Youth Worker Collective Podcast

By Youth Worker Collective Podcast

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Episodes: 206

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Youth ministry is not a solo sport, but far too often youth workers feel like they have to do it alone. We are here to help with that. Every week some of the top United Methodist youth workers offer free resources from their real-world ministries. You’ll find everything from games to downloadable lessons to coaching on how to put together a budget. We hope that when you get online to work, you don’t feel like you have to do it all yourself. We want to be the first place you turn for games, lessons, ideas, coaching, and personal devotions.

Episode Date
Episode 206 - Hot Takes on Youth Ministry Games
Jun 10, 2026
Episode 205 - Summer Programming Hacks
May 27, 2026
Episode 204 - War: What Is It Good For?
Apr 28, 2026
Episode 203 - Social Media Considerations (2026 Ed.)
Apr 19, 2026
Episode 202 - Decorating Your Space
Mar 17, 2026
Episode 201 - Activism & Engagement
Feb 18, 2026
Episode 200 - Celebrating 200 Episodes!!
Jan 20, 2026
Episode 199 - TENx10
Jan 06, 2026
Episode 198 - Progressive Youth Ministry Conference
Dec 23, 2025
Episode 197 - Involving Older Adults in Youth Ministry
Dec 09, 2025
Episode 196 - Methodist Traditions
Nov 25, 2025
Episode 195 - Christmas Time's A Coming
Nov 11, 2025
Episode 194 - Heaven
Oct 28, 2025
Episode 193 - Healthy Spiritual Diets
Oct 15, 2025
Episode 192 - Conversations on Violence (Part 3)
Oct 07, 2025
Episode 191 - Conversations on Violence (Part 2)
Sep 23, 2025
Episode 190 - Conversations on Violence
Sep 17, 2025
Episode 189 - Power & Marginalization
Sep 16, 2025
Episode 188 - Back to School Checklist
Sep 11, 2025
Episode 187 - The Anxious Generation
Jun 24, 2025
Episode 186 - Parents Leading Youth Ministry
May 29, 2025
Episode 185 - Navigating Super Fandom Culture
May 14, 2025
Episode 184 - When Less People Show Up Than You Planned
Apr 29, 2025
Episode 183 - Firing Volunteers
Apr 01, 2025
Episode 182 - Rules of Youth Ministry: #3 Live Your Title
Mar 17, 2025
Episode 181 - Old Games, New Tech
Mar 04, 2025
Episode 180 - He Gets Us
Feb 17, 2025
Episode 179 - Rules of Youth Ministry: #2 Be Yourself
Feb 05, 2025
Episode 178 - Spiritual Practices for Lent
Jan 26, 2025
Episode 177 - Rules of Youth Ministry: #1 Be Easy to Work With
Jan 16, 2025
Episode 174 - Follow Up Plan
Dec 10, 2024
Episode 175 - Youth Ministry as Car Maintenance
Dec 10, 2024
Episode 176 - Back to School
Dec 10, 2024
Episode 173 - Youth Ministry Drama
Nov 26, 2024
Episode 172 - Money Talks
Oct 30, 2024
Episode 171 - Tik Tok & Youth Ministry
Oct 29, 2024
Episode 170 - Youth in Leadership
Oct 16, 2024
Episode 169 - Supporting Young Adults as First-Time Voters (Part 3 of 3)
Oct 01, 2024
Episode 168 - Church & Politics Dos & Don'ts (Part 2 of 3)
Oct 01, 2024
Episode 167 - John Wesley's Three Rules for Voting (Part 1 of 3)
Oct 01, 2024
Episode 166 - Justice, Mercy, & Faith
Sep 17, 2024
Episode 165 - Blowing Up Youth Ministry
Sep 06, 2024
Episode 164 - Insights from the Best Youth Leaders
Aug 20, 2024
Episode 163 - Conspiracy Theories and Christianity
Aug 06, 2024
Episode 162 - How to Deal with Parents of Teens
Jul 23, 2024
Episode 161 - Six Must Read Youth Ministry Books
Jul 09, 2024
Episode 160 - General Conference (Part 3)
Jun 25, 2024
Episode 159 - General Conference (Part 2)
Jun 11, 2024
Episode 158 - General Conference (Part 1)
May 28, 2024
Episode 157 - Discussing Generations
May 14, 2024
Episode 156 - A Brief History of Adolescence
Apr 30, 2024
Episode 155 - Talking Vocation with Young People
Apr 16, 2024
Episode 154 - Hidden Messages in Youth Group Games
Apr 03, 2024
Episode 153 - Seven Trends in Youth Ministry
Mar 19, 2024
Episode 152 - Embracing the Spirit
Mar 05, 2024
Episode 151 - Ministry and Tik Tok
Feb 20, 2024
Episode 150 - Revival at Asbury
Feb 13, 2024
Episode 149 - AI and Youth Ministry
Feb 07, 2024
Episode 148 - Global Christianity
Jan 23, 2024
Episode 147 - John Wesley
Jan 09, 2024
Episode 146 - How Much Denominational Identity is the Right Amount in your Youth Ministry
Dec 26, 2023
Episode 145 - Messy Games (Pros & Cons)
Dec 12, 2023
Episode 144 - Don't Get Your Tensil in a Tangle
Nov 28, 2023
Episode 143 - Systems Thinking
Nov 14, 2023
Episode 142 - Belonging...or Not
Oct 31, 2023
Episode 141 - When You Don't Like a Youth
Oct 17, 2023
Episode 140 - Starting Well
Oct 03, 2023
Episode 139 - Leaving Well
Sep 26, 2023
Episode 138 - Sacred Cows
Sep 19, 2023
Episode 137 - The Confirmation Conversation
Sep 12, 2023
Episode 136 - Failure to Launch
Sep 05, 2023
Episode 135 - Gun Violence
Aug 29, 2023
Episode 134 - Decorating Youth Space
Aug 22, 2023
Episode 133 - Pet Peeves
Aug 15, 2023
Episode 132 - Ministry Outside the Local Church
Aug 08, 2023
Episode 131 - When Attendance Drops
Aug 01, 2023
Episode 130 - Pew Research on Believing What I Believe
Jul 25, 2023
Episode 129 - Hiring Processes
Jul 18, 2023
Episode 128 - Youth & Big Church
Jul 12, 2023
Episode 127 - Worship Leadership
Jul 04, 2023
Episode 126 - Always Learning
Jun 27, 2023
Life Lessons from Wednesday Addams
Jun 20, 2023
Episode 124 - Veteran Mistakes
Jun 13, 2023
Episode 123 - Rookie Mistakes
Jun 06, 2023
Episode 122 - Teenage Emotions
May 30, 2023
Episode 121 - Inclusiveness
May 23, 2023
Episode 120 - Big Event Ideas
May 18, 2023
Episode 119 - Multi-Congregational Youth
May 10, 2023
Episode 118 - How to Fire a Volunteer
May 02, 2023
Episode117 - Conflict
Apr 25, 2023
Episode 116 - Evaluating Curriculum
Apr 18, 2023
Episode 115 - Thinking and Process
Apr 11, 2023
Episode 114 - Kick-offs & Annual Check Ups
Mar 30, 2023
Episode 113 - Growing Up
Mar 14, 2023
Episode 112 - Disaffiliation in the UMC
Mar 01, 2023
Episode 111 - Methodist Roots
Feb 07, 2023
Episode 110 - Reflect, Don't Deflect
Jan 24, 2023
Episode 109 - No Youth Ministry
Jan 03, 2023
Episode 108 - Design Thinking
Dec 08, 2022
Episode 107 - Reconnecting
Nov 22, 2022
Episode 106 - Failure
Nov 08, 2022
Episode 105 - Discipleship in Youth Ministry (Part 3)
Oct 25, 2022
Episode 104 - Discipleship in Youth Ministry (Part 2)
Oct 11, 2022
Episode 103 - Discipleship in Youth Ministry (Part 1)
Sep 27, 2022
Episode 102 - Cultiv8 & Moses
Sep 13, 2022
Episode 101 - Digital Youth Ministry (Part 3)
Aug 30, 2022
Episode 100 - Digital Youth Ministry (Part 2)
Aug 16, 2022
Episode 99 - Digital Youth Ministry (Part 1)
Aug 02, 2022
Episode 98 - Speaking Adolescent (Part 3)
Jul 19, 2022
Episode 97 - Speaking Adolescent (Part 2)
Jul 05, 2022
Episode 96 - Speaking Adolescent (Part 1)
Jun 21, 2022
Episode 95 - Admin (Part 3)
Jun 07, 2022
Episode 94 - Gun Violence
May 28, 2022
Episode 93 - Admin (Part 2)
May 24, 2022
Episode 92 - Admin (Part 1)
May 17, 2022
Episode 91 - Self-Care & Sabbath (Part 3)
Apr 27, 2022
Episode 90 - Self-Care & Sabbath (Part 2)
Mar 29, 2022
Episode 89 - Self-Care & Sabbath (Part 1)
Mar 15, 2022
Episode 88 - War & Peace
Mar 04, 2022
Episode 87 - Trips & Retreats (Part 3)
Mar 01, 2022
Episode 86 - Trips & Retreats (Part 2)
Feb 16, 2022
Episode 85 - Trips & Retreats (Part 1)
Feb 01, 2022
Episode 84 - Keeping Volunteers (Part 2)
Jan 18, 2022
Episode 82 - Christmas Eve for the Youth Worker
Dec 21, 2021
Episode 83 - Keeping Volunteers (Part 1)
Dec 20, 2021
Episode 81 - Crash Courses in Youth Ministry
Dec 07, 2021
Episode 80 - Fundraising (Part 2)
Nov 23, 2021
Episode 79 - Fundraising (Part 1)
Nov 09, 2021
Episode 78: Planting Seeds
Sep 28, 2021
Episode 77 - Finding Purpose & Taking Risks
Sep 14, 2021
Episode 76 - Lifelong Learning
Aug 31, 2021
Episode 75 - Perspective & Perception
Aug 17, 2021
Episode 74 - Finding Your Voice
Aug 03, 2021
Episode 73 - Good and Faithful Servant
Jul 20, 2021
Episode 72 - Two Rooms
Jul 06, 2021
Episode 71 - Perceived Value
Jun 23, 2021
Episode 70 - Finding Rest
Jun 08, 2021
Episode 69 - Hope
May 25, 2021
Episode 68 - Velcro or Teflon
Apr 13, 2021
Episode 67 - Push Through
Mar 30, 2021
Episode 66 - Why We Do What We Do
Mar 16, 2021
Episode 65 - The Importance of Relationships
Mar 02, 2021
Episode 64 - Don't Be Afraid, Just Believe
Feb 16, 2021
Episode 63 - You Are With Me
Feb 02, 2021
Episode 62 - Global Mission Fellows Program
Jan 28, 2021
Episode 61 - Be Careful What You Ask For
Jan 19, 2021
Episode 60 - Dealing with the Unrest
Jan 08, 2021
Episode 59 - Advocating for Resources When Things Are Tight
Jun 23, 2020
Episode 58 - What Senior Pastors can do to Support Your Youth Workers
Jun 09, 2020
Episode 57 - FREE Online Resources
May 26, 2020
Episode 56 - Re-Opening Your Youth Ministry
May 12, 2020
Episode 55 - Safe Sanctuaries in a Digital World
Apr 28, 2020
Episode 54 - What About Summer
Apr 14, 2020
Episode 35 - Summer Youth Ministry Planning in January
Mar 02, 2020
Episode 01 – How Do You Recruit Volunteers?
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 02 – The Hell House Problem … What to Do
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 03 – What to do When No One Shows Up
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 04 – How to Manage Your Budget
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 05 – What to do During Thanksgiving Break
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 06 – Christmas Ideas
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 07 – Summer Mission Trip Ideas
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 08 – Evaluating Your Youth Ministry
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 09 – Spiritual Tech Tools
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 10 – The Best of YWC
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 11 – New Year’s Resolutions
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 12 – Sexual Abuse & Harassment
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 13 – When Students Date Each Other
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 14 – When Your Politics are Different
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 15 – Dealing with Death in your Community
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 16 – Cutting & Self-Harm
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 17 – What to do when a Student becomes Pregnant
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 18 – Processing Tragedy
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 19 – Helping, not Hurting
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 20 – Evaluating Confirmation
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 21 – Summer Camp Fails
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 22 – Finding a Job in Youth Ministry (Part 1)
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 23 – Finding a Job in Youth Ministry (Part 2)
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 24 – Summer Trip Life Hacks
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 25 – Longevity in Youth Ministry
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 26 – Longevity in Youth Ministry (Part 2)
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 27 – Effective Partnerships with Children’s Ministries
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 28 – Intentional Ministry to Reach Introverts
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 29 – How to Deal with the Death of a Teen
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 30 – Responding to Student Faith Questions
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 31 – How do you Approach Sexuality Education with your Group?
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 32 – Why Kids Cry Every Year at Camp; Is It Worth It?
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 33 – How to get your Students Reading the Bible on their Own
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 34 – Denominational Issues with Youth
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 36 – Evaluating Youth Ministry Curriculum
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 37 – Epic Youth Ministry Fails: Learning from Mistakes
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 38 – Spring Break
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 39 – YOUTH 2019: The National Gathering of United Methodist Youth
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 40 – Insights on Ministry with LGBTQ Youth from Veteran Youth Pastors
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 41 – Fighting World Hunger
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 42 – Making the Bible Come Alive
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 43 – What does it Mean to have a Calling?
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 44 – How to Address ‘Calling’ in Youth Ministry
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 45 – Youth Worker Self-Care
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 46 – Encouraging Volunteers
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 47 – Youth Ministry Fails
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 48 – How to Get Teenagers to Talk
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 49 – Staying Connected to Volunteers
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 50 – What’s Happening to the UMC?
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 51 – How to Talk to Teenagers about the Protocol
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 52 – Evaluating Short Term Missions
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 53 – Experiential Learning & Missions
Feb 26, 2020