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Friday & Saturday, July 24-25

Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio

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Youth Program

Youth leadership training at the Ohio Conference Annual Gathering! 

• Defining a Leader: Understanding What Leadership Is and Isn’t

• Who Leaders Are: Developing the Heart and Character of a Leader

• What Leaders Need: Discovering What a Leader Needs to Achieve Success

• What Leaders Do: Carrying Out the Essential Tasks of a Leader

• The Value of Risk Taking

• Navigating Obstacles

Plus a concert, cookout, games, worship, fellowship and fun!

Youth program agenda (PDF)

Annual Gathering youth program coordinators will be Nate Taylor, Director of Youth Ministries at Avon Lake UCC, and Renee Pore, member of St. John’s UCC, Mansfield and 8^th grade teacher. Nate and Renee are also experienced Ohio Conference summer camp directors.

The cost of all this training is only $95!

Open to all youth in grades 8 - 12.

Letter for pastors, youth directors, Christian educators
from youth program leaders

Youth Agenda

Friday, July 24

12 Noon

Arrive

Noon - 1 p.m.

Lunch

1:00 - 2:30 p.m.

Leadership Track #1

2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

Break

3:30 - 5:00 p.m.

Leadership Track #2

5:30 - 7:00 p.m.

Cookout

7:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Leadership Track #3

8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.            

Games & Break

9:00 p.m.

Concert - Mescalito

11:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Karaoke, Wii, Games

12:45 p.m.

Lights out!

Saturday, July 25

7:00 a.m.

Wake up!

7 - 8:30 a.m.

Breakfast

8:30 – 9:00 a.m.

Announcements

9:00 - 10:15 a.m.

Leadership Track #4

10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Keynote speaker

11:30 - Noon

Break

12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Worship

1:00 - 1:30 p.m.

Lunch

1:30 – 3:00 p.m.

Leadership Track #5

3:00 - 3:30 p.m.

Break

3:30 – 5:00 p.m.

Leadership Track #6

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Youth Agenda in PDF format