In March 2021 we ran Renew Normal, an online conference to equip and inspire youth leaders as restrictions ease and we prepare for a ‘new normal’ with young people. Across main sessions and seminars, we asked: what have we learned and what’s next? You can now catch up with the whole conference here.
Explore a bigger vision for what God can do through you in a post-Covid world. Don't go back. Renew normal.
Welcome to Renew Normal! In the opening session, join Revd Marcel Simpson, who’ll help us to reflect on what it means to renew ourselves before we seek to rethink our work.
A packed session featuring interviews, an opportunity to worship together and two keynotes from Rachel Gardner and Dr Carmen Imes.
Our penultimate session features an opportunity to join together and hear from Rev Dr Kara Powell, one of the world’s leading youth ministry thinkers.
We join together in worship and prayer before Youthscape CEO Chris Curtis closes by encouraging us to adopt a bold new vision for God-centred youth ministry. Plus: Creation Fest's Sarah Yardley, and a surprise guest...
In this first keynote, we join Marcel Simpson, National Director of Youth & Discipleship, New Testament Church of God as we look at how personal prayer and finding our quiet and private place with God can be transformational to the renewal of our spiritual lives.
As we kicked off, we were joined by Mark Oestreicher, partner in The Youth Cartel, an organisation providing services and resources for individual youth workers and organisations. He joined us live from across the pond to share some insights into youth work during the pandemic.
In this keynote, we hear from Carmen Imes, Associate Professor of Old Testament Theology at Three Hills College in Alberta, Canada, about why reconnecting with scripture is fundamental in our work with young people.
In our second keynote of session two, we hear from Rachel Gardner, Youthscape's Director of Partnerships, about how in a time of separation and distance we might re-engage and renew our connection with young people.
At the start of our third session, Martin and Rachel were joined by Dr Lucie Shuker, Director of The Youthscape Centre for Research to discuss the ground breaking report 'Burning Down the House', compiled by Youthscape and Tearfund, exploring young people's attitudes to climate change.
In our third session, we were joined by Dr. Kara Powell, Executive Director of the Fuller Youth Institute (FYI), a faculty member at Fuller Theological Seminary, and Fuller's Chief of Leadership. Join her here as she guides us through her research-based approach to renewing our approach to discipling young people.
At the conclusion of her keynote presentation, Dr Kara Powell joined us live from Pasadena, California to answer some questions from event attendees.
As we drew Renew Normal to a close, Chris Curtis, Chief Executive of Youthscape, rounded out the conference with a challenge to renew our vision for youth ministry and to embrace hope and courage for the journey God is calling us on.
As we kicked off the final session of Renew Normal, we were joined by The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury to reflect on the challenges, as well as the small glimmers of hope, of the past 12 months.
The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the reality of poverty in the UK. In this Town Hall, we'll ask what youth workers need to do in response.
A year of the pandemic has taken its toll on your youth ministry. In this Town Hall, we discuss practical strategies that you can implement in your context.
God is at work now, and has promised the show us a way forward. What are the next steps, and how do we renew our passion to take them?
The researchers and authors of the ground-breaking report 'Burning Down the House' share their findings on Christian young people's attitude to climate change.
Thinking more ambitiously and imaginatively than ever before about the place of young people in society and the Church.
Join Claude and Lydia from London-based youth charity XLP as they explore deeper principles and practices that can improve the effectiveness of your work as a mentor.
Exploring principles, practice and creative expressions of mission in youth ministry.
Join content creator and youth thinker Andy Fronius and think about how social media can be a tool for engaging creatively with young people.
In the last year youth ministry has gone 'online'. As we head towards in-person youth ministry, what should we plan to keep?
What does discipleship look like in your context? Exploring together the concept of discipleship and its application in youth ministry.
In a time of enforced physical separation, evangelism has, in some cases, become much harder to keep central to our youth ministry. Join Amy Orr-Ewing as she explores how to keep sharing our faith at the heart of our ministry with young people.
Despite the decline in youth ministry, now is not the time to give up! Join us in exploring what youth ministry should look like in the future.
How to care for yourself when you're caring for young people. Practical exercises on taking care of yourself in youth ministry.
With rates of anxiety and stress at higher than ever levels, discover what youth leaders can do to support young people at a critical time.
Our youth centre doors have been closed for a year. How do we welcome, include, and enable our young people to belong again?
Exploring a simple step-by-step guide to thinking about innovation in youth ministry that paid workers and volunteers alike can follow.
In the last year, racial injustice has become a defining issue for society to address. What's the responsibility of youth workers towards this movement and how can you play your part in the change needed?
A crash course in how to do better 1-2-1's with young people.
Is it time for a rethink when it comes to evangelism? In this seminar with Dan Randall, we explore why young people are the best evangelists to their friends and how we get them started in sharing their faith.
Discovering a different vision for the role of the Church and the part that youth ministry might play in making it possible.
How to make youth groups thrive when you have a handful of young people.
Covid-19 has had a fundamental and long-lasting impact on youth ministry. In this seminar we join Dr Lucie Shuker and Gry Apeland of Youthscape to discuss research surrounding how big the impact really is.
In summer 2022, Youthscape is launching a brand new Christian youth festival - Satellites. In this Q&A, Martin Saunders and Natalie Evans outline the vision, values and practical ideas surrounding the Satellites event as well as plans for year-round discipleship of young people.
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