UNDERSTANDING CHILDREN AND YOUTH THEOLOGICALLY

VULNERABLE YOUTH, PASTORAL CARE AND COUNSELING

YOUTH MINISTRY AND CONFIRMATION WORK

Chair: Bård Eirik Hallesby Norheim

Tone Stangeland Kaufman & Kristin Graff-Kallevåg
“This is me!” A study of young people theologizing on sin, shame, and salvation

Respondent: Frantisek Stech

Marjukka Laiho
Young activists in the crossroads of religion and society: Cosmopolitan theology in/as practice

Respondent: Tone Kaufman

Ron Becker

Beyond Epistemology. Understanding Youth Theologically

Respondent: Monique van Dijk-Groeneboer

Chair: Katarina Westerlund

Astrid Sandsmark; Elisa Stokka; Lars Johan Danbolt

Youth, Christian counseling, and faith communities

Respondent: Christina Baillie

Suvi-Maria Saarelainen

Spiritual Needs of Emerging Adults with Cancer

Respondent: Astrid Sandsmark

Shorena Sadzaglishvili, Teona Gotsiridze, Ketevan Lekishvili
Violence and victimization among street connected youth

Shorena Sadzaglishvili, Teona Gotsiridze, Ketevan Lekishvili

Ethical Considerations for Social Work Research with Vulnerable Children and their Families).

Respondent: Berit Weigand Berg (for both two papers above)

Chair: Susie Mapledoram

Jari Pulkkinen, Jouko Porkka, Kati Tervo-Niemelä
Adolescents’ experiences and wellbeing in confirmation work during the corona pandemic

Respondent: Katherine Douglas

Patrik Hoering
Confirmation - Expectations and Effects

Respondent: Salla Poropudas

Katherine Douglass

Holy Disorientation: Ministry with young adults that takes risks and builds confidence
Respondent: Jari Pulkkinen

INNOVATIVE YOUTH MINISTRY

WORSHOP ON DEVELOPING YOUTH MINISTRY AND CHURCH PRACTISE

YOUTH MINISTRY AND YOUTH LEADERS AND VOLUNTEERS

Chair: Kevin Huddleson

Pete White

Formed and Transformed - Insights on discipleship and vocational discernment in young adults on the Peterborough Diocese Ministry Internship Programme
Respondent: Astrid Sandsmark

Paul FollandSin, Shame, and the Seminary

Chair: Jari Pulkkinen

Sanna Jattu

Increasing participation through mobile technology and phenomenal learning

Susie Mapledoram

Sanna Lehtisaari

Isonen On the Road - faith, identity and leadership

Chair: Scott Paget

Katarina Westerlund

Christian youth leaders´ learning in Christian Spirituality

Respondent: Minna Valtonen

Porkka Jouko

The Young Confirmed Volunteers of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland - Motivation, Religiosity, and Community

Respondent: Tim Feak

Frantisek Stech

Doing Theology Together: Fundamental Theology and Youth Ministry in Conversation

Respondent: Marjukka Laiho

YOUTH AT MARGINS AND YOUTH MINISTRY

WORKSHOP ON SUPPORTING FAMILIES AND YOUTH SPIRITUALITY AND SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT

FAMILIES, CHILDREN AND FAITH

Chair: Suvi-Maria Saarelainen

Amy Panton            

“Why Are You Doing That? I Just Don’t Understand”:  Self-Injury in Youth and the Impact on the Family System

Respondent: Hanna Niemi

Christina Baillie

A Theology of Difficulty: young people’s perspectives

Respondent: Marjukka Laiho

Oksana Prosvirnina, Jouko Porkka, Irina Trofimova, Riikka Hillebrand

Voices of the marginalized young people in the Eastern Europe

Respondent: Suvi-Maria Saarelainen

Chair: Sami Ritokoski

Katri Vappula

Jari Pulkkinen

Supporting children, youth and families in the Finnish Lutheran Church: Walking alongside the families from birth to adulthood

Christo Lombaard

Exegesis and catechesis: impulses towards spiritual growth in the younger believer?

Chair: Kati Tervo-Niemelä

Francesco Cerchiaro
Re-mixing faith. Religious identification amongst offspring of Christian-Muslim couples

Respondent: Trudy Dantis

Eriikka Jankko

The Concept of Child and the Ideals of Spirituality

Respondent: Kristin Graff-Kallevåg

Jan Minnema

A Contextual Perspective on Transmission of Faith in Families

Respondent: Ilkka Tahvanainen

INVOLVING YOUTH IN SERMONS AND SCHOOLS AND ENGAGING FAMILIES

WORKSHOP: ECUMENICAL EDUCATION AS TOOL TO DEVELOP RELIGIOUS GROWTH AND YOUTH SPIRITUALITY

DEVELOPING YOUTH MINISTRY AND ITS RESEARCH

Chair: Christo Lombaard

Bård Eirik Hallesby Norheim

Range anxiety in the age of the smart phone? How to «charge» a confirmation sermon

Respondent: Eveliina Ojala

Anne-Maria Trygg-Jouttijärvi

Parish as a partner at school

Respondent: Astrid Sandsmark

Kevin Huddleston

Sabbath as Mission: Engaging Families in the Mission of God Through a Rhythm of Rest and Reflection

Respondent: Eriikka Jankko

Chair: Helena Kauppila

Part 1

Juhana Malme

The construction of religiosity in consequence of ecumenical training

Virpi Paulanto

Ecumenical Education as an instrument for ecumenical learning

Part 2

Virpi Paulanto & Juhana Malme Nonformal Ecumenical Education in Youth Ministry - a Threat or a possibility?

Chair: Ron Becker

Patrik Hoering

Christian Youth Ministry in Europe. A comparative overview

Respondent: Pete White

Jouko Porkka, Minna Valtonen, Mia Kuronen and Jenni Surakka

Inspiring and encountering education – The Barometer of Church education 
Respondent: Pekka Launonen

Scott Paget

Where is Youth Ministry?

Respondent: Tone Kaufman