Events
WPA Alliance Pastors' Wives Retreat
Calling all WPA Alliance pastors’ wives. You’re invited to a retreat created just for you!
Come for a refreshing day of encouragement on Saturday, March 7 at Indiana Alliance Church. Spend time in God’s Word, connect over fun and meaningful conversations, enjoy a meal together, and simply savor sweet fellowship.
Speaker: Donna Dail
NEXT Conference
A one day event focused on Jesus-centered equipping and training for kids and youth ministry workers, and high school students called to serve in the church.
Cost: $29/adults and $19/students
Effective Evangelism: A Conversation with Rev. Dan Lawrence
Join us on Tuesday, April 28 at 10:00 a.m. for this free, one-hour webinar.
Rev. Dan Lawrence has served as Senior Pastor of Murrysville Alliance Church since 1988 and brings decades of pastoral leadership and community engagement experience. In this live webinar, he will share practical insights from leading a church that has seen meaningful effectiveness in evangelism.
This interactive session will include:
A live interview with Rev. Lawrence
Practical lessons from local church ministry
An opportunity for participants to ask questions
Whether you’re a lead pastor, staff member, or ministry leader, this conversation will encourage and equip you to strengthen evangelistic impact in your community.
There is no cost to attend, but registration is required.
Reserve your spot today!
To register for the webinar, email kellert@cmawpa.org to receive the link.
Level 2 Peacemaker Training
If you are a Christian leader (ordained or lay), you are already coaching. This two-day live seminar equips you to coach better from a biblical standpoint to help other people see and resolve their conflict from a godly perspective. Certified conflict coaches become resources for their churches.
Cost $300 (includes 2 lunches)
Recognizing the Risk: Understanding the Grooming Process
As members of Ministry Safe, we are invited to join in on this helpful webinar that is being offered.
Speaker: Gregory Love, CEO & Co-founder of Ministry Safe
Most child-serving ministries know child sexual abuse is a real threat, but the greatest challenge is recognizing the risk before harm occurs. Unfortunately, you can’t spot an abuser by appearance, only by behavior. Understanding the abuser’s grooming process and common grooming behaviors is one of the most important steps ministry leaders can take to protect children and those who serve them.
In this session, the founders of MinistrySafe explain how offenders manipulate children and the adults around them to gain trust, access, privacy and control. You’ll see how grooming behaviors manifest in real ministry settings and why recognizing these behaviors early gives your team confidence to establish meaningful barriers and respond appropriately to boundary violations.
In this webinar, we will discuss:
Abuser characteristics and common grooming behaviors
How grooming behaviors typically manifest in ministry programs
How to identify and address problematic behaviors early on
Join us to reinforce your ability to recognize risk before sexual abuse occurs, and take the next steps toward a safer ministry.
Peacemaker Level 1 Seminar
Resolving Everyday Conflict
Conflict is inevitable; how we handle it is not. God expects us to handle our conflicts differently than the world does. Alliance Peacemaking teaches how He wants us to deal with conflict.
This one-day seminar lays out the basic biblical principles of peacemaking and how God uses conflict to transform our lives. The training is for both leaders and laypeople.
There is no cost for the seminar and materials and lunch will be provided. To register, email gacsecretary@roadrunner.com.
Engage
ENGAGE is an opportunity for Alliance ministry students from various colleges to come to the National Office and learn about ministry in The Alliance and how they can serve with The Alliance after graduation
Refresh
NATIONAL ALLIANCE YOUTH WORKER GATHERING
Refresh is an annual gathering for Alliance youth workers, paid and volunteer, to encourage one another, share best practices, create friendships, and be refreshed through soul care.
Cost: $179
Registration: Click Here
For more details go to the Alliance Youth Website: https://www.allianceyouth.com/refresh.
Converge 2026
Converge is The Alliance’s annual gathering of pastors, church missions mobilizers, and anyone with a heart for missions to engage with innovative strategies, collaborate with like-minded leaders, and learn new skills to mobilize people toward greater engagement with missions.
For more information, click here.
Erie Area Christmas Party
This is “Dutch Treat” where you will pay for yourself that evening. The buffet cost is $15.99/person. Please let us know that you are coming though by registering below.
Southeast Region Christmas Party
Come on out to the Southeast Region Christmas Party. Hors D'oeuvres will be served at 4:30. Dinner will be served at 5:30. Please RSVP by December 1.
Cost: $15/Single or $25/Couple
Pittsburgh/Southwest Christmas Party
Come on out and celebrate Christmas with the Pittsburgh/Southwest Region.
This is “Dutch Treat” where you will pay for yourself that evening. Please let us know that you are coming though by registering below.
New Castle Christmas Party
Come on out and celebrate Christmas with the Northern Region.
Cost: $15/Single or $25/Couple
Peacemaking Level 1 - Resolving Everyday Conflict
Conflict is inevitable; how we handle it is not. God expects us to handle our conflicts differently than the world does. Alliance Peacemaking teaches how He wants us to deal with conflict.
This one-day seminar lays out the basic biblical principles of peacemaking and how God uses conflict to transform our lives. The training is for both leaders and laypeople.
Registration Fee: $5
Email bradfordcma@verizon.net to register.
Legacy Builders' Luncheon
Event Speaker: Jim Hicks, chalk artist
Registration begins at 11:30 and lunch will be served at noon.
Peacemaking Level 1 - Resolving Everyday Conflict
Conflict is inevitable; how we handle it is not. God expects us to handle our conflicts differently than the world does. Alliance Peacemaking teaches how He wants us to deal with conflict.
This one-day seminar lays out the basic biblical principles of peacemaking and how God uses conflict to transform our lives. The training is for both leaders and laypeople.
Registration Fee: $10
Alliance Young Adult (AYA) Northeast Region Conference
If you are a young adult aged 18-30, we want to invite you to a regional gathering to celebrate, discuss, and affirm these truths of belonging, deeper life in Christ, and finding your purpose in God’s kingdom. We long to send you back to your local context encouraged and confident that life with Jesus goes deep, and that you will know as a young adult that you have a unique part to play in His Church! We’ll incorporate a mix of worship, spiritual teaching, group discussions, break-out conversations, fire pits, social activities, and prayer!
Cost: $35 (includes food but not housing)
For more information and registration, click here.
Elder Training
Topics include:
Leading? Or Maintaining?
Criticism – Poison? Or Medicine?
Question and Answer
Register your team by emailing Kellert@cmawpa.org.
Deadline to register is September 6.
There is no charge to attend.
Snacks and beverages will be provided.
Retirement Webinar
Retirement.
For pastors it's a word that either strikes panic in the heart or a vague sense of something so far away on the horizon that there's no reason to think about it right now.
John Baker is an experienced and successful servant who can help men and women of all ages begin to think and plan for the inevitable time when retirement becomes a reality.
Think you're too young to be concerned? Think again. This hour-long webinar will be both informative and practical.
To register for this free, interactive event, just email kellert@cmawpa.org.
John Baker is an elder at East Lake Road Alliance Church in Erie, PA. He is the founder of Kingdom Financial Group, Inc. (KFG), established in 1999, and Kingdom Tax Services (KTS), launched in 2013. In 2022, he expanded his vision by founding the Kingdom Financial Foundation (KFF), an organization dedicated to promoting financial education and supporting like-minded ministries and nonprofits. Each year, Kingdom Tax Services prepares tax returns for approximately 100 members of the clergy and provides bookkeeping services to numerous churches—often serving as a “virtual treasurer.” John brings extensive expertise in clergy taxation and compliance, and under his leadership, the firm hosts an annual Clergy Tax Seminar that has been attended by hundreds of pastors across the region.