ADMIN CONFERENCE SCHEDULE!

12:30PM

Registration Opens & Check-in Begins

1PM - 2PM

Welcome & Session 1

2PM - 2:15PM

Break

2:15PM - 3:15PM

Breakouts

3:15PM - 3:30PM

Break

3:30PM - 4:30PM

Breakouts

4:30PM

Dismissed for the Day

6PM - 7PM

Dinner and The Puttery

8:30AM - 9:00AM

Connect & Morning Games

9:00AM - 10:30AM

Session 2

10:30AM - 11AM

Break

11AM - 11:45AM

Session 3

11:45AM - 1PM

Lunch

1PM - 2PM

Breakouts

2PM - 2:30PM

Break

2:30PM - 3:30PM

Breakouts

3:30PM

Dismissed for the Day

9AM - 10AM

Admin Panel

10AM - 10:30AM

Break

10:30AM - 11:30AM

Session 4

12PM

Conference Ends

Mike Gould | Welcome, Main Session: Mirage

Every congregation experiences it: a compelling vision that inspires people on Sunday, then fades into a mirage by Wednesday—beautiful to see but impossible to reach. This keynote reveals why vision alone is worthless without the infrastructure to execute it and exposes the hidden cost of watching people walk in circles for years instead of moving forward together. You'll discover why your role as an administrative leader isn't support work—it's the critical difference between churches that dream and churches that build.

Sierra Fracht | The Ministry of "I Belong Here"

What if creating a welcoming church isn't just the job of the hospitality team? Before a guest ever meets a pastor, volunteer, or greeter, the building is already communicating. Sierra Fracht will explore how the spaces we steward can help people feel seen, safe, connected, and at home. Through stories from her own journey in church ministry and design, she'll challenge administrators to see their everyday work, from the smallest details to the biggest projects, as an opportunity to remove barriers and create places where people can genuinely say, "I belong here."

Hilani Ellis | Building Your Personal Brand: Shaping and Evolving Your Professional Impact

The way you navigate your day-to-day responsibilities and the complexity of each matters. How you communicate, forecast problems, respond under pressure, and create consistency, quietly shapes your impact and outcomes. Many are operating with a work style built for a different era. So, in order to prepare for the future, we encourage administrative professionals to think beyond how they work today and consider what tomorrow will require of them.

Led by Hilani Ellis, founder of Exceptional Admins, this engaging and interactive session provides dedicated time to reflect, discover, and intentionally build your personal brand.

In this session, you will...
● Understand the difference between reputation and personal brand.
● Identify the unique talents that make up your Suite of Strengths™.
● Clarify your unique executive style and how it influences your daily impact.

Elizabeth Settle | Leading from a Settled Place

Leadership comes with constant demands, competing priorities, and the pressure to please. This session will help administrators lead from a grounded, healthy place—making decisions, navigating change, and supporting others without losing themselves in the process.

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Hilani Ellis | Tell Me More

Q&A about Building Your Personal Brand

Hilani Ellis | You're Not JUST An Assistant

There’s More to This Work Than People Realize

Elizabeth Settle | Healthy People Create Healthy Ecosystems

The health of an organization is deeply connected to the health of its people. Explore how your internal beliefs shape communication, conflict, and contentment. Together we'll ask questions like: What's inhibiting growth? How can I honor my limitations and still do good work? You'll leave with practical tools to cultivate greater personal clarity, freedom, and sustainability.

Holly Sage | Be the BRIDGE

Administrators are uniquely positioned to bridge vision and missional impact. In this breakout session, we'll explore the character traits represented in the BRIDGE acronym and discover how living them out strengthens our leadership, serves our teams, and advances the mission of the Church.

Holly Sage | Maximizing Your Leader's Impact by Stewarding Energy

A calendar is more than a schedule; it's a tool to be used on mission. In this breakout session, you'll learn practical calendaring strategies that protect your leader's energy, sharpen their focus, and create greater capacity for healthy, sustainable leadership and lasting impact.

Jesse Carbó | The Content Mistake That Limits Your Reach

What if the reason more people aren’t finding your church has less to do with your social media strategy and more to do with what happens after you create content each week? Every week you pour hours into making content that lives for a few minutes and then disappears. Meanwhile, the people who live and drive by your church every day are searching Google, not sitting in your pews. This breakout shows church leaders like you how to turn the right weekly content into daily reaching with a repeatable system for reaching neighbors.

Jesse Carbó | Your New Assistant: Practical AI for the Church Office

Church administrators wear every hat - bulletins, scheduling, member communication, event logistics, giving records and there's never enough time. This hands-on session shows you how AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude can take real tasks off your plate today: drafting emails and newsletters, cleaning up spreadsheets, summarizing meetings, and writing first drafts of the documents you dread. No technical background required. You'll leave with specific tools, ready-to-use prompts, and a clear first step. (And yes, I used AI to write this breakout title and description)

Gabby Fontes | Stop Guessing: A Practical Guide to Social Media for Churches

If you've ever wondered what to post, how often to post, or whether social media is making a difference, this session is for you. We'll break down practical, easy-to-implement strategies for creating consistent content, growing engagement, and using social media to better connect with your community. You'll leave with a clear framework you can put into practice right away.

Sierra Fracht | What if ALL my Volunteers Get Sick on the Same Day? Can a Stranger Navigate my Building Alone?

What happens when the person who usually knows where everything is…isn't there? This practical, interactive session will challenge you to see your church through the eyes of a first-time guest, with no insider knowledge, no familiar faces, and no one to ask for directions. From parking and signage to children's check-in, restrooms, and finding the right room, we'll uncover the places where our buildings may be relying too heavily on people to explain what the environment should be communicating for us. You'll leave with a fresh perspective and practical ways to make your building more intuitive, welcoming, and easier for anyone to navigate, even when all your volunteers get sick on the same day.