If you love working with students you know how wonderful, rewarding, and frustrating the work can be. You also know just how incredible these young people are and how we want to activate the good gifts we see in them. In this webinar we will discuss the shift from managing programs and events to creating a culture where these students can thrive.
In this webinar we will invite participants to rethink the way they approach ministry moving from a environment of distraction to an immersion into a culture that invites students into the way of Jesus that transforms and empowers. Ministries will consider tools to evaluate the culture of their student ministry then consider tools that will help shift from program to purpose.
Date: April 30, 2026
Time: 10:00am-11:30am Mountain Time (Noon–1:30pm Eastern Time)
Location: Online (zoom link provided when you register)
Cost: $20 Individuals / $35 Groups
Workshop Leader: Rev. Jay Gamelin, Pastor for Family Life, Abiding Hope Lutheran Church, Littleton, CO
Jay Gamelin has been transforming ministries for more than 30 years as a musician, speaker, student ministry leader, campus pastor, and Family Pastor. He has toured the country and internationally speaking at synods, conferences, districts, and ministeriums sharing his reflection of proclaiming the gospel in a post-Christendom age. Jay was the transformation pastor of Jacob’s Porch, a campus ministry at The Ohio State University that continues to be a model for ministry relating to young adults. He was also the closing preacher of the 2006 ELCA Youth Gathering. Jay’s passion is to see the transformative power of the gospel come alive in people and organizations as they explore the mission God is calling them to today. Jay is the Pastor for Family Life at Abiding Hope Church, Littleton, Colorado. He is proud of his amazing wife and four wonderful kids.