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Vocation Speaker-in-Residence:
April 5, 2006
Mark Yaconelli, Co-Director, Youth Ministry and Spirituality Project
Mark Yaconelli is the co-founder and director of the Youth Ministry and Spirituality Project housed at San Francisco Theological Seminary. He holds an MA in Christian Spirituality from the Graduate Theological Union and received a Graduate Diploma in the Art of Spiritual Direction from San Francisco Theological Seminary. Mark has spent the past 15 years working with young people in congregational, camp, and conference settings. His research and ministry with young people has been ground-breaking in its exploration of spiritual direction, contemplation, and ancient spiritual practices as the basis of discipleship with young people.
Interviews and profiles of his work have appeared in the national media, including the Wall Street Journal, ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, Knight Ridder News Service, and The Osgood Files for CBS Radio. Feature articles on his work with teens have appeared in The Christian Century, Group Magazine, Youthworker Journal and many other Christian publications. He is in demand as a speaker and retreat leader throughout the United States.
Mark has contributed chapters to Starting Right: Thinking Theologically about Youth Ministry (Zondervan Publishing, 2001), and Way to Live: Practicing Our Faith with Youth (Upper Room Press, 2002). His first book, Contemplative Youth Ministry: Practicing the Presence of Jesus will be published by Youth Specialties/Zondervan in May of 2006.
Mark and his wife, Jill, have two sons, Noah and Joseph, and a baby girl, Grace. Hobbies include grape-stomping, fish-wrestling, hooting, and biking.
Visit Schedule
Wednesday, April 5 |
9:50 a.m. |
Chapel – guest speaker |
10:00 p.m. |
Communion Worship Service - guest speaker
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Thursday, April 6 |
10:30 a.m.-Noon |
Youth Ministry Workshop, Frida Nilsen Lounge |
2:40 p.m. |
Class Visit: Youth Ministry |
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