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Student Ministry Connection
For those who serve in student ministry, want to connect, and desire to grow. Hosted by Steve Cullum.
Episodes
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137: How to Evaluate and Change Your Ministry
How do you know when it's time to change or quit doing a program? When is it time to change up the way you do youth group, camp, mission trips, or even VBS? On…
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136: Staying Connected to the Vine with Candice Wynn
Why is it sometimes so easy for us to forget Jesus in the middle of ministry? We get caught up in the doing of ministry and don’t spend much time with Jesus…
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135: Keeping a Kingdom Mindset with Steve White
How do we respond when someone decides to leave your church or ministry? Do we have a castle mindset or a kingdom mindset, seeing the bigger picture of the…
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134: GLS NextGen with Jenna Istvanik and Mariana Rubinec
How can we train up the next generation of leaders? The Global Leadership Summit has been thinking about that very question and they're ready to answer. On…
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133: Captivating Students' Attention When Teaching with Mike Haynes
We've all been there... You're teaching a group of teenagers, but one or more of them aren't paying attention. Frustrating, right? So how do we teach in a way…
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132: Raising Up the Next Generation of Leaders
How did you get started in student ministry? And what are you doing to raise up the next generation of leaders? On this episode of Student Ministry Connection…
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131: Here for It - Orange Conference 2024 Recap
Are you here for it? This question was posed at The Orange Conference 2024, and throughout the event, we had main stage and workshop speakers helping us…
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130: Seamlessly Transition Kids into Student Ministry with Jay Reynolds
How do we transition students well from kids ministry to student ministry? How do we walk with parents during this time? And how do we come alongside families…
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129: Recovering After Being Fired with Kyle Isabelli
Have you ever been fired or maybe in a ministry that just wasn’t working? And then wondered how you can bounce back from that? On this episode of Student…
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128: Celebrating High School Graduates
How do you celebrate your high school graduates? This question pops up a lot in youth ministry circles, especially in late winter and early spring. So on this…
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127: A Non-Anxious Life with Alan Fadling
While we know anxiety is runny rampant in the teenagers we serve, many of us have probably not stopped long enough to realize it has affected many of us as…
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126: Empowering Students to Change the World with Billy McMahan
Are we going about student ministry the right way? Are we giving this next generation all they need to become the world-changers that God has created them to…
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125: Youth Pastor Compensation Update 2024 with Dan Navarra
How much should the average youth pastor make? How can we'd set ourselves up to get a raise? And how much does your church size, ministry size, tenure, and…
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124: Networking Crossover with Free Refills Podcast
Are you connected with other youth leaders around you? In this Student Ministry Connection and Free Refills crossover episode, Wayne Morgan, Travis Deans, and…
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123: The Importance of Rest
What does it mean to rest? And how can we rest when there is so much to do? On this episode of Student Ministry Connection, Steve takes a moment to share some…
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122: Multiplied Impact on Students with Bill Freund
How can we multiply the amount of teenagers we’re reaching in our community? Many of us might think it has to do with bigger events and more programs, but our…
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121: How to Help Teens Not Graduate from Their Faith
Each year, high school seniors are excited to finish their education and graduate. Many churches, however, are not too excited, because they fear these…
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120: Equipping Parents to be Spiritual Leaders with Sam McDowell
What does it look like to not only share Jesus with the next generation but to also equip parents as the spiritual leaders in their homes? On this episode of…
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119: Reasons to Take Holiday Breaks
Should we take a break from our student ministry over the holidays, canceling our programs that week. This is a common question among youth leaders. On this…
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118: What Parents Want Youth Pastors to Know with Michelle Greger
While we often talk about the importance of partnering with parents, what does that actually look like? On this episode of Student Ministry Connection, we…
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117: Cobra Kai Youth Ministry with Travis Deans
How can we take a Cobra Kai approach to our ministry? I don’t necessarily mean how can we strike first and strike hard and show no mercy, but how can we take…
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116: Bivocational Student Ministry with Caleb Julin
Are you a bivocational youth leader, or are you curious what it’s like to be bivocational, where your ministry is not your only source of income? Maybe you’re…
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115: Empowering and Multiplying a Student Ministry Team
Once we have our student ministry team, and we’ve begun to train them, what do we do with them? Where exactly can they serve in the ministry, and how do we set…
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114: Training and Discipling a Student Ministry Team
How do we help our leaders become better leaders, setting them up to succeed? And how can we continue to develop them with the skills and abilities they need…
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113: Forming and Onboarding a Student Ministry Team
Whether you’re a full-time youth pastor or a very part-time volunteer, along the way, we've all realized we can only do so much our own. On top of that, we…
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112: Mental Health and Teenagers with Dr. Chinwé Williams
It’s no secret that teenagers all over are dealing with anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, and all kinds of mental health struggles. So how do we support…
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111: Thriving During Camp
Camps, mission trips, and retreats are great for those times when we can get away and spend longer uninterrupted time with a group of leaders and students. But…
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110: Successful Camp Ministry with Jeff Harding
How do we prepare for camp, what do we do during camp, and what is our process for following up and evaluating after camp? It's important to have dedicated…
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109: Starting or Rebuilding a Student Ministry
How do I start a youth group? How do I re-build a student ministry? How do I go from being a volunteer to the paid youth pastor? What should I focus on when…
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108: Adapting for Context with Brooklyn Lindsey
Picture this… You’ve gone to a conference, or you’ve read this amazing book, you found a great curriculum, or you heard about this awesome event from another…
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107: How to Connect with Others in Student Ministry
Are you struggling to connect with others doing student ministry in your community? On this "quick-hit" episode, we'll share a couple tips on how to find other…
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106: Middle School Ministry with Heather Mahoney
Middle schoolers can be an interesting bunch, can’t they? One moment, they are bouncing off the walls; and the next, you can have a really meaningful…
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105: Answering the Missionary Call
Steve has recently answered God's call to be a full-time missionary with National Network of Youth Ministries. So today on the podcast, he'll explain what led…
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104: The Volunteer Playbook with Nick Blevins
Would you like to recruit more volunteers and build a thriving team to reach even more teenagers for Jesus? On this episode of Student Ministry Connection…
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103: Defining Success with Dan Istvanik
How do you define success in ministry? Are you always striving for higher attendance and bigger programs? Or is ministry success something different? On this…
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102: Student Evangelism with Dr. Dave Rahn
How do we get our students to have faith that so contagious for those they are around? And what kind of an impact could they make if they lived out that type…
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101: Revival Starts with Prayer
With all of the revival talk recently, many Christians are left wondering if it’s real; and if it is, how can we get the same thing to happen in our…
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100: Importance of Networking with Kevin Miles
Welcome to episode 100 of Student Ministry Connection, a podcast for those who serve in student ministry, want to connect, and desire to grow. On this very…
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099: Jesus Revolution with Brent McCorkle
Back in the 1970’s, a movement began that led to a revolution, a Jesus Revolution. Time Magazine wrote about it, several books have been written about it, and…
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098: Know Thy Gamer with Drew Dixon
Video games have been a growing influence our culture for a while now. Ever since the 1970s, kids have been jumping into virtual worlds to compete with others…
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097: Students Making an Impact
Isn’t it awesome when we see God use students to answer longtime prayers? On this episode we share a story about how God did just that through a 9 Month…
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096: Generational Impact with Jim Purtle
What would it be like to at the same church for a really long time, getting to know those students and families in that community, partnering with schools and…
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095: Time Management Tips
How do we get it all done? There are always so many things to do in student ministry and some of us are left asking that question on a regular basis. While we…
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094: Student Leadership Ideas
We all know our student ministries shouldn’t be solely run by adults. We need to raise up student leaders. But how do we do that? What does it look like? How…
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093: Navigating Failure with Mike Haynes
What happens when you fail, when things aren’t going so well--whether it’s your fault or your unfortunate situation? When you start to feel like you’re a…
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092: 10 Social Media Tips
How can we use social media in a way to really advance our ministry to students without it becoming an overwhelming beast that always demands our attention? In…
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091: Helping Students Serve with Christen Clark
How do we move students from participating to contributing? On this episode, Christen Clark of the Collide Kids Podcast joins us to discuss why it's so…
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090: Avoiding Burnout with James Sabin
How do we avoid burnout in ministry? Many of us are used to going at 90 miles an hour, firing on all cylinders 24/7, and rarely looking out for ourselves. But…
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089: Celebrate the Wins
What is one thing that can take your ministry to the next level? While there are a lot of ideas you might have, today we share one simple step that can…
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088: Communicating to Middle Schoolers with Ashley Bohinc
How do we effectively communicate to middle schoolers? They have so much potential, but sometimes it's difficult to speak to them from the stage, in groups…
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087: 9 Month Mission Trip with Travis Deans
How can we get our students to actively share their faith? We all desire that, but how do we make it happen? On this episode, Travis Deans, the northeast…
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086: MetaChurch Student Ministry with Dave Adamson
How can we leverage digital ministry to reach more students for the Gospel and connect way beyond our church walls? Dave Adamson, who is known to most people…
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085: Exciting News
Welcome to this very special episode of the podcast! As many of you know, we have been around as a podcast since February 2016. Over that time, we’ve had 85…
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084: Searching for Seven with Tyler Smith
Episode 84 of podcast features a conversation with Tyler Smith, who is a longtime student pastor, sports journalist, coach, and author of a book named…
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083: Family Camp with The Skit Guys
Episode 83 of The Student Ministry Podcast features a conversation with Tommy Woodard and Eddie James of The Skit Guys. We discuss their stories, but we also…
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082: Wearing Many Hats with Jeremey Veal
Episode 82 of The Student Ministry Podcast features a conversation with Jeremey Veal, the pastor of student ministries at GFN Church in South Carolina. As…
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081: Download Youth Ministry with Josh Griffin
Episode 81 of The Student Ministry Podcast features a conversation with Josh Griffin of Mariners Church and Download Youth Ministry. Josh is a veteran youth…
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080: Youth Pastor Compensation Update with Dan Navarra
Episode 80 of The Student Ministry Podcast features a conversation with Dan Navarra around youth pastor compensation. For the last 5 years, Dan has been…
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079: Young Life with P.T. Smith
Episode 79 of The Student Ministry Podcast features a conversation with P.T. Smith, who is on staff with Young Life in the Denver, Colorado, area. Not only…
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078: Valleys Over Mountains with Tom Bump
Episode 78 of The Student Ministry Podcast features a conversation with Tom Bump, founder of Restoring Leaders. Tom has many years of ministry experience…