Student Ministry Conversations

Welcome to this week's episode of the podcast where Brent takes this week of our Summer Solo Series to talk about the importance of presence over performance when it comes to youth ministry and a few important things to consider when you're focusing on presence. Whether you are a young or old youth pastor, we would love for you to listen in and see what is talked about in today's episo...

Welcome to this week's episode of the podcast where David takes this week of our Summer Solo Series to talk about the importance of making time for the important things even when we are busy. Whether you are a young or old youth pastor, we would love for you to listen in and see what is talked about in today's episode and we would also love to hear from you! What is your tidbit of advice that you...

Welcome to this week's episode of the podcast where Melissa joins us from camp with a short word during our Summer Solo Series to talk about the importance of personal hydration in both the physical and spiritual sense. Whether you are a young or old youth pastor, we would love for you to listen in and see what is talked about in today's episode and we would also love to hear from you! What is you...

Welcome to this week's episode of the podcast where Russell sits down with a short word during our Summer Solo Series to talk about volunteers and how to equip them to succeed and grow in your ministry. Whether you are a young or old youth pastor, we would love for you to listen in and see what is talked about in today's episode and we would also love to hear from you! What is your tidbit of advic...

Welcome to this week's episode of the podcast where Brent sits down with a word of encouragement for the youth pastors that are in the trenches of ministry and feeling depressed, defeated or beat down by different things that they are facing in their ministries. Whether you are a young or old youth pastor, we would love for you to listen in and see what is talked about in today's episode and we wo...

Welcome to this week's episode of the podcast where Brent, David & Melissa sit down to continue the conversation for the next month on transitions and creating a culture that goes beyond your time in a church. For this week, they sit down to continue the conversation about the interim transition period between youth pastors and how if the culture has been established the group can not only sur...

Welcome to this week's episode of the podcast where Brent, David & Melissa sit down to continue the conversation for the next month on transitions and creating a culture that goes beyond your time in a church. For this week, they sit down to continue the conversation about casting vision of a culture of consistency with your church leadership, volunteers and students and how this directly can...

Welcome to this week's episode of the podcast where Brent, David & Melissa sit down to begin the conversation for the next month on transitions and creating a culture that goes beyond your time in a church. For this week, they sit down to open the conversation talking about creating a culture of consistency and the importance of consistency not only in your program, but also in the lives of yo...

Welcome to this week's episode of the podcast where Brent, Russell & Melissa sit down to continue the conversation on the Middle School section of Student Ministry. For this week, they sit down to talk about middle school students and how identity is a conversation that has to be included as a parent or minister and how we can communicate effectively. Whether you are a young or old youth pasto...

Welcome to this week's episode of the podcast where Brent, David & Melissa sit down to continue the conversation on the Middle School section of Student Ministry. For this week, they sit down to talk about middle school students and how you and equip them and encourage them to be leaders within the church and their community. Whether you are a young or old youth pastor, we would love for you t...

Welcome to this week's episode of the podcast where Brent, David & Melissa sit down to continue the conversation on the Middle School section of Student Ministry. For this week, they sit down to talk about how middle school students communicate and how best to interact with middle schoolers when you have conversations with them. Whether you are a young or old youth pastor, we would love for yo...

Welcome to this week's episode of the podcast where Brent sits down with Will Sherman, the Ft Worth Director for First Priority Clubs to talk about the importance of students engaging with students and how that is done through First Priority. They also talk about how your students can get involved. Whether you are a young or old youth pastor, we would love for you to listen in and see what is talk...

Welcome to this week's episode of the podcast where Brent, David & Melissa sit down to talk about the second half of a joint episode talking about how to deal with mistakes in Student Ministry. For this second week, they sit down to talk about handling mistakes that you make as a student pastor and how you can work to not only rebuild trust within your church and staff but also how you can lea...

Welcome to this week's episode of the podcast where Brent, David & Melissa sit down to talk about the first half of a joint episode talking about how to deal with mistakes in Student Ministry. For this first week, they sit down to talk about handling mistakes that students make with grace and working to continue the relationship while providing sound guidance and direction. Whether you are...

Welcome to this week's episode of the podcast where Russell, Brent & Melissa sit down to talk about conferences and a little bit about Youth Pastor Summit in Dallas, Texas where Melissa and Brent just got back from. They go into preparing to leave for the conference, setting up expectations walking into the conference and navigating the balance between getting all of the information of the con...

Welcome to this week's episode of the podcast where Melissa sits down Shelby Willis to talk about the importance of archiving memories of student ministry through pictures and also safe practices of keeping them for future use. Whether you are a young or old youth pastor, we would love for you to listen in and see what is talked about in today's episode and we would also love to hear from you! Wha...

Welcome to this week's episode of the podcast where Melissa and Brent sit down to talk about a trend that they have been seeing in their own 6th grade kids and the middle schoolers around them. The shift in trends influencing Junior High students more than High School students. Whether you are a young or old youth pastor, we would love for you to listen in and see what is talked about in today...

Welcome to this week's episode of the podcast where Melissa sits down with Wesley Erickson, the Director of Mission & Ministry at Hendrick Health. He oversees the Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care department. He is passionate about growing the field of chaplaincy and offering educational on how to practice good spiritual care and they spend their conversation today talking on this important is...

Welcome to this week's episode of the podcast where Brent sits down with Jerry Varner the Pastor to Young Adults & Director of Discipleship at Southside Church in Chesterfield, VA , to talk about transitioning students out of youth group into young adult ministries at your church and how you can prepare them for success. Whether you are a young or old youth pastor, we would love for you to lis...

Welcome to this week's episode of the podcast where Brent sits down with Ryan McDermott, the Executive Director of Family Ministry at Christ Fellowship Church in South Florida, to talk about recent research and studies done over the spiritual formation of Generation Alpha and how parents and youth pastors can be impactful in their acceptance and development of faith in Christ. Whether you are a yo...

Welcome to this week's episode of the podcast where Brent sits down with Shawna Riley, the associate youth pastor at Wylie Methodist Church in Abilene, Texas, as they talk about the pros and cons of writing your own curriculum as well as buying curriculum and some things to consider in your decision. Whether you are a young or old youth pastor, we would love for you to listen in and see what i...

Welcome to this week's episode of the podcast where we Brent, Russell and Melissa sit down to talk about planning for the upcoming Summer and a few things to think about when it comes to church camp, mission trips and regular activities over the school break. Whether you are a young or old youth pastor, we would love for you to listen in and see what is talked about in today's episode and...

Welcome to this week's episode of the podcast where we change things up a bit and start working to produce new content styles for the coming of Season 5 of the podcast. This week, we are starting a new mini-series called "Student Ministry 101" where Russell will be hosting several episodes geared towards how to be a youth pastor in your church that is not only successful but develops a thriving pr...

Welcome to this week's episode of the podcast where David sits down with Kevin Libick, a 25-year student ministry veteran in Fort Worth, Texas. He currently leads a team of amazing Christ Chapel Bible Church staff and leaders. They come together to talk about what comes after hurt and how to come to find hope in the future after hurt has happened. Whether you are a young or old youth pastor, we wo...

Welcome to this week's episode of the podcast where Melissa sits down with Heather Juarez, former children’s pastor and current Social Media Director at Plugged Marketing Consulting in Abilene, Texas, to talk about ways to use social media to increase student attendance and involvement as well as safety concerns, boundaries and age-appropriate content for posting. Whether you are a young or old yo...