Join Ben as he talks about how to become everyone's favorite teammate. Student Pastors serve in a unique role where they lead a team and serve on a team as well. Ben gives practical tips and warning signs to help become the teammate everyone wants on their team. Show Notes and Quotes: What ...
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Hey, student minister! Let’s take a 1 question survey: Q: In your line of ministry work, who is on your “first team?” A:___________________ If you had asked me this question 4 years ago, I would have had a very different answer, I might have said my family or my volunteers, but when it ...
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Welcome to the beginning of another year, and the perfect time to hit the reset button on some weekly practices that will help you maximize your leadership and stay organized throughout the year. Please don’t think of these as the standard New Year’s resolution plans, but rather a set of practices ...
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Join Ben and Zac Workun as they take a reflective look back at 2020 and remember some of the most meaningful lessons they learned. Show Notes and Quotes: What were some of the things you learned over the last year? The challenges brought forth some really cool things in youth ministry and ...
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There are ten million details that go into planning an event, and if we’re being honest, it is one of the most stressful parts about working and serving in student ministry. In fact, the amount of time we spend planning and creating would probably far surpass the amount of time we spend with ...
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Join Ben and John Paul as they talk about different kinds of students in your ministry and how they are like some of the reindeer. Show Notes and Quotes: When you see a student that the world overlooks, realize the calling on their life by God, and begin to live in that calling, there is not ...
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How do you keep the Great Commission at the forefront of your ministry when you can't go? Dave MacNeill, Manager of Student Partnerships and Ministry for Operation Christmas Child, and Ben discuss ways that you can still be globally-focused right now. Dave also shares the Gospel-focus of Operation ...
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Join Ben and John Paul as they talk with Wil Moore, Global Student Pastor at Long Hollow Baptist in Nashville, TN. about Foundations for student ministry and how their discipleship plan has made a huge impact on their student ministry. Show Notes and Quotes: Discipleship has humbled me. It ...
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Have you ever had one of those teachers that didn’t like for students to ask questions? Maybe they didn’t want to slow down their lecture or they didn’t have the humility to gasp that someone might not understand what they’re teaching. Regardless, when a hand went up, they weren’t too keen on ...
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Welcome to December 2020. The last month of this calendar year and the advent of a new year. Before you finish your Christmas shopping or savor your cider with a movie, pause and do one more scan of your ministry. For some of your students, this is not the most wonderful time of the year. I saw ...
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