Latest Youth worker Podcast Episodes
Episode 67: Evaluate Your Social Media
Embrace the Awkward Podcast - June 27, 2023 05:00 - 24 minutesSocial media is an incredible tool, but if we are being honest, we wish our socials were better. Even if you only have instagram, it is worth evaluating, and in this episode, we help you not only start to evaluate how your social media is doing, but we also give some tips and tricks on how to ha...
Episode 66: 2023 Predictions (half way through)
Embrace the Awkward Podcast - June 26, 2023 20:00 - 39 minutesDJ is finally married and he is now completely without excuses to post episodes! We're kicking off the return to our "every other week" programming, we're sharing our 2023 predictions! Now that we are half way through the year, we want to know, do you see these things playing out in your world? ...
Raise Them Up! Why You Always Need New Leaders in Youth Ministry
Ministry Coach: Youth Ministry Tips & Resources - June 22, 2023 09:00 - 33 minutesSend us a Text Message. Raising up leaders in youth ministry is a never ending, but rewarding task. Youth pastors rely on their volunteer leaders to help with so much of student ministry and, generally speaking, the more leaders you have the better your youth group tends to be. Youth leaders ...
3 Questions Every Youth Pastor Should be Asking Their Senior Pastor
Ministry Coach: Youth Ministry Tips & Resources - June 15, 2023 09:00 - 26 minutesSend us a Text Message. Whether your relationship is strained or solid, there are 3 questions that you, as the youth pastor, should be asking your senior pastor. Youth ministry can be a lonely place if you don't have support. It's so important to make sure that you are on the same page as you...
Youth Ministry Planning: Weekend Service vs. Mid-Week Program
Ministry Coach: Youth Ministry Tips & Resources - June 08, 2023 09:00 - 33 minutesSend us a Text Message. Some youth ministries only meet at their weekend service...typically Sunday mornings. Other youth groups only meet at a mid-week program and on Sundays, students sit with their parents. Other student ministries have a weekend service (or more) AND a mid-week program......
4 NEW Icebreaker Games for Smaller Youth Groups!
Ministry Coach: Youth Ministry Tips & Resources - June 01, 2023 09:00 - 22 minutesSend us a Text Message. **FOR A PDF OF THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR ALL OF THE GAMES - EMAIL US AT [email protected] - and put in the subject or description "4 ICEBREAKERS for SMALLER YOUTH GROUPS" and we will send it over to you!** Ice breakers are an excellent way to get your youth mini...
Not Connecting With Your Students? 3 Things You Must Do!
Ministry Coach: Youth Ministry Tips & Resources - May 25, 2023 09:00 - 36 minutesSend us a Text Message. ➡️ Get your free trial of Coleader here (NO CREDIT CARD REQUIRED): https://share.coleader.co/F5wTrb/join 💥 ℹ️ COLEADER INFO ℹ️ 💥: Coleader is a platform for youth workers to find programs with everything included, – programs for youth groups, Bible studies, retreats, p...
Work Smarter NOT Harder in Youth Ministry - 5 Youth Pastor Tips!
Ministry Coach: Youth Ministry Tips & Resources - May 18, 2023 09:00 - 27 minutesSend us a Text Message. ➡️ Get your free trial of Coleader here (NO CREDIT CARD REQUIRED): https://share.coleader.co/F5wTrb/join 💥 ℹ️ COLEADER INFO ℹ️ 💥: Coleader is a platform for youth workers to find programs with everything included, – programs for youth groups, Bible studies, retreats, ...
How to Keep Your Youth Ministry Strong During Tough Times
Ministry Coach: Youth Ministry Tips & Resources - May 11, 2023 09:00 - 28 minutesSend us a Text Message. 🤯 WAIT A MINUTE ⏰!!! Have you seen 👀 Coleader yet?? Sign up for FREE here ➡️ https://share.coleader.co/F5wTrb/join 💥 ℹ️ COLEADER INFO ℹ️ 💥: Coleader is a platform for youth workers to find programs with everything included, – programs for youth groups, Bible studies,...
5 Tips on How to Increase Youth Ministry Participation
Ministry Coach: Youth Ministry Tips & Resources - May 04, 2023 09:00 - 32 minutesSend us a Text Message. No matter what size youth ministry you have, these 5 tips will help increase your youth group participation for events and your midweek program. We have all experienced the crushing feeling of having low turnouts at youth group or an extensively planned event. It hurts...
Equipping Your Student Leaders to Reach New Students in Youth Ministry!
Ministry Coach: Youth Ministry Tips & Resources - April 27, 2023 09:00 - 27 minutesSend us a Text Message. When a new student comes to our weekend service or midweek program, it's very natural for us as the youth pastor to go and welcome them. If you have a solid volunteer team, they will more than likely go up and introduce themselves to the new student as well; however, wh...
Episode 65: Should You Play Games?
Embrace the Awkward Podcast - April 20, 2023 16:00 - 25 minutesAre games going away in youth ministry? In recent years, playing games has fallen under controversy. Should you still be playing games and having a fun loaded youth ministry? Kyle and DJ address the topic head on in this episode. What do you think? Let us know on our instagram at @theetapodcast!
Youth Pastor: Increase Your Influence Through Servant Leadership!
Ministry Coach: Youth Ministry Tips & Resources - April 20, 2023 09:00 - 31 minutesSend us a Text Message. As a youth pastor, servant leadership should be a foundational philosophy of how we lead. In this episode, we take a look at what servant leadership is, what it looks like in your youth ministry and go over 4 self-assessment questions to ask yourself to further your cha...
THE BRUTAL TRUTH! What Youth Ministry Can Teach You About Yourself!
Ministry Coach: Youth Ministry Tips & Resources - April 13, 2023 09:00 - 29 minutesSend us a Text Message. Whether you have been in youth ministry for 20 days or 20 years, you will repeatedly find how it can teach us valuable lessons about ourselves. In this episode, we take a look at 4 areas that student ministry can be brutally honest about who we are as a leader and as a ...
Is Your Youth Group Struggling to Connect? 5 Tips THAT WORK!
Ministry Coach: Youth Ministry Tips & Resources - April 06, 2023 09:00 - 31 minutesSend us a Text Message. Are you feeling like your youth ministry students are disconnected from each other? Or maybe you just have a handful of students who don't seem to know how to join in with the group. It can be really frustrating when the interaction in your youth group seems so awkward...
ATTENTION YOUTH PASTORS: You Need Deeper Friendships!
Ministry Coach: Youth Ministry Tips & Resources - March 30, 2023 09:00 - 26 minutesSend us a Text Message. Youth pastors have a tendency to know a ton of people at church, but can sometimes be known deeply by few. For your own personal growth, mental health and spiritual health, it is so important to have close friendships that go much deeper than the superficial stuff. Do ...
Youth Ministry Volunteers QUIT When You Ignore These Things!
Ministry Coach: Youth Ministry Tips & Resources - March 23, 2023 09:00 - 30 minutesSend us a Text Message. Volunteers play a critical role in the success of youth ministries, but if we fail to keep them engaged, motivated and most of all, cared for, we can quickly lose them! First and foremost, when volunteers are lead well, they can be much happier 😁 and more effective in ...
YOUTH MINISTRY CURRICULUM - Should You Use It or Not?
Ministry Coach: Youth Ministry Tips & Resources - March 16, 2023 09:00 - 38 minutesSend us a Text Message. "Should I use youth ministry curriculum?" Whether you are brand new to youth ministry or you've been in it for a while, the thought has more than likely crossed your mind. In this episode, we take a look at some of the pros and cons of using pre-packaged student ministr...
Mistakes Youth Pastors Commonly Make (2 You Need to AVOID!)
Ministry Coach: Youth Ministry Tips & Resources - March 09, 2023 10:00 - 30 minutesSend us a Text Message. In this episode, we will be sharing 2 mistakes that Youth Pastors commonly make and how you can avoid them. Ironically, these two mistakes are somewhat at odds with each other, but it's still possible to be unintentionally guilty of both in your youth ministry. We will...
GIFT IDEAS for First Time Visitors at Your Youth Ministry!
Ministry Coach: Youth Ministry Tips & Resources - March 02, 2023 10:00 - 24 minutesSend us a Text Message. **Make sure you check out our Shopping List below for some gift ideas resources!** Youth pastors all love to see it when a new student comes to their youth group - whether they were invited by a friend or just checking it out on their own, it's a chance to help them in t...
How You Can Tell It's Time to Make a Change in Your Youth Ministry
Ministry Coach: Youth Ministry Tips & Resources - February 23, 2023 10:00 - 40 minutesSend us a Text Message. Whether you're a volunteer, a staff member, or a youth pastor, it can be challenging to know when it's time to make a change in your youth ministry. In this episode, we'll explore some signs that might indicate it's time for a shift in your student ministry. We will tak...
7 Youth Group Games for SMALL Youth Ministries!
Ministry Coach: Youth Ministry Tips & Resources - February 16, 2023 10:00 - 27 minutesSend us a Text Message. **FOR A PDF OF THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR ALL OF THE GAMES - EMAIL US AT [email protected] - and put in the subject or description "Games for Smaller Youth Groups" and we will send it over to you!** Youth group games are one of the staples of youth ministry, but ...
How to Make Your Meetings NOT SUCK! Youth Pastor Tips
Ministry Coach: Youth Ministry Tips & Resources - February 09, 2023 10:00 - 23 minutesSend us a Text Message. No one likes meetings. Okay, well, most people dislike meetings, I'm sure there are a few people out there who love them. But even those who love them are probably annoyed at dull and unproductive meetings. In this video, we share youth pastor tips on how to make your ...
Valentine's Day Games & Party Ideas for Youth Ministry
Ministry Coach: Youth Ministry Tips & Resources - February 02, 2023 10:00 - 25 minutesSend us a Text Message. If you would like Valentine's Day doesn't get as much attention as other notable holidays, but it's still a fun one to theme and make special for your youth ministry. In this episode, we will be discussing Valentine's Day party ideas including: games, activities, decor ...
Handling Conflict in Youth Ministry (Overcoming Obstacles & Adversity)
Ministry Coach: Youth Ministry Tips & Resources - January 26, 2023 10:00 - 32 minutesSend us a Text Message. Inevitably, conflicts, obstacles and adversity will occur in youth ministry. So how do we, as youth pastors, manage these difficult and sometimes awkward situations? Today, we will be discussing 5 ways of handling conflict in youth ministry, so that we can cultivate pe...
How to Level Up Your Leadership Skills in Youth Ministry
Ministry Coach: Youth Ministry Tips & Resources - January 19, 2023 10:00 - 26 minutesSend us a Text Message. Leadership skills are extremely important when it comes to youth ministry. Churches need trained youth pastors to keep their youth groups engaged, growing in their faith, and reaching new students. Youth Pastors need to be able to motivate their leaders and volunteers, ...
How to Help Your Youth Ministry Students Grow Spiritually
Ministry Coach: Youth Ministry Tips & Resources - January 12, 2023 10:00 - 35 minutesSend us a Text Message. In youth ministry, the goal is to bring students into a closer relationship with Jesus. Our weekly sermons are geared towards showing them the love that God has for them and constantly steering them towards the Gospel. But sometimes we overlook, or even neglect, some o...
Best Strategies for How to Accomplish Your Youth Ministry Goals
Ministry Coach: Youth Ministry Tips & Resources - January 05, 2023 10:00 - 18 minutesSend us a Text Message. As Youth Pastors, we all have updates, upgrades and improvements we want to do in our student ministry because we should always be growing...but how do we accomplish these youth ministry goals? Whenever we set out to make these changes, we have the best intentions, but ...
Episode 64: Awkward Book Club
Embrace the Awkward Podcast - December 27, 2022 06:00 - 17 minutesYet another installment of the official award book club, where Kyle and DJ review outdated ministry books. Todays episode features a very special type of paper use on overhead projectors.. what ever those are...
Episode 61: The Youth Worker Exodus
Embrace the Awkward Podcast - December 22, 2022 06:00 - 53 minutesWhy are youth workers leaving so fast? No career choice is immune to the great resignation. In this three part series, Kyle and DJ talk about why youth workers are leaving, how to leave well, and some big news from DJ! God will never leave you nor forsake you, but your youth pastor? They’ll be...
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