The Youth Group Podcast
A Bunch of Youth Pastors
A bunch of youth pastors talk about their youth groups to help you think about yours. It's for youth leaders. It's for youth pastors. It's for youth group enthusiasts (that's a thing right?).
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Mar 22, 2023 • 30min
Youth Ministry vs Youth Group, Trusting Leaders, and the Power of Car Trips
Chris reflects on trusting his trustworthy leaders, Tom had some good car trips, and we chat about youth ministry being larger than youth group.Tom also plugged his trip to Soul Survivor NSW. He'll be speaking on April 18th and 21st 2023 at the night sessions (which are free!). So you should come say 'Hello' or bring your youth group for the whole time (18th-22nd April 2023). https://www.soulsurvivornsw.org.au/conference2023Find more about Chris at https://chrismorphew.com and Tom at https://tomfrench.com.au/
Mar 15, 2023 • 27min
Dead Possums, Protecting Presidents, and Bad Nights at Youth Group
Chris reflects on a below average night at youth group and Tom talks about doing nothing at youth group then boasts about his game skills.Find more about Chris at https://chrismorphew.com and Tom at https://tomfrench.com.au/
Mar 9, 2023 • 33min
Building Rapport and a Trip to Adelaide (with special guest Tim Blagg)
Chris and Tom chat about building rapport and we meet Tim Blagg from Trinity Network, Adelaide as our first ever guest.Find more about Chris at https://chrismorphew.com and Tom at https://tomfrench.com.au/
Mar 2, 2023 • 24min
Small Groups Format, Power Point Karaoke and Being Good at Your Job
Chris asks about the best format for small groups and tells us how PowerPoint Karaoke went. Tom boast about how amazing he is at his job.Find more about Chris at https://chrismorphew.com and Tom at https://tomfrench.com.au/
Feb 22, 2023 • 23min
The Benefits of Long Term Ministry and Chaotic Small Groups
Chris played with inflatable things and had youth summarise his talk better than him. Tom ate dinner and had a chaotic small group.Find more about Chris at https://chrismorphew.com and Tom at https://tomfrench.com.au/
Feb 15, 2023 • 19min
Youth Group Birthday, Preaching Prepartion, and Prayer
Chris talks about having a birthday at youth group. Tom shares his difficulty with preparing a youth group talk by Friday. Chris attempts to pray more. Tom writes these episode notes to increase search-ability but he's not putting in enough effort to make a transcript of the episode.
Feb 8, 2023 • 23min
Games, Small Groups, and Focusing on the Wrong Thing
Tom made some bad choices last week as he was too negative in his leader feedback. Chris and Tom chat about how small groups should work and whether all youth group games should relate to the teaching.
Feb 1, 2023 • 17min
First Week of 2023 and Chris' Amazing Game
Tom's planning to talk about Jesus, Chris is planning to play a game which could be amazing or could be a disaster. The stakes are very high.
