Simply Youth Ministry Conference Day 4 and Team Feedback

Today we wrapped up the Simply Youth Ministry Conference 2013. It was such a great weekend. I was so happy to have shared it with some of our awesome adult youth leaders. I am grateful to Shelter Rock Church for caring enough about our students to invest in high quality training for our volunteers. Over lunch today we shared our learnings with each other. I then asked each person to summarize how they were feeling after the weekend. Here are the words they used: Refreshed, Ready, Knowledgeable, Full, Reoriented, Amazed, and Home. They also expressed how they want all of our team to go to the conference next year. We are going t take a week to unpack and summarize our learnings, then on Sunday we are going to have a volunteer lunch and each person will share with the team members who were unable to go so that we all benefit. 

Team with Josh Griffin

Danielle and Julia with DJ Promote
Ady and me with DJ Promote

Simply Youth Ministry Conference Day 3 and a Visit From Mom and My Sister

Kurt Johnston teaching
Our newest nephew

With my sister Naomi’s kids

With Mom, Naomi, her husband Mike and their kids

Kung Fu Fighting with Uncle Kevin

Yankees Fan like Uncle Kevin and Mommy

Margaret Feinberg speaking

DJ Promote

All Sons and Daughters

Simply Youth Ministry Conference Day 2

Jordan Howerton Band
Rick Lawrence
Jon Acuff

With our friends Darren and Katie Sutton

Our team with Rick Lawrence

Our team with Jason Ostrander
Our team with Group founders Thom and Joni Schultz
Danette Matty
Our team with Kurt Johnston

John Stumbo
Lecrae

Simply Youth Ministry Conference with Team Day 1

Yep, we’re awake…

Barely!

Dom & Mike. Dom, thanks for the ride!
Very happy to be going to SYMC with our team!

Good fellowship time … via Twitter!

First stop … before the hotel!

Chris’ 1st time eating Chick-Fil-A!

Store owner hooked us up!

Nothing quite like 3,000 youth workers worshipping God together.

It’s Official: We Have a Problem

My name is Kevin Mahaffy, and I am a Krispy Kreme-aholic. The closest Krispy Kreme to me is Penn Station, and it’s the only one in New York. I am desperate! My friends Gregg and Dominic and I have formed an unofficial group to lobby for Krispy Kreme’s return to Long Island.