workshops schedules

Below we list STS workshops now scheduled in various locations worldwide. Many workshops are in remote areas or the registrations are instantly full, so not all scheduled workshop are listed. We do post all of the North American workshop locations and dates. For information on scheduling a world workshop, do write to one of these directors Worldwide Contacts or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

After workshops, attendees show a thirst for learning more stories and deeper training, which has lead to the establishment of Oral Bible Schools. In these OBSs, students gather periodically to learn over 296 stories.

Schedule Options

One-Stop Workshop Schedules: This schedule covers the 37 hours needed to teach people how to be an STS Practitioner and starts them on the skill of training others. Doing all 37 hours at once is ideal in new areas where there are not yet local STS instructors or when people travel long distances to learn STS.

For these workshops, out-of-area instructors, sometimes even out-of-country instructors, come together to lead the 37-hour schedule. Attendees first experience 18 hours of preliminary STS practitioner training. Then these newly trained attendees learn how to assist in teaching STS to others. This immediate training to train kind of teaching is central to the rapid growth and replication of STS worldwide.

Then, in the remaining 19 hours, a Practitioner Training is done for people who are new to STS. They arrive at the mid point of the 37 hours of training. These new arrivals find it easier to fit just 19 hours of training into their life schedules. During these 19 hours, those early attendees start moving into STS instructor roles by assisting in training the new arrivals. This very full 37-hour schedule has been called ?drinking out of a bucket.?

Local Workshops: Our goal and prayer is to have enough local instructors available all over the world so these local STS instructors are able to teach and hand off the STS skills in smaller segments at a time. Local Workshops can cover the 37 hours in several shorter gathering such as two successive 2 1/2 day trainings, or sessions of three weekends, or in even smaller meetings spread out over multiple weeks (two to three hours done once a week). These schedules allow attendees to gain new information, and to then go home and practice their skills some before they come back the next time to receive more information.

For Local Workshops, most attendees will not have to travel far or stay overnight so there is little or no cost to anyone for food or housing. Some cities in the world have already enough qualified STS instructors available to lead these Local Workshops or to host STS Story Practice gatherings. A few of those cities are listed below within the Upcoming World Workshop information.

Contact the regional leadership or USA office for information on hosting a vision casting or local workshop in a listed city. Check the guidelines for hosting a full One-Stop Practitioner/Trainer 37-hour workshop in a region where no local instructors are yet available.

Vision Casting: Also in these "staffed" locations, STS vision castings can be done. Vision casting covers the need for oral strategy, how STS meets that need and the demonstration of an STS story. These vision castings can be done in anywhere from ten minutes to two hours. The longer option allows attendees an opportunity for hands-on learning of digging into a story as well as a glimpse into the how-to of STS.

Alumni Advanced Workshop. Often those who attend an STS workshop decide later that they want more coaching. We love to spend more time with people who are using stories in some area of their lives. Whether they use STS in formal or informal ministry, we coach people and hand off the latest new ways and places to use STS. Whether people want to sharpen their skills, learn more ways of handing off STS or look into lightly assisting in workshops, the Alumni Advanced Training will be customized to fit their needs and interests. These trainings may be set up to be one to five days long and can be run as a stand alone or alongside a standard One Stop Workshop.

Instructor Advanced Training. If you have had workshop training, want to move toward becoming a certified instructor (and are willing to do some preparation ahead of time) this one-day to two-week training is designed for you. We design this training to increase your skills and deepen your understanding of STS, and to oversee your readiness to lead a workshop tribe and do up-front presentations. Our seasoned instructors, who specialize in advanced training, lead these trainings. We reserve the right to gauge attendee readiness for this training.

Comprehensive STS Leadership Training. These occasional in-depth trainings cover a wide range of skills that prepare qualified attendees for leadership use of STS in churches, ministries, workshops, recording of stories, setting up of Oral Bible Schools and Country Planting. These 4-to-6-week trainings are currently led at Bethel located at the STS Hemet, CA headquarters and near Mombassa, Kenya at the STS Conference Center. Openings in the comprehensive trainings are limited, and attendees are selected from interviews and recommendations by lead instructors.

Upcoming World Workshops

(Click on your region of interest.)

Africa

East
Southern
West

Americas-Central & South

America-North

Asia

Europe/Oceania

Israel

Africa East:

Details on Workshop Locations Africa East:

Local Workshops

Cities in Africa with staff for Local Workshops and STS Story Practice:

Addis Abba, Ethiopia
Nairobi, Kenya
Maseru, Lesotho
Cairo, Egypt
Congo Brazza

Nairobi, Kenya
Comprehensive Leadership Training November 11- 22, 2019 (CLT)

(Open to those who have attended a STS workshop. Student enrollment limited)

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Africa-West: Local Workshops

Cities in Africa-West with staff for Local Workshops and STS Story Practice:

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Niger
Lome, Togo
Nigeria

Americas-Central-South: Local Workshops

Cities in Americas-Central-South with staff for Local Workshops and STS Story Practice:

Cuernavaca, Mexico
Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Quito, Ecuador
Concepción, Paraguay

Pachacutec, Perú - Taller Básico
de 6-10 de enero de 2020

Taller de STS completo con profundidad: de 6-10 de enero - lunes-viernes
Taller para practicantes: de 8-10 de enero - míercoles, jueves y viernes

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Para inscribirse en el taller básico de STS en Perú: haga un clic aquí

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North America: Local Workshops

Cities in USA & Canada with staff for Local Workshops and STS Story Practice:

Banning, CA

Costa Mesa, CA

Hemet, CA

San Francisco, CA

Pasadena, CA

Vista, CA

Ukiah, CA

Colorado Springs, CO

Rockford, IL

Nicholasville, KY

Grand Rapids, MI

Bigfork, MT

Florence, SC

Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX

The Woodlands, TX

Seattle, WA

North America: Scheduled One-Stop Workshops

We are developing an online live workshop program. This is still in development at this time. Return here for updates and scheduling options.

Grand Rapids, MI - STS Workshop
Postponed date to be determined

Des Plaines, IL
Postponed date to be determined

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
June 24 - 28, 2020

***We are still accepting registrations for this June workshop. If the workshop needs to be postponed due to COVID-19, we will inform you as soon as possible. For now, please register, but do NOT send in any payment. We will contact you for payment at a later date. Early bird pricing will remain in effect so please register early!***

Full workshop Monday, June 24 - Friday, June 28, 2020
Practitioner workshop Wednesday, June 26 - Friday, June 28, 2020

A PDF Brochure of the workshop - click here
To Register - click here

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In light of the Coronavirus situation, while we hope we will still be able to have the Valley EFC workshop, but please do be prepared for cancellation.

Hemet, CA - STS Workshop
Valley Evangelical Free Church

July 6-10, 2020
Register by June 15 to receive 10% discount
Full workshop Monday, July 6, 2020 - Friday, July 10, 2020
Practitioner workshop Wednesday, July 8 - Friday, July 10, 2020

For teaching content details: 951-658-1619 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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Special Offering
Combined Workshop - STS and By Design Visuals' Flannelgraph

July 6-10, 2020
Register by June 15 to receive 10% discount
STS Training with Flannelgraph Integration, Monday-Friday, July 6-10, 2020

During this special one-week of training you will be trained in STS and how to integrate By Design Visuals' "Flannelgraph for a New Generation" into your storytelling.

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Asia: Local Workshops

Cities in Asia with staff for Local Workshops and STS Story Practice:

Bangalore, India

Hyderabad, India

Mumbai, India

Mysore, India

Palampur, India

Dumaguete, Philippines

Asia: Scheduled One-Stop Workshops

Many scheduled but most we do not post.

Asia India: Scheduled One-Stop Workshops

Multiple workshops take place in India, usually too numerous to post. Please contact us with your state area of interest.

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Europe-Oceania: Local Workshops

Cities in Europe & Oceania with staff for Local Workshops and STS Story Practice:

Perth, Australia

Belfast, Ireland

Nelson, New Zealand

Europe-Oceania: Scheduled One-Stop Workshops

Leeds, Ireland
18-23 May, 2020

Full In-Depth workshop Monday, 18 May - Friday, 23 May, 2020
Foundational workshop Wednesday, 21 May - Friday, 23 May, 2020

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Bray, Republic of Ireland
15-19 June 2020

Full workshop Monday, June 15 - Friday, June 19, 2020
Practitiner workshop Wednesday, June 17 - Friday, June 19, 2020

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Workshop Registration Form - click here

Simply The Story (STS) Workshop Locations

Schedule Options

Upcoming World Workshops

Africa East:

Details on Workshop Locations Africa East:

Local Workshops

Nairobi, KenyaComprehensive Leadership Training November 11- 22, 2019 (CLT)

(Open to those who have attended a STS workshop. Student enrollment limited)

Africa-West: Local Workshops

Americas-Central-South: Local Workshops

Pachacutec, Perú - Taller Básicode 6-10 de enero de 2020

North America: Local Workshops

North America: Scheduled One-Stop Workshops

***We are developing an online live workshop program. This is still in development at this time. Return here for updates and scheduling options.***

Grand Rapids, MI - STS Workshop***Postponed*** date to be determined

Des Plaines, IL***Postponed*** date to be determined

Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaJune 24 - 28, 2020

***In light of the Coronavirus situation, while we hope we will still be able to have the Valley EFC workshop, but please do be prepared for cancellation.***

Hemet, CA - STS WorkshopValley Evangelical Free Church

Special OfferingCombined Workshop - STS and By Design Visuals' Flannelgraph