Matthew Tees

Engaging Today's Youth

To youth ministry, Matt brings a perspective from North American Episcopal Camps and Conference Centres.
His presentation will address the:

· current trends of age development stages

· use of Scripture as a point of reference to find truth in pop culture

· practice of engaging youth with such material

· application of games and activity.

 

Matthew Tees has been the Executive Director of Camp DeWolfe on Long Island NY, since 2011. In that time Matthew has over seen a nearly $2 million renovation project, restructuring of the camp personnel and launched a new summer program for children ages 7- 17. Camp DeWolfe is a ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island, NY and offers summer camp programming and retreat facilities for year round use. Matthew received an undergraduate degree from Western New England University in Business Administration and he is currently completing a Masters of Business Administration (2015) with the University of Phoenix. Prior to moving to New York, Matthew served a variety of summer camps and conference centers throughout the United States and abroad. Matthew has been married to his wife, Emma, since October 2008 and together they served a variety of different ministries from inner city youth centers to at-risk youth homes. They also have a daughter, Madison Tees who was born in June 2013. The Tees family enjoys the outdoors, travel, reading, skiing and spending time together. A family goal has been to continually follow God’s leading for their lives as they serve Him where He has brought them.

Tuesday 27 October 7pm

 

Koha welcome
 
Indication of attendance would be appreciated.
Phone:  09 473 2600
Email:  admin@vaughanpark.org.nz