EA Consortium

Mark your calendars! This April, the Henry Center is sponsoring a Consortium on Emerging Adulthood. This two-day event will bring together a diverse mix of emerging adult stakeholders to engage in rich conversation for the purpose of networking, collaborating, and learning from one another. Come and join the conversation with others who care deeply about ministering to and with emerging adults.

The Emerging Adulthood Consortium will bring together pastors and other practitioners, as well as graduate students, to focus on the challenges that emerging adults are facing and reflect together about how to collaboratively work together to intentionally connect with these young people. This two-day event will bring together a diverse mix of emerging adult stakeholders to engage in rich conversation for the purpose of networking, collaborating, and learning from one another.

When

April 10-11, 2015
April 8-11 for EA 8000 students

Where

Hinkson Hall (Rodine)
Trinity International University
2065 Half Day Rd. Deerfield Il, 60015

Visitors Guide

Cost

Standard $40
Student, Faculty, or Pastor $20
EA 8000 Waved (with code)

Speakers

The consortium will feature Rick Dunn and Jana Sundene authors of Shaping the Journey of Emerging Adults: Life-Giving Rhythms for Spiritual Transformation (2012).

Richard R. Dunn is lead pastor of Fellowship Evangelical Free Church in Knoxville, Tennessee, a congregation consisting primarily of emerging adults. He was formerly chair of educational ministries at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, IL.

Jana Sundene is an Associate Professor of Christian Ministries (Trinity College). Before coming to Trinity in 1990, Professor Sundene served as an associate director of youth at Garden Grove Community Church in California and at Willow Creek Community Church in Illinois.

Schedule

	Friday		Saturday
9:00	Registration & light breakfast provided	8:30	Light breakfast provided
9:30	Session 1 “The Challenging Landscape of Emerging Adulthood”	9:00	Session 5 “The Future of Engaging Emerging Adults”
10:30	Break-out Group	10:30	Debrief: Remaining Questions on Emerging Adulthood
11:15	Session 2 “Exploring a Framework for Engaging Emerging Adults”	11:00	Depart
12:00	Lunch (included in conference fee)
1:00	Professional Development Session One
1:45	Professional Development Session Two
2:30	Session 3 “Innovative & Imaginative Models of Ministry to & with Emerging Adults”
3:15	Refreshment Break
3:30	Affinity Discussion Groups
4:00	Session 4 “Panel Discussion: Intercultural Perspectives on Ministry among Emerging Adults”
5:00	Dinner on your own with colleagues