Weekend Parking
Buses may park in any of the below indicated parking lots for the duration of the weekend.

• St. Joseph Center
• Lower Campus
• Near the West entrance to campus, in front of the old Best Western
• Behind the old Sandella’s Café

Please do not park in the Franciscan Square parking lot!

Transportation
We provide transportation for bus drivers to and from their bus and hotel on Friday afternoon and Sunday morning. This is on an on-call basis. If you need transportation, please contact the Dispatch office by calling (740) 283-6794.

Sunday Mass
Mass on Sunday at the University is at 10 a.m. in Christ the King Chapel (#1 on the Campus Map).

Parking Sunday
Please park in the lots surrounding the Lower Soccer Field (#29 on the Campus Map). There will be Security present for directions.

• We encourage you to bring the bus on campus Sunday morning starting at 6 a.m.
• This is in order to make the loading of luggage smoother for the participants. Coordinate with your group leader about loading the buses.

If you have any questions or concerns throughout the weekend, please call 740-283-6794.

All participants, including adults, are expected to dress appropriately in modest attire. Low-cut tops, mini skirts, short shorts, leggings without tops of an appropriate length or clothing with offensive language or obscene pictures are not allowed.

First Line of Defense

Thank you for your yes to care for and minister to the youth at the Steubenville Youth Conference!

The group leader and adult chaperones are the primary ministers to the youth on the weekend. Please be sure to share all of this information with all adult chaperones and religious in your group.

The Team of Prayer Ministers

Prayer ministers will be wearing red vests and will be available throughout the entire weekend. They may approach you to ask if you need assistance. Feel free to approach a prayer minister for help.

Role of Prayer Ministry

The role of prayer ministry is to serve and support you and your chaperones by offering spiritual assistance to the youth in your group. Prayer ministry is an extension of the ministry done by the ministry team from the stage and by you as the group leader and chaperones. They can assist you if there are several youth that need attention or if there is a particular situation that you and your chaperones are unsure how to handle.

Remaining Present

If a prayer minister does assist your youth, it is ideal to have an adult chaperone from your group present to watch over and pray with them also, as it is meaningful for the youth to have a familiar person there as well. In addition, it is the adult chaperone who will be going home with the youth. Therefore, he or she can continue to pray for and with the youth at home if needed. If this is not possible, know that the prayer minister will encourage the youth and let them know that group leaders and chaperones are there for them, if need be.

If you are leading a Small Group for the first time, here are a few tips to help!

• Remember to keep your questions open ended (avoid yes or no questions).
• Silence is okay in a small group. Sometimes the youth need time to think and process before answering.
• As the leader of the small group, avoid talking too much. This is a time for the youth to process their thoughts. If they have questions or need mentoring, give a shorter answer and let them know you can talk more together after the small group.
• The Small Group questions are meant to be a springboard for you to ask further questions and facilitate conversation among your group. Feel free to ask follow-up questions as they process. You can ask even more specific questions from the keynote content. 

For the Small Group Questions click the “Small Group Questions” icon on the main menu. 

At check in, group leaders will receive their pizza pick-up vouchers (if pre-ordered), Sunday travel meal pick-up vouchers (if pre-ordered), group T-shirts (if pre-ordered), and participant lanyards.

Religious should check in at the Religious Table if they arrive prior to 3:30 p.m.  After 3:30 p.m, religious will check in by the chapel. Those religious serving at the conference will be given free entry; any that plan to be participants will need to register as a participant.

LEAD Participants will be on the grounds of the Conference Site when group check in begins. However, the LEAD program does not conclude until 1pm. LEAD participants will need to be “checked out” and dismissed to the group leaders.  Group leaders should check at Central Office to connect with their LEAD participants Friday.

Unless the bus driver is also registered as a chaperone with your group, he or she is not allowed onto the Conference Site.  The exception to this is the closing Mass on Sunday morning. Buses MUST drop off either in front of the Civic Center or on the main parking lot side. DO NOT DROP OFF PARTICIPANTS ON THE SKATE PARK SIDE.