Student Ministry Conversations

Welcome to this week's episode where Brent and David sit down to talk through a sneak peak into things we are adding in 2024 and Season 4 of the podcast. They also take a little time to talk through different episodes that they have really enjoyed as well as conversations that we haven't had the chance to have that we would love to have in the future!

Welcome to this week's episode where Brent sits down with Micah Marshall, the executive director and 15 year veteran youth leader from Refuge Youth Network in Pennsylvania, as they talk about fundraising and how youth pastors might have been doing fundraising in a very ineffective for a VERY long time.

Welcome to this week's episode where Russell, David and Brent sit down to do the first roundtable discussion of the podcast. The discussion is about planning your year of ministry in 2024 and how you can focus in on what is important in your ministry this year and make it a point to start strong (if you haven't planned it already!)

Welcome to this week's episode where Brent sits down with Jim Johnson, a Primerica Financial Advisor, to talk about the best ways to prepare for the future with your finances as a Youth Pastor. They cover investing, retirement and talk about different strategies that can be utilized to make your church paycheck cover you for the future.

Welcome to this week's episode where Brent sits down with David Earles, a recurring guest on the show, to talk about him finishing up his first year in Youth Ministry and what he has learned from the year and how he plans to continue pursuing his career in ministry.

Welcome to this week's episode where David sits down with Kyle Isabelli to talk about his upcoming book "Refined By The Fire(d)". This book is all about conflict resolution, burnout and working through church hurt and is releasing on January 9th, 2024.

Welcome to this week's episode where David sits down with Karis

Welcome to this week's episode where Brent sits down with co-host David Pruitt to talk the week after Thanksgiving about things that they wish they knew earlier in their ministry experience.

Welcome to this week's episode where Brent sits down with Rich Brown, the president of NextGenMatters, as they talk about how we are not the end of the road when it comes to student faith development, but instead we are a VERY important stop on the journey.

Whether you are a young or old youth pastor, we would love for you to listen in and see what is talked about in today's episode and we would also love to hear from you! What is your tidbit of advice that you would add to the conversation?

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