2012 Catholic Youth Ministry Training Convention
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Sunday, June 10, 2012
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Early Bird Sessions:
- First Timer Track
- Veteran Track
- General Session #1: The Joy of Youth Ministry
- Life Night "In the Beginning"
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Kick Start Sessions:
- What's the Good Word?: An Introduction to Scripture and the Catechism
- Where Does It Say That?: An Overview of the Liturgical Documents
- Need vs. Want: Communicating the Youth Ministry Vision
- When Storms Come: Creating a Pastoral Plan
- Lost in Translation: Multi-Cultural Minstry Approaches
- Making All Things New: Evaluating Your Ministry (and becoming 'new' again)
- Divine Design: Easy Ways to Improve Your Ministry's Graphical Look
- On a Mission from God: Foreign and Domestic Mission Opportunities
- General Session #2: Source and Summit and The Joy of the Encounter
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Breakout Sessions #1:
- Dis-comfort Zone: Keys to Relational Ministry with Teens
- Shedding Light on the Darkness: Fighting Spiritual Battles
- A Working Model: How Life/EDGE Nights Work (Gather, Proclaim, Break, Send)
- Love Hurts: Ministering to Teens with Addictions/Helping Hurting Teens
- Father Knows Best: Communicating with Your Priest
- Online Evangelization: Using Facebook and Twitter More Effectively
- Battle Buddy: Life Teen on a Military Base
- General Session #3: Life Teen on a Mission
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Breakout Sessions #2:
- Focusing The(ir) Energy: Planning Effective EDGE Nights
- Keep 'em Coming Back: Planning Effective Life Nights
- When in Rome... Worship: How to Lead People Into Worship in Different Settings
- Developing Support: Fundraising that Actually Works
- God Made Giraffes: Becoming More Creative
- Truth Be Told: Practical Apologetics for Teens
- Here to Serve: Life Teen and the Priesthood (Priests Only)
- General Session #4: Comedy and Worship
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Kick Start Sessions:
- Fully Conscious: Liturgy Planning for Teens
- Home Along: Keys to Bringing Parents Along on the Journey
- Wanna Get Away?: Keys to Leading Retreats
- Behind the Scenes: Technological Tools that Will Advance Your Youth and Music Ministries
- Sending Teens on Mission: Mentoring Teen Leaders
- Diamonds in the Rough: Unearthing Teen Vocations
- Forward Progress: Moving from Evangelization to Catechesis
- General Sesson #5: The Big Reveal
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Breakout Sessions #3:
- When Prayer is Second: Getting Back on Track
- Looking for Foot Washers: Core Member Recruitment and Training
- The More You Know: Presenting to Teens/Leading Small Groups
- Leave the Cheese Behind: Worship Music that Impacts Teens
- Into the Deep: Guiding Teens and Core Deeper Into the Bible
- Making Ends Meet: Handling Finances and Schedules in Ministry
- Walking Companions: Ideas to Take Relational Ministry to the Next Level
- Oneight: Life Teen's Approach to Confirmation
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Breakout Sessions #4:
- Family Feuds: How to Deal with Core Team Conflicts
- Play Along: Road Trip/Icebreaker Games that Teens Love
- 'You're Now in Charge of... ': When Your Responsibilities Expand
- Double-Time: Setting-up the Volunteer Youth Minster for Success
- My All for the Kingdom: Thriving as a Single in MInistry
- My Domestic Church: Healthy Marriage - Healthy Ministry
- Damage Avoidance: Three Mistakes New Youth Leaders Make
- Airborne Training: Adapting Resources in a Military Setting
- General Session #6: XLT
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Breakout Sessions #5
- There's a 'Why' in Worship: Leading an XLT
- In His Image: Walking Teens into the Theology of the Body
- From Pimples to PhDs: From EDGE to Life Teen - the Seven Year Approach
- In This Together: Setting-up Multi-Parish Cluster Programs
- Internal Communications: Empowering Core Members for More
- Hungry for More: Mid-week Ministry Opportunities
- Climb Aboard: 'Marketing' Your Ministry to the Parish and Beyond
- Backstage Access: Sponsoring and Sustaining Teen Events
- General Session #7: The New Evangelization
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Early Bird Sessions: