Island Youth Worker Conference

Saturday • Sept 27, 2025

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

God is on the move in 2025 and we want to help you jump in! The IWYC is a conference that celebrates volunteer youth workers - seeking to train, energize and encourage youth ministry teams for the year ahead and beyond. 😄 🎉🎸

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

2025 Conference Schedule

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

9:00 - 10:05 am – Main Session

Worship & steve zacharias

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

Worship & steve zacharias

 

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