S1 E6: Empowering Young People
Episode description
In Episode 6 of The Youth Ministry Mindset Podcast, a limited series with voices from Alpha and YDisciple, Joshua, Annie, and Jordan discuss practicals of reproducing a transformational youth ministry that empowers young people. Join us as we continue the conversation on youth ministry in a post-COVID world.
SHOWNOTES
- Give leadership roles that give youth the ability to be part of the ministry
-Caused their faith to deepen by answering questions and seeing peers grow - How do you do that?
- M.A.W.L.
-Model - what does it look like to be a leader in a community?
-Assist - be near and help the youth as you go
-Watch - watch them, but they lead everything
-Launch - “you got this;” affirm them - Discipleship is like an apprenticeship, not a program
- Need to walk with them, nurture the gifts
- Invite young people to go with other parish groups
-Give the youth opportunities to integrate into the parish
-Ask other staff how the youth can help their mission - Don’t put on a show; it’s a process they are part of
-They build the thing they are benefiting from
-Let them take ownership of the content, give options - When young people encounter Jesus, they share that
- We need people who will give tools to have conversations and love well
- Key takeaway of how to empower the youth
-Get out of the way and don’t take control
-Your failure isn’t a failure
-Need to launch disciples
-Find other youth ministers and do it with them
REFERENCES
- Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
- The Woman at the Well - John 4:4
PULL QUOTES
7:50 “It’s important that we don’t think ‘Oh this is how we reproduce ourselves a million times over, so I don’t have to do anything.’ No, you are doing the work of being a discipler, and you’re integrating them to do something with you.”
12:09 “They are looking for things to integrate themselves into, and we just have to create those opportunities, and we can’t replicate jobs cause they are going to know when a job is hollow.”
31:14 “If you want to see young people who are alive in Christ, then find young people who are activated in Christ.”
HOSTS
Joshua Danis
Annie Grandell
Jordan Biere
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