Northwest Conference Youth Ministry news
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YPC: Resource Day! 
Thursday, Feb. 21, we're turning the Connection into a Resource Day. Are you great at tweaking curriculum to meet your group's needs? How about writing it from scratch? Do you have a teaching technique that's proven to be really effective? What about a website that you've found to be helpful? We're going to be learning from each other and swapping resources. Bring your books or curriculum that you're done using but might be helpful to someone else. (Because of limited capacity, if no one else wants it either, you have to take it back home with you). Bring your lunch, curriculum, websites and books and meet us from 12- 3 p.m. on Feb. 21 at Bethlehem Covenant (3141 43rd Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55406-2292) www.bethlehemcov.org. Next meetings: March 21, April 18, May 17 |
MOVE (Mission Outreach Venture Experience) is coming April 12-13 MOVE (Mission Outreach Venture and Experience) is coming April 12-13 at First Covenant Church in Minneapolis. Whether your group is one student or 100 students, join us for this annual high school service and mission weekend. It's a great experience for students who are looking to put their faith into action. The theme is "Invisible" and we'll be focusing on the people-and injustices-who are often overlooked. Our speaker is Amy Williams, who ministers among gang members in Chicago. Look for registration materials coming soon. |
Kara Powell to speak at NWC Annual Meeting April 26-27  NWC Annual Meeting, April 26-27 Minnehaha Academy, Minneapolis, MN This is an event that will help you help the church minister to adolescents. Our conference annual meeting this year features Dr. Kara Powell, lead author of "Sticky Faith," a series of research-based resources to help churches develop long-term faith in teenagers. She'll be preaching at the worship service Friday night and leading a seminar on Saturday. Both events are free and open to Covenant churches. So bring your senior pastor, associate pastor, Christian Education board, parents and others in your church who care about teenagers. To download promo materials or register for the meting, visit our NWC Annual Meeting page. For more information about Sticky Faith and free, downloadable resources, go to stickyfaith.org. |
Summer NWC Events 
Adventures in Leadership - June 15-22 AIL is a week-long leadership development experience for select high school students based at Adventurous Christians camp. It's a powerful time of learning leadership principles and putting them into action, all in a guided, challenging environment. If you're interested in being an AIL leader, contact Jon Kramka. Promo and application materials are now available on our AIL page. MUUUCE - August 15-17 This amazing jr. high event is hosted by Crossroads Church in Woodbury, MN. Our speaker this year will be Heather Flies, jr. high pastor at Wooddale Church. More details to come. Emerge - August 23-25 Emerge is our conference-wide high school leadership retreat. This retreat mixes education, reflection and experience as we assist high school students in becoming Godly leaders. It's a great time to get your student leadership team ready for the school year! Details to come. |
Children & Family Ministry Connection Luncheon
Pass the word to the children's staff and volunteers at your church - there's a luncheon for them on Feb. 28 from 10 a.m. -2 p.m. It's at Crossroads Church in Woodbury, MN, and is $5. The speaker is Scott Peterson who has worked with kids for over 30 years. He describes his ministry as "looking more like a camp than a church." RSVP by Monday, Feb. 25, to 612-721-4893 or kara@nwc-cov.org. |
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Denominational Youth Ministry Updates
Check out the denomination's youth ministry blog to find out what's going on in youth ministry beyond the Northwest Conference: http://blogs.covchurch.org/ywupdate/. You can also subscribe to the Youth Worker Updates, both weekly and monthly versions.
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February 21, 2013
Youth Pastor's Connection
- Bethlehem Covenant in Minneapolis
March 21, 2013 Youth Pastor's Connection - Bethlehem Covenant in Minneapolis
April 12-13, 2013 MOVE - First Covenant Church, Minneapolis, MN
April 18, 2013 Youth Pastor's Connection - Bethlehem Covenant in Minneapolis
April 25-27, 2013 NWC Annual Meeting - Minnehaha Academy, Minneapolis, MN
April 28, 2013 Minnehaha Academy Centennial Celebration - North Campus, Minneapolis, MN
May 16, 2013 Youth Pastor's Connection - Bethlehem Covenant in Minneapolis
June 15-22, 2013
Adventures in Leadership - Adventurous Christians, Grand Marais, MN
August 15-17, 2013 MUUUCE - Crossroads Church in Woodbury
Aug. 23-25, 2013 Emerge - Lake Beauty Bible Camp
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Superintendent Mark Stromberg Director of Church Planting Mike Brown Director of Congregational Vitality Jon Kramka
Director of Youth Ministry Ginny Olson Director of Children & Family Ministry Kara Stromberg Office Administrator Cheryl Theilen Director of Communications Bryan Malley 612.721.4893 800.756.6692 |
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