Shoreline Conference

SYC Group Registration is now open! Take some time to check out the SYC webpage to learn more about next year’s Youth Conference and register your group!

SYC 27 - Shoreline Shoreline Youth Conference is a gathering of students from across the Shoreline Conference and beyond who are seeking to grow deeper in their relationship

Coaching is great for local church and ministry contexts, credentialing, and church planting. Come and see how coaching can be used in your context at our next Coach Certification! Registration deadline is October 31. Here's the link or scan the QR Code below: https://tinyurl.com/mvkk8ufe

This past weekend, we held our Shoreline Boards and Committees orientation day in Midland (who were amazing hosts)!

We are so grateful for the 40+ leaders who are serving our conference in these significant roles. Please be in prayer for our conference Board of Administration, Nominating Committee, Regional Ministerial Education Boards, and Ministerial Appointments Committees as they implement a new conference structure this year. We know that structure does not create movement, but structure can support movement!

Pastors can use this link to register an LMC:
https://www.cognitoforms.com/FMCUSA1/PastoralRequestForCandidateToBeOnPathwright

Last night, our Director of Operations, Rob Daniels, led an excellent board training for The Woods Church. Our church boards play a critical role in creating environments where life and ministry can flourish. If your church is interested in training for your board and would like to explore further, reach out to Rob at [email protected]

To register and for more information: https://shorelinefmc.org/cohorts

‼️Cohort Highlight of the Day:
Prayerful leaders lead prayerful churches. Prayerful churches minister through prayer in their communities. In every level, a “We Pray First” culture is essential to achieve new levels of breakthrough.

In John 15:5, Jesus reminds us that “apart from me (Jesus) you can do nothing.” To attain to the kind of spiritual power that opens the way for God to use us to heal the sick, raise the dead, and cast out demons, prayer is most certainly the key. Furthermore, in Matthew 17:21 Jesus casts out a demon which the Disciples cannot. He reminds them that “this kind only comes out through prayer and fasting.” In that moment Jesus did not prayer which reveals that Jesus had to have a deep and rich life of prayer and abiding with the Father so the power was available when needed. This seven-month cohort will navigate a journey into such a prayer life.

We will begin in September 2026 and meet monthly through April, 2027 (taking December off) and learning about and discussing seven topics on prayer.
1. Abiding in the presence of God
2. Surrendering to the will of God
3. Inviting the working of God
4. Engaging the warfare of God
5. Desiring the ministry of God
6. Embracing the ways of God
7. Welcoming the refining of God

In all of these topics we will learn, discuss, engage, journal, and share from our experiences. We will also discuss embedding these ways of prayer into a “We Pray First” culture in our local churches.

Join me, Brett Heintzman, former director of the FMCUSA National Prayer Ministry, and current Prayer Coordinator for the Shoreline Conference as we develop a deeper, richer life of prayer.

Follow this link for more information and to register: https://shorelinefmc.org/cohorts