Speaker Sessions

YLT NASHVILLE 2027

Tuesday Philosophy of Ministry Sessions - Morning

9:00am-12:00pm

Year 1: POM - An Introduction

Brent Corbin, Executive Director, RYM | The Commons

In Year 1 of RYM's Philosophy of Ministry (POM), you will be introduced to the ideas behind a comprehensive approach to youth ministry that doesn't just ask "what should I be doing in my role, and how do I do it?", but rather asks questions like "What I am aiming for in my role with youth, and why?" and "How does my theology flow out into my day to day ministry efforts (methodology)?" In this class, we will introduce several charts that help to ground RYM's POM in visual format for easier understanding and remembering.

Year 2: POM - Ministry Dynamics

Michael Hall, Director of Training, RYM | The Classroom

In Year 2 of RYM's Philosophy of Ministry (POM), we will go further up the Tree and talk about Ministry Dynamics - the tree rings - and how they play into and affect your role in your church, and how you can best be reaching and equipping youth with the gospel of Jesus. In this class you will begin to contextualize many aspects of year 1's POM to your specific ministry context.

Year 3: POM - Ministry Goals

Rev. Les Newsom, Lead Pastor - Christ Presbyterian Church in Oxford, MS | The Loft

In this session you will explore the role of having goals as we seek to lead and serve in our varied ministry capacities. What are the right goals? How do our personal and youth ministry goals interface with and play into our church's overall mission and goals?

Year 4+: POM - Application: Why our Bodies Matter

Rev. Robert Cunningham, Executive Director - Christ for Kentucky | The Great Room

In this session, Robert will lead a session and discussion on the biblical/theological basis for the importance of our bodies, and how this plays itself out as we minister in a world that is pushing more and more to lessen the "need" for embodied people (through technology) as well as a diminished view of how we see and what we do with our bodies (as seen in the ongoing sexual revolution).

Tuesday Philosophy of Ministry Sessions - Afternoon

2:00-4:00pm

Year 1: POM - Identifying and Understanding Theological Assumptions

Brent Corbin, Executive Director, RYM | The Commons

In Year 1 of RYM's Philosophy of Ministry (POM), you will be introduced to the ideas behind a comprehensive approach to youth ministry that doesn't just ask "what should I be doing in my role, and how do I do it?", but rather asks questions like "What I am aiming for in my role with youth, and why?" and "How does my theology flow out into my day to day ministry efforts?" In this class, we will introduce several charts that help to ground RYM's POM in visual format for easier understanding and remembrance.

Year 2: POM - Ministry Dynamics

Michael Hall, Director of Training, RYM | The Classroom

Year 3: POM - Diagnosing and Troubleshooting What's Happening in your Group (and/or in your Church)

Rev. Les Newsom, Lead Pastor - Christ Presbyterian Church in Oxford, MS | The Loft

In this session, you will work through ways to think through the various things that affect your role as one working with youth. In addition, you will discuss how your Church's health and culture will inevitably affect your group, as well as how your personality affects your group. Finally, you will be given some tools to help you diagnose and troubleshoot what it is that might be keeping you from moving toward your stated goals.

Year 4+: POM Applied - Leading Others (Staff, Volunteers, Student Leaders)

Rev. Britton Wood, RUF Area Coordinator | The Great Room

In this session, you will learn how to think about and manage the many different 'hats' that you wear as someone in ministry. There will be times you feel like the 'friend hat' is most appropriate, and other times when you'll find yourself wearing the 'pastor hat', and still other times you will need to put on the 'boss hat' in order to correct someone or to accomplish a task. Come and learn and discuss how to manage the different facets of managing others as you grow in your skills as a leader.