Balancing family and Youth Ministry is an impossible task.  Today my guest is my amazing wife Sarah Livingston.  We give you an honest inside look at how we manage our family and Youth Ministry.  We share what works…what hasn’t always, and give you some practical advice on making it all work. Links mentioned: Dear Youth…

Having a team around you is SO IMPORTANT.  Those Youth Leaders that serve alongside you have things that they need from their Youth Pastor.  What are they?  Matthew Hart shares from his years of Youth Ministry experience to help you invest well in your Youth Leaders and learn what Youth Leaders need from Youth Pastors….

It is crucial that we prepare the students in our Youth Ministry to defend their faith.  Where do you start?  What are the most important issues?  Dr. Jamie Dew gives practical advice to make sure your students’ faith doesn’t get washed away when they leave your ministry.  Put on your thinking caps, in this episode…

Should you focus on teaching doctrine and theology in Youth Ministry?  In this episode David Hanson, from TheYouthMinistryBlog.com, and I tackle why you should, how to go about it, and where to start.  You’ll also hear about David’s fascination with pulling teeth on mission trips and how God used a Chemistry class to call him…

While it may sound a little wrong, or even feel a little funny to say, there is a real need to market your Youth Ministry to students.  With so many options and so little time, how do you effectively market your ministry to students?  That’s what Amber Cassady from Simply Youth Ministry and Group Mission…

In this episode you’ll hear from Aaron Helman of SmarterYouthMinistry.com.  We talk about how students in our ministries are overworked, under-slept, and overstressed more than ever before.  We tackle the approach we normally take to addressing this issue, and how it is wrong, along with what we should be doing. Links mentioned: SmarterYouthMinistry.com The one-sentence…