I Survived Youth Group in the 90's

This is the 1st installment of our summer mini-series on politics. We'll have a total of three episodes talking about what we learned about politics in the 90s from youth group, where our hosts Caleb and Scott believe today, and what does Christian Freedom actually mean. We start out by talking about the subversive message of politics in 90s youth group. It's not as bleak as it sounds! Twitter: ⁠⁠...

A quick preview and disclaimer about our upcoming mini-series into politics.

Rounding out the core friend group we talk to our best bud Mike who has never, ever been afraid to beat people up in the name of Jesus. When he wasn't doing that he was beating us in basketball or driving us around town. Mike was invited to youth group in 1995 and has never left the church since. We talk about what keeps him going there and how he watched his own kids grow up in the same youth gro...

How many of you have a smoking hot spouse? Well one of hosts' wife does and the other does not. You'll only find out who the hot one is if we ever go live on YouTube. Caleb and Scott dive into the topic of Divorce (and Marriage) and discuss how that was taught in the 90s. No, youth group is not marriage counseling but it did have tremendous implications on our understanding of relationships and co...

Our very good and longstanding friend, Bill, joins us as we do our best to avoid nostalgia and talk about where he’s at now. Bill is one of the most faithful and sincere people we know and only became our friend because Caleb was cast in a female role in the high school play.  Apologies regarding the audio, especially towards the end. This was actually our first interview done months ago and there...

Did you play Jesus or Satan in the Champion? Caleb definitely played Satan. We’re back to talk about the events pulled from the Youth Pastors’ Handbook that we took part in for the sake of drawing kids into our youth group. @SurvivedYG on Twitter isurvivedyouthgroup@gmail.com

Our good friend Jakki joins us this week to talk about her faith journey from the 90s to today. Once a youth leader, now the church building manager, Jakki talks with us a lot about how being a kid today requires less connection and whether or not that is a good thing for their faith. Twitter: ⁠@SurvivedYG⁠ ⁠ISurvivedYouthGroup@gmail.com

Where you’re at now is more compelling when you remember where you came from. Our debut episode summarizes our recollection of how our 90s youth group came to be. Apologies for some shoddy audio. We’re working on it! Twitter: @SurvivedYG ISurvivedYouthGroup@gmail.com

Thanks for joining us for a quick preview episode. Every 90's youth group experience was a unique one but at 5 Oaks Community Church in Woodbury Minnesota it was downright weird. At one point the kids attending the youth group outnumbered the people attending the church. These experiences undoubtedly left a fascinating impact on the kids who were involved. What happened after everyone grew up...