Summer Madness Festival 2023 : Power-2-Change from SM 2023

Join Rachel Gardner as she dives into the story of the Prodigal Son and unpacks the extraordinary love of the Father!. Topics: None. Speaker: Rachel Gardner & Sarah McDonald at SM Big Top 2023

1. Power to Change People The YFC tent provides an alternative space to Big Top. Come join the banter as we play games, compete for prizes, hear real life stories from special guests and explore the power that Jesus has to change us all! . Topics: None. Speaker: Stee Halliday - Crown Jesus at SM YFC Tent 2023

We're back with Rachel Gardner and exploring how God's love impacts our relationships... with the help of a wee little man called Zaccheaus! It's going to be grrreat!. Topics: None. Speaker: Rachel Gardner & Sarah McDonald at SM Big Top 2023

A look at God as our waymaker & shepherd who comes to where we are mentally, emotionally and spiritually in our journey and guides us to good pasture.. Topics: None. Speaker: Chris Boucher - The Big House at SM The Hatch 2023

The Bible teaches that we are God’s creation and His masterpiece. Our lives have value! Join us for a session full of creative teaching on how to see ourselves as God sees us. Focus: drugs and alcohol. Topics: None. Speaker: Made for More Workshop Team at SM YFC Tent 2023

Understanding Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) in Youth Ministry -  including panel discussion, stories, and lots of practical ideas with the team from Missional Generation UK. Topics: None. Speaker: Ben Jones & Missional Generation team at SM CIYD 2023

Life is full of ups and downs but as Christians we can navigate these twists and turns differently. How? Through the Holy Spirit! Sometimes it can be difficult to understand who the Holy Spirit is and why He makes a difference. But as we try and follow Jesus at home, at school, at college, at work, we cannot leave the Holy Spirit on the sidelines! God puts the Holy in holy habits, and the Spirit in spiritual formation. It's the Holy Spirit that turns that holy habits into life-transforming practices. In this seminar, our mainstage speaker, Pippa Baker will help us discover how to let God the Holy Spirit play a major role in our daily lives and experience more intimacy and power as we grow as Christians.. Topics: None. Speaker: Pippa Baker at SM Salt Factory 2023

EXALT Introduction to our prayer App and other resources to help young people to pray. Topics: None. Speaker: Ben Jones & Missional Generation team at SM CIYD 2023

What is AI?  How does it impact me?  Should I be afraid of it or embrace it? How should I react to its rapid advance?  Come and hear experts share their thoughts on how Christians should respond to the AI debate.. Topics: None. Speaker: Sam Neil & Friends at SM Salt Factory 2023

Is there a greater time of change than when we’re about to leave school? There are often thousands of questions buzzing around our heads! Like, who am I?  Am I the person my teachers or friends want me to be?  What college or university will I go to next?  What course will I study?  Will I go for a job or an apprenticeship?  What will I do next year?  Where will my friends be?  Where will we go when we’re all far apart?  Where does my faith fit into all of these questions?  We’d love you to join us as the team from The Hub, a chaplaincy serving students in Belfast, helps us to think about what God has to say to us in the midst of all these kinds of questions.. Topics: None. Speaker: The Hub Team at SM The Hub 2023

How do you do politics as a Christian when politics isn’t really politics? What does the biblical call to political engagement look like, even when it is incredibly awkward? What is the cost of Christians staying on the sidelines? Stories of those who are involved talking about joys and the struggles.  This comes with a health warning: you may leave this seminar as an active member of society!. Topics: None. Speaker: Andy Flanagan at SM Salt Factory 2023

Join the team from Youth Alpha as they share their vision and explain what Alpha can offer, while chatting with speakers and young people from the festival.. Topics: None. Speaker: Jonny Campbell & Phil Simpson at SM Tearfund 2023

Pornography, pubes and purity... Sex sells. Porn is a pandemic. Even saying the word masturbation makes us embarrassed. We all have dirty little secrets and it seems like no one knows how to talk about this stuff without making us feel wick or weird. Well, join Rachel as she shares the naked truth about sex, porn, relationships, how to get to grips with the gift of sexuality and how to use it in a God (and you) honouring way.. Topics: None. Speaker: Rachel Gardner at SM Corrymeela & Youth Link 2023

2. Power to Change Priorities The YFC tent provides an alternative space to Big Top. Come and join the banter as we play games, compete for prizes, hear real life stories from special guests and explore the power that Jesus has to change us all! . Topics: None. Speaker: Natalie Phillips - Crown Jesus, Ross and Ben - Dancers at SM YFC 2023

Engage with Pippa Baker's message: "God Inside Out: Making Room for Jesus" It's going to be grrreat!. Topics: None. Speaker: Pippa Baker & Sarah McDonald at SM Big top 2023

Engage with Pippa Baker's message: "Come Holy Spirit" from 2 Tim 1:17. It's going to be grrreat!. Topics: None. Speaker: Pippa Baker & Sarah McDonald at SM Big Top 2023

Most Christians know they should be trying to tell their friends and family about Jesus. But that can seem so hard to do in the world that we live in - it's offensive, inappropriate, and insensitive. Trends show that the majority of Christians rarely share the good news about Jesus; they're worried they might offend their family or lose friends. In this seminar, Wallace Bruce from Christian Unions Ireland will help equip anyone who might be reluctant or nervous to tell their friends about Jesus. This seminar will be of particular relevance to anyone who is leaving school or who is at college or university and concerned about sharing their faith in a new place.. Topics: None. Speaker: Wallace Bruce, Christian Unions Ireland at SM The Hub 2023

Discover ways in which God helps us navigate our life journeys looking at key stepping stones that allow God to help you and lead you to a good place mentally and spiritually. . Topics: None. Speaker: Chris Boucher - The Big House at SM The Hatch 2023

The Bible teaches that we are God’s creation and His masterpiece. Our lives have value! Join us for a session full of creative teaching on how to see ourselves as God sees us. Focus: mental health. Topics: None. Speaker: Made for More Workshop Team at SM YFC Tent 2023

Chat GPT – WHAT? The good, the bad and the ugly of AI.. Topics: None. Speaker: Ben Jones & Missional Generation team at SM CIYD 2023