Elevate
Who should attend?
Elevate is a training event designed by the Cal-Pac Center for Young Leaders to support those on the front lines of youth & children’s ministry. Workshops will cover a variety of topics. Great training for summer camp staff, sunday school teachers, youth volunteers, and ministry staff.
Date: June 4, 2011
Cost: $10.00
Place: Yorba Linda United Methodist Church, 19002 Yorba Linda Blvd, Yorba Linda, CA 92886-2729
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Keynote Speaker: Brad Griffin
Brad M Grifin is the Associate Director of the Fuller Institute, leveraging research into resources for leaders, kids, and families (see http://fulleryouthinstitute.org). A native Kentuckian, Brad now lives in Pasadena with his wife Missy and their three children. After 15 years in youth ministry, he now volunteers in student and worship ministries at NewSong Church. In addition to coauthoring Sticky Faith and Deep Justice Journeys, Brad has authored or coauthored a number of youth ministry book chapters and journal articles.
Keynote: “Sticky Faith”
When the “Pompt and Circumstance” fades, what happens to your students? If you’re like most youth ministries, close to half of your graduating seniors pick up their diplomas and ditch their faith. Why is that? For those graduates who remain connected to Jesus, what is it that makes the difference? And how can we be made aware of the ways we may be subtly sabotaging our student’s faith, despite our best intentions?
Drawing research conducted by the Fuller Youth Institute on youth group graduates, we’ll explore practical ways to keep students engaged in your ministry, and more importantly their faith, so that they build faith that sticks.
Workshop Topics
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Deep Justice: Moving Students from Mission Trips to Missional Living
Brad Griffin
If you’re like most youth workers, mission trips, service projects, and supporting kids through relief organizations are just a few of the ways that you engage your students in serving the least, the last, and the lost. But if you’re honest, you’re wondering if your students are really being transformed or if they’re more like tourists, sprinting from service event to service event.
Good news: deep justice is possible – both for your students and for those you’re serving. This seminar provides a Scripturally-grounded paradigm that moves your ministry beyond short-term bandaids to long-term systemic solutions that benefit both your students and the world around them. You’ll leave with all sorts of practical ideas and tested learning exercises that youth ministries like yours are already implementing to help move students from mission trips to missional living.
Great Games for Groups
Erin Foellmi
Whether a group of 5 or 105, we have the game for you. Together we will examine why we play games and test out some fun games for your group!
Summer Spirituality for Children:
Carrie Jaquess And Rev. Diane Davis
Join us for a fun workshop filled with exciting fun filled ideas for Sunday School, weekly kids clubs and family events and more.
Scripture though United Methodist Eyes:
Rev. Mark Wiley
John Wesley and scripture presented in a way that is fun, understandable and not just for confirmation.
Integrating Children’s Ministry
Suzanne Morgan
Children are not supposed to only be seen in Sunday School! Explore ways that Children and youth can participate more fully in church.
Ages and Stages: Making Meaningful and Lasting Impressions
Rev. David Camphouse
Do you still have that jumprope song from second grade stuck in your head? Ever wonder why you can still do cat’s cradle when you haven’t played in 20 years? Why do certain colors turn you off? Wonder what any of this has to do with faith formation?
The Emergent Gap: Generational Differences Eroding the Church
Fernando Alcántar
America is an ever-changing nation. Baby Boomers, Generation X, Millennials, and the incoming Homeland Generation, have different ways of experiencing their world including politics, society, education, and even religion; and different ways of speaking into their own world in their own language. In this workshop we’ll learn about the generational languages and differences that make each generation unique, how to communicate with one another, and empower each other without patronizing in a Post-Modern, Post-Christian, Emergent culture. We’ll learn how Christianity has been affected by these cultural changes. And we’ll learn how we can adapt our churches and our leadership to these cultural changes without sacrificing our identity. Some of us may be 65, some of us may be 14, but we all have to learn how to live, learn and worship together if we want our church to survive The Emergent Gap.
Safe Sanctuaries 101
Jan Hanson
An introduction Safe Sanctuaries, we will focus on protection including background and definitions, basic rules and procedures for youth camps, prevention of camper-on-camper abuse,and basic reporting procedures. This is a must for anyone new to working with minors in a church setting!
Safe Sanctuaries 102
Jan Hanson
A more in-depth look at Safe Sanctuary procedures, we will focus response including background and definitions, child molester’s MO, signs and symptoms of abuse, mandatory reporters and response procedures. This is a must for veteran youth and children’s ministers, you will receive up-to-date Safe Sanctuary information.
Fundraising
Melynda Kreeger
Tired of putting tons of time and effort into fundraisers that only bring in small proceeds? Sick of reinventing the wheel when it comes to finding ways to raise money for your programming? Whether you need to raise money for your youth group, your mission team, or the general church fund, this workshop will provide proven ideas that even the smallest of groups can put into action successfully!
Workshop leader, Melynda Kreeger, has coordinated fundraising efforts for La Habra UMC in excess of $100K over the last 8 years. She loves sharing her experiences with other groups to help save frustrations and help others advance their ministries in fun and creative ways! Warning: No car wash ideas will be provided!
Contact
Erin Foellmi, Program Associate
626.568.7360
efoellmi@cal-pac.org
