Events

2024 Conference Review

The 2024 NADCE Conference took place on January 31 - February 2, 2024 in Houston, TX, hosted by Gloria Dei Lutheran Church. The bi-annual gathering of Directors of Christian Education is our professional conference to support and lift up the ministry of Christian Education in our Lutheran Church. We unite through our unique ministry as Directors of Christian Education.

We pray the conference was a place and a time for you to revel in who you are as a DCE and reminded you why you entered DCE ministry, knowing you are valued and supported!

Click here to read a recent review of the Conference in The Reporter.

NADCE Conference 2026

Rest Assured: Seen By God, Sustained by Grace

January 21-23, 2026

This year’s NADCE Conference invites DCEs to embrace the powerful truth that they are fully seen by God and lovingly sustained by His grace. Inspired by Psalm 139, Rest Assured calls ministry leaders to pause, breathe, and enter the sacred space of rest that God freely gives.

This theme weaves together rest, trust, and surrender—three things that often elude leaders caught in the hustle of doing God's work. It’s an invitation to step away from the anxiety and weight of expectations and step into the Sabbath rhythm God offers. It’s a reminder that we are not the savior—God is—and that His ways are higher, His love deeper, and His promises as countless as the grains of sand.

Set against the backdrop of the Florida shoreline, this time together will refresh the soul, renew the calling, and restore joy in ministry.

St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Boca Raton will serve as our gracious hosts.