Feb. 5-6, 2021 (Friday -Saturday) on Zoom

This has been a truly strange year and continues to be so. We were forced to cancel our gathering in 2020, and missed the valued time of being together and sharing successes and challenges. Providing Christian Education has never been more mystifying whether you are a pastor, youth minister, children's program coordinator, or lay leader. We need each other and the sooner the better.

So our 2021 retreat is going virtual – like everything else. We have moved the timing up to February, from our traditional late-April. We've changed the dates from a mid-week event to a Friday-Saturday event hoping to make it accessible for more of our churches' part-time leaders. Workshops will include an opening presentation, small group reaction/sharing, and large group report outs. All of our conversations will include ideas for virtual, in-person, and hybrid situations.

The silver lining is that we've been able to reduce the cost tremendously because we've shortened the event and, well, we're on Zoom. This year's price is just $15 for first time attendees and AUCE/APCE members and $20 for all others.

Program:
Friday February 5, 2021, 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
• Communion & Community (opening "bring your own elements" worship service with Communion, and time to get to know and connect with one another.)

Saturday February 6, 2021, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
•  9:00 a.m.  -- Business meeting to elect AUCE Board Rep/Conference planner
•  9:20 a.m.  -- Workshop 1: Summer 2021: How can we adapt to "such a time as this"? – Presenter McKenna Lewellen, Assistant Director of The Center, Baltimore, MD
• 10:30 a.m. -- Break
• 10:40 a.m. -- Workshop 2: Realistic Resourcing for Family Faith Formation – Presenter: Rev. Wally Hoeger
• 11:50 a.m. -- Closing worship