Lakewood Experience

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Upcoming Events:

WFX Spring 2009 - Long Beach, CA

Conference: May 13 - 15, 2009
Expo: May 14 - 15, 2009

WFX Fall 2009 - Charlotte, NC

Conference: October 28 - 30, 2009
Expo: October 29 - 30, 2009

Lakewood Experience Sponsored by:

Thursday, November 6
Please refer to schedule below

As the featured WFX Houston destination for a behind-the-scenes facility tour and evening Keynote on Thursday, November 6, all attendees are invited to hear from Senior Pastor Joel Osteen and the leadership team that makes it all happen at Lakewood Church. Bring your questions - there will be a dedicated time for Q & A at the end.

Panelists:

Joel Osteen, Senior Pastor
Kevin Comes, Chief Operating Officer
Duncan Dodds, Exec. Dir. of Joel Osteen Ministries
Jeana Lawrence, Dir of Marketing
Jon Swearingen, Dir. of Media (TV)
Reed Hall, Dir. Tours/Audio/Technical Production

The largest church in the United States, Lakewood hosts 40,000 attendees each weekend, seats 16,000 at any given time and its message reaches 200 million viewers each week through their international media broadcast.

Did you know that Pastor Joel Osteen has an extensive technical background, and once served as technical director for Lakewood Church?

Churches of all sizes will appreciate the Lakewood Experience, an educational tour of Lakewood Church covering many aspects of the administrative, educational and behind-the-scenes technical areas. Even if you're not a mega-church, or don't intend to become one, there are lessons to be learned from the Lakewood Church growth experience. Fundraising, construction, planning, growth management, children's facilities, acoustics, lighting, production, branding and more are all part of the information to be shared in the Lakewood Experience at WFX.

Round-trip transportation will be provided for all WFX attendees from the convention center beginning at 6:15pm. If you prefer to drive, parking is available at Lakewood.

Dinner

A pre-Lakewood dinner is included with all conference registrations. Expo pass attendees may purchase a dinner ticket when registering ($45)

Schedule

5:30pm: Dinner at convention center, giveaways. Included with all conference passes, available to expo pass attendees and exhibitor personnel via registration
6:15pm: Shuttles begin boarding at convention center. Available to all attendees. Free parking is also available at Lakewood church.
7:00pm: Keynote: Senior Pastor Joel Osteen and the Lakewood Church leadership team. Open to all WFX attendees and exhibitors
8:15pm: Guided tours of Lakewood Church. Tours are open to all attendees. Tours of the Lakewood broadcast department are extremely limited due to space limitations. Please email chuxsaw@ehpub.com to secure a broadcast department tour, including attendee name, job title, church and badge number.
8:15pm: Buses begin departing from Lakewood. Buses will take attendees back to the convention center and official WFX hotels. The last shuttle will leave Lakewood at 9:30pm.