3rd Tuesday Conversation

The ELCA Youth Ministry Network
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3TC provides opportunities to: take a break from the daily routine of ministry and grow in our vocation learn from colleagues and experts in the field participate in conversation with peers who can reflect on ministry, based on the content discussed 3rd Tuesday Conversations are open to all.

Episodes

  1. JAN 20

    Episode 86: The Loneliness Epidemic

    Our panel welcomes Dawn Trautman of Big Picture Big Purpose to this month's recording. Dawn wrote and article for the Connect Journal about loneliness and the epidemic facing our young people. In this fast moving and fun interview, Dawn and the team share ideas and ways to respond to the loneliness epidemic as church people. We think you'll learn a lot in this month's episode! 3TC Team: Veronica Britto  is a volunteer lay ministry worker at her urban congregation in Philadelphia, where she has been a member since the late 1980s. Pastor Alex LaChapelle serves at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, as well as the Sacred Space Campus Ministry at Northern Michigan University. Deacon Jessica Noonan serves as the Associate Director at LEADconnects in Houston, Texas. Pastor Paul Amlin serves as pastor at Lutheran Church of the Resurrection in Cocoa Beach, Florida.   To learn more about the ELCA Youth Ministry Network, please visit our website today.   Music provided by and licensed via www.pond5.com

    38 min

  2. 12/16/2025

    Episode 85 - A Christmas Conversation

    As the Christmas lights go up, it is easy to be caught up in the season. This is an overstimulating time. How do you set boundaries for yourself and your ministries to not burnout and collapse in the new year? Music provided by and licensed via www.pond5.com. To learn more about the ELCA Youth Ministry Network and to access resources for ministry, please visit our website today.

    36 min

  3. 11/18/2025

    Episode 84: Advent or Pre-Christmas

    The gang discusses Advent giving it the space it deserves to be perfect for family formation and fun. Also Jess has a collection of Advent Wreaths?! Happy Advent! To learn more about the ELCA Youth Ministry Network, please visit our website. Music provided by and licensed via www.pond5.com

    36 min

  4. 10/21/2025

    Episode 83: Preparing Hearts and Minds in Posture of Accompaniment

    Guest - Dr. Neil Christians, Middle School Ministry Director at Lord of Life Lutheran Church in Maple Grove, MN shares his experience and wisdom of preparing adult leaders and students for service trips with intentionality. He talks about the pitfalls when you don't prepare them in posture of accompaniment and the small wins of when they live into accompaniment more fully. To learn more about the ELCA Youth Ministry Network, please visit our website today. Music provided by and licensed via www.pond5.com

    33 min

  5. 09/16/2025

    Episode 82: What to Expect When You're Expecting a Service Trip

    3TC talked with Meggie Cross of Idaho Servant Adventures about the ins and outs of planning and leading a Servant Event Trip and what she hoped for from leaders and youth, before, during and after a trip. To learn more about the ELCA Youth Ministry Network or to become a Network+ member, visit our website today! Music provided by and licensed via www.pond5.com

    33 min

  6. 08/19/2025

    Episode 81: Churchwide Has a Fever.... and the Only Prescription is More Youth and Young Adults!

    Alex is freshly back from churchwide assembly and the panel is ready to talk about it AND what his experiences will mean for youth and young adults moving forward.   Music provided by and licensed via www.pond5.com.   To learn more about the ELCA Youth Ministry Network, visit our website today!

    38 min

  7. 07/15/2025

    Episode 80: Jesus Follower or Fan of Jesus?

    Our 3TC hosts discuss what does it mean in our ministry to be fan or follower of Jesus. Our theology informs the ministry we lead and help to create. Join the conversation! Learn more about the Network by visiting our website today. Music provided by and licensed via www.pond5.com.

    35 min

  8. 06/17/2025

    Episode 79: Ministry with Parents with Rev. Janelle Rozek Hooper

    This month, a conversation with Pastor Janelle Rozek Hooper, recorded at the Extravaganza earlier this year. She serves as the program manager for Ministry with Children for the ELCA AND directs the new grant and research initiative discussed in this episode. She shares with us some helpful insight about parents and faith in new research that was recently released. The Curious Christian Children: Reimagining Kids in Worship initiative will provide space for the best learning and integration of resources and research to help children and young people feel nurtured and supported within a worship community. The program is funded through Lilly Endowment's Nurturing Children Through Worship and Prayer Initiative, a national initiative designed to help Christian congregations more fully and intentionally engage children in intergenerational corporate worship and prayer practices. To learn more about the ELCA Youth Ministry Network, visit our website today! Music provided by and licensed via www.pond5.com.

    34 min

  9. 05/20/2025

    Episode 78: Confirmation not Graduation

    In this month's conversation, the team talks about confirmation ministry. We've all thought about it, and maybe we've even said, 'It needs to be confirmation not graduation from church!' We think this could be a great starting point for a conversation by all of our listeners and the Network. So let's have a discussion in the Network Facebook Group after you listen. What do YOU think confirmation could or should look like today? Music provided by and licensed via www.pond5.com   To learn more about the ELCA Youth Ministry Network, please visit our website today at https://www.elcaymnet.org/

    39 min

  10. 04/15/2025

    Episode 77: Is AI Okay for Ministry?

    In this month's episode, we are releasing a recording that was created in Louisville, KY during the ELCA Youth Ministry Extravaganza. Pastor Michael Jannette is one of our Lutheran experts on AI and the use of technology and his response to how to use AI in ministry may surprise you. Join the panel for a FUN and laughter filled episode to find out if AI is okay for ministry! To learn more about the ELCA Youth Ministry Network, please visit our website today. Be sure to like, subscribe and share with your friends! Music provided by and licensed via www.pond5.com

    33 min
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3TC provides opportunities to: take a break from the daily routine of ministry and grow in our vocation learn from colleagues and experts in the field participate in conversation with peers who can reflect on ministry, based on the content discussed 3rd Tuesday Conversations are open to all.

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  • Creator
    The ELCA Youth Ministry Network
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2026
  • Episodes
    10
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