Dealing With Public Display of Affection in Youth Ministry (PDA)

🚨 ➡️ Are you looking to grow the size & health of your youth ministry? ⬅️ ✅ http://www.growyouryouthministry.com ***** Have you ever found yourself in the middle of a midweek youth group program 🍕✝️, trying to focus on the announcements 📣 or message, only to be sidetracked by a pair of teenagers cuddling 💕 in the corner 🙄? It’s a situation many ⛪️ church leaders know all too well, and it's the ❤️ heart of our latest episode where we grapple with the challenge of public displays of affection (PDA) in youth ministry 🍕✝️. In this episode, we navigate the complex dance of spirituality and romance in adolescence by setting a ⚖️ balance of 📝 policy & situational wisdom 🧐. As youth pastors, we want to come along side our student's growth journey and aid their developmental stages while prioritizing their faith. Listen in as we tackle the awkward but necessary conversations about PDA, striving to guide ➡️ our youth with patience and understanding, all without compromising the space that student ministry 🍕✝️ is meant to be. ======= 😍 WE WOULD LOVE ❤️ YOUR SUPPORT 😍 If you 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: ▶️ Creating a Safe Ministry - 3 Areas to Focus On for Youth Ministry Health! https://youtu.be/-LLIHdkjYv0 ========= 📕 CHAPTERS:📕 0:00 - HOW TO HANDLE PDA IN YOUTH MINISTRY 2:04 - POLICY & WISDOM 4:02 - QUESTIONS TO ASK YOURSELF WHEN NAVIGATING PDA IN YOUR YOUTH MINISTRY 7:00 - SET STUDENTS UP TO SUCCEED 12:48 - WHAT DO I DO ABOUT PDA IN MY YOUTH MINISTRY? 18:56 - SHOULD YOU BE PREEMPTIVE WITH PDA POLICIES? 22:34 - QUESTION OF THE DAY 34:59 - COMMUNITY COMMENT OF THE DAY Thank you @karlschmitke6413 for your comment! ========= 📱 Subscribe and Listen to our 🎤 Student Ministry Podcast channel here: APPLE 🍎: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ministry-coach/id1507977601 SPOTIFY🔊: https://open.spotify.com/show/4c4mLg8zX7B4r6DnlPrex6?si=xkc8g00qQdKxMMzZyyf1Uw&nd=1 🔄 CONNECT WITH US ON SOCIAL MEDIA 📱: Kristen Lascola: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/klascola/ Jeffrey Lascola: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grandmasterbengal/ Ministry Coach Podcast: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ministrycoachpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ministrycoachpodcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ministrycoach =========== 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/3eWUWrk Digital Recorder: https://amzn.to/3eXmvkj Pop Filters: https://amzn.to/2ApEz7M Mic Stands: https://amzn.to/2Zrwat2 Shock Mount: https://amzn.to/2AvjhWw XLR Cables: https://amzn.to/2VI4uiy #youthministry #youthgroup #studentministry *This podcast episode is not sponsored. Some of the links are affiliate links which simply means, if you buy something, we will receive a small commission which helps support this channel (at no additional cost to you) Thank you!*