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Breaking the Silence About Mental Health Challenges with Children and Teens
Creating a Theology of Mental Health Justice
15:31
Nurturing the Roots
08:41
Lack of Freedom in Faith Communities
10:11
Creating a Culture of Preventative Care
11:33
988 as a Resource
03:28
Definition of Mental Health
04:04
Blessed Youth Resources
09:34
Next Steps for Youth Leaders
09:04
Stay
05:20
Mental Health Resource Panel Discussion
50:05
Tending the Adolescent Soul: Offering Hope in an Age of Despair
Start with Love
10:19
Move Towards Hope
01:48
What Listening Does
01:11
What Does Sacred Presence Look Like
10:09
Setting the Stage
01:35
What Listening Means for Youth
02:56
Where Is Life for Teenagers
04:47
What Does Disconnect Look Like
13:38
How Do We See Our Youth
08:05
How to Help Youth Listen to Each Other
08:18
Why Ministries Innovate and How to Start: Knee Deep in Flotsam
God as the Innovator, Pastors as Co-Creators
04:54
One Church's Story of Innovation
18:45
Tips and Practical Advice for Innovation
01:28:59
Status of the Church and the Need to Innovate
24:49
Church Impact from Pandemic
01:15
Shipwreck and Potential, Jetsam and Flotsam
06:23
Mental Health Needs
03:51
What's next for the church? Who does the innovation?
10:38
Framing Questions for Innovation
01:38
The Pastor's Role
02:52
Training Lay Volunteers
Adopting Safe Church Practices
Developing Congregational Support
Developing Budgets and Raising Funds
Ministering Effectively in Multi-Ethnic Contexts
Integrating Youth Ministry into the Wider Congregation
Offering Effective Pastoral Care
Leading Experiential Bible Study
Cultivating Student Leadership
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Lunch & Lecture Series
2024-2025: Lunch Lab
2023-2024: Lunch Lab
2022-2023: Lunch Lab
2021-2022: Thriving, Not Surviving — Building a Toolkit for a Flourishing Youth Ministry
2020-2021: Not Your Mothers Youth Group — Ministry to Youth
2019-2020: Youth Ministry in a Modern Age
2017-2018: Nurturing Joy in an Uncertain Age
2016-2017: Nurturing Joy in an Uncertain Age
2015-2016: Nurturing Joy in an Uncertain Age
2014-2015: A Future with Hope
2013-2014: Youth Ministry Now!
2012-2013: Youth Ministry Now!
2011-2012: Youth Ministry Now!
Summer Symposia
2018: A Beacon of Joy in the Midst of Suffering
2017: A Beacon of Joy in the Midst of Suffering
2016: A Beacon of Joy in the Midst of Suffering
2015: Planting Seeds of Hope and Joy
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