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ELEA Conference 2025: Inspiring Leaders, Strengthening Faith



You’re Invited to the ELEA Leadership Conference 2025
"Inspiring Leaders, Strengthening Faith"
🗓️ November 5–7, 2025
📍 Crowne Plaza Cleveland at Playhouse Square

Join educational leaders from across the country for three unforgettable days of growth, renewal, and connection at the heart of Cleveland’s iconic theater district. The ELEA Leadership Conference is your opportunity to be inspired, equipped, and uplifted as we work together to shape thriving, faith-centered schools and learning centers.

🎤 Emcee & Keynote Speaker: Elec Simon
🎙️ Featured Speaker & Panelist: Rev. Carla Christopher

Explore a powerful lineup of interactive workshops designed to strengthen both your leadership and your ministry:

  • Executive Functioning in Early Childhood Education

  • Teaching Religion without Being an Expert

  • LAB Learning (Lego And Beyond)

  • Breaking Down Walls for ALL God's Children: A Congregation’s Plan for Disability Inclusion

  • Leading with a Coaching Mindset

  • Unlocking the Handbook Mystique: A School Administrator’s Guide

  • Faithfully Navigating the AI Frontier: Tools, Trust, and Transformation in the Classroom

  • A Model for Children's Ministry Renewal: Insights from the Age to Age Initiative Cohort

  • ...and so much more!

✨ Why Attend?

  • Collaborate with passionate educators and faith leaders

  • Gain real-world strategies to lead with purpose and confidence

  • Recharge your spirit through worship and community

  • Strengthen your connection to the wider ELEA network

📢 Register now — early pricing won't last!
Together, we’ll empower the next generation of faithful leaders, build stronger ministries, and celebrate the mission that unites us.

Interested in partnering with us?
📩 Contact ELEA for Sponsor and Exhibitor Opportunities.

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Event Sponsors

Awards Luncheon
Thrivent
Early Arrival Reception
Fisher Phillips
Service Event
Friends of Lantern Hill
Exhibitors
ELCA Federal Credit Union
Illumine
Ministry With Children
Palmetto Fortis
ReconcilingWorks
Sadlier
Spirit and Truth Publishing
FACTS
Easy Grammar Systems
Brick Books
Date and Time

Wednesday Nov 5, 2025 Friday Nov 7, 2025

Pre-conference events begin November 4th. Our conference opener will be a welcome event on the evening of November 5th, followed by a day and a half of incredible professional development, networking, and inspiration.  

Location

Crowne Plaza Cleveland at Playhouse Square

1260 Euclid Avenue

Cleveland, OH 44115
 

Just $129 for King Standard and Double Standard rooms, with breakfast included.  

Fees/Admission

Standard registration will be $500/members and $625/non-members through August 1, 2025.
After August 1, 2025, rates will be $600/members and $725/non-members. 


*Registrations completed after October 15th are not guaranteed entrance to all meals, receptions, and events.  

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In alignment with the ELCA social policy resolution, we are grounded in the scriptural truth that we are all created good and in the image of God; as a Christian community specifically engaged in education and moral awareness. We task ourselves to provide safe environments that are intentional about equality for all races, people with disabilities, all sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions.

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