Who's ready for some new content?

I know I am.

It's been quite a start to the new year, but after taking some time to focus on some student and kid ministries needs at the church, I am finally ready to get back to some sort of regular activity here at The Youth Worker Daily.

Starting next Monday, March 15th, fresh new content will begin posting again! Yes! New Content!

2020 made a significant impact on the youth ministry world. Online gatherings, hybrid in-person meetings, Zoom, masks, social distancing; all I can say is, WOW!

But with things slowly beginning to improve, many youth workers, including myself, are looking to get back to some sort of normalcy. As I begin to bring my student ministry back, there are a lot of things we're going to do different. Covid has reminded me of some basic ministry moment that have been overlooked or forgotten. My hope is to share some of these "lessons". And as I look at bringing a "basement to attic" remodel to our student ministry, I want to share what we're doing, what will be different, and how we hope to do a better job caring for students as we step into the future. 

So come along and let's see what God does. 2021 is going to be an exciting season of student ministry!

​- the youth worker daily

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Welcome to episode 18 of Conversations with Every Day Youth Workers, the podcast of The Youth Worker Daily. This week we're taking a break to share a little bit of what God is doing in my ministry.

After a not so great Fall Kick off on Zoom, we have made the decision to change how we are meeting with our students. We're moving away from a mid-week, program based ministry into small group ministry. Along with sharing why we made the move, I talk about some of the immediate benefits we've seen with small groups.

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Maybe you saw the TikTok video that went viral last Friday. While in the office, an employee, recorded his co-worker dancing the the C+C Music Factory hit, Everybody Dance Now (Gonna Make You Sweat). The video already has a huge following of spin-offs, parodies, and  copy-cats spreading the viral effect.

I thought it would be fun to have our student leadership team jump on the bandwagon and create our own version of the video as something fun for our students to see. But then I thought, why limit it to just our student leadership team? Why not get the pastors involved? Participation was optional, and I was thrilled to get a handful of videos from some of our team.

So here it is, Our own spin on the "Everybody Dance Now" video. Enjoy!

This was so much fun! And, I am so grateful for the willingness of our pastors and my student leadership team to show off their dance moves! I work with an amazing group of folks who love Jesus, love our students, and love to have fun!

- the youth worker daily

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Welcome to episode 17 of Conversations with Every Day Youth Workers, the podcast of The Youth Worker Daily. This week I am excited to introduce you to my new friend, Tracey Hardwick!

Tracey is the director of student ministry at Providence Church of God, in Locust, North Carolina. Tracey is having a good time working with his students as they push through this season of the Covid-19 Pandemic.

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Be sure to visit Tracey's Instagram to see the videos we mentioned in today's podcast.

This weekend (Sunday, September 27th, 2020) I had the privilege of sharing at C3 (Covenant Community Church) as we continued in our series, Different, Values That Make Us Unique. We're taking time as a church to consider our core values and how they impact and direct the ministry at C3. But more than the ministry of C3, how do these core values help us as we take our next steps of faith with Christ.

I preached on the core value of bringing our best. I love that as a church, C3 strives to bring our very best in everything we do. We work hard to set the table for our visitors, members, and friends.  It's not to make us better than, but to show just how much we desire to give God our best.

I would be honored if you took a few minutes to watch or listen to Sunday's online gathering from C3! My prayer would be that this message encourages and challenges you to bring your very best to God!

​- jay