SPEAKERS AND ARTISTS
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- Andrew Marin
- Andy Root
- Archie Honrado
- Barry Shafer
- Brock Morgan
- Cathy Burns
- Chris Davis
- Chris Folmsbee
- Christopher Brooks
- Corrie Boyle
- Crystal Kirgiss
- Dan Webster
- Danny Kwon
- Dave Scherer
- Doug Pagitt
- Duffy Robbins
- Eddie James
- Elizabeth "Libbie" Patterson
- Francis Chan
- Fred Lynch
- Fred Whaples
- George Bache
- Greg Stier
- Heather Flies
- Jack Gabig
- Jay Delp
- Jay Howver
- Jeanne Stevens
- Jim Burns
- Jim Hancock
- Joe Piver
- Joel Lusz
- John Falke
- Jonathan McKee
- Kara Powell
- Kelly Lashly
- Kerry Loescher
- Len Kageler
- Les Christie
- Lilly Lewin
- Maggie Robbins
- Margaret Feinberg
- Mark Helsel
- Mark Matlock
- Mark Oestreicher
- Mark Yaconelli
- Marquis Laughlin
- Marv Penner
- Mary Hays
- Matt Maher
- Megan Hutchinson
- Michael Novelli
- Mike King
- Mike Pilavachi
- Mike Whittymore
- Paul Turner
- Phyllis Tickle
- Reggie Joiner
- Rich Van Pelt
- Richard Reising
- Scot McKnight
- Scott Rubin
- Seth Barnes
- Soong-Chan Rah
- Steve Carter
- Tiger McLuen
- Tom Sine
- Tommy Woodard
- Tony Jones
- Tony Myles
- Virginia Ward
- Walt Mueller
- Will Penner
BIOGRAPHY
Mark Oestreicher
President of Youth Specialties, Marko has been in youth ministry for about 25 years, working primarily with middle schoolers. Marko has authored dozens of books for youth ministry including the recent six book Middle School Survival series. He's a volunteer middle school small group leader at a church in San Diego. Marko is married to Jeannie, and they have two kids.
SCHEDULE FOR PITTSBURGH
Starting Right So You Don't End Wrong
(Seminar Series #1)
Oct 31 4:00 PM-5:30 PM
Pittsburgh
It’s so easy to jump into youth ministry with assumptions based on what we’ve seen and how things have been done in the past. The problem is that our past assumptions don’t always make sense in today’s cultural context or for the specific context of our churches and ministries. This seminar will help you look at the values and assumptions of your own ministry, as well as some of the stupid rookie moves that Marko made (and continues to make!).
Developing Our Own Curriculum
(Seminar Series #4)
Nov 2 1:30 PM-3:00 PM
Pittsburgh
Hello, seminar attendees! Here’s the scoop on this Open Source seminar: My hope is that all of us will leave this 90 minutes with an actual teaching/small group/interactive series of middle school curriculum. I’m thinking something in the realm of three to six sessions. (Although, if we have a good amount of people who are highly involved, we might be able to make it longer. Hey, maybe we should shoot for four sessions per NYWC city, which would give us a 12-week series at the end. Then I could send out the whole batch to everyone who participated. What do you think?) Since it’s Open Source, I’ll need your collaboration on the basic plan now. And then I’ll need it again as we approach the Convention—to pull together potential ideas for the teaching series.
Speaker
(General Session #7)
Nov 3 11:00 AM-1:00 PM
Pittsburgh
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