BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//WordPress - MECv7.34.1//EN X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://youthleadercollective.com/ X-WR-CALNAME:Youth Leader Collective X-WR-CALDESC:Chattanooga, TN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=03;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T010000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H X-MS-OLK-FORCEINSPECTOROPEN:TRUE BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC UID:MEC-7a6a74cbe87bc60030a4bd041dd47b78@youthleadercollective.com DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250227T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250227T130000 DTSTAMP:20250130T075550Z CREATED:20250130 LAST-MODIFIED:20250205 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:13 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:Lunch & Learn with Doug Franklin DESCRIPTION:[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]\nLunch & Learn with Doug Franklin, President of LeaderTreks\nThursday, Feb 27th\n11:30 AM – 1:00 PM\nCost: $10 (Includes Lunch)\nLocation: City Church, Chattanooga\n7122 Lee Hwy Chattanooga, TN 37421\nWhat if your students could clarify God’s calling for their lives? Too often, students drift through life without a clear sense of calling, purpose, or direction—but what if you could help them connect their burden, passion, and vision to step into God’s mission for them?\nJoin us for a Lunch N Learn with Doug Franklin, President of LeaderTreks, as he unpacks a practical framework to guide your students in understanding:\n✅ Burden – What breaks their heart? What problems do they feel called to fix?\n✅ Passion – What brings them to life? What do they love to do?\n✅ Vision – Where is God leading them? 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I believe the church is the best place for students to stretch their leadership muscles and grow.\nI studied Christian Education at Wheaton College and I have served in a few churches and as a youth pastor – but it all started when I fell in love with youth ministry as a junior high small group leader.\nAs a youth pastor I noticed that every time I put students in charge, the youth ministry increased. Naturally, I began looking for tools to help me develop my young leaders, but I found none. That’s when God laid on my heart a desire to make leadership development resources for youth ministry. In 1994, I started LeaderTreks as a response to that burden.\nToday LeaderTreks Youth Ministry offers trips, leadership training, and curriculum all focused on making disciples and developing leaders.\nWhat I value:\nSmall\nI believe that large is inspirational and small is transformational. I want to spend my time working in small groups of youth workers and students because I want to see change happen. Real transformation requires time and relationship.\nIntentional\nWhen youth workers tell me they have used a LeaderTreks resource, my first response is “did it work?” I want to create experiences and resources that are practical and actually work for youth ministry. Purpose drives me – I don’t want to just make products, I want to make tools that help students make decisions to follow Christ.\nExperiential\nA student’s learning is not as dependent on how much they hear as it’s dependent on how much they do. That’s why our motto at LeaderTreks Youth Ministry is Principals + Experience = Transformational change. Everything we create—every training, every lesson, every trip—has an experiential component.\nBooks and resources I have written:\nThe Disconnect ( https://www.leadertreks.org/store/the-disconnect/ )\nBridging the gap between Senior Pastors and Youth Pastors\nStudent Leaders Start Here ( https://www.leadertreks.org/store/student-leaders-start-here/ )\nA practical, interactive workbook to help students grow in leadership. Includes 5 leadership assessments for students.\nMoving On ( https://www.leadertreks.org/store/moving-on/ )\nHelps students identify the mission God has for their lives.\nKnow Growth ( https://www.leadertreks.org/store/know-growth/ )\nA resource to help youth workers make a individual spiritual development plan for each student.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]\n URL:https://youthleadercollective.com/upcoming-events/lunch-learn-with-doug-franklin/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://youthleadercollective.com/wp-content/uploads/LunchLearnFeb25.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR