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Middle School Ministry Podcast — 217 episodes

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104 - Awesome Camp Stories

2

103 - You Need to Summer Chill

3

102 - Camp Before and After

4

101 - Post Retreat Thoughts

5

100 - How to Keep Middle School Students on Track

6

099 - How Do You Support Former Students?

7

098 - Celebrate Your Volunteers

8

097 - It’s Transition Time!

9

096 - Small Group Leaders are the Best(?)

10

095 - A Very Thoughtful Group

11

094 - Middle School Retreat

12

093 - Do You Want Our Old Couch?

13

092 - Asking Questions Getting Answers

14

095 - Middle School Retreat

15

091 - Guest Speaking

16

090- Church is CANCELLED!

17

089 - What? No Live Worship?

18

088 - New Year New Us!

19

087 - Girls Who Wont Talk

20

086 - WAY too many Middle School Boys

21

085 - Concrete Vs Conceptual

22

084 - Six Seven Again

23

083 - What’d You Say?

24

082 -  Summer Reset

25

081 - What’s the Most Middle School Thing Ever?

26

080 - Is Middle School the Worst?

27

079 - Do You Have a Check out Policy?

28

078 - What Have You Forgotten?

29

076 - Sheteem

30

074 - When Do You Start Promotion Season?

31

073 - Hybrid and Middle School Ministry

32

072 - DYM RoundTables Round Up

33

071 - The Stories You Hear Sometimes

34

070 - Conference Feedback

35

069 - Timing Your Talk. Why are you going so long

36

068 - Getting the Room Back

37

067 - You Should Have a Friend

38

066 - Events for Your DNOW Brainstorm

39

065- Tips For Starting The Fall

40

064 - The First Few Minutes of Youth Group

41

063 - Treating Your Leaders Well

42

062 - Why Can't Churches Find Youth Pastors: Part 2

43

061 - Why Can't Churches Find Youth Pastors: Part 1

44

060 - What to do with complaints?

45

059 - Getting Ready For Fall

46

058 - Reflecting After Camp

47

057 - One Week to Break Them All

48

056 - Fun Middle School Summer Events

49

55 - Best Summer Camp Practices

50

054 - Angry Parent Emails

51

53 - Summer MS Roadtrips

52

52 - Avoiding Summer Burn Out

53

51 - Summer Send Off

54

50 - Encourage Your Volunteer Team

55

49 - What about the “off” weeks?

56

48 - What Happens When Middle School Students Lead?

57

047 - MSM Student Leadership

58

046 - Practical Parent Ministry Tips

59

45 - Partnering with Middle School Parents

60

044 - Middle School Parent Meetings

61

043 – Middle School Student Leadership Team

62

Forced Discipleship and Middle School Students

63

Training New Middle School Leaders

64

Middle School students sharing their stories

65

Sabbath and Middle School Ministry

66

Building Trust with Middle School Students

67

Helping Middle School Students Be Welcoming

68

Planning For Next Year’s Promotion NOW

69

Creating a Safe Space for Middle School Students

70

How Not To Freak Out When Your Kid Comes Into Ministry

71

Handing Off 8th Grade Students

72

When the Numbers are LOW

73

Calling Middle School Students Up

74

Let's Get Some Momentum in 2021!

75

2020 Wasn’t A Complete Dumpster Fire

76

The Dangers of Putting Middle School Students In Charge

77

Christmas Fun & Plans During Coronavirus

78

It's Not Cancelled, It's Postponed

79

Are We Shutting Down Again?

80

Talking Politics without being a Jerk

81

Starting Back... Again

82

National Day of Volunteer Youth Ministry Training 2020

83

How to Have Small Groups without Getting Covid

84

Sharing Space (But Not Pandemics)

85

Complaints & Compliments in Middle School Ministry

86

Plans for the Fall (So Far!)

87

Michelle Got a Job!

88

Welcome 6th Graders (To Pandemic Youth Ministry)

89

Staycations & Life Updates

90

Social Distancing & Middle Schoolers

91

Bless Those COVID-19 Leaders

92

A Reopening of Sorts

93

What Can Two White Middle School Pastors Do?

94

Boise, Idaho and Leaving Well

95

Plan to Gain Trust

96

What We Did This Week 5.24.20

97

Making the Plan

98

What We Did This Week 5.17.20

99

Bacon and Budgets

100

What We Did This Week 5.10.20

101

Summer is Canceled (kind of)

102

What We Did This Week 5.6.20

103

Will It All Go Back To Normal?

104

What We Did this Week: 4.26.20

105

More Like Sabbath From Home

106

MS Online 04.19.20

107

Technical Glitches

108

MS Online 04.12.20

109

Online engagement for Middle Schoolers

110

Staying Connected While Socially Distancing

111

Middle School Ministry and COVID-19

112

MS Online - 03.20.20

113

Being a Burnt Out Middle School Pastor

114

Speaking as a Guest Middle School Pastor

115

Middle School Students with Special Needs

116

Sunday Morning Squirrels - 03.01.20

117

Asking Middle School Students About Social Media

118

Sunday Morning Squirrels - 02.23.20

119

Sometimes Students are Punks

120

Sunday Morning Squirrels - 02.16.20

121

Love is in the Air. It's Sex Talk Time.

122

Sunday Morning Squirrels - 02.09.20

123

85 - When you disagree with the Camp Speaker

124

Sunday Morning Squirrels - 02.02.20

125

84 - Mourning, Loss, and Middle School Students

126

Sunday Morning Squirrels - 01.26.20

127

Sunday Morning Squirrels - 01.12.20

128

83 - Here's to the New Year and New Things!

129

82 - Holiday Breaks and Hot Takes

130

Sunday Morning Squirrels - 01.05.20

131

Happy New Year!

132

Merry Christmas from Talking Squirrels

133

Sunday Morning Squirrels - 12.22.19

134

81- NYWC

135

Sunday Morning Squirrels - 12.15.19

136

80 - Echo Weekend Debrief

137

Sunday Morning Squirrels - 12.08.19

138

Sunday Morning Squirrels - 12.01.19

139

79 - Getting Ready for Echo Weekend

140

Sunday Morning Squirrels - 11.17.19

141

78 - That ONE Kid

142

Sunday Morning Squirrels - 11.10.19

143

77 - What Do Your Adults Do?

144

76 - Tentpole Events

145

Sunday Morning Squirrels - 10.20.19

146

75: Finding Your Tribe

147

Sunday Morning Squirrels - 10.13.19

148

74 - Leaving Your Leaders In Charge

149

Sunday Morning Squirrels - 10.06.19

150

73 - Reactions from National Day of Volunteer Youth Ministry Training!

151

Sunday Morning Squirrels - 09.29.19

152

72 - Middle School Pastors and Mental Health

153

Sunday Morning Squirrels - 09.22.19

154

71 - To Parent Meeting or Not To Parent Meeting

155

Sunday Morning Squirrels - 09.15.19

156

70 - Getting Students Up Front

157

Sunday Morning Squirrels - 09.08.19

158

69 - Fall Kick Off

159

Sunday Morning Squirrels - 09.01.19

160

68 - Time Management

161

Sunday Morning Squirrels - 08.25.19

162

67 - The Global Leadership Summit

163

Sunday Morning Squirrels - 08.18.19

164

Bonus Episode: 6th Grade BBQ

165

Sunday Morning Squirrels - 08.11.19

166

66 - Debriefing Summer Trips

167

Sunday Morning Squirrels - 08.04.19

168

65 - Taking Middle School Girls on Trips

169

Sunday Morning Squirrels - 07.28.19

170

64 - Summer Trips and Middle School

171

Sunday Morning Squirrels - 07.14.19

172

63 - Design in Middle School Ministry

173

Sunday Morning Squirrels - 07.07.19

174

62 - Middle School Students Serving during VBS

175

Sunday Morning Squirrels - 06.30.19

176

61 - Communicating Better in Middle School Ministry

177

Sunday Morning Squirrels - 06.23.19

178

60 - Getting Away

179

59 - When Do Your Promote Your Middle School Students?

180

58 - Getting on YouTube for your Middle School Students

181

Sunday Morning Squirrels - 06.02.18

182

57 - Middle School Ministry Fails

183

Sunday Morning Squirrels - 05.26.19

184

56 - BIG NEWS and Purpose Statements

185

Sunday Morning Squirrels - 05.19.19

186

55 - Low Key Summer Events with Chris Hargrove

187

Sunday Morning Squirrels - 05.12.19

188

54 - Orange Conference Takeaways

189

Sunday Morning Squirrels - 05.05.19

190

53 - Big Summer Events with Chris Hargrove

191

Sunday Morning Squirrels - 04.28.19

192

52 - What Do You Teach Middle School Students?

193

Sunday Morning Squirrels - 04.21.19

194

51 - The DYM Episode

195

Sunday Morning Squirrels - 04.14.19

196

50 - Walking with the Lawn Mowers

197

Sunday Morning Squirrels - 04.07.18

198

Minisode - Youth Leader Summit

199

49 - This Middle School Minister couldn't make it without his wife

200

Sunday Morning Squirrels - 03.31.19

201

48 - Middle School Kids are Kids

202

Sunday Morning Squirrels 03.24.19

203

47 - The Heart Attack Rule

204

Sunday Morning Squirrels 03.17.19

205

Minisode - Free DYM Gold Membership Trial

206

46 - Jeff Selph Spoke At Our Middle School Retreat

207

45 - When Middle School Kids Don't Want to Be Here

208

44 - Pride and the Middle School Pastor

209

43 - Middle School Students in Rural Churches

210

42 - IKEA and Middle School Ministry

211

41 - Dealing with that ONE Middle School Kid

212

40 - Middle School Students and the Spring Slump

213

39 - Middle School Student's who are Hurting

214

38 - Networking and Middle School Ministry

215

37 - Taking a Break (in Ministry...Calendaring)

216

36 - Senior Adults and Middle School Ministry

217

35 - Chris Hargrove and MORE connecting with Middle School Students!