You were never meant to blend in.You were called to stand out.
God has placed you in your school, your hallways, your teams, your classrooms, and your friend groups on purpose.Now it’s time to live like it.
THE ASSIGNMENT is a two-day student leadership and evangelism conference designed to equip middle school, high school, and youth leaders with practical tools, spiritual boldness, and real strategies to impact schools, communities, and youth ministries for Jesus.
This isn’t just another conference.This is a calling.
Across powerful main sessions, worship encounters, breakout workshops, leadership panels, prayer initiatives, and evangelism training, students will be challenged to move beyond passive faith and step into active mission.
Rooted in Matthew 28:19–20 and 2 Corinthians 5:20, THE ASSIGNMENT exists to raise up a generation of students who understand they are Christ’s ambassadors — called to represent Jesus boldly wherever they go.
“We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors…”— 2 Corinthians 5:20
EVENT LINE-UP
Main Speaker
Mark ColwellDirector of Emerging Leadership Development with PAOC BC & Yukon District
Special Late Night Guest Artist
One8Tea
Multi-time Covenant Award winner, 2022 ECMA winner, and the first Black artist to win a Music NB award
Worship
Audacity Worship Team from Flip/Side Youth
Featured Sessions & Initiatives
What if We Prayed? Initiative — led by Kurt Arnold
Evangelism Teaching & Sharing — speaker to be announced
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Each breakout session is 45 minutes long and will run twice, giving students and leaders multiple opportunities to participate.
Student-Focused Sessions
Break the Cycle: An Anti-Bullying Workshop for Teens — One8Tea
Identify Addiction & How to Help Students — Danny Gallant and current Teen Challenge students
Student Leadership Collective Panel (Specifically for Grade 10 Students)
Hear directly from students and mentors about why Grade 10 students should participate in the 2027 Student Leadership Collective.
Change Conference LEAD Panel
Students from the 2026 LEAD online sessions share how leadership development impacted their schools and faith.
Worship Leadership & Building Worship Teams — Alex Stephen
Teen Pregnancy Awareness & Support Session – with LIFE Canada
Youth Worker & Ministry Sessions
Keeping THE ASSIGNMENT Alive in Students Beyond the Conference — Jeremy MacDonald
Running Youth Alpha in Middle Schools — speaker TBD
SPECIAL TRAINING OPTION
Student-Led Youth Alpha Training
An extended training experience focused on equipping students and leaders to launch and lead Youth Alpha initiatives in schools and communities.(Extended breakout from 3:00–6:00 PM with supper included.)
This generation is not called to sit on the sidelines. They are called to pray boldly, lead courageously, love radically, and carry the Gospel into every school in Atlantic Canada and beyond.
