Almost 400 church workers, presenters, and exhibitors came together in Monterey, California on November 24-26 to worship, grow professionally, and connect with one another as part of the CNH District All Workers Conference. This is the first time in almost 30 years that educators, pastors, youth leaders, and other church workers joined together for a conference. The theme of the conference was “Connected in Christ, so the next generation will know”, based on Psalm 78:1-6. There were two main keynote speakers. Dr. Sean McDowell spoke on how to better connect with Generation Z in his first keynote, followed by the importance on speaking the truth according to the evidence we find in scripture. Sarah Salzberg spoke on the importance and value of questions to better understand the truths of our faith. There were also 27 smaller breakout sessions on a wide variety of topics to help church workers grow in knowledge and skills.
At the conference banquet, District leadership recognized significant anniversaries of individual church workers and presented awards to church workers who have served as examples of faithful service.
Awardees:
Educator of the Year – Corey Baden, Zion San Francisco
Early Childhood Educator of the Year – Cynthia Huang, Hope Daly City
Administrator of the Year – Julie Knight, Our Savior Livermore
DCE Service Award – Jennifer de la Motte, Good Shepherd Turlock
Servus Christi Award - Rev. Robert (Bob) Fickenscher
Servus Christi Award - Rev. Theodore (Ted) Iverson
Jubilarians:
25 Years
Lenny Szeto
Kyle Klemp
Maria Castillo
Dave Rueter
Duane Bamsch
Paul Ferguson
Grant Knepper
Daniel Schlensker
30 Years
Joan Perez
Corey Baden
Lani Carson
David Gaudi
Robert Weller
40 Years
Martin Noland
Mark Whittaker
Tom Zelt
Lori Waetzig
Karl Bliese
Daniel Conrad
William Ellis
Gregory Klotz
George Lepper
50 Years
John-Paul Meyer
David Rose
Robert Rowland
David Bass
Dennis Bestul
Michael Hagebusch
Timothy Huber
55 Years
Harold Oliver
Alan Piotter
Ethan Gebauer
Roger Kuehn
Robert Nicholus
60 Years
John Geach
George Matranga
We thank our Conference Planning Committee: Joel Wahlers, Jenny Cid, Evan Anwyl, Erin Mansfield, Ron Youngdale, Paul Schult, Dawit Bokre, Matt Molinari, and Mike Lange.
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