Youth Worker Update - Evangelical Covenant Church

Scholarships available

By taraa - 11/18/2008 Scholarships are available for CONNECTION 2009!! We are excited to see you at this gathernig and want to do whatever we can to make it possible for you to be there with us! Applications are due by Dec. 5th 2008. For more information and to download the scholarship forms, visit the Connection website at http://www.covchurch.org/connection/2009/registration . We can't wait to see you at this exciting gathering time for fellowship and equipping for ministry!

Coming to Connection???

By taraa - 11/7/2008

We hope you are planning to join us at Connection 2009. It will be a great couple days to catch up with fellow youth workers, get important training and tools to further your ministry and just be part of the larger body of Christ! If you have any questions about Connection 2009 (a combined Youth Workers Connection, Worship Connection and Compassion, Mercy and Justice Connection) please check out the Connection 2009 website for more information. Can't wait to see you there!

CHIC survey results available

By taraa - 10/15/2008

If you have not had a chance to take the new CHIC survey, please take a few minutes to do so using the link on the post below! The results of the survey are now viewable using the link below. The survey is not closed yet so the results are not conclusive but they provide some interesting insights from both pastors and students. Please check out the results and feel free to post your comments here on the blog! (password is: chicsurvey)

New CHIC survey!

By taraa - 10/9/2008

A new survey has been designed to gather information about the experience and feelings of both leaders and students regarding CHIC. Please take a few minutes to do this electronic survey (it only takes about 10 minutes!) and share your thoughts with us! Results will be viewable online once they are compiled. Thank you for your time!

Seminar Option

By taraa - 9/9/2008 - 6 Replies

For those who are interested, the Center for Youth Ministry Studies is offering a seminar for youth workers and concerned adults working with at-risk youth. This two day seminar provides practical training for turning destructive patterns into opportunities for transformational change. Click here to go to the Center for Youth Ministry Studies at North Park University for more information! Or download the attached flier.

Break the Chains

By taraa - 8/27/2008 Break the Chains Team is a new way to engage human trafficking. By declaring your race (run, swim walk or bike!) for Break the Chains (BTC) you can compete while making a difference in the lives of men, women and children who are trapped in modern day slavery.

EdgeFaith Youth Ministry Curriculum

By kjerstenj - 8/7/2008

In today's materialistic society, our youth ministries must work to encourage students to find their foundation and hope in God. Several new resources from North Park University provide a great opportunity for discussion and study on building Christ-like foundations in life.

New I AM Resource Materials

By kjerstenj - 7/16/2008

In today’s world, teenagers are constantly faced with images and messages about who they are and who they are supposed to be. In response to the daily battles that young women are faced, especially concerning their own body image, the Department of Christian Formation has developed a new set of “I AM” resources to promote a positive, Godly sense of self.

Pilot Resource: One Month of Daily Text Devotions

By kjerstenj - 5/29/2008 - 2 Replies As texting has become increasingly popular these days, youth pastors are trying to utilize this new communication tool in their student ministries. One example of a way to use this tool is to text brief devotions daily to students. The Department of Christian Formation is working with a company to pilot a daily devotion texting service.

Summer Plans: A Look at What Other Youth Pastors are Doing and How You Can Pray for Them

By kjerstenj - 4/30/2008

Meredith Peters Cape Cod Covenant Church Brewster, MA What does your summer look like? My summer looks like a great summer! I will be hopefully going to Youth Nexus with a couple of students. I am running our 2nd annual Senior High Missions Trip and we will be going to Darby, PA. And also a few different churches on the Cape will be combining for one awesome Vacation Bible School Program this summer. When those events are not going on I will be spending time with students and hopefully be visiting with some of them on the beach and getting ready for the fall!

How Do You End Well in Youth Ministry?: Ideas from Fellow Youth Pastors

By kjerstenj - 4/11/2008 If there is one area of “ending” that I think I do well, it’s this (and it is pretty simple, but also one of those “duh” things, that is, obvious but easy to miss): At the end of every youth group meeting, I pronounce a blessing on the group. Sometimes it’s a straightforward biblical benediction, such as the one from Numbers.

Feet To Faith: High School Students Put Faith in Action

By kjerstenj - 4/7/2008

Hundreds of high-school students across the northwest will be gathering in August at Seattle University for “Feet to Faith ’08,” to learn how to live out their Christian faith here and now. From Wednesday August 6th to Monday August 11th, Feet to Faith will be a time for students to combine energetic and authentic worship with relevant social justice issues.

What You Need to Know about CHIC 2009

By kjerstenj - 4/4/2008

CHIC Exists to… Be a catalyst for Christ-like change for the individual student, the larger youth group as a whole, and the church or ministry with which they are connected. CHIC is a place on the journey and an experience that uniquely and creatively inspires.

The Importance of Communicating with Parents

By kjerstenj - 2/29/2008

There is a quote hanging on the back of my office door that says, “When you’ve reached the family, you’ve reached the world.” For those of us whose hearts beat for ministry to, with, and for adolescents, we know how important and influential (for good or bad) our students’ parents are, and yet we also know that it becomes very easy to exclude parents from our ministry.

TUGGLE: An Online Community for Your Youth Ministry!

By kjerstenj - 2/29/2008

If you are like me, there are days that you feel completely behind when it comes to staying in touch with your students. You might get 20 text messages in the span of a single lunch meeting; have 30 posts on your My Space from one Friday night and a million invitations to be a ninja or a pirate on your Facebook account. Keeping track of it all is time consuming and at times tough on the soul as you navigate the good and the bad within those worlds.

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