183: Context Is King In Youth Ministry, Learn to love your where!
WE ARE BACK! Episode 183 is a kick-off to a whole new year and season of Youth Ministry Booster (with some big prizes and announcements in the works!)
After much-needed summer rest and reset the podcast is back in full force (weekly) with new content (more episodes and more media!) for you, the hard-working, fun-loving youth minister! So wherever you are while you are listening know that this team of fellow youth ministry leaders is praying for you and hoping that this little bit of humor and insight keep you boosted!
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Key Quotes and Takeaways!
- “If you can gain their heart, you can get their hand.” Will Cumby
- “There is more at stake than just the program tweaks you made for the new school year.”
- Most neighborhoods are changing, the climate and cultures are shifting in new and different ways.
- “Let me serve you without the promise of a return.”
- Expand Your Vision
- “Learn who the gatekeepers are in your community and learn to meet them at the door.”
- “Who are the most influential people in the lives of your students?” Do you know them?”
- Adjust the Depth Perception For Your Students”
- “Serving others in a new context removes the limitations of seeing the truth of your own community.”
- This is why your students need to see how God is working in other places!
- “The vision of the church needs to be expanded beyond the address of a student’s home church”
- “You are more than the show you put together or program you put on each week.”
- “We need to find ways to show up in places that students are daily.”