Friday

12:15 Registration Opens

1:00p Super Session

Kara Powell & The Museum

3:00p Break

3:30p Learning Lab

Every Kid Hurts! How Youth Workers Can Really Help (Megan Hutchinson)

This workshop isn’t for you..it’s for your youth group kids WHO NEED YOU to “get” them at a deeper level. Give me 90-minutes and you will learn about them, about yourself and practical tools that you just can’t live without in the trenches of youth ministry.  Can’t wait to see you there!

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5:00p Dinner

(on your own)

6:45p Learning Lab

Boys and Girls: the Mystery of Ministering to Both Genders (Heather Flies)

At some point in life, we all learned a fundamental truth:  Boys and girls are different.  Whether we have truly been able to understand and apply this truth in our personal lives is up for debate, but honoring this truth in youth ministry is essential!  How do we keep the boys engaged while teaching?  Is it possible to play games that get girls off the sidelines?  How in the world do I genuinely counsel a student of the opposite gender?  What do I do when the majority of my group is one gender?  With humor and honesty, we'll tackle these questions and more during our session together.

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8:00p Break

8:30p Super Session

Harvey Carey & The Museum

10:15p Close

Saturday

8:30a Coffee

9:00a Super Session

Mark Matlock & Dutton

10:30a Break

10:50a Learning Lab

Five Burning Trends in Youth Ministry (Walt Mueller)

Believe it or not, there are many in the church who think that culture is something to be avoided and shunned. Not so! Jesus calls us to understand and transform culture.  In this session, Walt will guide you into an understanding of five of the most current cultural trends that shape our students and reflect who they are, while helping you shape practical and hope-filled redemptive responses you can enlist in your ministry with students.

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12:10p Lunch

(on your own)

2:00p Super Session

Les Christie, Mark Yaconelli, and Dutton

4:00p Close