As teachers, we idealize classrooms full of students engaged in lively discussion, meaningful work, and deepening thinking. But how do we move students from passive listening to engaged learning? While offered from the experiences of a 7th and 8th grade teacher, the practices presented have application across teaching opportunities.

Engaging Learners: Practices that Invite Students to Meaningful Participation was presented by Piper Burdge at REACH 2022, on March 24-25, 2022, at Calvary Church, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

This session will provide guidance on how to both develop a good board meeting agenda and how to effectively use that agenda to manage valuable board meeting time.

Developing & Managing Board Agendas & Meetings was presented by Merle Burkholder at REACH 2022, on March 24-25, 2022, at Calvary Church, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Technology enables so much for good and ill. In this session we will consider two subjects: security (how to spot scams and practice basic technology hygiene) and strengthening (how to be an uplifting digital influence).

Phish or Fishermen? was presented by John Perfect at REACH 2022, on March 24-25, 2022, at Calvary Church, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

In this session we will look at topics such as “How to avoid ethnocentrism,” “How to go into another culture as a learner,” “How to avoid creating dependencies,” and other important areas in which workers should have preparation before heading off to the mission field.

What Do They Need to Learn? Essential Areas in Equipping our Workers was presented by Joel Yoder at REACH 2022, on March 24-25, 2022, at Calvary Church, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

In an era of instant gratification and entitlement, how can women of God live with purpose, willing to serve in places where no one sees? What does it take to become women of strength who step into hard places without despairing or demanding our own comfort? How can we become more servant and less princess?

Growing into Resilience and Hope was presented by Irene Bontrager at REACH 2022, on March 24-25, 2022, at Calvary Church, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Meeting and engaging with people in a way that builds the Kingdom of God often seems difficult and mysterious – where and how can this happen? But what if non-Christian people would come to you instead of you having to seek them out? Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language to people either in the US or elsewhere is a natural way of beginning and building relationships. Those relationships give us opportunities to reveal Christ to people in so many ways.

Beyond Grammar and Vocab: Teaching English as a Ministry was presented by Duff Browne at REACH 2022, on March 24-25, 2022, at Calvary Church, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

The culture of a team directly affects the performance of the team. A key ingredient of quality relationships on a team is trust. Every team member has the power to contribute to their team culture in a way that makes their culture attractive. In this session, we will discuss behaviors that build a culture of trust.

Behaviors that Build Trust was presented by Daryl Weaver at REACH 2022, on March 24-25, 2022, at Calvary Church, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

In the Anabaptist world, we usually understand that we must be willing to choose right actions even when we don’t feel like it, and that sinful attitudes require repentance. In this session, we’ll look at how applying those principles too broadly may create emotional repression with side effects like shame, joylessness, and/or lack of empathy. We’ll also look at why and how to develop emotional awareness, and you’ll leave with a couple of tools that may help.

Sacred or Sinful: What to Do With These Battling Emotions? was presented by Byron Miller at REACH 2022, on March 24-25, 2022, at Calvary Church, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Serving God and His kingdom is an incredible adventure! Will you trust God and fling yourself into His service? What do you have to offer? Can God use you for His great work? Where to begin? In this session we will wrestle with these questions and testify to God’s faithfulness in the pain, struggle, reward, and adventure of God’s service.

Yes, Lord, or No was presented by Brian Martin at REACH 2022, on March 24-25, 2022, at Calvary Church, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

A life filled with purpose does not just happen by accident. It is born of fearless courage and radical dependence on God. Aligning our lives with God’s purposes rather than our own may look foolish and dangerous but ultimately can result in a spiritually prosperous life of no regrets.

Maximizing Your Youth for a Life Filled With Purpose was presented by Brent Bear at REACH 2022, on March 24-25, 2022, at Calvary Church, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

This session shares opportunities and challenges in caring for refugees, particularly the Rohingya from Myanmar.

Working in the Refugee Community was presented by Arnold Eby at REACH 2022, on March 24-25, 2022, at Calvary Church, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

The role of the teacher as an academic instructor is well-defined. But beyond this expectation lies a sobering opportunity to influence those who will one day take our place.

Vision for Education (Transformative Teaching) was presented by Anthony Hurst at REACH 2022, on March 24-25, 2022, at Calvary Church, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

The world around us is rapidly changing. This session takes a look at how to endure in discipleship of men for lasting results, beginning in the church and reaching to the lost.

Enduring Discipleship in a Rapidly Changing World was presented by Trent Eikenberry at REACH 2022, on March 24-25, 2022, at Calvary Church, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

This session includes candid, personal reflections of a Third-Culture Kid. Using stories, we will navigate some of the frustrations, advantages, strengths, and weaknesses typical of those growing up in a foreign land. This class may be especially helpful and informative for TCKs and parents of TCKs.

Cosmopolitan, Internationalist, or Just Confused? was presented by Stephan Gingerich at REACH 2022, on March 24-25, 2022, at Calvary Church, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Planning events can appear daunting, particularly when planning a new event. Understanding aspects common to all events provides an entry point for planning, while using those aspects as an outline for planning ensures that nothing gets overlooked. This breakout will explore aspects common to nearly all events and will offer resources for planning.

Nuts and Bolts of Event Planning was presented by Matthew Mast at REACH 2022, on March 24-25, 2022, at Calvary Church, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

In this session we will go over some information technology managers. We will look at ways to address security, disaster recovery and backups, the move to software as a service, and communication and collaboration as a more central role in IT.

Organizational IT Best Practices was presented by Matt Landis at REACH 2022, on March 24-25, 2022, at Calvary Church, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

This session offers a synopsis of the various stages of grief. Grief colors our lives with unexpected feelings and reactions. Embracing or ignoring grief is pivotal.

Grief--Daring to Embrace Pain was presented by Mary Lou Yutzy at REACH 2022, on March 24-25, 2022, at Calvary Church, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Have you been assigned your organizations graphic design tasks? If so, maybe you’ve felt unsure of where to start, or have wished for a deeper understanding of foundational design principles. We will dive into design basics and explore tips and tricks that will help you more effectively communicate through graphic design.

Foundations for Effective Graphic Design was presented by Lyndon Gehman at REACH 2022, on March 24-25, 2022, at Calvary Church, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Communicating cross-culturally can be filled with challenges. In this session we will look at how training can help reduce the cultural mistakes we so often make in missions as well as how training helps us be more effective in sharing the Gospel.

Why Do They Need Training? The Value of Preparing Our Workers for Ministry was presented by Joel Yoder at REACH 2022, on March 24-25, 2022, at Calvary Church, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Many Christians see mission work as something that is done abroad or that we go somewhere else to do. However, most of us have a great opportunity to use our homes as a mission right where we live. This session will spend time looking at how this could look in our communities.

Using Your Home as a Mission was presented by Joe Hess at REACH 2022, on March 24-25, 2022, at Calvary Church, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.