Josh is the Director of Family Discipleship at Storyline Church and has served in Next Generation ministry since 2010 and is passionate about seeing the church and home work together in the discipleship of kids and students. He and Ross Cochran discuss how children’s ministry leaders recruit and manage volunteer teams, even when it feels like a “group project” that never ends!

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Sam Luce, Pastor of Global Ministries at Redeemer Church in New York, helps kick off season five of the podcast by talking about recruiting volunteers. It is easy to be overly apologetic when we recruit volunteers, or to become overburdened and try to do everything ourselves. Sam provides wisdom and practical solutions on leaders can be a “non-anxious” presence for their teams and focus on the people in their ministry instead of the tasks of any given Sunday.

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Awana President and CEO Matt Markins returns to share how the rhythms and systems we establish up in our churches and families make child discipleship possible. Matt also discusses the stalemate that exists between parents and children’s ministry leaders over being the primary discipleship influence in the life of a child, and how Awana is continuing to partner with the local church to meet the needs of today’s kids.

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Host, Ross Cochran, interviews Mark and Kim Fordyce, on their long-standing relationship with the ministry of Awana. They discuss how the Gospel entered their home through intentional child discipleship and the transformation that took place in their hearts and in their home.

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Director of Discipleship Engagement, Melanie Hester, speaks with author, speaker, and founder of Every Woman a Theologian, Phylicia Masonheimer, on the necessity of every person having a strong biblical theology and intimate relationship with God in order to disciple our children well.

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Ross Cochran discovers why and how Tony Souder, CEO of One Hundred Years, founded a ministry where each young person has three adults praying for them called the Pray for Me Campaign.

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Host, Ross Cochran, and President & CEO, Matt Markins are joined by CEO of the Josh McDowell Ministry, Zack Wilson, and Director of Resolution Movement, Ben Bennett, to journey through the pros and cons that come with exposing our kids to social media.

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We hear from our Ukrainian Missionaries one year after the war began.

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Host, Ross Cochran, and Director of Discipleship Insight, Melanie Hester, process with author and co-founder of Girl defined, BethanyBeal, on why it’s so important for girls to have an identity as God’s daughter.  Then, they discuss how the body of Christ can come alongside girls to help them find that identity.

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