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Nobody knows better than the creators of WFX that it takes two sides of the brain to make a church connect with today’s culture and spread the Word of God like wildfire. The big-picture message: It doesn’t matter where you’re coming from or what mindset you work under—left-brain technical detail or right-brain creative vision—WFX California, held May 13-15, 2009, at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, Calif., offers content that’s fresh, relevant and idea-generating for every mind on a church’s techie/pastor/business administrator/operations manager team.
In addition to WFX’s 50+ conference sessions on the latest topics church teams are asking about and encountering, WFX California includes special programming for small churches, with classes like “Creating a Portable and Affordable Worship Experience,” led by Rickey Lumpkin II, creative arts director at Newsong Church in Los Angeles. Another new component is the Digital Church Pavilion—a special spot on the expo floor where church techs and leaders can learn about video streaming, website design and hosting, podcasting, and social networking through vehicles like Twitter, from startup companies with technologies primed for the house of worship market. “It’s not enough to tell you about all the new technologies, software and tools available to impact your church’s outreach ability. Our goal is to bring these tools to you, up close and personal, on the expo floor and in hands-on training classes at WFX California,” says Brian Blackmore, Editor and Publisher, Production Media, Inc. and WFX Conference Chairman.
Another focus of this spring’s fifth-year WFX event is the movement toward multi-site as a way to reach more people through this message-extending, budget-effective approach. WFX California attendees will learn the ins and outs of church planting from multi-site and satellite church pioneers and see the technologies that are driving these new church strategies. In all, nine of the nearly 50 WFX conference classes will include content applicable to multi-site church strategies.
WFX California’s keynote addresses, too, are designed to hit the sweet spot so church techs learn what they need to know to most effectively minister through technology today. Keynotes include an interactive Tech Talk Keynote where tech directors from a wide range of churches take the stage to share and discuss what’s worked well, and what hasn’t. Always a popular forum, this is the third WFX to include the Tech Talk Keynote.
Other keynote speakers are John Ortberg, senior pastor of Menlo Park Presbyterian in Menlo, Calif., and Dave Gibbons, lead pastor at Irvine, Calif.’s Newsong Church.
Spanish-speaking attendees will find programming targeted specifically to their needs as well. WFX California is the first WFX event to bridge the language barrier with WFX en Español.
And finally, WFX California offers a place where techs and teams can kick back, relax and talk, and connect online or blog at the Attendee Lounge.
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Carol Badaracco Padgett is editor of Worship Facilities Magazine. She can be reached at cpadgett@worshipfacilities.com. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
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