David Thompson from Trinity UMC joins us this week and starts off with a discussion on entering a season of rebuilding after a worldwide pandemic. He shares the parable of the three servants from Matthew 25 as we talk about the struggles you can face when answering the call to serve God.

Episode 73 - Good and Faithful Servant

Failure is part of life...and youth ministry! On today's episode, Jeremy and Chris share some of their most epic failures, the important lessons they learned, and how they got through them.

Episode 106 - Failure

Jeremy and Chris sit down with Alyssa, one of Chris' former youth from St. Luke's UMC, to catch up with her and share stories from the past.

Episode 107 - Reconnecting

Chris and Jeremy talk about design thinking as an approach to ministry planning and development.

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Episode 108 - Design Thinking

This week Chris and Jeremy sit down with Sam Halverson to talk about growing a youth ministry at a church that didn't see their potential or the ministry that was already there.
Links mentioned in today's episode:
Perkins School of Theology Microgrants - https://rebootyouthministry.com/?fbclid=IwAR26bw_9hTnctmwF0XGrmZJTsofGfMLw6jPaoYd77W07ADWl6WbY0P90Y8Q
Discipleship Ministries One Matters Award - https://www.umcdiscipleship.org/about/one-matters?fbclid=IwAR0fHG3jRFSZ80u2kp9N-HaQIpzJrmlRub5WOJIg0x1_DVxzXg3VO505zqI

Episode 109 - No Youth Ministry

Jeremy and Chris discuss the roots of the Methodist church with a little history on John and Charles Wesley.

Episode 111 - Methodist Roots

Chris and Jeremy talk about teenage emotions. The science behind behavior, how to respond and connect with teens, and avoiding emotional manipulation.

Episode 122 - Teenage Emotions

Chris and Jeremy talk about the importance of integrating youth into the full ministry of the church, and how to avoid creating silos within your church.
Sam Halverson's book, "One Body": https://www.amazon.com/One-Body-Integrating-Teenagers-Church/dp/0991005082?fbclid=IwAR2jh0uSYyvZbZ5rJ4CPwIuxvwXcmKSYyvhSnBR_SAFI4VwVFOOrgVpKcqo

Episode 128 - Youth & Big Church

Join Chris and Jeremy as they sit down to discuss what to do (and what not to do) when attendance drops in your youth ministry. They also share some great resources!
Crash Courses on Administration & Discipleship: https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fstore.umcdiscipleship.org%2Fproduct-category%2Fleadership_resources%2Fcrash-courses-youth-ministry%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2z1znMysxrVmyMgO7wFOyZp8BZGeFne0lBpbjWJK3WhDwLaRy3Fo-fonE&h=AT1MWypKNJV3qFTR7yHxwtkjTP-S6i02XY4sifH0ztZ1wHdwqjFC7UWS2qCX5oDXL2lFFrGR8vvQ_zbKgbgu0h6EhOibs7_r3e83J7U4z-3kwuq--suqc7_NxEqt3r88wuCH_1U&__tn__=R]-R&c[0]=AT18NpKtVipjJOPRIWXn7qE1-j347DO30N3tItA_BQDU0CjhSkPQI0CJD0-fYE9GWzhIBgekLu7sm-g_5dMtScopwsisChhOH30iAp5gox4qzTvaKFp6QmCMIdmQJ-P2CMP9ZC5wNmbbUjf8_0LrP0013Jd5qogbrZeBfALew_uTiZohtdTKkslmeCXwCxKOQMr4GLG1o200TffZyPuZ4n6E
Youth Lessons for Lent: https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.umcyoungpeople.org%2Flead%2Fworship-series%2Flearning-to-live-inside-out-youth-lessons-for-lent-2023%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0-d6O4TyMsWFSJtbLSAiWG76DfhOJIob-Azfn20vTMG6ea3suzlSezz1w&h=AT0GF_eLR3aBjeI1RkLpELf5bR7AmK6oP8Q5dZBEk2llc-VnumjZ4sa2E10gHXylUQYkmbr7JxOOMBJynvGJGZNw6DRKZs8y6fc9qInHDR5ClnQqYtJ7GWYqPg5K91VaEIw2OvI&__tn__=R]-R&c[0]=AT18NpKtVipjJOPRIWXn7qE1-j347DO30N3tItA_BQDU0CjhSkPQI0CJD0-fYE9GWzhIBgekLu7sm-g_5dMtScopwsisChhOH30iAp5gox4qzTvaKFp6QmCMIdmQJ-P2CMP9ZC5wNmbbUjf8_0LrP0013Jd5qogbrZeBfALew_uTiZohtdTKkslmeCXwCxKOQMr4GLG1o200TffZyPuZ4n6E
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Episode 131 - When Attendance Drops

This week Chris and Jeremy share their pet peeves in youth ministry, and Chris gives us an update on his Wednesday Addams binge watching adventure.

Episode 133 - Pet Peeves

This week Chris and Jeremy share a list of seven things that could be key elements of your confirmation program.
United Methodist Heritage & Beliefs - https://store.umcdiscipleship.org/product/methodist-heritage-beliefs/?fbclid=IwAR1zSkxB8B3EXdgvGchpBlmMzW0FoqVnhacnojEdX4VLKdlkPyhVIMkHom0

Episode 137 - The Confirmation Conversation

Jeremy and Chris share some wisdom for how to have a smooth transition into a new youth ministry role. They sit down to share helpful tips to make things better for you, your family, students, and church leadership too.

Episode 140 - Starting Well

This week Chris and Jeremy talk about the "inside" stuff that happens in youth ministry (and church in general). What are some ways we may be unintentionally (or intentionally) leaving some people feeling alienated?

Episode 142 - Belonging...or Not

This week Chris and Jeremy talk about the concept of systems thinking when approaching not only your ministry, but your local church and THE church.
Resources mentioned in today's episode:
Atomic Habits - https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits
seeallthepeople.org
Faith Beyond Youth Group - https://fulleryouthinstitute.org/faith-beyond-youth-group
Growing Young - https://fulleryouthinstitute.org/growingyoung

Episode 143 - Systems Thinking

This week Chris & Jeremy share their best ideas & tips for your ministry during December and January.

Episode 144 - Don't Get Your Tensil in a Tangle

This week Chris and Jeremy share some of their best reasons for and against messy games or food based games.

Episode 145 - Messy Games (Pros & Cons)

This week Chris and Jeremy talk about denominational identity in your youth ministry. How much is too much, too little, or the right amount?

Episode 146 - How Much Denominational Identity is the Right Amount in your Youth Ministry

This week Chris and Jeremy talk about John Wesley and share some important perspectives of his and how they connect to the United Methodist Church.

Episode 147 - John Wesley

This week Chris and Jeremy talk about christianity from a global perspective. Chris shares about his recent trip to Vietnam, and they discuss youth ministry around the world. They are joined by a special guest to share his experience from West Africa.

Episode 148 - Global Christianity

Jeremy and Chris sit down to talk about Artificial Intelligence (AI) and various ways you can use it in your ministry.

Episode 149 - AI and Youth Ministry

This week Chris sits down with two special guests from Asbury University. AJ and Sam are both juniors in Media Communications who join us to talk about the revival that happened at Asbury in 2023.

Episode 150 - Revival at Asbury

This week Chris and Jeremy are joined by Brad Laurvick who shares his experience using Tik Tok to start a successful ministry.

Episode 151 - Ministry and Tik Tok

This week Chris and Jeremy reflect back on Episode 150 with special guests AJ and Sam as they talk about when you should embrace the Spirit and when you should stick to the schedule that you set.
Episode 150: https://soundcloud.com/youth-worker-collective/episode-150-revival-at-asbury

Episode 152 - Embracing the Spirit

This week Chris and Jeremy sit down to talk about the seven biggest trends in youth ministry for 2024.

Episode 153 - Seven Trends in Youth Ministry

This week Chris and Jeremy talk about the hidden messages in youth group games, and things you should consider when planning games.

Episode 154 - Hidden Messages in Youth Group Games

This week Chris and Jeremy discuss the importance of talking about vocation with young people and the ways to do so.

Episode 155 - Talking Vocation with Young People

This week Chris gives us a brief history of adolescence in the U.S. since the Industrial Revolution.
Link to presentation slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1w0ybYagQYeYc5pzjr0T0hDV2Av9NHyE-/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112307649728267594145&rtpof=true&sd=true

Episode 156 - A Brief History of Adolescence

This week Chris and Jeremy dive a little into generational studies to talk about how different age groups experience and interpret things.

Episode 157 - Discussing Generations

This week Chris and Jeremy kick off the first of three episodes about General Conference. In this episode, we talk about what General Conference is and what people can expect to happen at this event.

Episode 158 - General Conference (Part 1)

This week Chris and Jeremy continue our three-part series about General Conference. In this episode we discuss some of what was voted on and what that means for the church.

Episode 159 - General Conference (Part 2)

Youth ministry is not a solo sport, but far too often youth workers feel like they have to do it alone. We are here to help with that. Every week some of the top United Methodist youth workers offer free resources from their real-world ministries. You’ll find everything from games to downloadable lessons to coaching on how to put together a budget.

We hope that when you get online to work, you don’t feel like you have to do it all yourself. We want to be the first place you turn for games, lessons, ideas, coaching, and personal devotions.

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