2024 Training Conference Plans
Eastern European Leaders Training
March 4-12, 2024
Description: This will be a gathering of our primary Eastern European partners that will focus on future strategy for the region, assessment and development of our training conferences, themes and team member responsibilities. It is a “sharpening of our skills” workshop.
Theme: Jesus Changes Everything
Location: Tbilisi, Georgia
Artsakh, Armenia Leaders Training
March 13 – 18, 2024
Description: This training will be with a group of pastoral couples who have been forced from their homes as a result of a war with their neighboring country and now live throughout Armenia. Our theme will center around the Living Hope that we have in Jesus and Peter’s teaching to the believers scattered throughout this same region nearly 2,000 years ago.
Theme: Hope Has A Name – 1 Peter
Location: Tsaghkadzor, Armenia
Bolivia – Pastoral Couples Training
April 4 – 13, 2024
Description: Partnering with Pastor Daniel and Lydia Marañón we will be hosting a group of around 40 regional pastoral couples from southern Bolivia and northern Argentina. This training will further develop their pastoral skills, strengthen their marriages and equip them to develop marriage and family ministries in their own communities.
Theme: A Love That Gives All – Colossians
Location: Tarija, Bolivia
Colombia – Pastoral Couples Training
April 13-23, 2024
Description: The Bogotá regional association of churches and their presidents are coming together to sponsor this second training in Colombia training. Our desire is to further unity amongst the pastoral couples and strengthen their commitment to mutual care and training.
Theme: The Character of a Leader
Location: Villa Letty, Chinauta, Colombia.
Central Asia Team Training
May 17 – 29, 2024
Description: This will be a small team to encourage and equip several existing teams that our Uzbek partners have been preparing in the western and central part of the country. We will be modeling our training process and further equipping these teams in the development and care of pastoral couples and family ministry.
Theme: Multiplying Disciples
Location: Central Asia
Ukraine – Pastoral Family Retreat
May 30 – June 10, 2024
Description: Rest and refreshment are important parts of our physical, emotional and spiritual health. They are essential for our long-term sustainability and effectiveness in ministry. The trials endured and the constant care given by the pastoral couples in eastern Ukraine over the past couple of years have left everyone tired and in need of rest and refreshment. This conference will focus on building family health to go the distance.
Theme: Going the Distance – Building a resilient marriage and family that lasts.
Location: TBD, Ukraine
Perú – Lima Regional Training
August 9 – 18, 2024
Description: This is part of our ongoing mobilization, training and multiplication throughout Latin American. Along with other training events throughout the year in Lima and Cusco, this week long conference will provide a greater opportunity for training and equipping of national leaders. We look forward to hosting this training with our partners, Matrimonios de Gozo, Perú.
Theme: Redemptive Grace
Location: Paracas, Perú
Macedonia – Pastoral Couples Training
September 19-29, 2024
Description: Several of the Macedonian pastoral couples who have attended our trainings in Albania and Kosovo, have taken great initiative to invite us to host a training conference that is focussed on their particular people and needs. Please pray with us as we work together to prepare for this first conference in Macedonia.
Theme: TBD
Location: TDB
2024 Trainings may also include: Cuba (April), Rwanda (July), and Chile (August)
If you are interested in participating in one of our training conferences, please write to us at info@shepherdssupport.org