Sunday, February 23
12:00noon in Fogartie Hall

Are you a parent of a current 4th-12th grade student? This workshop is an incredible opportunity to listen to, learn from, and dialogue with the renowned professor and Chair of Youth and Family Ministry at Luther Seminary, Andy Root. Andy has authored several books on youth ministry, but his most recent book, The End of Youth Ministry, engages parents in the conversation. 

He brings insights into the cultural and generational shifts of parenting, juxtaposing how that coincides with the changes in the lives of youth and, thus, youth ministry. We hope you will join us for this valuable time of fellowship, conversation, and introspection as we wrestle with the question, "What's the goal of youth ministry?" 

Preregistration is required! 

About Andy Root

Andrew Root, PhD (Princeton Theological Seminary) is the Carrie Olson Baalson Professor of Youth and Family Ministry at Luther Seminary. He is most recently the author of the four-volume Ministry in a Secular Age series.  He has also authored Christopraxis: A Practical Theology of the Cross (Fortress, 2014) and Bonhoeffer as Youth Worker (Baker, 2014).  Root puts together theology and storytelling to explore how ministry leads us into encounters with divine action. His book  The Relational Pastor (IVP, 2013), as well as a four-book series with Zondervan called A Theological Journey Through Youth Ministry, break new ground in this direction. In 2012, his book The Theological Turn in Youth Ministry (with Kenda Creasy Dean, IVP, 2011) was Christianity Today's Book of Merit. He has written a number of other books on ministry and theology. Find a complete list at andrewroot.org/books.  Andy has worked in congregations, parachurch ministries, and social service programs. He lives in St. Paul with his wife Kara, two children, Owen and Maisy, and their dog. When not reading, writing, or teaching, Andy spends far too much time watching TV and movies.