Doug, Jess, and Josh talk about what they're scared about in the upcoming season of ministry. Doug and Jess discover that they're not particularly good at singing, and Doug reveals something big in the works coming soon!

Josh and Jessica (Doug's at summer camp!) talk about how often should volunteers receive training throughout the year.

Josh sits down with Andy Stanley to talk about youth ministry, his new book, and... a lot of other things.

Youth ministry veterans Doug Fields, Josh Griffin, and Heather Flies share some practical ways to avoid burnout and stay in youth ministry for the long haul. See the signs and symptoms, some practical solutions, as well as tips on how to avoid burnout all together!

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OK ok ok, we know it has been some time since we have recorded a new episode of the DYM Podcast.

After a year of pandemic navigating, we wanted to come on and share some learnings and encouragement for our youth ministry community.

In this special episode of the podcast (featuring YM Hacks hosts from the DYM Podcast Network) Justin and Matthew sat down some some of our friends at Samaritan's Purse who run Operation Christmas Child to talk about how youth groups can have an easy way to serve those around the world without leaving their church. We are always looking for great ways to help students realize there is more outside themselves and this is a great way to do that.

For questions or more helpful tips email [email protected]
· OCC Home Page- https://www.samaritanspurse.org/occ
· Build a Shoebox Online Page- https://www.samaritanspurse.org/buildonline/
· Vladimir’s Story (video)- https://video.samaritanspurse.org/vladimir-ps-story/

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Doug & Josh meet outside and record a quick show. Also Doug spills almost nothing about Gold Membership+

Doug, Jess & Josh talk about roles for volunteers in youth ministry during the pandemic and the need that hasn't changed: great training for your volunteers. Check out trainmyvolunteers.com for more info on the National Day of Volunteer #youthministry Training

From our podcast network ... you just can't miss!

Justin and Matthew from DYM's Youth Ministry Hacks Podcast sit down with Theo Davis, who wrote a very helpful blog post on the DYM Blog about how white your pastors can talk and help with racism. His post on Facebook has thousands of views and shares and we have a great conversation about the current state of our country and how to chat about it with students.

Theo Davis serves as the Multi-Site Youth Pastor at Restore Community Church in Kansas City, Missouri. He has worked in youth ministry for 15 years in a variety of settings which include church plants, rural churches, and mega-churches on the East Coast and now Midwest. He received his degree in Youth Ministry from Eastern University in 2008 and has continued to leverage his education with real-world experience. He and his wife Malia are huge gamers and named their kids after video game characters — Zelda & Shepherd (from The Legend of Zelda and the Mass Effect Series). Theo also loves action figures and spends his spare time developing his musical and visual art talents. Follow him on Instagram @theo_davis

Blog post:
https://blog.downloadyouthministry.com/8-things-white-youth-pastors-can-do-about-racism/

Books:
White Awake
The Color Of Compromise

The Debrief Podcast - Race, Riots and Injustice link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC5mOS1B6Ek

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Katie, Josh, Doug & Jessica chat over Zoom on some of their learnings since the quarantine took over 6 weeks ago. It's been a wild ride, and since we recorded this live with a studio audience as well we take some random Q&As at the end. Fun being together, even virtually!

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