Ministry is better when you work together with other volunteer leaders. However, while there are massive upsides, there’s still a challenge to working alongside of others, especially when you are coleading a small group. What are some strategies and best practices around working with a coleader? What happens when there’s disagreement or even hurt between you and your coleader?

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Update for 2024

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Ministry is better when you work together with other volunteer leaders. However, while there are massive upsides, there’s still a challenge to working alongside of others, especially when you are coleading a small group. What are some strategies and best practices around working with a coleader? What happens when there’s disagreement or even hurt between you and your coleader?

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You have that student who struggles to engage in conversation during group time. They don’t talk very often. They don’t add a lot to the discussion. They are just so quiet. What should you do? Is there a time to push them to speak up? What can you say that might make them more comfortable sharing their thoughts, opinions, or answers?

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Update for 2024

Lots has changed since this episode initially aired! So to stay current with us here in 2024, head to https://www.youthworker.community/ to find out what we're up to.

You have that student who struggles to engage in conversation during group time. They don’t talk very often. They don’t add a lot to the discussion. They are just so quiet. What should you do? Is there a time to push them to speak up? What can you say that might make them more comfortable sharing their thoughts, opinions, or answers?

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Have you ever felt the tension when your students attend a Sunday morning church service and they don’t understand how to engage in worship? There’s so few places in our culture where people to gather and sing together, and yet that practice is a core part of most church services. Is there a way to help students better understand worship? What can you do to make sure that they don’t miss the opportunity to connect with God in such a meaningful way?

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Update for 2024

Lots has changed since this episode initially aired! So to stay current with us here in 2024, head to https://www.youthworker.community/ to find out what we're up to.

Have you ever felt the tension when your students attend a Sunday morning church service and they don’t understand how to engage in worship? There’s so few places in our culture where people to gather and sing together, and yet that practice is a core part of most church services. Is there a way to help students better understand worship? What can you do to make sure that they don’t miss the opportunity to connect with God in such a meaningful way?

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Easter is on all our calendars, but have you ever wondered how to talk about it with your students? You might be surprised at how few of them actually know the Easter story, let alone how many will spend time thinking about the meaning of Easter without your prompting. So why not take advantage of the opportunity you have to spark a meaningful conversation with them this year?

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Update for 2024

Lots has changed since this episode initially aired! So to stay current with us here in 2024, head to https://www.youthworker.community/ to find out what we're up to.

Easter is on all our calendars, but have you ever wondered how to talk about it with your students? You might be surprised at how few of them actually know the Easter story, let alone how many will spend time thinking about the meaning of Easter without your prompting. So why not take advantage of the opportunity you have to spark a meaningful conversation with them this year?

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You hope that your group will bond together as a community, but what happens when the bonding goes too far and the group forms cliques? What do you do so that students don’t feel excluded? How can you manage the tension between healthy connection amongst your group and cliques the deny people access to the community?

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Update for 2024

Lots has changed since this episode initially aired! So to stay current with us here in 2024, head to https://www.youthworker.community/ to find out what we're up to.

You hope that your group will bond together as a community, but what happens when the bonding goes too far and the group forms cliques? What do you do so that students don’t feel excluded? How can you manage the tension between healthy connection amongst your group and cliques the deny people access to the community?

We want to hear from you! Submit your youth ministry question at youthministry.team