103 episodes

The Youth Ministry Podcast is a conversation covering key youth ministry topics with top practitioners and thinkers, designed to help youth workers reflect on their practice and flourish as leaders.

Limitless Youth Ministry Podcast Tim Alford

    • Religion & Spirituality
    • 4.8 • 21 Ratings

The Youth Ministry Podcast is a conversation covering key youth ministry topics with top practitioners and thinkers, designed to help youth workers reflect on their practice and flourish as leaders.

    Episode 98: Exploring Spiritual Temperaments - Sarah Whittleston  

    Episode 98: Exploring Spiritual Temperaments - Sarah Whittleston  

    If you ever feel like you’re going against the grain of your personality, or trying to fit into someone else’s skin when you pray, then this is a conversation that could transform your life with God! 🙌

    We sit down with Sarah Whittleston, Director of Elim Prayer, to talk about how understanding our own ‘spiritual temperament, or prayer personality, can enable us to connect with God in fresh, authentic and deeper ways. 🙏



    We discuss… 

    … the Activist: Loving God through confrontation and action ✅

    … the Ascetic: Loving God in solitude and simplicity ✅

    … the Caregiver: Loving God by loving others ✅

    … the Contemplative: Loving God through adoration and meditation ✅

    … the Enthusiast: Loving God with mystery and celebration ✅

    … the Intellectual: Loving God with the mind and understanding ✅

    … the Naturalist: Loving God in nature ✅

    … the Sensate: Loving God with the senses ✅

    … the Traditionalist: Loving God through ritual and symbol ✅

    So which one are you? Listen in to find out! 😀

    Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever else you listen. 🎧 Enjoy! 



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    Episode 97: Unanswered Prayer - Pete Greig

    Episode 97: Unanswered Prayer - Pete Greig

    Pete Greig is the founder of the 24-7 Prayer movement, and author of God on Mute: Engaging the Silence of Unanswered Prayer. We sat down with Pete to wrestle with the mystery of unanswered prayer. 🙏

    We cover a lot of important ground in this conversation, including…

    … why our prayers go unanswered ✅

    … when God intervenes miraculously, and when he doesn’t ✅

    … the importance of faith in prayer ✅

    … the Dark Night of the Soul ✅

    … how to live faithfully in the tension of unanswered prayer ✅

    and loads more! 

    This is a conversation that will speak deeply to every single one of us, as well as equipping us to have those challenging yet oh-so-necessary conversations with our young people. 👌

    Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever else you listen. 🎧 Enjoy! 



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    Episode 96: Creative Prayer - Becca Dean

    Episode 96: Creative Prayer - Becca Dean

    Becca Dean is the Tutor in Youth Ministry at Ridley Hall in Cambridge, and author of Be Live Pray: Get in Touch with a Great Prayer Life. We sat down with Becca for a compelling conversation about creativity in prayer. 💃🙏
    There is so much food for thought here, including…



    … how understanding our unique ‘intelligences’ can help us to pray ✅

    … why prayer is an embodied practice, not just a cerebral one ✅

    … the importance of play and space in a life of prayer ✅

    … how the creative arts can be vehicles for prayer ✅

    … the joy of exploring practices of prayer from the breadth of Christian tradition ✅

    and loads more! 

    If you find prayer difficult, this is a conversation that will help you overcome barriers and explore a new, richer life with God. Don’t miss it! 🙌

    Also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever else you listen. 🎧 Enjoy! 



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    Episode 95: A Call to Prayer - Josh Green

    Episode 95: A Call to Prayer - Josh Green

    Welcome to the first episode of the newly renamed Limitless Youth Ministry Podcast! 🙌We’re launching into a brand new series that’s dedicated to prayer, kicking off with a challenging and inspiring discussion with Josh Green from 24-7 Prayer Youth. 🔥 



    There’s loads to chew over here, including…

    … why ‘prayer’ is not necessarily what you think!  ✅

    … why prayer is so important in the life of the believer ✅

    … what to do when prayer feels boring ✅

    … how to develop a life-giving rhythm of prayer ✅

    and why we’re dedicating year to calling people to pray! 

    When it comes to prayer, we’re all life-long students, so we pray this conversation inspires you to level-up your life with God in the year ahead. ↗️

    Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever else you listen. 🎧 Enjoy! 

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    • 1 hr 4 min
    Happy Christmas! 🎄 (and some exciting news for 2024!)

    Happy Christmas! 🎄 (and some exciting news for 2024!)

    We wrap up the year with a short episode of the pod to wish all you heroic youth workers a very happy Christmas, and to unveil some exciting plans for 2024! 🤩

    So well done for everything you have given to serve Jesus and young people this year. May you hear the resounding voice of the Father saying, "Well done, good and faithful servant!" 👏❤️

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    Episode 93: Presence-Centred Youth Ministry - How are Young People Transformed? #6 - Craig Brotherston

    Episode 93: Presence-Centred Youth Ministry - How are Young People Transformed? #6 - Craig Brotherston

    In the final part on our series on leading transformational youth ministries, we unpack the reality that there is no transformation without his presence. So if we want a transformational ministry, we must have a presence-centred ministry. 🔥 



    That’s why we’re delighted to welcome the brilliant Craig Brotherston to the Pod, to discuss…

    … the key things we must do to build a presence-centred youth ministry ✅

    … how to help young people move from apathy to passion  ✅

    … how to do this with unchurched young people ✅

    … equipping young people to live presence-centred lives ✅

    and loads more! 

    This is a conversation that is sure to inspire your heart as much as it stimulates your thinking. So get ready! 🤯😇

    Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever else you listen. 🎧 Enjoy! 



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    • 49 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
21 Ratings

21 Ratings

Kljamali ,

Really helpful and relevant

It is so good to hear a leadership podcast based in UK that provides such helpful insights.

Oli Deeks ,

A great podcast for youth leaders

I listen to a lot of youth ministry podcasts and I believe this podcast is up there with the best!

Tim does a wonderful job leading Limitless and has lots of insight and experience in Youth Ministry.

The podcast covers relevant topics to any youth workers - employer or volunteers. I would highly recommend this pod and look forward to more content in the future.

Keep up the awesome work and thanks for everything you do!

Oli Deeks

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