Our guests Shane Lima and Danielle Nez talk about how to bring people to Jesus. It is both process AND program built on the foundation of relationships. Join the conversation!

This is an unscripted and unfiltered conversation with the incomparable Kara Powell Executive Director of Fuller Youth Institute, NYC 2023 Pastor and Pastor of Ambassador's Church of the Nazarene Shane Lima, and the National Director of Alpha Jordan Biere.

Grab your note-taking tools and strap in for an hour of absolute gold as this late night conversation touches on leadership development, mentoring, women in ministry, Gen Z and Gen Alpha's role in the church, and so much more!

Sitting around the table listening to this conversation was such a gift and we hope you are able to take away some practical pieces that help you continue to make a difference in the lives of students!

On this episode we are talking with Kristi Senica, Jeremy Byler, and Ryan McDermott about ways to continue Blessing Our Community! If you are looking for practical ways to engage and serve your community, we've got it right here!

Practical Resources:

Blessing Our Community Website:

https://www.usacanadaregion.org/cycle-of-resurgence/blessing-our-community

Dynamic Church Planting:

https://dcpi.org/

Jeremy's Email: jeremybyler82@gmail.com

Jeremy's List:

Different ways we have showed up in our community and schools. Rake N Runs - surprise folks by raking leaves for elderly

Splash n Dash - washing teachers car windows

Cleaning the 88 steps (walking trail)

Painting Benches, tennis courts, fences.

Nursing Home visits -playing bingo and having snacks

Post Game Party after Friday night football- on sight.

Cooking meals for teachers

Cooking pancakes for 8th graders

Blacklight party at the MS

Showing up with Gaga Pit and 9 square for school reward days.

Bringing speakers to DJ

Flipping burgers at the MA football games

Together at the table

Provide supplies for teachers

"Growing Young" - Kara Powell, Jake Mulder, and Brad Griffin

How do you make the most of the Easter season for students and adults in your congregation? This episode provides practical and solid tips and tools to do just that!

Is the culture in your student ministry healthy? Want to learn how to shape it to get it healthy? Listen along as JM hosts a conversation with Lindsay, Ryan, and Eden about how what we do, what we say, how we do what we do, and how we say what we say can shape the culture of our student ministry. Thanks for listening!

Resources we talked about:

• www.mailchimp.com

• www.canva.com

• www.fulleryouthinstitute.org

• Google Forms

• “The End of Youth Ministry” – Andrew Root

• “Taking Theology to Youth Ministry” – Andrew Root

• “The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientists Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults” – Frances E. Jensen, Amy Ellis Nutt, et al.

• “Sticky Faith” – Dr. Kara Powell and Dr. Chap Clark

• “Seen: Despair and Anxiety in Kids and Teenagers and the Power of Connection” – Will Hutcherson and NCC Chinwe Williams, PHD, LPC

Setting goals can keep you pointed in the right direction, be more effective, and help you evaluate your progress. Our guests Hannah Jones-Nelson, Travis Myer, and Drew Aaron give some practical nuggets to help you set goals in your youth ministry.

How do you help students walk through seasons of grief? What do you say after someone experiences a loss? What do you want to make sure NOT to say? What if it's a loss of community? How do we navigate the sticky and challenging conversations around loss because of traumatic church hurt? Jerry Varner, Tim Olsen, and Rhonda McGinnis talk through these topics and give some practical advice about how to navigate these important conversations. 

Today’s episode will be a conversation about Senior Pastors / Lead Pastors/ and Senior Leadership and how we as youth workers can get them to…do stuff. Our guests Galen Ryman, Lead Pastor at Chicago 1st Church of the Nazarene and Jason Buckwalter, Lead Pastor at Heartland Church in Fulton, Missouri give youth workers an insider's view on what senior pastors think when youth workers wear shorts to church! Check out the podcast! Comment and let us know what you think!