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- District Lay Leadership Training at Trinity UMC- Beaumont
- Sunday, January 25, 2009 3 p.m.
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- Instructor: Rev. Kevin Otto
- Southeast District Youth Coordinator and Pastor, Wesley UMC – Nederland
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- Youth
- Parents
- Youth Director**
- Pastor/ immediate supervisor
- Congregation
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- Congregation members and visitors
- Neighbors
- Area students
- 6th grade to 12th grade*
- musicians, athletes, bookworms, dancers, fishermen, loners, joiners, jr
high, sr high, home schooled, mature, immature, etc.
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- All youth need the good news and the opportunity to live it! However, youth learn at different
speeds and in different ways
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- Youth group: the regulars who
make up a church’s UMYF, Bible study, or Sunday school class(es). [It has its own DNA, so be careful how
you grow.]
- Youth ministry: living and
sharing the gospel with any and all youth*
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- Love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind and strength
- Love your Neighbor as yourself.
- On these two commandments, hang all the law and all the prophets.
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- Respect and care for others
- Respect and care for self
- Growing relationship with God through Jesus Christ
- Mission and outreach to others
- Understanding the nature of the church
- Abundant life in Christ: joy and
fulfillment, play; hanging out together.
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- Structured time is all accounted for
- Unstructured time (living in the moment and losing track of time)
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- DCYM*: District Council on Youth Ministry
- Youth reps from each church, district youth officers, and
- church youth leaders plan district youth events
- (usually on bimonthly basis).
- Monthly District Youth Leader dinners (for adults)
- Quarterly District Worship/Fellowship at host churches
- Periodic events hosted by your fellow youth groups (aka sub-district
events) (send youth event email announcements to Donna Moody via southeastdistrict@sbcglobal.net
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- Fri.-Sat., January 23-25 – Midwinter Camp 1 at Lakeview
- Fri.-Sun., Jan. 30-Feb. 1 – Midwinter Camp 2 at Lakeview
- Sunday, February 8, 2-4 pm– DCYM Planning Retreat @ Wesley UMC -
Nederland
- Fri.-Sat., March ?? – District Youth Lockout (putt-putt, bowling,
worship, field games, food, concert, movies)
- Sunday, May 14 , 2-4 pm – Camp Counselor Training @ Wesley UMC –
Beaumont
- Sunday, May 24 – Texas Conference Youth Explosion at Splashtown and
Woodlands UMC
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- Tuesday, June 2, 6:30 to 8:30 pm – Camp Counselor Training @ Wesley UMC
– Nederland
- Saturday, June 6, 10 am to 12 pm
– Camp Counselor Training @ FUMC Kountze
- Mon.-Fri., Jun 15-19 – District Youth Camp @ Lakeview
- Mon.-Fri., Jun 22-26 – District Youth Week (Smith Lake, worship,
mission, scavenger hunt, messy games, dance, beach party, etc.)
- Fri.-Sun., Oct and Nov, - Winter Carnival at Lakeview
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- www.goldentriangleemmaus.org
- (youth and college chrysalis
retreats)
- www.smu.edu (Perkins School of
Theology/ youth ministry week)
- www.ccli.com (contemporary
christian music copyright purchasing)
- www.tyme.org (Texas Youth
Ministry Enrichment)
- (coordinated by Sandra Robertson at St. Peter’s UMC in Katy)
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- www.youthministry.com
- www.youthspecialties.com
- www.group.com
- www.godtube.com
- www.cokesbury.com
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- Guiding Light Youth Ministries:
- www.wesleyumc.com
- www.rebelbaseonline.com
- www.kingdombuilders.com
- www.rezlifekc.org
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- www.campingatlakeview.com
(completed 3rd grade to 12th grade)
- www.lakeviewmcc.org
- www.southeastdistrict.org
- www.wesleyumc.org/districtyouthresources
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- www.umarmy.org (completed 9th
grade to college)
- www.bighousetx.org (completed 6th
grade to 8th grade)
- www.jummp.org (completed 6th
grade to 8th grade)
- www.umcortexas.com (completed 6th
grade to adult)
- www.beaumonthabitat.org (age 16 and up)
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- For a transcript of this presentation, please go to www.wesleyumc.org/districtyouthresources
- For more info, call Kevin @ 409-722-7065
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