Middle School Ministry Podcast

Whew!I had a crazy Christmas Break. I don't know about you all but, the season really needed a time to get away and rest. We got away. We almost rested.We need breaks scheduled within our calendars! In order to make it, we have to put times in our ministry calendars that allow us to get away, but also allows our students and leaders a chance to reset and come back!Here's some things I talk about in this episode:Are there normal times you can calendar to take a break from your programming?How can taking a break help your students and your leaders?Is your church culture one that would accept you taking a break from programming?If not, how can you change things up so that something different can become the break?Have any additional thoughts here? I'd love to know!Send me a message and let's connect!Mentioned on the podcast:DYM Facebook CommunityGot a middle school ministry question?Email talkingsquirrelspodcast@gmail.comNeed student ministry resources?Check out www.downloadyouthministry.comDo you listen to the Podcast? Consider leaving a review of the podcast!Social Media:InstagramTwitterFacebook

I was hanging out with our student ministry network of youth pastors here in San Antonio and my mind was BLOWN by someone I just met! He's making a huge push to partner his middle school ministry with his church's senior adult ministry! They're going on a mission trip TOGETHER this summer! Isn't that wild!? I love the intergenerational aspect of that and it really got me thinking:How can we get senior adults invested in our middle school ministry?How can we get our middle school students invested in our senior adult ministry?Senior adults have time, resources, wisdom, and Biblical knowledge that could be HUGE benefits for our ministries!How can we ask senior adults to be a vital part of discipling middle school students?Have any additional thoughts here? I'd love to know!Send me a message and let's connect!Mentioned on the podcast:DYM Facebook CommunityGot a middle school ministry question?Email talkingsquirrelspodcast@gmail.comNeed student ministry resources?Check out www.downloadyouthministry.comDo you listen to the Podcast? Consider leaving a review of the podcast!Social Media:InstagramTwitterFacebook

Chris Hargrove and I continued our conversation from a few weeks ago about how to connect with Middle School students!Here are some things to think about:Utilize social media (if your middle school parents let them have it!) to reach out to students!Make posts that encourage engagement (like polls or questions) so your student ministry social page stay in front of your students' faces!Giving away the social media reigns to a volunteer during a serviceGetting students serving with adult volunteers to help them connectWhat have been some of your go-to approaches to connecting with students and empowering your leaders to connect with students?Send me a message and let me know!Mentioned on the podcast:DYM Facebook CommunityGot a middle school ministry question?Email talkingsquirrelspodcast@gmail.comNeed student ministry resources?Check out www.downloadyouthministry.comDo you listen to the Podcast? Consider leaving a review of the podcast!Social Media:InstagramTwitterFacebook