Year-Round Mentoring Group for Youth Ministry Leaders

with Paul Bowman

Programme Overview 

Goal: To provide youth ministry leaders a year-round forum to facilitate mentoring, training, and development needs.

Participants: Ten to twelve Christian youth ministry leaders with at least 2 years of youth ministry leadership experience who are willing to commit to becoming part of a learning community

Qualifications: Each participant should be actively involved in youth ministry, preferably leading a youth ministry team, and be a spiritually mature Christian.

Plan:

1.     Pre-Forum Seminar in Wisla, Poland on 21 May 2022 at 14:00-17:30 CEST

2.     Four two-hour webinars with webinar assignments

3.     Three-day retreat near Ostrava, Czech Republic December 2022 (exact dates TBD)

4.     Pre-Forum Conference at the 2023 European Leadership Forum, 19-20 May 2023

YRM Leader

Paul Bowman has over 20 years of experience in full-time youth ministry in the local church. He has served in a variety of settings throughout Ireland – both urban and rural – working with churched and unchurched young people. He is passionate about developing youth ministries that are rooted in the life of Christ, making disciples, and focusing on the development of the whole person. He has been leading teams of young people on short-term mission trips to the Czech Republic for 15 years. He is committed to training and equipping the next generation of youth leaders. He lives with his wife Val and their three children in Saintfield, Northern Ireland. He holds a BSc Hons in Community Youth Work and recently completed a Masters in Transformational Leadership.

Application Process

To apply:

  1. Thoroughly review the curriculum.

  2. Complete the online application.

All applications will be reviewed. We will notify you whether or not you have been accepted as a participant in the 2022-23 programme within four to six weeks.

If you have questions, contact us at initiatives@euroleadership.org. curriculum