How NOT To Be a Youth Pastor

As a Youth Pastor, there are some topics that might be important to cover every year. But you don't want to feel like you're preaching the same messages over and over. And I want to write all of my own sermons, but there's already so much good content out there. WHAT DO I DO?!?

 

Join Kyle and Derek as they talk about finding strategic and impactful ways to plan out their content and curriculum in ministry.

Churches, and specifically youth ministries, love doing events. Grab some pizza and games, and invite all your friends! But what happens when you have an event you've done forever, or maybe only once, that you don't want to do anymore? If the event was good last time, should you automatically do it again? On today's episode, Kyle and Derek break down some of the best ways to kill something that may, or may not, be working well for you.

"Purity Culture" was well-intentioned, but has done a lot of damage to how students growing up in the church view sex. Often times, it leads to a warped view of sex that lasts well into marriage. Join Kyle and Derek as they break down the myths and try to start a healthier conversation about what God designed sex to be.

Shepherding students through the transition from kids ministry to youth ministry is important. The transition from youth ministry to whatever comes next is maybe even more important. Join Kyle and Derek as they talk about how to do these transitions well!

Kyle and Derek talk about how power and influence become idols for pastors, and how they lead to public falls from grace that we unfortunately see all too often in ministry.

On today's episode, Kyle and Derek discuss Biblical literacy in today's teenagers, which Bible translations to read (or not to read), and how to encourage students to dive deeper into the Word.

On today's episode, Kyle and Derek talk about playing games in youth ministry. We'll discuss why they're important, as well as some of our favorite games that we play with our students!

On today's episode, Kyle and Derek answer listener questions about preparing sermons as a Youth Pastor. If you have questions that you would like to have answered on a future episode, reach out at hownottobeayouthpastor@gmail.com.

On our last episode, we talked about longevity in ministry. Today, Kyle and Derek dive into how to keep things fresh once you've been doing it a while.

Ministry often sees a high turnover rate, but there's a lot of value to longevity in ministry. On today's episode, Kyle and Derek talk about why longevity is so important, and some ways that Youth Pastors can avoid burnout.