The Effective Ministry Podcast

In our second episode of our Intergenerational MInistry mini-series we share the presentations from Youthworks bi-annual Intergenerational Roundtable conference from September 2021. Chris Edwards (Anglican Bishop, North Sydney) presents the theological foundations for our local churches being families where all are welcome, encouraged and engaged in building one another up. Stuart Crawshaw (Senior...

What is intergenerational ministry? Is it the latest buzz word for youth and children's ministry? Is it simply noticing that there are babies, teenagers, the middle aged and senior saints in your church over a weekend? In this first of a four episode mini-series, Al James chats with Tim Beilharz about the what, why and how of intergenerational ministry. Stay tuned in future episodes for a further...

Prayer is one of the means of grace that God gives to his people to express faith and commune with God. Continuing on from last week's episode, this week Josh Ord (Youth Minister, Hoxton Park Anglican Church) joins Al James to talk about how to engage teenagers to prayer, both in the church and within their households. Click on through to discover more from Youthworks Ministry Support Team and fin...

Prayer is one of the means of grace that God gives to his people to express faith and commune with God. Annemarie Rivers (Children's Ministry Advisor, Youthworks) joins Tim Beilharz to talk about how children's ministry leaders and families can help children learn the meaning and value of prayer as well as sharing tips on how to help children engage in prayer. Click on through to discover more fro...

Al James and Tim Beilharz bring you an update on the Youthworks podcast. We're retiring 'Discipleship Under The Crown' and relaunching as 'The Effective Ministry Podcast'. Our goal is to have conversations with local ministry leaders, as well as discussions with leading ministry experts, all for the purpose of helping you have an effective youth and children's ministry in your church. Click on thr...

Lockdown 2.0 isn't as big a shock. We've been here before. So what do we need to keep in mind to keep discipleship front and centre in Youth and Children's ministry while we can't meet face to face... again. I'm joined by Tim Beilharz (tim.beilharz@youthworks.net) and Kate Haggar (kate.haggar@youthworks.net) to collect our thoughts for ministry in this phase of the pandemic. If you'd like to speak...

Although Covid caused the first pause in SRE (Scripture) classes in our state’s history, SRE is as strong as ever. I’ve invited Jenn Phillips, Youthworks High School SRE advisor to share the long and short of schools ministry. Nothing says long better than Jenn’s chat with Cameron Hyslop, who has been teaching SRE in his local schools for over 30 years. But stay turned for the short: practical tip...

Mike Dicker - Dean of Students at Youthworks College hosts a conversation with Emma Collet and Al James about the papers being presented at HOUSE Conference on 10-12 May 2021. HOUSE Conference is happening about theological reflection for best practice in youth and children's ministry within a community of youth and children's ministers. In 2021 we're exploring freedom, identity and how we can dis...

Part 2 Faculty members of Youthworks College in Sydney, Dr. Ruth Lukabyo and Mike Dicker, join us to talk about suffering: What is it? What is God doing? How might God use suffering? How might young people respond in different ways and what can we do practically to engage with and disciple young people through suffering? Get in touch with Ruth or Mike: ruth.lukabyo@youthworks.net, mike.dicker@yout...

Part 1 Faculty members of Youthworks College in Sydney, Dr. Ruth Lukabyo and Mike Dicker, join us to talk about suffering: What is it? What is God doing? How might God use suffering? How might young people respond in different ways and what can we do practically to engage with and disciple young people through suffering? Get in touch with Ruth or Mike: ruth.lukabyo@youthworks.net, mike.dicker@yout...

Everything Changed | Nothing Changed - Drawing a line between purpose and practice in pandemics (and other times). Lauren and Grant Van der Merwe join us to talk about the connection between vision/purpose/principles and the practices of youth ministry in situations where you can't just do the normal thing and how that keeps your ministry resilient for uncertain times. Get in touch with Lauren or...

Matt Bartlett joins us to talk about resilient leaders. Matt has a wealth of youth ministry experience and is a Youth Ministry Advisor with Youthworks He talks about the one thing that youth leadership must focus on in the uncertainty of the current moment, the threats to that focus and how to maintain that focus for the sake discipleship in youth ministry. Get in touch with Matt:  matt.bartlett@y...

Chair of the Sydney Diocese Covid-19 Taskforce and Anglican Bishop of Sydney's Western Region shares reflections on Covid and encouragements for people in Youth Ministry to lead for endurance as they keep discipleship front and centre in an uncertain world. Get in touch with us: al.james@youthworks.net For more COVID-19 resources: youthworks.net/ To stay up to date with Youthworks: facebook.com/yo...

Miki Sinfield from Richmond Anglican Church returns to chat about how trainee leadership/junior leadership/equipping young people for ministry helped her youth in crisis, why they're still prioritising it in crisis, and how it will help after crisis. For and article on helping your young people to keep serving: https://youthworks.net/articles/how-to-encourage-your-youth-to-keep-serving Get in touc...

After a period of intense focus of facilitating ministry through change and disruption, the challenge is to restore the balance back to the ministry of people and relationships.  There will always be another change to endure and another time to focus on logistics, admin, programming and tech. Reflecting on our recent experience helps us prepare for  Miki Sinfield from Richmond Anglican Church shar...

Today we're joined by Josh Wilson from Life Anglican Church, Quakers Hill. Just as a torch shows us the things we can't see in the dark, Covid-19 can show us some things we may not have seen or realised before about our ministry or our young people. We talk with Josh about what Covid has shown to the youth ministry at Quakers Hill and reflect on how they might intentionally take that information i...

Today we're joined by Jono Ward from Holy Trinity Anglican in Wentworth Falls.  He talks about why the youth ministry is not putting a pause on growing relationships and what they're doing to make sure they've made ground by the time they're meeting face to face again. Get in touch with Jono at jono@holytrinityanglican.org.au To get in touch with us: al.james@youthworks.net For more COVID-19 resou...

For some, the mad scramble is over and we're rediscovering routine. At some point, we'll emerge from this crisis. Ed Springer joins us to talk about the various seasons of COVID-19. You can read, Ed's article here. Get in touch with Ed: ed.springer@youthworks.net To get in touch with us: al.james@youthworks.net For more COVID-19 resources from Ed and others: youthworks.net To stay up to date with...

James Chen from St Pauls Anglican Church, Carlingford joins us to talk about intentionally caring for and developing our leadership teams ina time when we're all doing it tough. Get in touch with James at jamesc@stpaulsanglican.org.au To get in touch with us: al.james@youthworks.net For more COVID-19 resources: youthworks.net/ To stay up to date with Youthworks: facebook.com/youthworks/

On this episode we talk with Tim Escott, former youth minister at St David's Forrestville, currently serving at St Mark's Darling Point having just completed a PhD in Old Testament Studies. We focus today on responding pastorally and theologically to the crisis - the crisis itself more than the disruption to our ministry programs. We look at what the Old Testament in particular has to offer us in...

Today we're joined by Pat Jones - 6 years into serving at St Paul's Castle Hill as youth pastor. Pat's helping us to think about planning in a crisis with the central question  - where do you want your kids to be in their faith in 6 Months? You can have a look at some of what Pat and his team have been doing in the early days of Covid-19. Crossfire Youth - Engage (4 talks to help youth engage in w...

Today we talk to Callan Pritchard from Dundas/Telopea Anglican Church about why keeping evangelism front and centre is important in the Covid-19  pandemic and what his youth ministry is doing to help young people keep evangelising. You can contact Callan at callan@dundasanglican.com.au To get in touch email al.james@youthworks.net youthworks.net/ facebook.com/youthworks/

In the inaugural episode of ‘Discipleship Under The Crown’, we're joined by Mitch Everingham, youth pastor at St Faiths Narrabeen on Sydney's Northern Beaches. He speaks to us about keeping Jesus command to love your neighbour on the agenda under heavy restrictions on face to face contact. Contact Mitch at mitch@stfaiths.org.au. Find the  "can we help" button at stfaiths.org.au To get in touch ema...