Next Level Workshops

These role based workshops are perfect for pastors looking to hone their craft and take their ministry to the next level. Our small class size and lecture-lab model create the perfect environment for interaction and learning. With key North Coast practitioners as presenters, you’ll leave with practical, nuts-and-bolts information that you can take home and immediately translate in to growth for your ministry.

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Breaking Barriers to Small Group Growth

Tuesday & Wednesday, March 3 & 4, 2020

Presenters: Dave Enns & Ned Mervich, Life Group Pastors

This workshop is designed specifically for Pastors of Small Groups. If this isn’t you, please pass this on to the appropriate person at your church.

This workshop is applicable to any small group model you may be using and will address the five common barriers to help your small group ministry grow. At the workshop you will create an implementable game plan to help you effectively recruit, train, and retain within your unique ministry content.

Bonus Session!

Come early on Tuesday and attend North Coast’s sermon prep meeting at 9am. You’ll see first hand how our teaching pastors prepare their messages by getting feedback and doing research before they preach. Our Small Group pastors also use this meeting to create the small group homework for the upcoming week, so don’t miss out on this behind the scenes look at North Coast small group ministry.

Workshop Specifics

Content presented by North Coast Pastors, Dave Enns & Ned Mervich
Implementable game plan to achieve Next Level results in your small group ministry
Lunch on Tuesday is included

Schedule

Meet Dave Enns

Dave Enns

Pastor of Life Groups, North Coast Church

Dave has been on staff at North Coast Church since 1990 and is the lead pastor of Life Groups. His passion since youth has been to create an environment for people to connect and experience life to the fullest. Dave oversees a team of 21 staff, 900 lay leaders and over 8,000 participants. It is through Dave’s leadership that North Coast remains well-known for maintaining over 90% adult participation in weekly home groups. Dave has a Bachelors Degree in Christian Education from Biola University, a Masters of Divinity from Bethel Theological Seminary, and has served as an adjunct professor at Biola University. Dave and his wife have been married for 20 years and have three teenage children.

Meet Ned Mervich

Ned Mervich

Life Group Pastor

Ned has been leading small groups for more than 35 years since he began leading a group during his sophomore year of college. He has been one of the Life Group Pastors at North Coast since 2005 and during that time he has recruited more than 200 small group leaders and he currently oversees 80 small groups. Ned’s other roles at North Coast include serving as the pastor for our Soul Gospel venue on the weekends and helping with the leadership development of North Coast staff. Before joining the North Coast staff, Ned served with Cru (formerly Campus Crusade for Christ) for 29 years. He has lived in the Vista area with his wife, Marcia, since 1994. They have three married children and five grand kids.

mar 3-4 2020

What Leaders are Saying

Ryan Martinez, Christ Place Church

“I LOVE how intimate the setting was. This could have easily been a conference that HUNDREDS of ministry leaders could attend at one time, but you intentionally keep it smaller and more intimate. This is so very valuable. This workshop is invaluable to anyone trying to establish and grow a small group ministry.”

Alex Berger, Summit Christian Church

“I like getting to seen an existing successful ministry model and have the facilitators available to teach and answer questions.”

Larry on Leadership

Wednesday & Thursday, January 29 & 30, 2020

Presenter: Larry Osborne, Senior Pastor

Join Larry Osborne, North Coast Church Senior Pastor, for a two day intensive workshop on what it takes to lead a church team well. Drawing on over 30 years of experience at North Coast, Larry will share from his successes and failures, along with what he’s learned on his leadership journey. This workshop includes ample time for interaction and questions throughout the session and during a catered dinner with Larry at his home. Since our focus is on leadership at the highest levels of church ministry, this workshop is designed for Senior and Executive Pastors only.

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Meet Larry

Larry Osborne

Senior Pastor, North Coast Church

Larry Osborne is a lead and teaching pastor at North Coast Church in Vista, California. During his tenure, the church has grown from 128 to over 13,000 on a weekend with 7 local campuses.

Built around sermon-based small groups, North Coast has a participation rate of over 90 percent of its weekend attendance in small groups, and known for its pioneering role in the use of a teaching teams, video venues, and multisite ministry.

Larry writes and speaks on the subjects of discipleship and leadership. His books on the Christian life include: Thriving In Babylon, Accidental Pharisees, A Contrarian’s Guide To Knowing God, and 10 Dumb Things Smart Christians Believe. His leadership books include: Sticky Teams, Sticky Church, Sticky Leaders, Mission Creep, The Unity Factor and Lead Like a Shepherd.

What Leaders are Saying

Tyler Drewitz, Ridgeline Church

“Access to hearing straight from Larry and his overall very vulnerable approach. North Coast in general and Larry in particular does a great job of presenting the philosophy behind the methods to empower leaders to effectively lead their churches. So many conferences have a 'do it like us if you want to be awesome' attitude, but your approach truly embraces 'planting the church that you want to go to ' by helping us understand the why without forcing the what down our throats. Thank you!”

Brian Pursley, Lakeside Community Church

“The access to Larry who has so much success, wisdom, and insight without the ego that normally accompanies those things.”

Sticky Preaching

Wednesday & Thursday, February 26 & 27, 2020

Presenter: Larry Osborne, Senior Pastor

Discover the crucial differences between preaching for applause and preaching for life change, why theological depth and real-life application are not mutually exclusive, how to see those all-too-familiar texts with fresh eyes, and perhaps most importantly, how to become a better you instead of a poor imitation of your favorite preachers.

Topics

Preaching for life-change and discipleship
Overcoming the two greatest temptations every preacher and Bible teacher faces
The critical difference between guest speaking and weekly teaching that nobody talks about
The two mistakes that make for interesting sermons and bad theology
How and why commentaries can mess you up
The four lenses that give fresh eyes to any text
How to get an honest feedback and critique BEFORE you’ve preached your sermon.
How to reach the lost without losing the saints
How to become a better “you” instead of a poor imitation of somebody else
How to harness the power of “subliminal” messaging

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Schedule

Meet Larry

Larry Osborne

Senior Pastor, North Coast Church

Larry Osborne is a lead and teaching pastor at North Coast Church in Vista, California. During his tenure, the church has grown from 128 to over 13,000 on a weekend with 7 local campuses.

What Leaders are Saying

Diana Mescher, Cornerstone Church, AZ

“The practice examples, the quick explanation of HOW to use the tools. It was fast-moving, very practical, and painted a picture of how to use each tool. I headed home with a list of very concrete tools to implement or create in my own context.

Also, the accessibility of Larry [Osborne]. Thanks for being available for questions and conversations. The conversation with, and the lived-out examples of your values was impacting.”

Jerry Philippis, Sr. Pastor, Scripture is Alive Ministry

“...Pastor that is far beyond where God will take me, willing to show me how to be a better communicator, Pastor, and Husband. Priceless! Perfect two days!”