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Flyover Ministry
by Flyover Ministry Podcast
A practical podcast for small church leaders by small church leaders.
Episodes
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Episode 241 - Navigating Congregational Conflict
Jordan and Dan work through the cold and technical difficulties to talk with youth worker Cody Halverson about how leaders should remain open, neutral, and cautious during times of congregational division.
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Episode 240 - 2025 Christmas Break Extravaganza (Part 2)
Jordan and Dan continue to discuss helpful resources they found during the past calendar year. Also, Dan kind of goes off into the weeds describing how to play Capture the Flag, so consider this a preemptive apology.
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Episode 239 - 2025 Christmas Break Extravaganza
In our 6th annual recap, Dan and Jordan begin to discuss resources, apps, technology, books, and games they've used in ministry in 2025.
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Episode 238 - Recruitment and Spiritual Gift Surveys
Dan and Jordan wrap up a discussion on being more intentional in pursuing fellowship opportunities. Moving past goals and general action steps to get started, starting small and having a sense of people's strengths will help get the ball rolling.
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Episode 237 - Plan Of Attack...er...Fellowship
Dan shares more about what's going on at his church as they process through ideas for how to better engage and strengthen fellowship as Believers.
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Episode 236 - Fellowship Goals
Dan shares some of the goals of fellowship his churches are working towards as he and Jordan continue to discuss the importance of fellowship and re-connecting with the de-churched.
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Episode 235 - Fellowship Nuts And Bolts
Jordan and Dan start a conversation about fellowship within the church. Why is fellowship with other Christians so important, and what do we do when people insist that they don't need to be with other Christians to worship God?
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Episode 234 - Confirmation As A Point Of Connection
Your time with students is limited, so how can you best leverage the time you have to build better relationships with students and their parents? Dan and Jordan discuss ideas in this week's episode.
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Episode 233 - Confirmation Is Magic!
Jordan and Dan talk over the magical properties of Confirmation. While getting confirmed doesn't confer saving grace upon you, this ministry does tend to make inactive members reappear.
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Episode 232 - Content And Material
The intent to provide formal Christian Education to students is great, but what do you teach them? This week, Dan and Jordan discuss different options for content, as well as the possibility of (gasp) trying something new.
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Episode 231 - Goals for Confirmation
In this series arc, Jordan and Dan discuss the ministry of confirmation - specifically within the Free Lutheran Church body.
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Episode 230 - FLY Convention Recap
With the 2025 Free Lutheran Youth Convention in the rear-view mirror, Jordan and Dan debrief a bit about their experiences and moments of appreciation from Estes Park, Colorado.
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Episode 229 - Healthy Youth Ministry Practice #7
Dan and Jordan come to the end of their discussion on healthy youth ministry practices by talking about vocation. Practice #1 - Congregations have warmth, challenge, and grace Practice #2 - Congregations have supportive adults Practice #3 - Congregations have engaged parents Practice #4 -...
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Episode #228 - Healthy Youth Ministry Practice #6
Jordan and Dan progress to the 6th practice of healthy youth ministry in their discussion through "Seven Practices of Healthy Youth Ministry." You can still get a copy from AFLC Youth Ministries while supplies last. You can also find the book here on Amazon. Practice #1 - Congregations have…
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Episode #227 - Healthy Youth Ministry Practice #5
When was the last time you talked about baptism during a mid-week Bible Study? Probably farther back than you remember. Dan and Jordan move to the fifth practice of health youth ministry: Deeply Understanding Their Baptismal Faith. Practice #1 - Congregations have warmth, challenge, and grace....
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Episode #226 - Healthy Youth Ministry Practice #4
Moving through the resource provided by AFLC Youth Ministries, Dan and Jordan discuss the next practice - opportunities for students to serve and lead. Practice #1 - Congregations have warmth, challenge, and grace. Practice #2 - Congregations have supportive adults. Practice #3 - Congregations…
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Episode #225 - Healthy Youth Ministry Practice #3
Jordan and Dan continue to discuss healthy practices of youth ministry - congregations have engaged parents. Practice #1 - Congregations have warmth, challenge, and grace. Practice #2 - Congregations have supportive adults. Practice #3 - Congregations have engaged parents.
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Episode 224 - Healthy Youth Ministry Practice #2
Continuing on in the Seven Practices of Healthy Youth Ministry, Dan and Jordan discuss Practice #2 - congregations have supportive adults. Practice #1 - Congregations have warmth, challenge, and grace. Practice #2 - Congregations have supportive adults.
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Episode 223 - Healthy Youth Ministry Practice #1
Dan and Jordan begin a reading club (sort of) by starting to talk through "Seven Practices of Healthy Youth Ministry" from the LCMS. If you'd like a copy of this resource, reach out to AFLC Youth Ministries, or head over to Amazon.
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Episode 222 - Youth Pastors Compensation Report
Jordan and Dan take a look at the Youth Pastors Compensation Report that came out from The Youth Cartel and Chemistry Staffing. This week's discussion covers how congregations can utilize the results to help support their ministries and well-being of their ministers.
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Episode 221 - Morals and Ethics, pt. 2
Dan and Jordan continue to discuss the role of morals and ethics within the youth ministry setting, looking especially at specific examples of cultural moments in the past few months.
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Episode 220 - A Youth Ministry Scenario
Jon Langness joins Jordan and Dan in this week's episode, discussing a potential (and likely) scenario that youth workers face. In one corner: parents who would like to be more actively involved in the ministry to students. In the other corner: students who would rather not have their parents...
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Episode 219 - Morals and Ethics, pt. 1
Progressing towards the end of Dan's outline from YWW 2025, this week's episode takes a practical look at how morals and ethics influence cultural engagement.
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Episode 218 - Christ and Culture Review
Dan and Jordan discuss five views of culture presented by H. Richard Niebuhr in his book, "Christ and Culture."
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Episode 217 - What Is Culture (continued)
This episode picks up mid-conversation as Dan and Jordan discuss why identifying, monitoring, and interpreting culture is important in ministry.
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Episode 216 - What Is Culture?
In this episode arc, Dan and Jordan return to the topic of leaders engaging with the culture in the world around them.
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Episode 215 - Personal Longevity, Continued
Jordan and Dan wrap up their discussion on how people serving in ministry and the people they serve can pursue and invest in the work being done. This not only wraps up this month's discussion, but Jordan's content for the Summer Institute of Theology.
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Episode 214 - Personal Longevity
As a church strives towards longevity in their staff, what are ways leaders can strive for longevity alongside their church? Jordan and Dan give some answers to this question in this week's episode.
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Episode 213 - Starting Out
As Dan and Jordan continue to discuss longevity in youth ministry, this week's focus is on how a church can help set up their staff to start strong.
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Episode 212 - Longevity In Youth Ministry, Part 2
Dan and Jordan continue to discuss how churches/ministries can invest in the health of their ministries as they begin to prepare for incoming leaders.
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Episode 211 - Longevity In Youth Ministry
Jordan and Dan begin to wrap up talking through Jordan's SIT outline. This week, they begin to look at ways churches can begin to invest in their ministers before they're even considered for the ministry position.
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Episode 210 - 2024 Christmas Break Extravaganza
In our 5th annual recap, Dan and Jordan take advantage of the end of the year to share about resources they found helpful in their own ministries.
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Episode 209 - Challenges and Opportunities in Faith Formation
Jordan and Dan discuss different hurdles a church may face when it comes to helping develop faith in the lives of students.
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Episode 208 - Faith Formation In The Congregation
A church can communicate how it prioritizes students and families through trust, trail and error, and by passing responsibilities on to younger generations. Dan and Jordan dive into discuss this topic more in this week's episode.
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Episode 207 - Leading Faith Formation At Home
Ministry leaders can demonstrate to other families how to work through the challenges and blessings of faith formation at home. Jordan and Dan talk about how to encourage parents in the faith formation of their children by example.
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Episode 206 - Ministry From Home pt. 2
Dan and Jordan continue to discuss faith formation at home.
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Episode 205 - Ministry From Home
Jordan and Dan continue to talk through Jordan's sessions from the Summer Institute of Theology. This week begins the conversation of where ministry to students happens, focusing especially on home-based ministry.
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Episode 204 - Equipping For Independent Study
In this week's slightly more pun-riddled episode, Dan and Jordan continue to discuss how leaders can better equip their students to study God's Word on their own.
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Episode 203 - Independent Study
How do we as leaders, parents, youth pastors, caring adults, etc. encourage and equip students to be able to study God's Word on their own? Jordan and Dan discuss this topic in this week's episode.
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Episode 202 - The Word of God
Jordan and Dan do another extensive (but by no means exhaustive) look at Scripture, focusing on the work that is accomplished as it's taught.
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Episode 201 - Prioritizing Teaching Topics
Dan and Jordan discuss what sort of topics leaders should try to prioritize for studying with their students while avoiding Moralistic Therapeutic Deism.
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Episode 200 - SIT Day 1, Pt 4 - Pragmatic Support for Youth Ministry
Jordan and Dan finish up discussing the importance and practicality of Youth Ministry...at least, according to the episode outline plan.
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Episode 199 - SIT Day 1, Pt. 3 - Biblical Support for Youth Ministry
Jordan presents an extensive (but by no means exhaustive) list of passages from Scripture that stand in support for discipling all people, including and especially to students.
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Episode 198 - SIT Day 1, Pt. 2 - The Pushback on Youth Ministry
There are concerns about the lack of Biblical support justifying the existence of age-specific ministry to students within the local church. Jordan continues to highlight the content from SIT at the Free Lutheran Bible College and Seminary.
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Episode 197 - SIT Series, Part 1
Jordan and Dan are back with a new content for a new series in a new season of Flyover Ministry. Jordan had a chance to share at the Summer Institute of Theology at the Free Lutheran Bible College and Seminary in August. Jordan starts getting into the content for his sessions.
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Episode 196 - Summer Catchup Pt. 2
Jordan and Dan continue to discuss summer details while looking ahead to the coming school year.
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Episode 195 - Summer Catchup
We're back! At least, briefly. Summer has been full of opportunity, camps, VBS, and more. Dan and Jordan catch up in this week's episode.
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Episode 194 - Interview with Matt Swigart
This week, Dan and Jordan welcome Matt Swigart as a returning guest. Matt shares about Enhance (a para-church ministry he's started to help encourage and equip leaders). Matt also shares about a book he's recently published geared towards helping new adult Christians grow in their faith. If you'd...
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Episode 193 - Community Networking
Dan and Jordan take this week to discuss ministry opportunities that are available to churches who are able to network together.
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