Workshops
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After School Programs
Creating a Volunteer Strategy that Works - Mayra Nolan
Developing Sports Programs in Your Ministry - Oye Waddell
Evaluating the Holistic Impact of Your After School Programs - Mayra Nolan
Help! How do I Control These Kids? - Lori Ybarra Christian
Helping Kids Transition - Donna Perkins
Helping Youth Develop a Vision for their Future and Prepare for College - Jamie Johnson
How to Start an After School Program - Wanda Parker
Immigration Issues and Your After School Program - Ava Steaffens
Incorporating the Whole Family into Your After School Program - Anna Espinal
Reading 101: How Do Kids Learn to Read? - Kafi Carrasco
Who Owns It?- Collaborating for After School Programs - Ava Steaffens, Crissy Brooks, Tim Anderson
Working with the School System - Curt Gibson
Artist, Industry and Worship
Creating Relevant Worship Experiences for the Urban Church - Josh Chavez, Jonathan Decuir
Creative Expression – The Language of Worship - Lamont Oneil
Do's and Don'ts of Urban Praise and Worship - Michelle Lang
Graphics/Media Artists Forum - Ben Eash
Grieved by the Gap - William Branch
Hip Hop and the Church - Edward "Spec" Bayonet, Fred Lynch, Fred Oduyoye, William Branch
Spoken Word Workshop: Developing Dynamic Delivery - Oddthomas
The Commission that Determines Our Mandate - LeCrae Moore
The Creative Worship Experience: Reverent and Relevant! - Lamont Oneil
Turning Scripture to Script: Nuts/Bolts of Playwriting - Michelle Lang
What if Hip Hop is Dead? - William Branch
Worship Technics: May Scratch More than the Surface - Josie Thomas
You Don’t Need a Record Label - Tommy "Urban D" Kyllonen
CCD and Economic Dev.
Building Community Partnerships - John Liotti
Church With the Poor: Renewal Wineskins at Waco’s Church Under the Bridge - Jimmy Dorrell
Community Based Strategies for Reaching the Hip Hop Culture - Micah Espinoza
Gentrification - Crissy Brooks
Helping Communities Heal from the Wounds of the Past - Marvin Jacobo
How to Get Money and Christ into Youth - Florence Annang
Kingdom Economics - Romanita Hariston
Leadership Development of Indigenous Leaders - Jeremy Del Rio, Rudy Carrasco
Mobilizing Middle Class Christians- The Poverty Simulation - Jimmy Dorrell
The Economic Spiral - Romanita Hariston
Understanding/Applying the CCDA Philosophy in Your Church - Daniel Hill
Emerging Urban Church
Bridge-Layer or Bomb-Thrower: The Intergenerational Church - Shelton Mercer
Campus Design: Architecture is Language - Edward "Spec" Bayonet
Developing A City Wide Prayer Movement - Brad Fieldhouse
Developing A City Wide Prayer Movement - Evan Chase
Developing A City Wide Prayer Movement - Mary Glenn
Developing A City Wide Prayer Movement - Ryan VerWys
Four Stages of Church Development - Efrem Smith
How Does the Urban Church Become a Force in Their Community? - Phil Jackson
How to Get Your Church Beyond the Sunday Celebration - Efrem Smith
How to Re-Ignite an Inner City Church - Tommy "Urban D" Kyllonen
Preaching to the So-Called Powerful and Powerless - Daniel Hill
The House Church Movement - Has it Found a Home in Urban America? - Gabe Veas, Jonathan Calvillo
Emerging Urban Culture
"Edutainment": Engaging Today’s Urban Youth the ST Way - Anet Gabrielyan, Wendi Vaughn, Wyann Vaughn
Homosexuality and the Kingdom of God: A Way Forward - Andy Comiskey
Baptized in Dirty Water: Emerging Urban Prophets - Deshonna Collier
Exegeting a Musical Culture - Dan Hodge, Garfield Bright
Ghetto Vocab…Understanding The Meaning of Certain Words - Dario Lariosa, Lamont Oneil
Hip Hop and Poverty: The Impact Environment has Upon Urban Youth - Phil Skei
How to Engage the Hip Hop Culture for Ministry Impact - Phil Jackson
Jesus in Hollywood: Finding God in Film 101 - Dan Hodge
Kingdom ‘Jack-o-nomics’: ‘High Jacking’ Youth Culture - Fred Lynch
Missions to 5 Percenters & the Nation of Islam - Jack Hakimian
Mooks, Midriffs, Myspace and More: Engaging a Plugged-in Generation - Jeremy Del Rio
Self-Replication: Your Own City's Ability to Build Bridges within the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) Community - Andrew Marin
Youth Focused Bridge Building within the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) Community - Andrew Marin
Organizational Structure
Designing Killer Newsletters and Appeals to Fund Your Vision - Dean Cowles
Funding For the Future - Dean Cowles
Practical Youth Ministry
Active Listening Part II - Justine Conley
Adopt a School: An Idea Whose Time Has Come - Jeremy Del Rio
Benefits of Multimedia in Youth Ministry - Juan Gonzalez
Beyond the Used Car Seat: Reaching Out to Teen Moms - Ginger MacDonald
Bringing Sexy Back to Today’s Youth Culture - Benny Salas
Building and Maintaining Your Youth Ministry Team - Anthony Flynn
Building City-Wide Networks: Connecting Your City for the Kingdom of God - Brad Fieldhouse, Evan Chase, Mary Glenn, Rachel VerWys, Ryan VerWys
Campus Ministry: What have I Got Myself Into? - Nate Landis, Pete Contreras
Christian Collegiates Gone Wild: Bringing the Gospel to the College Campus - Ben Stephens
Developing Student Leaders: Involving Youth in Ministry - Tommy Carrington
Developing The Right People for Your Youth Ministry - Job Lara
Developing the Right Program for Your Youth Ministry - Job Lara
Don’t Lose them During College: a Thriving Faith at the Secular University - Scott Mclane
Evangelizing the Postmodern Generation - Tommy Carrington
Exploring New Paradigms for Reaching Public Schools - Alberto Cuellar, Kevin Young, Pete Contreras
Five Ways to Grow Your Youth Ministry - Juan Gonzalez
Got Money? The Pros, Cons and Process of Receiving Federal Money - Micah Espinoza
Helping Hurting & Angry Youth: Jesus' Therapeutic Ministry - Dean Borgman
Holistic Ministry: What Else Do Kids Need Besides A Bible Study? - Kara Powell, Curt Gibson
How to Ask Good Questions to Stimulate Dialogue in Your Group - Eric Iverson
How To Help Youth Leave the "Me" Church - Marvin Daniels
How to Keep the Kids from Starting a Fire in the Church Basement or in Other Words: The Basics of Discipline - James Dekker
How To Lead Assemblies on Public High School Campuses - Benny Salas
How to Plan an Outreach in Your Community - Dimas Salaberrios
Man Up!!: A Workshop on Discipleship & The Urban Male - Dario Lariosa
Organizing Your Ministry… From Chaos to Clarity - Phil Skei
Outlearning The Wolves - Marvin Daniels
Parenting Parents: How Youth Workers Can Help Parents Raise Godly Kids - Chris Brooks
Setting Kids on a Path to Becoming World Changers - Tommy Carrington
Spiritual Mothering - Virginia Ward
Spiritually Educating a Post-Modern, Data Driven Hip-Hop Generation - Rene Rochester
Supporting Adjudicated/Incarcerated Youth - Ruben Austria
Teaching your Kids to Live Holy and Love it in a Sex Crazed World - Melody La Luz
The Amazing World of Urban Junior High Ministry - Irene Cho
The Cultural Matrix: How to Win the Souls of the Streets - Fred Lynch
The Future of African-American Male Adolescents: Violent or Valiant - Ben Stephens
Urban Youth Ministry is Like: Considering Metaphors for Urban Youth Work - Amy Jacober, Dan Hodge, Dean Borgman, Gregg Moder, James Dekker
Whatever it Takes – Making your Youth Ministry Relevant - Tommy Carrington
When Sugar & Spice Turns Toxic: Relational Aggression Among Girls - Ginny Olson
Youth Explosion… Creatively Communicating to this Generation - Adam Durso
Social Justice
A Dialogue about Living Out Social Justice in Your Community - Alexia Salvatierra, Jeremy Del Rio, Jose Dobles, Michael Mata
A Roadmap for Beginning Activists - Christy Lambertson
Capitalism and Christianity: How did we get to "the American Dream with a Jesus overlay"? - Juanita Irizarry
Charity Does not Equal Justice: Looking at the Important Distinctions - Alexie Torres Fleming, Jose Dobles
Environmental Justice and the Call to Stewardship of the Earth - Michael Mata
If You Want Peace, Seek Justice - Juanita Irizarry
Poverty Simulation: Understanding Power in Relation to Social Justice - Eric Iverson
Social Action and Public Policy - Harold Dean Trulear
The Biblical Roots of Social Justice - Alexie Torres Fleming, Jose Dobles
The Crisis of Working Poverty: Effective Solutions and the Christian Contribution - Alexia Salvatierra
Welcoming the Stranger - a Biblical Response to Immigration - Alexia Salvatierra
Spiritual/Personal Development
Building a Prayer Team That Will Battle for You and Your Ministry - Jay Grant
Core Competencies of the Next Generation Urban Leader - Larry Acosta
Don't Get Beat in Your House - Rene Rochester
From Good to Great: Spiritual Leadership and Leadership Development - Billy Coleman
Healing Your Brokenness – Healing the Brokenness of Others - Ken Unger
Issues About Women in Leadership - Carla Lafayette, Ginny Olson
Living Holy and Loving It! - Melody La Luz
Ministry with Integrity: How to Stay in This for Long Term Impact - Phil Jackson
Morning Prayer with Larry - Larry Acosta
Purpose Driven Singleness - Irene Cho
Refueling Your Forgotten Soul - Archie Honrado
Single, But Not Married to the Ministry - Rene Rochester
Unplugged Worship - Archie Honrado
What Does A Kingdom Pastor Look Like? - Marvin Jacobo
Why am I so Stressed All the Time and What Can I Do About It? - Cynthia Eriksson
Women Honoring Your Call - Justine Conley
Working in Ministry as a Couple - Dimas Salaberrios
Your Money Matters - Howard Morgenstern
Street Ministry
Adolescent Development and Trauma - Ron Ruthruff
Culturally Responsive Teaching/Learning in a High Risk Context - Lisa Leith
Dealing with the Spirit of Violence: A Holistic Ministry Approach to Servicing the Youth Gang Population - Blinky Rodriguez
Doing it Paul Style.... Bringing Gods Peace to the Police World! - Brad Fieldhouse, Mary Glenn
Grieving in the Ghetto - Milo Carrasco
How to Positively Influence Children Lured by Gangs - Pepe Montenegro
Mentoring At Risk Youth - Ruben Austria
Stop the Beef: Take the Hood and Make it Work for You - Doug Forte
Street Culture and the Sociological Aspects of Prostitution - Ron Ruthruff
Street Soldiers - Heather Starnes
The Long Game in Black and Brown Relations - Rudy Carrasco
Understanding The Mindset of a Gang Member - Blinky Rodriguez, Pepe Montenegro
Suburban Urban Blend
From Saul to Paul: Ministering to a Multicultural Generation - Milton Chen
Help! The Urban Kids Are Coming - Dan Hodge
Making a Case for Doing Urban and Suburban Together - John Lewis
Programming for Urban/Suburban - Josh Higgins
Welcoming the Urban Community to the Suburban Church - Curt Gibson, John Wilson, Mayra Nolan
Theology
A Theology of Shalom - Noel Castellanos
Children & The Kingdom of God: Theological Reflections on Urban Ministry from Matthew 18:1-14 - Gregg Moder
Contextual Theology - Vince Campbell
Cultivating Theology Today - Amy Jacober
Growing Deep: Building A Theologically Sound Ministry - Lina Thompson, Marcus Smalls, Paul Patu
House of Pain: Theology of Story, Family and Pain - Lina Thompson, Marcus Smalls, Paul Patu
Theology of Power & Place - Lina Thompson, Marcus Smalls, Paul Patu
Theology of Suffering - Soong Chan Rha, Vince Campbell
Creating a Volunteer Strategy that Works - Mayra Nolan
Developing Sports Programs in Your Ministry - Oye Waddell
Evaluating the Holistic Impact of Your After School Programs - Mayra Nolan
Help! How do I Control These Kids? - Lori Ybarra Christian
Helping Kids Transition - Donna Perkins
Helping Youth Develop a Vision for their Future and Prepare for College - Jamie Johnson
How to Start an After School Program - Wanda Parker
Immigration Issues and Your After School Program - Ava Steaffens
Incorporating the Whole Family into Your After School Program - Anna Espinal
Reading 101: How Do Kids Learn to Read? - Kafi Carrasco
Who Owns It?- Collaborating for After School Programs - Ava Steaffens, Crissy Brooks, Tim Anderson
Working with the School System - Curt Gibson
Artist, Industry and Worship
Creating Relevant Worship Experiences for the Urban Church - Josh Chavez, Jonathan Decuir
Creative Expression – The Language of Worship - Lamont Oneil
Do's and Don'ts of Urban Praise and Worship - Michelle Lang
Graphics/Media Artists Forum - Ben Eash
Grieved by the Gap - William Branch
Hip Hop and the Church - Edward "Spec" Bayonet, Fred Lynch, Fred Oduyoye, William Branch
Spoken Word Workshop: Developing Dynamic Delivery - Oddthomas
The Commission that Determines Our Mandate - LeCrae Moore
The Creative Worship Experience: Reverent and Relevant! - Lamont Oneil
Turning Scripture to Script: Nuts/Bolts of Playwriting - Michelle Lang
What if Hip Hop is Dead? - William Branch
Worship Technics: May Scratch More than the Surface - Josie Thomas
You Don’t Need a Record Label - Tommy "Urban D" Kyllonen
CCD and Economic Dev.
Building Community Partnerships - John Liotti
Church With the Poor: Renewal Wineskins at Waco’s Church Under the Bridge - Jimmy Dorrell
Community Based Strategies for Reaching the Hip Hop Culture - Micah Espinoza
Gentrification - Crissy Brooks
Helping Communities Heal from the Wounds of the Past - Marvin Jacobo
How to Get Money and Christ into Youth - Florence Annang
Kingdom Economics - Romanita Hariston
Leadership Development of Indigenous Leaders - Jeremy Del Rio, Rudy Carrasco
Mobilizing Middle Class Christians- The Poverty Simulation - Jimmy Dorrell
The Economic Spiral - Romanita Hariston
Understanding/Applying the CCDA Philosophy in Your Church - Daniel Hill
Emerging Urban Church
Bridge-Layer or Bomb-Thrower: The Intergenerational Church - Shelton Mercer
Campus Design: Architecture is Language - Edward "Spec" Bayonet
Developing A City Wide Prayer Movement - Brad Fieldhouse
Developing A City Wide Prayer Movement - Evan Chase
Developing A City Wide Prayer Movement - Mary Glenn
Developing A City Wide Prayer Movement - Ryan VerWys
Four Stages of Church Development - Efrem Smith
How Does the Urban Church Become a Force in Their Community? - Phil Jackson
How to Get Your Church Beyond the Sunday Celebration - Efrem Smith
How to Re-Ignite an Inner City Church - Tommy "Urban D" Kyllonen
Preaching to the So-Called Powerful and Powerless - Daniel Hill
The House Church Movement - Has it Found a Home in Urban America? - Gabe Veas, Jonathan Calvillo
Emerging Urban Culture
"Edutainment": Engaging Today’s Urban Youth the ST Way - Anet Gabrielyan, Wendi Vaughn, Wyann Vaughn
Homosexuality and the Kingdom of God: A Way Forward - Andy Comiskey
Baptized in Dirty Water: Emerging Urban Prophets - Deshonna Collier
Exegeting a Musical Culture - Dan Hodge, Garfield Bright
Ghetto Vocab…Understanding The Meaning of Certain Words - Dario Lariosa, Lamont Oneil
Hip Hop and Poverty: The Impact Environment has Upon Urban Youth - Phil Skei
How to Engage the Hip Hop Culture for Ministry Impact - Phil Jackson
Jesus in Hollywood: Finding God in Film 101 - Dan Hodge
Kingdom ‘Jack-o-nomics’: ‘High Jacking’ Youth Culture - Fred Lynch
Missions to 5 Percenters & the Nation of Islam - Jack Hakimian
Mooks, Midriffs, Myspace and More: Engaging a Plugged-in Generation - Jeremy Del Rio
Self-Replication: Your Own City's Ability to Build Bridges within the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) Community - Andrew Marin
Youth Focused Bridge Building within the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) Community - Andrew Marin
Organizational Structure
Designing Killer Newsletters and Appeals to Fund Your Vision - Dean Cowles
Funding For the Future - Dean Cowles
Practical Youth Ministry
Active Listening Part II - Justine Conley
Adopt a School: An Idea Whose Time Has Come - Jeremy Del Rio
Benefits of Multimedia in Youth Ministry - Juan Gonzalez
Beyond the Used Car Seat: Reaching Out to Teen Moms - Ginger MacDonald
Bringing Sexy Back to Today’s Youth Culture - Benny Salas
Building and Maintaining Your Youth Ministry Team - Anthony Flynn
Building City-Wide Networks: Connecting Your City for the Kingdom of God - Brad Fieldhouse, Evan Chase, Mary Glenn, Rachel VerWys, Ryan VerWys
Campus Ministry: What have I Got Myself Into? - Nate Landis, Pete Contreras
Christian Collegiates Gone Wild: Bringing the Gospel to the College Campus - Ben Stephens
Developing Student Leaders: Involving Youth in Ministry - Tommy Carrington
Developing The Right People for Your Youth Ministry - Job Lara
Developing the Right Program for Your Youth Ministry - Job Lara
Don’t Lose them During College: a Thriving Faith at the Secular University - Scott Mclane
Evangelizing the Postmodern Generation - Tommy Carrington
Exploring New Paradigms for Reaching Public Schools - Alberto Cuellar, Kevin Young, Pete Contreras
Five Ways to Grow Your Youth Ministry - Juan Gonzalez
Got Money? The Pros, Cons and Process of Receiving Federal Money - Micah Espinoza
Helping Hurting & Angry Youth: Jesus' Therapeutic Ministry - Dean Borgman
Holistic Ministry: What Else Do Kids Need Besides A Bible Study? - Kara Powell, Curt Gibson
How to Ask Good Questions to Stimulate Dialogue in Your Group - Eric Iverson
How To Help Youth Leave the "Me" Church - Marvin Daniels
How to Keep the Kids from Starting a Fire in the Church Basement or in Other Words: The Basics of Discipline - James Dekker
How To Lead Assemblies on Public High School Campuses - Benny Salas
How to Plan an Outreach in Your Community - Dimas Salaberrios
Man Up!!: A Workshop on Discipleship & The Urban Male - Dario Lariosa
Organizing Your Ministry… From Chaos to Clarity - Phil Skei
Outlearning The Wolves - Marvin Daniels
Parenting Parents: How Youth Workers Can Help Parents Raise Godly Kids - Chris Brooks
Setting Kids on a Path to Becoming World Changers - Tommy Carrington
Spiritual Mothering - Virginia Ward
Spiritually Educating a Post-Modern, Data Driven Hip-Hop Generation - Rene Rochester
Supporting Adjudicated/Incarcerated Youth - Ruben Austria
Teaching your Kids to Live Holy and Love it in a Sex Crazed World - Melody La Luz
The Amazing World of Urban Junior High Ministry - Irene Cho
The Cultural Matrix: How to Win the Souls of the Streets - Fred Lynch
The Future of African-American Male Adolescents: Violent or Valiant - Ben Stephens
Urban Youth Ministry is Like: Considering Metaphors for Urban Youth Work - Amy Jacober, Dan Hodge, Dean Borgman, Gregg Moder, James Dekker
Whatever it Takes – Making your Youth Ministry Relevant - Tommy Carrington
When Sugar & Spice Turns Toxic: Relational Aggression Among Girls - Ginny Olson
Youth Explosion… Creatively Communicating to this Generation - Adam Durso
Social Justice
A Dialogue about Living Out Social Justice in Your Community - Alexia Salvatierra, Jeremy Del Rio, Jose Dobles, Michael Mata
A Roadmap for Beginning Activists - Christy Lambertson
Capitalism and Christianity: How did we get to "the American Dream with a Jesus overlay"? - Juanita Irizarry
Charity Does not Equal Justice: Looking at the Important Distinctions - Alexie Torres Fleming, Jose Dobles
Environmental Justice and the Call to Stewardship of the Earth - Michael Mata
If You Want Peace, Seek Justice - Juanita Irizarry
Poverty Simulation: Understanding Power in Relation to Social Justice - Eric Iverson
Social Action and Public Policy - Harold Dean Trulear
The Biblical Roots of Social Justice - Alexie Torres Fleming, Jose Dobles
The Crisis of Working Poverty: Effective Solutions and the Christian Contribution - Alexia Salvatierra
Welcoming the Stranger - a Biblical Response to Immigration - Alexia Salvatierra
Spiritual/Personal Development
Building a Prayer Team That Will Battle for You and Your Ministry - Jay Grant
Core Competencies of the Next Generation Urban Leader - Larry Acosta
Don't Get Beat in Your House - Rene Rochester
From Good to Great: Spiritual Leadership and Leadership Development - Billy Coleman
Healing Your Brokenness – Healing the Brokenness of Others - Ken Unger
Issues About Women in Leadership - Carla Lafayette, Ginny Olson
Living Holy and Loving It! - Melody La Luz
Ministry with Integrity: How to Stay in This for Long Term Impact - Phil Jackson
Morning Prayer with Larry - Larry Acosta
Purpose Driven Singleness - Irene Cho
Refueling Your Forgotten Soul - Archie Honrado
Single, But Not Married to the Ministry - Rene Rochester
Unplugged Worship - Archie Honrado
What Does A Kingdom Pastor Look Like? - Marvin Jacobo
Why am I so Stressed All the Time and What Can I Do About It? - Cynthia Eriksson
Women Honoring Your Call - Justine Conley
Working in Ministry as a Couple - Dimas Salaberrios
Your Money Matters - Howard Morgenstern
Street Ministry
Adolescent Development and Trauma - Ron Ruthruff
Culturally Responsive Teaching/Learning in a High Risk Context - Lisa Leith
Dealing with the Spirit of Violence: A Holistic Ministry Approach to Servicing the Youth Gang Population - Blinky Rodriguez
Doing it Paul Style.... Bringing Gods Peace to the Police World! - Brad Fieldhouse, Mary Glenn
Grieving in the Ghetto - Milo Carrasco
How to Positively Influence Children Lured by Gangs - Pepe Montenegro
Mentoring At Risk Youth - Ruben Austria
Stop the Beef: Take the Hood and Make it Work for You - Doug Forte
Street Culture and the Sociological Aspects of Prostitution - Ron Ruthruff
Street Soldiers - Heather Starnes
The Long Game in Black and Brown Relations - Rudy Carrasco
Understanding The Mindset of a Gang Member - Blinky Rodriguez, Pepe Montenegro
Suburban Urban Blend
From Saul to Paul: Ministering to a Multicultural Generation - Milton Chen
Help! The Urban Kids Are Coming - Dan Hodge
Making a Case for Doing Urban and Suburban Together - John Lewis
Programming for Urban/Suburban - Josh Higgins
Welcoming the Urban Community to the Suburban Church - Curt Gibson, John Wilson, Mayra Nolan
Theology
A Theology of Shalom - Noel Castellanos
Children & The Kingdom of God: Theological Reflections on Urban Ministry from Matthew 18:1-14 - Gregg Moder
Contextual Theology - Vince Campbell
Cultivating Theology Today - Amy Jacober
Growing Deep: Building A Theologically Sound Ministry - Lina Thompson, Marcus Smalls, Paul Patu
House of Pain: Theology of Story, Family and Pain - Lina Thompson, Marcus Smalls, Paul Patu
Theology of Power & Place - Lina Thompson, Marcus Smalls, Paul Patu
Theology of Suffering - Soong Chan Rha, Vince Campbell