The Startup Family Pastor: Recent Episodes

Jon Spallino

The Start Up Family Pastor Podcast exists to help church leaders think through student ministry and family ministry from the ground up.

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If you develop it, this may be your ministries next best resource!

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Pastor Jon spent the last 2 weeks in Quarantine which highlighted the value of having a plan, leadership, and making Q-land count.

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Pastor Jon gives 5 helpful tips on peacemaking. He quotes and uses The Peace Making Pastor by Alfred Poirier during this podcast.

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Four key principles for moving into 2021. 

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Covid is crazy and I had to do a lot of changing, researching, and organizing to navigate 2020. By God's grace, I saw growth in myself and in our ministry. Now that 2021 has rolled around, I wanted to jump back into the podcast seat and share all that I learned!

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In this episode, Jon talks about the Rona and how your family ministry can prepare. Also, he discusses a cheap option for live feed (IK Multimedia iRig Pre Mic Preamp into Tablet and Stream via Facebook)

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On this episode, Jon discusses VBS preview day, his wednesday night, and the upcoming family guides for Easter.

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On this episode, Jon covers his experience at Snowbird Wilderness Outfitters, Wednesday Night Gathering, Games, Gospel Convos and so much more!

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Hey Folks! On todays episode, Jon discusses the over all plans for the Student Ministry for their Spring semester!

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On this episode, Jon discusses what they are doing for their Student Christmas Party! Season 2 of the Startup Family Pastor begins in January! Thanks for the support!

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On this episode, Jon discusses about how a student ministry or children's ministry can partner with church plants!  

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On this episode, Jon discusses the importance of values and how to craft them for your ministry.

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On this episode, Jon discusses there big Fall night for student ministry including marshmallow guns, s'smores, and fire pit.

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On this episode, Jon talks about Resumes, common mistakes, and how to really set yourself apart. 

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On this episode, Jon talks about their Family Discipleship Guides. 

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In this episode, Jon talks about 4 questions to ask that will help create a compelling vision.

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On this episode, Jon discusses what leadership structure changes might happen when switching to a family ministry model. 

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Hey folks! On this episode, Jon discusses rebranding in student ministry and gives a few helpful tips.

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On this episode, Jon discusses the 4 qualities every family pastor needs in order to transition to a family ministry. 

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On this episode, Jon describes what is needed for a culture change to a Family Ministry Model. 

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On this episode, Jon discusses the 5 ministry lessons that can be learned from working on your lawn.

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On this episode of Startup Family Pastor, we discuss how to evaluate your summer events so that next summer will be the best summer you've ever had!

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On this episode, Jon talks about his expansion of this podcast to include his role as a family pastor. 

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On this short episode, Jon talks about some of the Camp Hacks he heard about at Camp this week. It is a short episode because he is super tired from a long week at camp!

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On this episode, Jon shares about his latest leader training, and principles on how to make it effective.

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On this episode, Jon has Michael Hux, a long time student pastor and friend, talk about his experience with preparing to do a series on depression and mental health, along with their student participation during their Schools Own the Night series (originated from Justin Knowles DYM).

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On this episode, Jon discusses how to set up a discipleship plan for your student. This is part 2. 

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On this episode of the Wednesday Night Plan, Jon discusses the games and plan for tonight's student ministry midweek. 

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On this episode, Jon gives an introduction into setting up a discipleship process for your ministry by creating a tiered discipleship system. This is part 1. 

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On this episode, Jon discusses his plans for his midweek service this week. 

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On this episode, Jon discusses his summer writing projects instead of his Wednesday Night Plan because he does not have Midweek this week!

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On this episode, Jon talks about how to develop a year-long teaching schedule. 

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On this episode, Jon talks about his grad gifts and plans for Wednesday Night, May 22. 

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On this episode, Jon discusses the 5 common mistakes student pastors make in the first year of ministry and how to avoid them. 

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On this episode, Jon shares what he has planned for his youth group that night. 

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On this episode, Jon talks about parent communication and engagement in the first 90 days of ministry.

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On this episode, Jon continues to talk about time management, administration, and budget!

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On this episode, Jon discusses time management as a part of a series focused on Time management, Administration, and Budget Balancing. 

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On this episode, Jon gives an overview of what types of questions are good for evaluating your student ministry within the first 90 days as well as, a brief understanding of setting goals in the 4-8-12 increments. 

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In this episode, Jon gives an overview of The First 90 episode list and discusses relationships that need to be fostered especially, within the first 90 days in a new ministry context.

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Hi! I'm Jon! On this episode, I provide an introduction to this podcast channel by giving an overview of why this podcast exists, who will benefit, and a brief introduction to myself. Thanks for listening!