S1 E6: Empowering Young People

In Episode 6 of The Youth Ministry Mindset Podcast, a limited series with voices from Alpha and YDisciple, Joshua, Annie, and Jordan discuss practicals of reproducing a transformational youth ministry that empowers young people. Join us as we continue the conversation on youth ministry in a post-COVID world.

SHOWNOTES

• Give leadership roles that give youth the ability to be part of the ministry
    -Caused their faith to deepen by answering questions and seeing peers grow
• How do you do that?
• M.A.W.L.
    -Model - what does it look like to be a leader in a community?
    -Assist - be near and help the youth as you go
    -Watch - watch them, but they lead everything
    -Launch - “you got this;” affirm them
• Discipleship is like an apprenticeship, not a program
• Need to walk with them, nurture the gifts
• Invite young people to go with other parish groups
    -Give the youth opportunities to integrate into the parish
    -Ask other staff how the youth can help their mission
• Don’t put on a show; it’s a process they are part of
    -They build the thing they are benefiting from
    -Let them take ownership of the content, give options
• When young people encounter Jesus, they share that
• We need people who will give tools to have conversations and love well
• Key takeaway of how to empower the youth
    -Get out of the way and don’t take control
    -Your failure isn’t a failure
    -Need to launch disciples
    -Find other youth ministers and do it with them

REFERENCES

1. Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
2. The Woman at the Well - John 4:4

PULL QUOTES

7:50 “It’s important that we don’t think ‘Oh this is how we reproduce ourselves a million times over, so I don’t have to do anything.’ No, you are doing the work of being a discipler, and you’re integrating them to do something with you.”

12:09 “They are looking for things to integrate themselves into, and we just have to create those opportunities, and we can’t replicate jobs cause they are going to know when a job is hollow.”

31:14 “If you want to see young people who are alive in Christ, then find young people who are activated in Christ.”

HOSTS
Joshua Danis
Annie Grandell
Jordan Biere

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