For a couple of years now I have been developing the framework for a narrative/missional (missio dei) approach to youth ministry. We’ve been articulating this approach in our one-day training experience called, Enroute all over North America.
The framework (shown below) is not only the root of the training experience but it also provides the basis [...]
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I spent the last three days with some new friends from Nazarene Youth International. Dave Curtiss heads up NYI and does a fantastic job creating a space where youth workers from around his denomination feel welcomed, encouraged and empowered. I was deeply encouraged by the conversations and connections I had and made from within a [...]
The Altar is a contemplative Christian retreat designed for middle school, high school, and college aged students.
This year, Youthfront is partnering with Clapham Sect: Phase II, a community of student abolitionists. We anticipate God drawing us closer to Himself and into a lifelong journey of pursuing His justice.
We will join together as one body to [...]
Yesterday I spent the morning over at Youthfront South (our HS camp) training our college staff (some of them pictured below) in the art of storytelling and facilitating conversations. Much of what I have come to understand about the art of storytelling has come from Mike and Caesar over at Echo The Story.
Originally we [...]
I’ve been spending the bulk of today with some new friends from the Diocese of South Carolina. We are staying at a really cool retreat center outside of the Charleston, SC area called St. Christopher Camp and Conference Center.
I was invited down to share some of our training in hopes that we might be [...]
Yesterday I spent the day in Denver, CO facilitating our Enroute Training. There were about 25 youth workers there representing about 8 different churches spread across 3 states. Several of the youth workers drove all the way from Custer, SD to be with us.
I always enjoy facilitating our Enroute Training but yesterday’s experience [...]
Thursday night I was in Kansas City speaking at a church for my new friend Casey Kapple. Casey is the youth minister at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Overland Park, KS. Before his current position at Emmanuel, Casey was on staff at Youthfront for almost 4 years. It was great to get some [...]
On Saturday we hosted about 230 youth workers and students at Youthfront in cooperation with Youth Specialties for their CORE Training. It was great to connect with so many like-minded people!
Dave Ambrose was the presenter. Dave did a very good job. His flight was delayed a couple of hours so we began [...]