Student Ministry Connection Steve Cullum

We've all been there... You're teaching a group of teenagers, but one or more of them aren't paying attention. Frustrating, right? So how do we teach in a way that draws teenagers in and encourages them to engage rather than being distracted by their friends' phones or more. On this episode of Student Ministry Connection, Steve is joined by Mike Haynes to discuss how to captivate students' attention and keep it throughout your talk. 
Sponsor for this episode of podcast: G Shades - https://gshades.org (Use code CONNECTION to save 10% off your next order). 
Purchase a copy of Life Through the Lens of the Gospel by Mike Haynes - https://amzn.to/432h2B5  
Links referenced in this episode: 
Follow Mike on Instagram @mikeehaynes  
Follow Mike on Facebook @mike.haynes1  
Learn more about Mike on previous episodes: 32, 55, and 93.  
Learn more about Steve's ministry with NNYM at http://nnym.org/stevecullum  
Sign up to get Steve's newsletter at https://bit.ly/cullumnewsletter  
Support the ministry by giving online at https://bit.ly/cullumsupport  
Contact Steve about partnerships, speaking, coaching, or consulting at https://bit.ly/cullumcontact  
Read Steve's blog at https://stevecullum.com  
Follow Steve on Twitter: https://twitter.com/stevecullum  
Follow Student Ministry Connection on Instagram: https://instagram.com/studentministryconnection  
Be sure to join us in prayer for revival every Wednesday at 11am PT, 12pm MT, 1pm CT, 2pm ET. 
Attend GLS Next Gen 2024 for only $99 with the NNYM partner code SMT24NXTGEN. Register today at www.nnym.org/gls. 
Get a copy of the Cards Christians Like card game and their other games by using the link https://bit.ly/cardschristianslike and also support Student Ministry Connection. 
Note: Some of the links above are affiliate links. By clicking them, Steve may receive commission to support this ministry. 
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How did you get started in student ministry? And what are you doing to raise up the next generation of leaders? On this episode of Student Ministry Connection, Steve talks about how he got started and also provides some resources that we think will really help us in raising the next generation of leaders that will come after us.
Links referenced in this episode: 
Leadership Pathway - https://leadershippathway.org 
LeaderTreks - https://www.leadertreks.org 
Ignite Youth Leadership - https://www.igniteyouthleadership.org 
GLS Next Gen - www.nnym.org/gls 
Use the discount code SMT24NXTGEN to get the $99 rate for GLS Next Gen! 
Listen to the Free Refills Podcast, where Steve talked about OC24 - http://nnym.org/podcast 
Learn more about Steve's ministry with NNYM at http://nnym.org/stevecullum  
Sign up to get Steve's newsletter at https://bit.ly/cullumnewsletter  
Support the ministry by giving online at https://bit.ly/cullumsupport  
Contact Steve about partnerships, speaking, coaching, or consulting at https://bit.ly/cullumcontact  
Read Steve's blog at https://stevecullum.com  
Follow Steve on Twitter: https://twitter.com/stevecullum  
Follow Student Ministry Connection on Instagram: https://instagram.com/studentministryconnection  
Be sure to join us in prayer for revival every Wednesday at 11am PT, 12pm MT, 1pm CT, 2pm ET. 
Sponsor for this episode of podcast: G Shades - https://gshades.org (Use code CONNECTION to save 10% off your next order). 
Purchase a copy of Life Through the Lens of the Gospel by Mike Haynes - https://amzn.to/432h2B5  
Get a copy of the Cards Christians Like card game by using the link https://bit.ly/cardschristianslike and also support Student Ministry Connection. 
Note: Some of the links above are affiliate links. By clicking them, Steve may receive commission to support this ministry. 
Subscribe on your favorite podcast app, including these listed below:  
Apple Podcasts 
YouTube 
Podbean 
Spotify 
Amazon Podcasts 
Pandora 
TuneIn Radio 
If you like what you hear, be sure to like, subscribe, share, and comment! Thanks, be sure to get connected, and may God bless your ministry!   
 

Are you here for it? This question was posed at The Orange Conference 2024, and throughout the event, we had main stage and workshop speakers helping us understand how God is here for it and how we can be here for it in order to reach this next generation for Christ. On this episode of Student Ministry Connection, Steve is joined by several conference attendees to talk about who was here for them and how they plan to be here for it. 
Links referenced in this episode: 
Learn more about Orange Conference at https://theorangeconference.com 
Free Refills Podcast, where Steve will soon appear talking about OC24 - http://nnym.org/podcast 
Learn more about Steve's ministry with NNYM at http://nnym.org/stevecullum  
Sign up to get Steve's newsletter at https://bit.ly/cullumnewsletter  
Support the ministry by giving online at https://bit.ly/cullumsupport  
Contact Steve about partnerships, speaking, coaching, or consulting at https://bit.ly/cullumcontact  
Read Steve's blog at https://stevecullum.com  
Follow Steve on Twitter: https://twitter.com/stevecullum  
Follow Student Ministry Connection on Instagram: https://instagram.com/studentministryconnection  
Be sure to join us in prayer for revival every Wednesday at 11am PT, 12pm MT, 1pm CT, 2pm ET. 
Sponsor for this episode of podcast: G Shades - https://gshades.org (Use code CONNECTION to save $20 off your next order). 
Purchase a copy of Life Through the Lens of the Gospel by Mike Haynes - https://amzn.to/432h2B5  
Get a copy of the Cards Christians Like card game by using the link https://bit.ly/cardschristianslike and also support Student Ministry Connection. 
Note: Some of the links above are affiliate links. By clicking them, Steve may receive commission to support this ministry. 
Subscribe on your favorite podcast app, including these listed below:  
Apple Podcasts 
YouTube 
Podbean 
Spotify 
Amazon Podcasts 
Pandora 
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If you like what you hear, be sure to like, subscribe, share, and comment! Thanks, be sure to get connected, and may God bless your ministry!   
 

How do we transition students well from kids ministry to student ministry? How do we walk with parents during this time? And how do we come alongside families during this time of high anxiety? On this episode of Student Ministry Connection, Jay Reynolds joins Steve to share how he and his church have created a seamless transition in their ministry and how we can do that as well. 
Links referenced in this episode: 
• Follow Jay on Instagram: https://instagram.com/reynoldsjay 
• Email Jay: jayr@gethope.net 
• Learn more about Steve's ministry with NNYM at http://nnym.org/stevecullum 
• Sign up to get Steve's newsletter at https://bit.ly/cullumnewsletter 
• Support the ministry by giving online at https://bit.ly/cullumsupport 
• Contact Steve about partnerships, speaking, coaching, or consulting at https://bit.ly/cullumcontact 
• Read Steve's blog at https://stevecullum.com 
• Follow Steve on Twitter: https://twitter.com/stevecullum 
• Follow Student Ministry Connection on Instagram: https://instagram.com/studentministryconnection 
Be sure to join us in prayer for revival every Wednesday at 11am PT, 12pm MT, 1pm CT, 2pm ET. 
Sponsor for this episode of podcast: G Shades - https://gshades.org (Use code CONNECTION to save $20 off your next order). 
Purchase a copy of Life Through the Lens of the Gospel by Mike Haynes - https://amzn.to/432h2B5 
Get a copy of the Cards Christians Like card game by using the link https://bit.ly/cardschristianslike and also support Student Ministry Connection. 
Note: Some of the links above are affiliate links. By clicking them, Steve may receive commission to support this ministry. 
Subscribe on your favorite podcast app, including these listed below:  
• Apple Podcasts 
• YouTube 
• Podbean 
• Spotify 
• Amazon Podcasts 
• Pandora 
• TuneIn Radio 
If you like what you hear, be sure to like, subscribe, share, and comment! Thanks, be sure to get connected, and may God bless your ministry!   

Have you ever been fired or maybe in a ministry that just wasn’t working? And then wondered how you can bounce back from that? On this episode of Student Ministry Connection, Kyle Isabelli, pastor and author of Refined by the Fire(d), shares about his experience with getting fired and how God refined him through it and eventually began redeeming it. 
Links referenced in this episode: 
Buy Refined by the Fire(d) on Amazon at https://amzn.to/4agPnRp 
Check out Kyle's website and more ways to buy his book at https://kyleisabelli.com 
Follow Kyle on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kyleisabelli 
Join the book club for A Non-Anxious Life at https://forms.gle/qQh5N49a5Fe8b9Xf7 
Register for The Orange Conference at https://theorangeconference.com 
Save 10% off your OC24 ticket by using promo code: OC24NNYM10 
Learn more about Steve's ministry with NNYM at http://nnym.org/stevecullum 
Sign up to get Steve's newsletter at https://bit.ly/cullumnewsletter 
Support the ministry by giving online at https://bit.ly/cullumsupport 
Contact Steve about partnerships, speaking, coaching, or consulting at https://bit.ly/cullumcontact 
Read Steve's blog at https://stevecullum.com 
Follow Steve on Twitter: https://twitter.com/stevecullum 
Follow Student Ministry Connection on Instagram: https://instagram.com/studentministryconnection 
Be sure to join us in prayer for revival every Wednesday at 11am PT, 12pm MT, 1pm CT, 2pm ET. 
Sponsor for this episode of podcast: G Shades - https://gshades.org (Use code CONNECTION to save $20 off your next order). 
Purchase a copy of Life Through the Lens of the Gospel by Mike Haynes - https://amzn.to/432h2B5 
Get a copy of the Cards Christians Like card game and/or their brand new game, Holy Guacamole, by using the link https://bit.ly/cardschristianslike and also support Student Ministry Connection. 
Note: Some of the links above are affiliate links. By clicking them, Steve may receive commission to support this ministry. 
Subscribe on your favorite podcast app, including these listed below:  
Apple Podcasts 
YouTube 
Podbean 
Spotify 
Amazon Podcasts 
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If you like what you hear, be sure to like, subscribe, share, and comment! Thanks, be sure to get connected, and may God bless your ministry!  
 

How do you celebrate your high school graduates? This question pops up a lot in youth ministry circles, especially in late winter and early spring. So on this quick-hit episode of Student Ministry Connection, we’re getting really practical. Steve shares what he's done over the last several years in hopes that it might help you as you think about your own way of celebrating graduates.
Links referenced in this episode: 
The Blessing by John Trent and Gary Smalley on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4971Wx8 
Learn more about The Blessing Challenge at https://www.theblessing.com/theblessingchallenge 
Starting Now by Crystal Chiang and Gerald Fadayomi on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3VlGbql 
Every Student Sent, a database of campus ministries - https://everystudentsent.org 
Register for The Orange Conference at https://theorangeconference.com 
Save 10% off your OC24 ticket by using promo code: OC24NNYM10 
Learn more about Steve's ministry with NNYM at http://nnym.org/stevecullum 
Sign up to get Steve's newsletter at https://bit.ly/cullumnewsletter 
Support the ministry by giving online at https://bit.ly/cullumsupport 
Contact Steve about partnerships, speaking, coaching, or consulting at https://bit.ly/cullumcontact 
Read Steve's blog at https://stevecullum.com 
Follow Steve on Twitter: https://twitter.com/stevecullum 
Follow Student Ministry Connection on Instagram: https://instagram.com/studentministryconnection 
Be sure to join us in prayer for revival every Wednesday at 11am PT, 12pm MT, 1pm CT, 2pm ET. 
Sponsor for this episode of podcast: G Shades - https://gshades.org (Use code CONNECTION to save $20 off your next order). 
Purchase a copy of Life Through the Lens of the Gospel by Mike Haynes - https://amzn.to/432h2B5 
Get a copy of the Cards Christians Like card game and/or their brand new game, Holy Guacamole, by using the link https://bit.ly/cardschristianslike and also support Student Ministry Connection. 
Note: Some of the links above are affiliate links. By clicking them, Steve may receive commission to support this ministry. 
Subscribe on your favorite podcast app, including these listed below:  
Apple Podcasts 
YouTube 
Podbean 
Spotify 
Amazon Podcasts 
Pandora 
TuneIn Radio 
If you like what you hear, be sure to like, subscribe, share, and comment! Thanks, be sure to get connected, and may God bless your ministry!