ESTATE PLANNING SEMINAR
Wednesday, March 13 | 10 AM to 2 PM
Gateway Seminary
3210 E. Guasti Rd.
Ontario, CA 91761-8642
Planning ahead with a living trust or will can help keep your assets in the family and out of the courts. This seminar will demonstrate why and how you should have one and how to get one done for the benefit of your family and the Kingdom. Our friends at the Baptist Foundation of California are hosting this seminar for our PCN churches to help you as you encourage your members to consider the Biblical and legal bases of Christian estate stewardship. The Foundation offers FREE estate plans to Senior Pastors who desire to leave a legacy gift for their church or other Kingdom causes. A licensed California attorney will give attendees an overview of estate planning options and provide strategies to help believers protect their futures, provide for their families, and generate ongoing resources for Kingdom ministries. Join us for an informative workshop and enjoy a tour of Gateway Seminary. Includes lunch and is FREE.
OUR SPEAKER
Courtney M. Coates, Esq.
Senior Vice President & Chief Legal Officer
Courtney Coates was elected Vice President and Chief Legal Officer in 2021 and oversees the legal affairs of The Baptist Foundation of California, including its Estate Planning division. Since 1999, Courtney has been a licensed attorney with the State Bar of California. He received his Bachelor of Arts in History and Sociology from the University of California, Los Angeles. He earned a Juris Doctor from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco. Following law school, Courtney served as Senior Counsel for Hanson Bridgett LLP, in San Francisco.
In 2007, Courtney established his own law practice in Temecula, where he represented a broad and diverse clientele, from large Fortune 500 companies to individuals and non-profits, including pastors, churches, and other faith-based entities. Before joining the Baptist Foundation of California, Courtney served as outside counsel to its Board of Directors.
As an ordained and licensed minister, Courtney served as Executive Pastor for The View Church in Menifee, California, where he oversaw ministry operations, while also preaching, teaching, and discipling small groups.
Courtney and his wife Elizabeth have been married since 1999 and have four daughters.
PREACHING WORKSHOP
Thursday, April 11 | 10 AM to 2 PM
Bethel Grace Baptist Church
17909 Carpintero Avenue
Bellflower, CA 90706-7008
Relevancy occurs when the listeners “see” how a biblical truth applies to a specific situation. Until they get a mental “picture” of some real-life person, event, or circumstance in their everyday world, the biblical truth remains an abstraction—vague and unhelpful. Through four pages of outline notes and extensive audience interaction, this training will increase your ability to connect biblical truth to contemporary life.
Includes lunch and is FREE for PCN, TM, and ACTS29 members. $35 for non-members.
Dr. Don Sunukjian is Professor of Preaching Emeritus at Talbot School of Theology, on the campus of Biola University, La Mirada, California.
Prior to coming to Talbot, Don served 14 years as senior pastor of churches in Scottsdale, Arizona, and Austin, Texas, and also taught preaching for 10 years at Dallas Theological Seminary.
With doctorates in theology (Dallas Seminary) and communication (UCLA), he brings both scholarship and experience to his classroom.
Don has written for both biblical commentaries and preaching books. He is the author of Invitation to Biblical Preaching, a major homiletic textbook, and three volumes of biblical expositions covering Philippians, James, and the life of Jacob.
Until recently, in addition to his ministry at Talbot, he also served as pastor of the Armenian Christian Fellowship of Orange County.
His leisure activities include walking the piers of California with his wife Nell, and together enjoying their growing family of five children and nineteen grandchildren.