You Can Mentor: A Christian Youth Mentoring Podcast

Join Beth and Stephen for the second episode of a four-part series around boundary issues within your mentoring relationship.  This week, they discuss the signs that you may be having a boundary issue in your relationship.  It's not the most joyful episode, but you can be comforted in knowing that if this is you, you are not alone.  Both Stephen and Beth (and a host of other mentors around the world) have gone through the same things you are facing.

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In the first episode of the new year, Beth and Stephen co-host the first episode in our new four-part series around boundaries.  Join them today as they discuss the "how" and "why" of four important boundaries every mentoring relationship needs to have.

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It's the final episode of 2021!  Zach and Stephen join forces and pontificate about the lessons they've learned in stepping into their new leadership roles this year: Stephen as Executive Director of Forerunner Mentoring and Zach into his role at The Mentoring Alliance in Waco.

How do we reflect God's heart as we engage in mentoring a kid?  Josh Meadows, one of our newer hosts, is joined by Ben Page to discuss how God's heart is reflected through the "Five P's": Pursuit, Presence, Provision, Protection, and Purpose.

Find out more about I AM 24/7:
https://www.iam247.org

Find out more about Neighborhood Hope:
https://neighborhoodhope.life

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You Can Mentor: How to Impact Your Community, Fulfill the Great Commission, and Break Generational Curses

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How do you correct behavior in a child with significant trauma in their past?  Lt. Wayland Cubit and his guest, Amber Given with the HALO Project discuss a revolutionary new technique for disciplining in an honoring way both to the mentor and the mentee.  FACT went through Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) training and now Lt. Cubit is partnering with Amber Given to discuss the practicals behind utilizing this technique.

Find out more about the HALO Project:
 https://haloprojectokc.com

Purchase the You Can Mentor book: 
You Can Mentor: How to Impact Your Community, Fulfill the Great Commission, and Break Generational Curses

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What happens when you have an older teen mentor a younger teen?  You'd think it would be a lot like the blind leading the blind, right?  In this week's episode, Linda Rubingh from New City Kids joins Zach to discuss why this model actually works, how her organization empowers at-risk teens to be role models, and how you can empower your mentee to do the same.

Find out more about New City Kids:
https://newcitykids.org

Reach out to Linda:
[email protected]

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You Can Mentor: How to Impact Your Community, Fulfill the Great Commission, and Break Generational Curses

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In this week’s episode, Lt. Wayland interviews Taylor Wood from FACT Mentoring as she shares about her first experience becoming a mentor in their program. Taylor later came to serve on staff with FACT and was tasked with recruiting, equipping, and matching mentors. Taylor is gifted in connecting and loving on kids while they walk through difficult circumstances. We hope her stories and wisdom encourage you!

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You Can Mentor: How to Impact Your Community, Fulfill the Great Commission, and Break Generational Curses

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Happy Thanksgiving!  Stephen is flying solo today to give a short episode (everyone here at the You Can Mentor HQ wants you to spend your free time with family today) on some practicals for how you can go about cultivating gratitude beyond just enforcing "please" and "thank you".  Let's press pause today and meditate on some things we're especially grateful for.

Purchase the You Can Mentor book: 
You Can Mentor: How to Impact Your Community, Fulfill the Great Commission, and Break Generational Curses

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Advocating for your mentee is a critical way you can support and encourage them in to greater things.  Stephen is joined this week by Nate Hill, an Area Director at YoungLife to discuss what it looks like, why it's so important, and some practical ways you can start advocating for your mentee.

Find out more about YoungLife:
https://younglife.org/

Reach out to Nate:
[email protected]

A Voice to the World (Nate’s podcast)

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You Can Mentor: How to Impact Your Community, Fulfill the Great Commission, and Break Generational Curses

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You know Stephen.  You know Zach.  But how much do you really know about our other hosts?  This week, our featured host is Lt. Wayland Cubit from FACT Mentoring.  Join us as Stephen and Lt. Cubit discuss how FACT Mentoring started, why he's passionate about mentoring, and how a horse played a role in his first mentoring experience.

Find out more about FACT Mentoring:
FACT Mentoring

Purchase the You Can Mentor book: 
You Can Mentor: How to Impact Your Community, Fulfill the Great Commission, and Break Generational Curses

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