A Journey of Revelation and Empowerment
For Girls in 6th through 12th Grade
Young Women's Conference
In Their Shoes
Host Information
Jesus Calling
Thank you for considering becoming one of our Host Conference locations. This conference is for middle and high school teen girls to address cultural issues specific to them and offer wisdom in becoming a godly woman. The choices our young women make as they navigate their turbulent teen years affect who they are becoming long before they ever get to college or enter into adulthood. A recent One Hope Global Youth Culture U.S. Report found 51% of U.S. teens, ages 13 to 19, identify as Christians, but only 8% display beliefs and behaviors that are consistent with being committed to their faith. This report also revealed a higher percentage of teen girls than boys (38% teen girls and 29% teen boys) reported to be sexually active. As the body of Christ, we need to work together to teach our teenage daughters they are truly a Daughter of the King and how to accept God’s truth into their heart, and how doing so can help shape their identity and their life. We need to help them see God less as an iconic figure and more as an intimate friend, one who truly loves them and who is there to help them through the troubled waters of middle and high school, and who will be with them for the rest of their life.
Host Churches agree to provide our Young Women's Conference 100% free of any charge or fee to the girls attending. Your In Their Shoes Young Women's Conference must be open to all girls in 6th through 12th grade in your local school district. If your local middle and high school district has a small enrollment of teen girls, you may want to have an other church(s) in adjoining school district(s) in your county combine with you. We have two options for hosting an In Their Shoes: A Journey of Revelation and Empowerment Young Women’s Conference:
Option 1 Host Church Handles Everything - $1,000.00 plus shipping of Conference Kit to your location
A Conference Kit is prepared to serve up to 100 girls. Each kit will contain four DVD videos, one for each of the four workshops to show how each workshop works as well as a printed copy of required content for each workshop. The Host Church will provide a facilitator to present each workshop and guide and control discussion of the content.
The Conference Kit will contain 120 Conference Bags, 100 Conference Notebooks with outline notes for each workshop, 120 conference ink pens, 120 charm bracelets, 120 of each of the 12 conference charms, and 120 conference t-shirt iron-on transfers. The Host Church will provide the t-shirts and apply the transfers. (Please note the extra 20 pieces of some items is for your volunteers) We request any unused items be returned to us to help with costs on future conferences.
The Conference Kit will be mailed upon receipt of the Conference Contract with a firm Conference Date and payment. We suggest a minimum lead time of two months for promotion of your conference and also time for your workshop leaders and emcee for the opening program, lunch program and closing program to prepare.
Option 2 Host Church requests one or more of In Their Shoes Conference personnel to facilitate workshops
This option works well if your church does not have enough volunteers qualified or confident to facilitate one or more of the workshops. Thus, everything is the same as Option 1 plus additional charge for transportation, lodging and meals for the people requested for 2 nights. We do not charge for our time. The blessing of a Love Offering would be permissible but not expected. This option is subject to our staff availability for your conference date.
Basic requirements for a Host Church, regardless of which option is selected are:
1. The Host Church will select a date for their conference and will promote registration of girls in 6th through 12th grades in their local school district. Our Tips for Recruitment provides proven resources for reaching teen girls in your school district. We will provide a hard copy of both an In Their Shoes Flyer for direct handout to teen girls and also an In Their Shoes Poster with info tear tabs in the Conference Kit. We suggest a minimum two month recruitment process. All registrations must be completed on our website Registration page. Your conference date will be listed on our Registration page for your girls to select. We will email the Host Church with the registration information for each girl registering for their conference as they come in.
2. The Host Church will provide a safe, climate controlled, and liability insured location that:
A. Has an area to serve for Registration with a minimum of two tables with chairs.
B. Has four(4) rooms/areas suitable to hold a workshop for 25 girls in each. The work shop rooms must have tables and chairs for the 25 girls plus a table for the presenter.
C Has a room/area large enough to serve lunch to 100 girls plus adults helping with the conference that also has a stage suitable for a presentation. This room/area can also be used for the opening and closing programs.
D. Has adequate restrooms
3. The Host Church will provide a healthy snack and drinks for the girls between Workshop Sessions 1 & 2, and Workshop Sessions 3 & 4, as well as lunch for 100 girls and adults helping with the conference. Healthy menu suggestions will be provided.
4. The Host Church will provide volunteers to man a registration area, direct girls to workshop locations, and serve snacks and lunch.
5. The Host Church will provide volunteers qualified to counsel girls during an alter call at closing Praise & Worship session.
6. It is highly suggested, but not required, the Host Church will send an email or text reminder to all registered girls 5 days prior to their conference.
7. The Host Church agrees to utilize the following conference schedule
8:00am-8:30am Registration
8:30am-9:00am Welcome
9:15am-10:30am Workshop Session 1
10:45am-12:00pm Workshop Session 2
12:15pm-1:45 Lunch
2:00pm-3:15pm Workshop Session 3
3:30pm-4:45pm Workshop Session 4
5:00pm-6:00pm Praise & Worship
8. The Host Church agrees to complete and submit the In Their Shoes Evaluation Form after their conference. Your feedback is greatly appreciated and needed.
"In Their Shoes - A Journey of Revelation and Empowerment" is a ministry outreach to fulfill The Great Commission.
