Okayest Youth Ministry Podcast

Michael, Jeremy, and Hunter discuss how to teach your students the importance of prayer. It's important to talk about prayer and model prayer in our day-to-day lives. They also tell lame jokes, except for Michael who has the best jokes. Check out our website: www.okayestyouthministry.com Ministry League: www. MinistryLeague.com Order some Spark Cards: https://sparks.cards/shop

Michael, Jeremy, and Hunter discuss the importance of Discipleship. Discipleship is what we do. We do a lot of things, but the reason we do this is so we can disciple our students to follow Jesus. This series is the most important thing we have talked about since we started this podcast. God has called us to build up His church and working to disciple his children is a huge calling and I hope we a...

Michael, Jeremy, and Hunter discuss the benefits of staying in one place for an extended period of time. Our ministries can be frustrating and difficult but, to quote James, "Don't be swerved when sus dudes try and finesse you out of being a real one." -James 1:2 Check out our website! www. OkayestYouthMinistry.com Youtube: www.youtube.com/@OkayestYouthMinistryPodcast

Michael, Jeremy, and Hunter bring in a special guest.... The legend himself... JD SCHWARTZ to discuss youth ministry conerences and conventions. JD is the head director of REVIVAL Youth Minister's Retreat at Graymere Church of Christ. REVIVAL is an incredible retreat that is ALWAYS top-tier. It's a lot of fun and extemely relaxing and we hope you can make it! Register for REVIVAL here: https://tin...

Michael, Jeremy, and Hunter discuss youth rallies and events in their first ever VIDEO podcast! They discuss the careful considerations about each event and why they believe some events are important and others just don't fit their ministries. Check us out on Youtube! https://www.youtube.com/@OkayestYouthMinistryPodcast www. OkayestYouthMinistry.com We are proud to be a part of the Ministry League...

Michael, Jeremy, and Hunter discuss change. Why is change so difficult? Why is change such a hard thing to implement? Once you decide to change something... How do you start the process? We offer you some past experiences and tips on what to do to jumpstart your ministry this year. It's a new year so make some changes. Improve your ministry. Take a chance. Make a change... and break awayyyyyy. www...

Michael, Jeremy, and Hunter discuss the interview process. Things to look for in a church and what to do when you don't know what to do! www. OkayestYouthMinistry.com OkayestYouthMinistry@gmail.com Thanks for listening!

Michael and Hunter discuss their experience with Heritage Christian University. Dewayne Tapscott played a pivotal role in their Master's degree journey. Feel free to text, email, or call if you have any questions. Here's their website if you need more information. https://www.hcu.edu Check out our website at www.okayestyouthministry.com for free resources and articles!

Michael, Jeremy, and Hunter discuss times when they were called to serve in interesting ways in their ministries. Keep doing things that aren't technically your job, you never know the many ways you can grow in your relationship with Christ.

While at the M2Y Conference; Michael, Jeremy, and Hunter interview Rhonda Zorn Fernandez about Lads to Leaders. We talk about how to get started, the reason we love Lads to Leaders, and some of our favorite things about Lads! Stay tuned after our interview as we discuss what Lads to Leaders means to US! Lads to Leaders is one of the largest leadership training programs in the world! Started in 196...

Take a trip in the way-back machine with Michael, Jeremy, and Hunter and hear some fun times they worked with some parents. This episode is sure to help you work with the parents of the students in your ministry. Check out www. OkayestYouthMinistry.com for resources. Check out our new LOST RETREAT resource. Don't worry... it's been found. https://www.okayestyouthministry.com/shop/p/lost-retreat

Michael, Jeremy, and Hunter discuss Analog Faith in a Digital Babylon with Jason Helton. https://www.madisonchurch.org/archives/?paged=2&sermon_series=analog-faith-in-digital-babylon www. OkayestYouthMinistry.com for resources. We will be releasing more resources soon!

Michael, Jeremy, Hunter discuss their ministry budgets and what to remember when creating your budget.

Michael, Jeremy, and Hunter reminisce about their spookiest youth ministry moments. I hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did!! Don't forget to register for M2Y November 7-10! We'll see you there!!

Michael, Jeremy, and Hunter discuss a recent retreat they planned together. They ask hard questions about the trip and discuss what went right and wrong and some common mistakes. Then, discuss the work and process of planning retreats and other overnight trips. We'll see you at the M2Y Conference at Heritage Christian University on November 7-10. Check out their website here https://www.m2yconfere...

Michael, Jeremy, and Hunter discuss the differences and efficiency and effectiveness in ministry. We'll see you at the M2Y Conference at Heritage Christian University on November 7-10. Check out their website here https://www.m2yconference.com and make sure to stop by our booth and say hi!

Join the discussion of Youth Ministry with the Okayest Youth Ministry Podcast. Michael Deese, Jeremy Crowe, and Hunter Puckett have over 40 years of experience in youth ministry and believe this show will be a big part of your growth as a youth worker. We hope this episode is a blessing to you as we introduce our WHY for starting this ministry.