Our “Passionate Youth Ministry Retreat” is a time to kick back, take a breath and see where you and your youth ministry are headed. The retreat is designed for 6-8 leaders to come together to learn, to process and to come away with new energy, new vision and networked with leaders from across the Miami Valley. We will study together, eat together, laugh together and gain a vision of the potential of what it means to be a part of a ‘discipleship group’ experience.

The Lake House Retreat Center, in Celina, Ohio, offers the perfect retreat setting. Churches are invited to send one or two members of their youth ministry team. Objectives include:

·       What it means to have a ministry centered on leadership, discipleship and missions.

·       Making missions intentional locally, nationally and globally.

·       Discipleship 101 and what it means to be a disciple and lead disciples.

·       Incorporating leadership into all aspects of your life and ministry.

·       Tips on building a leadership team.

·       Keys to partnering with parents.

SKILL TRAINING

·       The basics of the art of conversation that encourages others to follow.

·       Organizing your personal life through dreaming and goal setting.

·       Time management skills that match your ministry plan.

·       Setting weekly goals that work!

·       Step-by-step creation of a plan for communicating a new vision.

DETAILS: Saturday, March 20th, 10:00am - Sunday, March 21, 1:00pm or April 24-25
The cost per person is $100.00 - includes meals and lodging. If you want to, bring an air mattress!
(Reasonably priced hotels are only minutes away for those who would rather ‘really be in retreat!”)

New York City Mission Adventure promises to be one of the most incredible five days of mind-altering adventure ever imagined. As our team explores the city with a “back door tour mentality”, our plan is to help you return to your own community to create and implement mission projects on the local level. Our teaching sessions will explore the biblical implications of meeting needs and “Seeing the world through the eyes of Jesus.” Our work mission will be focused in a community garden and a senior citizen center in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. This adventure is designed for churches to send a team of one adult and at least two teens. (Designed for incoming high school students)

If you are serious about doubling the scope of your youth ministry in the next year, then you may want to join our Miami Valley “Double Stuff” team. We will begin on Monday, March 15th, 7:00am at Panera Bread on Miller Lane near interstates 75 and 70. Only the courageous need to consider joining! (We will meet twice a month.)

July 22-24th
Leaderquest is a faith-based, two night, three-day, overnight, camp experience that promises to be an exciting and rewarding time. This “Ultimate Junior High Leadership Challenge” is focused on educating and engaging students in leadership training that leads to service-learning initiatives in the Troy community. The camp is designed using many of the interactive training and teaching concepts seen on American Idol, the Apprentice, and the Amazing Race. Leaderquest centers on students being randomly selected for teams that will compete throughout the camp. Each day the teams receive a series of personal and team challenges to be solved; some within hours, and others during the duration of the camp. The culmination of the camp is a community event designed by the students. Throughout the camp the students will make use of their predetermined 'life lines' that they will consult with to seek wisdom as their team vies to be the best. Each day the teams will be evaluated by a panel of judges to help process the day’s activities, their ability to work as a team and their plans for the next day. The ultimate goal of this camp is for students to grow in spiritual maturity and use and develop their God given leadership skills and talents. This adventure is designed for churches to send a team of one adult and at least two teens. (Designed for incoming sixth-eight grade students)

The Lost Art of Discipleship is a two and a half hour workshop designed to give an overview of how a discipleship based youth ministry meets the 21st Century needs of both your teens and congregation. You will return home with new skills, new ideas for recruiting leaders and confidence that your ministry with flourish.

Troy Idea Factory - Monday, March 22nd, 6:30-9:00 pm, 619 Lincoln Ave.Troy, Ohio

Germantown United Methodist - Monday, April 12th, 6:30-9:00 pm, Germantown, Ohio

Urbana United Methodist - Tuesday, April 13th, 6:30-9:00 pm

Stillwater United Methodist - Tuesday, April 20th, 6:30-9:00 pm, Dayton, Ohio

Cost $0.99@

Passionate Youth Ministry Workshops are designed for veterans and beginners, lay and clergy, paid and volunteer. This workshop will help each participant and church team gain new insight in how to assess their current ministry and its potential. We  explore some youth ministry myths that historically have led to youth ministries not reaching their full potential. Our hope is that those passionate about youth will come together to consider, dream and explore ideas for networking and collaboration across the Miami Valley.

Monday, March 8, Anna United Methodist Church, Anna, Ohio - 6:30-8:30 pm

Tuesday, March 23, Idea Factory, Troy, Ohio - 6:30-8:30 pm

Cost $0.99@

A weekend training experience focused on incorporating discipleship, leadership and missions into your ministry. The retreat is designed for volunteers to full-time youth staff and promised to help clarify and enhance your existing youth ministry vision.
Check out the details at www.troyideafactory.com
Slated dates:  February 26-28 or March 19-21