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Simply Youth Ministry Conference 2014

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9:00am CST

Becoming Indispensable Amphitheater/Stairway

10:00am CST

Moving Kids From Compartmentalized to All-In Amphitheater/Stairway Becoming Indispensable Delaware A

11:00am CST

Helping Students Navigate Their Minefield Culture Amphitheater/Stairway Moving Kids From Compartmentalized to All-In Delaware B

1:00pm CST

How to Get the Most Out of SYMC Fairfield Reclaiming Your Calling Amphitheater/Stairway Helping Students Navigate Their Minefield Culture Delaware C

2:00pm CST

How to Get the Most Out of SYMC Fairfield Finding and Developing Leaders Amphitheater/Stairway Awaken Your Creativity: Unleashing Imagination In Ministry Regency Ballroom Reclaiming Your Calling Union A A Decade or More In Youth Ministry Madison Small-Church Youth Ministry Delaware C SYMC Hangouts Regency Ballroom South Foyer Wives of Youth Workers Grant/Harding Women in Youth Ministry Taft C Your First Two Years In Youth Ministry Garfield Youth Ministry Volunteers Delaware D Community-Based Outreach Ideas Franklin A Healthy Living in a Lifestyle That Pushes Unhealthiness Franklin C NEW!! Forming Multifaceted Community With Teenagers Union D NEW!! How Youth Ministry Can Save the Church Union C NEW!! Secrets to Long-Term Youth Ministry Franklin B Responding Well to Teenagers' Toughest Questions Franklin D

3:00pm CST

How to Get the Most Out of SYMC Fairfield Finding and Developing Leaders Union B Helping Hurting Teenagers Amphitheater/Stairway

4:00pm CST

How to Get the Most Out of SYMC Fairfield

6:15pm CST

Pre Pre-Show with Interlinc Battelle Grand Mezzanine

7:00pm CST

General Session Battelle Grand

9:30pm CST

Book Signing with Thom and Joani Schultz: Why Nobody Wants to Go to Church Anymore The Resource Center Extravagameza with Toby Rowe Taft AB Film Premiere: Girl Rising (World Vision) Regency Ballroom Group Magazine Stage Union A Foyer Prayer Experience Fayette Q&A with King's Kaleidoscope Union C The Eric Samuel Timm Experience Fairfield The Shelter The Resource Center

7:00am CST

Early-Morning Prayer/Devotion Franklin B SimplyFit (with an apperance from Mark Cornelison) Regency Ballroom

9:00am CST

Creating a Powerfully Welcoming Environment Morrow Crisis Counseling Skills Delaware B Healthy Leaders Lead Healthy Ministries: Intentional Care for You & Your Leaders Franklin A Innovations in Youth Outreach Strategies Regency Ballroom Living Healthy In an Unhealthy Culture Union E NEW!! Modeling Your Faith Journey for Students Delaware A Partnering With a New Generation of Parents Marion The Justice Experience Regency Ballroom South Foyer Creative Ways to Grow Student Leaders Taft D Experiential Learning in Youth Ministry Union C Launching Students Into Their Calling Union D NEW!! A Multi-Generational Model for Youth Ministry A103/4 NEW!! Deeper/Wider Secrets to a Thriving Youth Ministry Grant/Harding NEW!! Failing Your Way to Greater Impact Fairfield NEW!! Giving Students the Ultimate Leadership Experience Union A NEW!! Strategic Planning in Youth Ministry Franklin B NEW!! Teaching Apologetics to Teenagers Harrison Re-Imagining Your Ministry From the Ground Up Union B Smaller-Church Youth Ministry Madison Building a Ministry that Builds Disciples Taft C Engaging the Soul of Youth Culture A101 Growing Theologically-Minded Students Garfield Jesus Centered Youth Ministry Franklin C NEW!! Leading a Thriving Youth Ministry and a Thriving Family Delaware C NEW!! Tackling the Tough Stuff in Kids Lives Franklin D NEW!! The Four Acts of Love: Revolutionizing Your Ministry Environment Delaware D NEW!! The Non-negotiables of Jr. High Ministry A102 Sticky Faith Family Ministry: Partnering with Parents to Deepen Students' Faith Taft AB Sustainable Youth Ministry McKinley

11:15am CST

Pre Pre-Show with Interlinc Battelle Grand Mezzanine

11:30am CST

General Session Battelle Grand

12:30pm CST

Group Magazine Stage Union A Foyer Prayer Experience Fayette The Shelter The Resource Center

1:15pm CST

Learning Basic Graphic Design Skills Union A Strategic Ministry Through Media Delaware C NEW!! Re-Thinking Evangelism Franklin A NEW!! The Best Tech Games In the Universe Union E NEW!! Weeds That Can Choke the Life Out of Your Ministry Delaware B Savvy Financial Advice for Living On a Shoestring Union B Strategies to Avoid Burnout in Ministry Franklin C Talking With Students About Love & Dating & Sexuality & Marriage Delaware A The Future of Youth Ministry Franklin B

2:30pm CST

Basic Tech Tips: Making the Most of Today’s Technology Union E Grow Down: Helping Students Plant Their Roots More Deeply In Jesus Delaware B Incredibly Hot Games and Community-Builders Regency Ballroom Ministry to Gay and Lesbian Teenagers Delaware A NEW!! Building Authentic Relationships In a Fake-Relationship World Morrow NEW!! Making the Most of Ministry Milestones Marion Student-Led Ministry Franklin A Creative Ways to Grow Student Leaders Taft D Experiential Learning in Youth Ministry Union C Launching Students Into Their Calling Union D NEW!! A Multi-Generational Model for Youth Ministry A103/4 NEW!! Deeper/Wider Secrets to a Thriving Youth Ministry Grant/Harding NEW!! Failing Your Way to Greater Impact Fairfield NEW!! Giving Students the Ultimate Leadership Experience Union A NEW!! Strategic Planning in Youth Ministry Franklin B NEW!! Teaching Apologetics to Teenagers Harrison Re-Imagining Your Ministry From the Ground Up Union B Smaller-Church Youth Ministry Madison Building a Ministry that Builds Disciples Taft C Engaging the Soul of Youth Culture A101 Growing Theologically-Minded Students Garfield Jesus Centered Youth Ministry Franklin C NEW!! Leading a Thriving Youth Ministry and a Thriving Family Delaware C NEW!! Tackling the Tough Stuff in Kids Lives Franklin D NEW!! The Four Acts of Love: Revolutionizing Your Ministry Environment Delaware D NEW!! The Non-negotiables of Jr. High Ministry A102 Sticky Faith Family Ministry: Partnering with Parents to Deepen Students' Faith Taft AB Sustainable Youth Ministry McKinley

4:30pm CST

SYMC Hangouts Regency Ballroom South Foyer Group Magazine Stage Union A Foyer Prayer Experience Fayette The Shelter The Resource Center

6:15pm CST

Pre Pre-Show with Interlinc Battelle Grand Mezzanine

7:00pm CST

General Session Battelle Grand

9:30pm CST

Film Premiere: Son of God (Behind-the-Scenes Special) Regency Ballroom Group Magazine Stage Union A Foyer Prayer Experience Fayette Q&A with Gungor Union C The Eric Samuel Timm Experience Fairfield The Shelter The Resource Center Two-Hour Skit Guys Experience Battelle Grand

7:00am CDT

Early-Morning Prayer/Devotion Franklin B SimplyFit (with an apperance from Mark Cornelison) Regency Ballroom

9:00am CDT

Deepening Your Influence by Improving Your Writing Fairfield Discipleship In A Changed Landscape Marion Extending Your Reach to Fringe Kids Delaware A For Volunteers Only: 10 Ways to Make a Profound Difference in Your Ministry Taft D How to Get the Most Out of Mission Trips Regency Ballroom Next Steps for New Believers Harrison The Justice Experience Regency Ballroom South Foyer Devour: Creating an Appetite in Students for the Bible A103/4 Future-fitting Your Ministry With Urban Ministry Tools Delaware B Helping Students Navigate an Over-Connected Culture Franklin B How Effective Youth Leaders Think and Act Union D Ministry to Girls: The Essential Approach Union B NEW!! A Young Adult Ministry Lab Morrow NEW!! Boot Camp for Part-time Youth Workers Union C NEW!! Building a History: Youth Ministry Environments that Transform Madison NEW!! Deeper/Wider Secrets to a Thriving Youth Ministry Grant/Harding NEW!! Maximizing Technology for Ministry Union E NEW!! The Church-Planter's Guide to Innovation in Youth Ministry Union A The Be-With Factor: How to Build a Mentoring Environment Franklin A Building a Ministry that Builds Disciples Taft C Engaging the Soul of Youth Culture A101 Growing Theologically-Minded Students Garfield Jesus Centered Youth Ministry Franklin C NEW!! Leading a Thriving Youth Ministry and a Thriving Family Delaware C NEW!! Tackling the Tough Stuff in Kids' Lives Franklin D NEW!! The Four Acts of Love: Revolutionizing Your Ministry Environment Delaware D NEW!! The Non-negotiables of Jr. High Ministry A102 Sticky Faith Family Ministry: Partnering with Parents to Deepen Students' Faith Taft AB Sustainable Youth Ministry McKinley

11:15am CDT

Pre Pre-Show with Interlinc Battelle Grand Mezzanine

11:30am CDT

General Session Battelle Grand

12:30pm CDT

Group Magazine Stage Union A Foyer Prayer Experience Fayette The Shelter The Resource Center

1:15pm CDT

Maxing out LIVE Curriculum Union E #EpicFail: Costly Lessons We’ve Learned from Ministry Mistakes Franklin C Dealing With Discipline Challenges in Your Ministry Regency Ballroom Engaging Difficult Parents Union D Growing Student Leaders Franklin A Leading From Below: Becoming a Change Agent in Your Church Union C NEW!! As For Me and My (Crazy) House Franklin D NEW!! Building a Healthy Relationship With Your Senior Pastor Delaware B Surprising Ideas for Deepening Your Students’ Faith Franklin B Talking With Teenagers Instead of At Them Delaware A Thriving as a Single in a Couples World Union A

2:30pm CDT

Harnessing Your Personality for Effective Leadership Delaware A Incredibly Hot Games and Community-Builders Regency Ballroom NEW!! Strategies for Rural Youth Ministry Taft D Non-Negotiables: 3 Core Practices Of Great Bible Study Teachers Marion Tried-and-True Volunteer Training Harrison Devour: Creating an Appetite in Students for the Bible A103/4 Family-Based Youth Ministry: Partnering with Parents for an Effective Youth Ministry Fairfield Future-fitting Your Ministry With Urban Ministry Tools Delaware B Helping Students Navigate an Over-Connected Culture Franklin B How Effective Youth Leaders Think and Act Union D Ministry to Girls: The Essential Approach Union B NEW!! A Young Adult Ministry Lab Morrow NEW!! Boot Camp for Part-time Youth Workers Union C NEW!! Building a History: Youth Ministry Environments that Transform Madison NEW!! Deeper/Wider Secrets to a Thriving Youth Ministry Grant/Harding NEW!! Maximizing Technology for Ministry Union E NEW!! The Church-Planter's Guide to Innovation in Youth Ministry Union A The Be-With Factor: How to Build a Mentoring Environment Franklin A Building a Ministry that Builds Disciples Taft C Engaging the Soul of Youth Culture A101 Growing Theologically-Minded Students Garfield Jesus Centered Youth Ministry Franklin C NEW!! Leading a Thriving Youth Ministry and a Thriving Family Delaware C NEW!! Tackling the Tough Stuff in Kids' Lives Franklin D NEW!! The Four Acts of Love: Revolutionizing Your Ministry Environment Delaware D NEW!! The Non-negotiables of Jr. High Ministry A102 Sticky Faith Family Ministry: Partnering with Parents to Deepen Students' Faith Taft AB Sustainable Youth Ministry McKinley

4:30pm CDT

Group Magazine Stage Union A Foyer Prayer Experience Fayette The Shelter The Resource Center

6:15pm CDT

Pre Pre-Show with Interlinc Battelle Grand Mezzanine

7:00pm CDT

General Session Battelle Grand

9:30pm CDT

'Simply Youth Group' REVEALED Fairfield Board-Game Night, sponsored by the Theology of Games blog Franklin B Film Premiere: God's Not Dead (Pureflix/Lifeway) Regency Ballroom Group Magazine Stage Union A Foyer Prayer Experience Fayette Q&A with the Jordan Howerton Band Union C The Bryan Drake Show Taft AB The Shelter The Resource Center

7:00am CDT

Early-Morning Prayer/Devotion Franklin B SimplyFit (with an apperance from Mark Cornelison) Regency Ballroom

9:00am CDT

Essentials of Healthy Team Building Harrison How to Grow as a Speaker Union A Involving Your Whole Church In Youth Ministry Franklin B NEW!! Moving Beyond Bible Study to Bible Doing Taft C NEW!! Navigating Multiple Roles In Ministry Grant/Harding NEW!! Top 10 Mistakes Youth Ministries Make Madison NEW!! What Every Student Needs to Know About Life Beyond High School Franklin D Overcoming Challenges with Your Senior Pastor Taft D Positive Discipline for Rude, Apathetic, and Obnoxious Kids Regency Ballroom Raising Up Student Leaders for Generational Impact Delaware B Small Groups From A to Z Franklin C Student-Led Worship Delaware C Teaching the Bible Through Story and Dialogue Union C The Journey to a More Intimate Marriage in Ministry Union D Top 10 Lessons From 25 Years in Youth Ministry McKinley Using Technology to Manage Your Ministry Union E Youth Ministry on a Shoestring Union B Family-Based Youth Ministry: Partnering with Parents for an Effective Youth Ministry Fairfield Taking the Conference Home—Next Steps Franklin A Thriving as Women in Youth Ministry Delaware D

11:15am CDT

Pre Pre-Show with Interlinc Battelle Grand Mezzanine

11:30am CDT

General Session Battelle Grand