There are topics that terrify small group leaders. Perhaps just being in a room with a dozen teens is the terrifying part. How do we build the skills, knowledge, and faith of our leaders? That's the topic for Allie and Daniel in this episode.

Delegation and empowerment is key, but it's not common in ministry. Though they struggle with it themselves, Allie and Daniel talk about how they've built a team of over 100 ministers serving students each week at Nativity.

Inspiring, equipping, and retaining ministers is an ongoing challenge in Student Ministry. How do we prioritize our time with ministers? Allie and Daniel have some ideas to help.

Need new ministers on your team? Who doesn't?! Allie and Daniel share three recruitment strategies that have worked at Nativity.

Here is the book we mentioned in this episode:

Building Your Volunteer Team: A 30-Day Change Project for Youth Ministry

Uprising returns for Season 3 with Allie and Daniel talking about their volunteer teams and how to clarify their WHY. When we lose our WHY, we lose our way.

Even with the advent of digital discipleship and technology connecting in ways we didn't imagine, we believe in the power of sacramental, incarnational experiences to build and deepen our faith.

In post-COVID student ministry, some things will remain and some will change. We look forward to what we're keeping and retiring.

Whether we call the rising teens Generation Alpha, Screenagers, or something else, what will this generation be like and how will it change our ministry with them?

Whether we call the rising teens Generation Alpha, Screenagers, or something else, what will this generation be like and how will it change our ministry with them?

Hybrid youth ministry is mixing on campus, in-person experiences and virtual interaction, and while challenging, there have been advantage to it versus the old model. We discuss what parts of it we want to keep and why.