SPEAKERS AND ARTISTS

Speaking to Teenagers: How to Think About, Create, and Deliver Effective Messages

(Critical Concerns Courses (continued))

Oct 10 8:30 AM-11:30 AM

Sacramento

Chances are you’ve been asked to speak to a group of teens at one time or another. Whether those words are spoken in Sunday school, at summer camp, at a Young Life club, at a Friday night outreach, at a pre-game devotional, at a Sunday night meeting, or whether they’re spoken by someone who’s serving in ministry full-time, part-time, overtime, or as a volunteer, the intent of this seminar is to help you speak to students more effectively and with great impact. This session will help anyone who speaks to teenagers to look squarely at both the unique challenges and opportunities of that mission. It will also, in a practical and encouraging way, offer some strategies for planning, preparing, thinking about, studying for, crafting, and delivering a message that will connect with students.

Speaking Technique: An Advanced Workshop in Speaking to Teenagers

(Seminar Series #1)

Oct 10 4:00 PM-5:30 PM

Sacramento

It's All in the Mix: Utilizing Different Learning Activities to Meet Your Students' Needs

(Seminar Series #2)

Oct 11 8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Sacramento

Most of us are familiar with the three typical youth ministry communication paradigms: (1) stand up and preach, (2) hold up an object lesson and teach, (3) line up in front of the altar and beseech! And there’s probably some merit to each of these approaches. But this seminar will help us to think about the fact that our students learn in different ways and how utilizing different approaches to communication can help us be more effective in sharing the gospel. This seminar will provide a good, practical framework for thinking about learning styles, and we’ll even explore some different learning strategies.

Effective Youth Ministry Programming: Big Pictures and Blueprints

(Seminar Series #5)

Oct 12 3:30 PM-5:00 PM

Sacramento

We often get so focused on the weekly pieces of our ministry that we never step back to take a look at the big picture. How do these various tiles of activity come together to make a cohesive program mosaic? Beginning with “why” we do what we do, this seminar will (1) help define a biblical vision for our youth ministries, (2) provide some thought about how we can translate that vision into the kind of practical “big picture” that will motivate and challenge our volunteers, and (3) help us think about how the various pieces of a ministry come together to make that big picture vivid, visible, and viable. • Your First Two Years in Youth Ministry Cohort—Sacramento, Pittsburgh, and Nashville, Sunday, October 12, November 2, and November 23, 3:30pm