Caltab Student Ministries

We are back and here with an episode with just Gavin and Nate as they discuss a number of different things in this episode. From youth group snacks to games, to what students want to hear from the messages on a Wednesday night! Give this episode a listen and be sure to share it with your friends!

We got the year started as we welcomed to new incoming students to our youth group family! Our first message of the year was all about setting good godly goals as we get the new school year started.

Nate and Gavin are joined by alumni, and youth group leaders Abbie Baker and Sierra Kiekel to discuss the differences in how life has turned out, compared to what they expected life to be like when they were teenagers! Be sure to give this episode a listen and share it on your social media with your friends!

Join us for our 10th conversation as we discuss parents and teens and the amazing dynamic that comes with relating to our parents and parents relating to teens! Sam Smith, Katie Berghorn, and Kim Kiekel join Nate and Gavin to have an awesome discussion on the topic of teenagers and parents in life today!

The final week in our series on living differently for Jesus comes to a close with a message on how we should react in times of trial and pain. Hopefully this encourages and challenges you no matter where you find yourself.

Josh Jenks and Christian Mickey join Nate and Gavin on the podcast today to discuss the fun, joy, and trials of youth ministry! This was a great time together as we recorded our longest episode ever. There will need to be a part 2 to this convo! Be sure to share this episode with your friends!

This is week three of our series on being different from the world. If we claim to be a follower of Jesus, we must live a life different from the way the world does. Our identity can not be found in any sin, mistake, or anything separate from Jesus. Finding our identity in Jesus means finding freedom from any label the world tries to place on us.

Week number 2 of our series "DIFFERENT" is all about the idea of dating and how Christians need to do dating differently than the world. If you missed out on this week of youth group feel free to give it a listen, and be sure to share it with your friends!

Nate and Gavin get back on the conversation with an episode that may be our best one yet. AND this is our first episode over an hour long! Jonah Williams and alumni Brooke Hammaker joined the podcast to talk about the top 5 or 6 qualities we think are important in a friend. Give this a listen and be sure to share this with your friends!

If you consider yourself to be a follower of Jesus, you are called to be different. This is week 1 in a 4-week series all about being different for Jesus, and how that can make a major impact in our life, and in the lives of those who see us every day! This is a resource from Life. Church, feel free to check out their original messages on this topic on their website: https://open.life.church/resou...

What makes the perfect youth group? What is the perfect breakfast order? These are just a few of the things that Nate and Gavin discuss with a couple of guests on the show this week. Parker Sage and Jonah Williams join us to discuss these things and more! Share this episode with a friend and be sure to follow us on Spotify and Instagram!

Our Wednesday night series about living as Jesus did continues with a discussion on things Jesus did on a regular basis! Give is a listen and be sure to share this episode with someone who may need to hear it! Living like Jesus isn't as complicated as we always make it out to be!

Nate and Gavin get back on track to our weekly conversations with two other guests, Sam Smith, and Abi Hammaker! Many different things are discussed, including Star Wars, movie theaters, and other fun! But, the main discussion focuses on things from the Bible that really make us scratch our heads or confuse us. Give this episode a listen and feel free to share it with your friends!

We started a brand new series tonight all about being like Jesus. Over the course of this series we will look into three main questions. 1. Where did Jesus Go? 2. What did Jesus do? 3. What did Jesus feel? In our first week, Nate tackled the topic of where Jesus went and looked into certain habits and people He hung out with. Feel free to give this message a listen, and share it with your friends...

This week at youth group, Steve Ernst continues our series diving into the effects of shame, guilt, and sin on our life and challenges all of that with the concept of true freedom in Christ and what that actually looks like. Feel free to give this a listen and be sure to share it with a friend! By the way, Nate is in Atlanta, so what you hear at the beginning of the episode is Steve Facetiming wit...

Listen in as Nate and Gavin discuss a number of different topics. Including Gavin's pants story from this past Sunday, the best streaming services, and even the controversial question of "Should Christians have social media?" Feel free to give us a rating on the show and share this podcast with your friends!

Talor Joseph, the current starting goalie for the Binghamton Black Bears joined us at youth group to share his testimony of how God has worked in his life. Being saved at a young age, Talor has an awesome story of dealing with adversity and coming back to God as a young adult through the adversity he faced. Hockey is a major part of his life, but it is not his identity. Listen, as you will hear th...

Nate and Gavin get together to discuss a number of random topics from the best youth group games, to the best breakfast places, to the best retreat moments. The conversation comes to a close around the question "Why does it feel like God works in big ways at retreats and camp, but not at a normal night of youth group?" Give this episode a listen and feel free to share it with your friend...

This message is about how we as Christians handle shame in our life. Christ has given us freedom from our shame and guilt and we have victory over death and the grave. Give this message a listen, or share it with students who weren't able to be there to hear it live! This message series is based on a series from Life. Church and Pastor Craig Groeschel.

Matt Van Gorden and Sierra Kiekel join the podcast to discuss who really is Nate's favorite all-time student. We also discuss the ways in which teenager culture and youth group have changed since they were in the youth group as students. Listen in to see what both of them, along with Nate and Gavin, had to say! Please give the podcast a rating and share it with your friends!

We had three students on the podcast today to discuss the challenges of being a Christian teenager in different types of school systems. Public school vs home school vs Christian school. All three are uniquely different in the way that teenagers grow and learn both educationally and in their faith in Christ. Listen in to see what the fellas had to say. Feel free to give the podcast a rating and sh...

In this episode, we meet the regular hosts, Nate and Gavin, and we go over what the goal is of the CSM Conversations. We answer some lightning questions to help you get to know some of our interests and ideas as well. In CSM Conversations we want to have conversations that are both fun and engaging over spiritual topics, while also having fun conversations that are relatable to real life. Episode...

We began a brand-new series on the Biblical principle of giving and generosity. We dove into passages like Acts 2, and Matthew 14 to discuss why generosity is so important as we grow in our faith in Christ. The teaching curriculum for this series was based on a series from Life. Church.