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Rescue a Generation: Principles for Effective Discipleship with Urban Youth – Jose Rodriguez
Trainer: Jose Rodriguez Workshop Description: Urban youth deal with a variety of issues daily that bombard them from every direction with negative influences. The church must do more than have a...
It’s up to us: Powering Change in the Black Community
John Turnipseed is a trainer at the UYWI National Conference and is currently the Director of the Urban Ventures Center for Fathering in Minneapolis. He is a product of violence...
Managing Your Ministry – Ginny Olson
Trainer: Ginny Olson Workshop Description: Youth workers tend to be wired for relationships, not analyzing budget reports. Yet, any healthy youth ministry requires that you have both relational and administrative skills....
The 3-Legged Stool of Youth Ministry
Trainer: Eric Iverson Workshop Description: As we close out 2014, lets look at the planning we have done and will do in the next year. This webinar will look at the...
Walking Life With High-Risk Youth…
Trainer: Amy Williams Walking Life with High-Risk Youth: Mentoring Approaches and Strategies 2014 This workshop will focus on the simplicity and complexities of what it means to “walk life with a...
Youth Worker Spotlight
“I have a passion to reach youth who come from broken homes and are making disastrous decisions, I feel I can relate given my upbringing. I grew up in...
Leading While Bleeding – Jeffrey Wallace
Trainer: Jeffrey Wallace You cannot give, what you do not have! No matter if you are full-time, bi-vocational, or a volunteer leader, you need to develop a system of balance and...
Mentoring Urban Youth for Life Change
Mentoring is a relational experience in which one person (mentor) empowers another (mentee) by a transfer of resources. Who was that “one” for you? Mentoring is one of the most...
Arts Integration: School Partnerships that Impact the Community
Study of the fine and performing arts (visual, instrumental and vocal music, dance, or theater) as a stand-alone subject or integrated into the school curriculum is increasingly accepted as an...
UYWI is more than an amazing resource tool.
UYWI IS MORE THAN AN AMAZING RESOURCE TOOL. UYWI IS MOST DEFINITELY FAMILY. My name is Eric and since the age of eighteen I have been an URBAN YOUTH WORKER....
Starting the School Year Right
Trainer: Larry Acosta We will share ideas for CORE priorities, volunteer recruitment, effective programming, and student leadership development. We can all benefit from a little tune up – Join us for...
Campus Takeover: Infiltrating Schools with the Gospel
Trainer: Jerry Torrez This workshop will teach ministries how to launch an on-campus program to support the outreach efforts of your ministry and develop future students leaders for your community. In...
