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2019-2020: Youth Ministry in a Modern Age
Seeking Sanctuary
Sustainable Youth and Children’s Ministries
Rev. Mark DeVries on Sustainable Youth and Children’s Ministries
01:16:09
Rev. Mark DeVries on the Anatomy of Stuckness
04:03
Rev. Mark DeVries on the Importance of Failure
04:51
Rev. Mark DeVries on Failure as Part of the Process of Revitalization
04:51
Rev. Mark DeVries on the Trap of Terminal Uniqueness
02:37
Rev. Mark DeVries on Shifting from Content Thinking to Systems Thinking
06:25
Rev. Mark DeVries on Shifting from Content Thinking to Systems Thinking
06:25
Rev. Mark DeVries on Allowing Room for Risk and Failure
04:19
Rev. Mark DeVries on Leading from the Second Chair
06:53
Rev. Mark DeVries on Helpers and Partners in Youth Ministry
06:33
Training and Hiring Youth Workers
Skip Masback on Hiring Youth Workers
03:21
Skip Masback on Calling, Culture and Mission
04:46
Skip Masback on Hiring within your Congregation
04:12
Skip Masback on Hiring Parents
04:48
Skip Masback Hiring Youth Ministers: Desirable Qualities
03:29
Skip Masback on Gaining Support from the Wider Congregation
04:31
Skip Masback - Quest for the Spirit
04:27
Safe Church Policy
Skip Masback - Safe Church Policy: Thinking Outside the Box
04:21
Skip Masback - Safe Church Policy: Background Checks
03:01
Skip Masback - Safe Church Policy: Reporting Violations
03:01
Skip Masback - Safe Church Policy: Training
04:10
Rev. Skip Masback on Developing Church Safety Policy
03:48
Rev. Skip Masback - Implementing Church Safety Policy
04:16
Rev. Skip Masback - Boundaries and Church Safety
04:03
Rev. Skip Masback on Subjects of Church Safety
02:38
Skip Masback - Safe Church Policy: Maintaining Boundaries
03:30
Rev. Skip Masback - Safe Church Policy: Training Youth Workers
04:09
Youth Ministry in an Era of Over-Parenting
Andy Root on Youth Ministry in an Era of Over-Parenting
01:06:37
Andy Root on Youth as Part of the Story in an Age of Anxiety
04:18
Dr. Andy Root on Vocational Discernment
03:56
Dr. Andy Root on Authenticity
08:41
Dr. Andy Root on Shifting from the Thing to the Story
07:05
Dr. Andy Root on Authentic Experience and the Gospel Message
07:03
Dr. Andy Root on Cultural Demands and Identity Formation
06:05
Dr. Andy Root on Coming to Youth Ministry
04:16
Dr. Andy Root on Parental Involvement & Faith Formation
03:39
Dr. Andy Root on Parenting & Concerted Cultivation
07:45
Rev. Skip Masback on Transformative Retreats and Pilgrimages
Rev. Skip Masback - Transformative Retreats & Pilgrimages
53:27
Rev. Skip Masback - Relationship, Relationship, Relationship
05:49
Rev. Skip Masback - Fundamentals of Retreat Planning
03:12
Rev. Skip Masback - Planning Transformational Retreats
01:56
Rev. Skip Masback - Being Intentional in Retreat Planning
06:49
Rev. Skip Masback - Planning the Retreat: Youth Involvement
07:56
Rev. Skip Masback - Recapturing Lost Traditions in Retreats
03:33
Rev. Skip Masback - Practical Tips
06:40
Rev. Skip Masback - Recreating the Retreat Experience
05:35
Rev. Skip Masback - Intergenerational Ministry & Retreats
05:29
Relational Communities of Flourishing
Leadership and Role Models
Dr. Matt Croasmun on What's Worth Wanting
37:10
Matt Croasmun on Leaders as Role Models
05:59
What’s Worth Wanting?
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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