The official podcast of Kurt Johnston, Junior High Pastor of Saddleback Church
Kurt Johnston and Matt Hall talk about how they are approaching evangelism with their group.
Kurt Johnston talks about the differences between Starbucks and Waterloo Station, and what we can learn from them about our ministries.
Kurt shares some ideas and resources he's run across lately to help your ministry.
Kurt returns with some great thoughts on empowering your volunteers.
In part 2 of choosing what to teach, Kurt is joined by Scott Rubin and we hear how Scott approaches this challenge.
Kurt talks about the difficult task of balancing your ministry.
Kurt Johnston returns to the podcast and sits down with Phil Shinner and talks about Jr High Ministry.
Kurt Johnston, answers the top 3 questions he has been getting recently on dealing with parents in the 6th grade transition, the "why" to having small groups in homes and what to do when you are struggling with your volunteer ministry.
Kurt with Leo Galazra about what to do when you are new at a church.
Kurt talks about helping students make the transition from middle school to high school.
Kurt let's us know about some of his favorite new resources and events to help out your ministry.
Kurt and Taffy sit down and talk about worship with your Jr High students.
Kurt gives his thoughts of the 5 things that great small group leaders do.
What are some leadership principles I need to teach to junior highers?
Am I really called to middle school ministry? Kurt Johnston tackles the subject this month.
Junior high service projects and missions. Kurt is joined by Matt Hall for this month's show!
PART 2: Kurt continues on benefits of thinking small in the New Year.
PART 1: Kurt talks about the benefits of thinking small in the New Year.
Kurt and Katie talk about the Christmas season in junior high ministry.
Smart and witty Katie Edwards joins Kurt for a video training on ministering to middle schoolers.
What's not funny when it comes to working with Jr. High students.
In this training Kurt talks about involving parents in junior high ministry.
In this training Kurt looks at some basic principals of communication and integrating humor into your stories.
In this training Kurt talks about how he integrates the Purpose-Driven model into the Jr. High ministry at Saddleback Church.
It has been 1 year since the launch of SimplyJuniorHigh.com! Thanks for allowing us to work beside you as you love on Jr. High students.
In this training Kurt looks at some fun and practical ways to kick off the new year.
In this training Kurt looks at how we ensure that we can be pleased with the message we deliver. He also shares some practical ways to improve the quality of our messages.
In this follow-up training Kurt looks at the last 4 characteristics that make "Great Volunteers". Use this training as you train and recruit volunteers for your own youth ministry team.
In this training Kurt looks at 4 characteristics that make "Great Volunteers". Use this training as you train and recruit volunteers for your own youth ministry team.
In this training Kurt talks all about games. He lays out some general guidelines that will help to make games a successful part of your ministry.
In this training Kurt talks about setting up defined values that drive your ministry, while sharing the values that he and his team at Saddleback have set up.
In this training Kurt talks about the need to encourage your volunteer team beyond the need that they have for training. He provides several practical encouragement tips to get your own ideas flowing.
In this training Kurt talks about how to deal with disruptive kids using a three-step technique...that doesnât even include wedgies
In this training Kurt talks about how we can make Jr. High ministry "A little bit better" with some solid proven techniques.
In this training Kurt provides some solid tips and techniques for finding and recruiting Jr. High volunteers.
In this training Kurt provides some solid tips and techniques for finding and recruiting Jr. High volunteers.
Kurt wanted the chance to say hello to everyone. We decided to to put him camera so he could say hello himself.
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