Island Youth Worker Conference

Saturday • Sept 27, 2025

Generations Church Nanaimo - 1300, Princess Royal Ave. Nanaimo BC

What an Amazing Day!
We had an incredible time at the Island Youth Worker Conference 2025. It was a day filled with learning, worship, meaningful connections, and fresh inspiration.

A huge thank you to everyone who participated, served, and contributed to making this event unforgettable. As you take what you’ve learned and put it into practice, may your youth groups thrive and bear much fruit in the seasons ahead.

We’re excited for what’s to come!

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2025 - KEYNOTE SPEAKER🎙

We are excited to have Steve Zacharias from the Coalition for Youth Ministry join us at IYWC this year!

Focused Seminars 🤔

Key topics tailored to current student culture. Delivered by gifted, experienced and knowledgeable presenters.

Great Music 🎤

Listen, engage and worship together during our main sessions as our worship team leads us in singing together.

Join Your Fellow Youth workers

SATURDAY • september 27, 2025

Location - Generations Church, Nanaimo

Day Begins: 9:00AM

Day Ends: 4:30pm

Cost & Location

2026 Conference Schedule

Stay tuned for what is coming in 2026!

Below is our 2025 Conference Schedule so you can get an idea of what the day looked like.

8: 25 - 8:45 am – Registration & Check-In

9:00 - 10:05 am – Main Session

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10:20 - 11:20 am - Seminar One

Culture - Truth in the Tension: Biblical Literacy for a Skeptical Generation (Alycia geiger)

Culture - We’ve got issues: figuring out what matters most in an issue overloaded world (Michael Morelli)

Discipleship - Learning to Hear God: Practicing Presence in a Noisy World (zach yaciw)

Ministry Tools - What Am I Getting Myself Into: Youth Worker 101 (Rebekah Kenway)

11:30 - 12:30 pm - Seminar Two

Culture- Cultivating Culture (Geoff Stewart)

Discipleship - Igniting a Student Leadership Movement (Jesse Criss)

Ministry Tools - Confident Communicator (Peter bird)

12:45 - 1:35 pm - Lunch

1:45 - 2:45 pm - Seminar Three

Culture - Finding Freedom from Pornography (Korey Reimer)

Discipleship - Finishing Strong: Committed and Thriving High Schoolers (Geoff stewart)

Ministry tools - COACH vs. Leader (Jesse Criss)

Ministry Tools -Power and Practice: Holy Spirit Empowered Youth Ministry (Dan steeenson)

3:00 - 4:30  - Main Session Wrap Up

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Join other Youth Workers and their youth leadership teams from Vancouver Island and Lower Mainland for this one day high quality training.

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