by Brent Aiken | Oct 27, 2022 | Administration, Discipleship, Evangelism, Future Ministry, Leadership, Leaving A Ministry, Next Gen Ministry, Planning, Podcast, Student Ministry, Youth Ministry
Calling Out The Called with Shane Pruitt | SMC Podcast | Episode 077 While ministry can be incredibly challenging to walk in and “be successful”, our call is to reach out to the students that are in our communities. However, some of us might be called to...
by Brent Aiken | Sep 22, 2022 | Calendar, Family, Future Ministry, Leadership, Mental Health, Personal Life, Planning, Podcast, Schedule, Spiritual Health, Student Ministry, Vision & Mission, Youth Ministry
Calendar Boundaries with Jerry Varner | SMC Podcast | Episode 072 Youth Ministries can be a place of tons of spiritual engagement, fun activities and a whole slew of camps/trips/other events… but is there such thing as too much on calendar? Can it affect the way...
by Brent Aiken | Aug 18, 2022 | Evangelism, Future Ministry, Planning, Podcast, Relationships, Student Ministry, Vision & Mission, Youth Ministry
Finding Common Ground with Blake Durham | SMC Podcast | Episode 067 Relationships are a large part of student ministry and how we work to bring the message of the Gospel to the students and people around us. Sometimes the connections can be found fairly easy that can...
by Brent Aiken | Aug 11, 2022 | Administration, Evangelism, Future Ministry, Groups, Leadership, Lessons & Curriculum, New Youth Pastors, Parent Ministry, Planning, Podcast, Schedule, Student Ministry, Student Ministry Team, Vision & Mission, Youth Ministry, Youth Ministry Team
Building a Youth Ministry with Kevin McMachen | SMC Podcast | Episode 066 While many of us walk into a church with a youth program that is already started, sometimes we aren’t so lucky. What happens when you walk into a church that doesn’t have a youth...
by Brent Aiken | Jul 14, 2022 | Future Ministry, Leadership, Mental Health, Mission Trips, Personal Life, Podcast, Relationships, Retreats, Spiritual Health, Student Ministry, Youth Ministry
A Quick Encouragement with Brent Aiken | SMC Podcast | Episode 062 It is the middle of Summer and things might have caught up to us! With both of our hosts being knee deep in mission trips and church camps this month, they didn’t have a guest fit the lineup for...
by Brent Aiken | Jul 7, 2022 | Administration, Evangelism, Events, Family, Future Ministry, Groups, Leadership, Lessons & Curriculum, Parent Ministry, Planning, Podcast, Relationships, Schedule, Student Ministry, Student Ministry Team, Vision & Mission, Youth Ministry, Youth Ministry Team
Simple Student Ministry with Devin DiGuilio | SMC Podcast | Episode 061 It can be very easy to fall into the tiring practice of finding the newest games, trends and everything else that can lead to comparison in Youth Ministry but what would happen if we didn’t...