Youth Ministry from the Ground Up: A Course for Youth Ministry Practitioners
Interested in learning the latest research and best practices in youth ministry?
Eager to connect with other colleagues for support and sharing ideas?
Ready to try something new with your youth?
Candler School of Theology’s Office of Lifelong Learning is offering a short course in youth ministry during the fall of 2009. Designed for youth workers currently working, interning or volunteering in a church or non-profit setting, the class will explore models of youth ministry rooted in the lives and concerns of youth themselves—youth ministry that builds from the ground up! Applying current research regarding youth culture while drinking deeply from Christian texts and traditions, the class will develop practices of “discernment” with youth that are relevant, empowering, liberating, and faithful to our baptismal covenant of nurturing love of God and neighbor in young people.
When: 9am-1pm, Saturdays, 9/5, 9/19, 10/3 and 10/17/2009
Where: Candler School of Theology Building, Emory University
Who: Youth Ministry practitioners currently working in the field
Leadership: Dr. Elizabeth Corrie, Director, Youth Theological Initiative
Assistant Professor in the Practice of Youth Education and Peacebuilding
Cost: $125 ($25 registration fee; $100 participant fee)
Credit: 1 CEU Credit
Course Expectations: Active participation in class; short bi-weekly readings; weekly assignments with youth group applying concepts learned in class; optional final project related directly to work context.
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