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50 Conversations That We Would Like To Have

Aug 11, 2023 | Blog

So Many Conversations Have Yet To Be Heard

One thing we have discovered over the past several seasons of the Student Ministry Conversations podcast is this. There are so many great ideas, impactful insights and wonderful voices when it comes to student ministry out there. We are now over 100 episodes in and we have had some wonderful conversations with youth leaders sharing their knowledge to help others.

 

However we are not done. There are many conversations we have not had yet. There are things we would like to cover on this podcast that have not come up in our interviews. And so we are asking for your help.

 

Below we have listed 50 topics that we would love to have a guest talk about. Take a look at the list and see if there is a topic that you have some insight into. Or as you look, perhaps you know someone who would be great to talk about a particular topic. Then head over to our guest interview form and fill it out with between 1-3 topics you would like to speak to.

 

 

We will contact you and set up a time to interview you about being on the show.

 

Once an episode is recorded we will link back to it on this post to create a directory of these new posts.

 

That’s it! We look forward to a future conversation with you.

 

Here is our list of 50 Conversations we hope to have about Student Ministry:

  1. How to plan a successful retreat
  2. Protecting your own family time
  3. Writing your own youth ministry Bible studies
  4. Writing and selling youth ministry curriculum
  5. Common mistakes youth leaders make and how to avoid them
  6. Common mistakes youth leaders make and how to recover
  7. Building trust with parents in student ministry
  8. An Hour of little to no prep games for student ministry
  9. Sustaining a youth ministry through leader transition
  10. Knowing when it is time to leave and move on
  11. Creating and using videos for student ministry
  12. Keeping High School Seniors Engaged
  13. Student Led Student Ministry
  14. Recruiting quality long term volunteers
  15. How to evaluate student ministry curriculum
  16. Creating safe spaces for students to worship
  17. Prayer stations and experiential worship experiences
  18. Getting parents involved
  19. Merging community youth and church youth
  20. Fundraising do’s and donts
  21. Bringing 6th or 7th graders into the ministry
  22. Putting together a weekly lesson
  23. Helping church to be a priority for youth
  24. Increasing visibility of youth to the church
  25. Equipping youth to lead younger youth
  26. Helping volunteers not to burn out
  27. Working with or against busy student schedules
  28. Finding a balance between fun and learning
  29. More small church youth ministry challenges
  30. Youth ministry in a church plant with no building
  31. Setting a future direction for youth ministry
  32. Funding a ministry without always fundraising
  33. Small groups away from the church
  34. Moving from Children’s to Youth Ministry
  35. Fun ideas for youth ministry
  36. Tips for leaders of small groups
  37. Creating a scope and sequence for your ministry
  38. Helping students to share their testimony
  39. What’s wrong with youth ministry today
  40. Promoting prayer in student ministry
  41. Helping students lead Bible studies on their own
  42. Facilitating communication between students and parents
  43. Helping students through tragedy and dissapointment
  44. What is it like to be a youth?
  45. When to ask a student not to come back
  46. Apps, Tools and Sites for student ministry
  47. Creating mentoring relationships between students and adults
  48. Confirmation practices
  49. Future of Student ministry
  50. What to do when your own kid is in your own youth ministry

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Brent Aiken

Brent Aiken

Author

Brent Aiken is the Student Pastor at Wylie Methodist Church in Abilene, Texas. He has been in student ministry for the past 13 years and loves to equip the next generation of leaders to be bold in their faith and relationship with Jesus.

 

Russell Martin

Russell Martin

Author

Russell Martin is the Senior Pastor at Lake Houston UMC and the co-host of the Student Ministry Conversations Podcast. He is a gifted communicator and loves talking with and coaching student pastors through the many challenging aspects of ministry. He loves listening to other podcasts, cooking and growing plants in his own garden.

 

David Pruitt

David Pruitt

Author

David Pruitt is the Student Pastor and Worship Leader at Grace Fellowship Church in Snyder, Texas. He has been in student ministry for over a decade and loves to walk alongside students in their discovery of Jesus and parents in the discipling of their teenagers.

 

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