Lewis shares his journey into youth ministry, highlighting how his early experiences as a secondary school teacher ignited his passion for working with young people. He explains how we pursued that call and started Vicar training.

Host Becky Lawrence engages in a heartfelt conversation with Lewis Simonds, a curate at St. Frideswides Church in Milton Keynes. Together, they explore the vital role of children's, youth and family ministry and the transformative power of inclusivity in church communities.

"We need to ask ourselves: Are we truly welcoming to families and children?"

In this episode Becky catches up with Dot, the youth worker at New Life church Milton Keynes. 

Hear how Dot kept coming back to church youth work, how God has changed & empowered her along the way, and hear some fab stories of God at work in her ministry.  She tells us about being an introvert and feeling intimidated of young people, about taking 100 youth to New Day festival(!), how she welcomed a young person with autism to the youth group, why & how she makes time for prayer every week and how she saw God at work in the foster care system. 

She also asks Becky what she would do with magical Thanos gloves (Avengers Endgame reference!) - if she could click her fingers and take away or add something to the world of young people - for all this and more - give this episode a listen.  

Your faith will thank you for it! 

Becky catches up with Tony about his journey into ministry - becoming a Christian at 16 on a surprise trip to Spring Harvest, spending 6 months in Tanzania, studying with CYM, and more recently being called to plant a church in a new build estate. Hear amazing stories of God preparing the way and some nuggets of wisdom he learned in his years as a youth worker. Be encouraged.

Becky catches up with Dave to find out his journey into ministry and how God kept calling him back to children's ministry. Hear all about his 'many hats' including his role at Children Worldwide - hosting breakfasts and networks for kids leaders, and his role at Scripture Union equipping others to reach the 95% of kids and youth not engaged with church. Hear his top tips and find out what question he wanted to ask our host Becky.

Becky interviews Ben Jones, Founder of Missional Generation, a charity based up in Leeds that are focused on equipping young people to be influential for Jesus in every arena of life. They have several resources that use cutting edge technology to make this happen - including augmented reality, apps and coming soon a new AI tool for youth leaders to help plan sessions! Listen to Becky find out about Ben's youth work journey, and find out how Missional Gen's resources might be able to help you in your work with young people. Be inspired!

Becky interviews her sister who leads a church plant with her husband Paul. She talks about the family and all age focused activities they run, some of her own faith story and how she ended up going from Cabin Crew to ministry! Tune in for advice and inspiration from ordinary Christians doing great things.

Olly and Becky interview Sam Haiser from Austria who is in the UK studying to become a priest in the Church of England. He talks about a system he authored to train and equip spiritual fathers and mothers to mentor and disciple young people. It's more than a resource - it's a training programme and a way of life! He also talks about his Christian journey, becoming a youth worker, being mentored himself, the call to church leadership and unpacks the vision behind his huge passion of spiritual fathers and mothers.

Lara is an accountant and a mum of two boys - she was surprised and in denial when God inspired and challenged her to write a Christian book for kids.

But that was just the start! She is now self published and along with input from her boys, has created a whole series of beautiful engaging & durable Christian resources for children. And her main job is still an accountant!

Tune in for her story, & find out how God has encouraged her along the way.

I'm sure there will be something that will inspire you too!

OG cohosts Olly and Becky reunite for a special episode to catch up on what they've been up to lately, including National Youth Ministry Weekend, Vicar exams, Christmas stress, Becky's 40th Birthday, ages & stages & more.

Gemma heads up the Luton Youth Work Team in Luton, she tells us how she got into youth work, some of her ministry highlights and how growing up in Luton affects her young people and her youth work. Join us for an encouraging conversation which we hope will inspire your work with children and young people and your Christian faith journey.