Lessons Learned from Serving Youth in an Urban, Cultural Context
Pastors Jorge and Rebecca Gonzalez on mining potential in Latinx youth.
Practicing Youth Ministry in the Global City
Dr. Janice Mclean Farrell, Dr. Mark Gornik and Maria Liu Wong on urban ministry.
Youth Ministry as Congregational Ministry
Dr. Rodger Nishioka in discussion with Rev. Skip Masback.
Rigorous, Reasonable, Real: Youth Ministry
Rev. Lillian Daniel on practicing rigorous, reasonable, real youth ministry.
Intergenerational Ministry
Rev. Chris Russell on the value of intergenerational ministry after delivering a lecture on praise alongside Dr. David F. Ford.
Awe and Wonder
Dr. Kenda Creasy Dean and Abigail Visco Rusert in discussion following their lecture, “Moved to Joy: Awe, Purpose and Wonder.”
Prison Education
Dr. David F. Ford in discussion with Dr. Sarah F. Farmer on prison education.
Adolescent Mental Health
Rev. Canon Chris Russell discusses adolescent mental health with Dr. Sarah Farmer.
Self-Sacrificial Love
Dr. Andy Root and Christian Gonzalez discuss self–sacrificial love after their lecture: “Nurturing Relationships that Truly Transform: Self-Emptying Love and Adolescent Joy.”
Anxiety
Dr. Allan Hugh Cole, Jr. and Dr. Philip Browning Helsel in discussion following their lecture, “Mentoring Youth for Joy in Anxious Times.”
Poverty
Dr. Elizabeth Conde-Frazier and Rev. Rubén Ortiz in discussion following their lecture entitled, “Thriving Grace: Hope’s Agenda Setting.”
Wisdom
Dr. Mary Elizabeth Moore & Yara Gonzalez-Justiniano in discussion following their lecture, “Youth Speaking to Joy: Fiesta, Resilience, and the Wisdom of Youth.”