MasterClass

You’re not just sitting in a lecture, you’re learning from the best of the best while also workshopping for your own church. It is hands down the best learning environment of SALT Conference. These 4-hour sessions deep dive into specific areas of interest to equip and connect you to go back to your local church feeling like you have the tools and knowledge to win.

MasterClass Topics

Creative Communication & Leadership

The local church has the greatest story in the entire world to tell, but we often resist from using the most powerful story-telling devices and frameworks when telling that story to our local communities. In this masterclass, go deep with veteran storyteller Rick Rekedal (former Executive Vice President from Dreamworks) as he unlocks the power of storytelling to share our message with the world. From insightful frameworks, to powerful tools to enhance our effectiveness, this class will improve the way you position your message in your community, and frame up your context of an organizational mission or purpose.

This class is designed to help leaders and creative teams be more effective in messaging as it related to internal culture as well as external communication

Design & Animation

Bring your graphic designs to life. In this masterclass, you'll unlock the full potential of your creative toolkit as we delve into the art of animating Photoshop files in After Effects. Whether you're a seasoned designer or a newcomer eager to explore the world of motion graphics, this masterclass will teach how to set up files and layers, tricks for designing in Photoshop, plugins, hacks, visualizations, and more. Bring your laptop and files if you have a particular question!

Worship

For many leaders it is generally clear what is needed in their work to empower Sunday morning worship, but often we don't know how to think about the work behind the work. Architecting  a worship ministry that grows in depth as well as height is the heart and soul of our leadership and empowers our Sunday gatherings and teams in beautiful ways.

  • Learn to evaluate the culture of your worship ministry so you can build on the health and weed out destructive elements.
  • Learn the 4 quadrants of leadership and how to build a team that empowers the worship ministry.
  • Explore the health of your leadership and build a torch that can be passed to empower the leaders and teams around you.

Tech-Tour

What if you could spend 3 hours with a trained tech team at a church known for doing things with excellence? Take a tour at Watermark Community Church and see how they operate - without being interfered with by leaders or sponsors. After arriving at Irving bible for SALT registration, SALT will bus you to/from this Watermark's tech tour for this on-site Masterclass.

“It's the conference that I always wished was out there—a beautiful mix of inspiring messages, practical learning components, and Holy Spirit-filled ministry.”

Taylor G

THE Masters

  • As the former Chief Creative of Global Franchises at Dream Works, Rick Rekedal has worked on films such as Shrek, How to Train Your Dragon, Kung Fu Panda, and The Prince of Egypt. He was recently appointed President and CEO of David. C. Cook. Rick is a frequent speaker and lecturer, and he serves on advisory boards for the Wedgwood Circle, the MWS Group, and Belmont University’s film school. His book “One Small Step” is available through Amazon and local booksellers. Rick lives in Pasadena with his wife Vicki of 23 years, their three daughters, and their schnoodle-dog Winston.

    Rekedal’s past properties include: Madagascar, Bee Movie, Trolls, Gladiator, Saving Private Ryan, How To Train Your Dragon, Shrek, Kung Fu Panda, Spirit, Shark Tale, The Prince of Egypt, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Men in Black, and The Lost World: Jurassic Park.

Former SVP Creative at DreamWorks | Founder of StoryCrate

  • JT Burg is a seasoned motion designer with 14+ years of experience in advertising, production, and church animation. He’s tackled series animation, title design, character animation, logo design and branding, and full-fledged 3D animation and modeling. He’s passionate about blending tools and skills with the extra God-given passion He’s given each one of us. JT is a motion designer at Life.Church, and he and his wife Jordan have three kids.

Motion Designer | Life.Church

  • After 20 years of working and traveling as a songwriter and Worship Leader with Passion Conferences, Charlie Hall serves as an Executive Elder and Worship and Liturgy Pastor at Frontline Church in Oklahoma City. While pastoring in the local church, Charlie also coaches leaders and worship ministries. He cares deeply for local church and has a heart to serve the growth of their leadership through relationship, soul care, and long term vision for ministry. Charlie is married to Sarah Hall and lives in Oklahoma City. Together they have 4 children.

Worship & Liturgy Pastor at
Frontline Church OKC

  • Watermark is based in Dallas, but we have been given opportunities to serve people throughout DFW by planting communities in other cities. To date, three Watermark campuses have been launched as fully independent churches. By initially starting as remote campuses, these local bodies of believers were able to get established and acquire permanent facilities before becoming self-supporting churches with their own Elders and leadership teams.