In this trailer, we introduce the Making Sense of Ministry podcast - a podcast presented by the Youth Ministry Institute. We give you a taste of this podcast- what you can expect in each episode and clips from our first four episodes.
At YMI we understand the challenges you face in youth ministry, children's ministry, and family ministry. We know what it is like to feel overwhelmed or underprepared. We know the diverse situations that full-time, part-time, and volunteers experience. With our vast network of experts and our many years of experience, we believe that through this podcast we can help you lead well in your ministry, transform lives, and impact generations.
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Hey new friends. My name is Brian Lawson and I am the host of a brand new show called the Making Sense of Ministry podcast. The Making Sense of Ministry podcast is a show presented by the Youth Ministry Institute. So who is this podcast for? The Making Sense of Ministry podcast is for any person who serves a local church, especially those who serve in youth or children's ministries. It really doesn't matter if you serve full time, part time or as a volunteer because we understand you and we understand the struggles that you've experienced. So if you've ever struggled in ministry or you've ever been unsure on how to handle a situation, maybe you felt overwhelmed by all the pieces of ministry or you are, the person feels a deep sense of calling, but at times feels underprepared to live out that call. If you are looking to lead well, transform lives and impact generations and gain, some practical tools along the way, then this is the podcast for you. Our episodes will contain interviews, practical tools, quick wins that you can implement in your ministry immediately and the occasional time of Q& A. If you want to grow in your leadership so that you can transform lives and impact generations in a more meaningful way, then go ahead and subscribe to this podcast so that you can be one of the first to join the making sense of ministry community. To close out episode zero of the making sense of ministry podcast- here are a few clips of our upcoming interviews.
Kirsten Knox:
That's one of the greatest tools we have that is underutilized, that we can help students navigate anxiety, depression, loneliness. Not that we can fix that for them, but we can help them navigate it by giving them permission to feel the way they feel.
Mike Toluba:
I remember him back when I was in youth ministry, one of the things that, uh, really made an impression on me was our, our youth minister really had this philosophy of not just building us, um, up as disciples during our teenage years, but really setting a foundation for lifelong discipleship.
Savannah Rogers:
I think the biggest challenge right away, um, was the fact that there were really no young adults or young people. And so finding volunteers because a lot of older adults didn't think they could volunteer or that they were able to or, um, were even confident in themselves to volunteer. And so I think that was the most challenging thing to begin with.
Annette Johnson:
Kids are mostly gonna come up to their own parents and say, can I, you know, can I X, Y, Z? Can I go do the, you know, the comb station or can I, whatever. But as time moves and as relationships are formed, you'll see your kids asking other adults because they, they're not a stranger to them. They are a familiar person who they know, cares about them, who they know is part of their life. Um, you know, so they might be going up, you know, Hey, Mr. Brian, can I help you with the comb? Um, and, and so you, you really create family within your church.
Brian Lawson:
Well, do you want to know more about what they said? We hope you do. We are very excited about this podcast and we hope that you will subscribe to the Making Sense of Ministry podcast as we seek to help you make sense of this thing, we call ministry.