
Welcome to Season 3 of the Rethinking Youth Ministry podcast! Today our host, Sarah Anderson, is joined by the founder and CEO of Orange, Reggie Joiner, and Orange’s executive director of student strategy, Crystal Chiang, to talk about some crucial ideas to consider when gearing up for a brand new youth ministry school year.
Voices In This Episode
EPISODE RECAP
- What Reggie Joiner and Crystal Chiang have noticed in their years working in youth ministry (2:17)
- What happens in the period of time between graduation and getting settled into a faith community in a new town and/or school (5:24)
- Crystal talks about her new book, Starting Now, and how it relates to teens after graduation (7:25)
- How to rediscover the potential of middle school ministry and change the future (12:44)
- Reevaluating how success is measured for 11th and 12th grade groups (15:20)
- Reengaging parents of teens on a weekly, monthly, and yearly basis (19:30)
- What to say to the overwhelmed youth pastor seeking advice on how to care for kids and parents simultaneously (24:31)
- How to reestablish service as a priority for discipleship (26:45)
- Recycling content around what matters most (35:54)
- Why rebuilding a leadership base that reflects diversity is imperative (42:34)
QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE
Teenagers will never see themselves the way God sees them if they’re not doing something significant with the thing God has created them to do. —Reggie Joiner Click To TweetService has more to do with discipleship than Bible study, prayer, or worship, especially for the high school student. —Reggie Joiner Click To TweetYou are not growing if you’re not doing. —Reggie Joiner Click To TweetGod gets bigger and better when kids see God through other filters and through the eyes of other people. —Reggie Joiner Click To TweetThere’s danger in knowledge being a substitute for what we’re supposed to be and do. —Reggie Joiner Click To Tweet
RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE
Website: On My Team
Book for parents: 18 Plus: Parenting Your Emerging Adult
Book for graduated seniors: Starting Now
Resource for youth leaders: XP3 Students curriculum (Try it for FREE!)
Event: Orange Tour 2019
Join the Conversation