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The 10 Best Things About Open Boston

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Open Boston
Making the most of being up in Boston

Open Boston – Mission accomplished! What’s next? Hopefully an Open event near you!

Open Boston was the completion of the Alpha Testing phase of Open youth ministry training events by The Youth Cartel. I had the great fortune to speak there and be blessed by hearing others speak about topics that my day to day life, work and ministry doesn’t often intersect with.

Top 10

Here are my Top 10 likes from Open Boston (in no particular order):

  1. Getting to know new youth workers from across the country
  2. Hearing Morgan Schmidt from Youth Collective Seattle
  3. Seeing snow (excellent location choice!)
  4. Hearing Tammy Burns speak about Austism in youth ministry
  5. The great price – $25 per ticket
  6. Getting to know Adam McLane better and his son
  7. Finding out about the great work of Hume NE, Fold Ministries and Arise Youth Ministries
  8. Seeing the World Vision 30 Hour Famine folks again (shout out to Nikki!)
  9. Being able to share my heart for helping youth think globally
  10. Working and relaxing alongside the other half of Youth Workin’ It who works harder than anyone knows, especially when it comes to keeping me sane!

The Future

Here is my main thought moving forward:

How can we get an event like this everywhere?! Especially closer to where I currently live. It was a great day for making connections within the local area and across the nation. It was really low pressure and gave good nuggets, especially for the cost (did I say it only costs $25 to attend!?).

I highly recommend attending an Open event that ends up anywhere near you if you’re looking for some low cost, high content training for you and your team of staff or volunteers.

Here is what a few others have said about Open Boston:

Adam McLane – The Youth Cartel

Timbo – Student Ministry Central

Leneita Fix – YouthWorkTalk.com

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A Couple Of Things To Check Out……

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There are a couple of things we think you should check out today:

1. Stuff Christians Like

We have another guest post on Stuff Christians Like today – Jon Acuff’s blog. It’s called “Stuff Christians Like – The Movie” and is a funny look at what his blog would look like if it was made into movie form.

If you’re a regular reader of his blog, I’m hoping you’ll appreciate a lot of the references, so go check it out here.

2. Open Boston

In just two short weeks (February 2, 2o13 to be exact), there’s going to be a youth ministry event run by the Youth Cartel called Open Boston. It’s bringing together a bunch of different youth workers who will be exploring three overall themes:

  • The Future Life of Ministry – Innovation and Looking Ahead
  • The Life In Ministry – Practical Youth Ministry Training
  • The Life of the Youth Worker – Soul Care and Looking Inward

This is going to be an awesome day, so don’t miss out. If you’re on the east coast (or even if you’re not), it’s not too late to get a ticket. They’re just $25 and will be well worth the price – you can find out more about Open Boston here and register here.

In case you needed just a little more convincing, Shae is one of the speakers and will be talking about helping your students think globally. I’ll be there too, so come and meet the Youth Workin’ It team in Boston. We’ll probably be dressed like we are in the picture above because, well, it’s Boston in February.

 

Come Open Your Mind (And Ministry!) In Boston

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Open BostonIf you weren’t at The Summit a couple of weeks ago, make sure you don’t miss out on the Youth Cartel’s next event – Open Boston – on February 2, 2013.

This is a new kind of youth ministry conference that will be focusing on a wide range of different ideas – you can check out the manifesto here. One of the best things is that tickets will start from just $25, making it much more affordable.

And now there’s another good reason to be there – Shae will be one of the speakers! She’s going to be talking about “helping your students think globally” and this will be:

An informative and practical session about how to help young people in youth ministries internalize global issues in youth work and turn those changed attitudes into action. We’ll look at how youth ministers can engage young people in the process of global learning that goes beyond being sympathetic. This session provides practical tools and tips on how to engage young people in the church in global issues through empathy and community volunteering opportunities.

I can’t recommend this highly enough and not just because I’m her husband! Being at Shae’s session will be worth the $25 by itself, but there are so many other great speakers and sessions, there’s really no excuse not to be there.

Unless you live thousands of miles from Boston.

Even then, I’d recommend jumping on a plane to be there.

I’ll be there as well (albeit as a learner rather than a speaker), so come meet Youth Workin’ It at Open Boston. Don’t miss out – register here now.