Key Takeaway: Guard Your Day Off A lock-in confirmed my calling to youth ministry. I swapped my major for youth ministry You can’t top events for building relationships. Even though they are in your youth ministry they are not your kids, have some patience with parents “Remember we are not confronting parents, we are partnering parents” “More doesn’t always lead to better it leads to burn out” “It’s okay to guard your day, it’s okay to have a day off” Episode Transcript Zac: 00:12 Hey everybody, welcome back to another special episode of the Youth Ministry booster podcast. This is our fifth ..read more

Key Takeaway: God calls youth to youth ministry “If you are going to have attention on you it needs to be for the right reason” “He didn’t tell me he called the police after he made the call” “Do not sweat the small stuff, like literally sweating through my t-shirt small stuff” “Your call is the share the gospel with the students in front of you” Follow Karli Loving on Twitter #WomenInYM Giveaway on Twitter Join The Twitter Conversation For #WomenInYM on Twitter ..read more

Key Takeaway: Refugees And Jesus On The Other Side Of The Road “For those 8 kids, they directly chose a career path related to their local missions experience” "Mission Trips Should Be Tied Back To Ministry Our Congregations are already involved “My first year was a disaster in almost every way” "Slow down to learn the story of your congregation" Grab a copy of Jen's books! @ the Youth Cartel  Follow Jen Bradury on Twitter #WomenInYM Giveaway on Twitter Join The Twitter Conversation For #WomenInYM on Twitter Episode Transcript Zac: 00:13 Hey everybody, h ..read more

Key Takeaway: God’s work is humbling “You can be an introvert and effective in ministry” “Favorite moments can be the quiet moments” “Let people know when you don’t know something” Follow Mikaiala on Instagram #WomenInYM Giveaway on Twitter Join The Twitter Conversation For #WomenInYM on Twitter Episode Transcript Zac: 00:13 Hey everybody, happy October, a happy pastor appreciation month. That's right. In case you didn't know that 31 days of October or not just the countdown to fall break Halloween or the holiday season. It's also the month you should be appreciat ..read more

Key Takeaway: Find Yourself Network “One of the biggest things you can do is get connected to a network” “You need a support system” Follow Ana on Twitter #WomenInYM Giveaway on Twitter Join The Twitter Conversation For#WomenInYM on Twitter Episode Transcript 00:13 Hey everybody, happy October, a happy pastor appreciation month. That's right. In case you didn't know that 31 days of October or not just the countdown to fall break Halloween or the holiday season. It's also the month you should be appreciating pastors worldwide. So if you are a pastor, I appreciate you. If yo ..read more

Q: How are you? A: I’m doing okay. If you are in youth ministry you know that okay is the cover against weakness. It’s the veil against a longer discussion or feigns against the more exhausting truthful version of whatever is really happening to you. "I once had a Christian leader warn me against sharing my weaknesses. He told me it would be used against me. He was right. But I'd rather have some people reject an honest version of me, than applaud a fable that I cannot sustain and helps no one.” - Redeemed Youth Minister Blaine Bartel Honesty’s Got Baggage So can we talk? Honestly?  ..read more

Successful Change Maybe one of the most elusive combinations of words in church ministry leadership today.    Seriously, as a youth ministry leader, how is it possible to bring about real change in a successful way?    We don't have an exact answer but we do have a helpful guide.    Making changes in your youth ministry is difficult. It is costly, timely, and usually takes more work and effort than we originally thought. Here is a helpful guide to navigating the process of making change.  Download The Success Grid ..read more

Show Notes: Kevin on Twitter  Kevin is the founder and director of Field House Media Pick up Kevin's book Leadership Interrupted  Kevin is also building CultureWins with Giant Worldwide ..read more

It happens every week for almost every youth minister, the talk, the sermon, the chapel communication. The large group delivery to the youth ministry is an important vehicle for truth, but what is a healthy assessment and evaluation of that message. How do we know when we have done a good job (killed/crushed it)? or we felt (crushed/killed) by it ..read more

Show Notes:  Adam's Blog Adam Instagram  Grown Up's Guide To Teenage Humans Communicating For Change   ..read more