SPORTS vs. YOUTH GROUP: 5 Ways to Win the Battle of Priorities

✅ ➡️ Grow your Youth Ministry!! http://www.growyouryouthministry.com ⬅️ ✅ The perpetual tug-of-war between 🍕✝️ youth ministry and sports ⚽️🏀⚾️🏈 commitments has challenged youth pastors for many years. How do we navigate this tension when both activities compete for limited time ⏳? In this episode, we discuss five strategic approaches that can help youth pastors position their 🍕✝️ student ministries as priorities worth making time ⏰ for. Rather than villainizing sports ⚽️🏀⚾️🏈, we explore what makes athletics so attractive to 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 families and how youth group 🍕✝️ can learn a few things and incorporate those same appealing elements into mid-week programs. We ask the challenging question every youth pastor needs to answer: "In your students' eyes 👀, is your 🍕✝️ youth ministry truly worth missing sports for?" Whether you're in the middle of ⚾️ baseball season, 🏈 football practice, 🏀 basketball drills, 🏐 volleyball games or another athletic commitment in your community, these strategies will help you create a 🍕✝️ youth ministry experience students feel they can't afford to miss ❤️. Ultimately, we shouldn't be looking to 🚫 eliminate sports ⚽️🏀⚾️🏈, but rather, how can we create a 🍕✝️ youth group that students will do whatever it takes to attend? ========= 😍 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: ▶️ Getting Parents Involved in Youth Ministry https://youtu.be/zVLJJFK4AI0 ▶️ Youth Pastors & Parents: Best Communication Tips https://youtu.be/SSr69kksZSw ========= 📕 CHAPTERS:📕 0:00 - HOW TO WIN THE BATTLE OF YOUTH GROUP vs. SPORTS 3:03 - (1) THINK ABOUT WHAT PURPOSE SPORTS SERVE FOR STUDENTS & FAMILIES 3:57 - CAN YOUR YOUTH GROUP ALSO MEET THOSE NEEDS? 4:44 - BELONGING 5:27 - TEAMWORK 5:54 - GIFTS & TALENTS 7:58 - PHYSICAL FITNESS 9:40 - (2) IS YOUR YOUTH GROUP WORTH MISSING SPORTS FOR? 13:31 - DON'T GUILT TRIP STUDENTS 14:51 - FIGHTING FOR STUDENTS 15:43 - IS MY YOUTH GROUP EVERYTHING THAT A PARENT OR STUDENT COULD WANT? 18:33 - (3) HOW IS YOUR COMMUNICATION WITH PARENTS? 21:32 - (4) DO YOU MAKE IT EASY FOR FAMILIES TO COME TO YOUTH GROUP? 22:10 - DO YOU PROVIDE ANY FOOD? 23:03 - CAN STUDENTS ARRIVE EARLY TO DO HOMEWORK? 25:42 - LET PARENTS KNOW ALL THAT YOUTH GROUP PROVIDES 27:25 - SHOULD YOU CHANGE YOUR YOUTH GROUP PROGRAM NIGHT FOR SPORTS? 29:03 - IS SUNDAY NIGHT A BAD DAY & TIME FOR YOUR YOUTH GROUP TO MEET? 32:37 - YOUTH GROUP MERCH 34:07 - (5) HAVE A STRONG COMMUNITY PRESENCE & PARTNERING WITH FAMILIES 34:31 - WHERE TO GO NEXT? 38:24 - QUESTION OF THE DAY 39:13 - COMMUNITY COMMENT OF THE DAY Thank you @michaeltaylor981 for your comment! ========= 🔄 CONNECT WITH US ON SOCIAL MEDIA 📱: Ministry Coach Podcast: Website: http://www.kristenlascola.com/ 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 #youthsports *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!*