Pastor Rockenbach is available to make presentations for teacher in-services, Director of Christian Education (DCE) educational events, and pastoral circuit meetings. To schedule him for your next event contact his assistant by email or phone using the contact information on the right.

Suggested presentation time for each topic is 2 hours.

However, each topic can be expanded upon or
shortened to fit your particular schedule.

God in the Midst of Crisis
The devastation of natural disaster, suicide, physical illness, or a congregation in conflict are a few examples of what can cause us to be in crisis.  In crisis the question is many times raised, “Where is God?”  This presentation will help participants see God in the midst of personal, congregational, and community crisis.  It will help participants to deal with crisis in a way that shares the Gospel of Christ with a hurting world. 

Between Prayers: Anxiety
So many Christians keep asking God to free them from their anxiety so they can live a peaceful life.  However, it does not occur to them that between their prayers they are telling themselves things that maintain their anxiety.  Those who struggle with anxiety find it difficult to share their faith with others.  This presentation will help participants identify the things we tell ourselves that lead to symptoms of anxiety. Anxiety will no longer have controlling power over you.  (other sub-groups are “Between Prayers: Depression” and “Between Prayers: Anger”)

Biblical Peacemaking
Due to our sinfulness we will find ourselves in conflict with family, friends and even people at church. How we respond to conflict will impact our ability to seek and save the lost. This presentation will first identify the causes of conflict.  Then it will prescribe God pleasing methods to respond to conflict.  Participants will be equipped to outreach to those in conflict in away that will bring Christian peace.

Parents Don’t Have to be the Enemy
Parents and teachers share responsibility for creating a working relationship that fosters children’s learning.  However, that relationship can be unstable and broken, which ultimately has a negative impact upon the child.  Many teachers are anxious about encounters with parents who are not happy.  This presentation will give teachers Biblical tools they can use to create Godly working relationships with parents.   

God’s Toolbox
Most of us think that God carries around a very small toolbox.  But a successful carpenter uses many tools, each designed for a particular job.  God has a huge toolbox, and we are those tools in His hands.  And according to our different capacities and different talents, God uses us to serve each other. Participants will learn how God has called them to a particular task of outreach in their community. 

God and Boundaries
Dedicated Christians struggle about when it is appropriate to say “No” and set limits.  Church workers burn out and find themselves in personal struggles because of their lack of boundaries.  This presentation will help participants explore biblical boundaries: what they are and how to develop them. (a variety of sub presentations relating to this topic can be done, ex. Boundaries and Children, Boundaries and Spouse, Boundaries and Family, Boundaries and Work.)

The Church Worker Under the Cross
Church workers are prone to think of themselves as “saviors.”  They try to remain strong, even in the midst of suffering.  They believe (sometimes subconsciously) that this is a great act of faith.  Yet, God has not asked us to be saviors.  He calls us to work under the cross of Christ.  This presentation will help participants live under the cross where our Savior died. 

Team Work
This is an interactive presentation for church or school staffs. It will explore the importance of unity among those who are different. This presentation will help participants with problem identification and clarification. It will also highlight the opportunity of the team to give glory to God. 

Triangulation
You have heard it said “Two is company and three is a crowd”.  This presentation will address those who try to triangulate you (drag you) into their problems or triangulate (force) themselves into your problems.   Participants will learn how to identify and avoid unhealthy triangulation.