{"id":2575,"date":"2025-12-16T16:03:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T21:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/watereebaptistud.org\/?p=2575"},"modified":"2026-03-11T07:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T11:19:08","slug":"wbaud-congress-of-christian-ed-mid-winter-session-january-26-30-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watereebaptistud.org\/?p=2575","title":{"rendered":"WBAUD Congress of Christian Ed Mid-Winter Session \u2013 January 26-30, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Congress of Christian Education Mid Winter Session will be held January 26 30, 2026 at Red Hill Baptist Church. Sessions will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Choose Session 1 or 2 below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Session 1 – January 26 –<\/strong>30, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Course Number 203, Course Title: Discovering Your Spiritual Gifts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Facilitator: Evangelist Onetha G. Chambers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Course Description: This course is designed to assist students in identifying and developing their unique Spiritual Gift(s) for the work of the ministry and edifying the Body of Christ. Discussion of matching giftedness to one\u2019s distinct church\u2019s overall ministry will take place. In order to earn state certification<\/strong><\/em>, you must attend for the 10 hours of instruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Session 2: Awareness<\/strong> – January 26 – 30, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

January 26 –<\/strong>27, 2026<\/strong> Embracing the Future of Church Technology Together Part II<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Facilitator: Pastor Patrick Harvin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Session Description: There are technological advances like Artificial intelligence, live streaming, various online giving tools and so many other digital tools available for our churches; how do we decide on what is appropriate? How can churches use them to build community, inspire faith, and advance ministries? Our facilitator will continue these discussions and work with churches to increase the use of these technological advances available to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

January 28, 2026 – <\/strong>What do you know about Alzheimer\u2019s Disease?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Facilitator: Christopher Lykes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Session Description: This session gives participants an overview of Alzheimer disease and the different terminologies used to describe it. Caregiving and recent drugs available and other studies will be discussed. Come with your questions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

January 29, 2026<\/strong> – Church Security<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Facilitator: Richland County Sheriff Department<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Session Description: In light of some of the recent events that have occurred in church es, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott has some tips to help churches and other faith based organizations keep safe. This session will provide information about church security and allow participants to ask questions pertaining to church security and safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

January 30, 2026<\/strong> – Awareness,<\/em> Matthew 26:41<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Facilitator: Moderator, Pastor Donnie C. Chambers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Session Description: Awareness enhances our lives by encouraging mindfulness of God\u2019s presence, our thoughts, actions and relationships. By fostering gratitude and recognizing God\u2019s love, we are empowered to lead purposeful lives. Developing this awareness strengthens our connection to God and enables us to positively impact the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can register by clicking the Event Registration link on the homepage. Registration deadline is January 18, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Congress of Christian Education Mid Winter Session will be held January 26 30, 2026 at Red Hill Baptist Church. Sessions will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Choose Session 1 or 2 below: Session 1 – January 26 –30, 2026 Course Number 203, Course Title: Discovering Your Spiritual Gifts Facilitator: Evangelist Onetha G. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2576,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/watereebaptistud.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/watereebaptistud.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/watereebaptistud.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watereebaptistud.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watereebaptistud.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2575"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/watereebaptistud.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2577,"href":"https:\/\/watereebaptistud.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575\/revisions\/2577"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watereebaptistud.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/watereebaptistud.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watereebaptistud.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watereebaptistud.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}