Heather Kauffmann, seated, fourth from right, with her youth group members at Dyersburg FUMC. Heather Kauffman had always wanted to live in the South. Being from Glenn Mills, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia, Heather had dreams of new adventures and ...
Pictured above are CYMT's second-year graduate residents. Ever wonder what happens in a youth ministry classroom? We want to give you a peek inside the course Youth Minister as Pastor and Leader, which is an introduction to the various roles ...
Every year, the Center for Youth Ministry Training welcomes 12 to 15 new graduate residents to the program. Most of the residents are beginning their first job in youth ministry. They are diving head first into the deep waters of ...
Pictured above L to R are CYMT graduate residents Derek Walker, Leigh DeVries (alumna), Dwight Johnson, and Connor McCracken. Connor McCracken, CYMT graduate resident from Northern Ireland, is completing his second year in the CYMT program. We sat down with ...
Pictured above L to R are class of 2017 CYMT graduate residents Chelsi Warren, FUMC Murfreesboro (Tenn.); Kayla Bartosch, Calvary Episcopal, Memphis; Emily Mastin, FUMC Franklin (Tenn.); Dea Brandon, FUMC Fayetteville (Tenn.); Keli Shipley, First Presbyterian Knoxville; (front) Anna Wheeler, ...
Pictured above: Pam and John Padgett. John is the Chairman of CYMT's Board of Directors. The inaugural Jump Jive Dinner Dance, held on February 14, was a resounding success, raising nearly $12,000 for CYMT! T.W. Frierson Contractor, Inc. was the ...
The Center for Youth Ministry Training will host its second Theology Together immersion experience, "Collide," this summer in the greater Nashville area. Attendees, both youth and adults, will serve others and listen to speakers as a part of the experience, ...
After graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in Human Development and Family Studies from Auburn University, Tina Boyd moved home to Roswell, Ga. to begin her job search. She networked and interviewed with churches and non-profit organizations but was told repeatedly ...
Rebecca Bibee never really wanted to or planned to go into youth ministry. She wanted to be a music teacher, which makes her path to CYMT unique. God had other plans for Becca, and her youth minister Tony Akers, now ...
At our CYMT staff meeting this week, we shared our favorite part of the biblical Christmas story. As youth workers, we love the fact that Mary and Joseph were teenagers. Mary was probably around 13 years old and Joseph just a ...
I'm originally from the East Coast, outside Washington, D.C. and I attended UT Knoxville where I majored in Spanish and International Agricultural Economics. For seven years prior to coming to CYMT, I lived in St. Louis where I worked as ...
I am blessed to be the Executive Director of the Center for Youth Ministry Training. My daughters occasionally ask me what I do at work. This question has an easier answer for folks who sell things or make things or ...
Derek Walker was entering his final year at Belfast Bible College in Ireland where he studied youth and community work with applied theology when CYMT was placed in his path. He didn’t know what was next after graduation, so Derek ...
Above from left: Matthew, Margaret, Matt, and Eleanor Ikard. The Center for Youth Ministry Training is pleased to announce that we have hired Margaret Ikard to serve as our Development Director. Margaret has a background in development working for many ...
Hello! My name is Kelly Mongoven. I am 27 years old. And this is my CYMT story. I grew up in Fort Myers, Fla., in a family with two younger brothers, Jacob and Josh. Growing up my family attended a ...
We are excited to 15 new graduate residents to the CYMT graduate residency this Fall. They make up our largest incoming class ever.
The Center for Youth Ministry Training's Graduate Residency jumped back into full swing August 5-8, 2014, with our New Resident Orientation and first academic retreat of the year. This retreat laid the foundation for our community and training for the ...
They came from their places of comfort and with preconceived ideas of what it means to do missions. They came not knowing what God had in store for them. They came from six churches to Fisk University in downtown Nashville ...
The following courses will be offered by Memphis Theological Seminary for all CYMT graduate residents enrolled in the Master of Arts in Youth Ministry degree program during the fall semester of the 2013-2014 school year. Please note the dates and ...
The Center for Youth Ministry has completed another year and God continues to do amazing work in and through our ministry. We continue to be blessed as we seek to develop theologically informed and practically effective youth ministries. Before we ...
