National Youth Ministry Convention 07

Elective seminars
There were 8 separate elective seminar sessions, lasting for 90 minutes, with 5 occurring at any one time. The focus of these electives was practical training for people on the front line of ministry in a variety of settings.

General Sessions
These five sessions gathered all NYMC delegates together for a “service” with musical worship, creative elements and a preaching time. The focus here was less on practical training and tips for ministry, and more a focus on God and inspiration to keep serving Him in youth ministry.

Professional Development Seminars
These were optional, single day seminars for people who wanted to focus on a single topic for a full day of practical, interactive training before the NYMC officially commences.

Day 1	Tuesday September 25 (Professional Development Seminars
10:00am-6:00pm	Professional Development Seminars
	Day seminar topic 1 Simulation games Ben Thurley and Ross Farley
	Day seminar topic 2 Starting right: Your first two years in youth ministry Josh Griffin
	Day seminar topic 3 Contagious Comedy Workshop Mark Gladman
	Day seminar topic 4 Spiritual Retreat Robyn Wrigley-Carr
	Day seminar topic 5 3 story evangelism Chris Harding
8:00pm-9:30pm	Youth Ministry expo launch

Day 2	Wednesday September 26
7:15am-7:45am	Early morning Bible study
8:30am-10:00am	Elective seminars 1
	Elective topic 101 TEENS ONLINE: My Space on MySpace Josh Griffin
	Elective topic 102 A Spiritual Toolkit - Disciplines for 21st Century Faith Robyn Wrigley-Carr
	Elective topic 103 Helping young people respond to a world in need Ross Farley
	Elective topic 104 Herding Cats: Ministry with Young Adults Tim Hein
10:30am-12:30pm	Main session 1 (Opening session) Tim Hawkins
2:00pm-3:30pm	Elective seminars 2
	Elective topic 201 PDYM: Purpose Driven Youth Ministry - Part 1 Josh Griffin
	Elective topic 202 Reading the Bible for a post-modern world Randy Edwards
	Elective topic 203 Creative Prayer - new channels of response to the Father Robyn Wrigley-Carr
	Elective topic 204 The Jesus I never Knew Stephen Said
	Elective topic 205 Developing a Christian Framework for Working Alongside “At Risk” Young People Steve Forward
4:00pm-5:30pm	Elective seminars 3
	Elective topic 301 Empowering young people to change the world Ben Thurley
	Elective topic 302 PDYM: Purpose Driven Youth Ministry - Part 2 Josh Griffin
	Elective topic 303 My space, Media and Meaning – youth culture 101 Mark Sayers
	Elective topic 304 Setting Up and Running a Group for “At Risk” Young People in Schools Steve Forward
	Elective topic 305 The youth worker’s marriage Tim and Karen Hawkins
7:00pm-9:00pm	Main session 2 Duffy Robbins
9:15pm-11:00pm	Late night comedy The Skit Guys

Day 3	Thursday September 27
7:15am-7:45am	Early morning Bible study
8:30am-10:00am	Elective seminars 4
	Elective topic 401 Programming to Build Disciples: A Big Picture Look at Your Ministry Duffy Robbins
	Elective topic 402 Ministering to girls Lynda Wiles
	Elective topic 403 Parables for Today – Discovering Jesus' real teaching Randy Edwards
	Elective topic 404 Disciples in Pop Culture or Disciples of Pop Culture? Stephen Said
	Elective topic 406 Drama and Creative Communication The Skit Guys
10:30am-12:30pm	Main session 3 Tony Campolo
2:00pm-3:30pm	Elective seminars 5
	Elective topic 501 Youth Ministry Think Tank – with Open Space Technology double session (session 1)
	Elective topic 502 Using simulation games in youth ministry Ben Thurley
	Elective topic 503 Unlocking Revelation for You and your Youth Group Graham Stanton
	Elective topic 204 What Paris Hilton taught me about following Jesus – youth culture 201 consumerism Mark Sayers
	Elective topic 505 Staying Fresh for the long haul Tim Hawkins
4:00pm-5:30pm	Elective seminars 6
	Elective topic 601 Getting teenagers into the Word: Teaching That Sticks Instead of Teaching That Stinks Duffy Robbins
	Elective topic 602 ANZAC Principles for 21st Century Leaders Mark Gladman
	Elective topic 603 Saved from the world or saved to the world? Stephen Said
	Elective topic 604 Dummies Guide to the Emerging Missional Church Tim Hein
	Elective topic 605 Youth Ministry Think Tank – with Open Space Technology double session (session 2)
7:00pm-9:00pm	Main session 4 Tony Campolo
9:15pm-11:00pm	Late nite comedy Mark Gladman & Co

Day 4	Friday September 28
8:30am-10am	Elective seminars 7
	Elective topic 701 Real Life Discipleship: The Ministry of Nurture Duffy Robbins
	Elective topic 702 Working with the senior pastor Tim Hawkins
	Elective topic 703 Evangelism with Young Adults: Mission Impossible? Tim Hein
	Elective topic 704 Helping Young People to Become World Christians Tony Campolo
	Elective topic 705 Secondary Schools ministry – a local mission field Owen Prout
10:30am-12:00pm	Elective seminars 8
	Elective topic 801 Answering Difficult Questions Graham Stanton
	Elective topic 802 Make the Message come Alive Mark Gladman
	Elective topic 803 How to stop Gen y ruining their lives: discipleship with a comfortable generation Mark Sayers
	Elective topic 804 Drama and Creative Communication The Skit Guy
	Elective topic 805 Books and Ideas that are Changing Our World Tony Campolo
1:00pm-3:00pm	Main session 5 (Final) Duffy Robbins