All Episodes
Middle School Ministry Podcast — 217 episodes
104 - Awesome Camp Stories
103 - You Need to Summer Chill
102 - Camp Before and After
101 - Post Retreat Thoughts
100 - How to Keep Middle School Students on Track
099 - How Do You Support Former Students?
098 - Celebrate Your Volunteers
097 - It’s Transition Time!
096 - Small Group Leaders are the Best(?)
095 - A Very Thoughtful Group
094 - Middle School Retreat
093 - Do You Want Our Old Couch?
092 - Asking Questions Getting Answers
095 - Middle School Retreat
091 - Guest Speaking
090- Church is CANCELLED!
089 - What? No Live Worship?
088 - New Year New Us!
087 - Girls Who Wont Talk
086 - WAY too many Middle School Boys
085 - Concrete Vs Conceptual
084 - Six Seven Again
083 - What’d You Say?
082 - Summer Reset
081 - What’s the Most Middle School Thing Ever?
080 - Is Middle School the Worst?
079 - Do You Have a Check out Policy?
078 - What Have You Forgotten?
076 - Sheteem
074 - When Do You Start Promotion Season?
073 - Hybrid and Middle School Ministry
072 - DYM RoundTables Round Up
071 - The Stories You Hear Sometimes
070 - Conference Feedback
069 - Timing Your Talk. Why are you going so long
068 - Getting the Room Back
067 - You Should Have a Friend
066 - Events for Your DNOW Brainstorm
065- Tips For Starting The Fall
064 - The First Few Minutes of Youth Group
063 - Treating Your Leaders Well
062 - Why Can't Churches Find Youth Pastors: Part 2
061 - Why Can't Churches Find Youth Pastors: Part 1
060 - What to do with complaints?
059 - Getting Ready For Fall
058 - Reflecting After Camp
057 - One Week to Break Them All
056 - Fun Middle School Summer Events
55 - Best Summer Camp Practices
054 - Angry Parent Emails
53 - Summer MS Roadtrips
52 - Avoiding Summer Burn Out
51 - Summer Send Off
50 - Encourage Your Volunteer Team
49 - What about the “off” weeks?
48 - What Happens When Middle School Students Lead?
047 - MSM Student Leadership
046 - Practical Parent Ministry Tips
45 - Partnering with Middle School Parents
044 - Middle School Parent Meetings
043 – Middle School Student Leadership Team
Forced Discipleship and Middle School Students
Training New Middle School Leaders
Middle School students sharing their stories
Sabbath and Middle School Ministry
Building Trust with Middle School Students
Helping Middle School Students Be Welcoming
Planning For Next Year’s Promotion NOW
Creating a Safe Space for Middle School Students
How Not To Freak Out When Your Kid Comes Into Ministry
Handing Off 8th Grade Students
When the Numbers are LOW
Calling Middle School Students Up
Let's Get Some Momentum in 2021!
2020 Wasn’t A Complete Dumpster Fire
The Dangers of Putting Middle School Students In Charge
Christmas Fun & Plans During Coronavirus
It's Not Cancelled, It's Postponed
Are We Shutting Down Again?
Talking Politics without being a Jerk
Starting Back... Again
National Day of Volunteer Youth Ministry Training 2020
How to Have Small Groups without Getting Covid
Sharing Space (But Not Pandemics)
Complaints & Compliments in Middle School Ministry
Plans for the Fall (So Far!)
Michelle Got a Job!
Welcome 6th Graders (To Pandemic Youth Ministry)
Staycations & Life Updates
Social Distancing & Middle Schoolers
Bless Those COVID-19 Leaders
A Reopening of Sorts
What Can Two White Middle School Pastors Do?
Boise, Idaho and Leaving Well
Plan to Gain Trust
What We Did This Week 5.24.20
Making the Plan
What We Did This Week 5.17.20
Bacon and Budgets
What We Did This Week 5.10.20
Summer is Canceled (kind of)
What We Did This Week 5.6.20
Will It All Go Back To Normal?
What We Did this Week: 4.26.20
More Like Sabbath From Home
MS Online 04.19.20
Technical Glitches
MS Online 04.12.20
Online engagement for Middle Schoolers
Staying Connected While Socially Distancing
Middle School Ministry and COVID-19
MS Online - 03.20.20
Being a Burnt Out Middle School Pastor
Speaking as a Guest Middle School Pastor
Middle School Students with Special Needs
Sunday Morning Squirrels - 03.01.20
Asking Middle School Students About Social Media
Sunday Morning Squirrels - 02.23.20
Sometimes Students are Punks
Sunday Morning Squirrels - 02.16.20
Love is in the Air. It's Sex Talk Time.
Sunday Morning Squirrels - 02.09.20
85 - When you disagree with the Camp Speaker
Sunday Morning Squirrels - 02.02.20
84 - Mourning, Loss, and Middle School Students
Sunday Morning Squirrels - 01.26.20
Sunday Morning Squirrels - 01.12.20
83 - Here's to the New Year and New Things!
82 - Holiday Breaks and Hot Takes
Sunday Morning Squirrels - 01.05.20
Happy New Year!
Merry Christmas from Talking Squirrels
Sunday Morning Squirrels - 12.22.19
81- NYWC
Sunday Morning Squirrels - 12.15.19
80 - Echo Weekend Debrief
Sunday Morning Squirrels - 12.08.19
Sunday Morning Squirrels - 12.01.19
79 - Getting Ready for Echo Weekend
Sunday Morning Squirrels - 11.17.19
78 - That ONE Kid
Sunday Morning Squirrels - 11.10.19
77 - What Do Your Adults Do?
76 - Tentpole Events
Sunday Morning Squirrels - 10.20.19
75: Finding Your Tribe
Sunday Morning Squirrels - 10.13.19
74 - Leaving Your Leaders In Charge
Sunday Morning Squirrels - 10.06.19
73 - Reactions from National Day of Volunteer Youth Ministry Training!
Sunday Morning Squirrels - 09.29.19
72 - Middle School Pastors and Mental Health
Sunday Morning Squirrels - 09.22.19
71 - To Parent Meeting or Not To Parent Meeting
Sunday Morning Squirrels - 09.15.19
70 - Getting Students Up Front
Sunday Morning Squirrels - 09.08.19
69 - Fall Kick Off
Sunday Morning Squirrels - 09.01.19
68 - Time Management
Sunday Morning Squirrels - 08.25.19
67 - The Global Leadership Summit
Sunday Morning Squirrels - 08.18.19
Bonus Episode: 6th Grade BBQ
Sunday Morning Squirrels - 08.11.19
66 - Debriefing Summer Trips
Sunday Morning Squirrels - 08.04.19
65 - Taking Middle School Girls on Trips
Sunday Morning Squirrels - 07.28.19
64 - Summer Trips and Middle School
Sunday Morning Squirrels - 07.14.19
63 - Design in Middle School Ministry
Sunday Morning Squirrels - 07.07.19
62 - Middle School Students Serving during VBS
Sunday Morning Squirrels - 06.30.19
61 - Communicating Better in Middle School Ministry
Sunday Morning Squirrels - 06.23.19
60 - Getting Away
59 - When Do Your Promote Your Middle School Students?
58 - Getting on YouTube for your Middle School Students
Sunday Morning Squirrels - 06.02.18
57 - Middle School Ministry Fails
Sunday Morning Squirrels - 05.26.19
56 - BIG NEWS and Purpose Statements
Sunday Morning Squirrels - 05.19.19
55 - Low Key Summer Events with Chris Hargrove
Sunday Morning Squirrels - 05.12.19
54 - Orange Conference Takeaways
Sunday Morning Squirrels - 05.05.19
53 - Big Summer Events with Chris Hargrove
Sunday Morning Squirrels - 04.28.19
52 - What Do You Teach Middle School Students?
Sunday Morning Squirrels - 04.21.19
51 - The DYM Episode
Sunday Morning Squirrels - 04.14.19
50 - Walking with the Lawn Mowers
Sunday Morning Squirrels - 04.07.18
Minisode - Youth Leader Summit
49 - This Middle School Minister couldn't make it without his wife
Sunday Morning Squirrels - 03.31.19
48 - Middle School Kids are Kids
Sunday Morning Squirrels 03.24.19
47 - The Heart Attack Rule
Sunday Morning Squirrels 03.17.19
Minisode - Free DYM Gold Membership Trial
46 - Jeff Selph Spoke At Our Middle School Retreat
45 - When Middle School Kids Don't Want to Be Here
44 - Pride and the Middle School Pastor
43 - Middle School Students in Rural Churches
42 - IKEA and Middle School Ministry
41 - Dealing with that ONE Middle School Kid
40 - Middle School Students and the Spring Slump
39 - Middle School Student's who are Hurting
38 - Networking and Middle School Ministry
37 - Taking a Break (in Ministry...Calendaring)
36 - Senior Adults and Middle School Ministry
35 - Chris Hargrove and MORE connecting with Middle School Students!