Educate + Engage Podcast

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Educate + Engage Podcast episodes

October 26 Moving Students from Crowd to Community + with Matthew Smith
Matthew Smith shares practical tips and techniques to help you move students from crowd to community, based on his How-To Guide on EducateandEngage.com.
If your platform doesn't automatically start the video, look for the link that allows you to switch to video. For any issues, email .
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33 min
September 29 Building a Parent Communication Plan + with Seth Boyte
Seth Boyte shares practical tips and techniques, including available resources, to help you build a parent communication plan, based on his How-To Guide on EducateandEngage.com.
If your platform doesn't automatically start the video, look for the link that allows you to switch to video. For any issues, email [email protected].
Find all your youth worker resources at EducateandEngage.com
30 min
August 24 Creating a Safe Environment in Student Ministry + with Jeremy Stafford
Jeremy Stafford tackles a tough topic, sharing practical tips and techniques on how to create a safe environment in student ministry, based on his How-To Guide on EducateandEngage.com.
If your platform doesn't automatically start the video, look for the link that allows you to switch to video. For any issues, email [email protected].
Find all your youth worker resources at EducateandEngage.com
30 min
August 06 How to Follow Up with a First-Time Guest + with Derek Borders
Derek Borders shares some great tips and techniques on how to follow up with a first-time guest, based on his How-To Guide on EducateandEngage.com. Enjoy this episode and foster a connecting, caring culture that sees returning guests.
This is our first video episode. If your platform doesn't automatically start the video, look for the link that allows you to switch to video. For any issues, email [email protected].
Find all your youth worker resources at EducateandEngage.com
32 min
April 30 65,700 Yeses + Titus Johnson
Titus Johnson shares the way to stay. It all starts with saying yes every day. There are three yeses we must say every day. Enjoy this episode to hear all three (and enjoy some fun conversation along the way).

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40 min
March 31 Preaching in Youth Ministry + Tim Gaddy
Tim Gaddy shares insights and stories about preaching, especially in youth ministry. Youth workers are called to feed God's sheep God's Word through preaching.

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34 min
February 27 Servant Leadership + Garrett Robertson
Garrett Robertson shares insights and stories about servant leadership, especially in youth ministry. Every leader is called to serve the people Jesus died for.
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29 min
January 29 I Am a Bivocational Youth Worker + Kelvin Shaw
Kelvin Shaw kicks off 2026 sharing great tips for all bivocational youth workers. If you don't work full time for your church (or at least you're not paid to work full time for your church), this episode is for you.
Find all your youth worker resources at EducateandEngage.com
33 min
December 29, 2025 Building a Youth Ministry That Lasts + Marco Salinas
Marco Salinas continues the conversation from his NAYC youth worker session. Enjoy this episode to learn how to build a youth ministry that lasts the tests of teen years.
Find all your youth ministry resources at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠EducateandEngage.com.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
32 min
November 24, 2025 Bible Quizzing + Russ Faubert
Our UPCI Youth Ministries Bible Quizzing director, Russ Faubert, shares some funny and inspiring stories about Bible quizzing as well as practical ways your students can be involved. Enjoy!
Find all your youth ministry resources at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠EducateandEngage.com.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

34 min