This year's conference sessions for youth pastors, volunteers and student workers opened and closed with the theme of equipping people for youth ministry. National leaders provided free items, including books, CDs, DVDs, song books, iPods, and even a laptop computer.

The first three things to go in a youth pastor's life are "diet, exercise, and devotional life," commented Chris Zoephel, co-director of National Youth Ministry for AMiA. Alan Armstrong, the other youth czar in AMiA, passed along some wisdom that he heard years ago: "As a parent, your job is to disciple your children and the friends of your children."

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We have put together some audio resources for you from the Winter Conference, so those of you who missed the sessions (or missed the entire conference), can now hear some of the wisdom that was passed along. We will be releasing these over the ensuing weeks, including some exclusive interviews with some national leaders that no one heard at the Winter Conference.

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