YOUTH MINISTRY WORKSHOP
2012 Youth Ministry Forum
re:imagining youth ministry
Given the complex social and cultural issues young people face today, how does the Christian community foster a sense of meaning and identity that is grounded in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ? How do we support young people as they navigate the changing landscape of a "digital world?" How do we cultivate a way of being in the world that affirms their humanity and encourages them to affirm the humanity of others?
Come explore these questions and more at the 2012 Youth Ministry Forum
November 1, 2012
Keynote Speaker: Andrew Root "Youth Ministry and Identity in a Digital Age"
Andrew Root serves in the Olson Baalson chair as associate professor of youth and family ministry at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. Root earned his Ph.D. at Princeton Theological Seminary and has since worked in congregations, parachurch ministries, and social service programs.
He is the author of several books, including The Promise of Despair: The Way of the Cross as the Way of the Church (Abingdon, 2010), Children of Divorce: The Loss of Family as the Loss of Being (Baker Academic, 2010), and Revisiting Relational Youth Ministry: From a Strategy of Influence to a Theology of Incarnation (IVP, 2007). He lives in St. Paul with his wife Kara and their two children
8:30-9 a.m.: Registration
9-9:05 a.m.: Welcome
9:05-10:15 a.m.: Keynote–Dr. Andrew Root
10:30-11:30 a.m.: Breakout Session #1
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Lunch
12:45-2 p.m.: Keynote–Dr. Andrew Root
2:15-3:15 p.m.: Breakout Session #2
3:30-4:30 p.m.: Roundtable Discussion–“The Future of Youth Ministry”