Training Opportunities

Veteran Cohort

Been in full-time youth ministry for eight or more years? Join this cohort, where you'll go through four preselected seminars and interact with people in a similar ministry stage as you.

Schedule

The Latest Research That Should Impact Your Youth Ministry

Dave Rahn, Rusty Wheelington

Seminar Series #5

Nashville - Nov 23 3:30 PM-5:00 PM

We won’t be looking at stock market trends, but there’s plenty of research in fields related to adolescent culture, developmental psychology, sociology, and education that are worth paying attention to. Come join other seasoned veterans who’ll be turned loose to unpack the “so what?” implications of relevant research for youth ministry.

Youth Ministry in Your Second Decade and Beyond

Rusty Wheelington

Seminar Series #4

Nashville - Nov 23 1:30 PM-3:00 PM

Congratulations! You’ve made it for 10 years in youth ministry. But what does it take to really go the distance and finish well when burnout isn’t an option? Hear some of the research and join the discussion on the phenomenon of extended tenure in youth ministry and how it applies to your next decade.

Where Is the Church Headed and What's Our Response?

Tom Sine

Seminar Series #3 - Super Seminars

Nashville - Nov 22 2:00 PM-4:30 PM

Have you noticed the soaring gas and grocery prices? Overnight, we’ve moved into a highly volatile, new global economy and an increasingly uncertain future. Tom will enable you to identify some of the new challenges we’re facing in a rapidly changing world and church. More than that, he’ll invite you to ignite your imagination and join the new conspirators—young innovators and risk takers who are creating new expressions of church, entrepreneurial youth ministries, monastic communities, and urban cooperatives with the poor to engage these new challenges. Come discover the new ways that God can use your imagination and the students you work with to create the future—one mustard seed at a time. With leaders in the Veterans Cohort, we’ll start by soliciting your insights on challenges facing the church, the young, and those at the margins. Then we’ll invite you to spend the final hour in small creativity groups, creating imaginative new ways to address these challenges that you can then share and take away.

Seeing the Future: Learning to Exegete Culture for Creating Innovation in Youth Ministry

Mark Matlock

Seminar Series #1

Nashville - Nov 21 4:00 PM-5:30 PM

Trends come and trends go, but every now and then a shift occurs that alters the way we think, live, and relate to God and to others. This seminar will help you understand what indicators to look for and will teach you how to build scenarios that allow you stay current in the ever-changing world of teens. Come prepared to interact as we put these anthropological tools to use.