Courses in Youth Ministry Leadership Offered in Nashville, TN
Revised 07/23/2008 

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YL 507 - Thinking Theologically in Youth Ministry
Case studies, personal experiences, modern ministry practices and the rich learning environment of the National Youth Workers' Convention will be integrated with reading, writing and discussion to cultivate students' skills in theological reflection and integration.  This class will be taught on location each year during the final NYWC of the fall season and will require students to also register for the NYWC. (3 credits)
FACULTY: Dr. Dave Rahn    
CURRICULAR EMPHASIS: Theological Faithfulness
DATES:  November 20-22, 2008
LOCATION: YS National Youth Workers Convention,  Nashville, TN

YL 570 – Counseling for Youth and Family Ministry
This class will expose students to a Family Systems model for counseling teens and families, different than other approaches to counseling within the context of student ministries. In addition to exploring the Hebrew concepts of counseling and how Job's friends responded to a crisis, topics will include ways of equipping volunteers for counseling; ideas to empower our students towards peer counseling; and how to build a long term model of counseling rather than just a reactive approach to putting out "adolescent fires." This class will offer lecture, discussion, movie segments, research, Scriptural integration and some role plays. (3 credit)
FACULTY: Dr. David Olshine
CURRICULAR EMPHASIS: Adolescent Specialization
DATES:  November 20-22, 2008
LOCATION: YS National Youth Workers Convention, Nashville, TN

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