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Episode 182 - They Can’t All Be Winners

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Monday, April 09, 2012
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The show where Matt rambles on a bit about... well... uh... EVERYTHING. But, if you're okay listening to Matt (on steroids), the show is pretty worth while. The team talks about www.thelifebook.com, disciplining students who are disruptive in worship services, role models like Lil’ Wayne, working in partnership with FCA/Young Life, dealing with parents and much more.

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Monday, March 26, 2012
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Josh joins the fun a little late. After waiting 30 minutes, the gang pulled in Cathy for a short time till Josh arrived. You won't believe why he was late! Our faithful listeners had questions: ministry internships, discerning a call out of youth ministry, leaders expectations, getting a graduate degree, new church navigation and much more. Oh, and Doug lost a bet to podcast listener Rick Barry.

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Wednesday, March 21, 2012
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The Garage is busy with playful banter, shameless blog promotions and Matt’s eternal wisdom. This week the gang takes on lots of great questions including getting a formal education vs. real-world experience, training volunteers, student leadership, sticky faith, the spouse’s role in the youth ministry, book recommendations, using other people’s resources/sermons and much more. The whole time, Josh and Matt are hoping to receive honorary doctorates from show sponsor Azuza Pacific University.

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Wednesday, March 07, 2012
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The gang gets together this week for a special late night show with a special late night guest: Mark Matlock from Youth Specialties! He jumped right in like a long time member of the team and helped the usual crew answer your youth ministry questions. If you're tempted to start thinking about replacing Matt with Matlock..…

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Monday, February 27, 2012
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The red light wasn’t on for the last 2 minutes of the show, but you would have tuned out long before that anyhow. Unless you’re interested in youth ministry wisdom about volunteers, small group leaders showing up only periodically, and the spouse’s role in the ministry. Do you not have enough volunteers? That’s a good problem, but still a problem…

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Monday, February 20, 2012
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This week the whole gang takes on a lot of your youth ministry questions. What do you do when there’s a new senior pastor that arrives to the church when you’re already on staff? How do you show grace but still effectively discipline your students? Didn’t Doug rewrite PDYM – where is that at? And a fun question about competition between campuses of a multi-site church youth ministry.

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Monday, February 13, 2012
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WARNING: this episode is cut short because the tape ran out. So sorry about that... again. Before the abrupt ending, the gang dispenses wisdom (Matt), contributes some genuinely good insights (Katie), looks younger than ever (Doug), and takes a lot of shots (Josh). What else is new? They take on a whole pile of questions in one of the best shows of 2012. Which isn't saying too much since this is like the 2nd in the new year, but still…

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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
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The gang takes on lots of youth ministry questions in between funny bits and Matt's incredibly loud cackle. Topics of this week's show include having a 5-year plan, who should you/shouldn't you befriend on Facebook, how to build trust with parents and what to do when volunteers bail…

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Wednesday, January 11, 2012
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This show is all about the latest contest on the YMG site. No youth ministry questions, no Katie Edwards, and no one to keep McGill from taking off his shirt. On the other hand, we do giveaway some GREAT prizes to some worthy contest winners. There were some really great contest submissions... and there were others. So much fun…