events
participation guidelines

May 2008

• Spiritual Practices in Youth Ministry

May 1-2, 2008
Ancient & contemporary Spiritual Practices in Youth Ministry with Mark Yaconelli

• Recreation Training

May 5-10, 2008
Incredible five-day training experience in recreation ministry at Montreat Conference Center

• Montreat Christian Education Conference

May 27 – 31, 2008
“A Future With Hope” with E. Stanley Ott, Montreat Conference Center in North Carolina is a place to go for spiritual transformation.

June 2008

• Children and Worship

June 17-19, 2008
Western Theological Seminary, Holland Michigan.

• Covenant Gathering 2008

June 29 – July 4, 2008
In the Beginning: Creation and Recreation

July 2008

• Faith in 3D

July 5-19, 2008
This is a free opportunity for High School Juniors to think critically about their faith, study with seminary professors, and explore the many ways God calls us to serve. Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.

September 2008

• The Art of Making Disciples

September 16-17, 2008
Miracle Camp, Lawton, MI

October 2008

• Great Lakes Assoc of Presby CE

October 21-23, 2008
Indianapolis, Indiana. “Cutting Edge Christian Education” with Roger Nishioka

November 2008

• Youth Workers Association

November 12 – 14, 2008
Presbyterian Youth Workers Association gathering in New Orleans

January 2009

• Faith in 3D

January 16-19, 2009
Faith in 3D – Dare, Discover, Dream – Walt Disney World Resorts.

• APCE

January 28 – 31, 2009
Association of Presbyterian Church Educators

connections

Networking

• Urban Youth Workers Institute

Resources for multi-ethnic youth leaders in the urban world

• National Network of Youth Ministries

Connect with other youth workers for spiritual growth, encouragement, and sharing resources

• Youth Roots

Social networking - online "youth room" for leaders and youth.

Blogs

• creativeyouthideas.com

Ken Sapp's rich collection of ideas and resources for working with youth

• nailscars.com

Youth Minister Shane Yancey shares his heart for youth and some great resource ideas

Service

• World Vision

Christian relief and development organization

• 30 Hour Famine

An international youth movement to fight hunger

• Group Workcamps Foundation

Provides dynamic short-term domestic and international mission trips

• YouthWorks

Provides week-long Christ-centered mission trips (US, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico)

• Leader Treks

A student leadership development ministry

• Eaglecrest

Mobile Ministry Solutions of West Michigan, a new and enhanced transportation service for churches.

Church Youth Websites

• Forest Hills Presbyterian-Youth

Grand Rapids, MI

• First Presbyterian

Grand Haven, MI

• Westminster - Youth

Grand Rapids, MI

• First Presbyterian - Youth

Kalamazoo, MI

• Westminster-Youth

Portage, MI

 

enrichment

Youth Ministry

• Fuller's Center for Youth and Family Ministry

Up to date resources for youth and families from Fuller Theological Seminary

• Simply Youth Ministry

"Purpose Driven Youth Ministry". Simplifying ministry...saving you time.

• Center for Youth Studies

Relevant information and resources for working with youth

• Center for Parent/Youth Understanding

Information about bridging the cultural-generational gap between parents and teens

• The Youth Ministry & Spirituality Project

An ongoing project providing resources on how to reach youth

• Youth Unlimited

Helping churches challenge youth to commit their lives to Jesus Christ

• Youth Ministry Architects

Provides on-site consultation to rebuild and transform youth ministries

• Student Life

Camps, conferences, mission trips and Bible study curriculum for youth and adults

• YW

An online devotional magazine to help students navigate the Bible and get to know God through it

• Youth Specialties

  Resources for youth workers.

resources

Journals

• GROUP Magazine

Overwhelmed by all the recources available for youth ministry? This is a great place to start.

• Youth Worker Journal

For more than two decades YWJ has been the leading resource for thousands of youthworkers throughout North America

• Journal of Student Ministries

Youth Culture Trends, movie & book reviews...Free e-journal available.

Curriculum

• Youthministrydotcom

A great online resource

• YS Underground

Downloadable ideas from Youth Specialities

• Group Publishing

Group Publishing has a wide variety of material for youth and youth workers

• interlinc.com

Find out how interlink can help you get quality Christian music to your students

• Interlinc YLO

Interlink Youth Leaders Only (YLO)

Games/Activities

• Youthwork Practice

Extensive collection of youth games and discussion topics

• The SOURCE for Youth Ministry

Quality resources for FREE!

• funandgames.org

Games, resources, activities and ideas for youth, children (and adults!)

• Christian Adventures

Looking for some outdoor fun? Check out Christian Adventures

• pastor2youth.com

Resources, articles, games for working with youth

Website Development

• Snapshot

Affordable, web-based, easy to use, website hostng options and good looking templates.

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