Switch Leader Podcast

Throughout the month of March, we are going to discover the answer to the question: Who Is Jesus? In doing so, we're walking through the Gospel of Matthew, coming to understand that when we know who Jesus is, we can better understand who we are meant to be!

As followers of Jesus, we are called to be the kind of people who represent our God to the world. In doing so, we choose obedience to God with our finances, train ourselves to trust Him with all we have, and live our lives as a reflection of God’s incredible generosity towards us.

In this episode, Vince and James share practical tips when it comes to the privilege of partnering with our student's parents. Ultimately, teamwork makes the dream work, and our consistency in the partnership is crucial to its success.

In a culture that shouts real fulfillment comes from being in a sexually satisfying relationship, why should we obey God when it comes to our sexual ethic? Because obedience to God is so much better than obedience to anyone or anything else. And as followers of Jesus, we are called to a higher standard; we are called to holiness. So we will choose obedience.

This month at Switch, we will be talking about what it looks like to live with sexual integrity in all aspects of life. Tune in as Vince and James help equip us as leaders to navigate these conversations in a way that brings grace to our students and honor to their parents.

Welcome to this week's episode where Vince and James discuss one of our Switch Axioms: We lead people to their next steps, starting with ourselves. Find out what it means to lead ourselves and others to next steps, and how our authority while leading students comes from integrity. 

Join Vince and James for this week's episode as they discuss how you can help students wrestle with the big question - Is Christianity True?

If you are a Switch Leader, you know that we just had the first ever Switch Global Leader Training with leaders from all across the world! Many of you asked how you could continue to access this content, so here it is: Content from the Switch Global Leader Training led by James Meehan, Terry Acuna and Vince Parker!

In today's episode, Vince and James share simple ways we can go above and beyond in making our students feel needed and known. It doesn't have to be elaborate, but it should be intentional. As should the way we think about the year ahead. Our hosts challenge us to start thinking about the person we want to become and a word that can help us get there in this upcoming year.

Our episode today sets you up for the win in your small group, because here's what we know: students are not nearly as impacted by content as they are by relationships. So listen in as Vince and James offer tips on how to show up for your students and build those life-changing connections.

In this week's episode, Vince and James give us a glimpse into our upcoming series on discipleship. They share practical ways for us, as leaders, to model what following Jesus looks like to our students. It starts when we lead the way in passionately pursuing Christ every moment of everyday. 

In this week’s episode, Vince and James share practical ways to pursue Jesus passionately! They discuss the 10-10-10 challenge, a tool both of our hosts have used in their own spiritual development. Learn how to adapt this method and apply it to your life and leadership today!

Join us for Part 2 as Vince and James continue to discuss how we can lead students through this month's content and how to love people, especially in a politically divided world. 

We are excited to be back on the Switch Leader Podcast and just in time for Vince Parker and James Meehan to discuss upcoming content! Join us this week as we discuss how to lead students to think about differences in this world and how to continue to love people despite those differences. 

This week, we are continuing the conversation in what it looks like to continue connecting with your students during this time. Small group leader, Whitney Guthrie and one of her youth pastors, Andre Austin shares some fun ideas on what she and other leaders are doing to love and support her students. 

How can you still meet with your Switch Group during COVID-19? Tune in to this week's episode to hear from special guests Quinton Porter and Logan Browning - a small group leader from East Wichita - as he shares how he has been able to continue to meet with his Switch Group during this time.  

In this week's episode Vince, Josh and James discuss what we can do as leaders to leverage social media to connect with students. 

How can we connect with our students during this unprecedented time? Josh Baldwin and James Meehan is back this week with Vince to discuss the importance of showing up in students' lives and ideas on how we can do that during this time. 

During this time of COVID-19, we are consistently talking about how we can stay physically healthy. However, it's also important to ensure we stay spiritually and relationally healthy as well. This week, Vince joins James Meehan and Josh Baldwin to discuss what we can do to improve our spiritual and relational health. 

  We will honor Christ and His church with integrity. If we live with integrity nothing else matters. If we don't live with integrity nothing else matters. This week, Vince talks with the Campus Pastor at Life. Church Keller, Brian Baker, about the importance of leading with integrity and why it matters to students.  

What does it mean to be a guide versus being a teacher? In this week's episode, Nick Domescik joins Vince to discuss the importance of being a guide for students.

Gavin Espinoza returns this week to discuss with Vince our second Switch Axiom: We make it personal. Find out what it means to “walk with” versus “point toward” in this week’s episode.

In the world we live in today, relationships are changing. And they are changing a lot faster than we know how to respond. In this week's episode, James Meehan joins Vince Parker to discuss how you can help students navigate relationships with wisdom throughout this month's message series about Peer Relationships. 

Show up consistently. Show up mentally. Show up randomly. These are the three ways that you can "be present" with students. This week, James Meehan and Terry Acuna join Vince to talk about how we can lead small by being present every week. 

Has a student asked you a question that was difficult to answer or you were unsure how to answer? This week's episode is all about how to answer difficult questions!