The YM Sidekick Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Recruiting and training volunteers has always been a challenging proposition for ministry leaders. Whether it is student ministry, Children’s ministry
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Websites are really important for your Church. And, over the years, we’ve talked a bit about website tips on the
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There is a lot that goes into guest follow up. One thing you can do is to have great guest
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Covid isn’t over but more and more churches are looking to reengage and reintroduce themselves to their community these days.
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Twitter is an amazing social media network that Christians can use to be digital missionaries. But, in order for you
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Ministry events are great and very much needed throughout the year. Christmas events, Easter events, summer, spring, fall and winter
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Ministry is a lot of programs and relationships. And that is very important. However, in order for those programs and
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We are are coming out of the pandemic now. But what happened to us, as ministers, and our mental health
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How do you start strong in a new ministry position? Stan and I have been friends in October of 2010
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The coronavirus changed so much about how Ministers operate and actually do ministry. We know this and we have adapted
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We are entering a whole new world of ministry. As Jeff Reed has said, the pandemic has pushed digital ministry
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We all want to be heard. But how do you get heard more? Contrary to popular belief or what you
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Everyone likes to get gifts. And Churches love to give them out. But what kinds of guest gifts can your
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Being a Digital Missionary is not a new option for people. It has been around for a few years now
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When the pandemic hit, most Churches and ministries were focused mainly on just creating online content. Quality was secondary. Now
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It’s officially crunch time for Easter Prep. There is one month to go before one of the biggest ministry opportunities
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Social media is a beautiful train wreck. It’s amazing that you can connect with people from all over the world.
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Social media is ever changing. What was once useful and state of the art 2 years or even 2 months
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It’s time to stop messing around and start getting serious about preparing for Easter. Hopefully you are already planning and
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When Covid hit and shut most everything down in March and April of 2020, many Churches were caught in a
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What I love about social media is that every year I discover new people that I learn from and follow.
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Follow up from a ministry event is always important. And the great thing about it is that there are a
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Creating student discipleship opportunities is a primary objective for Student Ministers. And while Christmas time is a festive and celebratory
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In the Bible it says, “Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to
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We all know what a tough here 2020 has been. We don’t need to get into how much it has
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Let’s face it, the world is not going to back to “normal”. At the time of this episode the pandemic
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Digital Discipleship can be done in a variety of ways. It doesn’t have to be done through just online groups.
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You social media community can be very diverse. But that doesn’t mean you have to confuse them with your social
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The YM Sidekick Podcast has been around for quite a few years and has been a chance for me to
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Student Ministry has changed over the years. Every decade has brought changes that have helped student ministers adapt and minister
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Communicating Next Steps is really important to do in ministry. You want people to discover how they can take a
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Ministry has changed in 2020. One of the ways it has changed is that online has become a primary method
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We are living in a new normal. Actually, every single day now we live in a new normal. So how
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Ads are really important to reach more people, especially in the area of COVID. And, for a while now, digital
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When COVID-19 happened, ministry changed instantaneously. That’s an understatement. But out of that, new things happened. I talked earlier about
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Video is so important in this digital world. Photography is very important as well. What communication tool that tends to
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Content is king! You’ve heard that phrase numerous times. And, that is true and important. But, when a pandemic come
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Discipleship is so important in ministry. It always has been important but now it has become a key emphasis in
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Phygital is the combination of physical and digital. It’s used primarily as a marketing term but has come into play
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Live Video used to be the “hot” thing on social media. However, just like everything else on social media, what
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Text messaging has always been an effective way for people to “market” and reach people. This is even true for
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In this season of ministry in which the coronavirus radically changed the way Churches do ministry, there have been lots
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In February, after over 260 episodes I took a break from doing the weekly YM Sidekick Podcast. Well now it
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For over 3 and a half years I have really enjoyed doing the YM Sidekick Podcast where I interviewed ministers
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“We were on a break” has to be one of the most popular lines in TV history. And while this
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Church Planting has been around for a very long time. Groups like Exponential, Stadia and New Thing, and Passion 4
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Adam McLaughlin has been in Church Communications for years. And so has Mark McDonald. With their wealth of experience they
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Throughout history storytelling has been key in communication. They are essential in communicating a message to people of all ages.
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Tech trends happen regularly. Some can impact your ministry in very powerful ways. In today’s podcast, Joe Radosevich from Belgium Community
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Whether you are a volunteer or a paid professions, ministry can a very rewarding. However, it can also be very
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What I love about social media is that every year I discover new people that I learn from and follow.
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Online ministry is not new. It has been around for a number of years with a variety of Churches doing
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Multi-Site Church ministry is nothing new. It has been around since at least 1990, when there were 10 multi-site Churches in
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Christmas and Easter services are two of the biggest Church services of the year. There is no doubt about it
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What happens when a single student minister, with no strings attached, gets married? Furthermore, what happens when that now married
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Your student ministry is never going to reach everyone. That is the reality. But that doesn’t mean that you have
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Having strong engagement on social media is key in so many ways for true effectiveness. The more you can create
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As a Social Media Director it can be easy to feel like you have to jump on the next best
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These days Church Online is something a lot of Churches are either doing or are contemplating doing. While it may
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Things change from generation to generation. People change from generation to generation. This is not new information. But as Gen
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In order to grow your student ministry, it has to be visible. How do you increase visibility of your student
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2020 is a few months away but I am already looking forward to it. Why? Because the Orange Conference 2020 is
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Ministry is great and there is so much great stuff that can come with God’s blessings, direction and your hard
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Sex addition is nothing new. In a world that glorifies sex in so many different ways, it can be tough
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Social Media is a great tool for student ministers to use. However, just like so many great tools, it can
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Recently Apple, Inc. had their annual fall iPhone event. It is their biggest event of the year each year. In
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Recently Carey Nieuwhof did a podcast where he talked about how we have created a completely downloadable experience for Church these days.
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When you are communicating in your ministry, are you seeking to communicate and engage with people or are you simply
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Whether it is an admin person, a part-time person or a full-time person, by God’s good graces you will have
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Having a website for your Church or ministry is so important in today’s world. Once you have it all set
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College is often viewed upon by many as some of their greatest years of their lives. I know it was
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Camp happens every year. You know when it is happening and there are things to get accomplished throughout the year
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Even though more Churches than ever have an element of Church Online these days, there are still some Lead Pastors
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What’s your end game with high school students? How can you best set up your high school students, in particular,
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Branding is so important these days. Whether it is for personal use, a small business or a Church. Your brand
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Is Vocational Student Ministry here to stay? That is a question that has been asked time and time again over
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Whether you are a Student Minister, Campus Pastor, Family Minister or Church Communicator, communications is KEY to your ministry. You
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Ministry is tough. That is why its important to take a vacation or two during the course of the year.
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The Online Ministry community is a wonderful community. They are so helpful and encouraging. Through a mutual friend, Jeff Reed,
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Unity is a key in ministry. You want unity in your leadership team, unity in those you are reaching, and
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Starting a Church is hard and it is not for everyone. But there are some people that God calls to
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“Go where kids are”. That has been the mantra of student ministry since Young Life popularized it. The basis was
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As a ministry professional, you deal with seasonal changes every year. Each season provides different opportunities for you and your
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Marketing and Ministry. While most ministers are not marketers, there is an element of marketing you do for your ministry.
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Every year in the spring comes the Orange Conference. As I have said countless times it is the ONE conference
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The 2019 Orange Conference has begun! Yesterday was a great start to the conference with some YouLead Labs and the Opening
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When we talk about using digital tools to expand your reach, it can often be misconstrued that you reach more
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Student ministers are often stereotyped as many things. Of all the stereotypes out there, very rarely will it be as
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No matter what ministry you are in, if you are head leader, you are going to need to run meetings.
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“All hands on deck!” Have you ever heard that phrase before at your Church or ministry? That usually means everyone
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Recently there have been stats that have come out that Generation Z is the loneliness generation. Why is that? It
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Every student minister wants to engage students in healthy conversation about life and faith. How do you do that where
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It is vital in today’s world to have a website that is more than just average. Whether you are a
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Easter is coming. In fact, Easter comes every single year. With Easter being one of the biggest Sundays in the
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Student Ministry Camp trips are life changing. Whether it is a weekend trip or a week long trip, they have
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There are some really creative people out there. In the entertainment world there are a lot of creative people out
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Creating community is really important in ministry. Whether you are in a physical space or online space, Churches are always
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While millennials have gotten all the attention the past few years, there has been a new generation quietly growing up.
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In ministry you have the tremendous opportunity to share about Christ. Whether it is from the pulpit or in a
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Communication is key in any profession. It is especially essential for ministry leaders. Every day there is communication that goes
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