Princeton
April 27–30, 2009
April 27–30, 2009
Helpful Hints for Course Selection
Need help choosing courses? We offer the following suggestions to help you select courses most suited to your needs and interests. Feel free to substitute wherever your interests vary.
Basics
If you are in your first three years of professional church ministry or are a volunteer leader and hope to build the foundations of a theological approach to youth ministry, the following courses cover the basics.
- C. The Church as Family System
- A1. What Jesus Will You Teach?
- B1. Student Leadership: Panacea or Predicament?
- C4. Saying No is Not Enough: Sexuality, Teens, and Religion
- D5. Lifecasting: Teens Fishing for Intimacy in a Sea of Technology
- E2. Should I Stay or Should I Go Now: The Spiritual Discernment of Following Your Call
Spirituality
Combine the courses below for a forum experience that focuses on reflection, balance, and nurturing faith.
- E. A Preaching Life in the Spirit
- A4. Freed to Lead: How to Relate, Delegate, Create – on Schedule!
- B3. Self Care and the Realities of Ministry
- C1. Soul-Tending Track
- D4. More than a Song: Worship as Resistance
- E1. Soul-Tending Track
Academic/Forum Veterans
If you are looking for a more academically oriented, theologically rigorous selection, or have covered the basics at past forums, consider registering for some of the following courses.
- B. What Christianity Is Not
- A5. Empowering Mosaic Youth Leadership
- B4. Faith in God or Faith in Faith?
- C5. Adventures in Missional Hermeneutics: Philippians and the Christ-Shaped Life
- D2.Young Adult Fiction for Pastoral Care
- E3. The Courage to Hope: Caring for Marginalized Youth