You Can Mentor: A Christian Youth Mentoring Podcast

He's hosted almost every episode of the podcast, but how much do you really know about Stephen Murray?  Tune in this week to hear the humorous, the heart wrenching, and the God-driven stories in Stephen's life that shaped who he is today and how he ended up as the Executive Director of Forerunner Mentoring.

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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 Kea Westbrook from Behind Every Door.  Join us as Zach and Kea discuss the work and vision of Behind Every Door, the perspective she will bring to the podcast, and the story behind her job title as Director of Changing the Narrative.

Find out more about Behind Every Door:
behindeverydoor.org

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

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He's been hosting the podcast for over 100 episodes, but how much do you really know about Zach Garza Sr?  Did you know he was hired as a teacher because the principal assumed he spoke Spanish?  Did you know he's a Google Slides wizard?  Do you know how and why he started Forerunner Mentoring in the first place?  Dive into this week's episode to get the download on one of our long-time hosts: Zachary Garza Sr.

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

Email Zach:
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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 Josh Meadows from Neighborhood Hope.  Join us as Stephen and Josh discuss how he founded Neighborhood Hope, the role his wife played in it, and what he expects will be in the episodes that he hosts on the podcast.  Hint:  Relationships change lives.

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You know Stephen.  You know Zach.  But we're 117 episodes in and how much do you really know about our other hosts?  We launch a new series this week called "Meet the Hosts".  Each week, you'll get to hear about the lives, backgrounds, and perspectives of each of our hosts.  Beth kicks us off this week sharing her background and shares the bizarre, God-orchestrated series of events for how she ended up in Dallas working at Forerunner Mentoring.

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Stephen officially takes on his role as Executive Director of Forerunner Mentoring; and has some questions.  Zach joins Stephen to answer all his questions about building relationship with his Board of Directors and some tips he's learned over the years.

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If you're going to start a non-profit, you're going to need a board of directors.  While this can be scary, it's absolutely necessary.  Stephen joins Zach this week to talk all things board of directors including the life cycle of a board and the recommended governance practices in each stage.

Check out Board Source:
https://boardsource.org

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Every organization, not just non-profits, has vision, mission, values, and culture.  Beth is back this week to discuss with Zach how those elements play out at Forerunner Mentoring and what it takes to develop your organization's vision, mission, values, and culture.

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Mission drift! Bad hires! Lack of vision, integrity, kindness, humility, etc…There are 8 critical things that will kill your organization faster than anything else.  Join Zach this week as he equips Stephen with these eight important items to be aware of as he prepares to take over Forerunner Mentoring in another mentoring-style episode.

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Leaders gonna lead, but you gotta make sure you’re doing it in the best way possible.  Stephen and Zach are back this week to talk through what it means to lead a non-profit organization.  In continuing the series on how to start a mentoring organization, Zach prepares Stephen to take over Forerunner Mentoring by giving him his top ten tips for what it takes to lead in this mentoring-style episode.

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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