Andy Holmes : Workshops

Making the Moments Matter - Quality or quantity time? Take your pick; don’t just spend it with your face buried in the latest issue of "Still More Things You Can Do To Be Even Better In Your Business”, or staring blankly in front of the tube. This class is a no-nonsense, no guilt-trip workshop on God’s gift to family and what it can mean to truly be in one. Come catch the vision for a close, communicative family or simply nourish your long-honored commitment to yours with us. Prayer included. No experts allowed.

Nine Secrets of a Vibrant Life - Based on insights from Caleb’s life, this workshop suggests 9 secrets to help you maintain a faith-based optimism, a give-me-this-moment-attitude, and a soft heart of gratefulness and servanthood.

Leading in a Season of Change - Leadership skills are even more crucial during times if around change or transitions and all of us are in the blender of continual change these days. Here are some ideas on a leader’s role; tips for leadership development; 5 skills of a leader; and, how to empower effectively.

Raising the Lid for Your Volunteers - No, this is not a workshop on bathroom etiquette. It is about helping your volunteers experience personal accomplishments they may be fearful or hesitant to attempt. To do more than they thought they could. Personal stories; lid-lifting ideas/examples; how to set a vision worth rising up to; and red flags that merit adjusting goals to better connect with the volunteer.

Recruiting and Using Teens - Want to make your ministry shine? Would you like to have a van full of budding artists, creative wizards, errand runners, and enthusiasts to help make your next project the best it can be?

Recruit teenagers! They’re energetic, passionate, sincere, tireless, creative and available (and cost only one pizza per four teens!) Come learn what gets them interested in helping in the first place and how to tap in to their sometimes hidden talents.

Teaching Techniques of Jesus - Was Jesus a one-of-a-kind communicator or should we take the call to be imitators of Christ to include how we connect with the people in our path? This workshop offers answers on: How did Jesus connect with His listeners? Where did He get His ideas? How did He get His teachings out of His mind and mouth and into the heart and life of His listeners? Join Andy in this workshop to learn answers to these questions and more.

Little Things Make a Big Difference - It isn’t fancy movements that make your puppet performance excel; it’s the subtle things. Come and find out how to move from advanced to enhanced puppetry.

Advanced Puppet Techniques - This class is for puppeteers who have had at least one year of experience, and who have mastered the basics of puppetry techniques. Andy and Gerbert will teach and demonstrate some finer points of puppetry technique.

Developing a Special Puppet Character - Bring your special puppet and join Andy for a time of creativity. The goal is to help you define and develop your puppet’s personality, looks, mannerisms and uniqueness. Andy will help you discover and fine-tune this alter ego.

Developing Your Puppet’s Personality - Some puppets have personality and some do not. Join Gerbert and Andy as they teach you how to make your puppet come alive.

Getting Beyond the Silly Voice - Did you know that words account for only 7% of the communication process between two people? It’s true. The bulk of communication comes from body language, voice tone, and voice inflection. Come learn how to make that silly performing voice of yours be all it can be.

How to Start and Develop a Puppet Ministry - This workshop is for adults who want to learn about some secrets of building a strong, long-term puppet team ministry. Areas covered include recruiting puppeteers, planning rehearsals, and choosing performance material.

Hands on: Puppet Proficiency with the Pros - Spend two hours learning from two of the top professional puppetry performers in the nation. This will be a combination of prescribed puppet drama action, drama improvisation, Cousin Albert style scenarios, and lots of hands-on puppet participation with helpful comments and feedback from Steve Pennington and Andy. Bring your favorite puppet with arm rods. You’ll have fun and learn a ton.

Puppet Scriptwriting - We’ll talk about how to create skits, scripts, and memorable quips to more effectively communicate your message to others.

Puppet Skit Improvisation - In this hands-on class, members will improvise live dialog to act out various dramatic scenarios using puppets. It’s a fun, entertaining way to develop several puppet skills all at the same time. Bring a puppet if you want.

Questions and Answers with Andy and Gerbert - This will be an informal session where you can ask Andy and/or Gerbert any question you wish and learn how Gerbert became a star! Some time will be allotted for picture taking, so bring your cameras.

Subtleties in Figure Manipulation - The subtleties in puppetry technique can make all the differences in the believability of your puppet character. Andy will share some of the reasons Gerbert seems more human than puppet.

Since this is an advanced workshop, come prepared to try out the techniques you are being taught.

Subtleties in Puppetry Technique - The subtleties in puppetry technique can make all the differences in the believability of your puppet character. Andy will share some of the reasons Gerbert seems more human than puppet.

Since this is an advanced workshop, come prepared to try out the techniques you are being taught.

Techniques for Ad Libbing - Join Andy and Gerbert, the masters of ad lib as they share creative ideas. Learn how to collect information that will help you appear to be a master of the ad lib.