NYWC 2016 Cincinnati: Full Schedule

7:30pm EST

Big Room

Speakers

Mark Matlock

Mark Matlock has been working with youth pastors, students, and parents for more than two decades. He’s currently the president of WisdomWorks, a consulting firm dedicated to helping individuals, churches, and faith-centered organizations leverage the transforming power of wisdom... Read More →

Artists

Bobbito the Chef

DJ Bobbito is one of the most active Deejays in Los Angeles, CA. Having deejayed for over 14 years, touring nationally and internationally with PAX217, you can find him in any environment from corporate events, private parties, and national conferences. He can also be found helping... Read More →

Brandon Grissom Band

Brandon Grissom is a singer/songwriter from Denver, Colorado. Although he was raised in the dusty backwoods of Oklahoma, he spent more than a decade leading worship at Willow Creek Community Church in Chicago. Brandon now regularly plays at Cherry Hills Church in Denver as well as... Read More →

Sharon Irving

“I take a deep breath and step out on faith.” Those words have been a mantra for Sharon Irving—songstress, songwriter, spoken-word artist, worship leader, and actress. Sharon has been a part of the worship team at Willow Creek Community Church in Barrington, Illinois, for several... Read More →

Thursday November 17, 2016 7:30pm - 9:30pm EST
Hall A

Big Room

9:00am EST

Big Room

Speakers

Albert Tate

Albert Tate is the founder and lead pastor of Fellowship Monrovia, a gospel-centered, multiethnic, intergenerational church. Albert is a dynamic communicator passionate about sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ. He serves on the Board of Trustees at Azusa Pacific University and Fuller... Read More →

Artists

Bobbito the Chef

Brandon Grissom Band

Michael Garza

Michael Garza is a poet, husband, and son from Cicero, Illinois, who is obsessed with all the places that faith and art intersect. A Louder than a Bomb and TrueVoices Chicago product who reads Chesterton alongside Dean Young, you can often find him in a church or bar, sharing poe... Read More →

Sharon Irving

Friday November 18, 2016 9:00am - 10:30am EST
Hall A

Big Room

12:30pm EST

Big Room: YS Explores (Schools)

Speakers

Jeremy DelRio

Jeremy R. Del Rio, Esq., cofounded and leads Thrive Collective, a nonprofit that empowers students and schools by mobilizing students, families, and community groups to partner with schools for sustainable change. He also teaches youth and community development at Alliance and Fuller... Read More →

Nichole Fulgham

Nicole Fulgham received her doctorate in education from UCLA with a focus on urban education policy and teacher preparation. She joined the national staff of Teach for America (TFA) and held several key leadership roles before starting the Expectations Project. Nicole is the author... Read More →

Chuck Klein

Chuck Klein gives national leadership to the Campus Alliance, a coalition of 60 organizations and church denominations that share the vision of seeing a ministry to every middle school and high school student and campus in America. The Campus Alliance sponsors everyschool.com, where... Read More →

Nate Landis

Dr. Nate Landis is founder and president of Urban Youth Collaborative (UYC), a coalition of 45 churches that support student-led faith clubs at 76 middle and high school campuses in San Diego County. UYC has developed effective strategies for churches interested in building holistic... Read More →

Ricky Lewis

Ricky Lewis, MAC, is the executive director of Teen Lifeline, Inc., where he created curriculum that seeks to help teenagers find direction and make better choices. Before starting with Teen Lifeline in 2009, Ricky worked as a youth minister at the Hills Church.

Abel Lopez

Abel López is the president and founder of Clay Student Leadership, a dynamic, six-year leadership curriculum focused on reaching students in the public schools. He holds a master’s degree in leadership from Indiana Wesleyan University, and he was a youth pastor for 18 years. Abel... Read More →

Chris Robey

Chris Robey serves as the program director for Teen Lifeline, Inc. He’s a trainer, group facilitator, program developer, speaker, and a cohost of the Stay Calm . . . Don’t Panic! podcast.

Friday November 18, 2016 12:30pm - 2:00pm EST
Hall A

YS Explores

7:30pm EST

Big Room

Speakers

Eugene Cho

Eugene Cho is the founder and lead pastor of Quest Church, an urban, multicultural, and multigenerational church in Seattle, Washington. He’s also the founder of One Day’s Wages (ODW), “a grassroots movement of people, stories, and actions to alleviate extreme global poverty... Read More →

Artists

Bobbito the Chef

Brandon Grissom Band

Michael Garza

Friday November 18, 2016 7:30pm - 9:30pm EST
Hall A

Big Room

9:00am EST

Big Room: YS Explores (Service)

Speakers

Shane Claiborne

Shane Claiborne is a bestselling author, renowned activist, sought-after speaker, and self-proclaimed recovering sinner. Shane writes and speaks around the world about peacemaking, social justice, and Jesus and is the author of numerous books, including The Irresistible Revolution... Read More →

Corey Greaves

Corey Greaves is Blackfeet, Klickitat, and Irish and lives on the Yakama Reservation in Washington State. He’s the president and cofounder of Mending Wings, a Native American, nonprofit youth organization. Corey desires to see Native youth and families restored to wholeness by the... Read More →

Kara Powell

Kara Powell, PhD, is the executive director of the Fuller Youth Institute (FYI) and a faculty member at Fuller Theological Seminary (fulleryouthinstitute.org). Named by Christianity Today as one of “50 Women to Watch,” Kara serves as a youth and family strategist for Orange and... Read More →

Erica Schimelpfenig

Erica Shimelpfenig began at YouthWorks in 2000 as summer site staff. Since then, she’s worked there in a variety of roles, including recruiting associate, regional director, and director of recruiting. She’s currently the director of missions for YouthWorks. Erica and her husband... Read More →

Saturday November 19, 2016 9:00am - 10:30am EST
Hall A

YS Explores

7:30pm EST

Big Room

Artists

Bobbito the Chef

Rend Collective

Rend Collective has never lacked imagination. From the bewildering array of children’s toys and handmade oddities they call instruments, to the wonderfully impractical scheme of recording a live album on the beach around a campfire, to the safety-defying audacity of shooting a music... Read More →

Sharon Irving

Saturday November 19, 2016 7:30pm - 9:30pm EST
Hall A

Big Room

11:00am EST

Big Room

Speakers

Heather Flies

Heather Flies has been the junior high pastor at Wooddale Church in Eden Prairie for 24 years. She frequently speaks at junior high schools on abstinence, self-esteem, and other current issues. She also encourages women, trains youth workers, and helps parents understand how to love... Read More →

Artists

Bobbito the Chef

Brandon Grissom Band

Sunday November 20, 2016 11:00am - 12:30pm EST
Hall A

Big Room