Who is the YuthGuy?
The “YuthGuy” is Glen Dawursk,
Jr.
Glen is a creative, energetic and
"on-fire" youth leader and educator whose focus in youth programming
and education has stretched over 26 years.
His extensive technology based background
includes experience in radio, television, multi-media, computer and Internet
development.
He has spoken across the country on
technology's influences on our youth ("M3 & Me"),
youth ministry development ("Eat Your P's" & “Generations”), and
on the learning concepts of youth and children in ministry ("The Brains of
the Bunch" and “True Colors”).
In addition to being a licensed secondary
educator, Glen has written numerous technology-centered curriculums, original
songs and plays, and various youth ministry articles.
Glen has a Master of Arts in Education and
Administration, is a certified Director of Christian Education, and a KINDLE (Karpenko Institute for Nurturing and Developing
Leadership Excellence) graduate.
He is DPI state certified as a secondary educator in #300 English, #320 Speech,
#325 Theatre, and #51 Principal (k-12 administration).
He is married to Donna and
has five children: Amy (23), Sarah (21), David (16), Ben (14), and Matthew Paul
(born fall 2010).
He was the founder of Fisherman’s Festival
in Milwaukee and Rainbow Valley Christian Music Festival in Wausau, WI, has been a featured co-host on WCLQ-89Q in Wausau, WI and is a certified National
Institute of Youth Ministry (Youth Builders) instructor (trained personally by
Jim Burns).
Currently, Glen is the part time (20 hr
p/w) Director of Youth
Ministries at Mt.
Hope Lutheran Church in West Allis, WI (a burb of Milwaukee), a fulltime high
school English and
Theatre Teacher
for West Allis Central High School (Go Bulldogs!), and an Assistant Scoutmaster for Boy Scout Troop 580.
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Why “YUTHGUY”?
Glen was given the “name” while
co-hosting on WCLQ-89Q radio in Wausau, Wisconsin in the mid-90’s.
At that time, they joked about him being “da yute guy.” The name stuck
and gradually people began referring to him as the “YuthGuy.”