National Youth Conference

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National Youth Conference

• July 20-23, 2008
• Charleston, West Virginia

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2008 NYC Theme Its Not About Me

• He must
• increase,
• but I must decrease
• John 330

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The Free Will Baptist National Youth Conference

• A four-day conference for youth
• and youth workers including
• worship
• fellowship
• ministry
• training

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Worship

• Age-graded Worship Services
• Preschool Children
• Tweener Teens

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Preschool Worship for ages 3 PreK

• Preschoolers rotate through a series of six
• centers within the room for
• Lessons from Gods Word
• Fun games, activities, and crafts
• Light snacks and refreshments
• Encouraging worship music
• Lessons and stories about missions
• Special prizes and awards
• Preschool Worship Coordinator Katie Greenwood
• Preschool Coordinator, Donelson Fellowship

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Preschool Worship
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Childrens Worship for grades 1-3

• Children enjoy a special time of worship
• geared to their age group.
• Interesting Bible stories and lessons
• Active singing
• High-energy fun activities
• Puppets, clowns, Bible characters
• Creative communication of Gods Word
• Childrens Worship Coordinator Johnny Miller
• Childrens Pastor, Cavanaugh FWB Church

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Childrens Worship
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Tweener Worship for grades 4-6

• They are not teens, they are not little kids
• they are just right for Tweener Worship.
• Challenging Bible lessons preaching
• Inspirational singing
• Real-life missions teaching
• Fellowship and fun time
• Tweener Worship Coordinator Steve Greenwood
• Childrens Pastor, Donelson Fellowship

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Tweener Worship
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Teen Worship Service

• A thousand young people gathered
• to glorify God and sing His praise.
• Dynamic Bible teaching preaching
• Life-changing commitments
• Inspiring praise singing
• Challenging missions emphasis

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Teen Worship Service
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Teen Worship Service Speakers

• Sunday AM Bible Study Kelly BowmanYouth Pastor,
  Cornerstone FWB (Crab Orchard, WV)
• Sunday AM Worship Service R.D. Tolliver
  Assistant Pastor, Cornerstone FWB (Crab Orchard,
  WV)
• Sunday PM Worship Service Stewart-Allen Clark
  Pastor, Double Branch FWB (Hawkinsville, GA)
• Monday PM Worship Service Todd Tennant
  Assistant Pastor, Yorkshire FWB (Manassas, VA)
• Tuesday PM Worship Service Sam McVay
  Missionary, (Villalba, SPAIN)

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Fellowship Fun

• Meet old friends and make some new ones.
• Share the experience with a host of fellow
  believers.
• Enjoy special events

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A Night of Comedywith Michael Jay Hollifield
Be sure to hear Mike at the mic, Tuesday
evening after the Teen Worship service for a
variety of comedy sketches.
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Ministry
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Reach That Guy

• Youth and youth workers participate in community
  service projects designed to make an impact in
  the host city.
• Projects include the following organizations
• Red Cross Blood Drive
• Covenant House
• Shanklin Center
• Sojourners Shelter
• and much more
• Make a difference in someones eternity.
  Participate in Reach That Guy
  projects.

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Buck-A-Week

• Students can make a significant
• impact in global missions.
• Share in spreading
• the Gospel at home and
• around the world.
• Support Buck-A-Week with
• with just one dollar each week.
• Buck-A-Week offerings will be
• collected during the Tuesday
• night NYC worship service.

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Buck-A-Week supports the following ministries

• International Missions Nehemiah Project in
  Spain Chame Property in Panama
• Home Missions Salt Lake City, Mission Church
• Scholarships for Missions Students
• Evangelistic efforts at the National Convention
• Half of the funds are invested in permanent
  endowments to support International and Home
  Mission projects until Jesus returns.
• For more information check out
• www.NYCbuckaweek.com

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National Youth Evangelistic Team

• The National Youth Evangelistic Team will
  present their summer tour program Monday evening
  after worship service.

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Youth Evangelistic Team

• Twelve High School students selected from the
  top-scoring individual events
• Two-week tour during the summer ministering in
  music and drama at churches and youth camps
• Encore performance at the National Youth
  Conference

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Training
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Truth Peace Leadership Conference

• The top high school students are selected for a
• two-week intensive training program on a Free
• Will Baptist college campus.
• The program concludes at the National Youth
  Conference.
• Truth Peace members serve as NYC staff during
  the convention.
• Truth Peace alumni are active in a wide range
  of ministry positions throughout our denomination
  and around the world.
• Truth Peace Director Allen Pointer

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Truth and Peace
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Teaching seminarsfor youth youth workers
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Bible and Music Arts Ministry Equipping
Developing

• The competition program is designed to help
• young people discover and develop their talents
• for Gods
• service.
• The Bible
• competition
• encourages
• intensive
• study of the
• Word of God.

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Team Bible Games

• Over 90 of the Bible is covered in the
• Bible team games
• Bible Millionaire new game for 4-6th grade
  students
• Bible Tic Tac Toe classic game for 7-9th grade
  students
• Bible Bowl quiz bowl game for 10-12th grade
  students

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Individual Bible Events

• Individual Bible competitions for each age
  group
• Bible Memorization for grades 1-12, which covers
  72 key passages of Scripture containing over 600
  individual verses
• Bible Sword Drill a test of recall and speed in
  locating specific passages of Scripture, for
  students in grades 4-6
• TruthQuest Jeopardy-style game for Jr. and Sr.
  High students, testing students knowledge of
  Bible, FWB history, doctrine, practice, and
  missionaries

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Bible Sword Drill
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Music Arts Festival

• Students gain valuable experience in
• performance and receive instructive evaluation
• from qualified judges in a variety of platform
• and creative art events
• Vocal Solo, Ensembles, Choirs
• Instrumental Solo and Ensembles
• Keyboard Solo and Ensembles
• Speech, Drama, Storytelling, Puppets
• Creative Writing, Evangelistic Tools
• Video, Web Design, PowerPoint Presentation
• Painting, Drawing, Photography, Art

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Keyboard Ensemble
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FWB Student Childrens Ministrieswww.fwbnyc.com
800-877-7030SCM_at_randallhouse.com