Listen to and access the show notes here or search for the FOUR12 Canada Podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Google or wherever you get your podcasts and listen for free.

Jeremy Best is Pastor of Student Ministries at Faith St. Thomas. He is also the FEB Central Youth Director. We're excited to have him on this episode to kick off the New Year. Jeremy chats with us about the anatomy of a wave, using your gifts and passions to meet kids where they're at and how thinking long-term maximizes your impact. 

Connect with Jeremy

EMAIL | INSTAGRAM | TWITTER

Links from the Podcast

Youth Ministry Summit

Recommended Reading

Good To Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't by Jim Collins 

Surprise the World! The Five Habits of Highly Missional People by Michael Frost

Keep Christianity Weird: Embracing the Discipline of Being Different by Michael Frost

PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS

Anatomy of a Wave

The strength of each wave depends on the wave before it

If churches are going to thrive, each generation has to get behind the next generation and launch them forward

3 Practical Ways to Help the Next Generation

1. Invest:

Pour money and resources into kids and youth ministries

Long-term investments pay off generation after generation

2. Invite:

Actively invite young people into leadership roles

Take some risks when you see potential, then develop them and try to activate it

3. Entrust (or Intrust as Jeremy likes to write it for 3 I's):

Let go and pass on your responsibilities (see Numbers 8:23-26)

Bring someone alongside you while you're still running at full steam

Provide opportunities for people to use their gifts and share the load of the ministry

Connect with Community

Coach local teams to make connections with the community and build real, honest relationships with students

Discover what you're good at and passionate about and look for ways to use that in a school or community organization

Find a way to connect with kids who wouldn't usually come to church

Remember...

Stick it out for the long-term to see the best results

You're making a far bigger impact than you think you are!

Thanks for listening! We hope this episode has equipped you for greater influence through serving. We don’t want you to miss a single one, so if you haven’t done so already, subscribe to the podcast today. Please help us reach more people by writing a review!

The FOUR12 Canada podcast is a ministry of Faith Baptist Church in Huntsville, Ontario. Explore everything FOUR12 Canada at four12.ca. Thanks for spending some time with us. See you next time!

Up Next Season 1 Episode 6: Misty Phillips

on Family Ministry and Why Strategy Matters,

How to Partner With Parents and Fun Ways

to Surprise and Delight Your Volunteers

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Chris is the Executive Pastor of Sites and Services at Sanctus Church.  On staff for 5 years and in his role now spends his time overseeing everything multisite strategy and philosophy and how that plays out in a day to day reality.

In this episode, we chat about how to lead with heart and hand, the uniqueness of his role at Sanctus and how to celebrate the character on your team.

 Connect with Chris

 WEBSITE | EMAIL | INSTAGRAM

Links from the Podcast

 Worship Team Bible Study

Sanctus Church

Quote on Character 

"There is no cramming for a test of character. It always comes as a pop quiz." - Andy Stanley 

PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS

What do I bring on a Sunday?

• How has God wired me?

 Celebrate who people are, not what they do

• Let them know you care about them as a person

 Ask how do they use their spiritual gifts?

  Pray

• Colossians 3 church

 Ways to celebrate character

• Heartsy Awards are a fun way to celebrate good character

 Just start!

• If you’re thinking about writing songs, just get started and commit to it

 Shared ownership

• Be clear in where you are headed and what a win looks like

Thanks for listening! We hope this episode has equipped you for greater influence through serving. We don’t want you to miss a single episode so if you haven’t done so already, subscribe to the podcast wherever you listen to podcasts. Help us reach more people by writing a review for the podcast! The FOUR12 Canada podcast is a ministry of Faith Baptist Church in Huntsville Ontario. Explore everything FOUR12 Canada at four12.ca. Thanks for spending some time with us. See you next time!

Up Next Season 1 Episode 5: Jeremy Best on the Anatomy

of a Wave, Using Your Gifts and Passions to

Meet Kids Where They Are at, and Thinking

Long-Term Maximizes Your Impact

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Rich Birch is the founder of unSeminary and we are excited to have him on this episode. Rich has a wealth of knowledge and we can't wait for you to hear him chat about setting up volunteers to succeed, the importance of communication and great ideas for thanking volunteers!

Connect with Rich

 UNSEMINARY | EMAIL | INSTAGRAM

Links from the Podcast

 unSeminary Podcast 

Recommended Reading

The Volunteer Project: Stop Recruiting Start Retaining by Darren Kizer, Christine Kreisher and Steph Whitacre

 Church Growth Flywheel: 5 Practical Systems to Drive Growth at Your Church by Rich Birch

PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS

Changing the Way You Do Ministry

• Ask questions and find out what other churches and leaders do

 Moving People Forward

• Embrace change; leaders should be moving people to somewhere new

Getting Volunteers to Stick and Stay

• Remember to communicate and encourage

Finding New Opportunities

• Recognize that volunteers can serve not just on Sundays but throughout the week

Creating a Healthy Team Atmosphere

• Find out what volunteers are looking for (e.g., building or strengthening relationships)

Thanks for listening! We hope this episode has equipped you for greater influence through serving. We don’t want you to miss a single episode so if you haven’t done so already, subscribe to the podcast wherever you listen to podcasts. Help us reach more people by writing a review for the podcast! The FOUR12 Canada podcast is a ministry of Faith Baptist Church in Huntsville Ontario. Explore everything FOUR12 Canada at four12.ca. Thanks for spending some time with us. See you next time!

Up Next Season 1 Episode 4: Chris Vacher

Leading with Heart and Hand, the Uniqueness of His Role at Sanctus and How to Celebrate Character on Your Team

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We are excited to have Shawna Lester. Shawna is the Director of Family Ministry/Interim Midland Campus Pastor at Connexus.  She is going to share with us some amazing tips on serving weekly, keeping healthy and crazy fun things to try. 

Connect with Shawna

FACEBOOK | EMAIL | INSTAGRAM

Start with Small Steps to change the culture

• Gather a few to get on board and have them help others to catch the vision

 Coaches - build up some coaches that will build up your team and check to see how everyone is doing.

 How much is too much, ways to stay healthy

• Watch for disengagement, passion and enjoyment lacking or dwindled

 How to implement crazy fun ideas

1st Filter through the mission of your church and ministry

In Children’s ministry:

• Does this help small group leaders win?

Adults or whole church:

• Make sure it’s reasonable and executable

 Ways to Encourage Volunteers

• Celebrate major holidays

 Connecting with families

• Realize you can’t meet them all at once every week, plan to meet one family a week

 Share the wins!!

• Share with others that are serving

 One Thing to Remember!

 Every person has a Place!

Thanks for listening!  We hope this episode has equipped you for greater influence through serving and we don’t want you to miss a single episode so if you haven’t done so already, subscribe to the podcast wherever you listen to podcasts. And you can help us reach more people by writing a review for the podcast on the Apple podcast app and other podcast apps that you use. The FOUR12 Canada podcast is a ministry of Faith Baptist Church in Huntsville Ontario. Explore everything FOUR12 Canada at four12.ca. Thanks for spending some time with us. See you next time!

Up Next Season 1 Episode 3: Rich Birch

Importance of Communication, Great Ideas to Encourage

Volunteers and How to Set Up Your Team to Succeed

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We are excited to have Dave Lane as our first guest.  Dave is Pastor of Youth and Family at Temple Baptist Church in Sarnia. In this episode, he shares some valuable and practical ways to reach young people, based on his 30 years of youth ministry experience. 

Connect with Dave

FACEBOOK | EMAIL | INSTAGRAM

Links from the Podcast

Sonlife's disciple-making training takes you back to the model - Jesus Himself - so you can do what He did

Remix Conference is a week-long interactive and hands-on urban mission experience designed to equip, train and inspire young leaders to 'center their lives within the mission and message of Jesus'. 

Student Leadership University teaches each student practical and relational life skills to change the way they think, dream and lead at the feet of Jesus.

 Recommended Reading

an Unhurried Leader: The Lasting Fruit of Daily Influence by Alan Fadling

PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS

 3 Basic Needs

God made us with 3 basic needs:

1. Secure love

 Listen More

• James 1:19 urges us to “be quick to listen”. We should listen twice as much as we speak!

 Show Teens They’re Worthwhile

• Spend time with students to show them they’re significant

 Help Youth Recognize God-Given Abilities and Experience God

• Encourage them to serve in their church and community

 5 Step Process to Lead Young People

1. I do, you watch

 Use Your Influence

• What we do has more of an impact than what we say

 Connect with “Checked Out” Youth

• Have a non-judgemental conversation with someone who’s walking away

 One Thing to Remember!

Prioritize people over programs: programs are designed as a way to reach people

Thanks for listening!  We hope this episode has equipped you for greater influence through serving and we don’t want you to miss a single episode so if you haven’t done so already, subscribe to the podcast wherever you listen to podcasts. And you can help us reach more people by writing a review for the podcast on the Apple podcast app and other podcast apps that you use. The FOUR12 Canada podcast is a ministry of Faith Baptist Church in Huntsville Ontario. Explore everything FOUR12 Canada at four12.ca. Thanks for spending some time with us. See you next time!

Up Next Season 1 Episode 2: Shawna Lester

Serving Weekly, Staying Healthy and Crazy Fun Ideas

This is episode 0 of the brand new FOUR12 Canada Podcast. We're excited to build on the momentum of the FOUR12 Canada Conference as we bring you helpful content that will equip you and your church for greater influence through serving. Subscribe so you don't miss an episode. We'll be launching soon with the release of episodes 1 and 2 at the same time!