Dr. Allan Hugh Cole, Jr. and Rev. Dr. Philip Browning Helsel on Anxiety

Monday, June 4th 2018 - Yale Divinity School
Yale Youth Ministry Institute's Summer Symposium Night 1
"Why Youth Ministry? A Beacon of Joy in the Midst of Suffering"

Dr. Allan Hugh Cole, Jr. and Rev. Dr. Philip Browning Helsel will deliver a lecture entitled, “Mentoring Youth for Joy in Anxious Times.” The lecture focuses on the pervasiveness of anxiety in the lives of adolescents, reasons for this trend, and ways for support- ing adolescents, appealing to the practice of mentoring as a conduit for resilience and joy. Dr. Cole is Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Director of Undergraduate Programs, and Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Texas at Austin. Previously he served for eleven years on the faculty of Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Austin, TX, the last four as Academic Dean. Rev. Dr. Philip Browning Helsel, is Assistant Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary.

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