Youth/Adult Sessions

Youth Small Group Sessions, Adult Sessions
and Adult Workshops

Youth Small Group Sessions

YSFC (Youth Strike for Christ) believes in small group times with youth to really help the youth get into there faith and ask questions. Each small group will have about 12 youth and one youth leader. The youth in these small group are all about the same age. YSFC modeled this from Jesus and his 12 disciples. Jesus used the small group time with the disciples as an opportunity to teach more in-depth lessons.

There are 4 small group session for the youth. They follow the theme "Live Out Loud"
They are as follows:

Session 1: Live Out Loud

Session 2: Live Out Loud

Session 3: Live Out Loud

Session 4: Live Out Loud

This year YSFC has different small group lesson plans for high school youth and junior high school youth. We realize that junior high youth are in a different place in their faith journey than high school youth. The following links are the lesson plans for YSFC

Youth Strike for Christ 2010 high school small group lessons

Youth Strike for Christ 2010 junior high school small group lessons

Adult Sessions

There will also be Adult sessions taking place at the same time as the youth's sessions. We ask the adults to please attend these sessions. They are as follows:

Session 1: Friday 9:15-10:30 pm – What to Expect For The Weekend (Go over rules/expectations for adults, answer questions about schedule/weekend as a whole, talk the adults through where we are going and how we propose to get there) schedule/expectations; Security/Rules; Small groups; The weekend as a whole; General questions. ALL Adults would go over this in the ballroom while youth were in 1^st small group

Session 2: Saturday 10:00 -11:00 am , Adult Networking time.

Session 3: Saturday 2:00 – 3:00 , Adult Networking time

Session 4: Sunday 9:15 - 10:00am, talk to the YSFC team, tell us how the weekend went. What can we do to make the weekend go better. YSFC values your opinion.

Adult Workshops, Free Youth Ministry Training Opportunity!

Youth Strike for Christ is again this year sponsoring a FREE training opportunity for adults who work in youth ministry – volunteer or paid staff - in the Iowa Conference. Youth Strike is inviting church youth workers to come as our guests on Saturday afternoon, February 6, 2010 to join us for lunch or dinner, experience something of what Youth Strike is about, and participate in some great training opportunities. All events will be held at the Polk County Convention Center in Des Moines (501 Grand Ave). You’re welcome to attend any or all of the events below.

The day will include:

	11:45 am -12:00 pm 1^st Registration and Welcome opportunity
	12:00 -1:00 pm Lunch
	1:00 – 1:30 pm Praise Band - *Harlend*
	1:30 – 2:00 pm Main Speaker – *Kelly Croy*
	2:00 – 3:00 pm Conversation and Networking with other adults in youth ministry
	3:00 – 3:15 pm 2^nd Registration and Welcome opportunity
	3:15 – 4:15 pm Workshop option 1
	4:15 – 4:45 pm Break with Refreshments and Conversation with other youth leaders
	4:45 – 5:45 pm Workshop option 2
	6:00 – 7:00 pm Dinner
	7:00 – 8:30 pm Comedian - *Bob Stromberg*

All parts of the afternoon and evening are FREE, but spaces are limited. In order to register for these opportunities contact DeeDee Sobotka at deedee.sobotka@iaumc.org or 515.974.8912 before January 20. Spaces will be filled as registrations are received. You do NOT need to attend Youth Strike for Christ in order to participate in this opportunity. Register today!

Each workshop will be presented twice and each participant will be able to choose two workshops to attend. Sign up for workshops will be available on Saturday morning at Youth Strike.

Click here for Adult Workshop Registration Form

Youth Ministry Apps: Ministry Applications that can help strengthen, broaden, deepen and form your local church’s youth ministry will include:

App 1: Youth Ministry and Camping & Retreats: Will examine setting retreat ministry goals, effective scheduling, curriculums possibilities, themes, volunteer recruitment, transportation and fundraising. Come to hear some new ideas and/or share some of your own good ideas during the discussion time.

Gary Wilson has been involved in camping ministry since he was on summer staff in 1996, at Pocono Plateau, a UM camp in PA. He has a degree in education and has worked full time as a middle social studies teacher, camp facilities director, church youth director and now site director at Pictured Rocks UM Camp in Monticello.

App 2: Youth Ministry and Missions, Service, & Social Justice: Faith without works is DEAD! It's that simple. Either recharge your batteries through mission, service and justice or your faith will quickly die. Come join the conversation on how to recharge to the fullest.

Clint Twedt-Ball is a dad, husband, pastor and lover of life. He has worked in churches large and small. Currently, he directs a faith-based non-profit called the Matthew 25 Ministry Hub in Cedar Rapids. He loves the challenge of doing what some tell him can't happen in ministry.

App 3: Youth Ministry and Higher Education & College Ministries: The move from high school to whatever comes next (work, college, etc.) is a HUGE one. How might your congregation and youth ministry help your older youth celebrate and prepare for those transitions, stay connected with them and help them find a new family of faith once they’ve moved on? Come learn and share ideas!

Jim Shirbroun is in his 13^th year as Campus Pastor and Associate Directory of Wesley Foundation at Collegiate United Methodist Church/Wesley Foundation in Ames at Iowa State University, having “finally made it to college” after about a dozen years in Youth Ministry. He is the spouse of one (Beverly) and the parent of three (Mark, Greg and David).

App 4: Youth Ministry and Spiritual Formation & Discipleship: Youth ministry must be grounded in life-shaping encounters with God. In many cases this is lived out through continued growth in Christian community, while for some it is most visible in a transformative conversion moment. In this App, we will explore ways to cultivate Christian community within our ministries, teach spiritual disciplines as a way to focus on God’s presence, and share our own faith as a model and invitation for youth. We will consider early Methodist class structure as a model for Christian life and remind ourselves that youth spiritual formation happens outside of classes and meetings as well as within them. In all of this we will remember that discipleship depends more on caring Christian relationships than specific programs or curriculum.

Sean McRoberts is an ordained elder in the Iowa Conference of the United Methodist Church, and currently serves at First UMC in Ames, Iowa. He is passionate about helping Christians find ways to live as citizens of the Kingdom of God through building communities of Justice, Love, and Unity.

App 5: Youth Ministry and Calling: Before we tell our lives what we want to do, maybe we should listen to what our lives are telling us. We will explore issues like Who You Are, What You Are, Why You Are the Way You Are. Can we help others discern a call in their life unless we've reflected on our own life?

Dave Glenn-Burns is a campus minister at the Wesley Foundation in Cedar Falls. Dave has been particularly interested in the whole issue of calling in general and the discernment of call to ministry in particular. He is on the Iowa Conference Board of Ordained Ministry work group on Candidacy for ministry.

If you have any question about the adult workshop, please contact Eric Guy at eric.guy@iaumc.org or at 515-974-8944

Still Questions? Contact Jim Oberbroeckling at joberbroeckling@iowatelecom.net

For more information contact Jim Oberbroeckling at joberbroeckling@iowatelecom.net

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