Thank you for your continued investment in the Center for Youth Ministry Training. I want to share a CYMT story that is typical and extraordinary at the same time. Tiffany studied youth ministry in college. She took a youth ministry ...
A group of youth and adults collectively colored a canvas with images of their brokenness and God's goodness. God was present and worshiped. Youth and adults explored difficult questions about how God is present in the midst of tragedy. Youth ...
The Center for Youth Ministry Training's mission is to equip youth ministers and churches to develop theologically informed and practically effective youth ministries. Our mission clearly calls to train youth ministers and develop youth ministries, but our ministry impacts a multitude ...
The CYMT community wants to share that Andrew Zirschky, CYMT's Academic Director, successfully defended his dissertation entitled "Communion Beyond Connection: Youth, Social Media and Christian Koinonia in an age of Networks" on April 21, 2014. In conducting his research over the ...
The Center for Youth Ministry Training celebrates the commissioning of our seventh class of graduate residents. We wanted to share with you what this class will be doing after CYMT. For the past three years, Stacie Ballard has served at ...
by Andrew Mochrie I can vividly remember sitting with my fiancee on the couch in her small house. We had been engaged for five months and our wedding was only three months away. At that moment, on that couch, I ...
L to R: Teresa Johnson (Dwight's mom), Dwight Johnson, Arisie Marshall (Dwight's cousin), Regina Marshall (Dwight's aunt) My name is Dwight Johnson and I am a second year graduate resident here at CYMT. I am originally from Amory, Miss., but ...
One of the great characteristics of a leader is to be a learner. At CYMT, we are always learning. We celebrated our eighth birthday as a ministry on April 1, which caused me to reflect on how far we have ...
Above, from left: Overton Colton, Vice Chairman of CYMT's Board of Directors; Katie Edwards, Jim's lovely wife; Lesleigh Carmichael, Director of Coaching; Jim Edwards, Director of Finance. When CYMT was founded in 2006, we hired Lesleigh Carmichael to be our ...
I've felt called to formal ministry since I was in high school in Central New York in the early 2000s. I registered for a lay speaking class offered by the United Methodist district where I was living at the time. My intent ...
Two years ago, the Center for Youth Ministry Training made the decision to hire Kris Konsowitz as our Memphis Regional Director. Kris is making a significant impact on the ministry and mission of CYMT. She is responsible for recruiting partner churches ...
John Padgett serves as CYMT’s Chairman of the Board of Directors, and has been on the board for three years. “Our children had a wonderful, positive experience as they progressed through the youth program at Brentwood United Methodist Church led ...
Lauren Gilliland (front row, center) serves as the youth minister at Munford First United Methodist Church in Munford, Tenn. She graduated in May 2013 from Memphis Theological Seminary and CYMT. I first became introduced to CYMT through Kris Konsowitz, CYMT's ...
(Pictured above are first-year resident Kelly Mongoven, Christ the King Lutheran, and second-year resident Tina Boyd, Canterbury UMC, both in Birmingham.) The original task force members who would work diligently to create the Center for Youth Ministry dreamed of a ...
As the Executive Director of the Center for Youth Ministry Training, I believe God is doing amazing things through our ministry. One of my jobs is to tell the Good News of all the little miracles taking place at CYMT, ...
The CYMT graduate residents attended the National Youth Workers Convention (NYWC) in November in Nashville as a part of the CYMT curriculum. The convention is geared for people who work in ministry with teenagers and includes training, resources, inspiration, and ...
The Center for Youth Ministry Training's spring semester is underway. Graduate residents are reading and preparing for our first retreat at the end of January. We want to give you a brief overview of the semester, and we have included ...
IT’S NOT A MISSION TRIP. IT’S NOT A CAMP. IT’S UNCHARTED. History is filled with stories of those who have gone off-the-grid and beyond the map to discover what others have never known. This summer, join us in exploring faith ...
CYMT is blessed by having a supportive and active Board of Directors. We are grateful for their service to our ministry. Meet our CYMT Board of Directors. John Padgett, Chair - Brentwood United Methodist Church Overton Colton, Vice-Chair - First ...
Editor’s Note: Maria Ghianni is in her second year in the CYMT graduate residency program, and she serves as the youth director at Carthage FUMC in Carthage, Tenn. I was born and raised in Nashville and I grew up in ...
