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Question for the Community: Resources for Parents

"I am developing a library of books for my parents to help them with developing their own teen's faith and also some general parenting books…

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Episode 168 - Better Lighting Coming Soon

Doug, Josh, Katie and Matt are back in the poorly-lit 2.5 car garage to take on another round of youth ministry questions. This week they take on flaky volunteers (we all have them), how far you should go to be "off" on your day off and how to communicate with parents. There's a little randomness on other subjects, too, including network meetings, getting a continued education in youth ministry and some fun failure/goof stories from each of our pasts. Worth listening to we promise.

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Question for the Community: Longevity in Ministry

“How do you know you are called to student ministry for the long haul?” - Josh

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Question for the Community: Special Needs Ministry

“What kind of ministry have you done for families who have youth with special needs? And what are ways that you have integrated youth with special needs into your youth ministry?” - Tony

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Question for the Community: Spouse in Ministry, Too

“[What if] your wife has worked in youth ministry longer than you have, but now you are in charge. You want to include her. She has good things to say and experience to draw from. You are both go-getter types and have a lot of “passion” between you… heated passion many times…

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Episode 167 - Yes, It's a Real Garage

This week's show is a little shorter than normal ... and like normal, we just blame Matt for goofing things up. This week in the garage (yes, that's a real water heater) the gang talks through lots of great youth ministry questions. They tackle the balance between serving at youth group and friendship evangelism, the tension between volunteers would want to chaperone instead of shepherd, how to pull off youth group in a former sacred sanctuary and dealing with rabid facilities staff…

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Episode 166 - “The Garage Dwellers”

For the first time, the team receives the title “garage dwellers” by a viewer. Will it stick? Time will tell. Here are a few of the topics the team covers in this episode: honoring volunteers, para-church ministries, & how bigger churches relate to smaller ones. Great questions to tackle. Listen closely to see & you might even hear an airplane fly over.

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