Y-Lead Archives - EMU News /now/news/tag/y-lead/ News from the ²ÝÝ®ÉçÇø community. Wed, 17 Sep 2014 19:42:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 Youth Explore Risky Leadership /now/news/2006/youth-explore-risky-leadership/ Wed, 30 Aug 2006 04:00:00 +0000 http://www.emu.edu/blog/news/?p=1209

]]> Youth Challenged to Become ‘Servant Leaders’ /now/news/2006/youth-challenged-to-become-servant-leaders/ Mon, 07 Aug 2006 04:00:00 +0000 http://www.emu.edu/blog/news/?p=1183 Worship focused on Worship focused on “Leaders who take Risks.” Speakers used biblical characters such as Gideon, Moses and Mary as examples.

Is leadership worth the risk? This was the primary question addressed at a conference for Mennonite youth held on the ²ÝÝ®ÉçÇø campus. Forty-six Mennonite young people gathered from around the country to explore leadership issues at , July 27-30.

Youth and sponsors explored various aspects of leadership in workshops and worship sessions. Speakers talked about leaders in the Bible who took risks.

Glen Guyton, youth minister at Calvary Community Church in Hampton, Va., spoke about Moses. Seventeen-year-old Daniel Lyman of Hartville, Ohio, said that “The example of Moses was good. He didn

]]> EMU to Host Summer Youth Conference /now/news/2006/emu-to-host-summer-youth-conference/ Thu, 02 Feb 2006 05:00:00 +0000 http://www.emu.edu/blog/news/?p=1062 Glenn Guyton"Minister Glenn Guyton will be a speaker at the 2006 Y-LEAD conference.

Youth ministry – Is the mere sound of that phrase enough to scare persons to the four winds?

It shouldn’t, and, in fact, there’s something in the air to help young people and adults who work with youth assume stronger leadership roles in their local church settings.

Called "," a conference for high school youth and youth workers, will be held July 27-30, 2006 on the campus of EMU.

The program will include speakers who work with young people, workshops on leadership themes, small group discussions, worship, music, recreation and other activities "to educate, empower and educate youth to become servant leaders," according to Jill Landis, resource coordinator at .

"This conference, being held in the ‘off-year’ between churchwide Mennonite youth conventions, will help high school-age youth and youth workers to gain practical leadership skills and promote the ‘culture of call’ concept among young people for possible long-term ministry," Landis said.

Lana Miller, a student at Eastern Mennonite Seminary and former associate director of convention planning for Mennonite Church USA"Lana Miller

Principal speakers will include:

  • Glenn Guyton, minister of youth at Calvary Community Church, Hampton, Va.
  • Lana Miller, a student at Eastern Mennonite Seminary and former associate director of convention planning for
    • Joseph Dugan, vice-principal at Philadelphia Mennonite High School"Joseph Dugan
  • and Joseph Dugan, vice-principal at Philadelphia Mennonite High School.

The program theme will focus on "risk-taking," spotlighting biblical characters who developed leadership abilities in the midst of struggles and what that means in today’s context.

"We anticipate several hundred people attending this gathering," Landis added.

More information on Y-Lead is available by calling 540-432-4699; e-mail: ylead@emu.edu; or visit the web at .

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