by Brent Aiken | Nov 20, 2023 | Administration, Bible, Discipleship, High School, Junior High, Next Gen Ministry, Planning, Podcast, Relationships, Schedule, Spiritual Health, Student Leadership, Student Ministry, Student Ministry Team, Vision & Mission, Youth Ministry, Youth Ministry Team
Faith Beyond Youth Group with Brad Griffin | SMC Podcast | Episode 130 Welcome to this week’s episode where Brent sits down with Brad Griffin, the Senior Director of Content and Research at Fuller Youth Institute, to talk about his new book called Faith Beyond...
by Brent Aiken | Nov 10, 2023 | Discipleship, Evangelism, Future Ministry, High School, Junior High, Lessons & Curriculum, New Youth Pastors, Next Gen Ministry, Planning, Podcast, Relationships, Vision & Mission
We Are Not The Endgame with Rich Brown | SMC Podcast | Episode 129 Welcome to this week’s episode where Brent sits down with Rich Brown, the president of NextGenMatters, as they talk about how we are not the end of the road when it comes to student faith...
by Brent Aiken | May 4, 2023 | Leadership, Mental Health, New Youth Pastors, Next Gen Ministry, Parent Ministry, Personal Life, Planning, Podcast, Spiritual Health, Student Ministry, Vision & Mission, Youth Ministry
Establishing Personal Values with Brandon Hair | SMC Podcast | Episode 102 In ministry often times, we are learning on the go which allows us to be fairly malleable when it comes to how we run our ministries and how we establish our beliefs. How can we work to...
by Brent Aiken | Apr 6, 2023 | Administration, Discipleship, Evangelism, Events, Future Ministry, Groups, High School, Interns, Junior High, Leadership, Lessons & Curriculum, New Youth Pastors, Next Gen Ministry, Parent Ministry, Planning, Podcast, Relationships, Schedule, Student Leadership, Student Ministry, Student Ministry Team, Vision & Mission, Youth Ministry, Youth Ministry Team
Excellence in All Things with Elles Maddry | SMC Podcast | Episode 098 While Youth Ministry can often times be labeled as chaos or rough around the edges, this often falls as a scapegoat for lacking the desire to pursue our best in all the different elements in our...
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 | May 19, 2022 | Administration, Church Staff, Evangelism, Family, Future Ministry, Groups, Leadership, Lessons & Curriculum, Next Gen Ministry, Planning, Podcast, Relationships, Student Leadership, Student Ministry, Student Ministry Team, Vision & Mission, Youth Ministry, Youth Ministry Team
Next Gen Ministry with Chris McCarthy | SMC Podcast | Episode 054 Most churches today work in what is often called “silo” ministries where each age group (children, youth, adults) all have their own ministries and meet separately outside of the Sunday...
