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Question for the Community: Magazine Subscriptions

What magazine subscriptions do most youth pastors subscribe to these days besides the given youth ministry magazines?

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Episode 191 - The King of Encouragement

Empathetic, sensitive, encouraging, kind… all of these words were used to describe Matt McGill (aka: "the King of Encouragement"). Sounds like a pretty accurate description, right? In this amazing episode there's a special guest appearance by Chris Davis (Youth Specialties) who sits in for the late-Katie (and offers a special discount for NYWC registration)…

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Question for the Community: Starting a New Multi-Site Youth Ministry

Our church has just "merged" ("acquired, taken over") with a struggling church just 20 minutes away & I've been really excited about the opportunity for our church as well as for our youth ministry. My question is for any youth workers out there that have led a youth ministry in a multi-site situation…

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Episode 190 - Join Us at the Cool Table

So maybe the 4 of us didn't get to sit at the "cool table" in high school - doesn't mean we can't make one of our own now and invite a few friends. So join us around the table and let's talk about youth ministry: how to use the momentum of summer camp, taking leadership of a youth ministry as a part–timer with no training, volunteers drinking alcohol, tracking time management, and how to start a network for youth pastors in a regional area…

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Question for the Community: Student Ministry Website

What are the benefits of having your own external student ministry website versus a static part of the church website?

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Question for the Community: Trusting Your Senior Pastor

Have you ever had an issue with trusting your senior pastor? I have a situation at my church where I love my students, and I want to trust my senior pastor, but there is damage there…

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Episode 189 - So You Think You Can Worship

This show we talk about worship music, how worship is much more than music, paying people to play music and more. It wasn't an intentional themed show, it is just what happens when Doug forgets to prep (but he does promise to play "Humble Thyself" on the guitar at our LIVE show #200 in San Diego at YS' NYWC). We also tackle competition in church, how to respond to an angry senior pastor, and bullying… which are kind of the same thing now that we think about it. That and more on the latest episode.

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Question for the Community: Ministering in an Affluent Church

I am a new youth pastor in a church whose typical attendees are very wealthy and powerful people. Since we are right outside of DC, the area that surrounds the church is one of the wealthiest zip codes in the US. Most of my experience is ministering to those who do not have much and need help. Here, it is totally different…

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