Youth Ministry Unscripted: The Rooted Youth Ministry Podcast

In this episode, Danny sits down with Vince Greenwald, the assistant pastor at Immanuel Church Nashville. Listen in as Danny and Vince discuss the joys and challenges of “equipping the saints for the work of ministry” with their youth volunteers. You’ll hear Vince explain how the truth of the gospel helps him navigate disappointments with youth volunteers, what he’s learned from his past mistakes, and about the importance of clear expectations with youth volunteers, all for the sake of better serving and loving the students in our ministries. 

Resources:

• Join us for our 2024 Conference in Dallas, TX!
• Order Anxiety: Finding the Better Story by Liz Edrington today! 

Hosted by: Danny Kwon, author of Teenagers and Mental Health; Becca Heck, M. Div. from Reformed Theological Seminary; Isaiah Marshall, Rooted's Director of Ministry Development; and Josh Hussung, M. Div. in Pastor Studies from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

In this episode, Danny sits down with Cristobal Tong, the Lead English Pastor at 3Stone/NYCAC, where he ministers to youth and college students. Tong also serves as a Spiritual Life Advisor at NYU. 

Sometimes the teenagers in our lives and ministries will disappoint us. In this episode, Cristobal and Danny discuss the joys, challenges, and everything in-between when it comes to working with teenagers. Listen in to hear them share stories about how they have handled disappointments with students in the past and how the grace of Jesus has met them in those places. 

Resources:

• Join us for our 2024 Conference in Dallas, TX!

Hosted by: Danny Kwon, author of Teenagers and Mental Health; Becca Heck, M. Div. from Reformed Theological Seminary; Isaiah Marshall, Rooted's Director of Ministry Development; and Josh Hussung, M. Div. in Pastor Studies from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

In this episode, Danny sits down with Justin Wong, the Pastor of Youth at Chinese Baptist Church in Houston, Texas. They discuss working and serving with Senior Pastors. Justin and Danny share the joys of the work, as well as offering ideas about how to overcome difficulties and disappointments. 

Hosted by: Danny Kwon, author of Teenagers and Mental Health; Becca Heck, M. Div. from Reformed Theological Seminary; Isaiah Marshall, Rooted's Director of Ministry Development; and Josh Hussung, M. Div. in Pastor Studies from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

In this episode, Danny sits down with Josh Hussung, the Pastor of Youth and Families at Grace Community Church in Nashville, Tennessee. Josh and Danny discuss how to handle disappointments with the parents of the teenagers in their churches. They discuss how to serve these parents with love and grace, while navigating common difficulties and struggles. 

Hosted by: Danny Kwon, author of Teenagers and Mental Health; Becca Heck, M. Div. from Reformed Theological Seminary; Isaiah Marshall, Rooted's Director of Ministry Development; and Josh Hussung, M. Div. in Pastor Studies from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

In this episode, Danny sits down with Ericson Joubert, the Director of Student Ministries at East Cobb Presbyterian Church in Marietta, Georgia. From their past interactions with various youth pastors and their own experiences in youth ministry, they discuss how to handle and overcome disappointments with their churches. While Danny and Ericson love their churches, they also know that serving within a church context can present challenges. 

Hosted by: Danny Kwon, author of Teenagers and Mental Health; Becca Heck, M. Div. from Reformed Theological Seminary; Isaiah Marshall, Rooted's Director of Ministry Development; and Josh Hussung, M. Div. in Pastor Studies from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

In this episode, Danny sits down with Rebecca Lankford, Isaiah Marshall, and Cameron Cole.  Together, these four created and authored Rooted’s Scope and Sequence Plan to be used with Rooted’s curriculum. Keeping in mind Rooted’s pillar of theological depth, they discuss why having a scope and sequence plan is important and how it can benefit the teenagers in our youth ministries and churches. Don’t miss this special episode where you’ll hear the details about the two different plans that they created. 

Resources:

• Check out Rooted’s Scope and Sequence plan!

Hosted by: Danny Kwon, author of Teenagers and Mental Health; Becca Heck, M. Div. from Reformed Theological Seminary; Isaiah Marshall, Rooted's Director of Ministry Development; and Josh Hussung, M. Div. in Pastor Studies from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

In this episode, Danny has a conversation with Mac Harris, a youth pastor in Charlotte, NC and the son of a single mom. He authored the last chapter of God’s Grace for Every Family: Biblical Encouragement for Single-Parent Families and the Churches that Seek to Love Them Well, a book written by his mother, Anna Meade Harris. In this interview, Mac discusses how the church can care for single parent families well. His words from these two angles offer rich advice and encouragement for youth ministries and the church, as we care for single-parent families.  

Resources:

• God’s Grace for Every Family: Biblical Encouragement for Single-Parent Families and the Churches That Seek to Love Them Well
• Rooted Parent Podcast

Hosted by: Danny Kwon, author of Teenagers and Mental Health; Becca Heck, M. Div. from Reformed Theological Seminary; Isaiah Marshall, Rooted's Director of Ministry Development; and Josh Hussung, M. Div. in Pastor Studies from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

In this episode, Danny sits down with Anna Meade Harris. She is author of God’s Grace for Every Family: Biblical Encouragement for Single-Parent Families and the Churches that Seek to Love Them Well. She also serves as Rooted’s Senior Director of Content. We discuss how the church can minister and care for single-parent families well. Her words from her experience as a single mom, as well as her interviews with others for her book, offer rich advice and encouragement for youth ministries and churches as we care for single-parent families.  

Resources:

• Rooted Mentorship Program
• Purchase Anxiety: Finding the Better Story by Liz Edrington today.

Hosted by: Danny Kwon, author of Teenagers and Mental Health; Becca Heck, M. Div. from Reformed Theological Seminary; Isaiah Marshall, Rooted's Director of Ministry Development; and Josh Hussung, M. Div. in Pastor Studies from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

In this 8th and final episode of the mini-season, husband and wife Danny and Monica Kwon talk about working with the parents of teenagers as it relates to the mental health issues of teenagers and their families. They speak from their experience dealing with the mental health issues of one of their own teenagers, but also as Danny spent 29 years serving as the youth pastor at one church, while Monica is both a psychologist and a Christian counselor. In speaking from these three distinct but overlapping perspectives, they discuss how youth ministry, youth pastors, and churches, can work with parents and their teenagers, to help them navigate the potential mental health issues of their teenagers.  

Resources:

• Purchase Anxiety: Finding the Better Story by Liz Edrington today.

Hosted by: Danny Kwon, author of Teenagers and Mental Health; Becca Heck, M. Div. from Reformed Theological Seminary; Isaiah Marshall, Rooted's Director of Ministry Development; and Josh Hussung, M. Div. in Pastor Studies from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Danny sits down with veteran youth pastor Justin Wong. Justin serves as the Pastor of Youth at Chinese Baptist Church in Houston, Texas. He has worked with students, parents, and families for the past 24 years. He received his Masters of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.  

They discuss how social media impacts teenagers and families from a youth pastor’s perspective. Justin talks about how social media can be harmful in different ways, how it impacts the mental health of a teenager, but also how it can be redeemed by a youth ministry that expresses the hope of the gospel in the lives of teenagers. 

Hosted by: Danny Kwon, author of Teenagers and Mental Health; Becca Heck, M. Div. from Reformed Theological Seminary; Isaiah Marshall, Rooted's Director of Ministry Development; and Josh Hussung, M. Div. in Pastor Studies from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.