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YOUTH & FAMILY RESOURCES: For recent youth ministry news and events, check out the New Youth Worker Update Blog. Visit the new Journey: Discipleship/ Confirmation  Website.  Discover what resources fellow youth pastors recommend.  Click here, and then type "youth" to search for other Youth & Family resources.

SEMINARS & SERVICES: Check out our Youth Ministry Speaker Team, serving local Covenant churches. Youth Workers - find out who the Frontline Coaches are within your conference. These people are ready and willing to be a resource for you. This month's featured frontline coach is Byron Bruckner from the Alaska Conference. Jake serves as the director of Covenant Youth of Alaska.

UPCOMING EVENTS: CHIC 2009: Undone! July 12 - 17, 2009 University of Tennessee, Knoxville  Sankofa 2008   August 7 - 10, 2008 Sponsored by the Department of Compassion, Mercy, and Justice.

 

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Christian Formation

About Youth & Family Ministries

We welcome all youth workers to this area of our website. We value you and the youth you minister to. Thank you for your heart and willingness to walk alongside youth and share with them in their spiritual journey! Please know that we are praying for you and God's call on your life. It is our desire to partner with and encourage youth workers from our denomination all around the country. We gather youth workers yearly for Youth Workers Connection (YWC). YWC 2007 will be held in Denver, CO.

The department of Christian Formation walks alongside the churches and conferences of the Evangelical Covenant Church to host a triennial event for youth called CHIC (Covenant High In Christ). The dates for CHIC 2009 are July 12-17, 2009 at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, TN. For more information about this ministry, please visit the CHIC 2009 website, e-mail kjersten.jennings@covchurch.org, or call (800) 910-CHIC.

After visiting with youth workers from around the country it was suggested that we put together a Ministry Planning Tool (See resource section below). These are available from the Covenant Resource Center at (800) 338-IDEA (4332) in print form or CD. GROW Commitment cards are also available to help youth plan their spiritual goals for the coming year.

Need a speaker for an upcoming event or retreat? Check out the Speaker Team brochure or call us for details at (773) 583-0220. Three teams are available: "We're Here to Serve," "Rescue 101" or "Walk On."

May God richly bless you as you serve HIM.
Marti Burger,
Director of Youth and Family Ministries

Teenage Girls and Abuse

Wouldn’t it be Nice if Teenage Girls Only Needed….

In a perfect world teenage girls would simply need their faith to navigate, make her way safely through the dangerous waters of teen life in pop culture.  In today’s world your faith is constantly tested and called upon to put up or shut up.  You live in a world that constantly communicates that casual sex, getting beat up or pushed around, and being verbally insulted is a normal and acceptable way of life for women and teenage girls.  There is no concept of respect for your own body, mind and spirit.  But, in the Body of Christ your life has endless value, beauty and worth, and it is your responsibility to care for it.  You have the right and power to honor and protect yourself. Let us help you do just that.  For information on how to protect yourself from sexual assault, an abusive boyfriend, or abuse in your home, just click on the highlighted link below.      

Teens and Dating Violence