Welcome to Lakeview Covenant Church Youth Ministry's weekly podcast where our middle and high school youth ask questions about the mid-week teaching and we do our best to answer them honestly, authentically, and faithfully as we wrestle with questions about faith and life in community.

This week I am joined by one of our ministry's Adult Team Volunteers Wyatt Steffensen who is also an undergraduate student at University of Minnesota, Duluth. We asked our middle & high school students to ask us any question they had for us as we wrapped up our series on Biblical Justice and they did not disappoint.

Also, Wyatt & I debuted the latest episode of "What's Up With Wyatt". You can check it out on our Youtube channel. It's our spiciest episode yet! 

Welcome to Lakeview Covenant Church Youth Ministry's weekly podcast where our middle and high school youth ask questions about the mid-week teaching and we do our best to answer them honestly, authentically, and faithfully as we wrestle with questions about faith and life in community.

This week I talked with Peter Frost, youth pastor at Excelsior Covenant Church in Excelsior, MN, about questions that were sent in about his teaching on how the Gospel of Jesus creates a way for us to live united in the midst of our differences.

You can listen to Peter's teaching here: https://youtu.be/NUw0OGYX8tg

Mentioned in the Podcast:
Equal Justice Initiative 
Evangelical Covenant Church
Sankofa

Welcome to Lakeview Covenant Church Youth Ministry's weekly podcast where our middle and high school youth ask questions about the mid-week teaching and we do our best to answer them honestly, authentically, and faithfully as we wrestle with questions about faith and life in community. 

This week we had the privilege of having Pastor Ruby Varghese join us as she taught on Conviction & Humility. Ruby is the Pastor of Youth and Young Adults at Quest Church in Seattle, Washington.  

You can watch last week's teaching here: https://youtu.be/ohrMHl54ha8

You can follow Ruby: 
Instagram: @Rubyav
Twitter: @rannv

Welcome to Lakeview Covenant Church Youth Ministry's weekly podcast where our middle and high school youth ask questions about the mid-week teaching and we take time to answer their questions!  This week Evan and Rebecca Martin, LCC Youth volunteer & co-founder of Boldly Seeking, spend the whole episode on one really good question from Instagram, "Should there be a balance of "keeping up with the trends" and not being "too churchy"?

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You can watch our latest mid-week teaching on Youtube.

Welcome to Lakeview Covenant Church Youth Ministry's weekly podcast where our middle and high school youth ask questions about the mid-week teaching and we take time to answer their questions!  

You can watch last week's teaching here: https://youtu.be/ubXfaxqRlNs

Welcome to Lakeview Covenant Church Youth Ministry's weekly podcast where our middle and high school youth ask questions about the mid-week teaching and we take time to answer their questions! Last week we finished our month long focus on Love & Relationships and started to look into this month's focus on Biblical Justice. 

You can watch last week's teaching here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqYTjlFhKDk&feature=youtu.be

Welcome to Lakeview Covenant Church Youth Ministry's weekly podcast where our middle and high school youth ask questions about the mid-week teaching and the pastor, preacher, or guest teacher takes time to answer their questions! Last week was a bit of a different week for us as we had to make a few last minute adjustments, so this week on IGQ, I sat down with one of our ministry's High School ATV's (Adult Team Volunteers) and had a conversation around how our understanding of who we were in middle & high school (!) impacted the ways we chose to or not to be in relationships! 

You can watch Evan's full teaching from this week here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL1gic_1uQA&t=653s

Welcome to Lakeview Covenant Church Youth Ministry's weekly podcast where our middle and high school youth ask questions about the mid-week teaching and the pastor, preacher, or guest teacher takes time to answer their questions! Last week Alicia Vela Anderson continued our focus on Love & Relationships as a part of our "Made For & On Purpose" series. She joined Evan Kolding to talk more about her "Four Non-Negotiables for Dating". 

You can watch her teaching here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy_HKjhgGlw&t=1104s

This is our weekly follow up conversation where we read teenagers' questions from last week's mid-week teaching. Last week Christina and Evan talked about their dating story and the ways Jesus impacted their relationship. Even thought Christina couldn't make it this week, Evan did his best to answer all six questions that came in!

You can listen to Evan & Christina's story here: https://youtu.be/w6zKBLeNXuI

1:22 "How do I be friends with someone I like, and likes me back, even if we can't date yet?"
4:35 "How do I tell my male best friend, who's friends with my crush, not to tell my crush everything I say to him?"
6:43 "When should you know if your crush is a Christian?"
9:30 "How can you be strong in your identity when facing rejection?"
13:16 "What can we do to prepare our hearts for love & relationships?"
16:00 "Why can it be so hard to be single, especially in the church?"

This is our weekly follow up conversation where we read teenagers' questions from last week's mid-week teaching. Last week I wrapped up our specific focus on identity during our January Large Group Event. Rebecca Martin, a Middle School ATVs (Adult Team Volunteers), took time to ask Evan questions from our Middle & High Schoolers. 

You can watch Evan's teaching here: https://youtu.be/bmEBhgcverw