Talking Youth Ministry

Rachel, Lucy and Martin are joined by volunteer youth worker and Satellites host Katie Madanat, to talk about prayer ministry with young people. What can we affirm from the previous era of charismatic youth events? What has helpfully changed? And how do we implement the learning in the context of our local groups? Plus there’s a chat about how to invest in and empower youth work teams, and some very, very spurious organised fun…

The evolution of prayer ministry with Katie Madanat 

Content warning: We discuss themes of violence against women and girls in this episode. Rachel and Lucy lead the charge on Netflix's new youth-centred drama called Adolescence. The 4 part series follows a 13 year old boy accused of murdering one of his peers and unpacking what caused this awful event. Our hosts take us through the parts of the show that feel familiar to the youth work they have experienced and also the questions and alarm bells it brought up for them. We also take a look at the importance of having socials as part of your rhythm as a youth group and what that can bring to the young people you work with as well as the team you're part of. As usual, organised fun rounds off the episode. ShownotesNewspaper article introducing Netflix's show 'Adolescence': https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/netflix-adolescence-incel-stephen-graham-parents-warning-b2716322.htmlAudio clip taken from interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAEulswTmv8Beyond Equality instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beyond_equalityTalking cards for Adolescence: https://www.instagram.com/p/DHXrauqzovL/?igsh=MWJncHVqNzZubXk3cQ== Do get in touch with us by emailing us podcast@youthscape.co.uk or commenting on individual Spotify episodes. To hear more&nbsp;episodes like this, search for Talking Youth Ministry: A Youthscape Podcast wherever you get your podcasts.For more content from Youthscape, find us on Instagram and Facebook.&nbsp;

Netflix's Adolescence and the rise of the youth social

Martin and Lucy chat to Dr Hannah Bowden, from The Youthscape Centre for Research, as she discusses the important topic of trauma in young people and what our role as youth workers looks like when supporting young people around this. We also discuss Lucy’s recent trip to see Sabrina Carpenter and what she’s learning about youth work from. Also some special birthday organised fun! Shownoteshttps://www.betsytraininguk.co.uk/ Do get in touch with us by emailing us podcast@youthscape.co.uk or commenting on individual Spotify episodes. To hear more&nbsp;episodes like this, search for Talking Youth Ministry: A Youthscape Podcast wherever you get your podcasts.For more content from Youthscape, find us on Instagram and Facebook.&nbsp;

Trauma Informed Youth Work and the Girl Pop Takeover

Martin and Rachel hold up a few examples of how youth work is shown and talked about, both in mainstream tv dramas, as well as more recently in Brit Awards acceptance speeches from Ezra Collective and Stormzy. The team also dive through the mail bag in response to some spicy feedback from previous episodes... Do get in touch with us by emailing us podcast@youthscape.co.uk or commenting on individual Spotify episodes. Shownotes﻿:﻿Waterloo Road Season 15 Episode 2, availbale on BBC iPlayer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0027w5g/waterloo-road-series-15-episode-2Ezra Collective acceptance speech audio taken from: https://www.instagram.com/p/DGtO0oequm4/Stormzy accpetance speech audio taken from: https://www.instagram.com/p/DGsZWIlq1eL/ To hear more&nbsp;episodes like this, search for Talking Youth Ministry: A Youthscape Podcast wherever you get your podcasts.For more content from Youthscape, find us on Instagram and Facebook.&nbsp;

Perceptions of youth work

This week the team take a deep dive into the world of youth residentials, aka taking young people away overnight. Martin, Lucy and Rachel explore why we should bother with the effort and planning it takes to pull off a great residential and they divulge some top tips and share their highlights. As always, we wrap up with some organised fun. Do get in touch with us by emailing us podcast@youthscape.co.uk or commenting on individual Spotify episodes. To hear more&nbsp;episodes like this, search for Talking Youth Ministry: A Youthscape Podcast wherever you get your podcasts.For more content from Youthscape, find us on Instagram and Facebook.&nbsp;

Youth Residentials 101

This episode is a feedback special, we take on the topics suggested by two of our listeners - how to start schools work and we address a spicy message about how much face-to-face work a large number of youth workers do and why! As always, some organised fun is there to wrap up the episode. Do get in touch with us by emailing us podcast@youthscape.co.uk or commenting on individual Spotify episodes. To hear more&nbsp;episodes like this, search for Talking Youth Ministry: A Youthscape Podcast wherever you get your podcasts.For more content from Youthscape, find us on Instagram and Facebook.&nbsp;

Youth ministers - working hard or hardly working?

This week Rachel, Lucy and Martin explore some methods they use when opening the Bible with young people and why it's their go-to. They also pick up on some research to suggest that a surprising number of young people would be in favour of welcoming a dictatorship. Plus we banish some classic youth ministry items in our version of Room 101… Shownotes Discovery Bible Study method: https://www.dbsguide.org/#panel1Swedish Method: https://overtheteacup.wordpress.com/2021/09/20/the-swedish-bible-study-method/Freezeframe:Jesus Centred Bible Study taken from this pdf: https://insight.typepad.co.uk/bible_study_methods.pdfChannel 4 research 'Gen Z: Trends, Truth &amp; Trust': https://www.channel4.com/corporate/about-4/gen-z-trends-truth-and-trust Do get in touch with us by emailing us podcast@youthscape.co.uk or commenting on individual spotify episodes. To hear more&nbsp;episodes like this, search for Talking Youth Ministry: A Youthscape Podcast wherever you get your podcasts.For more content from Youthscape, find us on Instagram and Facebook.&nbsp;

3.5 ways of doing a Bible study with young people

Martin and Rachel delve into the topic of the newest generation of young people - generation alpha. They look at what makes them distinctively different from gen Z and what makes them tick. Rachel also offers up her ABC* of recruiting volunteers, plus we play a game of ‘lights, camera, hallelujah!’ Do get in touch with us by emailing us podcast@youthscape.co.uk or commenting on individual spotify episodes. Shownotes﻿Generation Alpha research: https://www.gwi.com/reports/gen-alpha#get-pdf To hear more&nbsp;episodes like this, search for Talking Youth Ministry: A Youthscape Podcast wherever you get your podcasts.For more content from Youthscape, find us on Instagram and Facebook.&nbsp;

Generation alpha, the offline renaissance and recruiting volunteers

Martin, Rachel and Lucy do a deep dive into three of this seasons biggest global tv shows: Traitors, Squid Game and Beast Games. What does it say about the times we're living in? Are playing these sorts of mafia-esc games with young groups okay? What message does it send to the young people we work with? As always, let us know what you think - podcast@youthscape.co.uk Shownotes﻿Martin's article: https://www.premierchristianity.com/culture/should-christians-feel-guilty-about-watching-the-traitors/18814.articleEdelman Trust Barometer: https://www.edelman.com/trust/2024/trust-barometer To hear more&nbsp;episodes like this, search for Talking Youth Ministry: A Youthscape Podcast wherever you get your podcasts.For more content from Youthscape, find us on Instagram and Facebook.&nbsp;

Traitors, Squid Game and the desire for human betrayal

A weekly podcast from Youthscape, hosted by Rachel Gardner, Lucy Rae and Martin Saunders.

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