Pizza & Side Hugs

At the start of a new year of ministry, it’s easy to get caught up in, “What’s new in your ministry?” But the fundamentals of YM should excite us even more. This episode is all about Running it Back to why you want to do this in the first place!

Top 5 Fundamentals To Focus on At the Start of the Year

1. Seeing the Kids- (6:50)
2. Putting Yourselves in Parent’s Shoes-(17:00)
3. Being a Companion for First Year Leaders- (27:16)
4. Getting Ahead in Order to Be Present- (34:58)
5. Praying for Your Community- (42:45)

Links from the Show
iGen- Dr. Jean Twenge
Drawing from nationally representative surveys of 11 million young people as well as in-depth interviews, iGen is the first book to document the cultural changes shaping today’s teens and young adults, documenting how their changed world has impacted their attitudes, worldviews, and mental health.
From Christendom to Apostolic Mission: Pastoral Strategies for an Apostolic Age
Every human society possesses a moral and spiritual imaginative vision, a set of assumptions and ways of looking at things according to which life proceeds. This essay is an attempt to contribute effective strategies to engage our own time and culture once more with the Gospel of Jesus Christ and – for a weary world – to awaken the Catholic imaginative vision.

Episode 02 - Next Level Youth Leaders
Do you have emerging leaders in your youth ministry? This podcast is created for THEM! We give them ways to go beyond your ministry, based on the Scripture passage Acts 2:42. Also, you’ll find out how a prayer of fasting brought about a spouse, and how grunts are the sounds of discipleship...!
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00:57 - Lengthy Introductions of Podcasters
7:46 - Shareable Podcast for your Youth
10:50 - Importance of Acts 2:42
15:42 - Breaking of the Bread
22:50 - Teaching of the Apostles
33:12 - Devoted to the Prayers
41:58 - Dedicated to Communal Life
Shareables
Word on Fire by Bishop Barron
Jesus Prayer
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Pizza & Side Hugs
Do you have emerging leaders in your youth ministry? This podcast is created for THEM! We give them ways to go beyond your ministry, based on the Scripture passage Acts 2:42. Also, you’ll find out how a prayer of fasting brought about a spouse, and how grunts are the sounds of discipleship...!
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Episode Description
What is the best way to accompany young people on their faith journey? Learn the five tenets of establishing long-term small groups that every group organizer will want to share and every group leader will need to know in order to create, small effective faith groups.
Episode Outline
Intro- Ministry is about People not Programs
5 Principles of Small Group Leadership
1. Show Up: Leaders need to be fully present.
2. Partner with Parents: Become allies with students' greatest influences
3. Cause Dialouge: Spur Authentic Conversation
4. Be a follower: Small Groups follow a Savior and set boundaries.
5. Play the Long Game: Aim for Lifelong Discipleship
BONUS after outro- QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION
Recorded at the National Catholic Youth Conference on November 22, 2019

Diverse Teams

Season 4, Episode 4.5

In our last podcast, we talked about the principles for recruiting a great ministry team. These adults will be core to your mission. One thing we touched on briefly was the need for “the right fit” for a ministry leader. Today, we want to highlight this even deeper by talking about having diversity within your team.

Julia: Diversity of ages (multigenerational) (4:00)

Jake: Diversity of ethnicity and race (5:16)

Rachel: Diversity of ability to connect with various student personalities (6:21)

Paul: Diversity of skills and geniuses (7:13)

Best Practices (11:09)

What are some things you’ve learned about the value or challenge of diverse teams in ministry?

Conclusion (12:44)

Send us a message about a great youth ministry teammate of yours who had different ideas than you but brought a lot to the team. Or just send us a dad joke and we’ll probably talk about it.

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Episode 03

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04:10 - Discipleship is Overlooked...

07:02 - Disciples Make Disciples

9:50 - Ministry is about People not Programs

10:41 - Holiness is Attractive

14:40- Discipleship is a journey and people are at different stages

16:10- Reaching People on the Margin

17:10- Problem with Confirmation Preparation being the center of YM

22:22- Four Stages of Discipleship: Crowd, Seeker, Disciple, Apostle

28:12- Creating Opportunities for people in the different Stages

28:30- Opportunities for those in the Crowd

32:44- Opportunities for those who are Seekers

36:20- Opportunities for Disciples

39:50- Ministering to Apostles

44:50- Naming Discipleship and Trusting in the Holy Spirit!

Shareables

• Sock Religious- Check out these great socks!- https://sockreligious.com/
• The article about Discipleship Quads: https://review.catechetics.com/disciples-forming-other-disciples
• Website for Discipleship Quads- https://steubenvilleconferences.com/discipleship-quads/