AGRM - 2017 AGRM Annual Convention Platform Guests



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		Tuesday, May 30 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Private Pre-Convention Event Moreno and Gaston Our friends at Russ Reid, Grizzard, and Dickerson, Bakker & Associates are offering a Leadership and Development mini-conference to clients and special guests. 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Northern Lights District Rendezvous Gaston Calling all Canadians! Come and get a head start on the convention. We’ll catch up on all that is going on in our lives, and then talk about what’s affecting rescue missions and social justice ministries throughout Canada. Our time together will be somewhat informal but definitely invaluable. AGRM’s Northern Lights District President and Vice President will host the Rendezvous. Mid-afternoon beverages and light snacks will be provided (to anyone who can show a Canadian passport). 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Certification Meeting Sanger A 5:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. Insurance Committee Meeting Sanger A 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Bookstore Open 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Registration/Information Center Open Landmark Circle Wednesday, May 31 8:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. AGRM Leadership Summit Cotton Bowl Presenters: John Ashmen, Jim Reese, Bill Mollard This is a special joint meeting of the AGRM board, district presidents and vice presidents, regional coordinators, and certification consultants. With so many new things happening at AGRM, we will connect everyone in leadership to the association’s strategic initiatives, gather feedback, and handle important association business. 8:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Private Pre-Convention Event Moreno and Gaston The Russ Reid, Grizzard, and Dickerson, Bakker & Associates mini-conference continues. 8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Bookstore Open Landmark Circle 8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Registration/Information Center Open Landmark Circle 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. New CEOs Immersion Course Reverchon A & B Sponsor: Homeless No More Presenters: Eric Burger, Glenn Cranfield, Jim Kizer If you have just started (or started back) into rescue mission ministry, these four hours of intense education may make all the difference in the world. We have a team of veteran ministry leaders who will help you with the essentials for ministry management, plus provide special insights from years of personal experience. If you run a start-up mission, this course is a must! 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Tour Group 1: Dallas Trail Missions Meet: Landmark Circle Mission tours are always a popular aspect of our conventions. This year we are offering the opportunity to see four missions. The two in this time slot are Union Gospel Mission (UGM) of Dallas and Dallas LIFE. (You can see Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County and Beautiful Feet Ministries on Saturday afternoon.) The group will be divided in half for simultaneous tours, and then the groups will switch missions. [Lunch will be provided at both locations.] UGM Dallas has multiple separated campuses, and because of time constraints, the tour will focus on their Center of Hope, serving women and children. Dallas LIFE operates the largest homeless shelter in North Texas, serving men, women, children, seniors, disabled individuals, and veterans, and has a 10-month Homeless No More recovery program. 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. CEOs-Only Exhibit Exhibit Corral Steel-Tipped Boot Tour Marsalis Hall Even though exhibitors won’t be fully finished setting up, we’re urging the ultimate decision makers to get a first look at all of the exhibits and meet our business partners. (You might even be able to lend them a hand in their final prep.) We have the highest number of exhibitors in AGRM history, so getting in an early run through the Exhibit Corral will enable you to make a list of must-visit exhibits for the rest of your staff. Just watch where you step. 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Strong Tower Prayer Room Open Bryan Beeman B Host: Jaye Beatty Experience the presence of the Lord in a unique way as you enter this quiet place and ponder brokenness, protection, healing, guidance, and more. At various stations, Scripture will be brought to life using art, music, illustrations, and other elements. The Strong Tower Prayer Room will be open at various times throughout the convention. And right next door in Bryan Beeman A, you’ll find our Spiritual Life Suite staffed by Minister-at-Large Robert Loggins and members of AGRM’s intercessory prayer team. Just drop in. Or if you prefer, make an appointment to meet with Pastor Loggins via a text message to (573) 301-7439. 1:30 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. First-Timers Orientation Pegasus Sponsor: Merriam Insurance Agency Hosts: Selena Hayle, Ivan Klassen, Anthony Cooper If this is your first AGRM Annual Convention, you gotta attend this session to find out what’s when, who’s where, and why it’s important. It’s a fast-paced time with a lot of laughter, a number of giveaways, and a little bit of competition. Come meet other first-timers and leave feeling like you’re in charge of things. 3:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. (Doors open at 2:40 p.m.) Wednesday Afternoon General Session Landmark Ballroom B-D Platinum Sponsor: Brewer Direct Our all-group gatherings are famous for from-the-floor networking, videos, rejuvenating music, and inspirational speakers. This year we are adding chaplain homilies, recordings of spiritual leaders from various rescue missions giving their testimonies and insights. On stage tonight will be the always popular, always relevant Bill Butterworth. On stage all this week will be the upbeat band of brothers, Two or More, with their catchy Latin-American sound. 5:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Chisholm Trail Dinner in the Exhibit Corral Marsalis Hall We’re eating dinner cowboy style tonight in the Exhibit Corral. The bean pot is over the open fire, and the cook has plenty of hot biscuits. Some gentle six-string strumming is going on. Come eat, mingle, and meet people—other members and exhibitors—who can make a difference in your life and ministry. You’ll find plenty of tables in Marsalis Hall and Foyer so you don’t have to amble and eat at the same time (unless you want to). And make sure you get to know the hosts in the special aprons. They’re good cowpokes who can help you out. 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Strong Tower Prayer Room Open Bryan Beeman B 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Challenge of the Districts Landmark B–D Hosts: Lisa Miller and Mark P. Fisher The night’s still young! Dessert will be served—along with a hilarious helping of fun. We’ll first gather by districts and get to know who’s attending from your part of the continent. Then we’ll all come together for some Minute-to-Win-It-style competitions. Put on your district team T-shirt (provided on-site) and join the frivolity. Folks will be laughing about this night throughout the entire convention. Thursday, June 1 7:00 a.m. - 8:45 p.m. Bookstore Open Landmark Circle 7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Strong Tower Exhortation Cotton Bowl Start off the day on the right foot with an insightful and penetrating devotional by Charles Morgan from one of our member missions in Minnesota. 8:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. Registration/Information Center Open Landmark Circle 8:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. Strong Tower Prayer Room Open Bryan Beeman B 8:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Track Seminars Group 1 For subjects, descriptions, instructors, and locations, see the seminar grid on pages 36–42. 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m. Emerging Leaders Suite Open Suite 393 10:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. (Doors open at 9:55 a.m.) Thursday Morning General Session Landmark Ballroom B-D Gold Sponsor: Douglas Shaw and Associates We’re varying our approach to general sessions this morning with not one but two excellent presenters, both doing a TED-Talk style presentation to fit our theme and objectives. Both Greg Jao and Shirley Hoogstra are national ministry leaders with their fingers on the pulse of important segments of our population. There is so much to learn from them. You’ll also hear presentations from the Word, including a couple of chaplain homilies. And we’ll still have our famous from-the-floor networking, plus music from Two or More. 12:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. (Lunch served 12:30 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.) Lunch at the Exhibit Corral Marsalis Hall The Exhibit Corral is always the best place for networking, and with so many exhibits, you’re likely to find a lot of new products and services you don’t yet know you need. Check in with reps from companies that are already serving you. See what’s new. A lot of folks use Exhibit Corral time to debrief on things they’ve heard earlier in the day. Come join the crowd and grab some lunch too. (The dessert part of lunch will be included with the networking time that follows.) 2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Profession-Focused Networking Landmark Ballroom and Marsalis Hall Over dessert, meet the people who do what you do at other missions. Some of the longest-lasting relationships in rescue mission ministry are made during these special times. Stay in Marsalis or move to Landmark, depending on what group you are in. Look for your group’s easel or check on the large screens in Landmark to see where in the room your peers are located. Grab dessert and join the conversations. After it looks like your group has assembled, feel free to move to other common space in the hotel such as the lobby, Coffee’s Post, or even outside if you want different surroundings. (Just leave a note on your easel so latecomers know where to find you.) Here are the groups: Ø Meet in Landmark Ballroom * Meet in Marsalis Hall Addiction Specialization Ø Administrative Assistance &Oslas; Associate Leadership Ø Board Ø Case Management Ø Counseling Ø Development * Entrepreneurship Ø Executive Leadership I * Executive Leadership II (Discussing Leadership Transition) * Facility Management Ø Financial Management Ø Food Services Ø Human Resources Ø Information Technology Ø Pastoral Care Ø Program Management * Vocational Education Ø Volunteer Coordination Ø Youth Ministry Ø 3:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Track Seminars Group 2 For subjects, descriptions, instructors, and locations, see the seminar grid on pages 36–42. 6:00 p.m. – 8:15 p.m. (Doors open at 5:40 p.m.). Thursday Night General Session Landmark Ballroom B-D Silver Sponsor: Masterworks This general session will be a special “family time” where we will recognize accomplishments of various members, honor some who have passed significant milestones, and give honor to God w’th a time of praise and worship. AGRM President John Ashmen will talk about the association’s recent past and plausible future, giving a thought-provoking path forward presentation and a related challenge from Scripture. You won’t want to miss this. There will also be an opportunity for missions and individuals to financially contribute to the association and support new initiatives. Come prepared to make an impact on the future. (See pages 44–45.) 8:15 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Exhibit Corral Open Marsalis We didn’t forget dessert, so don’t you forget to come and have some! It’s down in the Exhibit Corral, where there is so much to talk about and investigate. Friday, June 2 7:00 a.m. – 7:45 a.m. Exhibitors Breakfast Cotton Bowl To show appreciation and the desire for continuing collaboration, one representative from each company exhibiting at the convention is invited to breakfast with AGRM’s president and board executive committee. There will be a time for Q&A—going both directions—and some great, forward-thinking conversations. 7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Women in Leadership Breakfast Pegasus Hosts: Gracie Loveridge, Hazel Mays, Deborah DeLay, Sarah Myers Sponsor: Homeless No More Women at any level of leadership in rescue mission ministry who registered in advance for this event are invited to join us for breakfast and some heartfelt dialogue. The event will be hosted by four of our local leaders. 7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. The Heart of Man Screening Landmark Ballroom D Host: Larry Yonker Sponsor: Merriam Insurance Agency All men attending the convention need to see this powerful, well-produced teaching movie from our TrueFaced friends. The film will have an impact on every guy in attendance—and can have an impact on every man at your mission. If you’re not an early riser who has already eaten, stop at the hotel’s coffee shop on the way in to purchase some breakfast goodies and coffee 7:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Bookstore Open Landmark Circle 8:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. Strong Tower Prayer Room Open Bryan Beeman B If you haven’t had a chance to go through the prayer room yet, schedule it today. It’s a truly moving experience. 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Registration/Information Center Open Landmark Circle 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Exhibit Corral Round-Up This is your last chance to go through the chutes in the Exhibit Corral. Head back and finalize a deal or meet someone you just learned about and somehow missed previously. 8:30 a.m. – 11:00 p.m. Emerging Leaders Suite Open Suite 393 9:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Track Seminars Group 3 For subjects, descriptions, instructors, and locations, see the seminar grid on pages 36–42. *NOTE: Track Seminars Group 3 and Group 4 are back to back, with only 15 minutes between them. Please take this into consideration as you plan your morning.* 11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Track Seminars Group 4 For subjects, descriptions, instructors, and locations, see the seminar grid on pages 36–42. 1:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. (Doors open at 12:40 p.m.) Friday Afternoon General Session Landmark Ballroom B-D Bronze Sponsor: Merriam Insurance Agency Join us for a late lunch and around-the-table fellowship. We’ll stick with yesterday morning’s format and give you two more TED-Talk style speakers, Greg Kinnaman and John Lynch. Both are powerful communicators with pertinent subject matter. We’ll also meet, via video, some more rescue mission chaplains and be encouraged by their testimonies and exhortations. Two or More will again lead us in worship. 3:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Track Seminars Group 5 For subjects, descriptions, instructors, and locations, see the seminar grid on pages 36–42. 5:30 p.m. – Whenever Independent Networking and Special Events We’ve left Friday evening open to give you a chance to spend concentrated time with old or new friends you haven’t been able to get enough of up to this point. Additionally, some of our business partners use this time to meet and eat with their clients and prospects. You’re on your own to enjoy Dallas. If you don’t know where to go, ask the hotel concierge for recommendations. (The AGRM staff is partial to the restaurants in the West End Historic District, about a 10-minute walk from the Hyatt. You’ll find something there to accommodate any appetite or budget.) Wherever your plans take you, be sure to be back at the Hyatt for the screening of Same Kind of Different as Me that begins sharply at 8:00 p.m. 5:45 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. Donors at Dealey Plaza Those who financially supported AGRM in 2016 at the Pearl (personal) and Limestone (organizational) levels or higher are invited to have dinner with AGRM President John Ashmen and his wife, Judi, at the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. Following dinner and some brief remarks, the museum will be open to the attendees. 8:00 p.m. – 10:15 p.m. Same Kind of Different as Me Screening Landmark Ballroom D Hosts: Mark P. Fisher and Ron Hall Thanks to permission from Paramount and Pure Flix, we will show the movie in its entirety to our 2017 Annual Convention attendees. You’ve heard about it for so long; now you have a chance to see it. With A-list stars, this movie—based on a story that unfolded at Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County right here in the Dallas-Fort Worth area—is scheduled to be released in theaters October 20. We believe it has the potential to show thousands of people the power of rescue missions to change lives. A brief Q&A about how to make the most of the movie when it comes to your city will follow the screening. Please leave smart phones or any recording devices in your room. If proctors see smart phones, tablets, or cameras during the showing, they could be confiscated. This is to prevent all copyright infringement possibilities. Saturday, June 3 7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Strong Tower Exhortation Cotton Bowl Speaker: Jaime Davis We welcome another mission rising star who will give a stirring morning devotional. So rise early yourself, and come hear what the Lord has to say through Jaime Davis from Florida. 8:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Registration/Information Center Open Landmark Circle 8:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Bookstore Open Landmark Circle 8:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. (Doors open at 8:10 a.m.) Saturday Morning General Session Landmark Ballroom B-D Copper Sponsor: i58:10 Our final all-group gathering will include breakfast, more networking, poignant chaplain homilies, great music, and a final exhortation from one of the most venerated pastors anywhere. We’re privileged to have Tony Evans with us. He will leave an indelible mark on your heart, just like he and his family are leaving a lasting legacy in Dallas and beyond. This will be an excellent send-off for your return to the great opportunities that await you at your mission. 11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Annual Business Meeting Cotton Bowl Host: Jim Reese This last official meeting—required by the association’s bylaws—will open up AGRM’s books and reports to members. Led by Board Chair Jim Reese, we will discuss in detail the specifics of what happened in various areas over the past year, and where exactly AGRM will be spending its time and resources in the days ahead. Come and ask questions. Members have a say. 11:15 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Tour Group 2: Fort Worth Trail Missions Meet: Landmark Circle Doors If you’re thinking of heading home and not checking out these two member missions in Cowtown, change your mind right now! Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County has an amazing campus in an area that—thanks to the mission—recently won Most Improved Texas Neighborhood. This is also the place where the story in Same Kind of Different as Me unfolded. The mission campus features three separate buildings serving men, women, and families with children, plus an excellent medical clinic and donation warehouse. The other stop will be Beautiful Feet Ministries. Their creativity is off the charts. The campus—which has a historic church at its center—is a gathering place for youth groups from across the continent. Their buses and vans are always on the go, reaching deep into the city. Lunch will be provided.