In this episode, Ben and John Paul continue the discussion from last episode - what your leaders must know before the new school year. This episode focuses on relationships - how to train leaders on how to build relationships with students, parents, and other leaders, and the importance of those ...
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A Parent’s Guide to Graduation
In your pursuit to make disciples of students and their families, graduation season is one of the most important. As you know, your families are experiencing a mix of emotions as they walk through these special days. For many, your window of influence is closing and you are thinking through how you ...
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How To: Ministry to Parents in the Summer
Summer is an interesting time for moms and dads. School is finally out, students are finding themselves with lots of free time on their hands, and parents are wondering what their kids are going to get into. Summer is also a time when our student ministries are ramping up for some of the largest ...
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Episode 24: Ministry TO Parents or Ministry WITH Parents? There’s a Difference.
In this episode Ben and John Paul are joined by Jeff Pratt to discuss the role that parents play in student ministry, the role student ministry leaders play in leading both students AND parents, and the importance of allowing parents to be involved in the ministry.
About Jeff ...
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Building a Winning Team
A student pastor is a leader of teams. This is true in every context and in every church size. Sure, there are some “Lone Ranger” type student pastors out there that want to do everything on their own but they usually don’t last long and they aren’t doing true biblical ministry. Just as the ...
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Key Players
I’ve been waiting for this day since November. It is a day on the calendar that marks the beginning of a new season. In the middle of the bitter cold for much of the country, this day reveals something warmer on the horizon. To many, today is just another day, but for the baseball fan you know today ...
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What Parents Really Need from You
One of the most talked about issues in student ministry over the last ten years has been parent ministry. You may be one of the thousands of student ministers who asked the question regularly, “how can I better connect with my parents?” It is definitely a question worth asking and when you figure ...
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Episode 5: Key Relationships – Part 2
In the fifth episode of the Lifeway Student Ministry Podcast, Ben and Chris continue the discussion of the key relationships you should have in your student ministry. The final two of the five key relationships are covered.
About Ben Trueblood
Ben Trueblood serves as the Director of ...
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Big Gains – Part 1: Small Groups
Your small groups can be the growth engine of your ministry. Your small group ministry, when done correctly, is the most effective way for you to connect students to your ministry, to each other, and to see them grow in their relationship with the Lord. There’s no coincidence that your small group ...
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Helping Parents Plan for Student Ministry This Year
The following post was written by Chris Swain, Director of Lifeway Student Ministry Publishing
From Disciple Now to camp to mission projects to Sunday morning snacks, the programming and details in our student ministries never seem to end. If it feels daunting to us as student ministry leaders, ...
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