COURSE #170: How to be a more effective Youth Sponsor/Director
Offered by various youth ministry experts from nPartnership: (www.npartnership.org), a non-profit ministry organized by seven Disciples of Christ ministers with a focus in youth and young adult ministry fully committed to risking a new way for the sake of the whole Church.
Offered via internet video class room on the first Tuesday evenings of each month.
Start Date: February 7, 2012
Time: 7:00-8:00pm
Cost $25 per congregation
Feb 7: Healthy and Helpful Prayer Practices in Youth Ministry: Taught by Rev. Randy Kuss. Randy has served as the General Youth Minister, presently serves as youth minister at Speedway Christian Church in Indianapolis IN, and is founder of God at Center Retreats
Mar 6: Boundaries and Social Media in Youth Ministry: Taught by Rev. Julie Richardson Brown. Julie has served as Youth Minister at Beargrass Christian Church, Louisville KY, Co-Chair of General Commission on Ministry and Most recently serves as Associate Regional Minister for Youth Ministries in Indiana.
Apr 3: Learning to walk Along Side: How to be the adult in the room and yet not have to have all the answers. Taught by Lara Blackwood Pickrel, an ordained minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and currently serves as Associate Minister for Youth and Young Adults at Hillside Christian Church in Kansas City, Missouri. co-editor/co-author of Oh God! Oh God! Oh God! – Young Adults Speak Out About Sexuality and Christian Spirituality (Chalice Press 2010).
May 1: Social Media Frontiers: an exploration and understanding of what is out there. Taught by Rev. Adam Frieberg. Adam is the designer of www.discipleshare.net , has served as Regional Minister for Communication for Upper Midwest Region and has been a leading developer of new and innovative technology tools to assist in youth ministry and beyond.