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Upcoming Training Weekends

In these interactive seminars, attendees will meet in groups and build ongoing relationships.

 

Tri-Valley Expositors Collective 

May 24-25, 2024
Valley Community Church
Pleasanton, California

 

Register Pleasanton

 

Expositors Collective Uganda

September 11-13, 2024
Calvary Chapel Kampala
Kampala, Uganda

Registration is open, and it’s FREE!

 

Register Uganda

TRAINING WEEKEND SCHEDULE

1. The Value of Expository Preaching

2. Inductive Bible Study

3. Christ-Centered Preaching

4. Sermon Prep Essentials

5. Outlining Your Message

6. Homiletics

7. Character Counts

8. Preaching Mentorships

9. Finding Your Own Voice

Day 1

Check-in begins at 12:30 pm.
The first session begins at 1:00 pm and continues until 9:00 pm with brief lectures, interactive group assignments, and panel discussions.

Day 2

The second session begins at 9:00 am and ends at 1:00 pm.

TRI-VALLEY SPEAKERS &
GROUP LEADERS

Mike Neglia

Mike Neglia is the lead pastor at Calvary Cork located in Cork, Ireland. Mike is married to Rachel, and they have two children, Eoin and Rosie. Please visit his website. Also, follow him on Twitter and Instagram, @mikeneglia.

Heath Hardesty

Heath Hardesty is an author and the lead pastor of Valley Community Church in the heart of Pleasanton, in the East Bay region of California.

Heath grew up in a blue-collar home and was a plumber’s apprentice and service plumber in Colorado for several years before becoming a pastor in the technicolor land of Apple, Google, Pixar, Meta, Tesla, Twitter(X), and Netflix. He is married to Marla, his wife of 18 years, and has three kids: Silas, Hadley, and Olivia.

He holds an undergraduate in Literature and Religious Studies from the University of Colorado at Boulder, a Master’s in Biblical Leadership (MABL) from Western Seminary, and a Master’s in Biblical and Theological Studies (MABTS) also from Western Seminary.

Tim Brown

Tim Brown had a life changing encounter with Jesus Christ on January 3rd, 1972. After that, he went to Bible College where he gained a degree and a bride. He has been in many forms of ministry since February of 1973. He has been a youth pastor, an assistant pastor, and a senior pastor. He planted the church, Calvary Chapel Fremont in Fremont, California, in January of 1997, and has been the Senior Pastor there, ever since.

John Whittaker

John Whittaker is a preacher, teacher and pastor. He holds theology and ministry degrees from Boise Bible College, Cincinnati Bible Seminary, and adoctorate in preaching from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. The only reason for all of that is to help bring God’s word into the lives of people more effectively. John has been serving in ministry for 30 years. He has served as a Professor of Preaching and New Testament at Boise Bible College for 19 years. During that time, he also helped plant a church in Kuna, Idaho, where he led the adult education ministry and preached for 11 years. He has taught classes for Eternity Bible College and taught and preached in various places around the country and the world. Most recently, he served for nearly four years as one of the teaching and campus pastors at The Pursuit, in Boise.

Nick Cady

Nick Cady is the lead pastor of White Fields Community Church in Longmont, Colorado. Before moving to Longmont in 2012, Nick spent 10 years in Hungary as a missionary, pastor, and church planter with Calvary Chapel. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Theology from the University of Gloucestershire (UK) and a master’s degree in Integrative Theology from the London School of Theology.
Nick is the author of Theology for the People, a blog and podcast discussing the intersection of theology and culture. Additionally, Nick is on the steering committee of the Expositors Collective, an organization that exists to equip and mentor the next generation of Christ-centered preachers. He also serves as a Local Connector with Calvary Global Network and recently developed Cultivate, a program to assess, train, and deploy new church planters and missionaries.

Mike Chaddick

Mike Chaddick is the senior pastor of Image Church in South Orange County. He has been involved in various forms of ministry for over fourteen years, including serving as an assistant pastor at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa for five years.
Additionally, Mike's passion for teaching God's Word in a classroom setting has taken him to Calvary Chapel High School, CCBC South Maui, CCBC Murrieta, CCBC Costa Mesa, CCCM School of Worship, Calvary Chapel University and the Pastors School at CCCM. Mike is married and has a blended family with six children.

Alan Stoddard

Alan Stoddard serves as the Lead Pastor of Calvary Ruidoso, in Ruidoso, New Mexico. He has pastored churches in Texas and New Mexico. He has a real passion for making disciples in small groups. He's married to Jeana and has a daughter, Briana.

Bryan Stupar

Bryan Stupar born in 1970 and raised in the surf culture of Huntington Beach, California, Bryan 'got saved' when he was almost 16 years old. He married his best friend, Sherry in 1991.
In 1993, when 23 years old, he moved to San Luis Obispo on California's Central Coast to plant Calvary SLO Church, which has become an influential church in the area and beyond, with it's church planting /missions work.
Best of all, Bryan is the father of two daughters, Brianna & Brooke, and enjoys spending time with his family. He's often be found hanging around SLO at one of it's many coffee shops, taking photos, or in the surf.

UGANDA SPEAKERS &
GROUP LEADERS

Zeddie Muzungu

Zeddie Muzungu has been serving as Senior Pastor, Calvary Chapel Kampala since 2013, and Director, of Calvary Chapel Bible Bible College-Uganda, since 2013. He is married to Hope Muzungu, with five handsome boys. His main call is to train leaders/pastors and build healthy families.

Ed Compean

Ed Compean is the lead pastor at Shoreline Calvary in Morro Bay, California. Previously he served as a church planter and trainer of church planters in Nairobi, Kenya and in the process helped establish several churches in Kenya and Tanzania. Returning from the field, Ed served with Shepherd’s Staff Mission Facilitators helping churches send their missionaries well. His passion is to see the fame of Jesus speed in His local church.

Emuku Juventine

Pastor (Dr.) Juventine Emuku has been the Senior Pastor of Soroti Calvary Chapel for the last 10 years but prior to moving to Soroti, founded and pastored Calvary Chapel of Midigo for 13 years. He is a bible teacher and a church planter. He currently oversees 20 bible teaching churches.

Mike Neglia

Mike Neglia is the lead pastor at Calvary Cork located in Cork, Ireland. Mike is married to Rachel, and they have two children, Eoin and Rosie. Please visit his website. Also, follow him on Twitter and Instagram, @mikeneglia.

Nick Cady

Nick Cady is the lead pastor of White Fields Community Church in Longmont, Colorado. Before moving to Longmont in 2012, Nick spent 10 years in Hungary as a missionary, pastor, and church planter with Calvary Chapel. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Theology from the University of Gloucestershire (UK) and a master’s degree in Integrative Theology from the London School of Theology.
Nick is the author of Theology for the People, a blog and podcast discussing the intersection of theology and culture. Additionally, Nick is on the steering committee of the Expositors Collective, an organization that exists to equip and mentor the next generation of Christ-centered preachers. He also serves as a Local Connector with Calvary Global Network and recently developed Cultivate, a program to assess, train, and deploy new church planters and missionaries.