2019 Princeton Forum on Youth Ministry: Full Schedule

1:30pm EDT

Registration

Come to the lobby of the Mackay Campus Center to check-in and get your registration materials. Enjoy a cup of coffee with us while perusing the event resources available from Labyrinth Books. If you need to store your luggage while attending Tuesday's events, we have a room available nearby.

Tuesday April 23, 2019 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Mackay Campus Center 64 Mercer St. Princeton, NJ 08542

General Session: All Attendees, All Attendees

4:15pm EDT

Seminar Spotlight

Feedback Survey

This session will introduce you to the leaders and topics to be explored over the course of the next three days in each of our seminar offerings. This will help you decide which seminar you'll want to attend and will give you a glimpse of each leader's teaching style. You'll also meet the three small group leaders who will be hosting mealtime conversations that connect the material from the Forum with particular interests. Hosted by IYM Director, Abigail Visco Rusert.

Light refreshments will be provided.

Leaders

Wes Ellis

Small Group Leader

Wes Ellis is a husband, a father, and a passionate follower of Jesus. He's a veteran youth worker who's pastored in UCC, evangelical, Presbyterian, and Methodist churches. He holds a bachelor's degree in theology and biblical studies from Azusa Pacific University, and two master's... Read More →

Andrew Root

Carrie Olson Baalson Professor of Youth and Family Ministry, Luther Seminary

Andrew Root (Ph.D., Princeton Theological Seminary) is the Carrie Olson Baalson professor of youth and family ministry at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. A former Young Life staff worker, he has served in churches and social service agencies as a youth outreach associate and... Read More →

Erica Liu

Theologian-in-Residence

Since 2004, Erica Liu has served as Co-Pastor at Pres House, a Presbyterian campus ministry at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She was called alongside her spouse, Mark Elsdon, to rebirth the historic campus ministry and develop a new, sustainable ministry model that today includes... Read More →

Christy Lang-Hearlson

Theologian-in-Residence

Christy Lang Hearlson is Assistant Professor of Religious and Theological Education at Villanova University. She is co-editor with Kenda Creasy Dean of How Youth Ministry Can Change Theological Education—If We Let It, and she teaches and researches on consumer culture and Christianity... Read More →

Erik Leafblad

Small Group Leader

Erik Leafblad has been a professor of missional ministries at Bethel University in St Paul, Minnesota since 2015. Prior to teaching, he led and directed ministry initiatives for Youthfront in Kansas City, and before that, he served as a youth pastor. Erik received his M.Div. from... Read More →

Erin Raffety

IYM Staff - Associate Research Scholar, Princeton Theological Seminary

Erin Raffety (she/her) is a practical theologian who uses ethnographic research methods to study congregations. Erin leads the IYM's "Cultivating Virtue in God's Brainforest" research grant, funded by the Fuller Youth Institute. In addition to serving as the Associate Research Scholar... Read More →

Abigail Rusert

IYM Staff - Director, Princeton Theological Seminary

Abigail Rusert (she/her) is the director of the Institute for Youth Ministry at Princeton Theological Seminary. She is an ordained pastor in the Presbyterian Church (USA) and has been in ministry for over 20 years, working with youth and adults as an associate pastor, youth director... Read More →

Megan DeWald

Director of the Institute for Youth Ministry, Princeton Theological Seminary

Megan DeWald (she/her) is the Director of the Institute for Youth Ministry, where she oversees research, facilitates training programs, hosts events, and designs resources for people engaged in youth ministry. With two decades of experience in youth and young adult ministry, Megan... Read More →

Tuesday April 23, 2019 4:15pm - 5:45pm EDT
Mackay Auditorium | Mackay Campus Center

General Session: All Attendees, All Attendees