1. Michelle Park: Our competence comes from God 2 Cor 3
   1. "Our competence comes from God." Main passage: 2 Cor. 3. Additional Verses: Jer. 31:33-34, Ezekiel 11:18-20. I was challenged by the question right before chapter 3, where Paul asks "Who is sufficient for these things?" Many of us feel/have felt inadequate, or lacking the capacity to minister to, love another person. We struggle with being correctly confident, when things get difficult, what it means to rely on God in life and ministry. But through 2 Cor.3 , we receive that none of us are sufficient/adequate to minister in and of ourselves. Our competence comes from God, who has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, of the Spirit which brings life. And to be renewed in what God has done for us in Christ, the new heart we have received, and giving our hearts fully, because of the sufficient hope we have to minister from, through the 'much more' glorious ministry of the Spirit.
2. Andy: The Kingdom and Mission (with an emphasis on the poor)
   1. 1. The Kingdom and Mission - this seminar would be about how the Kingdom of God and Mission intersect. That is, what is the Kingdom, where is it? How much is Jesus himself "working" in establishing his Kingdom? What then is our role/participation in that work? Does the phrase that we are "Jesus' hands and feet" in this world make sense? What then is the role of the Holy Spirit in the Kingdom expansion through mission? A second idea is God's mission and the poor.  I have been thinking more and more about the disenfranchised and God's heart for the poor, orphans and widows. I do not know what this could look like but my heart has been more stirred as I face the reality of this in this world and in the Scriptures. It is a start :-)
3. Debra: Be a missionary, a church planter and grow up and into the Heart of God
   1. In Ecclésia, we have been going through a message series - presenting different people through out history whose lives have been transformed by Christ - like David Yonggi Choi, Martin Luther King, William Wilberforce, Joni Eareackson Tada, Heidi Baker, François d'Assise.   Through their testimonies, I have been blessed as well and I was thinking - along with some of their testimonies, and testimonies of other missionaries, church planters we have met in France, and our own experience - I hope to communicate what are the "essentials" of being a missionary/church planter.  Some initial thoughts were: -That it's about loving God  -That it's the heart and love of God that compels us to go -That in going, we are committing to changing and growing up -That it's about learning how to love and becoming more like Christ -That it's about doing the basics well - like putting faith in God and His Word, obeying, worshiping God, loving one another.   -That it's about searching God, not formulas Some of the verses that have been on my heart are - -  Psalm 68:5-6 5 A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,        is God in his holy dwelling.  6 God sets the lonely in families, [b]        he leads forth the prisoners with singing;  Nehemiah 8:10 10 Nehemiah said, "Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is sacred to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength." The heart being that we have been transformed by Christ and we go to be families where God can set the lonely in.  And whatever circumstances and difficulties that may come - it can be a way that we can know and become like Christ and that shall be our joy!
4. Jason: Preaching
   1. How to preach… how to prepare and deliver a message from the Gospels— Taking examples from the unique characteristics of each gospel - the Passion narrative in Mark, the parables in Luke, Jesus' discourses in Matthew, the miracles of Jesus in John. Spiritual dimension of preaching— Pastor as prophet (love and power); prayer and being made available to God; difference between testimony/sharing/teaching/preaching, the Spirit's anointing, following and obeying. Mechanics— How to pick a passage, discovering the "punch line", creating an outline, using the appropriate tools, choosing illustrations, writing a manuscript, using notes and props, rehearsing a message, communicating effectively, anticipating a response. Usefulness of preaching in personal devotions, small group Bible study, relational evangelism, prayer meetings, pastoral counseling, power ministry, intercessory prayer.
5. Gus: Pastoral issues in 1 Cor
   1. "Pastoral issues and principles in the book of 1 Corinthians."  The heart for this seminar was to study the Pastoral issues that the 1 Corinthian church had, and how Paul pastorally dealt with them.  Therefore, through this study to see the pastoral principles and approach that was taken by Paul as he 'demonstrated the Spirit's power' in the daily life.
6. Anne: Believing God more than ourselves
   1. "Believing God More Than Ourselves".  The heart for this is to have faith in God for His people and the aspect of pastoring where we can believe and hope for each person that healing/transformation will occur in their lives as "God has power to do what He promised" from Romans 4.  In this I wanted to share about receiving - prayers/visions/words - for those that we pastor so it doesn't rest so much on what we see, but how we receive for them from the Spirit.