At NYC you'll learn that there is no division between what you do in life and God. That means that while God continually blesses you the Lord can use you to bless others continuously! The time has finally come for you to choose your own NYC. Click on a track below for a brief description of that track. Remember, whatever you choose can be a part of God's loving plan for the world. There's something for everyone!
The Tracks are hands-on, interactive and at various locations that will make your Track an empowering and encouraging experience. In the following months, keep checking your email and come back to this page for updated information including what you may need to bring and appropriate clothing for participation in your Track. The Tracks will be a great place for experience and community and what you bring to it can make all the difference. So please prayerfully consider what track God would lead you to select.
Because regional quiz teams have not yet been determined, all teens should sign up for one of the other Tracks. Teens that make a regional quiz team will automatically be placed into the NYC Quizzing Track at a later date.
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Discovering Your Call to Ministry
Are you called to ministry? Can you know for sure? What does the shape of ministry look like? Do all ministers need to be either pastors or
missionaries, or are there other paths as well? What does ministry preparation look like? Is ministry preparation something to do only at a university, or something
to do in other ways as well? If you are interested in exploring answers to questions like these, then please join us for an informative, practical and challenging
journey as we seek to follow God’s call wherever it may lead. For this Track you will receive in the mail two books to read prior to attending NYC, Here I Am: Now What
on Earth Should I Be Doing? by Quentin Schultze and Call Waiting: Connect with God’s Plan for Your Future, by Doug Sample.
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One Audience
If you play in a musical group or want to play in a musical group of any genre, or if you are interested in recording or producing, One Audience is for you. If you don'
t think you're ready to compete, One Audience is still for you. The program is designed to give you a broad range of information about the music industry and give you
something you can either use as a music professional or at the music ministry in your home church. NYC 2007 will give you the opportunity to receive professional
development by industry veterans in music and a chance to play in front of 10,000 of your friends. There is no risk in competing; you will win by learning from your
experience. And One Audience is your opportunity to take what you learn back to your church and help build it up..
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Social Justice: Think Globally, Act Locally
The pursuit of justice and reconciliation is at the heart of our Christian heritage, the foundation of our church and the life of holiness. We pursue justice when we
let the oppressed go free, share our food with the hungry, bring the homeless poor into our homes, clothe the naked and satisfy the needs of the afflicted (Isaiah 58).
Living a Christian life involves being able to name injustice and to confront the powers that cause injustice. More importantly, living a Christian life involves being
the kind of people that live God’s justice and reconciliation practically in the world. In the Social Justice Track we will look deep into the abyss of global poverty
and oppression with a strong emphasis on how this relates to life in the United States. We will then also spend significant time exploring hopeful ways God’s people
are being the Body of Christ in the context of this poverty and oppression. Our goal is to nurture a prophetic imagination in all who attend.
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World Changing Leadership
Are you interested in what it takes to help change people, organizations and the world to really make a difference? Heres an opportunity to learn some life skills from
leaders that will help you make a difference wherever you go.
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Multiple Topics Track
At NYC you will be challenged to live the whole of your life for Jesus. In the Multiple Topics Track you have the chance to explore Christianity through various
interactive breakouts each afternoon. There will be opportunities to choose seminars from some of the best youth pastors in our denomination on some of the most
relevant topics and areas for youth. Some of the options will include leadership, spiritual formation, relationships, faith & film, urban ministry and more.
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NYC Sports Camps
At NYC you'll have a chance to be a part of a mini sports camp and learn what it takes to get better at your favorite sport. You'll work with college
coaches and professional athletes as they teach you how to improve not just in sports, but in life.
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Men's Baseball
In the baseball track, participants will learn the fundamentals of pitching, hitting, base-running and defensive
play. Coaches will provide individual and group instruction along with developmental and competitive drills
each day. Participants will be challenged to use their talents to honor God by playing the game of baseball
with desire, hustle, and integrity.
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Women's Softball
The Softball Track will teach the fundamentals of hitting, fielding and base running through a multitude of drills, simulations and instructions. The course will focus
on the "why" in addition to the "how" skills are performed. The goal is to advance the gifts God has given you so you can better glorify Him through your abilities.
In these few days you will be challenged spiritually, emotionally, mentally and physically. You will learn life skills from softball that you will carry out into your
every day world! See you at the field!
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Men's Football
In this track, a student will learn the fundamentals of their position. They will use those skills in a variety of competitions and drills throughout the three
sessions. The participant will learn how to compete as a Christian, how to have an attitude above reproach, and to be a selfless teammate.
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Men's soccer
This camp is designed to develop and strengthen the fundamental skills needed to become a soccer player: dribbling, shooting, and passing. The coaches will help you
develop your speed, quickness and agility. Teach you basic tactical and technical skills and give you an opportunity to use these skills in game situations. The
participant will learn how to compete as a Christian and play in such a way that one witnesses to their teammates and opponents and ultimately bring glory to Christ.
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Women's Soccer
The soccer Track’s purpose is to challenge each athlete both spiritually and athletically. Coaches will provide individual instruction during drills that are designed
to improve each player’s technical ability and tactical knowledge. This track is only for those players who are serious about their spiritual and soccer growth.
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Men's Basketball
This camp is designed to teach each participant the offensive and defensive skills necessary to reach their full potential as a player. We want this to be a time of
fundamental development, competition and fun. Through group drills, coaches clinics, games and contests we plan to accomplish this goal. The coaches will also be
intentional about integrating their faith through the platform of basketball. It is our desire that this track not only assist the participants to reach their full
potential as athletes but also as followers of Christ.
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Women's Basketball
This camp is designed to teach each participant the offensive and defensive skills necessary to reach their full potential as a player. We want this to be a time of
fundamental development, competition and fun. Through group drills, coaches clinics, games and contests we plan to accomplish this goal. The coaches will also be
intentional about integrating their faith through the platform of basketball. It is our desire that this track not only assist the participants to reach their full
potential as athletes but also as followers of Christ.
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Women's Volleyball
The Volleyball track will provide training that will be approached from a comprehensive and dynamic perspective, teaching young athletes not only the technical skills
to excel in the sport, but also strategic applications of those skills and important life lessons in leadership, self-discipline and health/wellness. You will also
develop proper mechanics and gain valuable game play experience with fun and challenging drills and competitions.
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The Theatre
Students will learn and begin to apply fundamental concepts of theatre in lessons—specifically in the areas of playwriting, directing, designing, and acting. Students
will begin to develop their skills in such a way that they can then later exercise their gifts according to their respective spiritual callings. Students will begin
to make solid connections between the incarnational and redemptive nature of drama and the Water Fire Wind theme each day.
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Faith in Action
Do you feel that Christians need to love others through their actions? Well, heres your chance! Be true to sharing your faith and compassion and join
one of these teams:
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Habitat for Humanity
NYC 2007 is joining up with Habitat for Humanity and Mission Encounter to build two houses in one week! If you enjoy or have gifts in this type of ministry, then come
ready to let God change the world for families through your hands.
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Painting the Schools
Jesus teaches about serving others in Scripture. This ‘Faith in Action’ project allows you to put into practice the teaching of Jesus. Our mission should you choose
to join: is to impact the community schools and neighborhoods in the St. Louis area with a can of paint, a brush and the love of Jesus. The school district does not
have the funds or work force to adequately refurbish the buildings during the summer months. NYC is going to make a difference! You could be a part of a group that
will go into a school and give it the face lift that it needs to prepare for the start of a new school year. Your participation will help us impact the St. Louis
community with the love of Christ. We will also be working with the community services to paint a few of the homes in the area that need a new coat of paint. The
neighborhood will see the difference and see the life of Christ through your participation and hard work.
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Feeding of the 5000
The "Feeding of the Five-Thousand" is the biggest example of how NYC 2007 teens are conscious of the hunger in the world today. So in this track you will be a vital
part of this project each afternoon as you help prepare the process for the Saturday afternoon Feeding of the Five Thousand.
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NYC Quizzing
Expect the most, receive the best! This does not adequately describe a USA/Canada Teen Bible Quizzing National Tournament. Imagine 80+ teens who may have memorized
over 1000 verses of the Bible, who have conditioned themselves to jump from a chair, ready to answer a question about those verses when they have not even heard 3
words of the question and ALL in 30 short, sometimes agonizing seconds. Join us on Saturday, as 16 teams from across the USA vie for the National Championship in two
divisions.
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Artistic adoration: Drawing
This course is designed to provide students with drawing opportunities in both traditional and non-traditional 2-D studio techniques. Students will explore various
media that will provide opportunities to create personal artistic statements as they develop technical drawing skills.
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Artistic Adoration: Photography
Sight or Faith? : Exploring in a visual world, believing in the unseen
The city of St. Louis and everyone at Nazarene Youth Conference 2007 will be our subjects for this three-day track that will challenge the way you view the world in
which we live. Excursions into downtown St. Louis will provide a thriving urban world in which to photograph. Students will learn basic photographic skills and will be
challenged to translate unseen ideas into something tangible and visual.
This track is geared for beginning photographers. Students will participate in daily critique sessions, assignments, and location shoots, designed to help you learn to
create great photographs. Digital media and a traditional, fine art process called “Cyanotype” (Blue Print) will be used during the track. Students should bring their
own digital camera, camera cord and any other photographic equipment you need for your gear/camera.
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Caring for Gods Earth
The earth is the Lord’s and everything in it! He created all things to be interdependent upon one another, and gave us the responsibility to be Earth’s caretakers.
But we have largely neglected this responsibility, and it is time for Christians to step up and take action. God wants to raise up a new generation of youth that
understand His heart for the entire world. And He is calling all of us, not just those with an interest in nature, to join in and make a difference as ambassadors for
His creation. Join us in Forest Park, the 2nd largest urban park in the US, to learn more about our relationships with creation, the perils the planet faces, and how
to be a responsible caretaker of the earth at home, at school, and in the community.
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Graphic Design
A team of professional graphic artists and illustrators will guide you through the basics of beginning graphic design. Working in teams, you’ll learn how to brainstorm
together to create posters and flyers for your individual youth group or high school organization, create logos for your summer business or church mission project
fundraiser-- and more. Learn how informational organization and key creative design elements can increase the awareness of practically any organization or group.
Some understanding of graphic design and Mac format a plus—feel free to bring your own Mac laptop. Students should bring saved, digital photographs for use in flyer/
poster creation.
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Journalism: Writing About the Times
This is a workshop that will help inspire and instruct people who believe they have been called by God into the vocation of the written word, along with people who
simply want to write. But we won't just talk about writing -- we'll actually do it. We'll also discuss the craft and profession of writing with those who do it for a
living across multiple media, and will cover stories that we will post to the NYC website.
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The Film School at NYC, St. Louis
At NYC 2007 you will be put into film crews to create films about NYC. You will be infused with a passion for telling visual stories when you return home to your
churches and in your future. We will give you basic professional skills and the confidence with which to tell those stories. This Track will give you the opportunity
to create a close-to-professional film which encapsulates the Water-Fire-Wind themes of NYC.
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Creative Writing: Written Imagination
This track will endeavor to show the participants how writing, thinking, imagining and creating can synthesize with their spiritual path and process, building God’s
kingdom within the writer and out of the writing. And we will laugh. Maybe even cry. Because it’s hard to imagine spending summer afternoons without having a great |
deal of fun, we will write from many different angles and approaches, hundreds of prompts and starters, through a dozen kinds of writing and multiple ways of
presentation. We will write indoors and outdoors, alone and together, in session and out. We will write to make readers laugh, think, ponder and wonder.
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