ENgage

ENgage is a conference designed to equip and release fully devoted youth workers into district leadership over areas of worker care and event implementation.

Downloads

• Save the date postcard (pdf)
• Schedule (pdf)

Register

• $375 per person
• Registration includes all meals on site and lodging based on double occupancy for 4 nights.
• Please note: If you prefer a single-occupancy room, the registration cost is $575 per person.
• Registration opens Sept 01 and closes Oct 30
• A 25% non-refundable deposit is required at time of registration.
• Full payment is due no later than Nov 01, 2010

By Invitation Only

Who is ENvited

Alliance Youth District Point People and additional key district leaders, who have been approved to attend by district leadership.

Lodging

Marriott Colorado Springs
5580 Tech Center Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80919

Transportation

Please arrive into the Colorado Springs Airport (COS) by 4 pm MT on Saturday, Nov 13 and depart anytime on Wednesday, Nov 17.

Ground transportation will be provided to and from the COS airport provided we have your itinerary no later than Nov 01.

Please note: Ground transportation will not be provided to or from the Denver International Airport.

Cancellations

The deposit of 25% is non-refundable. If you need to cancel your registration for any reason, please contact Carrie Reinhard at 719-262-5457 or at reinhardc@cmalliance.org.

Questions about ENgage?

Please email Kris Jones.

Leaders

Speakers

• Ron Walborn

  Dr. Ron Walborn is the Dean of Alliance Theological Seminary in Nyack, NY. Ron has been married to Wanda (the Director of Spiritual Formation at Nyack College) since 1984. They have four children: Kelly—21, Brice—19, Karis—18 and Karly—16. Prior to assuming his position at the seminary, Ron was the Chair of the Pastoral Ministries Department at Nyack College from June 2000 to May 2008. He has also served as the Associate Dean of Bible and Christian Ministry since June of 2005. Ron was elected to the Board of Directors for the Christian and Missionary Alliance in May 2005 and was recently re-elected to another four-year term.

  Ron is originally from Western Pennsylvania where his father was a Christian & Missionary Alliance pastor in several churches. He holds a B.A. in History from Nyack College and a M.Div. from Alliance Theological Seminary. Ron has pastored C&MA churches in Connecticut and California. He planted Risen King Community Church in Redding, CA in 1989. While living in Redding for 10 years, Ron completed his doctoral studies at Fuller Theological Seminary and taught part time at Simpson University.

  Ron has written a book on stewardship, Stewardship & the Kingdom of God, published by the Christian & Missionary Alliance. He has also written numerous articles and chapters for magazines and edited books. Ron chaired the subcommittee of the C&MA Board of Directors that wrote the new Alliance instructional statement on spiritual gifts, Expectation without Agenda.

  Ron has been invited to speak at Houghton College, Crown College, Simpson University and Toccoa Falls College. He has been the evening speaker and morning Bible Teacher at multiple camps and conferences.

• Michael Scales

  Dr. Michael G. Scales, 12th president of Nyack College and Alliance Theological Seminary (ATS), has championed the cause of higher education for more than half of his life as an administrator or a consultant. He founded and was president of an award-winning management and marketing firm for 16 years, advising some 50 college and university presidents across the U.S.

  A board member of The Christian & Missionary Alliance Foundation, Inc. (Shell Point Retirement Community), Dr. Scales is the board of trustees secretary for the New York State Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities (CICU). He has also served as chair and vice chair of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU) Commission for Advancing Intercultural Competencies.

  Since his 2007 inauguration, Dr. Scales has been surrounded by an extraordinary team of administrators, faculty, and staff. To date, a number of notable milestones have been celebrated: the new School of Nursing and the launch of the Bachelor of Science in nursing degree; an endowed Distinguished Chair of Nursing, a Nyack first; approval of the first doctoral program, the Doctor of Ministry; and the current pursuit of a permanent home for the Manhattan campus. Of all these noteworthy accomplishments, this president is most pleased with the national recognition Nyack/ATS has received for being one of the country’s most diverse populations of students and faculty.

  Married to the former Susan Lynn DeLany for more than three decades, they are the parents of two daughters and two sons and the grandparents of two grandsons.

• Jason Ostrander

  Jason Ostrander is the National Youth Director for The Christian and Missionary Alliance. Prior to his role as Director, he spent time in Canada, working on his Masters in Film & Theology at Regent College. Jason is a well-traveled speaker who focuses on the advancement of God’s Word in the lives of both students and youth workers. He has been married to his wife, Calu, for more than 10 years and has two boys—Liam and Jams.

Worship Leaders

• Britt Edwards

  Britt served as a youth pastor in North Carolina for five years before becoming lead singer and piano front-man for The Swift. The Swift toured the US for ten years and worked alongside several youth conferences and student camps. He now works at a missionary training school in Nashville Tennessee.

Schedule

Saturday, Nov 13
4:00 pm	Point People Arrive
6:30 pm	Dinner
8:00 pm	Free time following
Sunday, Nov 14
9:00 am	Sunday Morning Service
11:30 am	Lunch
12:30 pm	Session #1
2:00 pm	Break
2:30 pm	Session #2
6:30 pm	Dinner @ Ostrander’s home
Monday, Nov 15
10:00 am	Session #3
12:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm	Afternoon Excursions
5:30 pm	Dinner
7:30 pm	Session #4
Tuesday, Nov 16
10:00 am	Session #5
12:00 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm	Session #6/District Group time
5:30 pm	Dinner & Play time @ Mr. Biggs
Wednesday, Nov 17
10:00 am	Point People Depart