In The Trenches: Recent Episodes
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"In The Trenches" is a podcast by the Socal Students Assemblies of God in Southern California. This podcast is for Youth Pastor by Youth Pastors. Every other week we will be releasing new talks going over the randomness of youth ministry and the hard questions that come up in youth ministry. Our hope is that these conversation help you as a youth pastor and youth leader.
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This episode is picking up right where the guys left off with on the last episode with Theo Ryan. Going over how and why we should be developing leaders in youth ministry. We hope you enjoy todays episode.
Today Gary, Eliot and Charlie sit down with Theo Ryan and go over his passions in youth ministry. They dive in to the idea of what true leadership development looks like and more. If you have any questions about anything said today feel free to reach out to us on instagram @socalyouthpastors
Today the guys sit back down with Brett to go over Bretts passions in youth ministry. They dive in to practical ways to reach students and some different ways we can teach students about scripture. As always if you have any questions about todays episode you can reach out to us on instagram at Socal Youth Pastors.
It has been a while but the guys are back with another episode of In The Trenches. This summer has been a wild one and the guys sit down to talk about it plus how we can build momentum from summer camp. Also on the podcast today we have Brett Westerfield. We hope you enjoy this episode!
Welcome back to In The Trenches, a podcast by youth pastors for youth pastor. In this episode the guys sit down with Bank and look at his story from a youth leader to a youth pastor. We hope this episode encourages you and uplifts you!
Today the guys sit down with Joshua Bankhead to go over some crazy youth ministry moments. We hope todays episode is one that helps you and reminds you that you are not the only one that has some crazy youth ministry moments!
Today the guys sit down with Tony Orlando to recap youth convention. They will go over some of their favorite moments and look back at some wild moments of convention from the past years. If you have any questions about todays episode feel free to reach out to us at Socalyouthpastors on IG.
Today the guys sit down with Joey Leal and go over his heart in youth ministry. Looking at what really maters and what are secondary. If you have any question about todays episode reach out to us on IG @socalyouthpastors Today the guys sit down with Joey Leal and go over his heart in youth ministry. Looking at what really maters and what are secondary. If you have any question about todays episode reach out to us on IG @socalyouthpastors
In todays episode Gary, Elliot and Charlie sit down with DJ from Socal Worship Collective. They go over funny PK stories, worship, youth connection and more. If you have any question about what was talked about today please reach out to us @socalyouthpastors on IG.
The guys have another episode from the UK! In this episode they sit down with Paul Reid to go over what makes a good youth pastor and much more. If you enjoyed todays episode we would love to hear about it. You can reach us on instagram @socalyouthpastor
Thats right the guys are in the United Kingdom! In todays episode Gary, Eliot and Charlie sit down with the youth pastor from Audacious Church in Manchester, United Kingdom. We hope you enjoy todays episode and if you have any question as always you can reach on on IG at SocalYouthPastors
Thank you for running in to In The Trenches. In this episode the guys sit down with National Youth Director Josh Wellborn. We hope this is a impactful episode for you and as always if you have any questions please reach out to us on IG @socalyouthpastor
Gary, Eliot, and Charlie are back with a new episode of In The Trenches. Today they sate down with Joey Leal for a special Valentines Day episode. They go over there worst dates, funny moments of hosting Valentines Day services, and what we should be talking about on Valentines day to our students. We hope you enjoy todays episode and if you have any question please reach out to us!
In this episode Gary, Eliot, and Charlie sit down with John Zick to go over his book “Called” and what it looks like for those that are called to ministry. We hope this episode challenges and encourages you. If you have any questions or comment about todays episode you can find us on instagram @SocalYouthPastors.
The guys are back with a new episode of In The Trenches. They will go over the calendar for Socal Students in 2023 and share some practical tips on budgets as we get ready for the new year. As always thanks for taking a listen to In The Trenches podcast!
Today the guys sit down with Pastor Steven Bland from La Palma Ca. They go over this idea of raising kids while in ministry. This episode is a challenging and uplifting episode. We hope this is an encouraging listen. If you have a questions for us to go over on the podcast you can reach out to us on instagram @SocalYouthPastor
In this episode Gary, Eliot, and Charlie sit down with Tyler Clark and talk about dealing with church hurt. As always if you have questions about anything said please reach out to us on our personal IG or on our Socal Youth Pastors page.
Today Eliot Charlie and Tony sit down with Kyle Thomas from North Hills Church in Brea. In this episode the guys talk funny youth ministry stories and talk about one on one student discipleship. We hope you enjoy the episode and as always if you have questions you would like the guys to answer let us know by DM @socalyouthpastors on Instagram.
Welcome back to In The Trenches, a podcast by youth pastors for youth pastors. Today Gary, Eliot, and Charlie sit down with Austin Westlake to go over student discipleship, life at the AG national office and much more. If you have any questions about todays episode please reach out to us on instagram @socalyouthpastors.
We have a Halloween Special for you guys today! Eliot and Charlie sit down with Tony Orlando and talk about Halloween. Going over some funny Halloween stores and also if Halloween is the devils holiday and more. If you want to be featured in the podcast reach out to us on instagram at socal youth pastors.
Welcome back for another episode of In The Trenches podcast. In this episode Eliot and Charlie sit down with Yoyo, the youth alive director for Arizona. In this episode they will be going over how to effectively use social media to reach students and they answer a question of what are some things we should do and shouldn’t do in youth ministry submitted by Giovani Sanchez. Thank you for listening today and if you would like to have you question answered on the show message Socal Youth Pastors on Instagram.
Thats right season 3 of In The Trenches is finally here! The guys are back and have special guest Brooks Till joining them. In this episode Gary, Eliot, Charlie, and Brooks Till sit down and talk about campus ministry and how to best equip our students to reach their peers. If you have any questions about anything said in todays episode reach out to us on instagram at @SocalYouthPastors. Also we are wanting to answer your questions live on the show so if you have any question DM us them so we can discuss them on the next episode.
Welcome to our last episode of season 2 of In The Trenches podcast. This episode Charlie, Gary, and Eliot talk about what has been happening in their lives since Youth Convention and also talk about summer camp and planning for back to school. The team will take a short break for the summer and be back with season 3 starting in September. Like always we hope you enjoy todays podcast and we would love to answer any questions you might have. Feel free to reach out to us on Instagram @socalyouthpastor .
Today we are back with another episode of In The Trenches and Paul Reid is with us again. Last week Paul and the guys talked leadership development and today they continue that conversation. We hope you are uplifted and encouraged with todays episode. If you have any questions feel free to reach out to us on IG @socalyouthpastor.
Welcome back to In The Trenches, a podcast for youth pastors by youth pastors. Today we have a very special guest joining the podcast! The one and only Paul Reid is with Gary, Eliot, and Charlie talking about leadership development. We hope this encourages and challenges you today. If you have any questions or even topics you would like us to go over you can message us on instagram @socalyouthpastor. Love you guys and we will catch you on the next episode.
Welcome back to In The Trenches, a podcast by youth pastors for youth pastors. Today Eliot and Charlie sat down with Tim Smith from San Diego. In this episode we learn and talk about having production in youth ministry, is it important and if so why? We hope you enjoy todays podcast!
Welcome back to In The Trenches podcast! We have been out for a little while now but excited to be releasing another episode! Today Gary, Eliot, and Charlie sit down and talk about doing events with the SoCal Network vs doing them by your self. We hope todays episode was encouraging and as always if you have any questions feel free to DM @socalyouthpastors or any of the guys personal IGs.
Welcome to In The Trenches, a podcast by youth pastors for youth pastors. Today Gary, Eliot, and Charlie sit down with Agui Rojas and talk about ministering the Gospel cross cultural boundaries. We hope you enjoy todays episode and if you have any questions about the podcast feel free to reach out to us on instagram @socalyouthpastor.
Welcome back everyone, we are excited to be releasing our first episode of 2022! Gary, Eliot, and Charlie sit down and talk about how they have been since the last time they recored and also go over some tips and tricks as we kick off the new year in youth ministry. P.S. They mention some information (like dates) of when youth convention is happening this year! So make sure to get thous dates in your calendars.
Welcome back to "In The Trenches" a podcast by youth pastors for youth pastors. Today Gary, Eliot and Charlie sit down with Rick Pineda from Pacific Christian Center in Santa Maria. The layout of this episode is little different as Rick is going to be asking the boys questions instead of the other way around. We hope you enjoy todays podcast and if you have any questions feel free to reach out to us on Instagram @SocalYouthPastors
Welcome to "In The Trenches" a podcast by youth pastors for youth pastors. In todays episode Eliot, Gary, and Charlie sit down and talk youth alive. We hope todays episode challenges you and encourages you. If you want to partner with Eliot and youth alive you can reach out to him on instagram @Eliot.boyd.bland
Welcome to “In The Trenches” a podcast for youth pastors by youth pastors. Today Eliot and Charlie sit down with David Ramirez & Josh Valdivia and talk about insecurities in youth ministry. We hope the episode encourages you, if you have any questions about todays episode you can reach out to us on Instagram @socalyouthpastors Or reach out to us personally on instagram @eliot.boyd.bland @charliejheadley @joshuapaulvaldivia @crossover_hd
Welcome to In The Trenches podcast, a podcast by youth pastors for youth pastors. In todays episode Gary, Eliot, and Charlie sit down with Reggie Hill. Reggie is the young adults pastor at Journey Church. We hope todays conversation empowers and encourages you. If you have any questions about todays episode feel free to reach out to us on Instagram @SocalYouthPastors
Welcome back to "In The Trenches" a podcast by youth pastors for youth pastors. In todays episode we sit down with Elijah Lamb and go over a handful of different topics that we believe will help all of us as youth pastors and youth leaders. If you have any questions feel free to reach out to us on instagram at @SocalYouthPastors
Welcome back to “In The Trenches” podcast, a podcast by youth pastors for youth pastors. Today Gary, Eliot, and Charlie sit down with our Assemblies of God SoCal Network Superintendent. We hope todays conversations empowers and uplifts you! If you have any questions about todays episode please reach out to @socalyouthpastors on Instagram.
In this episode of In The Trenches the guys got to sit down and have a conversation with Heath Corrales the Asemblies of God DYD for Oklahoma. We hope this conversation with Heath encourages and empowers you. If you have any questons about todays conversation feel free to reach out to us on IG @SocalYouthPastors
In this episode of "In The Trenches" Gary, Eliot, and Charlie sit down with the Assemblies of God National Youth Director. We go over what it's like to be our national youth director and Josh shares some encouragement for all those youth pastors and leaders out there. If you have any questions on anything said on the podcast today feel free to reach out to us on IG @SocalYouthPastors.
Its been a while but In The Trenches is back. We are excited to release this episode called “Back To School Tips”. In this episode Gray, Eliot, and Charlie sit down and go over planning for the rest of the year. We hope you find todays podcast encouraging and helpful.
Welcome to "In The Trenches" podcast, a podcast by youth pastors for youth pastors. In Todays episode Charlie sits down with Gary & Ami Garcia and talk about being married while doing ministry. We hope todays episodes helps and encourages you. If you have any questions about anything said on the episode today feel free to reach out to us on instagram @socalyouthpastors.
Welcome to the “In The Trenches” a podcast by youth pastor for youth pastors. Today Gary and Charlie sit down with Tony Orlando and Matt Dudley. In this episode we they bring up the idea of equipping your students for evangelism. We hope todays podcast encourages and challenges you. If you have any questions feel free to reach out to us on Instagram at @SocalYouthPastors.
In this episode of “In The Trenches” Gary, Eliot, and Charlie sit down and have a conversation about rest. This is an area we believe gets over looked to often in youth ministry for youth pastors. They go over some practical ways of making sure they get rest and how they recharge.
In this episode of ‘In The Trenches” we have Joey Leal joining us to talk about getting our students from our mid week services to our Sunday morning services. We hope todays episode challenges and encourages you. If you have any questions about “In The Trenches” feel free to reach out to us on IG @socalyouthpastors.
Welcome back to In The Trenches podcast, a podcast by youth pastors for youth pastors. We are sorry for its been a while but we are back. Today we talk about some summer ideas and some new adventures that are happening in our lives. We hope you enjoy todays episode and if you have any questions about anything said you can find us on IG @socalyouthpastors
Welcome back to another episode of "In The Trenches". Today Gary, Eliot, and Charlie sit down and have a conversation about how as youth pastors and youth leaders we should handle our youth groups and students as the world starts to open back up. We hope you enjoy todays conversation and if you have any questions about todays episode feel free to reach out to us on instagram @socalyouthpastors.
In todays episode we sit back down with Solomon Joy and talked about the joys of summer camp and share some of our favorite stories about camp. There is also information about camp and when camp is happing. We hope you enjoy todays episode!
Welcome to another episode of “In The Trenches” a podcast by youth pastors for youth pastors. In today’s episode we have the social media and tech guru Solomon Joy on the show. We talk about social media strategies and how to use social media effectively.
Welcome back for another episode of In The Trenches. In todays episode we have the one and only Jimmy Gomez on the podcast. We sit down and talk about leadership development and the importance of being consentient as a leader. If you have any questions about todays podcast make sure to give us a follow on IG @Socalyouthpastors and DM us there.
In today’s episode of “In The Trenches” we sit down with Carson Cooper and Theo Ryan. Both Carson and Theo work for Radiant Church in Arizona, they both are apart of Assemblies of God in Arizona, and host a podcast together called “Ministrytwear”. We hope you enjoy today conversation with Carson and Theo. If you want to follow Ministrytwear podcast you can click the link below. Ministrytwear Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ministrytwear/id1550637746 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ministrytwear/id1550637746) Ministrytwear Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ministrytwear/ Lead Local Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lead-local-orange-county-tickets-146990716189
Welcome to the “In The Trenches” podcast, a podcast by youth pastors for youth pastors. In todays conversation we sit down with special guest JT Martinez from Purpose Church in Pomona CA and talk about what it looks like being a young leader. We hope todays conversation encourages and uplifts you. If you have any questions about the “In The Trenches” podcast feel free to message us on IG at @Socalyouthpastors.
Welcome to the “In The Trenches” podcast by SoCal student ministry’s. Today Gary, Eliot, Charlie, and special guests Corey White sit down and talk about how to deal with different traumas students are facing today. We hope todays conversation helps you and encourages you. For any more information about In The Trenches you can follow us on IG at SocalYouthPastors.
Youth ministry can be tricky at times. Especially when your ministry starts to grow and you are working with more students than ever. Today Gary and Charlie sit down with Corey White to talk about growth in youth ministry. We hope todays podcast encourages and helps you. If you have any questions about the podcast or about SoCal Student Ministry’s you can reach out to us on Instagram at @SocalYouthPastors.
Today we sit down with Eliot, Gary, and Charlie for a different style podcast. Charlie gets the opportunity to ask Eliot & Gary questions on Youth Ministry, there life, and everything else in between. We hope that todays podcast encourages you and helps you on this journey in youth ministry.
Today Gary, Eliot, Charlie and Haron Kaisa sit down to discuses if online ministry is still necessary right now in youth ministry. In this episode we will see if it's still necessary for an online presence and also looking at how we can minister to students online and in person at the same time.
Have you ever had a student ask you if you were their friend? How did you respond? Did you know how to respond? Today Gary, Eliot, Charlie, and our guest Haron sit down and go over this idea of whether or not we are friends with our students or are we their pastors?
Gen Z is a generation like no other. They are hungry to bring change to the world, they’re technology driven, and diverse. Today we sat down with Gary, Eliot, and Charlie to go over how to minister to Gen Z and how to equip them to minister to there friends.
Welcome back to In The Trenches, a podcast by youth pastors for youth pastors. Today Gary, Eliot, Charlie, and special guest Angie Garrison sit down and have a conversation on the importance of making disciples in youth ministry.
Welcome back to in the trench! Today we have Gary, & Charlie back for the first episode of the new year. In this episode they sit down and talk about the idea of planning ahead in youth ministry with special guest Christian Alvarez.
Starting off in youth ministry we might think to our self’s that we are ready and we know what we need to do to be a successful youth pastor/leader. But as times goes by we find our self’s truly not knowing everything there is to youth ministry. Today we have Gary, Eliot, Charlie, and special guest Christian Madrigal sharing what they wish they knew before jumping in to ministry.
In this podcast we are recording it in sunny San Diego at our location for Youth Convention. Today we sit down with Gary, Eliot, Charlie, and special guest Tony Orlando to talk about why camp and convention is important for our youth ministry. We hope it encourages you today and if you have any questions about the podcast or what topics you want us to go over feel free to message us at @SocalYouthPastor on IG.
We are coming closer and closer to the end of the year. And with the end of every year comes fresh and new vision for what ministry can look like for the following year. This week Gary, Eliot, and Charlie sit down to talk about effective ways to cast vision to your leadership team and staff, also sharing ways to have your team catch the vision to students.
We have all seen youth pastors come and go in youth ministry. In todays episode we are going to talk about maybe why that is and how to over come this common trend in youth ministry.
In this episode Gary, Eliot, Charlie, and special guest Corey White sit down and talk about some of the biggest “threats” youth ministry is facing.
In youth ministry not only are we called to lead the next generation but we are also called to lead leaders. This episode we are going to talk about 1) How to gain leaders & 2) How to lead leaders. We hope this episode encourages you and helps you as a leader!
The year 2020 is a year like no other. There has been racial tension, an election like no one has seen, and cancel culture roaming around. As youth pastors and youth leaders how are we supposed to respond in times like this? Today Gary Garcia, Eliot Bland, Charlie Headley and special guest Matt Dudley sit down and talk about these topics and how to lead through them.
It's safe to say COVID 19 has changed the way we all do youth ministry. Gary, Eliot & Charlie sit down and talk about wins, losses and everything in between during COVID. We hope this conversation helps and encourages you!
Welcome to the Pre-Launch of "In The Trenches" podcast by Socal Student Ministry. On this episode you will get to meet the host of the podcast and their heart behind why they started "In The Trenches". Follow Us On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/socalyouthpastors/