconnected world.

Churches just like yours are repurposing their properties to leverage them not just for monetization, but also for greater mission impact in the community with a vision for new forms of faith community to emerge. From tiny home villages, to art studios, to day care centers, to nonprofit hubs, and more…your church can shift from a one day a week gathering place for a few church members to a hub of relational connections and new faith communities.

Join us for an immersion experience at Riverside Presbyterian Church. Enjoy coffee and conversation in their coffee shop, Ridgetop Coffee and Tea, and experience for yourself what can happen when a facility becomes a community hub. Learn from leaders who have navigated this shift in their own congregations, and dive into deep discussions with peers who are captivated by this possibility. Take advantage of breakout sessions around the practicalities around this entrepreneurial approach to ministry. Explore Biblical foundations for the mission and engage in whole-hearted worship to reconnect with God’s purpose for your life, your leadership, and your church.

• Cost - Cost: $225 until Jan 6 (price increase to $250)

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Wednesday, Jan 29

• 3:00—Check In (Spa water and coffee available)
• 4:00-6:00—Welcome, Worship, and Session 1
• 6:00-7:00—Dinner
• 7:00-7:20—Dessert and Session 2
• 8:00-8:30—Group shareback and prayer

Thursday, Jan 30

Breakfast on your own, coffee service available

• 9:00-10:00—Worship and Session 3
• 10:00-10:30—Break
• 10:30-11:50—Session 4
• 11:50-12:45--Lunch
• 12:45- 1:45—Breakout Interest Session
• 1:45-2:00—Break
• 2:00-3:00—Breakout Interest Session
• 3:00-4:00—Afternoon Break
• 4:00-5:00—Panel Discussion and Q& A--Lessons learned starting Ridgetop Coffee and Tea and re-imagining church facility
• 5:00-6:00—Dinner
• 6:00-7:15—Evening Worship and Session 5
• 7:15-8:00--Time of Prayer and Closing

Friday, Jan 31

• 9:00-10:20—Worship and Session 6
• 10:20-10:30—Break
• 10:30-11:00—Closing Remarks and Blessing

Shannon Kiser serves as Director of US Ministries and training for Fresh Expressions North America. She leads a team of mission strategists and trainers in the development and implementation of in person and online training for mission innovation. She is on the pastoral staff of Riverside Presbyterian Church in Sterling, VA, a church that worships in two languages (English and Spanish), engages in several fresh expressions of church, and extends community hospitality through Ridgetop Coffee and Tea. An ICF certified coach, Shannon coaches individual ministry leaders and pioneers, trains organizations to coach fresh expression initiatives, and coaches church teams through the process of adaptive change. Shannon lives in Springfield VA with her husband, and is the mother to two young adult daughters. Shannon enjoys the outdoors, pickleball, gardening, traveling, and her neighborhood swim club. 

Brian Clark serves as Developer of the Missional Incubator for National Capital Presbytery, after a long tenure as organizing pastor and co-pastor of Riverside Presbyterian Church. Brian was a key visionary for a missional facility that would serve the community, not just the congregation. After intentionally not building a traditional church facility on an empty 5 acre lot, Brian helped to lead the Riverside congregation to enter into a business partnership, ultimately opening Ridgetop Coffee and Tea, and leasing space that provides ongoing income so that those who donate to Riverside Church donate to mission and ministry, not a building. In addition, he has experience redeveloping a rural church facility into a multipurpose facility that hosted everything from volleyball to the high school prom. After years of coaching church planters and entrepreneurial leaders, Brian is focusing this season of his ministry to equipping a new generation of leaders for missional entrepreneurship to better engage our postmodern culture with the gospel.

Edwin Andrade serves as lead pastor of Riverside Presbyterian Church in Sterling, VA, and has been one of the key visionaries helping to shape the entrepreneurial landscape of the church's missional facility. He has pioneered Nueva Rivera (part of Riverside Church) Lunch for the Soul, (a fresh expression with day laborers), and has experimented with several fresh expression initiatives as an outgrowth of a partnership with a local Title 1 elementary school. As lead pastor, Edwin works with the Coffee Shop Manager to ensure that the mission heart of Ridgetop Coffee and Tea remain the priority. Edwin is Coach with the PCUSA’s New Worshipping Communities initiative, and has coached church planters and ministry leaders across the country. Edwin’s wife, Karina, shares his heart for mission, and together they are busy raising two teenage boys.

Jesse Colon is an experienced worship leader in both English and Spanish speaking contexts. Jesse not only leads worship at Riverside Presbyterian Church, but he is also one of Ridgetop Coffee's favorite baristas! Jesse leads student ministry at Riverside and is a natural born community connector. Through his ministry at Riverside, Jesse has discipled young leaders, raised up young musicians, and started fresh expressions of church with young people. Jesse and his wife, Elizabeth, not only harmonize together in worship, but also as they raise their two teenage children.

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