Podcasts about progressive youth ministry

When the pandemic started, we paused on the episodes we recorded during last year's Rooted in Jesus Conference. As we approach Forma 2021, we thought it was time to pull these out of the folder and get them to the people. Though some contexts will have certainly changed, there is still much to learn from these conversations with incredible leaders across the Episcopal Church. In this episode recorded during the Rooted in Jesus Conference in January 2020, we sat down with Canon Myra Garnes of the Diocese of Long Island. She serves as the Canon for Young and Young Adult Ministries. Myra and our hosts talk justice movements, giving young people their space to discover their own passion and call to service, leadership, and giving yourself grace.About Canon Myra:Myra B. Garnes is the Canon for Youth & Young Adult Ministries for the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island. Prior to her arrival in NY, she was the Director of the Cathedral Scholars Program at the Washington National Cathedral in DC and also served as an Academic Class Dean and Director of Multicultural Education at the National Cathedral School in DC. She was installed as an Honorary Canon to the Cathedral of the Incarnation in Garden City on September 26, 2015.Canon Myra serves the larger church in several capacities as the Province II Youth Ministry Network Coordinator and as a former member of the Forma Board of Directors. She is a Youth Ministry Liaison for The Episcopal Church Office of Youth Ministries, a member of the EYE17 Mission Planning Team and was recently honored with the Distinguished Leadership Award from the Office of Young Adult/Campus Ministry for The Episcopal Church during the church’s General Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah.Canon Myra is an experienced social justice educator with extensive training and experience on issues of diversity, multiculturalism, leadership, and student development.

Mental Health is an ongoing concern for all people during the pandemic. People are suffering, and it is important that we remember to talk about it. As Youth Workers, it is important to remember we serve young people that are being starved of meaningful connections during this time, and we have an opportunity to provide resources and techniques that might help.In this episode, the team has a conversation with Dena and Jason Hobbs on mental health with young people, warning signs, ending the stigma, techniques for self-care, and information from their new book When Anxiety Strikes. Listen in for the full conversation.Dena Douglas Hobbs, M.Div. served as a minister in the United Methodist Church for six years before leaving parish ministry to raise her two young children. She continues to preach, teach groups, and lead retreats and workshops in local congregations. Dena holds a Master of Divinity from Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Georgia. She blogs at denadouglashobbs.com.Jason B. Hobbs, LCSW, MDiv, is a licensed clinical social worker in an outpatient mental health clinic. He has been in private practice for fifteen years in addition to having worked in hospice and homeless services. Jason also pastored a small United Methodist congregation near Savannah for three years.Jason has led mindfulness training groups in his practice using Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy. He has been trained in Mindfulness and Cognitive Therapy in addition to other therapeutic modalities. He has also presented continuing education courses for the Georgia Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers Annual Meeting in Atlanta. These workshops were entitled Spiritually Sensitive Clinical Practice: Understanding and Honoring Diverse Religious and Spiritual Traditions and Mindfulness, Psychotherapy, and the Therapist: Knowledge and Practice for Clients and Clinicians and Integrating Spiritual Disciplines into Direct Practice. Jason holds a Master of Social Work degree from Virginia Commonwealth University and a Master of Divinity degree from Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond.Their new book When Anxiety Strikes is now available from all major and most local retailers.

Welcome to Season 3 of Episcopal Youth Ministry in ATL. In this season, the team will be providing a new format. Every other episode will be a "how-to" approach to youth ministry and opposite episodes will be a discussion will on a hot button and its context in youth ministry.In the premiere episode of Season 3, our hosts are talking about privilege. In youth ministry in the Episcopal Church, where do we see privilege in our congregations, the young people we serve, and the world? Privilege is something that can be challenging to identify and even more challenging to talk about. In this episode, our hosts talk about where they see it and what are some practical steps to take in the right direction. Listen in for the full conversation.

No one would think we would be entering a fall with such uncertainty in the way we serve young people. How do we move forward with fall plans? What might some new experiments look like? In this episode, our hosts have a conversation about what we are still grieving, and where we can find hope. If we look hard enough, hope is still there calling for us to adapt in new ways as Youth Ministers forming disciples to serve one another and Jesus. Whether your meeting in person in smaller groups or meeting online, let's think of ways we can do ministry like small groups, bible studies, and even snail mail. Listen in for the full conversation. Listen in for the full conversation.

This episode features special guest Black Youth Ministers from across the church. Wallace serves as the primary host for the episode and has a conversation on with the following guests.Myra Garnes: Canon for Youth and Young Adult Ministries, Episcopal Diocese of Long IslandMarvin Mclennon: Director of Children and Youth Ministries at Christ Episcopal Church in Little Rock ArkansasSierra Gore: Christian Formation and Camping Ministry Assistant in the Episcopal Diocese of VirginiaIn this episode, our host and guests speak their truth of what their experience has been serving as a Black Youth Minister in our Church. They open up on the struggles, challenges, and where they see hope. They offer advice on what white people, especially church leadership, can do to be allies and do the work of undoing the systems we see in the world and our church.

These are challenging times for young people. As Youth Workers, we are also experiencing these challenges, but we have a responsibility for the well-being of our young people. The reality is if they don't have these conversations of racial healing in faith communities where they are loved, where will they have them?In this episode, our team sat down with Dr. Catherine Meeks, the Executive Director of the Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing. Her work of racial healing is known far and wide across the Episcopal Church. What can we do as Youth Workers to help young people process these recent events? What can we share with them about allyship? How do we as Youth Workers walk alongside them knowing we must also work on ourselves? For responses to these questions and more, listen in.

We have been at Youth Ministry in a Pandemic for a bit now. What have we learned from it? What has been challenging? Where are we seeing things that aren't sustainable? How are we practicing self-care? What the heck is summer going to look like? Our hope is this episode is both therapeutic and helpful. We are connected together and walking through this as best we can. Keep at it. You got this.

In the last episode, we shared that we would be releasing some new episodes focused on how we serve as Youth Workers in a pandemic. We thought that all these episodes would be fresh out of post-production. We were wrong. We had the opportunity to sit down with Melissa Rau, the Episcopal Church Foundation's Director of Partnerships and New Initiatives, at Rooted in Jesus. The conversation focused on Sunday school and why the current model is broken. It is a hard conversation for churches to digest, but what we found in sitting with Melissa is that faith at home is the most important piece of the formation for our young people. When parents are equipped to be Faith Leaders in the home, it means that the place where young people spend most of their time can be a place where families come together to talk about tough questions of faith.Listen in to hear why faith at home matters and why this conversation matters more now than it ever has. Learn more about the Faith at Home program at forma.church/faith-at-home.

Let's be real about it. Things are challenging right now. We, as Professional Youth Workers that happen to have a Podcast, do not pretend to have any more wisdom than anyone else during these times. What we do know is we are better when we talk about it. And we feel like this episode is an honest conversation about how we are adapting to serve our young people. Let's keep at it. We are all connected together. #Churchisadapting

The EYE 2020 Planning Team met in Atlanta at the beginning of February. Host Matt Bowers was given the opportunity to sit down and have a conversation about all things EYE with 3 of the youth team members. Giovanna, Diocese of Northern California, Holly, Diocese of Northwest Texas, and Jackson, Diocese of Massachusetts, shared about the program, what it is like to work as a team across states and countries, and what Youth Workers can do to better support their youth.

In this episode, our hosts sit down with Podcast Producer, Easton Davis, to discuss how we use social media to connect with the young people we serve. Topics include different social media platforms, e-newsletter, how we as Ministers interact on social media, and best practices.

This episode is an Open Source Session with our hosts. Each host presents a challenge in their current Youth Ministry and hears from their peers on how they might proceed. Each host presents a ministry challenge.

This is a special Youth Ministry Short on the importance of discussing race with young people and what it means to become Beloved Community. A Brave Space with Dr. Meeks host, Chelsi Glascoe, sat down with Dr. Meeks during one of their recording sessions to capture this short for Episcopal Youth Ministry in ATL. We are scheduled to have Dr. Meeks for a full episode in early 2020.

This episode is personal stories of mistakes made in youth ministry directly from our hosts. Our hosts each take a turn or 2 to talk what happened and what they learned from the experience. It is okay to fail sometimes as long as it is a learning experience. We hope you laugh as much as we did making the episode.

This episode looks at the balancing act of Formation and having fun with youth. Our hosts discuss how the two can coexist, why it is important to have time to hang out, and when we take formation too far. Listen in for the full details on formation blunders.

This episode looks at Fall Retreats and why they matter. Our hosts talk about different formats, things to try, and their own fall retreat blunders.

This episode looks at Confirmation with young people in the Episcopal Church. Our hosts talk about different formats, successes, failures, and new ideas for how to go about Confirmation with youth.

This episode looks at how we spend our time with young people on Sunday morning before or between church services. Our hosts talk about why they dislike the name Sunday School, ways they are using this time for Formation, qualities to look for in Adult Leaders, and curriculums that are currently available for us to use.

A conversation with Bronwyn Clark Skov, the Director of Formation, of Presiding Bishop's Staff. Listen in for a special look into what happens on a Denomination level with youth events. This episode is being released a little over a month before EJE 19, a new youth event for young people in Province 9, and includes first-hand knowledge from Bronwyn about the event, why it's happening, and the importance of remembering we serve the entire church - not just the United States.

A conversation with Lisa Kimball about the formation that happens at Episcopal Summer Camps. Listen in for why camp ministry is unique to our church and why it is important but also hear honest opinions on what we all might be able to do to make make it better.

This episode looks at how we spend our summer as youth workers. Our hosts have a conversation about summer events, taking sabbath, and their thoughts on how frequently youth groups should meet during the summer holiday.

A conversation with Shawn Small on what a Pilgrimage is, why they matter in youth ministry, and best practices for planning and facilitation.

A conversation with Victoria Hoppes on what mountain experiences are, why they matter in youth ministry, and best practices for when and if they occur.

On this episode, our hosts have a conversation with Jerusalem Greer, Evangelist of the Episcopal Church, on evangelism and the way of love with young people. The episode was recorded on site at Forma 19 in Indianapolis.

This episode looks into ways to use music as a part of youth group, youth worship, and how to talk to youth about the theology of behind lyrics. Our hosts share their experience of music as an integral part of a youth program from contemporary Christian music to Energizers.

On this episode, our hosts have a conversation with 2 special guests - Bill Campbell, ECF Program Director and Executive Director of Forma and Melissa Rau, ECF Senior Program Director of Leadership. The episode covers some thoughts on Forma 2019, what the partnership of ECF and Forma looks like, and opinions on the direction Youth Ministry needs to head in the Episcopal Church.

A look into why we do mission trips with youth. This conversation includes our hosts thoughts on ways to respect the communities being served, the relationships we make while serving, staying local vs. going outside our communities, and first hand experience with working with missional organizations outside of the Episcopal Church.

On this episode, our hosts have a conversation with Bishop Curry about youth ministry and its importance in the church. This episode was recorded onsite at the 112th Annual Council of the Diocese of Atlanta on November 10, 2018. The song heard at the beginning and end of the Podcast is a cover of Down to the River to Pray by Episcopal Youth Music in ATL. Copyright is public domain.

A look into the relationships we have with youth. This conversation includes our hosts thoughts on best practices and what they feel are appropriate ways to have relationships with youth.

A look into the relationships we have with the parents of youth. This conversation includes our hosts thoughts on ways to engage parents and first hand experience with ways to handle situations that might come up with parents.

A look into why Diocesan Youth Ministry programs matter to the parish youth program. This conversation includes our hosts thoughts on some programs that work really well, why they matter to their local program, and their first hand experience with being a part of diocesan youth programs.

Welcome to Episcopal Youth Ministry. The purpose of this podcast is to share the ways we do Youth Ministry in the Episcopal Church. As of 2018, we are the only podcast dedicated to Episcopal Youth Ministry and its place in the Christian Church. Our hosts are Matt Bowers, Wallace Benton, and the Rev. Ashley Lytle. You can read about each of them at eycdioatl.org/podcastThe pilot episodes looks into why youth ministry is important and the ways we keep our church engaged with youth.

We are live from North Carolina today!  J. Aaron Simmons, Lauren Winner, and Ryan Newsome were all on stage for the live podcast from the Progressive Youth Ministry conference at Montreat in North Carolina. PYM just announced details for next year's conference, so make sure to check progressiveyouthministry.org for more. This episode includes the full interview with Aaron Simmons from this past March. If you want the full live podcast experience you'll have to come in person next year! Big thanks to the Center for Process Studies for sponsoring (and providing the beer). Tripp and co-host Tony Jones talked with Aaron about what exactly phenomenology is, what it's like being a phenomenological philosopher and Pentecostal, why phenomenology is different than the philosophical framework that came before it, Heidegger on subjectivity and self-hood, plus, Aaron gives a live phenomenological reduction demonstration. Throughout, Tripp explains how to teach phenomenology to teenagers in confirmation classes and why every youth minister should be a phenomenologist. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are live from North Carolina today! J. Aaron Simmons, Lauren Winner, and Ryan Newsome were all on stage for the live podcast from the Progressive Youth Ministry conference at Montreat in North Carolina. PYM just announced details for next year’s conference, so make sure to check progressiveyouthministry.org for more. This episode includes the full… Read more about Smells Like Teenage Phenomenology with J. Aaron Simmons LIVE from #PYM17

Who is God? What is God? How... I am sure there are other ways of asking the question and even more ways to answer the question. In this episode we discuss the a host of theologians answer the question in a stack of different ways. Hopefully we are able to unpack the answers, assumptions, insights and perspectives in the episode. During the episode we mention: The upcoming Theology Nerd Bootcamp with Joerg Rieger February 17 in Dallas before Progressive Youth Ministry. Joerg Rieger's excellent text Christ and Empire. Victor Anderson's most amazing book Beyond Ontological Blackness Laurel Schneider's exploration of polydoxy and multiplicity. Donna Bowman's book on Barth and Whitehead & her upcoming book in the HBC series. The Enfolding Theology Conference at the Hatchery in LA this coming March. You should check out Nathan's Common Cause Community project and most importantly say hi to him on twitter... he loves tree. Elder Tony Jones' book Did God Kill Jesus? Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott Paeth and Douglas Ottati tackle the lightning round at Progressive Youth Ministry with a whirlwind tour of the history of liberal theology.  You can hear part 1 of the live show from that evening featuring Amy Butler and John Vest here. Both Paeth and Ottati have been on HBC multiple times. Here are a couple of links for each of them. Paeth's first visit.  BONUS-cast.     2014 PYMC. Ottati's first visit (Christology).  Why write a liberal theology? We want to thank Phillips Theological Seminary for their awesome sponsorship of this evening and their ongoing partnership. Please check out their new ministry degrees ... including the Masters in Theological Studies and Doctor of Ministry! Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott Paeth and Douglas Ottati tackle the lightning round at Progressive Youth Ministry with a whirlwind tour of the history of liberal theology.  You can hear part 1 of the live show from that evening featuring Amy Butler and John Vest here. Both Paeth and Ottati have been on HBC multiple times. Here are a… Read more about Genealogy of Liberal Theology from PYM

Progressive Youth Ministry 2015 in Chicago gave HBC a chance to hang with the Reverend Doctors Amy Butler and John Vest! Thanks to Phillips Theological Seminary for sponsoring the evening and make sure you check out the new Masters of Arts in Social Justice. Kudos to the Hatchery for providing the pint glasses. They were very useful. This is part 1 of that marathon evening and part 2 will be on the TNT in 3 days with a Genealogy of Liberal Theology. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John created the Progressive Youth Ministry conference last year, and next week he's hosting it at his church, Fourth Presbyterian in Chicago, for the second time. He's working with the JoPa Group to put the conference on.

March 2014 in San Diego TransFORM provided Homebrewed with three firsts: The debut of a new gameshow "En Fuego!" Joerg Rieger says nice things about capitalism Tripp lost a preach-off (to Peter Matthews pictured right) We had a blast catching up with old friends and meeting tons of new folks. Rebekah Berndnt and Micky Jones were great contestants for En Fuego! and Joerg Rieger was a good sport for Bo's pro-capitalist chiding. You will hear plugs for George Fox Seminary and Chalice Press - both sponsors at the time. Check out Joerg Rieger's books here and make sure to come to our upcoming live events at AAR in November, at Christianity 21 in Phoenix (January), and at Progressive Youth Ministry in Chicago (March). Peter Matthews and Anthony Smith were there to tell you to tune into Soul Emergence Radio. Make sure to read Micky's blogs over at Emergent Village. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonnie, Tony Jones & I were lucky to bring the Homebrewed Christianity heat LIVE at the Progressive Youth Ministry conference.  This episode includes some of the excitement that was had.  It kicks off with a tasty interview with DePaul professor of religion, theo-blogger & Moltmaniac Scott Paeth.  We discuss his new book (which is awesome and easy to read) The Niebuhr Brothers for Armchair Theologians, the Hauerwasian Mafia, and the future of progressive Christian ethics in America.  Then Tony Jones and I had a serious battle of au contraire mon fraire... Tony Jones did not win.  That was great BUT... little did we anticipate Jonnie would secretly orchestrate his victory with a statement that blew our mind. If that wasn't enough we had Trey Pearson of Everyday Sunday & Carter DJ-ing the show & post-pod dance party...oh yeah that happened... Our wonderful host 4th Presbyterian & John Vest were amazing & even arranged to have some delicious Revolution Brewing & Goose Island beer at the celebration. Chalice, the TNT publishing partner, also did some awesome give-away fun at the event. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonnie, Tony Jones & I were lucky to bring the Homebrewed Christianity heat LIVE at the Progressive Youth Ministry conference.  This episode includes some of the excitement that was had.  It kicks off with a tasty interview with DePaul professor of religion, theo-blogger & Moltmaniac Scott Paeth.  We discuss his new book (which is awesome… Read more about Youth Ministers, the Niebuhr Revival, @pastormark & Other Goodies #PYM14