Alliance of Renewal Churches

06/04/2026

PENNSYLVANIA LEADERS!
Step away from the noise and reconnect with what matters most...

Join fellow pastors and ministry leaders for a Life Together Day designed to refresh your spirit and strengthen your calling. Through meaningful connection, shared meals, prophetic prayer ministry, and an encouraging message, this day is all about filling your cup for the season ahead.

Our focus will be "hearing the voice of the Holy Spirit in a really loud world"—creating space to listen, discern, and be renewed alongside others who understand the unique joys and challenges of ministry.

Come expectant. Leave encouraged, connected, and refilled.

📍New Hope Faith Community Church, Hanover, PA
📅Jun 9, 2026 . 10am–2pm
💸$25

Grab a seat at the table here:
https://allianceofrenewalchurches.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/3481383

05/27/2026

CHILL TIME TIPS FOR LEADERS!

Not every act of renewal has to look like a conference, a sabbatical, or a 5 a.m. devotional. Sometimes renewal looks like laughter, rest, margin, beauty, friendship, silence… or simply remembering you’re human.

Here are a few summer ideas for pastors and ministry leaders who want to refill their cup this season:

💡Take a prayer walk somewhere you’ve never walked before.

💡Watch a sunset...without taking a picture of it.

💡Read a book that has nothing to do with leadership.

💡Invite another pastor out for ice cream instead of coffee.

💡Spend one whole evening outside with your phone left inside.

💡Ask the Holy Spirit one simple question: “What do You want to restore in me this summer?”

💡Visit a different church while on vacation and receive instead of lead.

💡Go to a farmers market slowly. No agenda. No rushing.

💡Make a summer playlist filled with songs that help your soul breathe.

💡Sit by water and practice silence for 20 minutes.

💡Have a campfire conversation that goes deeper than ministry updates.

💡Take a spontaneous day off if your schedule allows it—and resist the urge to “make it productive.”

💡Revisit a place where God met you powerfully in a previous season.

💡Laugh hard with people who know the real you, not just the “pastor you.”

💡Pray this dangerous little prayer: “Lord, remind me who I am apart from what I do.”

Healthy churches begin with healthy leaders. And healthy leaders don’t just pour out—they learn how to receive again too.

05/18/2026

Mark your calendars for Fire & Table, a Holy Spirit conference for pastors and church leaders, happening next April in Naperville, Illinois.

Hosted by The ARC, this gathering will bring together voices like:
🎤Christine Caine
🎤Glenn Packiam
🎤David Housholder..and others to be announced soon!

Together, we'll seek a fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit and create space for renewal, formation, and encounter!

This conference is designed to equip leaders who are hungry to move with the Spirit and guide their communities into deeper life with God.

Through teaching, worship, and shared rhythms, you will be encouraged and resourced to cultivate both the fire of the Spirit and the grounding of the table in your own ministry context.

Registration details are coming soon, but for now, save the date and start praying with us for all that God will do!

📅SAVE THE DATE:
APRIL 22 - 24 . 2027
NAPERVILLE IL

05/14/2026

They worshipped. And then worshipped some more!

About 115 Local leaders got lost in praise this morning as they gathered to care for one another and get encouraged.

Ryan and Jenn Alexander had the room laughing and crying as they got vulnerable about looking for “cracks in the foundation” that can lead us crumbling into burnout. Totally hit home for, like…everyone!

Lots of love in this room and each leader was personally prayed-up before walking out the door!

This is what “Life Together” is all about. ♥️

05/12/2026

Ministry moving at an unsustainable pace?
Having trouble mustering motivation?
Worried about depletion?

Every leader is aware of, and at some level desires to avoid the exhaustion, tension, resentment, flatness or even moral compromise that often accompany burnout.

We may wisely commit to doubling down on work-life balance, weekly sabbath, or even sabbatical, yet still find ourselves experiencing waves of discouragement, self doubt and overwhelm.
Those symptoms can really only be abated by identifying and addressing the weak points, or hairline fractures, in the primary bricks of our personal foundations.

Only then can our finite bodies and souls bear the weight of life and leadership, allowing us to avoid burnout and finish the race with joy and strength.

Jenn and Ryan Alexander present: "Actually Avoiding Burnout!"

THURSDAY MAY 14
10AM - 2PM
NORTH HEIGHTS CHURCH
ARDEN HILLS MN

RSVP here 👇
https://allianceofrenewalchurches.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/2983548?fbclid=IwY2xjawRwOwFleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF3cmpWemdoeVpWVEUxM3k4c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHluzRyD47ZriYPqfv2H4hUyDyv7OGunw1kinmLOzkZk5ln9G_807Cl3z6n0n_aem_kCoAmLudxyJ9fM4ukuCK5g

The Alliance of Renewal Churches is gathering again—this time at North Heights Lutheran Church—for a day designed to refresh your soul and strengthen your calling.Jenn and Ryan Alexander will be with us to encourage and pour into our community of leaders. As always, you can expect powerful worsh...

05/11/2026

Our next Life Together Day is this Thursday at North Heights Lutheran Church, Arden Hills, Minnesota…

We’re expecting about 100 local leaders and for the Spirit to move!

https://allianceofrenewalchurches.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/2983548

05/08/2026

Yesterday we gathered at Good Shepherd in Irvine, California for a Life Together Day — and what a gift it was.

We heard from Cody Jensen and Wes Dunn, worshiped together, shared meals and conversations, encouraged one another, and were reminded again why leader care matters so deeply.

Ministry can feel isolating, but it was powerful to be in a room full of leaders who genuinely care for one another and want to see each other thrive. We’re so grateful for a network committed to connection, renewal, and support.

If you’re looking for a Life Together Day near you, check out the upcoming gatherings here:

https://www.allianceofrenewalchurches.org/life-together-days

05/04/2026

You’ve got a full calendar.
Sermons to prep. People to care for. Fires to put out.

So when something new comes up… it’s usually a quick “no thanks.”

But what if this isn’t another thing to do…
What if it’s exactly what fills you back up?

Join us for Life Together Day this Thursday at Good Shepherd in Irvine.
A few hours to breathe, worship, pray, and be encouraged alongside other pastors and leaders.

🕙 10am–2pm (lunch included)
You don’t have to pour out on empty.

https://allianceofrenewalchurches.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/3481376

04/29/2026

Sometimes the most important thing a leader can do… is not lead.

It’s to pause.
Be known.
Be encouraged.

That’s what our Life Together Days are all about—creating space for honest conversation, prayer, and the kind of connection you don’t realize you need until you’re in it.

We’ve got a few coming up:
📍 California — May 7
📍 Minnesota — May 14
📍 Pennsylvania — June 9
📍 Iowa — October 22

If you’ve been carrying a lot lately, this might be exactly what your soul needs.

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04/20/2026

MN LEADERS -- feeling depleted? Peep this...👀

Every leader is aware of, and at some level desires to avoid the exhaustion, tension, resentment, flatness or even moral compromise that often accompany burnout.

We may wisely commit to doubling down on work-life balance, weekly sabbath, or even sabbatical, yet still find ourselves experiencing waves of discouragement, self doubt and overwhelm.

Those symptoms can really only be abated by identifying and addressing the weak points, or hairline fractures, in the primary bricks of our personal foundations.

Only then can our finite bodies and souls bear the weight of life and leadership, allowing us to avoid burnout and finish the race with joy and strength.

Jenn and Ryan Alexander present: "Actually Avoiding Burnout!"

THURSDAY MAY 14
10AM - 2PM
NORTH HEIGHTS CHURCH
ARDEN HILLS MN

Grab your seat 👇
https://allianceofrenewalchurches.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/2983548