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This morning I was putting down some of thoughts for my seminar(s) coming up for the Simply Youth Ministry Conference in Chicago February 26 – March 1. I’ve been at the previous two years of the conference and I’ve really enjoyed it. I’ve met some really cool people and since the conference is very “discussion-based” it’s easy to do so.
I will be doing a “Half Track” on Church-based College Ministry. This is a 4 hour session, broken up into two 2hr. blocks. I’m really looking forward to this, having a ton of time for conversation and dialogue about the trenches of every day ministry to college age people. Here is what I’ll be teaching on (I can’t seem to find the actual descriptions for the seminars, but here’s an idea):
Session One: Understanding the Focus of the Ministry
This session will concentrate on assimilating college age people into our churches as a whole, how to help older believers overcome intimidation of investing in younger people, helping younger people see the value of having an older person in their lives, practical ways for cultivating inter-generational relationships, and how to start and sustain these things.
Session Two: Understanding the People
This session will concentrate on understanding college-age people, including some of the latest research and resources helping us understand these aspects of their life. And we’ll dive into deeper faith aspects they’re dealing with and how to equip older believers in the church to help guide college age people in these areas.
Should be a fun time. I do know that if you register for the conference before January 25th, you save some money…may want to check that out.
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