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5 Ways to Connect With Your Students in Youth Ministry

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🚨 ➡️ The time ⏰ to grow a healthy, thriving youth ministry is NOW...let's work together! 🎉 Make sure to check out https://www.growyouryouthministry.com/ ⬅️ 🚨*** If you’ve ever looked at your youth group and just felt disconnected from your students, this episode is for you. We will get very practical about how to connect with students in youth ministry, especially when you’re new, you’re rebuilding relationships after graduation season, or you’re trying to reach the quiet teen who keeps coming and going to youth group, unnoticed. If you lead students as a youth pastor, director, intern, or volunteer small group leader, hit play, take notes, and try some of these ideas this week. If you received value out of this episode, be sure to subscribe, share this with another youth leader or your team, and leave a review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️! ======== 😍 WE WOULD LOVE ❤️ YOUR SUPPORT 😍 If you'd like to help us make more videos like this & have it on your heart ❤️ to support this ministry, please consider going to our Patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/ministrycoach 🙏Thank you!🙏 ========= We love hearing from you all and we do our best to provide powerful and insightful content on a weekly basis to be that coach and mentor you may not have, but desperately need. If you have a story to share or have an episode idea, please 💻 📩 E-Mail us at MinistryCoachPodcast@gmail.com Thank you for those who have submitted! 🙏🙏🙏 ========= You may also enjoy these episodes: ▶️ How to Connect With Introverted Students in Your Youth Ministry https://youtu.be/9v-T2cyeXuo ▶️ 6 Easy Ways to Connect With Your Students Outside of Youth Ministry https://youtu.be/u6gbzw6xEmM ======= 📕 CHAPTERS:📕 0:00 - 5 WAYS TO CONNECT WITH YOUR YOUTH MINISTRY STUDENTS 2:33 - (1) BE THERE BIGGEST FAN! 3:21 - "HERE I AM" vs. "THERE YOU ARE" 4:28 - EMBARRASSING STORY: USE THE CORRECT NAME 6:24 - USING STUDENTS' NAMES 8:33 - THE INVISIBLE KIDS 9:51 - THE VALUE OF BEING KNOWN BY THE LEADER IN CHARGE 11:17 - (2) TAKE CARE OF THEM 14:53 - (3) SHOW A GENUINE INTEREST IN THEM 15:06 - THE LOST ART OF "LISTENING" 16:55 - (4) LAUGH & PLAY WITH THEM 18:35 - PARTICIPATE IN YOUR MINISTRY 20:29 - (5) ENCOURAGE THEM 20:56 - POINTING OUT GREAT CHARACTER 21:30 - WHEN STUDENTS CONTRIBUTE 22:08 - COMPETITION & GAMES 23:42 - WHERE TO GO NEXT? 24:08 - COMMUNITY COMMENT OF THE DAY Thank you @jessicasmith8606 for your comment! ========= 🔄 CONNECT WITH US ON SOCIAL MEDIA 📱: Ministry Coach Podcast: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MinistryCoach/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ministrycoachpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ministrycoachpodcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ministrycoachpodcast Kristen Lascola: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/klascola/ Jeffrey Lascola: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grandmasterbengal/ ======= AUDIO / VIDEO GEAR (We used in this podcast): Camera 📸: https://amzn.to/3eWTTaS Lens: https://amzn.to/3dIeJM6 Memory Cards: https://amzn.to/38p6pxA Front Lighting / Key Lighting💡: https://amzn.to/2YX3v02 Accent Lighting in Background💡: https://amzn.to/3im1QsB https://amzn.to/3NdiQ33 Microphones 🎤: https://amzn.to/4awimQo Microphone Preamp: https://amzn.to/4bPhFml Digital Recorder: https://amzn.to/3eXmvkj Mic Stands: https://amzn.to/4bZA8MX #youthministry #studentministry #youthgroup *This episode is not sponsored. Some of the links are affiliate links which simply means, if you buy something, we will receive a small commission (at no additional cost to you) Thank you!*

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