This past week we held our first formal youth ministry training conference at Resurrection. We had a great cross-section of participants from large church staff teams to small rural settings. Some had been in youth ministry 5 years and others for just four months. One had just had their first experience of a late night crisis call from a student. The passion in the group was contagious and reminded me of my first years serving students for God!
Some of the competencies that were covered were;
Strategic Planning
Leadership
Transformational models
Healthy relational boundaries
Programmatic ideas and tactics
It was an awesome week and I can't wait until next May. I think it will be a great annual event that equips new youth pastors as well as sharpening our team here at Resurrection!
