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Episode 019: Josh Griffin on Teaching and Resourcing in Youth Ministry
Nick Blevins Family Ministry Podcast: Children | Youth | Students | NextGen
English - September 20, 2016 05:00 - 37 minutes - 18.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 87 ratingsChristianity Religion & Spirituality Religion Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode, I interview Josh Griffin, who served as the High School Pastor at Saddleback Church before transitioning to work full time with Download Youth Ministry. We talk about tips for teaching students, DYM, and something new they're doing at DYM to help youth workers. Josh Griffin Connect with Josh on Twitter and Instagram DownloadYouthMinistry.com Links Mentioned in […]
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In this episode, I interview Josh Griffin, who served as the High School Pastor at Saddleback Church before transitioning to work full time with Download Youth Ministry. We talk about tips for teaching students, DYM, and something new they're doing at DYM to help youth workers.
Josh Griffin
Connect with Josh on Twitter and Instagram
Links Mentioned in This Episode
Purpose Driven Youth Ministry (book) – Check out Doug Fields' nine principles on how to grow your youth ministry
Speaking to Teenagers (book) – Doug Fields and Duffy Robbins offer practical advice on how to effectively communicate with teenagers
Made to Stick (book) – Learn how to craft messages that people will retain
Blink (book) – Understand how your brain works as you teach and interact with others
Dugout App – This app helps form prayer groups as students are “drafted” and have “coaches” that invest in and pray for them
Annual Teaching Plan for Students
Relationships
Parents
Sex
Cover an entire book of the Bible
Tips for Teaching by Topic
Take breaks from series
Never do a series that is longer than 4-5 weeks
Know your basic teaching plan for the year so that you can collect ideas
Invite students and volunteers into the conversation
Creating an Engaging Teaching Experience
Know your audience and plan your message length accordingly
If you can't say it in thirty minutes, you didn't plan well
Every seven minutes, create a moment of pause, laughter, or relief
Use students and volunteers as other voices
Involve the different senses
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In the next episode, I interview Nina Schmidgall, Family Pastor at National Community Church in Washington, D.C. We talk about how to overcome some barriers and issues that exist when it comes to empowering women to lead in our churches.
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