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A list of Youth Leaders that you can contact for advice, help, or resources to borrow and use.

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Chad Swanzy
Student Ministries Director
Gateway Community Church
Austin, Texas
Contact Chad via Email
Visit his website.
Offering advice on:
Programming for Events, Camps, & Retreats
Creating Student-led Small Groups and House Churches
Set Design on a Low Budget
Promoting Events
Reaching Fringe Students
Making available these resources to borrow:
Portable Sound System
30 Tractor Sized Tires for Tubal Warfare
Mobile Skate Park

Drew Hill
YoungLife
Young Life/ Anglican Mission in America
Greensboro, North Carolina
Contact Drew via Email.
Visit his website.
Making available these resources:
Speaking

John Lunsford
YoungLife
YoungLife Leader
Phoenix, Arizona
Contact John via Email.
Offering advice on:
20 years in staff related student ministry
Currently on staff with YoungLife, leading a YoungLife club and a WyldLife club
Programming for Events, Camps, & Retreats
Small Groups
Promotion and Marketing
We specialize in reaching students in the boundaries.
Developing leaders
We create videos too!

Graham Buck
Student Ministries Pastor
Orchard Christian Fellowship
Londonberry, New Hampshire
Contact Graham via Email.
Visit his website.
Offering advice on:
I find my giftings to be in the areas of teaching, discipleship, theological understanding, etc. I also love music, playing and writing, and photography. Generally speaking, that means I love the arts and working them into the life of the church. I’m also moderately technically adept, so I may be able to help you there as well.
Making available these resources:
We’re pretty small and don’t have too much. But it never hurts to ask. I just might have what you need.

Dave Fishback
Student Ministries Pastor
Greenford Christian Church
Salem, Ohio
Contact Dave via Email.
Visit his website.
Offering advice on:
I have been in youth ministry for 15 years and I can use all the help I can get. If I can share anything with others I would love to talk and encourage and help.
Sharing the following resources:
facilties, water balloon filler, t-shirt launcher, Flag football set and ref shirts, call and ask, I just might have it!

Joey Colletti
Student Ministries Pastor
YoungLife/Community of Grace
Peoria, Arizona
Contact Joey via Email.
Visit Joey on Facebook.
Offering advice on:
10+ years of Youth Ministry (9+ in Young Life)
Leading 500+ people in group activities, games, etc…
Organizing big events
Training leaders
Equipping leaders
Showing value to leaders
Teaching
Sharing the following resources:
Resources for games, teaching, bible studies, etc…
Again, 10+ years is enough time to gather some stuff…

Tony Ducklow
Youth Forum MN
Minneapolis, MN
Contact Tony via Email.
Visit Tony’s Website.
Tony is offering advice on:
DJ, low ropes facilitator, custom retreat programing, custom lock-in programing, youth group consulting, leader seminar on using Facebook and other social media to grow and enhance your ministry
Sharing resources on:
Laser Tag, 50′ slip n’ slide sections, earth balls, portable mini golf, interactive large group games designed to facilitate small group growth

Ty Gallenbeck
Young Life Leader
YoungLife
Delta, Colorado
Contact Ty via Email.
Visit his website.
Offering advice on:
Experience in ministering to those on the fringe or those with past bad experiences in church. Enjoy debating the tough topics of Christianity with both youth and adults.
Spent years in the skate culture running skate churches, competitions and skate tours.
Now learning and loving Young Life and the mission of reaching out to the unchurched.
Sharing resources on:
Professional Magician, have run multiple fund raising shows to help churches and other non-profits.
Professional DJ for school dances, churches, weddings.

Doug Grennan
YoungLife Leader
Younglife
Salt Lake City, Utah
Contact Doug via Email.
Visit his website.
Offering advice on:
Fundraising, contact work with kids, Team dreaming, strategy development for implementing vision, vision casting, up front funny stuff, skits, Skateboarding trip, Videos, Video Editing, (final cut express)
Sharing resources on:
Portable Sound system, skate ramps, video editing and graphic design capabilities.
CD / DVD duplicator. Lots lots more just ask.

Eliza Croitoru
YoungLife Leader
YoungLife
Fairfax, Va.
Contact Eliza via Email.
Visit her website.
Offering advice on:
Non-profit charities and service projects.

Lindsey Preston
YoungLife Leader
Younglife
Knoxville, TN
Contact Lindsey via Email.
Sharing Resources on: Being available, helping out.

Randy Moore
Student Ministries Director
Milwood Baptist Church
Austin, TX
Contact Randy via Email.
Visit his website.
Offering Advice on:
Large camp games, student ministry in small churches, general youth ministry questions
Sharing Resources on:
I have an abundance of rec/ game equipment for use. We have a van and building that is open for groups to use. We also have a worship team that is willing to play for other churches

Nic Burleson
Student Ministries Pastor
Connection Church
Kyle, Texas
Contact Nic via Email.
Visit his Facebook Page.
Offering Advice On:
Almost 15 years of Student Ministry experience. I travel as a speaker/communicator doing church events, youth events, camps, and retreats. I also do consulting for Student Ministries. If I can serve you in any way, please let me know.

Matthew Brands
Student Ministries Pastor
Thayer Christian Church
Thayer, Kansas
Contact via Email

Tyler Ash
Student Ministries Pastor
Legacy Christian Church
Overland Park, Kansas
Contact via Email
Visit his Website
Offering Advice On:
Proficciency
11 years of Student Ministry Experience
Wrote curriculum/devotional materials for Dash Student Leadership
Programming/Ministry Structure

Clay Conry
Student Ministries Pastor
Christian Life Center
Bell Fourche, SD
Contact via Email.
Visit his website.
Offering advice on:
Event Planning, Band Booking, Event Promo, Rural Youth Ministry
Sharing resources on:
A sweet nuetral venue w/ sound system projection system video games

Seth Caddell
Collegiate Pastor
Northside Christian Church
Yorktown, VA
Contact via Email.
Visit his Website.
Offering advice on:
Writer, Curriculum Writing, Curriculum Criticism, College Students, Youth Ministry in Small Churches, Getting Students to have a quiet time
Sharing resources on:
Various Curriculum, www.YourQuietTime.org, Speaking

Brett McDonald
Student Ministries Pastor
First Baptist Church
Seguin, Texas
Contact via email.
Visit his website
Offering Advice on:
developing a student worship band, using wordpress to develop a useful ministry website, design your own graphics on a budget
Sharing resources on:
Worship band available for ministries on a budget.www.theophanyworship.org

Diana Spry
Younglife Leader
Sonoma California
Contact her via email.

John Hinger
High School Pastor
Harvest Bible Church
Naperville, Il.
Contact him via Email.
Visit his website.
Offering advice on:
Disciple Making, Teaching, Worship, Worshipp Experieces, Relational Youth Ministry, Contextual Analysis
Sharing resources on:
Great facilities if enyone needs. I am open to teach at camps, retreats, etc.

Jeff Dayton
Student Ministries Director
Calvary Baptist Church
Avon Lake, Oh
Contact him via email.
Visit his website.
Offering advice on:
Missions and Relationships
Sharing resources on:
Anything

Lucas Miller
Student Ministries Pastor
First Baptist Church
Yucaipa, California
Contact him via Email.
Visit his website.
Offering Advice on:
Social Networking, Graphic Design, Discipleship, Visual Media , Middle School Minisry
Sharing resources on:
Digital media elements, Nerf Arsenal

Ben Read
Student Ministries Director
Trenton, Il.
Contact him via Email
Visit His Website
Offering Advice On
Student Leadership, Small Church Culture, Small Town Culture, Games, Youth Room design, Youth Worship Band, Developing Small groups
Sharing Resources On
Facility for Lodging if in St. Louis area

Peter Eicher
Student Ministries Pastor
Avalon Missionary Church
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Contact Via Email
Offering Advice On:
12 years Student Ministry Experience, planning events, thinking strategically, Jack of all trades, master of nothing.
Offering Resources On:
Pole Vault Pits

Adam Lehman
Student Ministries Pastor
Sawmill Covenant Church
Columbus, OH
Contact him via email.
Visit his site.
Offering Advice On:
Staying consistent throughout your ministry. Using social media to free up your time. Navigating the tensions of time & resources. Communicating for large groups. Networking with local ministers.
Sharing Resources On:
Lodging/Travel in Columbus, OH. Social Media Help.

Jay Sauser
Student Ministries Pastor
Brookside Baptist
Tulsa, Ok
Contact via Email
Visit his Website
Offering Advice On: Speaking, sermon series, teaching, discipleship
Offering Resources On: You can have any of the series I have done, devotions I have written, or pick my brain over coffee.

Brian Kirk
Student Ministries Pastor
Union Avenue Christian
Saint Louis, Mo
Contact via Email
Visit his Website
Offering Advice On: missional youth ministry, developing curriculum, designing mission statement and focus for new youth ministry, non-competitive games, creative worship, contemplative prayer
Offering Resources On: Facility for lodging in St. Louis area, help setting up mission projects in St. Louis area

Samantha Thomeczek
Student Ministries Pastor
Cathedral of the Assumption
Louisville, KY
Contact via Email
Visit her Website
Offering Advice On: As a young adult myself, I’m pretty much obsessed with social networking. I also really like design and marketing. My groups have a strong focus on social justice, and we have direct ties to the homeless of Louisville, as well as third world communities in Haiti and Ghana.
Offering Resources On: I would love to have some video chats between youth groups across the country. If you’re traveling, we can host groups in the Church basement sometimes. I have some prayers, retreats, etc that are great to share.

Rocky Supinger
Student Ministries Pastor
Claremont Presbyterian Church
Claremont, CA
Contact via Email
Visit his Website
Offering Advice On: Mark DeVries-esque planning (creating control documents like annual calendars, mission and vision statements), administration. I also have an M.Div and am an ordained minister, if that’s a “proficiency”

Daniel Griswold
Student Ministries Pastor
Saint Andrew By-The-Sea UMC
Hilton Head Island, SC
Contact via Email
Visit his Website
Offering Advice On: I have a Masters of Divinity from Gordon-Conwell, so any seminary advice, helps could be asked. I am a social media explorer, and utilize Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr for care, relationships, and Youth Ministry in general. I enjoy resourcing others on my side website multempire.tumblr.com. Let me know if you need to get set up with any of these sites and need some tips on implementation. I have done Graphic Design for a long time, and help other youth ministries develop visual cultures (Logo, Identity, Brochures, Website gfx, blogs, tshirt designs, etc.) I am the twitterer the Center for Youth Studies website (CYS), so look up the Center for Youth Studies and check out that amazing Encyclopedia of Youth Resources and contribute if you have time. I’ve worked in Large and Small church settings, so I know the differences, and can help with setting goals, and thinking through how many years, and what needs to be done culturally as I learn from my own failures and successes. Love reading, resourcing, and trying to be awesome. I am a relational guy by heart, and so I love our local youth ministry network, and I’m working on utilizing it to be a net for building the Kingdom in our area.
Offering Resources On: Graphic Design. Gym with two showers. Beaches. Fellowship. Networking.

Brian Heninger
Student Ministries Pastor
Central Christian Church
Battle Creek, Mi
Contact via Email
Visit his Website
Offering Advice On: I’ve been doing Youth Ministry in small churches since 1999, and if you need advice how to stretch your budget give me a call.

Jeremy Zach
XP3 Specialist
Rethink Group
Alpharetta, GA
Contact via Email
Visit his website
Offering Advice On: Youth ministry experimentation, adult volunteer recruitment, small church, developing youth ministry plan, youth ministry assimulation, adolescent research, youth ministry productivity, and youth pastor lifestyle management.

Steve Cullum
Student Ministries Pastor
Rockingham Christian Church
Salem, NH
Contact via Email
Visit his website
Offering Advice On: Discipleship, trip planning, small groups, mentoring. I am also connected with several other area youth ministries, and we are looking to network even more.
Offering Resources On: I have several resources available on my website/blog. Other than that, we are a fairly new ministry/church, so we do not have many tangible resources available. However, if you are in the area, you can feel free to contact me about combining with us for events, etc.

Steve Grcevich
Key Ministry
Chagrin Falls, OH
Contact via Email
Visit his website
Offering Advice On: My team at Key Ministry offers free training, consultation and resources to churches and church staff seeking to serve, welcome and include kids with “hidden disabilities”…conditions like ADHD, anxiety disorders, Asperger’s Disorder to name a few…and their families into their church’s programming. Personally, I’m a physician specializing in child and adolescent psychiatry. I teach at two med schools, do research, and have a private practice.
Offering Resources On: We do some on-site training for church staff and volunteers, some consultation by phone or Skype. Will be launching intensive one day training experiences for children’s, youth pastors, key volunteers. Everything is free. Some resources on website, two blogs http://www.keyministry.org

Aaron Smith
Student Ministries Pastor
Grace Bible Church
Lavernia, TX
Contact via Email
Visit his Website
Offering Advice On: 10 years of student ministry work: part-time, intern, full-time. Most of my ministry experience has come from re-building student ministries from the ground up.
Offering Resources On: Speaking at DNOW events.

Michael Bayne
Student Ministries Pastor
Clarksville, TN
Grace Community Church
Contact via Email
Visit His Website
Offering Advice On: Communicating, Environment Creation and Planning, Small group ministry, Strategic Planning…love to help student pastors rethink youth ministry
Sharing Resources With: ideas, ideas, ideas…we are a portable environment so we love to connect with youth pastors to think about creative spaces to use for ministry

Shawn Shoup
Gateway District of Foursquare Church
Duluth, MN
Contact via Email
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Offering Advice On: I am a ten year student ministry veteran, recently transitioned to a district NextGen representative (children, youth, and young adults) that cares for, networks, and resources NextGen leaders in my denomination. I also have a history of bringing together youth workers through technology and regional/local on-site networks. Technology, social networking, blogging, video editing are all things I really enjoy.
Sharing Resources On: Don’t really have anything physical that I can personally offer right now, but have a good relationship with the guys that run The Encounter, a multi-use Youth For Christ building here in Duluth, MN, where my family also happens to attend church on Sunday.

Haley Wherry
First Priority Blue Ridge
Johnson City, TN
Contact via Email
Visit his website
Offering Advice On: Campus Ministry, Campus Missionary Training, church networking, youth pastor networking, NNYM Area Coordinator, Interim Youth Pastor, social networking tools, campus ministry resources, student leadership development.
Offering Resources On: Youth Ministry Library

Paul Tilley
Student Ministries Pastor
Malmesbury Abbey
Malmesbury, United Kingdom
Contact via Email
Visit his Website
Offering Advice On: Been involved in youth work and ministry for over 18 years. Can help with: Schools Work, Sessional Youth Work, Developing Projects such as a Youth Cyber cafe/Skate Park, Street Based Detached/Outreach Work, Alternative Worship, Film and Theology and Child Protection, Programming for Events, Camps, & Retreats, Small Groups. Also teach on Center for Youth Ministry Engage course (http://centreforyouthministry.ac.uk/Courses/Engage)
Offering Resources On: Always welcome to come and see what you can use. Happy to come to discuss speaking, teaching or provide training.

Spencer Thorpe
Student Ministries Pastor
Community Bible Church
Central Pint, Oregon
Contact via Email
Visit his website

T. J. Woodard
Student Ministries Pastor
Bluff First Assembly of God
Poplar Bluff, MO
Contact via Email
Visit his Website
Offering Advice On: networking, fonts, making sermon series more, visual/experiential, recruiting young leaders, stateside mission trips, eliminating the “competition” of local youth ministries the Chicago Bears
Offering Resources On: slightly better than free design work at a cheap or free cost anything else i have at my disposal

Josh Eisenhart
Middle School Pastor
Browncroft Community CHurch
Rochester, New York
Contact via Email
Visit his Website
Offering Advice On: games, leadership training, vision, video editing, program design
Offering Resources On: skooters!

Lydia Galaz
Student Ministries Volunteer
Kenneth Hagin Ministries
Broken Arrow, OK
Contact via Email
Visit her Website
Offering Advice On: Proficient in managing the chaos of jr. highers through graphics and video. I am a web/graphic designer and social media for the ministry I work for. I use these skills also for the youth group, AXIS Youth, I volunteer with.

Nate Warren
Student Ministries Pastor
First Baptist Church
Sandpoint, ID
Contact via Email
Offering Advice On: Interpersonal relationships, Shepherding, Discipleship, Communication Preparation, Transitioning (leaving a ministry location or going to a new one), Good ministry related books
Offering Resources On: Talks, Games, Facility for meeting (we’re 20 minutes from skiing at Schweitzer Mountain)

Joel Daniel Harris
Middle School Pastor
First Friends Church
Canton, OH
Contact via Email
Visit his Website
Offering Advice On: middle school, adolescent development, youth ministry networking, community connections. I also facilitate an annual youth ministry conversation called Seismos (www.seismos11.com).
Offering Resources On: Partial supplies for creating several tabernacles.

Rowan Fairbairn
College Pastor
St. Mary’s Anglican Church
Caulfield, Victoria, Australia
Contact via Email
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Jan (yawn) Horak
Student Ministries Pastor
Faith Baptist Church
Kaiserslautern, Germany
Contact via Email
Visit his website
Offering Advice On: I’ve been at this in an international setting for 15 years. Don’t think that makes me an expert at anything, but I will gladly network, listen and answer questions. I love helping and serving specifically smaller churches in international settings.
Offering Resources On: I have some extra english language resources: Bible studies, devotionals, discipleship materials, CDs, DVDs etc that are often hard to come by in the international setting or smaller churches in the international setting often can’t afford.

Lars Rood
Student Ministries Pastor
Highland Park Presbyterian Church
Dallas, TX
Contact via Email
Contact his Website
Offering Advice On: Large Church Youth Ministry leadership, partnership with parents, networking, internships, working with a diverse staff, leadership, vision, dreaming

Wes Briscoe
Student Ministries Pastor
FBC Celeste
Celeste, Texas
Contact via Email
Visit his Website
Offering Advice On: Dodge ball, video games, and pranks. Oh serious stuff? Discipleship, Parent Ministry, Band Bookings, DNow Leaders, Building Lasting Relationships With Students, and growing really long gross facial hair.
Offering Resources On: Snow cone machine, Cotton candy machine, Portable sound system.

Sarah Diekema
Kristin School
Auckland, New Zeland
Contact via Email
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Offering Advice On: experience: YL leader, Wyldlife leader, Sr. and Jr high youth pastor, teacher, and my current role as school chaplain. My main focus is outreach and bible-based teaching within a seculor setting. knowing the gospel, knowing the culture, and translating that for middle and senior school students.

Shawn Harrison
Student Ministries Pastor
Wayne Street UMC
Saint Marys, Oh
Visit his Website
Contact via email.
Offering Advice On: Teaching, speaker, discipleship, outreach, reaching “outsiders”, leading worship, and tons of experience in ministering to gay and lesbian students
Offering Resources On: Contact me with questions … or visit my site … I have plenty of experience and interactions with gay students. Got questions? I have some helpful advice // Also I do speaking for retreats, seminars, etc (and IM CHEAP!) I’m in it to advance the Kingdom, not my pockets.