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001: 4 Tips for Discipling Teenagers
001: 4 Tips for Discipling Teenagers October 30, 2025 / 16:27 / E1 Every youth pastor wants to help students grow in their faith, but how do you know when it’s really happening? In
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002: How to Train Your Small Group Leaders
002: How to Train Your Small Group Leaders October 30, 2025 / 23:56 / E2 Great small group leaders don’t just lead discussions — they build trust, ask good questions, and actually
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003: Getting Your Ministry More Organized
003: Getting Your Ministry More Organized October 30, 2025 / 29:30 / E3 Between sermon prep, volunteer training, and everything else on your plate, ministry can get chaotic fast. I
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008: When Students Are Distracting
008: When Students Are Distracting January 13, 2026 / 38:26 / E8 Distractions are a normal part of student ministry—but that doesn’t mean they have to derail your night. In this ep
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009: How to Get Some Rest!
009: How to Get Some Rest! January 27, 2026 / 66:44 / E9 Rest can feel surprisingly difficult in ministry—especially when the work never really slows down. In this crossover episod
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011: Student-Led Outreach Ideas
011: Student-Led Outreach Ideas February 24, 2026 / 34:46 / E11 Encouraging teenagers to engage in outreach can feel complicated—some feel uncomfortable about sharing their faith,
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012: Making Your Environment More Welcoming
012: Making Your Environment More Welcoming March 10, 2026 / 51:17 / E12 You’ve worked hard all week to prepare a great lesson, but how much thought have you put into your physical
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013: Helping Teenagers Grow Outside of Church
013: Helping Teenagers Grow Outside of Church March 24, 2026 / 52:04 / E13 If we want students’ faith to stick throughout the week—not just during your weekly program—we have to th
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014: What to Do About Apathetic Students
014: What to Do About Apathetic Students April 7, 2026 / 53:10 / E14 When students keep showing up but seem spiritually disengaged, it can leave leaders wondering if anything is re
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015: What We Wish We Knew Before We Got Into Ministry
015: What We Wish We Knew Before We Got Into Ministry April 21, 2026 / 60:11 / E15 When you’re starting in ministry, it’s common for leaders to feel simultaneously excited and comp
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016: How to Leave Your Ministry Well (Crossover)
016: How to Leave Your Ministry Well (Crossover) May 5, 2026 / 56:23 / E16 Leaving a ministry role can feel overwhelming—full of mixed emotions, hard conversations, and uncertainty
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017: Church After Graduation
017: Church After Graduation May 19, 2026 / 45:43 / E17 Graduation season can stir up every possible emotion. You’re proud of your seniors, but you may also be wondering if the fai
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018: Student-Led Worship Teams
018: Student-Led Worship Teams June 2, 2026 / 61:24 / E18 Leading a student-led worship team can feel risky—you want meaningful moments, but you also worry about mistakes, awkward
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019: How to Plan a Terrible Mission Trip
019: How to Plan a Terrible Mission Trip June 16, 2026 / 56:05 / E19 Mission trips have the potential to shape students for a lifetime—but without thoughtful preparation, they can
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020: Prepping Students for College
020: Prepping Students for College June 30, 2026 / 51:47 / E20 Graduation is one of the biggest transitions a student will ever experience. As they leave the familiarity of youth m
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021: A More Strategic Parent Ministry
021: A More Strategic Parent Ministry July 14, 2026 / 65:46 / E21 Ministry to teenagers will always, necessarily involve ministry to parents. But building a healthy parent ministry
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022: Where to Get New Ideas Each Week
022: Where to Get New Ideas Each Week July 28, 2026 / 73:54 / E22 Coming up with fresh ideas week after week can be exhausting. Between planning programs, games, events, messages,
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023: Behind the Scenes of Grow Students Curriculum
023: Behind the Scenes of Grow Students Curriculum August 11, 2026 / 62:21 / E23 Behind every series we create at Grow are months of planning, collaboration, biblical study, creati
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024: Pastoring Girls (When you're a guy)
024: Pastoring Girls (When you’re a guy) August 25, 2026 / 54:11 / E24 Wanting to invest well in every teenager in your ministry doesn’t mean you need to be every student’s primary
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025: How to Partner with Local Schools
025: How to Partner with Local Schools September 8, 2026 / 55:03 / E25 Your church might have a great youth ministry, great volunteers, and great programming—but there are teenager
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026: How to Make Your Games More Fun
026: How to Make Your Games More Fun September 22, 2026 / 61:32 / E26 Games can sometimes get treated like filler before the “important” parts of youth group, but the right game ca
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027: Our 10 Favorite Halloween Ideas this Year
027: Our 10 Favorite Halloween Ideas this Year October 6, 2026 / 42:10 / E27 Halloween is a great excuse to do something a little spooky, creative, and fun with your students. In t
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028: 3 Questions to Ask When Ministering to Neurodivergent Students
028: 3 Questions to Ask When Ministering to Neurodivergent Students October 20, 2026 / 68:27 / E28 Youth ministry is full of environments that can be loud, unpredictable, highly so
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010: 3 Interactive Teaching Strategies
010: 3 Interactive Teaching Strategies February 10, 2026 / 57:33 / E10 Teenagers don’t disengage because they don’t care—they disengage when teaching feels passive. In this episode
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004: 4 Ways to Start Conversations with Teenagers
004: 4 Ways to Start Conversations with Teenagers November 18, 2025 / 22:42 / E4 Making genuine connections with students isn’t always easy. Awkward silences, dead-end questions, a
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007: Merry Christmas from YMA!
007: Merry Christmas from YMA! December 23, 2025 / 02:14 / E7 Merry Christmas from the Youth Ministry Answers team! In this short holiday episode, Brooklyn and Damean take a moment