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But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on
you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all
Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth
Acts1:8

Working together to equip youth and adults to empower students to expand the Kingdom locally and globally

There are over 7 billion people in this world.

Over 4 billion people have never discovered
a personal relationship with Christ.

Nearly 3 billion have never even heard the name of Jesus.

Every week over 1 million people die-the majority of
whom have never heard of Jesus’ sacrifice for them.

Spread The Word is a North American missions program
with the purpose of allowing Church of God youth to spread
the Kingdom around the globe thorugh financial giving.

For more information about STW or how you can get involved, click here.

The International Youth Convention
of the Church of God is a conference
for high school students designed
to create a moment for life change
and to be a launching pad for young
people to change their communities.

Typically around 5,000-6,800 students
and their leaders gather every two
years.

IYC2012 will be held July 4-7, 2012
in Denver, Colorado.

Visit www.iyc.2012.org for more
information and to register for this life
changing event!

Emerging Leaders is training dedicated to raising up a new generation of
Christ-centered leaders by training those who feel a call to ministry.

A comprehensive 18 month training plan with videos from top leaders,
thoughts from emerging leaders and resources to help young leaders grow.

You can find more at www.emergingleaders101.com

In 2011, Leadership Summit will be held on the beautiful
campus of Anderson Unversity in Anderson, Ind.

For more information, click here.

For nearly a decade, every two years,
emerging high school and college
leaders come together for a time
of intensive, experiential, hands-on
leadership development.

This conference is for your top student
leaders in your ministry.

Bridges Youth Series

With Bridges, students will learn the Word of God, apply it to their lives in
practical ways and build the relationships and the disciplines necessary to
grow strong in their faith. New editions are frequently added to the series.

Check out how you can involve your students in this series here.

YMI is a regular newsletter sent to the head youth leader at each Church of God congregation in
North America (staff youth pastor, senior pastor, or lay youth leader). These leaders are encouraged
to make copies and distribute them to all youth workers in their congregations. View past issues here.

YMI is published three times per year.	Winter 2012
Click on the desired issue to view and/or download:	Fall 2011

One of the dreams of the Youth Ministry and Youth Network
Teams is to be a catalyst to help train youth leaders around
the world. The 5 Principle Training System, working with the
SHAPE initiative of the Church Of God and including the
principles of Spirituality, Vision, Leadership, Knowledge/Culture,
and Relational/Connectivity, was developed with the
belief that these five principles apply across cultures.

Since 2008, the five principles have been taught on the continents of Africa, Asia, Europe, South America and North America. It is now available in five different languages. We are seeing the dream of this becoming a tool that local, state/provincial, regional, and national leaders around the world can use. Feel free to use these resources to teach and train your leaders.

Click here to learn more about the free 5 Principle Training curriculum.

Church Ministry Helps

	These free resources are designed to help youth leaders along their journeys into youth ministry. Help! I'm a Youth Leader! is a free resource book for those who minister to teens. This free resource is designed to help youth leaders with a hands-on, experienced-based manual based on more than fifteen years of youth ministry experience compiled into one resource, jam-packed with information every youth leader should know.
	Hiring and Keeping a Youth Worker is another free recource designed to help hire with wisdom and keep youth workers for the long haul. There are some very gifted, passionate, experienced, and theologically grounded youth workers out there. We hope that this resource will be helpful for you and your church in your quest to find the person who is the best fit to lead the youth ministry at your church for a long time to come.
For more information or to download these free materials, click here.

Young men and women across North American are sensing God's call on their lives and seeking ways to
explore and confirm that call. The Student Leadership Institute (SLI) is one venue that state youth leaders
have developed to assist high school students in responding to that call. Through national collaborative
work the leaders of those SLIs have created a manual to assist each other and to provide guidance and a
model for those state youth ministries that are thinking about creating such an Institute.

Click here for an on-line, downloadable manual to assist you in your work. (5 MB)

NIYC

National Inspirational Youth Convention is a conference with a youth emphasis that takes
place yearly between Christmas and New Years.

Don't miss NIYC 2012!

Visit www.niyc.org for more information.

Don't miss your chance to help feed children around
the world with the One Meal One Day campaign.

See www.onemealoneday.com for more information.

A youth movement committed to raising
awareness and funds to fight global hunger.

One Meal One Day is an experience that
allows thousands of students across North
America to a skip a meal and give their unspent
cash to Compassion International to
help feed hungry children around the world.
Changing the world comes down to a simple
equation: You + Small Action = Big Impact.

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