
Pack your bags and hit the road for a Parent Summit designed to encourage you for the journey ahead! Raising kids can feel like navigating winding roads, unexpected detours, and plenty of “Are we there yet?” moments—but God has already equipped you for the adventure. Pastor Jason Salyer and our breakout session leaders will provide practical, biblical wisdom to help you parent with purpose, prepare your kids for the road ahead, and trust God to guide your family every mile of the way. With keynote sessions and more than 10 breakouts offered, you’ll walk away with resources to help you navigate the twists and turns of parenting.
Childcare is provided from birth to 6th grade.
Be sure to register your kids for their own adventure when you sign up for Parent Summit!
Register for Parent SummitJoin Pastor Jason Salyer and the Carmel family as we grow in understanding God’s purpose for our families.

Saturday, September 26 – 8:30am – 12:30pm

Saturday, September 26 – 8:00am – 12:30pm
God has uniquely positioned you to be a powerful spiritual influence in your grandchildren’s lives. Join us as speakers David & Cathy Wheeler lead Grandparenting Matters. Learn more here.
Cultivating everyday spiritual habits that shape the heart of your home is so critical in shaping your children’s hearts. This breakout will explore family worship, meaningful home traditions, intentional conversations, and rhythms of prayer that fit naturally within the daily schedule and help families stay spiritually connected over the long haul.
Speakers – Patrick and Shannon McCrory
Parenting rarely follows a straight road. In the first half of this breakout, we’ll discuss how to preserve relationships through rebellion, setbacks, disappointment, and difficult seasons. In the second half, we’ll focus on teaching confession and forgiveness, practicing peacemaking skills, and modeling repentance as parents—especially as children grow into young adults.
Speaker – Jeremy Amick
Are you trying to control your child or faithfully guide them? This session will address influence versus control, helping kids establish identity in Christ, navigating peer pressure, and maintaining relationships during conflict while learning to lead with wisdom, trust, and grace.
Speaker – David Bass
How do parents shape the way their children respond to differences inside and outside the church? This breakout will explore how parental attitudes, reactions, and convictions can positively—or negatively—impact a child’s worldview, relationships, and spiritual maturity.
Speaker – Sophia Ferguson
How do parents set wise boundaries without parenting from fear? This breakout will discuss discernment over restriction in areas like YouTube, social media, gaming, and phones while helping families reverse screen addiction and train children to take ownership of their decisions with biblical wisdom and self-control.
Speaker – TBD
Today’s culture often uses Christian-sounding language to communicate unbiblical ideas. In the first portion of this breakout, we’ll identify “linguistic theft,” respond to Progressive Christianity, and discuss gender and sexuality from a biblical perspective. Then, we will break into age-based discussions focused on helping students process culture thoughtfully, ask honest questions, and pursue the better way of Christ.
Speaker – Justin Taylor
Many families are spiritually and emotionally exhausted from “overpacking” life—filling every moment with activities, expectations, and endless consumption. This session will help parents create space for a more peaceful, intentional home and rediscover rhythms of rest, presence, and purpose.
Speaker – Anna Norris
Strong parenting flows from a healthy marriage. This breakout will encourage couples to stay connected, pursue unity, communicate intentionally, and keep their marriage on target while navigating the demands of raising children together.
Speaker – Jim Hughes
Parenting doesn’t end when children leave home. This breakout will explore how to maintain healthy, grace-filled relationships with adult children as they move into a new season of life. Whether your children are going to college, starting a career, entering the military, or coming home after college, explore how to build trust for the long haul (Focused on High School and Empty Nest families).
Speaker – Michelle Embry
Sometimes families face seasons of crisis, exhaustion, confusion, or emotional dryness. This breakout will help parents recognize warning signs, discern when additional help may be needed, and think biblically about counseling, mental health, and finding direction when life feels overwhelming.
Speaker – David Dixon
Disciplining young children is both a responsibility and a discipleship opportunity. This session will encourage parents to embrace loving, consistent discipline that trains the heart, establishes healthy boundaries, and points children toward wisdom, obedience, and security. (Focused on Preschool and Elementary aged families).
Speaker – Tiffany Bass