In Episode 5 of The Youth Ministry Mindset Podcast, a limited series with voices from Alpha and YDisciple, Joshua, Annie, and Jordan talk about how to empower volunteers to become leaders and create a successful ministry. Join us as we continue the conversation on youth ministry in a post-COVID world.
SHOWNOTES
- Introduction: Reproducibility and Empowering adults
- It can be easy to make the youth group around the youth minister’s talent
- Empower adults to be a part of the ministry
-Create a culture of known, seen, loved - Qualities in a leader
-Relational intelligence - anyone who has a heart for young people
-Spiritual velocity - passionately in love with Jesus and following Him every day
-Teachability - not stuck to the old way - Know what to look for, but where do I find them?
-Best leaders recruit other leaders
-Create community and invite their community into the mission
-Ask parents who they want to mentor their children
-Ask students who's already influencing them - Need to change that 18 months is the standard career for a youth minister
-Takes 3 years to start a successful youth ministry that empowers the parish
-Observe and build trust in community - Multiple leaders and help continue to form them
- Need consistency - try to have two group leaders
- Might need to redirect some leaders to another ministry they will thrive in
-Follow up afterward - Change the language to change the culture
- Advice to volunteers
-Do for a few what you wish you could do everyone
-You are necessary
-To make disciples, you need to be a disciple - Daily prayer life
REFERENCES
- Ali Hoffman - alihoffman.co
- The Lost Art of Disciple Making by LeRoy Elms
- World Youth Day - a worldwide encounter with the Pope for youth ages 16-35 to encounter Christ, celebrated in a different country about every three years. worldyouthday.com
PULL QUOTES
4:45 “As the ministry grows, it needs to feel smaller.”
13:11 “We as the whole church have a responsibility to anchor with them and to assist them in lifelong transition.”
25:25 “The best leaders out there, the ones who are most attractive to be employed, are the ones who actually replace themselves really well.”
LINKS
https://www.youthministrymindset.com
Alpha:
https://alphausa.org/alpha-youth-series
https://www.facebook.com/Alpha
YDisciple:
https://ydisciple.com/leader
https://www.facebook.com/YDiscipleLeader
NET Ministries:
https://netusa.org
https://www.facebook.com/netministriesusa
