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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

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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 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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    Episode 92: The Purpose in Our Pain - How are Young People Transformed? #5 - Sarah Whittleston

    Episode 92: The Purpose in Our Pain - How are Young People Transformed? #5 - Sarah Whittleston

    Is there purpose in our pain?

    It’s an inconvenient truth that pain is perhaps the single greatest catalyst for transformation in our lives. That’s why we sat down with the wonderful Sarah Whittleston, who shares candidly about her personal story of walking through cancer. 

    This is part 5 in our series on transformation, in which we discuss…

    … how pain can become a catalyst for transformation ✅

    … walking with God in the mystery of unanswered questions ✅

    … the power of lament as a spiritual discipline  ✅

    … how to help young people to leverage the challenges they face for deepening spiritual maturity ✅

    and loads more! 

    Sarah’s vulnerability and compassion make for a powerful conversation that’s well worth a listen. 👂

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

    Enjoy! 

    • 1 hr 13 min

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