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We want to empower you to reach masses of teenagers through
large events. Our desire is that you go home equipped to plan
outreach events that attract masses of lost young people in your
community.

So you’ve decided that you want to work for social justice, but
you’re not sure where to start? In this workshop, we’ll discuss what
activism is and isn’t, and the theology and spirituality of activism,
along with practical “how-to’s.” Learn how to avoid burn out,
collaborate with diverse groups in your community, and empower
yourself and others to advocate for social change.

Did you know that the California Gang Laws are sending our
children to prison in packs? We will be discussing Gang Injunctions,
Gang Laws and the effect it plays our our community. We also
will be exploring ways to solve some of these problems.

What is gentrification and what are the impacts on youth when
gentrification and displacement overtake a community? This
workshop will look at gentrification-related community development
issues in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood and elsewhere.
It will borrow from secular community organizing and development
models in that community to glean ideas for engaging and
empowering youth as they confront head-on some social justice
issues that impact their daily lives.

An intense “how to” on how to minister to a community scared
by gang violence. In this workshop you will learn how to start a
“peacemakers” in your city, be instructed on how to minister to
young people that have caused gang violence or that been victims
of gang violence. Also, you will learn how to minister at a funeral
due to gang violence (car wash), hospital visits, to grieving families,
and how to work with local law enforcement, high schools, and on
call incidents.

What’s going on here? Why is the faith community fragmented?
Why am I not being welcomed into the “hood?” Why are people
suspicious of me? What can I do about the opposition I am
facing? Are there deeper issues that I need to be aware of?

Learn how to make Hip Hop and other urban art forms
understandable to school administrators while keeping the integrity
of the art form. This workshop focuses on creating engaging
curriculums that will attract youth and also be desirable to school
administrators and teachers. We will also discuss program
outcomes that are measurable and meaningful to all involved.

In the midst of fractured families, broken schools, and violent
neighborhoods, kids today need more from us than a Bible study
and a prayerful pat on the back. Search Institute’s 40 Developmental
Assets as well as a new research project by Fuller Seminary’s
Center for Youth and Family Ministry give us as youth workers an
invaluable set of tools to help kids thrive not just spiritually, but also
physically, emotionally, intellectually, and relationally.

Based on themes from Orlando Crespo’s book, “Being Latino in
Christ: Finding Wholeness in Your Ethnic Identity,” this seminar will
be explore the intersection between God, faith and culture and
how embracing of our ethnic identity can empower us for God’s
work in our families, communities and campuses. Orlando will share
from his 20 years of college ministry experience to Latino youth and
personally from his own Latino ethnic journey and the ways God
used it to fuel his own passion for others.

Does your youth ministry need a checkup? Have you taken the
pulse of its team leaders lately? To ensure that they are healthy,
follow this prescription: monitor, manage, mentor.

Do you ever look at the big-time trauma and everyday drama your
kids experience and wonder how they are making it? Whether
kids hide their pain or make it obvious, as a youth worker you are
loving and serving traumatized kids every week. This seminar will
help you recognize the symptoms of trauma, respond through a
research-based plan called “The 3 Rs,” and develop all sorts of
practical ideas that you and your team can try with the kids and
families in your community.

Immigrant youth and children of immigrant parents face special
challenges. How can we help them experience the love of God in
their situation? How can we help them move from victim to prophet?
CLUE-CA has been involved with organizing congregations to
support immigrant families and educate on immigration since early
2006. We will bring ecumenical models from all over the country to
this workshop.

God determines the time in history you should dwell and the exact
place you should live so that men would seek Him and perhaps
reach out to Him (Acts 17:26-27). Ministry is not primarily about a
place you go, but a place you live. It is not primarily about a time
set aside in your week, but the time in history you dwell. God has
already set you in your primary ministry location- your community.
Be challenged with how you can impact your community to give our
youth a chance.

In this workshop, you will learn principles for discipling urban
young people into a vital relationship with Christ. If your teenagers
are ready to move on to the “next level” of their spiritual lives (or
you want to nudge them on), this session will give you practical
suggestions and guidelines on how to develop and implement a
discipleship program.

Get practical step-by-step training to use the latest web technologies
for your urban ministry. We’ll cover internet tools like blogging, email
newsletters, websites, and social networking.

The question was raised in the teaching of Jesus (Who is my
neighbor?), We will answer this question within the context of
globalization. Drawing from the scriptures and contemporary
efforts at global justice. We will develop both skills and theological
understanding for the mandate to “carry the gospel to the ends
of the earth”

This workshop will provide practical insights into mobilizing
individuals, groups and churches that want to bring relief and
development to orphans, human trafficking victims and those in
poverty. Best practices, stories and sample initiatives will be shared,
along with avenues for getting involved. This workshop will also host
practitioners who live out these passions.

A workshop to provoke the Christian political imagination.

In communities blighted by absent fathers, incarceration,
underperforming school districts, drugs, and other social ills, how
can youth ministries come alongside individual youth to equip and
empower them for leadership? Is developing indigenous leaders
even worth the heartache and effort? Examine the myths, methods,
and messages of effective mentorship.

Experienced leader will share life lessons on communications with
board, management of staff, making the most of crisis intervention,
dealing with enemies and sin in the camp, utilizing press to
accomplish your mission, and we will speak to each other about
keeping life, family and ministry in balance.

Hear how a youth violence intervention program is bringing healing.
Find out how the Pasadena Police Department, community leaders
and local clergy have managed to get guest speakers from the
public and private sectors to present on issues of interest to local
gang affiliated youth and inspire them to work together to make the
streets a safer place.

Loving sex as a single? Are you wondering how to live holy and love
it? Learn the theology of purity, sex and the body that will transform
your life, so you can radiate it to the youth you work with.

Are you single? Are you available? Do you like long walks at the
park? Well there’s someone looking for you! Someone that wants
you to experience romance, adventure, and excitement. So if you’re
ready for REAL love come on in...

As married women in ministry we are caretakers not only of our
“sheep,” but also of our husbands and children. In this session, we
will have the opportunity to share some of our challenges with other
women and gain a deeper understanding of our role as supporters,
cheerleaders and helpmates for our husbands.

Ministry as a married man comes with its own challenges. You love
your wife, but does she “feel” loved? Many times, our wives and our
children feel overlooked and neglected, yet we feel guilty for not
giving more to ministry. You will have the opportunity to talk about
the specific challenges of being a man in ministry, identify healthy
boundaries, and learn the importance of celebrating and
nurturing your wife.

What does our culture offer as a validation of manhood? For
many youth there are no rites of passage that confirm their arrival
at adulthood, except for the driver’s license, the permission to
purchase cigarettes and alcohol, and the right to see R-rated films.
We will dissect & discuss the following in detail: Manhood @ Risk,
Manhood Re-defined and A Rite of Passage for Young Men.

Mentoring is one of the most effective and least expensive forms
of ministry and is a wonderful tool for reaching young people who
need adult support. This workshop will explore different models of
mentoring, some Scriptural principles that make mentoring work, and
provide some practical guidance on how to start a mentoring program.

This workshop is designed to open our eyes to the ministry of
mentoring. This workshop will help us come to the realization that
we are no longer Youth Pastors but Spiritual Parents and Mentors.
Practical insights on how to be a mentor and how to be mentored
will be shared.

There are too many lone rangers in youth ministry that end up being
burnt up and burnt out. We will examine practical ways to build
stamina for your personal walk and your ministry. Learn the different
ministry stages and how to navigate them so that you can build a life
and ministry for the long haul.

Come learn the good, the bad, and the ugly of NCLB…whether you
are an NCLB program or not, this will be an effective workshop in
learning what must be done to truly leave no child behind; achieving
the sustainable, transformational results we all desire with kids
growing up in extremely adverse circumstances.

This seminar will assist with helping youth workers explore different
ways to approach ministry by three major components: Identifying
the Needs, Various Approaches and A Strong Ministry Plan. This
process will help you strategically think through your program and
explain the elements of the problem and how your ministry can
address the need or problem.

How can an after-school program engage more deeply in community
development? Explore ways in which you can move your ministry
from a youth-serving “betterment” activity to a ministry that has
“far-reaching, long-term and empowering” effects on the community
through creative and meaningful parent involvement.

Most people agree that parents, law enforcement and the
educational system are part of the gang solution. However, parents
are not getting the effective training they need to deter their child
from wannabe or active gang membership. This workshop will
present to you the “effective training” parents need. Role play,
information and Q and A time will satisfy your hunger for answers to
the gang problem in your community.

God’s plan throughout history has been to romance a people to
Himself who will populate His Kingdom-The Bride, His Church.
Jesus announced that the Kingdom had come and Paul built
upon this inauguration. This “legacy” they left is still advancing
and expanding all around the world. Come and learn more about
that legacy through the movement of Fire and Manuever Church
Planting in urban America.

The Classroom Connection to Christ: Want to learn how to maximize
the moment to minister in the classroom? Look beyond the clothing,
cuts, and cussing and see the Character of Christ in your students.
This workshop will give you practical ways to minister in the
classroom and beyond. You will leave with a renewed desire and a
Godly perspective of what a privilege it is to be chosen to educate
this generation.

You’ve got great programs and events for your youth but you’re
always strapped for cash to keep the ministry going. Come hear
and share proven ideas that work to help fund your youth ministry.
Move your ministry from car washes to car detail, from candy sales
to t-shirt businesses, from outcasts to outsource income generation,
from unemployed to temp agency, from clothing drives to thrift
stores, from part-time youth worker to full-time youth worker, from
“begging to blessing,” from ebay to Yahweh!

Defined as the largest mission field; Wow! It can be intimidating
and over whelming. Somehow God chose us to walk in and love all
those students. Don’t miss out on this exciting seminar where you
will get some insight on how to become more than just a fly on the
wall but an active part of your school, community, and even get paid
in the process.

As communicators of truth, one of our greatest tasks is to make the
Bible come alive & be relivant to teens. Discover how to share the
Word of God in exciting new ways. Learn new scriptures and recall
scripture previously memorized. Become skilled at training students
to think, speak and act from a scriptural basis.

This course features an in-depth “rubber meets the road” look at
the strengths and weaknesses of implementing the Incarnation
model in the practice of youth ministry. A fresh perspective of the
Incarnate One’s pattern of life and ministry will be offered in hopes
of bringing greater clarity to the role of the youth minister and
youth ministry outcomes.

Responding To Our Emotional Hurts: Self-Healing For Leaders
Helping Hurting Kids People seem to be hurting and desperate
these days. Some screaming hurts; some subtle, even hidden, pain.
Christ’s was a healing ministry. Many children and youth suffer from
PTSD; others are just confused, hurting and trying to cover it up.
This Elective examines how our healing ministry must begin with us;
we need the courage to face past hurts and be well.

Amid the ruins of an abandoned cathedral where homeless families
were living, Shane and his community caught a fresh vision of what
it means to be the Church. Let’s move beyond complaining about
the Church we see, and let’s start becoming the Church we dream
of. With ancient stories of the early Christians and contemporary
stories of ordinary radicals, Shane will invite us to re-imagine what it
means to be the Body of Christ alive in the world.

This class is for anyone who has taken Dan’s Jesus & Film 101
course at past UYWI conferences. This class will delve deeper into
the theory, conceptual framework, and production of film as it relates
to both Black Popular Culture and Urban Popular Culture. This class
is for anyone who is daring enough to use film and media with their
youth that goes beyond Veggie Tales and G ratings. We will be
analyzing films such as No Country for Old Men (2007), Scarface
(1980), 8-Mile (2003), & The Village (2005) and discovering some
of the Christological messages hidden within the matrix of each film.
We will use Richard Niebuhr’s (1950) framework as a foundation for

Scenario Planning is a tool for anticipating possible different futures
and developing flexible strategies, even during times of change.
This “crash course” will teach participants how to create stories
of the future and to identify commonalities among them so that
opportunities and risks become more clearly defined. Scenario
Planning will also help measure current capacity as well as help to
identify areas that need further development in order to reach future
goals and objectives.

Young men need hero’s to look up to, but in America they are hard
to find. In this class we will uncover 7 Attributes of a Real Man.

This is a no-nonsense seminar that focuses on the health, social,
and legal implications of the early onset of teen sex. Youth workers
will receive medically sound and biblical based information
regarding human sexuality in a language that will be easy to explain
to teenagers. This workshop will give you tips, tools, and practical
resources needed to deal with today’s sex saturated youth culture.

Today’s urban church must remain a part of the changing climate of
youth culture. It seems that in more recent times, church leadership is
beginning to look at and utilize Hip Hop in weekly services. They are
looking for more ways to reference Hip Hop in sermon titles and some
churches even have Hip Hop Sundays! In crossing this delicate line
however, we must learn how to navigate the lines of misogyny and
sexism that permeate Hip Hop music videos and lyrics. This workshop
will touch on the following issues:
• How do we deal with controlling images in Hip Hop?
• But sex is what they’re sellin’: The objectification of women in video’s

Scripture is filled with ways we can engage each day and
experience through our senses to learn, engage and expand our
thinking about the world, God and each other. Together we will
consider how you might encourage your students to engage a short
term mission experience with intentionality. It might just be more
than what the eye can see!

A discussion of a spirituality of engagement that propels us from the
safe places of intimacy with Christ into the suffering of the world.
focusing on intimacy, obedience, humility, community, service,
simplicity, submission, brokenness, and suffering.

Life change in people happens best within the context of trusting
relationships. How do you get this done in the neighborhood?
Where can I start? What kind of small groups work best with our
“traumatized kids”?

Come hear the pitfalls and moments of reconciliation from 3 people
working together to bring Jesus to their community. The presenters:
a black man from black church culture in Jackson Mississippi; a
Mexican Puerto Rican woman from East L.A. that grew up in a small
Latin church, and a high school Student Body President white guy
who grew up in a beachfront community. Hear how even putting
together this seminar has shown that it’s possible to work together
from radically different environments, ethnic groups and cultures,
but in order to serve a diverse community with no majority, Christ is
calling us to reconcile to one another.

So you are passionate about inner city ministry and are starting to
wonder if planting a church is part of your ministry equation? In this
forum we will discuss real issues related to urban church planting.
Come fill your ministry tool box with wisdom from the forum panelists.

Is it an either/or proposition? Come and learn the important
relationship between these two ideas.

It has been said if we preach the Gospel both parties should be
transformed by the interaction. Come and learn new kids on the
street has informed the theology on ministry of one street
youth organization.

From kids in gangs to violence in our neighborhood to just a busy
schedule, as urban youth workers, our lives are full of stress. In this
seminar, we will dive into the results of a nationwide Fuller Seminary
study of urban youth workers to understand not just the stress in our
lives, but the resources we need to serve God and kids for the long
haul. You’ll leave with all sorts of practical ideas that you and others
in your ministry can use starting tomorrow.

Ever wonder what to do with the 3,000 urban kids down the street
from your church? Learn how to implement the C5 principles of
holistic campus ministry. Time is short! Join the movement
of kingdom collaborators bringing hope, help, and healing to a lost
and hurting generation.

How is it that young people lose 90% of what they said they
believe when they enter college or the workforce? Could it be
that our methods of discipleship was absent of the message of
discipleship? Have we been relevant without righteousness? This
seminar will provide you with a concrete and comprehensive tool
that will help you to equip your youth to live out their faith with
conviction and compassion.

Youth ministries and nonprofits have limited resources while the
expanding available new technology is limitless. How can you as
the organizational leader decide what is needed and how to put
into place technology that will really produce results? A strategic
technology plan can help you budget your time and resources to
best meet your needs. This session will introduce a good planning
outline and process: (1) establish technology leadership group, (2)
define your needs (what problems technology can solve for your
organization), (3) assess current situation and resources, (4) explore
solutions, (5) put your plan in writing including a timeline, (6) develop

Junior High is such a pivotal stage in a person’s life and yet it’s also
the most confusing for both leaders and junior highers! Come and
learn the first steps about how to be more effective with your junior
highers by better understanding them and their world. Understand
what they’re thinking, why they say the things they say or do the
things they do and how to interact with them to have greater impact
in their lives. You’ll never be frustrated again when dealing your
amazing junior highers!

Life in Ministry can sometimes feel like walking a tightrope with
the whole world watching. The demands from students, families,
community, and ministry leadership can be demanding. Add a
dating or marriage relationships to the mix, and it can be downright
scary trying to balance it all! This workshop will take a look at time
management through a Biblical lens. Come and learn how
to maintain a healthy balance in your life!

This class will focus on the plight of African-American male
adolescents and their conditions, while also investingating ways to
disciple them lovingly.

Gospel Hip-Hop, sometimes called Holy Hip Hop, Christian rap,
Christ hop, Gospel rap, or hip-hope, broadly defines a musical
genre, culture, and ministry opportunity that glorifies Jesus Christ to
those that are living in and influenced by hip-hop culture. Expanding
their missionizing practices to the Hip-Hop Generation and the
diverse urban territories they traverse, gospel hip-hoppers – MC’s,
DJ’s, pastors, congregation members, or listeners – act as spiritual
intermediaries, cultural brokers, and “indigenous” missionaries
connecting the church and hip-hop youth across multiple terrains
and social networks. This forum explores both the challenges and

Jill coordinates area churches seeking ways to retain Pasadena’s
racial and economic mix, and to house Pasadena’s 1,000 homeless
and address urban violence. The Legacy Of Housing Heroes—
Transforming Our Communities With Affordable Housing. We will
tour a brief history of U.S. housing policy and housing heroes over
the past 100 years, explore a theology of housing, and eleven ways
that various denominations and groups have created affordability
including Cohousing, Community Land Trusts, Cooperative Housing,
YouthBuild and more. Participants will gain tools in how to evaluate
the various models and discuss which models might be appropriate
for their local context.

“Hip Hop church” has created a buzz. But, what is beyond the hype?
Using current experiences planting The Revolution as a backdrop,
we will briefly explore what a hip hop church is and its benefits,
expose real challenges unique to planting this type of church, as
well as discover some practical ways to be effective.

Throughout scripture God identifies with those who are poor,
validates and qualifies the authenticity of our Christian virtues
in relationship with people who are poor, and uses the poor as
a standard for judgment, and how in reciprocally humanizing
relationships with the poor and non-poor we affirm one another’s
human dignity and together find our way to God.

Dynamic ministry that is multicultural often seems as illusive as
locating the rainbow’s end. Yet there’s rising a number of pioneering
ministries who not only long for multicultural ministry but have gone
through the struggle to see it birthed, and they’d be the first to let
you know that you can do it to! Come and find out some of the
things that they would tell you NOT to do!

With special attention given to the doctrine of providence and
utilizing Luther’s “theology of the cross” as the theological
framework and reflecting upon the contrast between the theology of
suffering and the theology of providence; this workshop seeks to
build practical theological responses to contexts of suffering and
crisis in the urban youth context.

This workshop will examine the various theological perspectives
concerning Christians and violence. The purpose of the workshop
is for urban youth workers to understand violence in the Scriptures
and how to apply the Biblical concept of shalom to the violence
encountered in the urban context.

1st. “The Origin” Basing reconciliation, discipleship, leadership
development and purpose in the Great Commandment. The Great
Commandment in an urban context teaches us that the most
important thing we will ever know and the most important thing we
will ever do. 2nd. “The Perspective of Truth” Dismantling a millennial
identity crisis by rooting our identity in Christ to impact you, your
community and your culture. 3rd. “Even Jesus Needed a Donkey”
The most effective leaders are those who serve the servants.
Empowering students to do the work of the ministry through a
By Youth and For Youth model. How this movement is a new

Ministry brings great blessings but also great responsibility. There
are added pressures for those in ministry who also have the
responsibilities of marriage and family. Whether you’re in full time
ministry or whether you serve as a volunteer, the stress of trying to
balance home life with ministry life can become complicated and
demanding. In this LAB for both husbands and wives, we’ll examine
some of those challenges, help you discover ways to reconnect,
and recover the joy of both the ministry and marriage commitment.
This session will involve some lecture, some discussion and some
interaction with spouses. You will also have the opportunity to learn

The moment Lucifer fell from heaven the world of the occult was
born. Spiritism, Ouija boards, Tarot cards, Fantasy games--all
are the tools of the occult--created and empowered by Satan and
his demons. Dark forces surround us on every side and we must
be prepared to fight them through the awesome power of Jesus
Christ. But what exactly are the tools of the occult, and how do
they operate? How do we detect, understand, and fight against
them? And perhaps, most important of all, what is the best way to
evangelize those involved with them? This workshop examines the
enemy close up and equips Christians for combat.

This session will cover a general history and root causes of Nation of
Islam, Black Theology and various types of “Black Power” ideologies.
It will give the Christian missionary a good understanding of the
underlying issues and how to best interact not only with African
Americans, but all oppressed people seeking social revolution.

Liberation theology is a school of theology within Christianity,
particularly in the Roman Catholic Church. Liberation theology
focuses on Jesus Christ as not only the Redeemer but also the
Liberator of the oppressed. This workshop will breakdown an
understanding of the theology and how it has influenced justice to
the poor and oppressed within the history of the church.

Come and gather with other leaders, who want to begin the day with
a time of unplugged worship. No need to take notes, no need to
come and hear a couple new things to do, but just close your eyes
and lift your voice to our King.

Adults promise children that if they stay in school they will be
equipped to succeed in life, but we have failed to make good on that
promise for generations. First graders in fall 2008 will graduate
high school in 2020. Come explore how urban ministries can
transform public education within a single generation of students by
activating congregations and becoming answers to prayer.

Cross cultural ministry; The Gospel sometimes calls us to serve and
work alongside folk who are from different racial and socioeconomic
backgrounds. How do we navigate this calling? What is the impact on
the family? If I’m called to ‘relocate’ to a different community, how will
it affect my life and loved ones? How does a ‘white’ person effectively
serve in a cross-cultural setting without doing more damage than
helping? Come and hear from a 20 year, urban ministry veteran about
his perspective on following the call by crossing boundaries.
Bonus: As an added bonus, come and hear Samuel Liotti - a 12 year
old who is living and serving alongside his parents in cross cultural

It works in Orange County and suburban USA, but can it really work
in my hood? In this session we’ll break down what PD really is as
we look at the five New Testament principles of the early church.
You’ll also hear some of the story of Crossover Church in Tampa
and how they have exploded in growth the past five years as they’ve
implemented this Biblical structure.

This is the title of the most recent book that Thomas Nelson is
publishing for author Jeffrey De Leon. This workshop will take a look
at one of the biggest challenges we face in youth ministry as we try
to help young people to make right choices when they don’t care
about the consequences anymore. What are we to do if the values,
the principles and the consequences are not enough to motivate our
kids to do the right thing?

It used to be that girls would bully another girl by ignoring her or
writing names on her locker. Now, girls are using technology to
spread rumors via texting or FaceBook. Or they’re setting a
girl up and showing the fight on YouTube. We’ll look at the
characteristics of relational and physical aggression, how it’s
morphing and how to deal with it in your youth ministry.

In ever growing numbers today, people are fascinated by the
kingdom of the occult. Wicca’s spells and magic circles, Witchcraft’s
charms and altars, the gods and goddesses of the pagan world--all
draw their power from Satan and the doctrine of the demons (1
Timothy 4:1), and it is a power aimed directly at our youth. The good
news is we have already won through the resurrection of Jesus
Christ our Lord! The workshop will explore the world of the occult
and provide powerful weapons against an ancient enemy.

The claims of faith are now common to both major candidates in the
two political parties. We will try to study the teachings of Jesus and
the major platforms of the leading candidates to try and have a more
authentic gospel point of view. Would Jesus vote in 2008? Maybe
not, since he would probably be undocumented.

You have just taken over a youth ministry or need a fresh start and
may be asking questions like, Where do I begin? What is most
essential? How do I connect with new kids? This seminar will give
you a step by step process for mapping out your first two years. You
will: -Gain a blueprint for building your life and ministry -Learn the
“how to’s” of relational youth ministry -Engage core values for shaping
a ministry that fits your urban context.

If the only tool in my tool box is a hammer, then everything looks
like a nail! A comprehensive Youth Ministry requires a multi-faceted
approach that reaches into many areas of the community to produce
healthy, balanced youth. Come evaluate your tool collection and
determine how to connect with other “contractors” to best develop a
well rounded young person.

Our addiction to money and consumption not only affects our
spiritual lives, but it also fuels the exploitation of people and the
planet. What does our purchases have to do with following Christ
and bringing the good news of Kingdom of God to the world? How
can we leave a radical legacy of simplicity in an age of greed,
consumption and waste? Come to be challenged on why we must
stand against the current culture for our own spiritual health and for
the creation of a more just and sustainable world.

When a youth tells you they are dealing with same-sex attraction
and then asks you: “Do you think that my thoughts and feelings are
a sin? What if I do not act out on them? What if I do because I feel
like I am gay? Was I born this way? I believe I was born different
and I don’t want to change. The Bible says I’m an abomination and I
should be put to death. Why?” These are serious questions and can
effect the rest of a person’s life. This workshop will go through each
of those questions in how to productively answer them so as to
build a bridge for eternity.

Are you really called to Street Ministry? We will be exploring
people in the bible that had specific calls to there life. This
discussion will help you figure out if you where called to minister
in the STREETS!

In this workshop you will learn the practical steps necessary to
developing a recording studio as well as explore the additional
opportunities that this creates for your ministry. You will walk
away with tools to get this project underway. We will look at things
like reaching un-churched youth who still want to do music from a
secular perspective and how to disciple them using the studio as an
open door into their lives. We will also explore further outreach and
money making opportunities to fuel your ministry.

When we look at the needs of our kids and cities, and we look at
God’s heart for righting wrongs with His mercy and grace, it’s pretty
clear that justice is on the top of God’s agenda for our ministries.
In this forum, you’ll have a chance to dialogue with several of the
writers and thinkers behind the highly acclaimed 2008 book, Deep
Justice in a Broken World, about how you and your ministry can
be even more involved in righting wrongs around you. From deep
theological issues to practical daily struggles, we’ll wrestle together
with tough questions until we pin down some answers that you can
use in your ministries back home.

This workshop first takes the listener through the broader mindset
of those within the GLBT community and their thought processes
towards God and Christianity. We will then work our way through
The Marin Foundation’s unique theory, practice and application on
how to effectively build a bridge from an evangelical perspective
with someone in the GLBT community.

Language, bi-culturalism, race and generational differences are
just a few of the challenges Latino youth face in living productive
and Godly lives in a hostile America. This seminar will define what
it means to be “Latino Enough” in the United States so that young
Latinos can live out God’s purposes in their lives without anxiety,
fear or shame.

Learn how to bring more excitement to the design of your children’s
service while meeting the needs of the children around you, whether
out in your community or within the four walls of your church.

Does it feel like you are doing all the work? This session will look at
several strategies to identify the talents of community members and
engage them in developing a vision plan for the after school center.

Have you been wondering what this whole Hip Hop thing is really all
about? Do you feel that this Hip Hop thing is just too dang “evil” and
we should just leave it all alone? Well, then this is the class for you!
We will be discussing the historical and cultural attributes of Hip Hop
culture as it relates to ministry and the young people we serve. This
class is for anyone wanting to know a deeper and broader historical
perspective on Hip Hop and go beyond the saggin pants, long
necklaces, Escalades, confusing lyrics, and the “Bitch-Ho” industry
that has dominated the appearance of Hip Hop in this country. We
will be discussing the last 25 years of Hip Hop and discover its deep

Historically, East LA has been a shining example of the challenges
and opportunities that take place in the Mexican-American
community. Taking its starting point from the well-known movie
Stand & Deliver, based upon the experiences of Garfield High
School teacher Jaime Escalante, this workshop will address what
the current state of affairs is in education. A discussion will also take
place which will provide strategies and hope for future.

This workshop will help you to learn how to first, utilize their youth’s
talents and motivate them to take their creativity from their minds to
the stage. We will learn practical steps in
scriptwriting, and the presentation of the piece.

Learn the theological backdrop of Christ’s ability to transform Hip
Hop culture and teach your young people how to raise the ethic in
their music culture. In today’s world Hip Hop, Goth, Rock, and other
forms of popular education dominate the thinking and subsequent
behavior of our youth. More often than not the church’s response
to this is to demonize popular culture and ridicule youth that
choose to participate in popular culture, failing to see the wonderful
evangelistic opportunities that our youth are placed in. The Hip Hop
culture/community specifically, lacks an ethic. This session will deal
with H. Richard Niebuhr’s classic model of “Christ Transforming

What is going on with this culture? What are some of the biggest
challenges we are facing and will continue to face as we try to
communicate Christ in a Post Modern Culture? Can we come
up with a few good ideas to help us communicate Christ in our
culture? This workshop will challenge us to reflect on the challenges
we face as youth pastors. We will also look at some
practical issues that will help us right away.

What is in your leadership toolbox? What are the micro-skills that
Next Generation Urban Leaders need? This learnshop will clarify
the core competencies that will distinguish effective city-changing
leaders from the rest of the pack.

Many youth groups are “stuck-in-a-rut” of doing the same basic
youth ministry format week after week. This workshop will help you
develop an innovative, creative approach to youth ministry that will
help to excite your kids so they will look forward to attending youth
group every week.

Do you want to know why a certain approach to Praise and Worship
works or doesn’t work in your services? This workshop will introduce
the basic “do’s and don’ts” of worship, particularly for an urban
setting. You will learn what attitudes help or hinder the flow of
worship, as well as how to engage the congregation.

When your computer is running slow it is usually due to file
misallocations. Therefore, you run the systems defragmentation
program so that the files that have been scattered can be relocated
and put back into order for maximum efficiency. Youth and children’s
Workers must also go through this process when energy has been
zapped, and focus has become cloudy. This seminar is designed to
refresh your thinking and to help you regain a new perspective of
yourself and ministry.

The gifts, grace and yes, the disappointments of being a single
female in ministry are real for so many of us. We play the role of
daughter, aunt, sister, pastor, leader, mentor and sometimes mom.
You are invited to join a conversation with other women about the
following questions in being a single in ministry:
• Where do I find support when I am busy caring for everyone else?
• Is this really what my life is going to be about?

If you are in the frontlines of youth ministry and face the challenges
of mentoring, discipling and leading youth in the midst of a sexually
indulged culture, then this workshop will address the concerns
we have in leading our youth through the process of purity. This
workshop will address building healthy friendships, dating/courting,
abstinence and relationship warning signs.

Come to a place where you will love the word discipline. If you
personally need more of God in your ministry or if you want to see
your ministry team do more than clean up after events then do
your self a favor and explore the spiritual disciplines that still impact
lives in the 21st century.

“Seek the peace and prosperity of the city…pray to the Lord for
it, for if it prospers, you too will prosper.” (Jeremiah 29:7) This
workshop explores and examines how God leads His people to
focus their hearts on the welfare of their city and its transformation.
Deepen your understanding of Biblical principles for transformation,
develop a Kingdom Perspective for your city and discover some
practical next steps that can be immediately applied to your
personal context.

This workshop will highlight first amendment rights as well as rights
of Christians on Public school campuses. We will look at state
standards and curriculum frameworks that empower Christians
educators and students. You can do much more than you have been
led to believe. This workshop will help you to live out your faith in
legal and appropriate ways.

Did you know that we sin against God when we abuse the
environment? Rarely do we think of caring for nature as a sacred act
of loving God. Yet scripture extols our responsibility as caretakers of
God’s creation. Learn how we as Christians can honor God’s gift, in
our personal life and ministry, through daily actions of stewardship
that sustain and protect the integrity of all life.

Men who are called to develop leaders often are challenged with
how to mentor and empower the women they work with in ministry.
In this practical seminar, we’ll discuss issues such as power
dynamics, appropriate physical and emotional boundaries, and
mutual respect.

85% of all of children in the inner city come from single parent
households. Many of these women were merely teenagers when
they gave birth to their first child. By the time they reach their midtwenties
it is not uncommon to witness this same Mom with several
children and multiple fathers, who statistically are minimally involved
in family life. Children are often bounced through relatives, day care
and friends merely for the family unit to survive. As urban workers
we are not the Savior, healer or bondage breaker, only Christ is.
Yet, relationship is a very powerful mechanism for change. This
workshop shows how to reach out and minister to the whole family,
children AND their parents.

Does it seem like you’re always in need of volunteers and you just
can’t seem to find them? Does it seem like the most you can hope
for is that your youth just don’t get in trouble? In this workshop
you will learn important principles that will help you become more
effective in moving youth from the sidelines to the front lines of
urban youth ministry. You will learn how to engage youth in the
process of building a stronger ministry and healthier communities.
You will develop a list of next steps to make a shift from betterment
to development.

Next level Leadership begins with Next level Follow-ship (Extreme
Obedience, Faithfulness and Character).

One of the top three Fundraising professionals in Los Angeles as
named by the Association of Fundraising Professionals will lead a
discussion of a multifaceted and effective fundraising strategy for
your organization. Come and learn how to do the same and share
your ideas for fundraising with your peers.