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047 - MSM Student Leadership
Middle School Ministry Student Leadership? Yikes! Does that title make anyone else nervous? Can middle school students actually lead in youth ministry?…
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046 - Practical Parent Ministry Tips
Ok, but HOW do you minister to parents well? How do you guide them while doing youth ministry? Ronald and Andrea share some practical tips with you! Questions…
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45 - Partnering with Middle School Parents
Ronald Long and Andrea Miller talk about partnering with middle school parents and why it’s essential, whether you’re “just” the middle school pastor or…
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044 - Middle School Parent Meetings
Ronald Long and Andrea Miller talk middle school parent meetings: what they could be and why you should have them! Questions to consider: How do you…
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043 – Middle School Student Leadership Team
Andrea Miller breaks down her new student leadership team. Ronald takes lots of notes. Questions to consider: What jobs can you give to middle school students?…
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Forced Discipleship and Middle School Students
Forced Discipleship and Middle School Students We’re back after a hiatus and life and stuff. Have you ever had a parent REALLY want you to meet with their…
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Training New Middle School Leaders
The school year is half over in December. Is it a time when you need new leaders to come and help bring in the new calendar year? Andrea Miller comes back for…
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Middle School students sharing their stories
Andrea Miller and Ronald Long talk about what it would be like to start helping students share what God is doing in their lives. Whether small groups or main…
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Sabbath and Middle School Ministry
Katie Edwards and Ronald Long talk about what a weekly sabbath looks like in the midst of a busy season. Questions to consider: How can you prepare for a…
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Building Trust with Middle School Students
This week I got to have a great conversation with Katie Edwards, Junior High Pastor at Saddleback Church, about how she uses fun to help foster community and…
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Helping Middle School Students Be Welcoming
This Sunday I watched as a now 8th grader who, let’s be real, used to be a big turd, invite a sixth grade student up on stage with her to sing for worship…
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Planning For Next Year’s Promotion NOW
You’ve just moved up a group of students. Why in the world would you be thinking about promoting the ones you just got!? In this episode, Ronald talks about…
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Creating a Safe Space for Middle School Students
This was the week! Ronald finally got his own kid in student ministry. And it was heartwarming and hilarious. This week Ronald talks about how to create a safe…
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How Not To Freak Out When Your Kid Comes Into Ministry
This is the year. Tim, our high school pastor, is getting his daughter in the high school ministry, and Ronald, the middle school pastor, is getting his…
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Handing Off 8th Grade Students
Tim Nowell, the high school pastor I get to work with every week, sits down with me to talk about moving up 8th grade students to the high school ministry…
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When the Numbers are LOW
After COVID has a lot of us remembering “before the pandemic” either with fondness or envy. It’s a season of rebuilding for our whole church, but our Stone Oak…
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Calling Middle School Students Up
In this episode Ronald talks to Cameron Contrestano, the Student Ministry Pastor at Wayside Chapel, Stone Oak Campus. Ronald and Cameron work together a lot!…
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Let's Get Some Momentum in 2021!
Recently, Doug and Josh made a video about how to get Momentum in 2021! In this episode, Michelle and Ronald talk about the ways they are planning to work on…
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2020 Wasn’t A Complete Dumpster Fire
Ok, it wasn’t ALL a dumpster fire. Some good things did come out of 2020! This week, Michelle and Ronald look back at 2020 and talk about the things they saw…
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The Dangers of Putting Middle School Students In Charge
These kids are squirrely. You’ve got to be careful or they’ll run around on you if you put them in charge of things! They might even get going even when you…
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Christmas Fun & Plans During Coronavirus
Christmas Fun and Plans During Coronavirus It’s December! That means Christmas parties and lots of plans. And maybe changing plans. This week Ronald and…
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It's Not Cancelled, It's Postponed
Did you spend a lot of time planning an event that had to get canceled or postponed due to the pandemic? This week, Ronald and Michelle talk about having to…
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Are We Shutting Down Again?
Have you and your church stayed open this whole time? Did you have to shut down and then got to re-open? After all that, are you having to shut down AGAIN?…
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Talking Politics without being a Jerk
It’s time to vote. And this election cycle has been extra spicy for us and our students. So when politics come into the conversation during small groups and…
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Starting Back... Again
After a crazy break, student ministry is getting started back in force! This week, Ronald and Michelle talk about what that looks like in their ministries…
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National Day of Volunteer Youth Ministry Training 2020
We’re pumped for this year’s NDOVYMT! In this episode, Ronald and Michelle talk about the big day of training, how they’ll use it, and how it’s helped train…
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How to Have Small Groups without Getting Covid
*Ronald and Michelle are not medical doctors* This week we talk about trying to make small groups happen without making Covid-19 happen. We talk about how we…
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Sharing Space (But Not Pandemics)
Everyone has some time of guidelines in place for their space. But what if that space doesn’t belong to your church? This week, Michelle and Ronald talk about…
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Complaints & Compliments in Middle School Ministry
You’ve never gotten a complaint before, right? HA! In youth ministry, we’re dealing with parents and their kids. Parents care deeply about what goes on with…
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Plans for the Fall (So Far!)
School would be starting up soon (normally). Youth ministry would be finishing up its last summer trips (usually). Parents would be excited about their student…
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Michelle Got a Job!
In the craziness of COVID-19, churches still need middle school pastors! This week we’re really excited to talk about Michelle’s new job. We also talk about…
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Welcome 6th Graders (To Pandemic Youth Ministry)
We’re getting ready to welcome 6th grade students to the youth ministry! Also, we’re not entirely sure what we are welcoming them to… So we’re putting together…
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Staycations & Life Updates
Michelle has finally moved to Idaho! In this episode, she and Ronald talk about resting, new starts, and trying to adapt in the crazy covid climate. Things we…
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Social Distancing & Middle Schoolers
In the season of COVID, youth ministry looks really different! This week, Michelle and Ronald talk about going out and doing youth ministry while trying to…
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Bless Those COVID-19 Leaders
In a time when leaders are just as quarantined as our students, what are you doing to help encourage them to continue to serve? How are you as a leader…
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A Reopening of Sorts
This week Michele and Ronald talk about the possibility of re-opening in Texas and meeting a youth group in person! While it’s really exciting to think about…
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What Can Two White Middle School Pastors Do?
These last few weeks have highlighted the need for everyone who has any influence or voice to step up and speak for those who have been silenced. Michelle and…
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Boise, Idaho and Leaving Well
Michelle is moving! While it’s always sad to leave a church, there’s definitely a WAY to leave that helps out the people who will continue to carry the torch…
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Plan to Gain Trust
Parents are freaking out. Whether it’s because we’re asking their students to wear masks or because we aren’t social distancing enough, everyone seems to be on…
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What We Did This Week 5.24.20
Bread Head Part 2 This was a quick game I cooked up after last week. It’s in the resource folder! Dad Jokes Ask students to record their dads telling jokes…
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Making the Plan
In this week’s episode Michele and Ronald brainstorm a little bit about what the first phase of bringing back student ministry will look like in their…
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What We Did This Week 5.17.20
It’s everything we did this week to interact with Middle School students online! Wednesday Online Youth Group: Bread Head Last week we made a joke about having…
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Bacon and Budgets
From bacon to Kahoot, things cost money! In this crazy Covid-19 season, is your church on a spending freeze, being really cautious about funds, or letting all…
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What We Did This Week 5.10.20
It’s everything we did this week to interact with Middle School students online! Wednesday Online Youth Group: Star Wars Enactment We asked students to retreat…
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Summer is Canceled (kind of)
How do you plan for things that may or may not be happening? Have you decided to cancel everything for the summer or are you holding out hope that things will…
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What We Did This Week 5.6.20
Ms online 05.03.20 It’s everything we did this week to interact with Middle School students online! Wednesday Online Youth Group: Dance Competition So last…
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Will It All Go Back To Normal?
We all can’t wait for things to go back to normal! But what is normal? And will it be something we even get back to eventually? This week Michelle and Ronald…
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What We Did this Week: 4.26.20
Masterpiece Theater A DYM winner! We posted this game to our Insta-story and emailed parents to let them know how to compete and then showed the compiled video…
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More Like Sabbath From Home
Work and home are now the same. We don’t know about you all, but the shift has been HARD for Michelle and Ronald! This week we talk about how to Sabbath while…
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MS Online 04.19.20
Wednesday: Trick Shots We sent out a text and email request for “Trick Shot Videos” like Dude Perfect. We sent them this link and just asked them to go to…
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Technical Glitches
We aren’t professionals, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t trying! There’s a balance we’re learning about putting on the best show we possibly can and running…
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MS Online 04.12.20
We had been doing a “This is what happened during our big meeting!” Episode for a long time. Well, everything changed with COVID-19, so here’s what we’re doing…
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Online engagement for Middle Schoolers
2019 - Everybody! Stay off your phones and off social media! 2020 - Everybody! Get on your phone and check out social media! It feels like everything has gone…
Middle School Ministry PodcastStaying Connected While Socially Distancing
How can you stay connected while remaining six-feet apart, in groups no larger than ten, or sheltering in place? Well, it definitely presents some challenges…
Middle School Ministry PodcastMiddle School Ministry and COVID-19
Who was really looking forward to re-inventing church and middle school ministry as we know it this month? Anyone? Well too bad, we're doing it anyway! Thanks…
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MS Online - 03.20.20
Middle School Sundays: Well, the world has been flipped upside down! But we're an adaptive bunch, so here's what we're doing for our Sunday Mornings until this…
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Being a Burnt Out Middle School Pastor
Ministry is hard. Trying to do ministry from an empty cup is impossible. Don't burn out. You're not alone. Get help! This week, Ronald and Michelle talk about…
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Speaking as a Guest Middle School Pastor
Sometimes we get the awesome opportunity to talk to another student pastor's middle school students! Michelle got to go and teach for a retreat for our…
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Middle School Students with Special Needs
It's such a blessing to have students in our ministries who are different! When it comes to students with special needs, they have a set of needs that ought to…
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Sunday Morning Squirrels - 03.01.20
Sunday Morning Squirrels: Woohoo! Sex talk time! Ok, maybe not everyone is excited about this, but that's alright. We had a great start to a potentially…