Given that so much of our conference focuses on relationships and community, we intentionally steered away from the term “workshop,” as “work” sounds like a burden. We also rejected the term “break-outs,” as we hope healthy fellowship and uplifting exchange of ideas will combine with the brilliant content of our discussion group leaders. Discussion groups will contain a forty minute talk from our speaker with a half-hour for conversation following.
Practical Theology in a Fallen World: Guiding Teens Through Unexplainable Hardship or Disappointment
Leader: Gordon Bals
This talk will use the themes from the book of Job as a backdrop to help you know how to guide teens through the moments when they bump up against the fallenness of this world. When sin, suffering or even death intrudes into a teenagers life it is easy for them to get lost or overwhelmed in their ability or desire to walk in the Gospel. This talk will provide you with categories of thinking to help you counsel them towards the Lord and His redemption.
Teenagers Can Handle the Truth: The Significance of Biblical and Theological Teaching for Today’s Youth
Leader: Mark Gignilliat
There does seem to be some truth to the maxim: what you win people with you keep them with. When everything in today’s culture demands a Fortune 500 style youth program that centers on high octane programs, this session will encourage youth pastors to take seriously their calling as ministers of the Word. When suffering comes–and it will–it is our Triune God of the Old and New Testaments that will sustain to the end. Teenagers need to see this modeled and valued in the church.
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