NEW THIS YEAR: Teen Track — Summit Ministries
          For over 45 years, Summit Ministries has been training students to answer the challenges they will face to their Christian faith. At the 2008 Convention, a team from Summit will lead a teen track for students ages 13 and up. No fluffy stuff here — this highly charged, two-day event will teach students to navigate through the world of ideas, equipping them with answers to tough questions and challenging them to engage the significant cultural issues of our day from a biblical worldview.


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Presenters
 

  • Todd Cothran has been with Summit since 1993, joining the full-time staff in 1996. Todd is now director of Summit’s resource department. 
  • Chuck Edwards is a popular speaker to students and adults both nationally and internationally. Chuck joined the Summit team in 1999 with a background as university professor, church minister of education, and Campus Crusade for Christ staff member.
  • John Stonestreet is the executive director of Summit and a sought-after speaker at camps, conventions and conferences. He works annually with thousands of parents, teachers, and students on developing a biblical worldview, understanding comparative worldviews, defending the Christian faith, applying a biblical worldview to education and engaging important cultural issues.
  • Ben Williams is the assistant director of worldview teams at Bryan College in Tennessee and the summer program director for Summit student conferences in the eastern United States. 
 “Understanding the Times: Making Sense of Your World”
Schedule
Friday
(8:00-8:30) - Register and pick up badges in Wekiva Meeting Room 
(8:30-8:45) - What’s the Deal? Why We Are Here and Why It Matters 
(8:45-9:30) - Making Sense of Your World: Why Worldviews Make a World of Difference 
(9:30-9:45) - Break 
(9:45-10:45) - Pop Culture 101 Breakouts (choose one): 
   1. Amusing Ourselves to Death: Biblical Thinking
           about Entertainment 
   2. Who Wants to Be A Worldview Guru? 
   3. Worldview Witnessing: What to Say and How to Say It 
   4. The 411: What in the World(view) is Going On? 
(10:45-11:00) - Break 
(11:00-12:00) - Pop Culture 101 Breakouts (choose again) 
(12:00-1:30) -  Lunch 
(1:30-2:15) - On the Hot Seat: Questions You Always Wanted Answered about God, Faith,  Christianity and the World 
(2:15-2:30) - Break 
(2:30-3:30)  - Pop Culture 101 Breakouts (last choice)
(3:30-3:45)  - Break 
(3:45-4:30)  - Jesus’ Favorite Mind Games (or Why It’s 
OK to Be Smart and a Christian) 
Saturday
(8:30-8:45)  - Welcome Back! 
(8:45-9:45)  - The Difference Christianity Makes (or 
Why You Should Stop Dating Jesus) 
(9:45-10:00)  - Break 
(10:00-11:00) - Challenges Facing Christianity 101: 
   1. Professors Evangelize Too: Challenges of Higher
      Education
   2. The Clash of Civilizations: Islam and the Rest of Us 
   3. Euthanasia, MySpace and You 
(11:00-11:15) - Break 
(11:15-12:00)  - The Million-Dollar Giveaway 
(12:00-1:30)  - Lunch 
(1:30-2:30)  - Challenges Facing Christianity 101
                         (choose again) 
(2:30-2:45)  - Break 
(2:45-4:00)  - Taking Worldviews Home

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