The Healthy Youth workers live in a constant tension between who they think they should be, who they want to be, and what the situation demands. Tension in and of itself isn’t bad—it’s the energy that keeps you on your toes. But how can you keep it from tightening and leading to burnout? How can you find your way through? How can you find space for authenticity and growth?
Who in the Healthy Youth ministry is the hungry one and needs to be fed? And who is the one who feeds? What kind of famine are we actually talking about? The theme of hunger and feeding ran throughout this year’s meeting.
“When it gets rough…” in the Healthy Youth ministry, in personal life, in relationships… What to do when difficulties appear and everything does not go smoothly? How to find inner peace that we can pass on? We have been looking for answers to these questions too.
Today’s times pose difficult challenges for children in schools. Day after day, week after week, month after month… the Healthy Youth Workers are persistently bringing healthy life impulses and values into the classrooms. What empowers the HY Workers? What gives them support in these difficult times?
Children in schools need the service of the HY Workers. The HY programs bring new light and hope into their life. But who gives out, needs to recharge….
We have had another very successful HY Workers Conference. We are simply grateful! This was the seventeenth one.
How to calm a storm (where is your God?) September 7th–8th, 2020 This year, the already sixteenth retreat was marked by an ongoing global pandemic. It was not about statistics of infected or about correct masks wearing, but about crisis caused by the pandemic. The topic was the crisis and people’s reaction to it…
Annual Healthy Youth Workers Conference, 9. – 10. September 2019 “ How to refill oil into lamps? ” The dry land is thirsting after life-giving water, the nature needs refreshment to be able to give life. Likewise, our workers need a similar kind of “irrigation” and recharging. They need to refill oil into their lamps, without which they cannot do anything…
Annual Healthy Youth Workers Conference, 2018: ” It’s a matter of life…” This year, the 14th year of the Annual Healthy Youth Workers Conference was held in the unbeatably beautiful environment of the Immanuel Conference Center. Again, a perfect care has been provided for all 37 participants. Although we spent only 2 days together (September 10-11), the program…
In the Healthy Youth program, from the very beginning we intended to create a stable team of co-workers who have been working for a long time. This framework gives space for people to mature in this work and find their personal gifts. Since 2003, we have been regularly preparing two-day training sessions for lecturers. The costs are fully covered…