CUEcast

Mark Edwards returns today with another inspiring story of how hymns have sustained him and his family through some of life's most trying times. As YouthCUE seeks to create healthy soundtracks in teenager's lives, we need to keep in mind how the beauty of hymns can be used to provide powerful permanent underpinnings for students growing up quickly to become adults.

Dr. Molly Marshall is the new President of United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities in St. Paul, Minnesota. Molly returns to CUEcast today to continue discussing with Randy the possibilities, challenges, and blessings of helping students discern vocational calls to ministry.

Dan Jean is a frequent writer on the YouthCUE website and also in our monthly newsletter. Dan was also a guest in some of our early CUEcast episodes. A retired Methodist minister now living in upper Washington State, Dan has a way of discerning the most relevant issues and providing us timely inspiration. Today, Dan's latest piece, titled POLYRHYTHMN, will inform, inspire, comfort and encourage.

Today, Randy wraps up his introduction of the Communique series. In this episode, we will discuss the four forms of communication that demand our constant attention as we stay on the cutting edge of ministry with today's teens. There is a ton of material to cover, so let's get started.

Dr. Tim Lyles is the Minister of Music and youth choir director at Southland Baptist Church in San Angelo, Texas. A long-time participant in YouthCUE events with his student choirs, Tim is creative on many levels in his ministry with teenagers. Today, Tim talks about some of his favorite student choir music, along with a new concept he has pioneered, called CONVERGE.

Matt Allen is an attorney and a YouthCUE alumnus living in San Antonio. You may have read some of Matt's writings in the YouthCUE newsletter, or perhaps you heard earlier episodes written by Matt. Today's episode, THE HINGES OF HISTORY, encourages us to be true to ourselves and to pursue our passions with energy, gratitude, humility, and confidence. When we unapologetically express our God-given gifts, the world around us changes for the better and a little bit of history is made for the good.

Strong leadership cannot exist apart from clear vision. In today's episode, Randy provides an array of examples of how visionary leaders have changed the world around them for the better. We'll also learn how we can enrich our own visions for the vocational work we do. Remember, it is our communication skills that provide freight for this vision among the people we serve.

Mark Edwards begins a monthly series on hymns, how we read them, how we study them, how we sing them, and how they change our lives. This episode spotlights the hymn O WORSHIP THE KING.