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Events
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Seminar Descriptions Check back for a completed listing of seminar descriptions coming soon. Learn more about the conference speakers by clicking here A Syd Bergsma A1. Short-term Missions - More Harm than Good? What’s the point? 100,000 accumulated kilometers in a van with a bunch of youth – what am I, crazy?! Come learn how to maximize the benefit to your student as well as those where you are going to serve. The product is a result of the process! Phil Callaway A2. Developing Your Communication Skills Come discover five surefire secrets to captivating and keeping an audience. Best-selling author and internationally-renowned humorist Phil Callaway will help you learn to communicate the greatest message ever with renewed passion. Alison Springer A3. Putting Passion in Your Ministry Why do you do what you do? What Motivates You? Wherever your heart lies, Passion lies with it. First part of this session, you will discover specifically where your heart is. The Second part will then be on learning how to express and communicate your passion. Dennis Gulley A4. What a Volunteer can do for their Youth Pastor Al Mertes A5. Empowering Volunteers Learning to balance the empowerment of youth workers and still having a sense of control can be a quite juggling act. Looking at consistency, expectations and ministry fit will guide us into getting the most out of a volunteer without burning them out or making them feel used. B Syd Bergsma B1. It's for the Long Haul or is that U-Haul? I see out my window? There are seasons in a youth leader/pastor’s life - the goal is not just to survive but to thrive. Things I’ve learned along the journey that have kept me in the game for longer than I thought possible. You can make it for the long haul! Corey Williams B2. Doing Youth Ministries in a Small Town Presenter to be Announced B3. Evangelism that Comes Alive We all know the many strategies, but at the end of the day what really works? Kal Szucs B4. Counselling 101 Self-Injurious or Suicidal? Eating Disordered or Obsessively Healthy? How do we know what is the core issue? A discussion on discernment when counselling teens. Mike Penninga B5. Spiritual Care of a Leader “Do you feel God is close to everyone else but you? Sometimes we as leaders are good at teaching others how to stay spiritually healthy, while we ourselves feel dry and distant. This workshop is designed to be a place of refreshment, of refueling, and of revitalizing your personal walk with God.” C Alison Springer C1. Being a Woman of God It’s not just BEING but BELIEVING. We woman are not just eye candy, but there is so MUCH more to us than meets the eyes. There is a wealth of untapped greatness on the inside of us that is buried under insecurity, and a negative self-image. In this seminar, we’ll expose the lies and empower you to be God’s Girls. You won’t be the same. Rob Winslow C2. Creating a Youth Band From the Ground Up Darian Kovacs C3. Student Led Small Groups Get messy, make mistake, have fun. This informative and interactive workshop will cover the idea of what it could look like to see student led movements in our schools and youth groups. Come hear stories, share ideas and hear about mistakes that have happened with students across Canada. Al Mertes C4. Finding Money to Make Your Dreams Come True In this workshop you will discover there are many ways to find the dollars you need to help your dreams come true. John Maxwell says, "There is gold in them there pews!" And I add, "There is gold in the pockets of those God brings your way!" How big is your vision? How worthwhile is it for others to follow? Brett Ullman C5. Media.Faith.Culture It's Time. What are Media, Faith & culture and how do they relate to one another? We’re called to be "Salt and Light". We're also called to be "aliens” and “strangers". Somehow, we have to relate our Ancient Faith with a Modern World. So how does God want us to engage today's culture? Do we just accept the world we live in? Is ‘Christianizing’ modern media the answer? Should we just go about our lives oblivious to the world around us? We need to get real about the world we live in. D Simon Ng D1. The Unique Role of a Junior High Student Gender-role confusion is prevalent among the youth of today. Learn practical ways to enhance your ministry so that students can recognize and celebrate their unique role that God created for them as young men and women. Brett Ullman D2. Your Story: The Wounding Embrace Nearly one in two-hundred North American teens struggle with self-injury. Today, young people, under-confident and often scared, are seeking release from their personal struggles in ways many of us would prefer not to contemplate. Only recently have articles on cutting, anorexia and burning begun to rival the numbers of articles on alcohol and substance abuse. In a more visual and dramatic fashion than previously thought possible, young people across our continent are using razors to openly demonstrate the hurt they feel inside. Self-injury is taking teen culture by storm and its impact is evident in teen movies, music lyrics and countless music videos. By examining its history and indisputable attraction for young people, perhaps we can begin to understand its influence, how to combat its effects, and how to start the healing process. Let’s Talk. Mike Penninga D3. Ministering to Young Adults “How do you build an intentional young adult ministry that is relevant and impactful for 18-30 year olds, undoubtedly one of the “lost generations” in our churches? This workshop will help you process what young adult ministry might look like, how we can inspire this age group to give their very best to God, and what it means to speak into the lives of this emerging generation.” Darian Kovacs D4. Campus Ministry The place most of your spend Monday to Friday 9a-3p. What can it look like for us as Youth Workers to support, inspire and resource our students to see meaningful campus ministry? We will look at various strategies and styles for seeing the schools in our communities transformed from the inside out. Come and receive free resources to give to your students. Van Williams D5. Developing Drama Teams for Your Ministry Where do we begin in developing a youth ministry that incorporates drama? What are ways we might be able to implement drama as an extension of what we already do? This session is a chance to collaboratively think through a vision for incorporating drama of many forms in ministry.
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