This workshop provides an inside look at a fully equipped disaster response trailer and its role as a mobile hub for preparedness, response, and recovery. Participants will explore its layout, tools, and organizational systems while gaining insight into effective disaster operations. The session also highlights ways to engage in coordinated response efforts through volunteering, resourcing, and strengthening local preparedness. 

Participants will take part in a Hiking Church experience on the church’s trails, engaging in guided movement, reflection, and prayer in an outdoor setting. This hands-on session offers a practical introduction to leading active, nature-based worship and fostering community beyond traditional church spaces. 

This workshop explores how creative expression can become a meaningful form of spiritual and communal practice through art. Participants will engage in a guided experience using simple artistic tools to connect with God in new ways.  

This workshop explores how play and shared experiences can become meaningful expressions of Christian community. Participants will engage in a hands-on experience while discovering how games can foster connection, hospitality, and spiritual conversation.  

Pastor Jaime Bouzard will introduce an adult education resource made available through a  "More than Enough" grant. This five-week series explores the relationship between the daily table and the Holy Eucharist. Food justice, social justice, and the sacrament of holy communion are all in conversation in this resource. Come for a preview. 

Join Pastors Megan Elliott and Bethany Hull Somers to explore how people of faith can engage in social movements as an expression of justice and public faith. Participants will reflect on theological foundations for justice, examine real-world examples, and gain practical tools for organizing, advocacy, and community engagement that embody the church’s call to seek justice and love neighbor. 

This workshop explores what it means to become a neighborhood-centered church through the lens of the Peace Lutheran Church Peace Family Housing Project. Participants will learn how this initiative creates transitional housing for families experiencing homelessness, offering short-term stays, shared community spaces, and supportive partnerships that help families move toward stable housing. 

Through this example, the session highlights how congregations can leverage their space, relationships, and resources to meet local needs—reimagining the church not just as a place people come to, but as an active presence of care and stability within the neighborhood. 

Becoming an evangelizing church begins with noticing where God is already at work. In this workshop, we’ll explore together how listening, relationship-building, and sharing our faith stories can help our communities embody good news in meaningful, accessible ways. 

This workshop focuses on how individuals can make legacy gifts as an expression of faith and generosity. In partnership with the Lutheran Foundation of the Southwest, participants will learn the basics of gift planning, explore options for leaving a lasting impact, and gain practical guidance for aligning their values with long-term stewardship. 

This workshop will introduce the Gather Network and its ministry with and among young adults. Led by Bianca Blaney, participants will explore how Gather cultivates relational, city-based communities rooted in connection, belonging, and faith, and gain practical insights for engaging young adults in meaningful ways. 

This workshop explores ways to connect the body and spirit through the practice of Yoga Church. Led by Charles Fredrickson of Embodied Grace in San Antonio, participants will experience a taste of this Fresh Expression, integrating movement, breath, and prayer while imagining new pathways for embodied faith. 

This workshop offers a taste of Dinner Church (or Lunch or Brunch Church) as Fresh Expressions. Led by the Rev. Ray Altman of the Rio Texas Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, participants will experience an “Appetizer Church” while exploring how shared meals can nourish community, deepen faith, and create accessible spaces for connection beyond traditional Sunday worship.