Flyover Ministry

Dan and Jordan begin a reading club (sort of) by starting to talk through "Seven Practices of Healthy Youth Ministry" from the LCMS.If you'd like a copy of this resource, reach out to AFLC Youth Ministries, or head over to Amazon.

Jordan and Dan take a look at the Youth Pastors Compensation Report that came out from The Youth Cartel and Chemistry Staffing. This week's discussion covers how congregations can utilize the results to help support their ministries and well-being of their ministers.

Dan and Jordan continue to discuss the role of morals and ethics within the youth ministry setting, looking especially at specific examples of cultural moments in the past few months.

Jon Langness joins Jordan and Dan in this week's episode, discussing a potential (and likely) scenario that youth workers face. In one corner: parents who would like to be more actively involved in the ministry to students. In the other corner: students who would rather not have their parents involved.

Progressing towards the end of Dan's outline from YWW 2025, this week's episode takes a practical look at how morals and ethics influence cultural engagement.

Dan and Jordan discuss five views of culture presented by H. Richard Niebuhr in his book, "Christ and Culture."

This episode picks up mid-conversation as Dan and Jordan discuss why identifying, monitoring, and interpreting culture is important in ministry.

In this episode arc, Dan and Jordan return to the topic of leaders engaging with the culture in the world around them.

Jordan and Dan wrap up their discussion on how people serving in ministry and the people they serve can pursue and invest in the work being done. This not only wraps up this month's discussion, but Jordan's content for the Summer Institute of Theology.

As a church strives towards longevity in their staff, what are ways leaders can strive for longevity alongside their church? Jordan and Dan give some answers to this question in this week's episode.

As Dan and Jordan continue to discuss longevity in youth ministry, this week's focus is on how a church can help set up their staff to start strong.

Dan and Jordan continue to discuss how churches/ministries can invest in the health of their ministries as they begin to prepare for incoming leaders.

Jordan and Dan begin to wrap up talking through Jordan's SIT outline. This week, they begin to look at ways churches can begin to invest in their ministers before they're even considered for the ministry position.

In our 5th annual recap, Dan and Jordan take advantage of the end of the year to share about resources they found helpful in their own ministries.

Jordan and Dan discuss different hurdles a church may face when it comes to helping develop faith in the lives of students.

A church can communicate how it prioritizes students and families through trust, trail and error, and by passing responsibilities on to younger generations. Dan and Jordan dive into discuss this topic more in this week's episode.

Ministry leaders can demonstrate to other families how to work through the challenges and blessings of faith formation at home. Jordan and Dan talk about how to encourage parents in the faith formation of their children by example.

Dan and Jordan continue to discuss faith formation at home.

Jordan and Dan continue to talk through Jordan's sessions from the Summer Institute of Theology. This week begins the conversation of where ministry to students happens, focusing especially on home-based ministry.

In this week's slightly more pun-riddled episode, Dan and Jordan continue to discuss how leaders can better equip their students to study God's Word on their own.

How do we as leaders, parents, youth pastors, caring adults, etc. encourage and equip students to be able to study God's Word on their own? Jordan and Dan discuss this topic in this week's episode.

Jordan and Dan do another extensive (but by no means exhaustive) look at Scripture, focusing on the work that is accomplished as it's taught.

Dan and Jordan discuss what sort of topics leaders should try to prioritize for studying with their students while avoiding Moralistic Therapeutic Deism.

Jordan and Dan finish up discussing the importance and practicality of Youth Ministry...at least, according to the episode outline plan.

Jordan presents an extensive (but by no means exhaustive) list of passages from Scripture that stand in support for discipling all people, including and especially to students.

There are concerns about the lack of Biblical support justifying the existence of age-specific ministry to students within the local church. Jordan continues to highlight the content from SIT at the Free Lutheran Bible College and Seminary.

Jordan and Dan are back with a new content for a new series in a new season of Flyover Ministry. Jordan had a chance to share at the Summer Institute of Theology at the Free Lutheran Bible College and Seminary in August. Jordan starts getting into the content for his sessions.

Jordan and Dan continue to discuss summer details while looking ahead to the coming school year.

We're back! At least, briefly. Summer has been full of opportunity, camps, VBS, and more. Dan and Jordan catch up in this week's episode.

This week, Dan and Jordan welcome Matt Swigart as a returning guest. Matt shares about Enhance (a para-church ministry he's started to help encourage and equip leaders). Matt also shares about a book he's recently published geared towards helping new adult Christians grow in their faith. If you'd like a copy of Matt's book, you can find it here on Amazon. If you think this would be a great resource for your church and would like to order more than 10, reach out to Matt directly for a bulk discount: matt@enhancemin.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/flyoverministry/message

Dan and Jordan take this week to discuss ministry opportunities that are available to churches who are able to network together. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/flyoverministry/message

Can't wrap your mind around a week and a half mission trip? Why not take advantage of local opportunities? This week, Jordan and Dan discuss different ideas and options you might pursue as a ministry. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/flyoverministry/message

This week's episode goes a little longer than normal as Dan and Jordan discuss the focuses and perks of different types of trips. Here's a link to the Youth Ministry Management book Dan makes reference to: check it out here --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/flyoverministry/message

People in your church have asked you to coordinate and facilitate a larger event for a particular ministry. That's great! Do you know where to start? What sort of things should you be looking at and aware of as you start down the route of planning a larger event? Jordan and Dan begin addressing these questions this month, on top of a significant amount of small talk. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/flyoverministry/message

Jordan takes over once again, sharing about a breakout from Dr. Richard Ross about helping parents realign and prioritize faith formation in the lives of their children. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/flyoverministry/message

Dan shares about a breakout session hosted by Kevin Bump at the 2024 D6 ministry conference: approaching narcissistic leadership from a place of empathy. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/flyoverministry/message

Jordan and Dan are back in their respective homes after the trip to Orlando for D6 2024. This week, Jordan shares his takeaways from a breakout session led by Stephanie Cline, "No Place Like Home." Also, Dan makes an inside joke about "pocket cucumbers," referring to a point when Jordan pulled out a cucumber from his pocket in public during supper. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/flyoverministry/message

Dan and Jordan are back at the D6 conference in Orlando! This month, they take some time and recap some of the highlights from the main sessions and breakout electives. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/flyoverministry/message

Jordan and Dan end this month's arc of episodes by talking about cultural trends and influences. How does what we see in culture contrast with who God declares us to be? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/flyoverministry/message

Dan and Jordan talk about different influences and sources that influence where students find and define their identity. Also, Jordan comes up with perhaps the worst food combo that Dan has ever heard. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/flyoverministry/message

Jordan and Dan continue their discussion this week, focusing on where our students find their own identity and how we as leaders can help point them to Jesus. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/flyoverministry/message

Dan and Jordan begin discussing the role of identity as leaders, especially focusing on the false and often flimsy metrics we use to determine if we're being effective in ministry. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/flyoverministry/message

Concluding the conversation, Jordan and Dan ask Dr. Wade Mobley some questions about his take on the state of Biblical literacy within congregations, especially amongst students. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/flyoverministry/message

Wade, Jordan, and Dan discuss the call to go to seminary. Denominational differences, online options, 2 week intensives, and additional training seminars enter the discussion as well. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/flyoverministry/message

Jordan and Dan continue their conversation with Dr. Wade Mobley about different options for those who are considering continuing on into higher education. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/flyoverministry/message

Dan and Jordan are joined this month by Dr. Wade Mobley (President of the Free Lutheran Bible College and Seminary) to discuss higher and ongoing education for ministry leaders. If you'd like to check out either (or both!) of the Free Lutheran Schools, you can find information here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/flyoverministry/message

As January's episode arc wraps up, Dan and Jordan discuss the wonderful and difficult investment of community and fellowship with other Believers. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/flyoverministry/message

This week, Jordan and Dan discuss the role of service in congregation, instructions from Jesus, and what this looks like being lived out in the lives of students and families. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/flyoverministry/message

In a not-so-surprising episode, Jordan and Dan discuss the role of discipleship in one-on-one relationships and in the grander scope of the congregation. What are disciples? How do you do it? What do you work through together? Is there a formal "end" to the process? All this and more in this week's episode. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/flyoverministry/message

Dan and Jordan discuss how leaders can evaluate the evangelistic tendencies and practices of their church members. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/flyoverministry/message