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Rethinking Youth Ministry | A podcast for youth ministry leaders, pastors, volunteers, and anyone who cares about students

Oct 29, 2019

As youth ministry leaders, we spend a ton of our time and energy creating environments, refining messages, and organizing events—all with the goal of helping students discover who Jesus is. But once a student decides to follow Jesus . . . then what? In this episode, we talk about what it looks like to lead students...


Oct 22, 2019

Most of us have big ideas and plans when we begin working in the world of youth ministry. We have programming ideas, series ideas, retreat ideas, outreach event ideas, and more. And while we probably implement some of those creative plans, over time, the creativity and innovation muscle in us tends to wane. On...


Oct 15, 2019

If there's one thing virtually all youth ministries and youth ministry leaders have in common, it's this: We like to play games and have FUN! But are we just having fun for fun's sake, or is there more to it than that? In this episode, we talk about why having fun is a CRUCIAL part of every youth ministry. We...


Oct 8, 2019

Youth ministry leaders aren’t exempt from the tougher moments and seasons of life. And whether it's a difficult relationship, financial mess, unexpected illness of a loved one, or something else, when life gets hard and we want to check out, we still have students who need us to show up week after week. Join us this...


Oct 1, 2019

There’s a complicated relationship between emotions and faith. And if we’re honest, as youth ministry leaders, sometimes it can be tempting to leverage our students’ emotions to help them make big faith and life decisions. But is that necessarily a bad thing? Join us this week as we talk about how we can avoid...