http://www.youthministrygarage.comTextrix Solutions WebStudio 3.1.45503.718http://www.youthministrygarage.com/blog/2012/05/18/question-for-the-community-additional-income/I understand that youth ministry is in not about making lots of money but sometimes its hard to keep my family afloat. I'm curious about second sources of income that fit well for youth pastors. I'm still working on my undergrad and am a “broke” college student. Do you guys know of any types of jobs/gigs that work well with youth ministry?sethbartlette@me.com (Seth Bartlette)AllBlogFri, 18 May 2012 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.youthministrygarage.com/blog/2012/05/18/question-for-the-community-additional-income/http://www.youthministrygarage.com/blog/2012/05/16/question-for-the-community-dealing-with-discontentment/Lately I have been dealing with daily discontentment. Not necessarily a MAJOR problem, but I’m just tired of my daily routine. Part of this could be because I am part-time in ministry and desire to be full-time. I take classes and work 32 hours a week at a doctor’s office to pay my bills. My question is this: how did you deal with days of discontent and do you have any books you would recommend I read?sethbartlette@me.com (Seth Bartlette)AllBlogWed, 16 May 2012 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.youthministrygarage.com/blog/2012/05/16/question-for-the-community-dealing-with-discontentment/http://www.youthministrygarage.com/blog/2012/05/02/question-for-the-community-helping-teens-who-are-bored-with-church/I am the small group leader for 7th-9th boys. I love these kids and most are very bright. I have one 7th grader who has been in church and private christian school his whole life. He is bored with church right now, also he feels he has heard all the stories. So here is my question: What are some ideas you have used to challenge students like this or what are some teaching materials that you would use to engage students like this?sethbartlette@me.com (Seth Bartlette)AllBlogWed, 02 May 2012 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.youthministrygarage.com/blog/2012/05/02/question-for-the-community-helping-teens-who-are-bored-with-church/http://www.youthministrygarage.com/blog/2012/04/30/question-for-the-community-maintaining-personal-devotions/I'm a 24 year old Teen Pastor living in Sydney, Australia and I've just entered into my second year of ministry. When I first started I inherited a team that was lacking leadership and direction, so I read PDYM and formed a vision. I’ve have been working hard ever since and really experienced the joy of working with the High School students. However, my personal devotional life is suffering because I always seem to be so busy. I understand that it takes a lot of work to put a youth ministry back on its feetsethbartlette@me.com (Seth Bartlette)AllBlogMon, 30 Apr 2012 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.youthministrygarage.com/blog/2012/04/30/question-for-the-community-maintaining-personal-devotions/http://www.youthministrygarage.com/blog/2012/04/27/question-for-the-community-starting-over/I have been at my current church for 2.5 years. There were about 10 students when I arrived, but now all of them are gone. Literally, all of them. The 10 students were extremely loyal to the youth pastor before me and left when I didn't do things the way that he did them. I am rebuilding. Where do I begin? It might be helpful to know that the average age of my congregation is 60. I feel lost at times. Please help!sethbartlette@me.com (Seth Bartlette)AllBlogFri, 27 Apr 2012 14:38:49 GMThttp://www.youthministrygarage.com/blog/2012/04/27/question-for-the-community-starting-over/http://www.youthministrygarage.com/blog/2012/04/18/question-for-the-community-sex-education-resources/The counselor at our middle school has asked the local youth pastors to get involved teaching sex education every year. Do you know of any good curriculum that would work in the public school setting but not compromise Biblical beliefs on the subject?sethbartlette@me.com (Seth Bartlette)AllBlogWed, 18 Apr 2012 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.youthministrygarage.com/blog/2012/04/18/question-for-the-community-sex-education-resources/http://www.youthministrygarage.com/blog/2012/04/09/question-for-the-community-final-days-of-youth-ministry/There is this growing movement supporting the idea of doing away with "youth ministries" and replacing them with a "parent responsible discipleship" model. Of course, we would all be thrilled if parents were the primary force in discipling their own kids. My question: Have you run across this or know of any helpful readings, podcasts, resources on this topic, etc? I can give what I consider the “run of the mill” response... no problem. But I am not equipped with surveys, data, etc.sethbartlette@me.com (Seth Bartlette)AllBlogMon, 09 Apr 2012 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.youthministrygarage.com/blog/2012/04/09/question-for-the-community-final-days-of-youth-ministry/http://www.youthministrygarage.com/blog/2012/04/09/episode-182---they-cant-all-be-winners/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.support@textrisolutions.com (Site Admin)AllEpisodeMon, 09 Apr 2012 09:05:51 GMThttp://www.youthministrygarage.com/blog/2012/04/09/episode-182---they-cant-all-be-winners/http://www.youthministrygarage.com/blog/2012/03/28/question-for-the-community-bridging-the-divide/I’m a volunteer in my church’s youth ministry. There are plenty of unchurched kids but our problem is that we don’t know how to get them connected into “big church” on Sundays. Plus the atmosphere in the midweek is too rough for some of our church parents, so they don’t want their kids coming to the midweek. How would you recommend bridging this divide?sethbartlette@me.com (Seth Bartlette)AllBlogWed, 28 Mar 2012 16:07:27 GMThttp://www.youthministrygarage.com/blog/2012/03/28/question-for-the-community-bridging-the-divide/http://www.youthministrygarage.com/blog/2012/03/26/episode-181---josh-is-running-late/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.support@textrisolutions.com (Site Admin)AllEpisodeMon, 26 Mar 2012 08:37:21 GMThttp://www.youthministrygarage.com/blog/2012/03/26/episode-181---josh-is-running-late/http://www.youthministrygarage.com/blog/2012/03/26/question-for-the-community-starting-small-groups/I’ve only been in my position for about 3 months. The previous youth pastor had fallen out of love with student ministry. We have about 130 kids in our ministry and this is my first ministry job. The majority of these students haven’t had much spiritual growth. I want to implement small groups. What is the best way to do this? In college they never taught us how to do this... so what would you suggest?sethbartlette@me.com (Seth Bartlette)AllBlogMon, 26 Mar 2012 08:00:00 GMThttp://www.youthministrygarage.com/blog/2012/03/26/question-for-the-community-starting-small-groups/http://www.youthministrygarage.com/blog/2012/03/23/question-for-the-community-growing-pains/Our youth group has grown by about 15 students over the past 3 month, taking us from 45 to 60 on a regular basis. The excitement our group has right now is awesome and it's been a blessing getting to know all of these new students. But with these new students, drama has been introduced to our group that wasn't there before. With girls now fighting over guys and trying to establish their place in our group (hostile take over style), I'm afraid that our group is going to slide backwards in regards to where thsethbartlette@me.com (Seth Bartlette)AllBlogFri, 23 Mar 2012 08:30:48 GMThttp://www.youthministrygarage.com/blog/2012/03/23/question-for-the-community-growing-pains/http://www.youthministrygarage.com/blog/2012/03/21/question-for-the-community-playlist-for-large-groups/Does anyone have a good playlist for large group nights? I’m looking for two; one for the hang out time before and after, and then another one for the games/rec time.sethbartlette@me.com (Seth Bartlette)AllBlogWed, 21 Mar 2012 10:29:00 GMThttp://www.youthministrygarage.com/blog/2012/03/21/question-for-the-community-playlist-for-large-groups/http://www.youthministrygarage.com/blog/2012/03/21/episode-180---honorary-doctorate/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.support@textrisolutions.com (Site Admin)AllEpisodeWed, 21 Mar 2012 06:41:30 GMThttp://www.youthministrygarage.com/blog/2012/03/21/episode-180---honorary-doctorate/http://www.youthministrygarage.com/blog/2012/03/19/question-for-the-community-bi-vocational-youth-ministry/I'm just recently became a bi-vocational student pastor. Any suggestions on how this should be done? I'm new at this.sethbartlette@me.com (Seth Bartlette)AllBlogMon, 19 Mar 2012 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.youthministrygarage.com/blog/2012/03/19/question-for-the-community-bi-vocational-youth-ministry/http://www.youthministrygarage.com/blog/2012/03/16/question-for-the-community-supplemental-ministry-experience-to-college/I'm an aspiring youth pastor and am currently in college for communications. I would like to hear any advice or resources you might recommend to supplement my non-ministry schooling to prepare me for the ministry. FYI, I am involved heavily as a volunteer in my church youth ministry.sethbartlette@me.com (Seth Bartlette)AllBlogFri, 16 Mar 2012 10:49:00 GMThttp://www.youthministrygarage.com/blog/2012/03/16/question-for-the-community-supplemental-ministry-experience-to-college/http://www.youthministrygarage.com/blog/2012/03/14/question-for-the-community-object-lessons/Do you know of any book or video resources for great object lessons? I love incorporating visuals into my messages and have a few of my own, but I'm always looking for more. Suggestions?sethbartlette@me.com (Seth Bartlette)AllBlogWed, 14 Mar 2012 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.youthministrygarage.com/blog/2012/03/14/question-for-the-community-object-lessons/http://www.youthministrygarage.com/blog/2012/03/12/question-for-the-community-book-of-revelation/My students really want to study the book of Revelation... crazy, right? Are there any books or studies that would make it easy for students? Honestly, do you know of any that would make it easy for me as well? This is probably the most difficult area of the Bible for me, too, so I need all the help I can get.sethbartlette@me.com (Seth Bartlette)AllBlogMon, 12 Mar 2012 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.youthministrygarage.com/blog/2012/03/12/question-for-the-community-book-of-revelation/http://www.youthministrygarage.com/blog/2012/03/09/question-for-the-community-paid-or-volunteer-worship-leader/I'm struggling to find a quality volunteer to lead our worship band on Wednesday nights. Do you recommend paying someone? Or are volunteers the way to go? Whether it's volunteer or paid then what's the best process to hire?sethbartlette@me.com (Seth Bartlette)AllBlogFri, 09 Mar 2012 10:59:00 GMThttp://www.youthministrygarage.com/blog/2012/03/09/question-for-the-community-paid-or-volunteer-worship-leader/http://www.youthministrygarage.com/blog/2012/03/07/episode-179---a-very-special-guest/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... You wouldn't be the first!support@textrisolutions.com (Site Admin)AllEpisodeWed, 07 Mar 2012 21:13:56 GMThttp://www.youthministrygarage.com/blog/2012/03/07/episode-179---a-very-special-guest/