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Episode 11 of the Making Sense of Ministry Hosts and Guest
11: On Terrifying Parent Meetings, 2021 Budgets, Should We Require Parents To Volunteer, And More!
  In this episode, Brent Squires joins Brian and Kirsten to discuss your questions! These questions include "terrifying" parent meetings, 2021 budgets, and should parents be ...
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Episode 10 - Making Sense of Ministry podcast
10: Starting A New Job, Trunk or Treat, COVID Policies and the Church Parsonage
In this episode, Mikiala Tennie joins Brian and Kirsten to discuss your questions! These questions include priorities when starting a ...
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3 BIG IDEAS FOR CONNECTING WITH YOUR STUDENTS
If you’ve listened to your students for any length of time, you might easily feel that you don’t have anything ...
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5 Ways To Navigate This Season Title Photo
5 Ways To Personally Navigate This Season
How will you continue to navigate this season? March 8 was the first Sunday that many churches throughout the world ...
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Making Sense of MInistry episode 9_ volunteers, family devotions and Covid 19
09: Taking Your Questions On Family Devotions, Volunteers, Planning During Covid, and More!
In this episode, Kirste and Brian discuss your questions! These questions include family devotions, volunteers, planning during COVID, and more!Resources ...
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Spirituality is a struggle
When Spirituality Is A Struggle
Right now, spirituality is a struggle for many of us. I’ve recently been following Jon Steingard, former lead singer of ...
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Faces on Zoom Calls: Blank Screens and ceiling fans - why don't young people show their faces on Zoom.
Faces On Zoom: Blank Screens And Ceiling Fans
We’ve all done it, right? You put time, effort, and energy into prepping a virtual lesson for the youth group ...
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Thinking about changing churches? Here are 5 reasons you may want to change churches.
5 Reasons To Change Churches
We have all been there as youth ministers… attempting to discern when and why to change churches. Hopefully, these ideas will help ...
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A photo of young girl asking what do you want to do in their ministry
WHAT DO YOUTH WANT?
It’s time to set the annual calendar for the youth ministry. Who do you invite to the meeting- church pastor, ...
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Jesse Ernst on starting a small business and more
08: Jesse Ernst on Starting a Business, Seeing God in All Situations, Time Management, and Why You Need a Local Support Network
In this episode, Jesse Ernst, an experienced youth minister, and entrepreneur shares how he and his wife started a small ...
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Give Yourself A Break - a man resting
Give Yourself A Break
I do not know who needs to hear this but give yourself a break. You are doing the best you ...
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Chris Wilterdink form Young People's Ministries discusses faith formation during Covid19
07: Chris Wilterdink on Faith Formation During Virtual And Crisis Ministry, Rites of Passages, And Creating Safe, Formative Spaces Virtually
In this episode, Chris Wilterdink from Young People's Ministries shares his expertise in discipleship with us. He discusses a new ...
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Schools are out: protecting the most vulnerable children
Schools Are Out: Protecting The Most Vulnerable
Whether schools are out for summer break, or as we are experiencing in this current situation where a pandemic has ...
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Summer Of Opportunity
“Losing what we thought our summer would be, just sucks!” I said that to a student a few days ago ...
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What About VBS
What About VBS?
VBS is a time-honored tradition in churches, and for many, is their single largest event of the year. VBS helps ...
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Making Sense of Ministry episode 06 on trauma and grief
06: Kelly Minter on Trauma and Grief That We Are All Experiencing, and How To Help Students, Children and Families
In this episode, Kelly Minter, a therapist, 20-year youth ministry veteran, and author of our popular articles on grief joins ...
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