Tim's youth group played Marco Polo and thought about the sabbath. Tom's youth group thought about church and Tom made a rookie error. Tim and Tom discuss training leaders. If you have a question, or suggestion, email us: hello@youthgrouppodcast.com Get more podcast resources at https://tomfrench.com.au/youthgrouppodcast Find more from Tom at https://tomfrench.com.au. Find Tim's other podcast, Family Perspectives here: https://www.trinitycity.church/resources/podcasts/ AI made us a rhyming summa...
Aug 13, 2025•47 min•Ep. 86
In this rerun, Chris and Tom share their best youth group activities. Also: Jesus Christ Gotta Save Them All - https://youtu.be/dt0kRJX_jR4 Send your questions and suggestions to hello@youthgrouppodcast.com Find more from Chris at https://chrismorphew.com and from Tom at https://tomfrench.com.au
Aug 06, 2025•40 min•Ep. 85
Tim's youth group started looking at the book of Mark and played a Mark Twain inspired game. Tom's youth group went trampolining. Tim and Tom discuss recruiting leaders. If you have a question, or suggestion, email us: hello@youthgrouppodcast.com Get more podcast resources at https://tomfrench.com.au/youthgrouppodcast Find more from Tom at https://tomfrench.com.au. Find Tim's other podcast, Family Perspectives here: https://www.trinitycity.church/resources/podcasts/ AI made us a boring summary: ...
Jul 30, 2025•55 min•Ep. 84
Nude people, food laws, mass killings, and zombies. The Bible has some weird and tricky stuff in it. It can be tempting to teach the easy stuff, but this week you get to hear a seminar from Tom, and hear why there is also youth ministry gold in the Bible passages you may rather avoid. To get Tom's books head to https://tomfrench.com.au/books If you have a question email us: hello@youthgrouppodcast.com Get more podcast resources at https://tomfrench.com.au/youthgrouppodcast No AI description toda...
Jul 24, 2025•58 min•Ep. 83
The lives of teenagers are going to be profoundly changed by AI. What role does youth ministry have to play in discipling youth as they engage with AI? Tom and Ed Sowden chat about AI. It's promises and dangers, and how to help youth navigate the new realities of AI. The Search Engine Episode Tom was talking about: https://www.searchengine.show/playboi-farti-and-his-ai-homework-machine/ Made In Our Image, the book: https://matthiasmedia.com.au/products/made-in-our-image?variant=41331889569878 Se...
Jul 16, 2025•43 min•Ep. 82
Lauren, Alex, and Tim reflect on the term that has been and look forward to what is coming up. If you have a question, or suggestion, email us: hello@youthgrouppodcast.com Get more podcast resources at https://tomfrench.com.au/youthgrouppodcast Find Tim's other podcast, Family Perspectives here: https://www.trinitycity.church/resources/podcasts/ AI Made us a Description: Join Lauren, Alex, and Tim as they dive into the highs and lows of youth group leadership. From the chaos of youth camps to th...
Jul 11, 2025•43 min•Ep. 81
*The original upload was missing about 15 precious minutes. In a gift to humanity, the whole episode is now here* Tim's youth group went balloon stomping. Tom's youth group ate pancakes and played games. If you have a question, or suggestions, email us: hello@youthgrouppodcast.com Get more podcast resources at https://tomfrench.com.au/youthgrouppodcast Find more from Tom at https://tomfrench.com.au. Find Tim's other podcast, Family Perspectives here: https://www.trinitycity.church/resources/podc...
Jul 04, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 80
Chris Morphew is back to talk about camps, youth group, and returning to a youth group left. Tom's youth group ate dinner and had prayer workshops. If you have a question, or thoughts on pancakes and youth ministry, email us: hello@youthgrouppodcast.com Get more podcast resources at https://tomfrench.com.au/youthgrouppodcast Find more from Tom at https://tomfrench.com.au. Find Chris's stuff at https://chrismorphew.com AI made us a boring summary: In this episode of the Youth Group podcast, hosts...
Jun 25, 2025•38 min•Ep. 79
Tim's youth played Dungeons on Dragons and pretended to be at McDonalds. Tom's youth group combined with other youth groups. The Coles and Woolies mud cake is $6.60. Matthew Dicks on the Knowledge Project can be found here: https://fs.blog/knowledge-project-podcast/matthew-dicks/ If you have a question, or thoughts on politics and youth ministry, email us: hello@youthgrouppodcast.com Get more podcast resources at https://tomfrench.com.au/youthgrouppodcast Find more from Tom at https://tomfrench....
Jun 18, 2025•47 min•Ep. 78
Tim's youth group played a creative and very niche game, and talked about 1 Timothy. Tom's group had dinner, and talked about prayer. If you have a question, or insight into the price of cake, email us: hello@youthgrouppodcast.com Get more podcast resources at https://tomfrench.com.au/youthgrouppodcast Find more from Tom at https://tomfrench.com.au. Find Tim's other podcast, Family Perspectives here: https://www.trinitycity.church/resources/podcasts/ AI made us a boring summary: In this episode ...
Jun 11, 2025•48 min•Ep. 77
Alex's youth group did Ready, Steady, Cook and learnt about Mary and Martha. Tom's youth had a feast frenzy and didn't talk much about Zacchaeus. If you have a question, suggestion, or slow cooker recipe, email us: hello@youthgrouppodcast.com Follow Alex's Youth Group here: https://www.instagram.com/darebinpresbyterianyouth/ Find more of Tom's stuff here: https://tomfrench.com.au Get more podcast resources at https://tomfrench.com.au/youthgrouppodcast AI made an episode summary for us: In this e...
Jun 04, 2025•41 min•Ep. 76
Lauren's youth group did a Psalm Pslam and looked at Psalm 42. Tom's youth group had a talent night. An angry listener emailed us... twice. If you have a question, suggestion, or amazing youth ministry story, email us: hello@youthgrouppodcast.com Get more podcast resources at https://tomfrench.com.au/youthgrouppodcast AI made an episode summary for us: In this episode of the Youth Group podcast, Tom French and Lauren Mahaffey discuss their experiences in youth ministry, focusing on creative teac...
May 28, 2025•37 min•Ep. 75
Tim's youth group got deep into the women in ministry trickiness. Tom's youth group went away to VCYC and had a great time, despite losing a kid. If you have a question, email us: hello@youthgrouppodcast.com Get more podcast resources at https://tomfrench.com.au/youthgrouppodcast Find more from Tom at https://tomfrench.com.au. Find Tim's other podcast, Family Perspectives here: https://www.trinitycity.church/resources/podcasts/ AI made us a boring summary: In this episode of the Youth Group Podc...
May 21, 2025•51 min•Ep. 74
Alex's youth group turned three, had a party, and talks about the dying girl and bleeding woman. Tom's youth group did some Bible workshops in a 90's church/Apple store. Correction: Limbo did not originate in voodoo but funeral rites in Trinidad and Tobago. Tom had no idea what he was talking about. You can learn all about it in the episode 'Limbo: The Haunting Backstory of Getting Low' from the excellent and dearly departed podcast, Every Little Thing . Listen to the episode here: https://open....
May 14, 2025•53 min•Ep. 73
Tim's youth group played a Bunnings/Star Wars game and looked at 1 Timothy. Tom's went for a run and looked at how Ehud and the fat king teaches us about the Bible. If you have a question, email us: hello@youthgrouppodcast.com Get more podcast resources at https://tomfrench.com.au/youthgrouppodcast Find more from Tom at https://tomfrench.com.au. Find Tim's other podcast, Family Perspectives here: https://www.trinitycity.church/resources/podcasts/ AI made us a boring summary: In this episode of t...
May 07, 2025•40 min•Ep. 72
Mike McGarry, author of A Biblical Theology of Youth Ministry, joins Tom to talk about how to run a youth group that is theological without being boring. Mike is also our first ever international guest, which means we're really in the big leagues now. If you have a question, suggestion, or just want to make us feel better about ourselves, email us: hello@youthgrouppodcast.com Get more podcast resources at https://tomfrench.com.au/youthgrouppodcast You can find more from Tom at https://tomfrench....
Apr 23, 2025•57 min•Ep. 71
Tim and Tom chatted about the best books, podcasts, movies, and TV shows for your youth ministry, just like the title says. Full list of the resources mentioned down below. If you have a question, suggestion, or more resources for us to check out, email us: hello@youthgrouppodcast.com Get more podcast resources at https://tomfrench.com.au/youthgrouppodcast You can find the previous best books episode here: https://share.transistor.fm/s/98b383c0 AI made an episode summary for us: Tom and Tim shar...
Apr 16, 2025•49 min•Ep. 70
Alex's youth group had a hot cross bun bracket competition and kept talking about Luke. Lauren's crew slightly changed a game to not be offensive and finished off Galatians. If you have a question, suggestion, or amazing youth ministry story, email us: hello@youthgrouppodcast.com Get more podcast resources at https://tomfrench.com.au/youthgrouppodcast AI made an episode summary for us: In this episode of the Youth Group Podcast, Lauren and Alex discuss their experiences leading youth groups, par...
Apr 09, 2025•28 min•Ep. 69
Jocelyn Bignill from All Saints, Petersham joined to share about her youth group, and their culture of prayer and leadership support. Tom's youth group had a night about the future and Shark Tank. If you have a question, suggestion, or amazing youth ministry story, email us: hello@youthgrouppodcast.com Get more podcast resources at https://tomfrench.com.au/youthgrouppodcast Find more from Tom at https://tomfrench.com.au. You can listen to more Jocelyn on the Centre for Christian Living Podcast (...
Apr 02, 2025•46 min•Ep. 68
Alex's youth group had a Lego Masters night, Tom's talked about friendship and ate pizza. If you have a question, email us: hello@youthgrouppodcast.com Get more podcast resources at https://tomfrench.com.au/youthgrouppodcast Find more from Tom at https://tomfrench.com.au. Alex doesn't have a website so you can't find her anywhere. AI made us an episode summary: In this episode of the Youth Group Podcast, hosts Tom and Alex discuss their recent youth group activities, focusing on lessons from Luk...
Mar 26, 2025•21 min•Ep. 67
Tim's youth group learnt about Jeptha and how not to make stupid vows. Tom's group talked about romance and went to a big youth event. If you have a question, email us: hello@youthgrouppodcast.com Get more podcast resources at https://tomfrench.com.au/youthgrouppodcast Find more from Tom at https://tomfrench.com.au. Find Tim's other podcast, Family Perspectives here: https://www.trinitycity.church/resources/podcasts/ AI made us a rather dull summary: In this episode of the Youth Group Podcast, h...
Mar 19, 2025•46 min•Ep. 66
This week you get an interview with Tom recorded at the Wimmera Easter Convention 2023 with Paul McCrohan. We'll be back to regular programing next week. To get Tom's books head to https://tomfrench.com.au/books Sign up for the Ridley Children's and Youth Ministry Training Day: https://www.ridley.edu.au/event/childrens-and-youth-ministry-training-day-from-little-things/ If you have a question email us: hello@youthgrouppodcast.com Get more podcast resources at https://tomfrench.com.au/youthgroupp...
Mar 12, 2025•56 min•Ep. 65
Alex and Tom did a Photo Scavenger Hunt together. Alex's husband did a talk about Jesus. Sign up for the Ridley Children's and Youth Ministry Training Day: https://www.ridley.edu.au/event/childrens-and-youth-ministry-training-day-from-little-things/ If you have a question email us: hello@youthgrouppodcast.com Get more podcast resources at https://tomfrench.com.au/youthgrouppodcast Find more from Tom at https://tomfrench.com.au. AI Made Us a Summary: In this episode of the Youth Group Podcast, To...
Mar 06, 2025•40 min•Ep. 64
Tim had a chilled out afternoon at youth group where the girls did MMA and everyone ate a bucket of curry. Tom took his churches youth on camp and they got rid of phones and electricity eventually. Sign up for the Ridley Children's and Youth Ministry Training Day: https://www.ridley.edu.au/event/childrens-and-youth-ministry-training-day-from-little-things/ If you have a question email us: hello@youthgrouppodcast.com Get more podcast resources at https://tomfrench.com.au/youthgrouppodcast Find mo...
Feb 26, 2025•44 min•Ep. 63
Tom chats to world-famous author Chris Morphew, who got his start right here on The Youth Group Podcast . Chris is shamelessly promoting his new book, which he wrote only for the money and to fulfill hie contractual obligations. (Community users have disputed some of this information.) Get Worth It: Following Jesus When Life Feels Complicated here - https://www.thegoodbook.com.au/worth-it If you have a question email us: hello@youthgrouppodcast.com Get more podcast resources at https://tomfrench...
Feb 24, 2025•37 min•Ep. 62
Lauren leant into Valentine's Day with some love song lip-sync battles, and Tom's had some prayers get answered, not always how they wanted. Sign up for the Ridley Children's and Youth Ministry Training Day: https://www.ridley.edu.au/event/childrens-and-youth-ministry-training-day-from-little-things/ If you have a question email us: hello@youthgrouppodcast.com Get more podcast resources at https://tomfrench.com.au/youthgrouppodcast Find more from Tom at https://tomfrench.com.au....
Feb 20, 2025•34 min•Ep. 61
Tim went away on retreat with his leaders and then ran youth group while half asleep. Tom fed a lot of people and launched a (slightly) gamified year-long prayer activity. If you have a question email us: hello@youthgrouppodcast.com Get more podcast resources at https://tomfrench.com.au/youthgrouppodcast Find more from Tom at https://tomfrench.com.au. Find Tim's other podcast, Family Perspectives here: https://www.trinitycity.church/resources/podcasts/
Feb 13, 2025•38 min•Ep. 60
Meet the new hosts, hear about the start of the year, and the time Tom called a girl at youth group fat, twice. If you have a question email us: hello@youthgrouppodcast.com Get more podcast resources at https://tomfrench.com.au/youthgrouppodcast Find more from from Tom at https://tomfrench.com.au.
Feb 06, 2025•35 min•Ep. 59
Chris is back, just so he can leave again. Tom has the gossip about the future of the podcast and he had his last week of youth group. Chris bought plane tickets like a rich man. If you have a question, have a segment idea, or want to suggest a podcast host, email us: chrisandtomsyouthgrouppodcast@gmail.com Get more podcast resources at https://tomfrench.com.au/youthgrouppodcast Find more from Chris at https://chrismorphew.com and from Tom at https://tomfrench.com.au.
Dec 13, 2024•36 min•Ep. 58
Tom chatted to Josh Daniel from Canterbury Gardens Community Church about their water games and how to graduate year 12s. If you have a question or want to be a guest, email us: chrisandtomsyouthgrouppodcast@gmail.com Get more podcast resources at https://tomfrench.com.au/youthgrouppodcast Find more from Chris at https://chrismorphew.com and from Tom at https://tomfrench.com.au.
Nov 28, 2024•52 min•Ep. 57
