Is prayer the centre of your youth ministry? How can we create a culture of prayer with a group of young people? These are the questions being asked and answered in the latest episode of the Youth Work State of Mind Podcast. Joining Ben and Dave on the podcast is Josh Green, Youth Director of 24/7 Prayer and heads up Wildfires to tackle these questions and more! Also in this episode, Josh, Ben and Dave take to the confectionary world in our feature, ‘If youth work was a box of chocolates’. Resources mentioned in this episode:God on Mute by Pete […]

Youth Work State of Mind Podcast is back with an episode looking at how to start youth ministry from scratch. In this episode, Ben and Dave are joined by Martin Saunders, the director of satellites and innovation at Youthscape, and Emma Gaze, northern England pioneer project developer at Limitless Elim. Ben, Dave, Emma and Martin […]

Youth Work State of Mind Podcast is back with an episode looking at how to create a great team of youth leaders. In this episode, Ben and Dave are joined by Susie Mapledoram, the youth work officer for Manchester Diocese, and Graeme Bigg, youth lead for the children and youth team in Leeds Diocese. As […]

Last time we told you ‘Sunday Isn’t Everything’, well for the last episode in this series of the Youth Work State of Mind Podcast, we’re looking at how to reach and engage young people during our main Sunday gatherings. How can churches use this time to best engage, inspire and encourage faith of all ages who attend their Sunday services? How do we move from ‘children’s hour services’ to true intergenerational worship? To answer these and many more questions, Ben and Dave are joined by The Bishop of Burnley Philip North and Susie Mapledoram. Also in this episode, our guests bring us their online laughs and they tackle the topic of faith against the clock in ‘Theology in 60 Seconds’. Please do subscribe, share and rate the podcast and get involved in the conversation by joining us on Instagram @youthworkstateofmind. *** Find out more about the guests in this episode:Bishop Philip NorthSusie Mapledoram Find out more about the resources mentioned in this episode:Weekly@ Free All Age Lectionary ResourceWalsingham Youth ResourcesPraxis Worship Resources

We know it’s a shocking title – and that’s the point. This bonus episode is about the language we use of ‘personal relationship with Jesus’ and how it hasn’t been as helpful as we imagined it would be. This clips was taken from the recording of our episode called ‘Sunday Isn’t Everything’ with Bryony Baker and Nick Shepherd, and in it, Ben, Bryony and Nick talk about how we can encourage young people to share their personal and often private faith in a way that encourages and uplifts us as a true Gospel community. Please do subscribe, share and rate the podcast and get involved in the conversation by joining us on Instagram @youthworkstateofmind.

We’re back with episode 7 of the Youth Work State of Mind Podcast and you know what, Sunday Isn’t Everything! In this episode we’re looking at how to reach young people during the week. Why is week-long connection with God important for our young people and what do we and don’t we do well in encouraging this? To answer these and many more questions, Ben and Dave are joined by Bryony Baker and Nick Shepherd. Also in this episode, our guests bring us their woes and wants of church life in ‘So Good So Bad’ and they tackle the topic of holiness against the clock in ‘Theology in 60 Seconds’. Please do subscribe, share and rate the podcast and get involved in the conversation by joining us on Instagram @youthworkstateofmind. *** Find out more about our guests here:Bryony BakerNick ShepherdResources Mentioned in this episode:Haverim Bible Study

We’re back with episode 6 of the Youth Work State of Mind Podcast and we’re going to be looking at Worship. How can we help young people engage in worship? How can we let our young people explore different worship styles in a way that helps their faith? To answer these and many more questions, Ben and Dave are joined by Jo Boyce and John Robinson. Also in this episode, our guests suggest Bible Characters as Bands or Music Groups and we challenge the guests to explain the Joy of the Lord in Theology in 60 Seconds. Please do subscribe, share and rate the podcast and get involved in the conversation by joining us on Instagram @youthworkstateofmind. *** Find out more about our guests here:Jo Boyce – CJM MusicJohn Robinson – Blackburn Cathedral

So you’ve done your outreach, what’s next? This is the question being discussed in this bonus episode of the Youth Work State of Mind Podcast. This conversation was taken from the recording of our Sports Ministry episode with Martin Bateman from Ambassadors Football, Joya Pal-George from Kick and Richard Witham from Scripture Union, and in it, Ben and our guests talk about how to develop outreach into lasting discipleship. Please do subscribe, share and rate the podcast and get involved in the conversation by joining us on Instagram @youthworkstateofmind.

We’re back with episode 5 of the Youth Work State of Mind Podcast and we’re going to be looking at Sports Ministry and Active Outreach. What is sports outreach? How can we use sport to share who Jesus is? To answer these and many more questions, Ben and Dave are joined by Martin Bateman, Joya Pal-George and Richard Witham. Also in this episode, our guests bring us their pleasures and peeves in So Good So Bad and we ramp up the pressure in Theology in 60 Seconds as we challenge the guests to explain ‘The Trinity’. Please do subscribe, share and rate the podcast and get involved in the conversation by joining us on Instagram @youthworkstateofmind.   ***   Check out the organisations mentioned in this episode Scripture Union Ambassadors Football Kick London

We’re all familiar with the ‘Mission Event’ but have we been using them wrong? This is the question being discussed in this bonus episode of the Youth Work State of Mind Podcast. This conversation was taken from the recording of our Evangelism episode with Dan Randall and in it, Ben and Dan talk about the best way to view mission events within youth ministry. Please do subscribe, share and rate the podcast and get involved in the conversation by joining us on Instagram @youthworkstateofmind.

We’re back with episode 4 of the Youth Work State of Mind Podcast and we’re going to be looking at Evangelism to and by young people.Why is evangelism to young people different than adults? How can we as leaders help equip our young people to evangelise their peers even though we may not feel comfortable with it ourselves? To answer these and many more questions, Ben and Dave are joined by Dan Randall, Alice Pepper and Josh Taylor.Also in this episode, our guests suggest Bible characters as dairy products and they try to explain the wonders of God’s love in our challenge feature, Theology in 60 Seconds. Please do subscribe, share and rate the podcast and get involved in the conversation by joining us on Instagram @youthworkstateofmind.

In todays episode Ben and Dave are joined by Lindsay Wright and Oli Deeks to talk about how we can use social and digital media to help reach young people with the Gospel. Also in this episode, we share some online laughs and our guests try to explain the concept of ‘being in the world but not of it’ in our Theology in 60 Seconds challenge. Please do subscribe, share and rate the podcast and get involved in the conversation by joining us on Instagram @youthworkstateofmind. Links to our online laughs below! Lindsay’s video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQes0uAp3Ks&t=481sOli’s video: https://www.instagram.com/p/CBx0AUFFiP1/?igshid=up5l5su2074x

To round out launch week, we have an interesting conversation around the topic of cancel culture. This was recorded during our Student Ministry episode with Aaron Nayagam, Katie Davies and Jonny Hubble.In this clip, we talk about the rise of cancel culture and how it affects the lives and faith of young people and students living out their faith.Please do subscribe, share and rate the podcast and get involved in the conversation by joining us on Instagram @youthworkstateofmind.

We’re back with our second episode looking at how to disciple young people. What is discipleship? How does discipling young people differ from other age ranges? Does the Church need to change its approach? To answer all these questions, Dave and Ben are joined by Rachel Gardner, LJ Warren and the Archdeacon of Lancaster David Picken.Also in this episode, Bible characters as items of confectionary and our guests tackle the subject of ‘being in Christ’ in our theology in 60 seconds challenge.Please do subscribe, share and rate the podcast and get involved in the conversation by joining us on Instagram @youthworkstateofmind.

Welcome to our first ever episode of bonus content. In this episode off the back of our student ministry episode, Ben and Dave have a conversation with Andrew Clitherow, the former chaplain at UCLAN.  Andrew gives us an insight into what chaplaincy looks like, how attitudes to the spiritual have changed over the years and what churches can do to support chaplains near them. Please do subscribe, share and rate the podcast and get involved in the conversation by joining us on Instagram @youthworkstateofmind.

In the first ever episode of the Youth Work State of Mind Podcast, we look at Student Ministry. How do we best serve students in our churches? How do we help our young people prepare for life at University? To answer all of these questions, Dave and Ben are joined by Aaron Nayagam, Katie Davies and Jonny Hubble. Also in this episode, we find out our guests loves and peeves in So Good So Bad and they take up our theology in 60 seconds challenge by trying to explain the concept of ‘Grace’ against the clock. Please do subscribe, share and rate the podcast and get involved in the conversation by joining us on Instagram @youthworkstateofmind.

It’s the official launch week of the Youth Work State of Mind Podcast and we thought we’d give you a little taster of what is to come during the next week. We hope you can join us for the whole week and the best way to do that is to subscribe to the podcast with whichever app you use so you don’t miss any of the fantastic content on offer. Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram @youthworkstateofmind so you can continue the conversation online! For more youth work resources, events and training, visit our website https://www.bdeducation.org.uk

The Youth Work State of Mind Podcast is for anyone involved or interested in Christian Youth Ministry. Expect some fun, games, challenges and practical discussion as we dive into everything the ocean of youth ministry has to offer. Youth Work State of Mind Podcast launches from 22nd-26th February 2021. To keep up to date with the podcast and for ways to interact with each episode, follow us on Instagram @youthworkstateofmind