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September 29 - October 1, 2026 • Live Online
Your Church Doesn't Need Another Ministry Program
It Needs a Shared Way of Doing Ministry.
Your church may already have committed leaders, meaningful programs, and people who deeply care about your mission.
But each ministry can still operate from a different understanding of who you're trying to reach, how relationships are built, what belonging looks like, and how people move toward discipleship.
That leaves the pastors trying to hold everything together.
Stranger to Neighbor Ministry® gives your church a shared Ministry Operating System alongside Six Ministry Essentials that help leaders see ministry through the same lens, speak a common ministry language, and understand how relationships, leadership, belonging, and discipleship work together.
This Event Is For You If...
1. Your church is welcoming, but you're not sure welcome is becoming belonging.
People may visit, attend worship, or participate in programs, but you want your leaders to understand what happens after the welcome, how relationships deepen and people become known, connected, and discipled.
You'll learn a shared ministry system that helps your leaders recognize what may be mssing between someone's first encounter and meaningful belonging.
2. Your ministries are active, but they don't always operate from the same understanding of ministry.
Your leaders care deeply, but children's ministry, outreach, worship, small groups, missions, and congregational care may each approach relationships and discipleship differently.
You'll discover the Six Ministry Essentials that give your leaders a common lens and language for how your church does ministry.
3. Too much of the ministry still depends on you.
You don't simply need more volunteers. You need leaders who understand how to think about ministry so they can make faithful decisions without everything coming back to the pastors.
You'll learn a system you can begin using to equip leaders to share the work of ministry with greater clarity and consistency.
Imagine Your Leaders Sharing the Same Understanding of Ministry
- Recognize where connection is breaking down.
- Understand how belonging develops beyond Sunday morning hospitality.
- Recognize ministry opportunities beyond existing programs.
- Understand their role in carrying ministry beyond the pastor.
Equip Your Leadership Teams so that Ministry Thrives Across Programs, Teams, Leaders, & Changing Seasons
Equip Your Minisry Teams
DAY ONE
SEE MINISTRY DIFFERENTLY
Sacred Awareness + Neighbor Lens
Learn to recognize the assumptions, patterns, and ministry habits that can keep churches from seeing the people God has already placed around them.
You begin learning how to identify:
- Who may be unseen.
- Where sameness shapes ministry decisions.
- Mnistry opportunities beyond existing programs.
- How the Neighbor Lens changes what leaders notice.
DAY TWO
BUILD MINISTRY DIFFFERENTLY
Relational & Faithful Practice
Learn why genuine ministry relationships require more than friendliness, hospitality, or invitations to church.
You'll learn:
- How conversations move beyond greetings.
- How trust develops over time.
- Why presence matters before programs.
- How ministry opportunities are everywhere.
DAY THREE
LEAD MINISTRY DIFFERENTLY
Shared Leadership + Belonging
Learn how ministry moves beyond pastor-dependence toward a shared understanding that leaders and congregations can carry together.
You'll learn:
- Why shared ministry requires more.
- How leaders begin carrying a common ministry
- What helps relationshps deepen into belonging.
- How Six Ministry Essentials work as one system.
You won't leave with another binder of disconnected ministry ideas. You'll leave understanding:
- The Six Ministry Essentials
- How they function together
- Where your church may be experiencing ministry gaps
- Why certain ministry efforts aren't producing deeper relationships
- Where leadership alignment may be needed
- What yur church's next ministry priorities should be
The 3-Day Event teaches you the system.
What happens next is deciding how your church will put it into practice.
Why I'm Passionate About This Work
Rev. Dr. Daynette
Snead Perez
FOUNDER, STRANGER TO NEIGHBOR MINISTRY®
AMAZON #1 BEST-SELLING AUTHOR
Out of years of lived experience fro the pew to the pulpit, study, and work with churches of all sizes and traditions, Dr. Daynette created Stranger to Neighbor Ministry® helping pastors and church leadership teams move beyond ministry as usual to build thriving, relationship-centered churches where the Gospel is experienced through neighbor-centered relationships.
Missionary Pastor
Served with refugees & congregations around the world
Ministry Leader
Led national disaster response and community outreach initiatives.
Trusted Teacher and Coach
Equipping pastors and church leaders to see strangers as neighbors and neighbors as mission.
What Pastors & Ministry Leaders Say...
"Daynette did a phenominal job presenting the subject matter in engaging ways and gently guiding us through some difficult topics. The weeend led me to become more intentional in my interactions with strangers and set goals for personal growth."
Rev. Dr. Randy McKinney, Senior Pastor
Church Leadership Training
"Throughout the day, participants (laity and clergy)were encouraged to take concrete steps toward forming more authentic relationships across cultural boundaries and to rethink how we “do church.” As one participant remarked, “I now have a better understanding of the steps to take individually and within our ministry areas.”
NCCUMC Center for Leadership Excellence
Denominational Laity and Clergy Training
“I enjoyed learning new techniques for building relationships with strangers. I’m excited to begin working in the community and put the resources to work.”
“The ideas in this study are challenging for a church to grapple with, and we need to grapple with them.”
"My feelings have changed and broadened..both personally and in how to help with the needs of our church and others.”
St James United Methodist Church
Church Leadership Training
"For such a time as this! Open, accessible, and whispers of the Spirit throughout the learning time."
"Such good accessible material that we can use tomorrow. It doesn’t take special things or a program…just a willingness to cross a line and develop relationships."
NCCUMC Sound District
Regional Clergy Training
"It was great to be around others that learned the same thing. We shared our ideas together which helped me broad my overall experience."
"It was engaging and interactive, but mostly illumination on the need to be proactive as to whom I spend my time and life with."
Chowan University
Campus Ministry Leaders Training
"My experience with Stranger to Neighbor Ministry® excites me about ministry and developing a culture of inclusiveness while simultaneously affirming the Loving Beyond component of FBC Monroe's vision/mission statement. Our key leadership seems excited about the possibilities."
First Baptist Monroe
Church Leadership Training
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