The Shock Absorber

Joey, pastor of Ryde gathering joins Stu and Joel on the pod this week to chat church planting, especially in the context of Soul Revival Church in Ryde. Using the ideas from syntropic farming, the guys discuss what it would look like to grow some weeds in certain areas in order to grow something out of nothing.

They also discuss ambiguity in ministry, why strategy is vital regardless of the context where church planting is happening and not doing anything can be more dangerous than doing something.

00:00 Intro
02:15 Syntropic farming
06:40 Joey and Soul Revival: Ryde
21:05 Ambiguity in ministry
30:32 What grows in different areas? STRATEGY MATTERS.
46:47 Experiential learning while church planting
52:22 Not doing anything is more dangerous than doing something

DISCUSSED ON THIS EPISODE

Chip Lunch podcast
Joey's Chip Lunch
Syntropic farming in Lightning Ridge
Syntropic farming

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Brayden (Student Pastor, Arts Pastor, Youth Coordinator) and Ethan (Youth Mission Pastor) join the podcast to chat about Soul Revival Church's first ever youth camp - Origin. They run through how it was organised, what was hard, what was re-run from the old day and what wasn't. The discussion leads on to how holding a youth camp help grow the young crew in their faith and also their leadership capabilities.

00:00 Intro
02:11 The Origin of Origin
06:40 Planning and holding the youth camp
12:28 Why even hold a youth camp?
19:06 How it happened
33:06 The impact of camp and building leadership from youth

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Tim and Joel use a question from Tim's Effective Ministry podcast as a springboard into a discussion on why we come to church and what our expectations are for church. Certain factors have possibly lead to a strong focus on cognitive engagement with the preached word of God. While essential for Christian formation, it perhaps has lead to a diminished focus on the other reasons we meet at church.

00:00 Intro and podcasts
07:38 What are we actually being distracted from at church?
17:13 How should problems be fixed?
22:19 The Reformation has shaped what we value at church
31:38 Both leaders and children shape the body of Christ
42:26 Children intuitively know if they are welcome
57:01 The yearning for community and contributing to the family

DISCUSSED ON THIS EPISODE

Cal Newport
Deeper, by Dane C. Ortlund
House Conference by Youthworks
The Effective Ministry podcast
Cultivating an Intergenerational Heart, by Tim Beilharz
When the Church was a Family, by Joseph Hellerman

CONTACT US

Shock Absorber Email: [email protected]
Shock Absorber Website: shockabsorber.com.au
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The guys sit down to have a chat and make some Jesus beads while attempting to explain the gospel in five sentences. Later on, they discuss Stu's idea of reversing how the leadership should think about youth ministry (any young crew coming along is a bonus) and finish with a deep dive on what costly discipleship looks like in a world that actively teaches against it.

00:00 Intro and Jesus beads
03:14 Explaining the gospel in five sentences
15:30 Non-anxious presence in youth ministry
38:41 Costly discipleship in today's world

DISCUSSED ON THIS EPISODE

Family systems theory
The Cost of Discipleship, by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Atomic Habits
You Can't Hurt Me, David Goggins
David Goggins' Smoke Jumping

CONTACT US

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This week on the Shock Absorber, the guys chat about ensuring tunnel vision does not develop when it comes to discipleship and mission. They chat about two clear examples of discipleship and mission at Soul Revival Church and what that entails for the church and also individuals as it pursues it's 2030 goals.

Quote of the episode: "Not everyone has to do evangelism, but everyone CAN do evangelism" - Stu

00:00 Intro
03:02 Ayrton's Senna tunnel vision
07:17 Discipleship and mission
21:54 Discipleship - Week Away
34:34 Mission - Colours of Life
51:44 Stu's Phd update

DISCUSSED ON THIS EPISODE

Ayrton Senna
Wyatt Earp
White Fox Boutique
The Pastoral Cycle

CONTACT US

Shock Absorber Email: [email protected]
Shock Absorber Website: shockabsorber.com.au
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Stu and Tim return to continue their intellectual stoush around Stu's Phd work. It leads to a discussion around the impact of suburbia from the 1950s onwards and the loss of community due to the subsequent individualism and materialism.

That also leads to questions about the church. Have Christians been lead to conflate the values of the gospel with the values of a middle class suburban identity? While the Bible affirms some aspects of culture but also critiques other aspects, what is the value of Christians living a counter-cultural lifestyle in a world that tells them not to?

00:00 Intro
01:14 Stu's trip to Collarenebri River Convention
06:59 The intellectual stoush between Stu and Tim continues
21:09 The impact of suburbia
32:39 Suburban happiness is challenged by the gospel
44:52 Is the Shock Absorber a new model of ministry or strategic?

DISCUSSED ON THIS EPISODE

The Rest is History podcast
The Tree of Man, by Patrick White
Bowling Alone, Robert Putnam
Ray Oldenburg
Hey, Nietzsche! Leave Them Kids Alone!, by Craig Schuftan

CONTACT US

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Shock Absorber Website: shockabsorber.com.au
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Tim and Joel have the pleasure of having Aaron Smith, of the Aspire podcast, second year SMBC student and Student Pastor at Anchor Church Northern Beaches to talk ministry opportunities and pathways and how churches can continue to look for the next generation of pastors and ministry staff.

00:00 Intro and magic jackets
01:17 Welcome Aaron
07:49 Tim's trip to Nashville
12:12 Alone
15:30 Journeys to ministry can be quite different
46:00 The changing nature of ministry and it's pathways
1:02:08 Do you need to go to Bible college first?
1:12:43 How do churches look for ministers?

DISCUSSED ON THIS EPISODE

Aspire podcast
Anchor Church, Northern Beaches
Shock Absorber with Dave Lovell from Christian Surfers
The Effective Ministry podcast
National Church Life Survey
Strengthfinders

CONTACT US

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Shock Absorber Website: shockabsorber.com.au
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Stu, Tim and Joel continue to debate ideas around Stu's phD and the Four Views of Youth Ministry. Just like the book, Tim has his rebuttal ready and waiting for Stu's announcement last episode of leaning more towards the Strategic approach than before. Stu gets to respond, while also reflecting that it's too hard to get feisty when he agrees with someone as much as he does with Tim!

The discussion though leads to questions about models of youth ministry and it's impacts. Mark Senter says that no one in the church listens to anybody in the congregation under 30. Should a church simply plant a new service location with a younger generation, or can the generations accommodate one another?

Is the Shock Absorber a new model or just an extension of the Strategic approach? How does it affect church planting? The differences between para-church ministry v local church ministry and what changes in ministry when it is approached holistically.

00:00 Intro
03:06 Beyond the Wall: East Germany
13:14 Different approaches affect the whole
22:55 Tim's rebuttal to Stu
29:53 Stu responds
36:23 Local church matters
48:33 Will the generations accommodate one another?
53:35 The Shock Absorber: A new approach? Or an extension of the Strategic approach?
1:00:45 Question from Aaron on the Strategic approach and the Anglican Church

DISCUSSED ON THIS EPISODE

Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990 by Katja Hoyer
Four Views of Youth Ministry and the Church
Aspire podcast

CONTACT US

Shock Absorber Email: [email protected]
Shock Absorber Website: shockabsorber.com.au
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Stu and Joel look at how youth ministry shapes can shape churches now and in the future. Using Stu's recent revelations after re-visiting Mark Senter's downright feisty Four Views of Youth Ministry, they discuss what a church that wants to keep changing looks like.

Could youth leaders be trained up to eventually plant churches? Could relationships be institutionalised in a way so the young are prepared to take over the church - making the accountability and Biblical wisdom of the older generations even more important.

Know the Four Views of Youth Ministry? Email [email protected] and come on the podcast to chat about:
• Inclusive congregational (Malan Nel)
• Preparatory (Wesley Black)
• Missional (Chap Clark)
• Strategic (Mark Senter)

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00:00 Intro
01:08 The Four Views of Youth Ministry
12:30 BREAKING NEWS: Stu changes his mind
22:28 What church leadership could look like in the future
28:26 Experimenting to address declining youth ministries
33:46 Strategically intergenerational

DISCUSSED ON THIS EPISODE

Four Views of Youth Ministry and the Church: https://www.koorong.com/product/four-views-of-youth-ministry-and-the-church_0310234050?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.koorong.com%2F

CONTACT US

Shock Absorber Email: [email protected]
Shock Absorber Website: shockabsorber.com.au
Soul Revival Shop: soulrevival.shop

Check out what else Soul Revival is up to here: https://linktr.ee/JesusChangesEverything