Tim is joined by Kids Christian Music artists Josh Goscombe ( joshgoscombe.com ) and his wife and partner in all things creative, family, and Children's Ministry, Larissa. They talk about the power of music for child discipleship, how Josh and Larissa both found themselves (and each other) in Children's Ministry, and the creative inspiration of dirty nappies. BUY THE ALBUM Josh's new album, Jesus Jivers, is out TODAY. You can buy it and previous albums at joshgoscombe.com or stream it at all t...
Oct 31, 2023•19 min•Ep. 42
Tim is joined by Dr. Ruby Holland to discuss religious identity formation in teenagers. Ruby conducted a series of case studies in Anglican Schools in Sydney and found that even those students who had a Christian faith, were far more likely to hold identity markers that aligned with a secular story of the good life, than the grand Christian narrative. Why are students failing to have a robust and convictional faith that shapes their sense of who they are and what their ideal future holds? And wh...
Oct 24, 2023•35 min•Ep. 41
So what is effective ministry? Youth Ministry Advisor Matt Bartlett joins Tim to discuss Youthworks 7 Principles of Effective Ministry. Click on through to discover more from the Youthworks Ministry Support Team and find out how Youthworks can help you have an effective youth and children's ministry in your local church. We would love to hear from you. Send your thoughts, comments, suggestions, and critiques to effectiveministrypodcast@youthworks.net . Show Notes: 7 Principles Papers ...
Oct 20, 2023•37 min•Ep. 35
Tim is joined by Dr. Joe Azzopardi, pastor at Toowoomba Central Adventist Church , to discuss the factors that express a healthy intergenerational church. Joe argues that intergenerational congregations are the ideal context for growing as disciples of Christ . It’s a bold claim and Joe explains from his PhD research why he believes this to be the case. Click on through to discover more from the Youthworks Ministry Support Team and find out how Youthworks can help you have an effective youth...
Oct 10, 2023•40 min•Ep. 39
Tim Beilharz is joined by Polly Butterworth (High School Chaplain, Abbotsleigh Anglican School) and Peter Oates (Children and Families Minister, Christ Church St Ives) to discuss how local church children's and youth ministries can partner well with Christian Schools in their area. They chat about the challenges that both local ministers and school chaplains can face in their respective roles, the misunderstandings that they face about each other, and how they can best work together. Click on th...
Oct 03, 2023•32 min•Ep. 38
Tim Beilharz is joined by Tim Scoular ( Youth Minister, Norwest Anglican Church ) to talk about how to embed doctrine into your youth ministry. Tim Scoular describes his practice of teaching a systematic theology topic at their annual Youth Camp and how the values, culture and regular practices of their youth ministry help the teenagers to remember, understand and put into practice core theologies of the Christian faith. Click on through to discover more from the Youthworks Ministry Support Te...
Sep 26, 2023•29 min•Ep. 37
Tim is joined by Meaghan Gates, Children’s Minister at St. Michael’s Cathedral, Wollongong . Meaghan shares her Flourishing Disciples Framework with six categories of age-appropriate features that may be evident in children who are disciples of Jesus. Meaghan has developed this framework in order to help ministry leaders and parents notice and nurture faith in young children. It has also provided a shared language between leaders and parents which strengthens the partnership in church and househ...
Sep 19, 2023•21 min•Ep. 36
Adam Jolliffe (Children's Ministry Advisor, Youthworks) joins Tim Beilharz to explore the "Three C's" of Children's and Youth Ministry Leadership: Care, Communication, and Coaching. Adam shares about his own ministry experience and how these three priorities will help leadership teams of any size do effective ministry. Click on through to discover more from the Youthworks Ministry Support Team and find out how Youthworks can help you have an effective youth and children's ministry in your loc...
Sep 12, 2023•27 min•Ep. 35
Bec Baines ( Accessibility Advisor, Youthworks ) and Luke Graham ( Kids and Youth Minister, St Paul's Canterbury ) join Tim Beilharz to talk about neurodiversity in our children's and youth ministry. Neurodiversity is increasingly becoming a topic that affects our young people and that churches are wanting to engage with well. From big emotions, social anxiety, and spiritually formative spaces, Bec and Luke share how churches can be welcoming and accessible places for these children and teenager...
Sep 05, 2023•31 min•Ep. 34
House Conference 2023 is upon us. In celebration we are going back in time and listening in on Rev. Dr. Tim Escott and his 2022 House Conference Paper on the book of Proverbs. The Path to Wisdom: Searching and Finding Order in Proverbs 2 explores how the wisdom literature can help us disciple young people in a world with so many competing voices on what constitutes the good life. Click on through to discover more from Youthworks Ministry Support Team and find out how Youthworks can help you ...
Aug 29, 2023•52 min•Ep. 33
House Conference 2023 is almost upon us. In celebration we are going back in time and listening in on Rev. Dr. Andrew Spalding and his 2022 House Conference Paper on the book of Ecclesiastes. Nothing New Under the Sun: Ecclesiastes as a Critique of the Postmodern Quest explores the meaning of the book of Ecclesiastes as false wisdom and how understanding this book can help us disciple our young people who are also caught up in a culture full of false wisdom. Click on through to discover more fro...
Aug 22, 2023•55 min•Ep. 32
In this pre-House Conference warm up episode, Tim Beilharz and Al James ( Youthworks ) are joined by Naomi de Vries ( Bridge Church ) to discuss the two academic papers being presented at House Conference 2023. Rev Dr Keith Condie has written about the importance of Christians expressing emotions, but rightly ordering them and directing them towards love of God and love of others. Dr Kamina Wüst has written on Song of Songs and how the passion and fidelity of love celebrated in the book is a mod...
Aug 15, 2023•39 min•Ep. 31
Many churches will include children in the main service for a least some, if not all, of the time together. But children move, call out, make noise, and act like... well, children. This week Tim answers a question from a keen but distracted adult, "How would you encourage people to persevere and love having kids in the main meeting?" To be part of a future mailbag episode, send questions to effectiveministrypodcast@youthworks.net . Click on through to discover more from Youthworks Ministry Su...
Aug 08, 2023•16 min•Ep. 30
Isaac Shumack ( Youth Minister, Toongabbie Anglican Church ) has made the move to intentionally partner more with parents in his Youth Ministry. He joins Tim Beilharz to discuss the why, the how, and what has been the fruit of intentionally doing Youth Ministry with the family in mind. Tim also chats to Al James about the benefits of the children's and youth ministry coaching offered by Youthworks. If you would like to enquire about the advising, coaching and training offered by Youthworks, plea...
Aug 01, 2023•35 min•Ep. 29
Tim Beilharz sends through the third batch of "Postcards from Nashville," a collection of short conversations with pastors, researchers and authors who presented at Intergenerate Conference 2023 at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee. In this episode we hear from: Stacey Davis ( Dallas Theological Seminary ) - Ancient Israelite intergenerational faith practices Amy Yu ( Scarborough Chinese Baptist Church ) - Intergenerational Ministry at a tri-lingual church Steve Case ( Involve Youth ; ...
Jul 25, 2023•37 min•Ep. 28
Al James chats with Tim Beilharz about Al’s recent article on discipling youth through identity struggles, the concept of “identity moratorium”, and how churches can provide a space where teens can doubt, struggle, and question the things that are most important to them. We'd love to hear from you. Send your thoughts, comments, suggestions, and critiques to effectiveministrypodcast@youthworks.net . Click on through to discover more from Youthworks Ministry Support Team and find out how Youthwork...
Jul 18, 2023•28 min•Ep. 27
Tim Beilharz sends through the second batch of "Postcards from Nashville," a collection of short conversations with pastors, researchers and authors who presented at Intergenerate Conference 2023 at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee. In this episode we hear from: Christina Embree ( ReFocus Ministry ) - Bridges and Barriers to intergenerational ministry Tony Souder ( Pray For Me Campaign ) - Establishing an intergeneration praying community around students and young people Gene Roehlkep...
Jul 11, 2023•31 min•Ep. 26
Ed Drew is the Ministry Director of Faith in Kids , a UK ministry whose heart is to see confident parents and thriving churches working together to raise children who trust in Jesus eternally. Ed was recently out in Sydney and spent time with Youthworks running and Children's Ministry Masterclass and Think Tank event. This week's episode is some of the audio from Ed's Think Tank which looked at the research showing that churches and parents must partner together to raise children to know and lov...
Jul 04, 2023•21 min•Ep. 25
Tim Beilharz sends through the first few "Postcards from Nashville," a collection of short conversations with pastors, researchers and authors who presented at Intergenerate Conference 2023 at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee. In this episode we hear from: Mimi Larson (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) - Children as full participants in the worshipping community Jason Brian Santos (Community Presbyterian Church, Lake City Colorado) - Reconciling two contrasting ways of reading inte...
Jun 27, 2023•33 min•Ep. 24
Dr. Ruth Powell, director of the National Church Life Survey (NCLS) joins Tim Beilharz to discuss the NCLS's Child Survey which hears from 8 to 14 year olds in the churches. Ruth shares data from the 2021-2022 Child Survey which answers such questions as: What do children think about church and about the Christian faith? Who do children look to as positive role models in their family and in the church? How would children like to participate in ministry in the church? The NCLS is one of the large...
Jun 20, 2023•36 min•Ep. 23
Following on from last episode, Dr. Sarah Holmes takes some Q&A about her research on the post-Covid church in the UK. What was the difference between spiritual health in the home vs. in church programs? How competent did parents feel about discipling their children? What does relational discipleship--over and above church programs--actually look like? How should the pandemic reshape our vision for youth and children's ministry long term? How did the pandemic affect both the child's and the ...
Jun 12, 2023•18 min•Ep. 22
Dr. Sarah Holmes joins the Youthworks Team to discuss her research on the post-Covid church in the UK. Sarah discusses what happened to children's ministry in the UK and the impact that had on child faith formation. However, it’s not all bad news! Sarah encourages us to look for the gifts that come from the pandemic and the ability to reimagine, recreate and rebuild a ministry that is more effective, more intergenerational, and more faith formative for children and families. From Dr Sarah Holmes...
Jun 06, 2023•31 min•Ep. 21
Rev. Suz Gorham (NSW Police Chaplin) and Josie Seto (Assistant Youth Minister, MBM Rooty Hill) are back with Al James to discuss the mental health of young people in our post-Covid world. Originally recorded after the first major lockdown in Sydney in 2020, this "lost episode" from the Under the Crown podcast series still has key insights into understanding the mental state of the young people in our churches and what youth and children's ministers can be doing to pastor them well. Youthworks Li...
May 30, 2023•25 min•Ep. 20
Rev. Suz Gorham (NSW Police Chaplin) and Josie Seto (Assistant Youth Minister, MBM Rooty Hill) join Al James to discuss the mental health of young people in our post-Covid world. Originally recorded after the first major lockdown in Sydney in 2020, this "lost episode" from the Under the Crown podcast series still has key insights into understanding the mental state of the young people in our churches and what youth and children's ministers can be doing to pastor them well. Youthworks Links: Supp...
May 23, 2023•28 min•Ep. 19
Bonus Episode with more from Trinette Stanley, Family & Life Skills Educator (Mental Health) at Anglicare . Tim and Trinette chat about some theological considerations when it comes to mental ill-health and how the gospel is uniquely equipped to speak into the lives of those who are in the midst of experiencing psychological distress. We'd love to hear from you. Send your thoughts, comments, suggestions, and critiques to effectiveministrypodcast@youthworks.net . Click on through to disco...
May 16, 2023•8 min•Ep. 21
Trinette Stanley, Family & Life Skills Educator (Mental Health) at Anglicare , joins us to discuss mental health in children and teenagers and how children and youth ministry leaders can best support young people and their families. You can reach out to Trinette by email and find out more about the work of Anglicare . Read 'Tell Me More' by Al James at Youthworks.net. We'd love to hear from you. Send your thoughts, comments, suggestions, and critiques to effectiveministrypodcast@youthwor...
May 09, 2023•37 min•Ep. 18
Alice Warren joins the podcast to talk about her new book A Godparent’s Handbook: Nurturing your godchild’s Faith for Life. Alice talks about the theology of baptism and the role of godparents in the Anglican Tradition and gives some helpful suggestions for how godparents can engage in the faith development of their godchildren through infancy, childhood and through adolescent years. A Godparent’s Handbook is available at YouthworksMedia.com and is an excellent resource for churches, family mini...
Apr 26, 2023•27 min•Ep. 17
Newly appointed Accessibility Ministry Advisor, Bec Baines, joins Tim Beilharz to discuss her new role. Bec is passionate about the inclusion of all children and youth in churches and in ministries, espeically those with additional physical and intellectual needs. Bec shares stories of where accessibility has worked well, blind spots that we may have in making inclusive and welcoming spaces, and what her hopes and dreams are for this new role at Youthworks. Click on through to discover more from...
Apr 11, 2023•33 min•Ep. 16
Recent developments in the field of neuroscience and neuropsychology have given us a depth of understanding of children’s attention spans, focus levels, the interaction of emotions and learning, and the need for a warm environment. Annemarie Rivers joins Tim Beilharz to have a conversation about these topics and the implications for children’s ministry. How do these insights help us plan teaching times and create ministry environments that facilitate effective discipleship? Click on through to ...
Mar 29, 2023•44 min•Ep. 20
Youthworks vision is to see effective youth and children's ministry in every church. In this first episode of 2023, Tim Beilharz sits down with Youthworks CEO Rev'd Craig Roberts to discuss his leadership of the organisation. The discussion includes, Craig's growing understanding of Youthworks: from the "junk room of the Diocese" to a "diverse portfolio of complementary ministries," How to manage a ministry organisation during a Covid lockdown with zero revenue, Craig's vision for the next five ...
Jan 31, 2023•46 min•Ep. 14
