Adult Leadership Development
Growing in our own understanding of theology, youth ministry theories and practical skills matters in faith formation with young people. Research continues to show that when adults are learning and growing, youth are growing in their depth of faith and living their faith in their daily lives. You matter! Volunteers, parents, youth directors, pastors and all caring adults in the congregation!
How can you spend time growing and learning this year? You don't need to get your masters degree or go to seminary - although those are always great! Learning comes in many forms - spending time reading, listening to podcasts, watching online webinars or videos, attending local events, and networking with other leaders are easy ways you can stretch yourself and encounter innovative ways of doing ministry. Find what works best for you and what fits in your schedule. All learning - whether it's taking five minutes to read an article or spending a week at a conference makes a difference! This page curates online learning opportunities and training events within and beyond our synod that will help you grow as a leader for the sake of faith formation in our young people.
How can you spend time growing and learning this year? You don't need to get your masters degree or go to seminary - although those are always great! Learning comes in many forms - spending time reading, listening to podcasts, watching online webinars or videos, attending local events, and networking with other leaders are easy ways you can stretch yourself and encounter innovative ways of doing ministry. Find what works best for you and what fits in your schedule. All learning - whether it's taking five minutes to read an article or spending a week at a conference makes a difference! This page curates online learning opportunities and training events within and beyond our synod that will help you grow as a leader for the sake of faith formation in our young people.
Podcasts3rd Tuesday Conversations
A monthly podcast from the ELCA Youth Ministry Network Youth Ministry Podcast A weekly podcast featuring veteran ELCA Youth Ministry Leaders Erik Ullestad and Jake Bouma. BlogsFuller Youth Institute
Youth Ministry, Church and Parenting weekly posts that can be delivered to your inbox. Peer Ministry Leadership Weekly posts with insights and practical tools for equipping and empowering young people to do ministry. Network is a Verb Regular posts from the ELCA Youth Ministry Network. Way to Lead A weekly blog from one of the ELCA's most creative organizations on the cutting edge of developing leaders and congregations. On Your Own TrainingPractice Discipleship
Practical training for Youth Ministry through webinars, videos and curriculum that can be used individually or with a group. 25 for 1 Gathering Project Three, 25 minute webinar trainings that were first offered at the 2018 ELCA Youth Gathering for Adult Leaders. Books
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NE MN Synod Training EventsGetting Started: Practical Tools for Youth Ministry
January 25, 2020 9:30am - 3:00pm (Registration begins at 9:00am) Hope Lutheran Church, Moose Lake Speakers: Tiger McLuen and Catherine Anderson Cost: $10 per person/$25 per congregation Registration deadline is January 19th! Click here for a Registration Flyer and Schedule Ministry with young people is a high calling…and can be incredibly daunting! Are you excited…passionate…energized for ministry, but don’t know where to start or go next? Or maybe ministry is leaving you feeling stuck…tired…defeated…unequipped or overwhelmed as you look at the expectations from your congregation and the needs of the youth. This day is for you. You will leave with practical ideas, tools you can use immediately, and a sense of how to get started and go deeper in nurturing faith with young people. Each session ends with table discussions on how to put new ideas in place in your congregation. “Getting Started” is for volunteers, youth directors, pastors, Sunday school teachers, confirmation mentors…you are encouraged to bring a team of the adults who invest in the faith lives of youth in your congregation and beyond! Parenting with Purpose in a Distracting World
January 25, 2020, 5:30-7:30pm Hope Lutheran Church, Moose Lake Free - RSVP at 218-485-4673 This presentation is a fast paced, humorous look at raising kids in a changing world. Tiger McLuen is a parent, a former youth worker, and an adjunct instructor of youth ministry. This presentation will cover collisions in strategies, look at the changing culture that impacts our parenting, and help you think strategically about your role as a parent. Child card and refreshments provided. 
Andrew Root:
Faith Formation in a Secular Age February 22, 2020 1:00-4:00pm Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Brainerd Click here for a Flyer This event is part of the Lay Leader Network series and “Men in Mission” Retreat. The afternoon session featuring Andy Root is open to everyone! Cost is $20. Choose "General Admission" to register. Rev. Dr. Andy Root joined Luther Seminary in 2005. He is often mentioned as one of the leading scholars in youth ministry and practi-cal theology in the world. Root's latest project is a three volume series with Baker Academic called “Ministry in a Secular Age.” Volume one was released as Faith Formation in a Secular Age in October 2017. Volume two, titled The Pastor in a Secular Age released late spring 2019, with volume three to follow. In this se-ries Root uses Charles Taylor’s thought to ex-plore the challenges of ministry, offering a theological and ministerial response. Root is known as a leading thinker on the thought of Charles Taylor, secularity, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, modernity, science and ministry, pastoral the-ology, practical theology, and youth ministry. “We live in the middle of our own transition as we experience the shifting of the framework in which the Western world has been built. Most of us don’t realize that we are living with a new calendar. Like people in the sixteenth century, we seem to be more concerned with what we’ve lost than with the fact that the whole calendar has shifted … Charles Taylor asks, ‘Why was it virtually impossible not to believe in God in, say 1500, in our Western society, while in 2000 many of us find this not only easy, but even inescapable?’” Lay Leader Network Yearly intensive Series
Sessions begin September 2019 As a life-long learning program, the Yearly Intensive Series is designed to give adult students opportunity to grow in their faith for the purposes of personal spiritual development, biblical and theological learning and enhancing missional leadership. It promotes intentional conversation for the discernment of gifts to be used in various ways in ministry and leadership within a person’s current congregation and in his/her community. Growing Young
Growing Young is a research-based strategy on how congregations can create a church culture to reach young generations in a way that breathes life into the whole church. We encourage congregations to engage in their resources:
Growing Young Book Growing Young Resources Growing Young Church Resources Church Discussion Guide Growing Young Assessment Keep checking back for more training event opportunities! Training Events Outside Our SynodPeer Ministry Leadership
PML has resources, training events and coaching to equip youth and adults with faith-based relational skills to be lived every day, every where, in every relationship. 
ELCA Youth Ministry Extravaganza
"Practice not Perfect" January 31 - February 3, 2020 Anaheim, CA The Extravaganza is the annual Children, Youth and Family Ministry conference for the ELCA that includes keynote speakers, workshops, worship, networking and so much more. New this year! When you register for the Extravaganza, you will sign up for one of five Learning Tracks that address complex challenges in children's, youth and family ministry:
You will journey with the learning community that is formed in this track, and conclude Monday morning with a coaching process to help you develop an action plan to put in place when you return home. Register at www.ext20.org. 
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