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Jordan and Dan wrap up talking about Unitarians by discussing strategies on how to engage with them.

Dan and Jordan discuss some fairly obvious differences that the Unitarians have with Christianity, focusing on Christian doctrine. Please note: we experienced some significant technical difficulties while recording this episode and mention it a few times.

This week, Jordan and Dan give a broad overview of the Unitarian Universalists. Spoiler Alert: it's all over the place.

Welcome back to "Cults in the Community"! This month, Jordan and Dan discuss the Unitarian Universalist Association. Following the same rough outline, they address the origins of the UUA. Also, Jordan makes a cultural reference.

Jordan and Dan close out the arc on partnering with parents by discussing building relationships with them as well as their students. Maybe the real treasure was the friends we made along the way.

In addition to written resources, Dan and Jordan discuss how to utilize parents/adults as a resource for other parents.

Returning to the topic of youth culture, Jordan and Dan discuss ways to help walk parents through the "cultural soup" students are in.

There's no way around it: if you're working with students, you need to be working with their parents/guardians. One way to show your willingness to help them make disciples at home is to provide training and resources. Dan and Jordan discuss what that looks like this week.

Wrapping up the month, Jordan and Dan discuss how we can celebrate ministry wins with the parents of our students.

Jordan and Dan continue to talk about how to find/define wins in ministry, focusing on what this looks like for students.

Moving on from personal ministry goals, what sort of goals should you set for your leaders? What's realistic? What's achievable? How might having goals help you in recruitment? Do people know they're helping achieve these goals? Dan and Jordan cover this and more this week.

Welcome to Season 4! This week, Jordan and Dan begin discussing how we can set goals for ourselves in ministry.

As Season 3 wraps up, Dan and Jordan discuss moving forward into a new school year/season of ministry from the successes and spiritual fruits of the summer.

Dan and Jordan talk about the slumps and valleys of ministry in this week's episode.

With FLY 2023 in the rear-view mirror, how can leaders help transition and translate their students from a spiritual (and literal) mountain top experience to everyday life? Jordan and Dan talk over some ideas and strategies.

Jordan is back! This week, he and Dan respond to last week's episode on more ways for students to be involved within the church.

Mid-week at FLY 2023, Dan asks students from Fosston, MN and Bethel Park, PA about leadership and responsibilities within their church. Their answers were enough to warrant its own episode, so...enjoy!

On the last day of FLY 2023, Dan asks students from California, South Dakota, and North Dakota about what they'll be taking back home with them from the youth convention.

Dodging rain storms and volleyballs, Dan continues to interview students and adults at FLY 2023 about when they feel appreciated at their church and how they'd like to be more involved.

Continuing live interviews at FLY 2023, Dan asks students about their favorite memories from youth group and how they see God at work in their church.

Jordan and Dan have talked a lot about small church ministry. They’ve even talked to a few leaders about small church ministry. This month, they talk to students and youth leaders at the 2023 FLY Convention.

Wrapping up June's arc of episodes, Dan and Jordan talk about the natural tendency of people to form cliques and how we can healthily interrupt and break them up as ministry leaders.

Jordan and Dan discuss ways for leaders to engage their students in the lives of younger students in this week's episode.

This week, Dan and Jordan discuss how to start making contact points between students and older members of your church.

New month means a new series arc! Jordan and Dan begin to discuss how we as leaders can create connections between generations within the church.