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Workshops

Workshops at YOUTH 2023 are each one-hour in length and happen on July 26 and 27. Everyone will have the opportunity to attend up to three workshops per day. Each workshop will be offered multiple times. Every member of your group does not need to attend the same workshop. In fact, we encourage groups to let their attendees find what most interests them and compare learnings! All workshop rooms are in the Ocean Center, and most rooms will seat between 75-150 participants.

There are two "workshop" opportunities that require advance registration: the YOUTH 2023 Mass Choir and the "Tech Track" – those opportunities will take place at various times during the YOUTH event.

This page will receive regular updates that will include times, leadership, and further descriptions as the event start date gets closer.

A Ministry Strategy That Works
Youth Min­istry does­n’t have to be hard. (Grow strategy)Youth Min­istry serves a greater pur­pose. (Hebrews…
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A Taste of Discovery Weekend
Stu­dents and lead­ers will encounter the basics of Dis­cov­ery Week­end as par­tic­i­pants in this two-ses­sion…
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A Vile Past -> A Vital Future
Why did John Wes­ley, in his own words, ​“sub­mit to be more vile” in 1739?…
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An Outsider's Welcome
The work­shop will con­cen­trate on the nar­ra­tive of Ruth and Boaz from the Epic of…
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Being on the YOUTH 2027 Design Team/Design Team Reflections
Inter­est­ed to learn about what it takes to be on the YOUTH event Design Team?…
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Community Resiliency Model - Helping Yourself and Others
The pri­ma­ry focus of this skills-based, sta­bi­liza­tion pro­gram is to re-set the nat­ur­al bal­ance of…
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Connecting the Discord Generation
Con­nect­ing youth to each otherReal­i­ty and dif­fer­ence of this gen­er­a­tion and their giftsHealthy social­iza­tion, it’s…
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Courageous Conversations
Coura­geous Con­ver­sa­tions are struc­tured dia­logues for learn­ing. Now more than ever, the church has an…
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Creating Ministries That Matter: Theological Innovation in Your Context
Lead­ers will be guid­ed through the Inno­va­tion Lab’s five-phase The­o­log­i­cal Inno­va­tion Process as a path­way…
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Creative Prayer (With Paint!)
This is to help the youth focus on prayer life. For them to real­ize there…
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Cultivating a BOLD Voice: Writing for Worship
This work­shop teach­es process­es and dis­ci­plines to help par­tic­i­pants nur­ture and devel­op their gifts and…
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Developing Your Leadership Skills
By under­stand­ing your lead­er­ship style and how to improve upon it, you will be able…
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Discerning Your Calling
A deep­er sense of call­ing as being‚ not doing. Gain­ing prac­tices and tools of dis­cern­ment…
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Everyone Belongs. Everyone Benefits.
It’s no mis­take we’re a diverse peo­ple. God’s cre­ativ­i­ty in your design can be a…
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From Mercy to Justice
The work­shop will look at the dif­fer­ence between mer­cy and jus­tice and what as peo­ple…
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God of the Bible
Words mat­ter, and the way we talk about God says a lot about our beliefs…
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Holier Conversations: Implementing Reflective Structured Dialogue in Your Ministry
This work­shop, designed for adult youth lead­ers and old­er youth, will intro­duce atten­dees to the…
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Holy Disruptions: Engaging Students in Theological Reflection
Lead­ers will be intro­duced to CYMTs Holy Dis­rup­tions method for youth min­istry. They will briefly…
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How to Lovingly Disagree and Coexist with Others
We will focus on 1 Corinthi­ans 13:1 – 3 where Paul tells us that Love…
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Jurisdictional Youth Ministry
There are at least 3 of the 5 Juris­dic­tion­al Sec­re­taries who have attend­ed mul­ti­ple Youth…
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Learn From Each Other. Steal From the Best!
Dur­ing this work­shop, I will talk for about 20 min­utes and then there will be…
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Left On Read: How To Respond To God's Call
Hear­ing God’s call on your life requires faith; respond­ing to God’s call requires wis­dom and…
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Methodist Gaming: Twitch, Digital Ministry, and the Market Cross
Learn how to be a stream­er with the numer­ous min­istry pos­si­bil­i­ties on Twitch, for both…
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Mindfulness Practices for Youth
Do you wish you could calm your mind, reduce stress and fear, and find still­ness…
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Mission Mistakes: See Differently - Serve Differently
As our under­stand­ing of the church’s role in mis­sion con­tin­ues to devel­op, we invite youth…
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Money Matters: How Investing Can Positively Impact People and the Planet
What does it mean to invest mon­ey, and how can invest­ing your mon­ey have a…
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Not Your Grandma's Worship: Leading Outside the Box
Some­times, we put wor­ship in a box and think that it can only look a…
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Overt and Covert Racism at Work in the World Today
In this work­shop we will be look­ing at the sub­tle side of racism and how…
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Pioneering a New Conference Youth Ministry
Youth lead­ers will hear about the Great Plains Con­fer­ence’s restruc­ture of youth min­istry after com­bin­ing…
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Seek and You Shall Find: Living the Kin-dom
The work­shop leads youth through a one-hour ses­sion that will teach par­tic­i­pants to find the…
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Taking the Weights Off Children's Life in Guatemala
ACD will know that all of our goals will be accom­plished by sim­ply edu­cat­ing youth…
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Tech Track
UPDATE: Reg­is­tra­tion for the Tech Track is now closed. This work­shop expe­ri­ence required pre-reg­is­tra­tion, that…
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Telling Your Story: Writing for The Upper Room Daily Devotional Guide
This work­shop is designed for par­tic­i­pants to engage with the min­istry of The Upper Room…
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The Godbearing Life: The Art of Soul Tending for Youth Ministry
Would you like to rechart a course for youth min­istry that fuels the faith of…
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Third Culture Kids: what it means to be a global nomad and ways you can help roots grow.
I hope to bridge the gap for youth lead­ers on ways in which they can…
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Trauma Informed Youth Ministry
Does it feel like you are deal­ing with more behav­ioral issues every time your group…
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Using Your Gifts to Generate Good
Our work­shop aims to equip old­er youth with infor­ma­tion that will help them dis­cern their…
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What Really Matters to Young People: Highlights from a 2022 Research Study
Share learn­ing from research (among UMC and non-UMC youth ages 15 – 22 year old)…
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What's a Methodist? - It's All in the Details!
I will have par­tic­i­pants take a short online sur­vey with ques­tions rang­ing from: Christ’s phys­i­cal…
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Who Can We Be Together? A Biblical Exploration of Luke 13
We want to engage the teens in study­ing Luke 13. We hope that the youth…
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Women in Youth Ministry
Being a woman called to min­istry can be tricky. Youth min­istry in par­tic­u­lar can require…
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