YS 250
Season Finale (Part 1) | Tough Questions in Youth Ministry | Episode 250
26 June 2023
Season Finale (Part 1) | Tough Questions in Youth Ministry | Episode 250
The Youthscape Podcast
A regular podcast of youth leader inspiration. Hosts Rachel Gardner and Martin Saunders talk faith, church and culture with brilliant guests from the world of youth work, the wider church and beyond.
The podcast is back! This season we’re asking the important question of ‘how do we set up young people for a lifetime with Jesus’ and digging into the misconceptions and foundations of building lifelong faith.
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Into God Knows What
This season of the podcast is all about looking ahead towards the future. In a world that feels uncertain and ever-changing how can we as practitioners help young people navigate paths that we haven’t travelled ourselves? How do we chart out safe passage for ourselves, let alone those who are looking to us as we work with the teenagers around us? Come join us as we delve into the unknown, chat to experts and decipher and discern what this could mean for our youth work in this next season.
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Tough Questions for Youth Ministry
Martin and Rachel tackle challenging questions faced by those working with young people. They hear from practitioners who share their experiences and peel back the layers to reveal the taboo challenges we sometimes like to shy away from.
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National Youth Ministry Weekend Special | Meet the contributors
Rachel and Martin are back in the new academic year with the first episode of a mini-series building up to the National Youth Ministry Weekend in November.
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Big Conversations
What are some of the big, tricky conversations that we might end up having with the young people in our lives? In this season of the Youthscape Podcast, Martin and Rachel interview some people who can help us navigate these topics.
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Innovation in youth work is at the heart of what we do at Youthscape, and in this season of the Youthscape Podcast, Martin and Rachel explore what innovative youth work looks like, and talk to youth leaders about their experience with it.
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This podcast season features four special episodes exploring the themes of our wellbeing resource BRAVE: tough stuff, identity, control, and failure.
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In this season of the Youthscape Podcast, Martin and Rachel meet youth leaders from around the world, from Turkey to Australia, and talk to them about what youth work looks like for them in their context.
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Renew Normal
We’re approaching a year since lockdown began in the UK. As we look forward to a time when restrictions could begin to lift, we consider the impact of the last year, what lessons we’re starting to learn, and how youth ministry could change as we move forwards.
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The podcast is back with a focus on the 'new normal' of life with Covid-19. Restrictions are returning, stress endures, young people face immense challenges – what does it all mean for youth work?
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When the Covid-19 lockdown came in spring 2020 we launched a new podcast season focused on responding to the sudden challenges facing youth leaders.
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Remember 2019? A simpler time. This season includes the 100th episode special with Justin Welby, plus 63 more slices of rich conversation (& laughter) with our wonderful guests.
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YS 249
Why does God appear to be inconsistent in the Bible? | Alanzo Paul | Tough Questions in Youth Ministry | Episode 249
12 June 2023
Why does God appear to be inconsistent in the Bible? | Alanzo Paul | Tough Questions in Youth Ministry | Episode 249
YS 248
Can you still champion youth ministry if you become a vicar? | Alan Gault | Tough Questions in Youth Ministry | Episode 248
5 June 2023
Rachel sits down with Reverend Alan Gault, youth-worker-turned-vicar in Blackburn as they pick apart Alan's journey to ordination and what it looks like to help prioritise youth work even when you're not the youth worker.
YS 247
How do you carry on when life throws you the unexpected? | John Reynolds | Tough Questions in Youth Ministry | Episode 247
29 May 2023
Rachel sits down with John Reynolds, content creator and current volunteer youth worker. John chats about his life, and some of the challenges he's faced and how he's adjusted to them while understanding where God has placed him.
YS 246
How do you make youth ministry a priority when other needs are pressing | Alice Smith | Tough Questions for Youth Ministry | Episode 246
22 May 2023
Rachel sits down with Youthscape's newest member of the team, Alice Smith. Alice has just joined from the team at Christians Against Poverty and discusses where youth ministry fits amongst the pressing needs of poverty in a community.
YS 245
If God is for all young people, how come my youth group is full of middle class kids? | John Wheatley | Tough Questions in Youth Ministry | Episode 245
15 May 2023
Today's guest is John Wheatley from the Frontier Youth Trust and Martin sat down with him to discuss an often hidden question of the socio-economic makeup of youth groups. Rachel and Martin also resurrect 'Dog Talk' and discuss youth groups that look like them...
YS 244
"Isn't the Bible a tool of oppression?" | Clare Williams | Tough Questions in Youth Ministry | Episode 244
8 May 2023
This week, Martin sits down with Clare Williams from GET REAL and the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics. They take a deep dive into the difficulties that the arise when people have used the Bible for their own agendas and whether this causes any problems.
YS 243
Are youth and children's work in conflict? | Charles Merritt | Tough Questions for Youth Ministry | Episode 243
1 May 2023
Martin chats to a familiar voice of the podcast for dedicated listeners - Charles Merritt. Together they look at the different disciplines of youth work and children's work and grapple with the similarities as well as the challenges of co-existing.
YS 242
What does unity look like when your theology differs? | Linda Geevanathan | Tough Questions for Youth Ministry | Episode 242
24 April 2023
Martin sits down with the wonderful Linda Geevanathan, a long-time friend of Youthscape and local youth worker in Luton, as they chat about unity in the context of differing beliefs.
YS 241
How do you pastor young people in an age of toxic misogyny? | Katie Madanat | Tough Questions in Youth Ministry
17 April 2023
Rachel sits down with Katie Madanat as they discuss what expectations youth leaders should expect around modesty and what their response should be in those difficult scenarios.
YS 240
How do we not make summer events idols? | Robbie Thomson | Tough Questions in Youth Ministry | Episode 240
10 April 2023
Martin sits down with Robbie Thomson, Events Director for Satellites, to discuss the importance of making sure summer events have the right weighting in our youth ministry calendars, and how they fit into a wider understanding of discipleship.
YS 239
How do you support young people when your own teenager is in crisis? | Claire Banham | Tough Questions in Youth Ministry | Episode 239
3 April 2023
Rachel sits down with Claire Banham as she shares some of the story of her journey to creating the Haven, a safe space for young people suffering from anxiety and how that started with walking her own teenage daughter through her anxiety.
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