Leadership Development Topics/Retreats/Conferences
​by Kris Swiatocho

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If you're ready to jump-start or rev up your single adult ministry, it's time to call Kris Swiatocho, Director of The Singles Network Ministries.

We offer:
• Seminars: Ranging in length from one hour to a half-day
• Training: Ranging in length from hour to a half-day to several months. It can be in person, by zoom or consulting. 

Take a look at the following topics; when you see one or more that you're interested in, Kris can fit the content into a seminar just a few hours long or into a series of in-depth training sessions. It's totally up to you and your team.
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•Contacting, Connecting, and Keeping Your Folks: Where are they? Why haven't they come back? Why do they attend for a short time and then leave?
•Kingdom Leadershi p: Using Nehemiah as our example, what can he teach us about leadership.
•Hello My Name Is: How to develop a ministry to reach more for Christ.
•What I've Learned: Top list of things singles ministers/leaders have learned leading singles.
•I am Not a Teacher...I am a Facilitator: Helping your singles know and understand their calling and giftedness.
•A Lemonade Stand? Creative ways to self-support your singles ministry.
•Being Sociable: Learn how to intentionally reach and connect people through social events.
•Welcome! Existing the Holy Huddle
•I am a Teacher: How to develop your next teachers for ministry.
•4 Levels of Volunteerism: Every ministry needs these 4 levels to help grow individuals towards leadership.
•Caring, Sharing, Bearing: Three qualities of successful small groups and Sunday school classes.
•Hi, Welcome to… Turning first time guest into regular and involve attendees.
•I Will Overcome: Overcoming obstacles and barriers to leading in the 21 st century.
•It’s on my Bucket List: Learning how to involve your class, ministry, group in reaching common goals and evaluating success in reaching those goals.
•Multiplication x 10: Starting New Ministry/New Classe
•Evangelism: Casting the net to reach the most for Christ.
•Yea, I'm Out of the Boat, Now What? Taking Your Leadership To The Next Level
• Step Up, Step Out: Becoming a leader that influences others for change.
•SOS: Singles Out Serving: Teaching singles how to serve to reach the most for Christ.
•A Banana, a Feather, and a Brick: Teaching with objects to get the message across.
• Where Are All the Men? Learning strategies to reach and grow men for your ministry.
​• On a Mission: Developing servant hearts to reach the lost through missions.

•What Do You Mean I am too Young? Equipping your "congregation" to minister to single adults.
•That's How I Roll: How to work with/serve beside others.
•Keeping Sane: Staying encouraged as a leader/pastor in the midst of leading. 
•Called to Teach: Learning skills to teach effectively with a purpose

•D4: Four Levels of Discipleship: Personally and as a ministry.
•The War Room? Prayer in our ministries has to be more than praying for someone's sister, health issues, jobs. This workshop teaches you the effective way to pray with expectations and results.
•Here Comes Da Judge, Here Come Da Judge: Knowing the difference in holding those under you in accountability versus judgment. 
•A Gift For Me? Teaching others how to discover their Spiritual gifts and talents and use them for the kingdom.
•Who Ya Going to Call: Whatever happened to Sue? Did John move? Learning better ways to stay connected to those who visit your church.
•Jesus, Leader Like Me? What made Jesus a great leader? How can I learn to be the same?
•Four Score and Seven Years Ago: Learning what it takes to be a leader of people, in mind, in heart, is an example and in doing. 
•Starting Something New: Learning how to multiply your class without destroying the ministry effectively.  
•Grow Up! Dealing with immature, unhealthy, even divisive people in your ministry. OR Ministry is Messy
•Kill, Steal and Destroy: How to keep the enemy from destroying your ministry.
•Hear Ye, Hear Ye: Developing effective communication in today's age of smartphones and email. 
•Men to Men, Women to Women: Teaching the importance of discipleship.
•Where Are All The Leaders? How to find new leaders, discover existing leaders, and develop all.
•When Did We Become a Ministry? Learning the difference between ministry and a Bible study/small group/Sunday school.
•Starting Over, Again: Starting over can be challenging but necessary at times. Learn how to do it easy and quickly, establishing new energy and enthusiasm. 
•Do You Really Know Me: How are you gathering info on your members? Do you really know their needs? Do you know their life situations? 
•Pointing the Right Direction: Does your leadership team sometimes want to go one way and you another? Learn ways to keep the team unified in the direction we can all agree on. 
•Starting from Scratch and Itching to Quit: How to Start a Single Adult Ministry (or any ministry)
•It's So Much Fun! Creative Sunday school or small group development.
•Beyond Your Singles or any Ministry: How to care for your team, so they take care of your ministry.
•Hello, My Name is_______: Greeting 101: Developing a warm and welcoming ministry.
•Anyone Can Be A Mentor: Learning the basics of mentoring and being mentored. 
• Icebreakers, skits, team building, and warm-up exercises for your ministry.
•Standing Out on Top: Marketing your ministry from logo development to brochures to your website to Facebook.
•We Have a Budget?  How do you know how much you need, what are some ways to fund-raise, how do you plan?
•Conference/Retreat Development: Everything you need to know to plan it.
•Can't I Quit Now? Overcoming barriers and problems in your ministry
•There's no "i" in Teamwork: Developing a leadership team that works together.

•Hey You! Do You Know Who Jesus Is? Learn how to reach out creatively with positive results.   

•Stick a Fork in Me, I'm Done: How to avoid leadership worn out and burnout
•Falling Back, Spring Forward: Encouraging message to keep moving forward.
•I'll Be Back: Predators in our ministry...and we aren't talking about the movie: Developing relationships with EGRs, predators, and other dysfunctional adults.
•Starting a City-Wide Singles Ministry

Any talks/workshops can be customized for a 1-3 day event. Depending on the theme your church has chosen, you can combine talks, change the title of an existing conference/retreat or have one created/written for you. Just give Kris a call at 919.434.3611 or [email protected].