Training

The Southwest Conference Youth Ministry Team consults and trains congregations in creating an environment conducive to the development of Mature Christian Youth. Learning opportunities can be offered in a variety of formats. For more information, please contact Ian Eastman.

Full Circle Triple A Training

4 sessions, 60 minutes each

This training is about surrounding youth with faithful adults who are available, authentic and affirming. The beauty of this training is that it is not another program. It results in people empowered with the skills and intention to help nurture the faith of a young person.

Outcomes
  • Adults are intentional about building faith-forming, authentic, available, and affirming relationship with young people.
  • Adults share a vibrant faith through faith practices.
  • Adults are attentive to the big and small milestone times, using them to support and nurture the faith growth of youth and their families.
  • Adults make a commitment and receive a blessing to be spirit bearers in the lives of young people.
  • Youth grow up encircled by faith-nurturing adults modeling and equipping the youth for a vibrant Christian faith.
  • Congregations knit together by a common mission of caring for, and nurturing the faith of, every child.


MX Spiritual Types

5 sessions, 90 minutes each

Think of it as a Myers-Briggs of spirituality.

A small group study that helps identify spiritual types — sage, lover, mystic, or prophet — and what they mean to our faith lives. It's a fun and meaningful way for young people (and not-so-young people) to learn more about how we approach God, faith and the world around us.

Outcomes
Develop self-awareness and self-understanding.
Uncover the things that give us energy and joy.
Understand how we make decisions and why we interact with the world around us the way we do.