Leadership Lab Levels:
BASIC LAB
offers youth:
Chris Thomas and Karen Wagner
- Coordinators
Their first experience with the Leadership Lab program;
The opportunity to learn skills in
developing youth ministry goals and strategies;
The opportunity to broaden their
understanding of faith and faith issues;
The opportunity to participate in
the life of this unique Christian community;
Assistance in recognizing and strengthening their gifts, and
discovering new
abilities;
ADVANCED LAB
offers youth:
Jennie Van De Velde and Pr. Mike Thomas - Coordinators
The opportunity to build on the
foundation laid in Basic Lab as they work towards
“fine tuning” their planning skills for youth ministry
leadership with peer
assistance, support and evaluation;
The opportunity to begin to learn
and experiment with different leadership styles,
while finding and honing their own unique skills.
PHASE III
offers youth:
Jason Fisher and Pr. Frank Langholf - Coordinators
The opportunity to explore the meaning of faith in unique and
challenging ways;
The opportunity to use their
leadership skills in their small group settings;
Youth are assisted by trained staff to assess and explore their own
faith journeys,
while helping them build their skills in working
within a group setting.
STEP FOURTH
offers youth:
Julie and David Leacox -
Coordinators
A time to gather in community for the mutual strengthening,
enhancing and
supporting of the Christian values taught to us in the gospel;
A time for intentional discernment
of ones spiritual gifts and their level of
refinement, as they explore how those gifts and Christian
values fit into and
enhance their chosen life vocation;
A time for proclamation and
demonstration that the message of the gospel is
real and dynamic in ones living, as they are sent into the
world as passionate
advocates for God’s kingdom;
Both the exit point from the
Leadership Lab experience and also the entry point
into the challenging adventure of servant hood.
ADULT LAB
offers:
Debra Rathert and Pr. Wayland Middendorf - Coordinators
The mission of Adult Lab is to provide adults with
basic skills for congregational leadership of youth and family
ministry. AL,
like the youth levels, is a relational and experiential learning
event.
AL is designed for adults who are
involved or believe they are called to be
involved with youth ministry.
AL is especially designed for
volunteer lay leaders.
AL teaches a model for planning youth
events.
AL provides a background in contemporary
understandings of youth and family
ministry.
AL develops a list of resources for
youth and family ministry.
CROSSROADS
offers:
Scott Vandermoon and Angela Yamashita - Coordinators
In its fourth year, this level has been designed for young
adults who are in the beginning or middle stage of a faith journey
which is completely their own.
This lab is designed to help participants take an
introspective look into themselves, and decipher the gifts and
talents that God has blessed them with. After given time to reflect
on how God has blessed each of the participants, they will actively
search out how God is calling them into career, vocation and active
ministry within their every day lives. The new level serves as an
excellent opportunity for young adults to find out how God can use
them in an ever changing world.
