conversations from the couch

I just talked with a youth worker who noticed that a lot of our conference leaders and speakers were from big mega churches, and wondererd if there was anything in the event geared for small ministries. GREAT question to address.

NYMC is absolutely NOT geared towards a bigger-is-better mentality and we’re not interested in playing the “how big is your youth ministry” game. Our goal is simple–meet youth workers’ needs for deeper training that they can genuinely use in their ministries, and feed them with ideas, encouragement and authentic interaction. We’ve asked all of our track & workshop leaders to take some time in each session to specifically discuss applying ideas for various ministry settings. We’ve also launched an affinty group specifically for small churches (called Small but Mighty) that will meet throughout the entire conference for connection, idea sharing and debriefing of what they’re are learning through a small church filter. Stephanie Caro (one of NYMC’s speakers) is excited to be the leader/ministry mentor for the Small but Mighty affinty group, this is her ministry sweet spot.