Youth & Young Adult

Youth and Young Adult Ministries

Welcome to the web page for Youth and Young Adult Ministries!

What's New:                

The Board of Higher Education and Campus Ministries’ Student Day Merit Award scholarship applications are now available.  Please read the criteria carefully and bring to the attention of students who qualify.  Note the March 15, 2010 deadline and that your church is entitled to make only one nomination.

                     Student Day Merit Award 


Grants are available for ministries focusing on Young Adults (age 18-35) in the Iowa Conference of the United Methodist Church. For grant application click the link below.

                      YA Grant

Young Adult Ministry Blog.  We hope you take a look at it and comment if you'd like to.  If you haven't blogged before, there are instructions on how to comment on the posts that are currently on the blog.  Check it out!

                       http://www.theyamjam.blogspot.com/

Limited scholarship assistance is available for Iowa Conference adults working in Youth Ministry to attend approved continuing education  events that will serve to strengthen their local church youth ministries.  Completed applications should be returned no later than 30 days prior to the event to:

Click on the links below to access an application.

                       Youth Worker Continuing Education Scholarship Application

Something to Start With - Youth Newsletter

                     Summer 2009

                     Winter 2008

                     Fall 2008

                     Spring 2008

Youth Ministries Links

The YouthWorker Movement   

General Board of Discipleship Youth Ministries 

Youth Service Fund

Youth Strike for Christ

Young Adult Ministry Links

General Board of Discipleship Young Peoples Ministries

Method X

General Board of Higher Education and Ministry 

Iowa United Methodist Related Colleges:

Cornell 

Iowa Wesleyan 

Morningside 

Simpson 

Iowa Wesley Foundation Campus Ministries

Drake University            

Iowa State University 

University of Iowa 

University of Northern Iowa 

People to Know:

Susan Hay
Director of Youth Ministries
Division on Ministries with Young People
General Board of Discipleship
shay@gbod.org
Telephone:  1-800-899-2780 ext. 7069
 

Hank Hilliard
Manager of Youth Ministry Development
Division on Ministries with Young People
E-mail: hhilliard@gbod.org
Telephone: 1-877-899-2780 ext. 7058
 

Terry B. Carty
Executive Director of the Youhth Worker Movement
E-mail: tcarty@youthworkermovement.org
Telephone: 615-263-0530


Bob Morris
Iowa Conference Youth Coordinator
E-mail: centralumap@iowatelecom.net
 

Eric Guy
Leadership Development Minister for Young Adult and Generational Ministry 
Iowa Conference
2301 Rittenhouse St, 
Des Moines, Iowa  50321
eric.guy@iaumc.org  -  515.974.8944  

District Youth Coordinators  

Central               Rick Webb
                            Rick.Webb@ankenyfumc.org

East Central      Phil Rogers
                            OKduckman@aol.com

North Central    Robin Thomas
                            trose@netins.net

North East        Jeff Frazier
                            jfholst1@aol.com

North West       Steve Swenson
                           swensg@yahoo.com

South Central   vacant
 

South East        Jason Collier
                            cjyouth@iowatelecom.net

South West -     Kim Crummer
                            hawkeyejoy53@yahoo.com