Join The River Conference for our Breakthrough Prayer Initiative
Rev. Sue Nilson Kibbey will guide us through the sessions below. She leads the Innovation Center’s new prayer-fueled “Floodgates Collective,” which offers customized training and practical implementation guidance for congregations longing to shift from plateau or decline into vibrant, prayer-saturated, Spirit-guided steps forward.
Come experience this prayer retreat as we:
- Define a Breakthrough Prayer Initiative
- Discuss Obstacles to church-wide prayer movements
- Experience guided prayer experiences
- Strategize prayer movements in your context
Registration for this event is now closed.
Thursday, April 4, 2024
3 pm
- Check-In
6:00 pm
- Worship
- Brief Overview of the Retreat
- Dinner
8:00 pm
- Free Time
Friday, April 5, 2024
9 am – 12 pm
- Worship
- Sessions 1.1 & 1.2 – What is a Breakthrough Prayer Initiative?
- Small Group Discussion
12 – 1 pm
- Lunch
1 – 4 pm
- Session 2 – Obstacles to Church-wide Prayer Movements
- Small Group Discussion
4 – 5 pm
- Break
5 – 6:30 pm
- Dinner
6:30 pm
- Free Time
Saturday, April 6, 2024
9 am – 12 pm
- Worship
- Session 3 – Guided Prayer Exercises
- Small Group Discussion
12 – 1 pm
- Lunch
1 – 4 pm
- Sessions 4.1 & 4.2 – Strategies for Prayer Movements in Your Context
- Prayer & the FM Way
- Communion
4 pm
- Free Time and Dinner on your own.
Check Out of Hotel on Sunday morning by 11 am.
Rev. Sue Nilson Kibbey
serves as Director of the Bishop Bruce Ough Innovation Center at United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. Sue’s local church ministry appointments have included a variety of roles, including executive pastor of Ginghamsburg United Methodist Church in Tipp City, Ohio—partnering with senior pastor Mike Slaughter for a decade of dramatic growth, including both local and global missional fruitfulness. Sue also served on the executive staff of the United Methodist West Ohio Conference as the creator and director of the Missional Church Consultation Initiative (MCCI)—which eventually spread across multiple states and has engaged more than 275 churches of all sizes and settings in creative revitalization for a fresh season of impact. Sue now leads the Innovation Center’s new prayer-fueled “Floodgates Collective,” which offers customized training and practical implementation guidance for congregations longing to shift from plateau or decline into vibrant, prayer-saturated, Spirit-guided steps forward. Her deepest passion is fueling the Breakthrough Prayer Initiative, a personal and congregation-wide prayer strategy inviting God’s new hopes, dreams and possibilities for what’s next. She is an adjunct instructor at United Theological Seminary, and a student in United’s doctor of ministry program.
Sue has authored 8 books, the most recent together with Rosario Picardo: Dynamite Prayer a 28 Day Experiment @2022, Invite Resources.
Dynamite Prayer has become a certified “Amazon Bestseller,” as well as the publisher’s top-selling book; is available both in print and electronic formats; and as of September 2023 is available on the publisher’s website as a downloadable Spanish language PDF that can be printed/replicated for a congregation’s use.
The deadline for booking an onsite hotel has passed. You can book on your own at the Drury at their regular rate or find accommodations on your own at your preferred location.