The National Youth Ministry Weekend (NYMW) is an annual event for all Christians involved in supporting young people and helping with church youth work – whether you are a youth leader, church leader, paid worker or volunteer.
At NYMW you’ll find inspiration, encouragement,
practical advice and the latest new resources. You’ll
join more than a thousand others in our main sessions
hearing from some of the leading youth ministry
practitioners from around the world. You’ll be able to
attend seminars on almost every aspect of Christian
work with young people. Above all you’ll find an
amazing mix of fun, encouragement and refreshment.
It’s a weekend for everyone who loves young people
and wants youth work to thrive in their church.
This year we also have a pre-conference Early Day on Friday 22nd with Prof. Kenda Creasy Dean, alongside a weekend packed with more than fifty seminars and interactive sessions, free coaching and advice, space to reflect and some surprise guests!
Ticket Offers
* Special offer, save £20 off the full price
† Sometimes you can’t avoid needing to be back for Sunday morning and church commitments. We understand that – so we’ve created the ‘Back for Sunday’ ticket. For the same price as a standard NYMW ticket you can attend the Early Day and the full conference through to Saturday evening, leaving you free to head home ready for the next day.
Our 2024 conference theme: Adventure of a lifetime
Following Jesus is the greatest adventure of all: the
God who made the world, inviting us to help him
rebuild it. The radical call of the kingdom offers a
thrilling, long-term journey of meaning and purpose.
So why do so many young people choose to turn their
back on it before that adventure has even really
begun?
This year at the National Youth Ministry Weekend,
we're going to ask perhaps the toughest and most
important question of discipleship: how do we make it stick? So many young people start out on the road of
faith, but soon end up in the ditches of doubt,
distraction and despair. What can we do to give them
the best chance of growing lifelong faith?
Part of the answer must be found in our own
consistency and commitment – so we'll also be
looking at the potentially-lifelong adventure of youth
ministry. How do we keep going for the long term? And
what's the impact on young people when we do?
Join us for a weekend of wisdom, inspiration and practical help from some of best and most experienced practitioners in the world. Bring your team, or come along to make new friends. And above all, take time out to spend time with the one who calls us to adventure - and to lead young people as they embark on theirs.
TRACKS
Wondering if NYMW is for you? We’ve created six tracks that give you an idea of how NYMW might work for different preferences and roles.
Which one sounds most like you?
New (ish)
your first years as a youth
worker or volunteer
Younger focus
working with 9-13 year
olds
Community outreach
engaging with young people
outside the church
Church leaders
how to support young people
and grow your youth work
Personal growth
deepening my own faith,
finding refreshment
Going deep
for experienced practitioners,
something to stretch me
See how the programme could work for each of these tracks
– or plan your own journey through NYMW 2024.
CONTRIBUTORS
Ben Lindsay
Ben Lindsay OBE is Founder and CEO of Power The Fight, 2023 Charity Times, Charity of The Year launched in 2019, tackling the issue of violence affecting young people. Winner of the Charity Times 2023 Social Media Leader, 2022’s Rising Leader Award and bestselling author, Ben is an experienced presenter, trainer and facilitator with more than 20 years spent working with high-risk young people in the field of gangs and serious youth violence.
Pete Greig
Pete founded the 24-7 prayer movement in 1999 which has impacted the lives of thousands of people across the world. For eight years Pete served on the senior leadership team of Alpha international and HTB, a large Anglican church in London. He’s also an award-winning author of 'How to pray' and 'God on mute', as well as being host of the Lectio 365 daily devotional used by more than 270,000 people. Pete is currently Senior Pastor of Emmaus Road church in Guildford. He loves art galleries, live music and knocking down walls.
Laura Hancock
Laura is the National Ministries Director for Youth for Christ. She oversees Youth for Christ’s outreach and evangelism teams and has also led the development of some of YFC's resources including Yeti and the Good News Bible - The Youth Edition. She speaks widely on youth work and young people as well as helping lead the youth work in her church. Laura is married to Andy who is Associate Pastor at Lifecentral Church, Halesowen.
Kenda Creasy Dean
Kenda is Professor of Youth, Church and Culture at Princeton Theological Seminary in the USA. She is the world’s leading expert in youth ministry innovation and one of the world’s best-known writers about young people and the church. He books include The Godbearing Life: The Art of Soul-Tending for Youth Ministry, Practicing Passion: Youth and the Quest for a Passionate Church and Almost Christian: What the Faith of Our Teenagers Is Telling the American Church.
John Roberto
John Roberto has spent a lifetime working in faith formation—teaching, writing, researching, consulting, and developing programs. Among his publications are Lifelong Faith: Formation with All Ages and Generations, Families at the Center of Faith Formation, Seasons of Adult Faith Formation, Reimagining Faith Formation for the 21st Century, Generations Together, and Faith Formation 2020. He has a masters degree in religious education from Fordham University and a honorary doctor of divinity from Meadville Lombard Theological School.
KXC
KXC Worship is based at King’s Cross Church (KXC) - a church in the heart of London. The vision of KXC is to serve God’s purpose to make all things new, by recklessly giving themselves away to God in worship, each other in community and the people of King’s Cross and beyond. Their mosts recent album is 'Show Us Your Glory'.
How to find us
The Vox Conference Centre is part of the amazing
Resorts World complex in Birmingham. By car, it's just
off the M42 with free parking for NYMW delegates.
Birmingham Airport and railway station are just a few
minutes walk away.
Resorts World
Pendigo Way
Birmingham
B40 1PU
NYMW is working to reduce the carbon
footprint of the event and we encourage
you to use public transport where
possible and consider sharing travel if
you come by car.
