Is prayer the centre of your youth ministry? How can we create a culture of prayer with a group of young people? These are the questions being asked and answered in the latest episode of the Youth Work State of Mind Podcast. Joining Ben and Dave on the podcast is Josh Green, Youth Director of 24/7 Prayer and heads up Wildfires to tackle these questions and more! Also in this episode, Josh, Ben and Dave take to the confectionary world in our feature, ‘If youth work was a box of chocolates’. Resources mentioned in this episode:God on Mute by Pete Grieg.

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Youth Work State of Mind Podcast is back with an episode looking at how to start youth ministry from scratch. In this episode, Ben and Dave are joined by Martin Saunders, the director of satellites and innovation at Youthscape, and Emma Gaze, northern England pioneer project developer at Limitless Elim. Ben, Dave, Emma and Martin also give their suggestion for their new feature "if youth work was a plate of biscuit, what would it look like"?

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Youth Work State of Mind Podcast is back with an episode looking at how to create a great team of youth leaders. In this episode, Ben and Dave are joined by Susie Mapledoram, the youth work officer for Manchester Diocese, and Graeme Bigg, youth lead for the children and youth team in Leeds Diocese. As well as tackling our main question, our guests also answer the age old question, who from the Bible would you want on your youth team?

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Last time we told you ‘Sunday Isn’t Everything’, well for the last episode in this series of the Youth Work State of Mind Podcast, we’re looking at how to reach and engage young people during our main Sunday gatherings.How can churches use this time to best engage, inspire and encourage faith of all ages who attend their Sunday services? How do we move from ‘children’s hour services’ to true intergenerational worship? To answer these and many more questions, Ben and Dave are joined by The Bishop of Burnley Philip North and Susie Mapledoram.Also in this episode, our guests bring us their online laughs and they tackle the topic of faith against the clock in ‘Theology in 60 Seconds’.Please do subscribe, share and rate the podcast and get involved in the conversation by joining us on Instagram @youthworkstateofmind or connect with https://www.facebook.com/blackburnboardofeducation

We know it’s a shocking title – and that’s the point. This bonus episode is about the language we use of ‘personal relationship with Jesus’ and how it hasn’t been as helpful as we imagined it would be.This clips was taken from the recording of our episode called ‘Sunday Isn’t Everything’ with Bryony Baker and Nick Shepherd, and in it, Ben, Bryony and Nick talk about how we can encourage young people to share their personal and often private faith in a way that encourages and uplifts us as a true Gospel community.For more resources visit our website https://www.bdeducation.org.uk or connect with us on social media, on https://www.facebook.com/blackburnboardofeducation or on Instagram @youthworkstateofmind

We’re back with episode 7 of the Youth Work State of Mind Podcast and you know what, Sunday Isn’t Everything! In this episode we’re looking at how to reach young people during the week.Why is week-long connection with God important for our young people and what do we and don’t we do well in encouraging this? To answer these and many more questions, Ben and Dave are joined by Bryony Baker and Nick Shepherd.Also in this episode, our guests bring us their woes and wants of church life in ‘So Good So Bad’ and they tackle the topic of holiness against the clock in ‘Theology in 60 Seconds’.For more resources visit our website https://www.bdeducation.org.uk or connect with us on social media, on https://www.facebook.com/blackburnboardofeducation or on Instagram @youthworkstateofmind***Find out more about our guests here:Bryony BakerNick ShepherdResources Mentioned in this episode:Haverim Bible Study

We’re back with episode 6 of the Youth Work State of Mind Podcast and we’re going to be looking at Worship.How can we help young people engage in worship? How can we let our young people explore different worship styles in a way that helps their faith? To answer these and many more questions, Ben and Dave are joined by Jo Boyce and John Robinson.Also in this episode, our guests suggest Bible Characters as Bands or Music Groups and we challenge the guests to explain the Joy of the Lord in Theology in 60 Seconds.For more resources visit our website https://www.bdeducation.org.uk or connect with us on social media, on https://www.facebook.com/blackburnboardofeducation or on Instagram @youthworkstateofmindFind out more about our guests here:Jo Boyce – CJM MusicJohn Robinson – Blackburn Cathedral

So you’ve done your outreach, what’s next? This is the question being discussed in this bonus episode of the Youth Work State of Mind Podcast.This conversation was taken from the recording of our Sports Ministry episode with Martin Bateman from Ambassadors Football, Joya Pal-George from Kick and Richard Witham from Scripture Union, and in it, Ben and our guests talk about how to develop outreach into lasting discipleship.For more resources visit our website https://www.bdeducation.org.uk or connect with us on social media, on https://www.facebook.com/blackburnboardofeducation or on Instagram @youthworkstateofmind