The Morning After Ministry Show

What happens when you know there is about to be a wild animal loose in your worship space? Tim set up a guest preacher to win. Andrew is the official pray-er of Safety Harbor. We are talking about best ways to minister to sen-iors, and what happens when you have to watch your own livestream. BE SURE TO JOIN US ON OCTOBER 3 FOR OUR 200th EPISODE! Check out our resources in the DYM store here: https...

Lakeview Church returned to their school year schedule of two services, and Tim is tired. Andrew took his family to Disney on a Saturday before preaching on Sunday, and he is also tired. We are talking the busy wedding season (in Florida it's the fall, not the summer), and being too scheduled. Check out our resources in the DYM store here: https://www.downloadyouthminis-try.com/on/demandware.store...

It’s always nice to have new people at church, but what if they are all from the church down the street? Andrew is being recruited to some grown-up youth group/fraternity hybrid. Tim re-preached a sermon from three years ago…no one noticed. Apparently, something happened at The Village? Check out our resources in the DYM store here: https://www.downloadyouthminis-try.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-...

Episode 196: The Bible is Not PG Rated It is really weird how much circumcision comes up in the Bible. Andrew didn't seem to notice until his nieces were listening to a sermon. Tim’s church is going through a ren-ovation project. We had a “ministry frat party” on Friday night. We are diving into the world of curriculum and who has veto power over it. Check out our resources in the DYM store here:...

Episode 195: Getting Handsy at Church It's back to school season, which means for families it's back to church season as well. Tim's church brought back the greeting time, Andrew's church is trying to find best practices for serving an adult with intellectual disabilities. We are talking construction projects, weddings, & church fantasy football leagues. Check out our resources in the DYM store he...

After several weeks of crazy summer schedules, we’re back to discuss things like, crazy summer schedules, meetings, plagiarism, and as always chapter 7. Check out our resources in the DYM store here: https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-DownloadYouthMinistry-Site/default/Search-Show?q=andrew+larsen&search-button=&lang=default Be sure to like The Morning After Ministry on...

We’re doing the remote broadcast thing today, and this time we’re in two different states, two different timezones, with two different qualities of internet connection. Tim is home in Florida while Andrew is at a coffee shop in rural Arkansas. We’re talking vacation church, turning responsi-bilities over to others, going to camp, and family vacations. Check out our resources in the DYM store here:...

Andrew dreamed a dream...and it was weird. We're talking all summer church things. Lakeview had a baptism Sun-day, Safety Harbor hosted a one day VBS. Have you ever been zinged by your own zinger? Check out our resources in the DYM store here: https://www.downloadyouthminis-try.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-DownloadYouthMinistry-Site/default/Search-Show?q=an-drew+larsen&search-button=&lang=default...

Serious question, if you're preforming a celebrity wedding in Italy, do you have to take a personal day? We're diving into all of the end of the school year/beginning of the sum-mer church calendars. We're discussing awkward visitor interactions, and how to deal with people leaving. Ever wondered what John Crist would say about your church? Check out our resources in the DYM store here: https://ww...

We're recording from our homes today; dad stuff. We're talking church stuff, para church involvement, what do do when a visitor starts recording. Check out our resources in the DYM store here: https://www.downloadyouthminis-try.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-DownloadYouthMinistry-Site/default/Search-Show?q=an-drew+larsen&search-button=&lang=default Be sure to like The Morning After Ministry on face...

It's that magical time of the year when pastors everywhere are balancing the post Easter momentum boost with the impending doom of the end of a seminary semester. We are talking through our Mother's Day plans, or lack thereof, and the joys of building/renovation projects. Check out our resources in the DYM store here: https://www.downloadyouthminis-try.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-DownloadYouthMi...

First week after Easter and we each preached a sub 30 minute sermon. We're talking sermon series and sermon duration. We're both balancing dad stuff/husband stuff and ministry stuff. Tim skipped a work day to chaperone a field Trip, Andrew is ditching for a few hours today to volunteer in his wife's classroom. We're talking about how to launch a new ministry and evaluating existing one. Check out...

We did it gals and guys! We made it to and through Easter weekend. We are talking our wins, your wins, community wins. Tim decided to give an alter call; Andrew decided not to. We're recapping Tim's cross country Holy Week trip, and asking if every church is just ripping each other off on social media. Check out our resources in the DYM store here: https://www.downloadyouthminis-try.com/on/demandw...

Episode 186: What Are We Doing About Easter? Tim is half checked out today. He is way too excited about going to an Olivia Rodrigo concert in Denver tomorrow night. Andrew is less focused on teenage starlets, and more focused on Kingdom work, namely the fact that it is Holy Week, and Easter is upon us. We are talking visitors, parking, egg hunts and more. Check out our resources in the DYM store h...

We are saying goodbye to Dylan and the Dylan cam to-day. We're talking about the ever exciting topics of church chairs, and weird membership expectations. Tim has kids in sports, and had three events at church this weekend. Andrew wore way too many hats (including a chef's hat) yesterday. Check out our resources in the DYM store here: https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/on/demandware.store/Sites...

Andrew welcomed a bunch of new members, Tim had a bunch of meetings. We are talking about how to navigate people requesting your time, and your spouse's time. April is going to be a busy month at Lakeview, Dylan is done at Safety Harbor. All this and more... Check out our resources in the DYM store here: https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-DownloadYouthMinistry-Site/def...

We're back from spring break and ready to roll into Easter. We're talking all things Holy Week, what time we get to church and when we leave. We're diving into baptisms (get it) and all things churchy in the Spring. Check out our resources in the DYM store here: https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-DownloadYouthMinistry-Site/default/Search-Show?q=andrew+larsen&search-but...

We are both home today, recovering from the Practical(ly) Pastoring Conference. Tim had the week off from preach-ing, Andrew didn't. We're talking best practices at confer-ences, and coming home from conferences. Some people appreciate humor in sermons, and others don't... Check out our resources in the DYM store here: https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-DownloadYouthMi...

It's finally here! We are live from the site of the Practical(ly) Pastoring Conference! Even though we get to hang out with some buddies the next few days, we had real ministry work to do this weekend. Both of our churches held new members classes, Tim went gocarting, Andrew did a fu-neral, and has a sunrise wedding tomorrow. We're talking ministry during a conference week, and how to come back st...

Well, the sheriff's office was called this week at Andrew's church. Tim played sound guy and host for Dylan's wed-ding (Andrew was a groomsman.) Safety Harbor had some well informed visitors, and we are one week out from the Practical(ly) Pastoring Conference. Check out our resources in the DYM store here: https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-DownloadYouthMinistry-Site/d...

WHAT A WEEK. We've both been running frantic, in a good way. Andrew got stuck in a snow storm, in the best possible way. Tim's coaching career continues to boom, as do several Lakeview ministries. The Larsen family had a HUGE unplanned life change happen this morning. Check out our resources in the DYM store here: https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-DownloadYouthMinistr...

Last week we had to be dads. Sick kids mean plans are about to change sometimes. But we are diving into the family triple date day we spent at Disney with Derry Prenkert and his family. We talked about some fun elders meetings, and how the languages really are the worst part of seminary. We talked about why people stay in or opt out of serving in student ministry, and our churches’ different praye...

It was a blustery day in Tampa Bay yesterday, which made church attendance a little funny. We each dealt with unique distractions in worship. Tim got a bunch more done last week because his meeting schedule cleared up. An-drew flew a solo mission. Check out our resources in the DYM store here: https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-DownloadYouthMinistry-Site/default/Search...

We'd like to dedicate this episode to the memory of Danny Tanner. Timmy went to two services, everybody is going to meet-ings, but how often is everyone meeting? We're talking covid contingency plans (yes, two years later, we still need to talk about this.) And it's time for that bi-annual check up on church safety and security. Check out our resources in the DYM store here: https://www.downloadyo...

We're talking getting back into the groove after Christmas, and our favorite gifts. We're diving into our resolutions for our selves and our churches. Tim is starting new service times, we're both starting a new series, and Timmy is be-ginning his final year of seminary. Merry Christmas everyone. See you in a few weeks! Be sure to like The Morning After Ministry on facebook: https://www.facebook.c...