YOUTH OUTREACH
How to empower Christian youth to reach their peers and the local community.
G-Force: Empowering
Your Students' Spiritual Journey
Bo Boshers--
Executive Director, Student Ministries
Willow Creek Association
www.wcastudentministries.com
To effectively reach and lead this generation to Christ, we need to help our Christian students realize that being a Christ-follower isn’t about trying really hard; it’s about training to be more like Jesus. Christ can transform them—and then help transform their friends—into fully devoted followers of Christ.
You will learn:
- Why students need “markers” to help them on their spiritual journey towards being a fully devoted follower of Christ
- How to not try harder, but train to be more like Jesus—ultimately changing your life and your friend’s life
- What it means to have G-Force: grace, growth, groups, gifts and good stewardship as we grow into fully devoted followers of Christ
THURSDAY
8AM
How
to Go Big in Student Ministry: 7 Steps to Helping Your Youth Reach the
Unchurched
Jason
Gerdes
Student Pastor
Bay Area Fellowship
www.bayareafellowship.com / www.gobig.cc
Student ministries across the country want to reach out to the unchurched students in their area but simply do not know how to go about preparing and implementing principle to do's. Experience the journey of a proven student ministry reaching out to the unchurched. Learn how to Go Big.
You will learn:
- How to prepare for growth
- How to expand your vision for growth
- How to connect students to your growth
THURSDAY 2PM
Reaching Students Through Your Midweek Service
Imagine students bringing their friends, doing ministry and growing spiritually regardless of their level of spiritual commitment. This session will teach youth pastors how to structure their midweek service to maximize outreach by shattering the "church is boring" mentality and presenting students with a clear picture of what Christianity is all about.
You will:
- Learn how to delegate, structure smooth transitions, and how to execute a purposeful weekly program.
- Learn how to identify cultural trends that can be used as modern parables to teach students biblical truths in their generational language.
- Receive and exchange creative ideas that will spark immediate momentum towards growth.
FRIDAY 8AM
Reaching Today's Urban Youth: They're Closer than You Think
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Pastor & Co-Director House of Faith
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Director of Student Ministries House of Faith |
Urban is not just large inner city anymore. With today's wired generation and accompanying cultural blending, other youth are taking on traditionally urban inner city cultural traits. This session spotlights House of Faith's inspiring JH (Exodus), HS (Refuge), and Ramp (Transitions) urban ministries and covers aspects of starting similar ministries.
You will:
- Be INSPIRED by a unique approach to reaching today's not just inner city urban youth.
- Learn WAYS to tap into the growing urban Christian sub-culture for Kingdom and ministry purposes.
- Gain valuable HOW-TO'S in the task of incorporating various sub-cultures into one youth ministry outreach.
FRIDAY 4PM
Rev'd Up: Dropping an Evangelistic Engine in Your Youth Group
Director of Equipping
Dare 2 Share Ministries Intl.
Rev'd Up: The average church sees less than two conversions per year. By learning and implementing the highly practical and Biblical strategy laid out in Rev'd Up, youth groups will greatly improve in the area of outreach effectiveness. The Rev'd Up strategy is being used by thousands of youth leaders across USA, and our early research indicates that the average ministry using this material is seeing 5-7 conversions per month!
You will learn:
- A practical and proven evangelistic strategy which can be immediately implemented resulting in specific and measurable results.
- A simple yet effective program structure which unleashes students who are gifted in and/or passionate about evangelism in the youth group and on campus.
- A revolutionary evangelism template which can be readily enfolded into any existing ministry philosophy (i.e. Purpose Driven, SEMP, small group, etc.)
THURSDAY 4PM
