
Talking Youth Ministry - A Youthscape Podcast
Join Martin, Lucy and Rachel for a weekly dive into all things youth ministry. Inspiring, fun and plenty of practical advice. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Latest episodes

Oct 17, 2022 • 46min
Megan DeWald | Stronger: growing faith in young people | Ep 231
In this final episode of the mini-series, Martin sits down with the Director of the Institute of Youth Ministry at Princeton Theological Seminary, Megan DeWald. They discuss the Forum, IYM's event, as well as what it looks like to help build long-lasting faith in young people in the run up to the National Youth Ministry Weekend. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 10, 2022 • 42min
Philip Jinadu | Stronger: growing faith in young people | Ep 230
Martin chats to Philip Jinadu, church leader of Woodlands Metro in Bristol and one of this year's National Youth Ministry Weekend contributors. They chat about long-term discipleship and look at how mentoring plays into that. Meanwhile, Rachel and Martin figure out who would win in an arm wrestle. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 3, 2022 • 45min
Daniel Eduardo | Stronger: growing faith in young people | Ep 229
Martin and Rachel delve into the world of evangelism and share some of their (more regrettable) stories from their youth. As we look toward the National Youth Ministry Weekend in November, Rachel sits down with one of our contributors, Daniel Eduardo from The Message and discuss what this year's theme means in the context of sharing our faith with young people. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 26, 2022 • 48min
Amy Orr-Ewing | Stronger: growing faith in young people | Ep 228
TW: Abuse and traumaRachel and Martin sit down to chat to another of this years National Youth Ministry Weekend contributors: Amy Orr-Ewing. Amy shares the story of the Reboot event, and the vision to equip young people to address tough questions with their friends as well as some of the difficult season she's been through over the last few years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 20, 2022 • 41min
Chris Curtis | Stronger: Growing Faith in Young People | Ep 227
Rachel and Martin are back in the new academic year with the first episode of a mini-series building up to the National Youth Ministry Weekend in November. They chat to Youthscape's CEO and one of the speakers of this years conference, Chris Curtis about the story of Youthscape and how we ended up with the this year's theme: Stronger - growing faith in young people. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 18, 2022 • 48min
YS Big Conversations Episode 10 - Talking about... Porn
ft Melinda Tankard ReistRachel sits down with Australian author, speaker, media commentator, blogger and advocate for young people, Melinda Tankard Reist. She is best known for her work addressing sexualisation, objectification, harms of pornography, sexual exploitation, trafficking and violence against women. Meanwhile, Martin and Rachel take a look back at the 'Big Conversations' season and wonder what the important topics of the future will be and how we as youth workers will need to address them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 11, 2022 • 48min
YS Big Conversations Episode 9 - Talking about Social Media
ft Lahna Pottle Martin and Rachel get hung up on a very green coat and sit down with Lahna Pottle, youth and young adults pastor from Shoebury & Thorpe Bay Baptist Church, to delve into young people's relationship with social media and the world of technology, as well as what our role as those who work with young people looks like to model healthy practice. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 4, 2022 • 47min
YS Big Conversations Episode 8 - Talking about... Evangelism
Martin and Rachel talk about Twizzle, octogenarians and sit down with Dr Lucie Shuker (from Youthscape's Centre for Research) and Dan Randall (from Hope Together) to chat about some new research all about peer-to-peer evangelism amongst young people. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 27, 2022 • 53min
YS Big Conversations Episode 7 - Talking about... Money
Rachel and Martin sit down once again to chat about how we navigate messy and murky world of money with young people. Rachel picks the brain of Shane Claiborne, author, activist and leading figure in the New Monastic movement to understand the role of young people in world changing movements. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 20, 2022 • 46min
YS Big Conversations Episode 6 - Talking about... Climate
Martin and Rachel are back from their mid-season break to chat about dynamic range, not missing bin day and most importantly, sitting down with LessWasteLaura to unpick how to have conversations with young people about the climate. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.