The Morning After Ministry Show

Today Andrew was with Landen Crouch, in Russleville, Arkansas. Landen is leaving his church of 7 years next Sunday, to take another possition. In this episode we talked about how you know it is time to go, what you go through when you’re looking, and how to transition well. Check out our resources in the DYM store here: https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/shop?author=8 Be sure to check out Landen’s resources in the DYM store. https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/shop?author=279Be sure to like The Morning After Ministry on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/morningafterministry/instagram.com/morningaftermin and twitter.com/morningaftermin. You can also find Tim @t00th and Andrew @andrewlarsenBe sure to check out the other shows in the DYM Podcast Network at podcast.downloadyouthministry.comThanks to Dignity Memorial, Peek Reach, and Give Central for making our show possible!

Today we were joined by one of our favorite DYM authors and DYM Podcast Network hosts, our Friend Derry Prenkert. Derry hosts a show called “My Third Decade” where he talks about what he has learned in his 22 plus years at the same church. Today we were talking to Derry about camp. He is currently in his SIXTH camp of the summer.We talked the pros and cons of hosting and running your own camp vs bringing your students to a camp. Derry and his team have been running the same camp for 20 years. It started with 20 students and now serves several hundred. Tim just returned from a week of Student Life Camp, and discussed what was beneficial for his leaders and students about attending a camp that was all planned out by another party. Both of our churches have been in sermon series on prayer. Andrew finished his series by discussing Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane Tim was preaching on Jesus’ prayers as well. We discussed serom schedules and the fact that this summer is almost over as far as schedules are concerned. We also got new stickers from StickerMule and they are awesome!Check out our resources in the DYM store here: https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/shop?author=8 Be sure to check out Derry’s show, and his resources in the DYM store. https://podcast.downloadyouthministry.com/my-third-decade/ https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/shop?author=28Be sure to like The Morning After Ministry on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/morningafterministry/instagram.com/morningaftermin and twitter.com/morningaftermin. You can also find Tim @t00th and Andrew @andrewlarsenBe sure to check out the other shows in the DYM Podcast Network at podcast.downloadyouthministry.comThanks to Dignity Memorial, Peek Reach, and Give Central for making our show possible!

Today we were joined by one of our favorite DYM authors and DYM Podcast Network hosts, our Friend Derry Prenkert. Derry hosts a show called “My Third Decade” where he talks about what he has learned in his 22 plus years at the same church. Today we were talking to Derry about camp. He is currently in his SIXTH camp of the summer.We talked the pros and cons of hosting and running your own camp vs bringing your students to a camp. Derry and his team have been running the same camp for 20 years. It started with 20 students and now serves several hundred. Tim just returned from a week of Student Life Camp, and discussed what was beneficial for his leaders and students about attending a camp that was all planned out by another party. Both of our churches have been in sermon series on prayer. Andrew finished his series by discussing Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane Tim was preaching on Jesus’ prayers as well. We discussed serom schedules and the fact that this summer is almost over as far as schedules are concerned. We also got new stickers from StickerMule and they are awesome!Check out our resources in the DYM store here: https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/shop?author=8 Be sure to check out Derry’s show, and his resources in the DYM store. https://podcast.downloadyouthministry.com/my-third-decade/ https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/shop?author=28Be sure to like The Morning After Ministry on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/morningafterministry/instagram.com/morningaftermin and twitter.com/morningaftermin. You can also find Tim @t00th and Andrew @andrewlarsenBe sure to check out the other shows in the DYM Podcast Network at podcast.downloadyouthministry.comThanks to Dignity Memorial, Peek Reach, and Give Central for making our show possible!

Tim was out being a youth pastor this morning, taking his kids to camp. He’ll be back next week, and we’ll have Derry Prenkert with us to talk all things camp. You won’t want to miss it! Today we had Riley Lester in the hot seat. We talked about his weird path to full time employment, impending changes, and social evolution. It was a great show.Riley is the high schooll pastor, and only student ministry staffer, at Cross Pointe Church, a large multi site church in Georgia. He’s been there a year. It is also Riley’s first full time job in church world, despite finishing a church ministries degree four years ago. Riley felt God calling him to a specific kind of church setting, so instead of taking the first job he was offered, he volunteered and interned at churches that he would want to attend. This led to a year long residency and eventually a full time position, but it was certainly the path less taken. Riley is also about to get married. For the past year he has been in Georgia while his fiance, Savannah, has been in North West Arkansas. We talked about how his relationships and availability to his students would be shifting in the coming weeks and months.Finally, Riley and I (Andrew) talked about our relationship, and how it has changed from him being a student of mine, to now being one of my closest friends. We talked about the benefits of long term ministry, and why discipling individual students matters. Check out our resources in the DYM store here: https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/shop?author=8Be sure to like The Morning After Ministry on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/morningafterministry/instagram.com/morningaftermin and twitter.com/morningaftermin. You can also find Tim @t00th and Andrew @andrewlarsenBe sure to check out the other shows in the DYM Podcast Network at podcast.downloadyouthministry.comThanks to Dignity Memorial, Peek Reach, and Give Central for making our show possible!

Tim was out being a youth pastor this morning, taking his kids to camp. He’ll be back next week, and we’ll have Derry Prenkert with us to talk all things camp. You won’t want to miss it! Today we had Riley Lester in the hot seat. We talked about his weird path to full time employment, impending changes, and social evolution. It was a great show.Riley is the high schooll pastor, and only student ministry staffer, at Cross Pointe Church, a large multi site church in Georgia. He’s been there a year. It is also Riley’s first full time job in church world, despite finishing a church ministries degree four years ago. Riley felt God calling him to a specific kind of church setting, so instead of taking the first job he was offered, he volunteered and interned at churches that he would want to attend. This led to a year long residency and eventually a full time position, but it was certainly the path less taken. Riley is also about to get married. For the past year he has been in Georgia while his fiance, Savannah, has been in North West Arkansas. We talked about how his relationships and availability to his students would be shifting in the coming weeks and months.Finally, Riley and I (Andrew) talked about our relationship, and how it has changed from him being a student of mine, to now being one of my closest friends. We talked about the benefits of long term ministry, and why discipling individual students matters. Check out our resources in the DYM store here: https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/shop?author=8Be sure to like The Morning After Ministry on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/morningafterministry/instagram.com/morningaftermin and twitter.com/morningaftermin. You can also find Tim @t00th and Andrew @andrewlarsenBe sure to check out the other shows in the DYM Podcast Network at podcast.downloadyouthministry.comThanks to Dignity Memorial, Peek Reach, and Give Central for making our show possible!

Show NotesEpisode 22: One Show, Two Locations…cause sometimes you need to go to Toy Story Land.This morning was the first time we have ever done a complete show from two separate locations. To be honest, we’re still kind of shocked that it worked so well, but we are so glad that it did! Andrew was in the regular office/studio while Tim was off at the brand new Toy Story Land at Disney’s Hollywood Studios (using fast passes that Andrew scored for him when he was there on Friday.)It was an especially busy week for Tim, as he had five straight ministry nights. Tuesday he led a parenting class, Wednesday night was on of his youth groups big summer “decrease” nights, Thursday he had a camp leader meeting, and Friday/Saturday he had a middle school boys all nighter. Thank God for the flexability of schedule that allowsyou to take your family to Disney on a Monday after a day like that!Andrew had one of the stranger requests of his ministry career on Thursday. “Can you do a quickie wedding so that my clients wife doesn’t have to testify against him tomorrow?” He said no, even though it would have paid $200. With the busy summer season fully upon us, the next few weeks of shows are going to be a ton of fun. We’ll have guest hosts, and be live from different locations. Don’t miss out!Check out our resources in the DYM store here: https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/shop?author=8Be sure to like The Morning After Ministry on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/morningafterministry/instagram.com/morningaftermin and twitter.com/morningaftermin. You can also find Tim @t00th and Andrew @andrewlarsenBe sure to check out the other shows in the DYM Podcast Network at podcast.downloadyouthministry.comThanks to Dignity Memorial, Peek Reach, and Give Central for making our show possible!

Show NotesEpisode 22: One Show, Two Locations…cause sometimes you need to go to Toy Story Land.This morning was the first time we have ever done a complete show from two separate locations. To be honest, we’re still kind of shocked that it worked so well, but we are so glad that it did! Andrew was in the regular office/studio while Tim was off at the brand new Toy Story Land at Disney’s Hollywood Studios (using fast passes that Andrew scored for him when he was there on Friday.)It was an especially busy week for Tim, as he had five straight ministry nights. Tuesday he led a parenting class, Wednesday night was on of his youth groups big summer “decrease” nights, Thursday he had a camp leader meeting, and Friday/Saturday he had a middle school boys all nighter. Thank God for the flexability of schedule that allowsyou to take your family to Disney on a Monday after a day like that!Andrew had one of the stranger requests of his ministry career on Thursday. “Can you do a quickie wedding so that my clients wife doesn’t have to testify against him tomorrow?” He said no, even though it would have paid $200. With the busy summer season fully upon us, the next few weeks of shows are going to be a ton of fun. We’ll have guest hosts, and be live from different locations. Don’t miss out!Check out our resources in the DYM store here: https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/shop?author=8Be sure to like The Morning After Ministry on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/morningafterministry/instagram.com/morningaftermin and twitter.com/morningaftermin. You can also find Tim @t00th and Andrew @andrewlarsenBe sure to check out the other shows in the DYM Podcast Network at podcast.downloadyouthministry.comThanks to Dignity Memorial, Peek Reach, and Give Central for making our show possible!

Tim was out side hustling again this week, so he missed church for the second time in three weeks. We talked about what different churches require for their ministry staff attendance on Sundays, how many Sundays they can miss for personal reasons, and how many can be missed for ministry reasons. Many of the people watching expressed that they were only allowed to miss two Sundays per year. Andrew, in his previous church, missed one out of a hundred Sundays, which was way not healthy! One of the more healthy policies either of us have experienced was that every staff member was REQUIRED to miss one weekend a quarter.Summer is here and budgets are tight. Every church has issues with summer finances. We talked about ways to get around spending freezes, how to make up for low funds, and how the summer budget affects student ministry more than the rest of the church.We also talked about summer events. With weekly youth ministry being toned down these months, the pressure is on for big events to be stellar. Tim is having a video game truck show up at his church on wednesday night!I’ll say I’m sorry, but I won’t take off my glasses.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcOXf-U1ZRACheck out our resources in the DYM store here: https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/shop?author=8Be sure to like The Morning After Ministry on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/morningafterministry/instagram.com/morningaftermin and twitter.com/morningaftermin. You can also find Tim @t00th and Andrew @andrewlarsenBe sure to check out the other shows in the DYM Podcast Network at podcast.downloadyouthministry.comThanks to Dignity Memorial, Peek Reach, and Give Central for making our show possible!

Tim was out side hustling again this week, so he missed church for the second time in three weeks. We talked about what different churches require for their ministry staff attendance on Sundays, how many Sundays they can miss for personal reasons, and how many can be missed for ministry reasons. Many of the people watching expressed that they were only allowed to miss two Sundays per year. Andrew, in his previous church, missed one out of a hundred Sundays, which was way not healthy! One of the more healthy policies either of us have experienced was that every staff member was REQUIRED to miss one weekend a quarter.Summer is here and budgets are tight. Every church has issues with summer finances. We talked about ways to get around spending freezes, how to make up for low funds, and how the summer budget affects student ministry more than the rest of the church.We also talked about summer events. With weekly youth ministry being toned down these months, the pressure is on for big events to be stellar. Tim is having a video game truck show up at his church on wednesday night!I’ll say I’m sorry, but I won’t take off my glasses.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcOXf-U1ZRACheck out our resources in the DYM store here: https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/shop?author=8Be sure to like The Morning After Ministry on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/morningafterministry/instagram.com/morningaftermin and twitter.com/morningaftermin. You can also find Tim @t00th and Andrew @andrewlarsenBe sure to check out the other shows in the DYM Podcast Network at podcast.downloadyouthministry.comThanks to Dignity Memorial, Peek Reach, and Give Central for making our show possible!

And we’re back….after a week long mission trip in the little village of La Lista in the south west corner of the Dominican Republic, we are glad to be back in our regular air conditioned recording space. We didn’t do a podcast last week, but we did do a facebook live video, you can check it out here. https://www.facebook.com/morningafterministry/videos/215223025954489/We had a fantastic time on our trip, but just because we were gone for a week, the ministry at our home churches didn’t stop. When we got home we still had all of our weekend responsibilities, including preaching, tech, a wedding, and welcoming a new staff member. Andrew’s computer died late on Saturday night, and he had to write a sermon from his phone. He also did a wedding in two languages this Saturday. Tim still had all of his oversight responsibilities, as well as middle school youth group. Needless to say, we are tired.We cannot say enough good things about Praying Pelican Missions. Their stateside staff and Dominican staff were absolutely wonderful. If you are even thinking about planning a trip, check out https://www.prayingpelicanmissions.org, and ask for Mary Holsman. She’s the greatest.We talked about some of the more memorable moments on our trip, including the water filters that we installed, and when Andrew accidently went to a Dominican brothel...fronted by a barber shop.Check out our resources in the DYM store here: https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/shop?author=8Be sure to like The Morning After Ministry on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/morningafterministry/instagram.com/morningaftermin and twitter.com/morningaftermin. You can also find Tim @t00th and Andrew @andrewlarsenBe sure to check out the other shows in the DYM Podcast Network at podcast.downloadyouthministry.comThanks to Dignity Memorial, Peek Reach, and Give Central for making our show possible!

And we’re back….after a week long mission trip in the little village of La Lista in the south west corner of the Dominican Republic, we are glad to be back in our regular air conditioned recording space. We didn’t do a podcast last week, but we did do a facebook live video, you can check it out here. https://www.facebook.com/morningafterministry/videos/215223025954489/We had a fantastic time on our trip, but just because we were gone for a week, the ministry at our home churches didn’t stop. When we got home we still had all of our weekend responsibilities, including preaching, tech, a wedding, and welcoming a new staff member. Andrew’s computer died late on Saturday night, and he had to write a sermon from his phone. He also did a wedding in two languages this Saturday. Tim still had all of his oversight responsibilities, as well as middle school youth group. Needless to say, we are tired.We cannot say enough good things about Praying Pelican Missions. Their stateside staff and Dominican staff were absolutely wonderful. If you are even thinking about planning a trip, check out https://www.prayingpelicanmissions.org, and ask for Mary Holsman. She’s the greatest.We talked about some of the more memorable moments on our trip, including the water filters that we installed, and when Andrew accidently went to a Dominican brothel...fronted by a barber shop.Check out our resources in the DYM store here: https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/shop?author=8Be sure to like The Morning After Ministry on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/morningafterministry/instagram.com/morningaftermin and twitter.com/morningaftermin. You can also find Tim @t00th and Andrew @andrewlarsenBe sure to check out the other shows in the DYM Podcast Network at podcast.downloadyouthministry.comThanks to Dignity Memorial, Peek Reach, and Give Central for making our show possible!

This week has been crazy. Both Tim and Andrew were driving until the wee hours of the morning in order to be home for this morning’s show, and it was great to be together talking about all that happened this week, and all happening in the week ahead. Tim was in a movie! His brother Steve is a director, and got Tim his first ever big screen speaking role. His wife and kids made an appearance too! Here is Tim’s hilarious imdb page. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3125544/It was the last Wednesday night of programming for the summer. Tim talked about how this summer’s calendar will be different from previous summers, because the goal is to hav small group leaders planning and leading events for their small group.It is VBS week at Andrew’s church. We talked the pros and cons of VBS, and why some churches shy away while others embrace it. We are taking our VBS with us to the Dominican next week! We talked about the mission trip we will be on next week in the Dominican village of La Lista. We get to partner with a church and pastor there that we have been ministering with for three years, and are super excited to see how God has moved since we were last there. We have a mission trip resource in the DYM store; it’s a four part devotional and Bible study on the life of Philip. It challages students to be willing to serve wherever God calls them. It can be found here. https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/shop/willing-devotionalCheck out our resources in the DYM store here: https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/shop?author=8Be sure to like The Morning After Ministry on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/morningafterministry/instagram.com/morningaftermin and twitter.com/morningaftermin. You can also find Tim @t00th and Andrew @andrewlarsenBe sure to check out the other shows in the DYM Podcast Network at podcast.downloadyouthministry.comThanks to Dignity Memorial, Peek Reach, and Give Central for making our show possible!

This week has been crazy. Both Tim and Andrew were driving until the wee hours of the morning in order to be home for this morning’s show, and it was great to be together talking about all that happened this week, and all happening in the week ahead. Tim was in a movie! His brother Steve is a director, and got Tim his first ever big screen speaking role. His wife and kids made an appearance too! Here is Tim’s hilarious imdb page. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3125544/It was the last Wednesday night of programming for the summer. Tim talked about how this summer’s calendar will be different from previous summers, because the goal is to hav small group leaders planning and leading events for their small group.It is VBS week at Andrew’s church. We talked the pros and cons of VBS, and why some churches shy away while others embrace it. We are taking our VBS with us to the Dominican next week! We talked about the mission trip we will be on next week in the Dominican village of La Lista. We get to partner with a church and pastor there that we have been ministering with for three years, and are super excited to see how God has moved since we were last there. We have a mission trip resource in the DYM store; it’s a four part devotional and Bible study on the life of Philip. It challages students to be willing to serve wherever God calls them. It can be found here. https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/shop/willing-devotionalCheck out our resources in the DYM store here: https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/shop?author=8Be sure to like The Morning After Ministry on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/morningafterministry/instagram.com/morningaftermin and twitter.com/morningaftermin. You can also find Tim @t00th and Andrew @andrewlarsenBe sure to check out the other shows in the DYM Podcast Network at podcast.downloadyouthministry.comThanks to Dignity Memorial, Peek Reach, and Give Central for making our show possible!

It’s Memorial Day. The offices are closed, but we’re still here recording Episode 18. Since it is a holiday weekend, senior pastors expect lower attendance, which means youth pastors everywhere are asked to preach. We talked about preaching schedules and how often youth and associate pastors get the nod.We were joined today by Alexis Freedman. Alexis is a former student of Andrew’s and is on full time staff with Young Life in Orlando. We asked Alexis about the differences between traditional youth ministry and Young Life, and she shared the limitation that YL has. She stressed that the ultimate goal of Young Life was to get students following Jesus and plugged into local churches.You can keep up with Alexis and her ministry at @lex.freedman.We talked about the movie that Tim is going to be shooting over the weekend. His brother is a director, and occasionally finds rolls for him. Here is Tim’s hilarious imdb page. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3125544/With graduations right around the corner, we know that you have several themed messages coming up. But As For Me is a complete night of programming targeted at graduation. It comes with a sermon, a small group, a game and graphics. Basically, it is everything you need to be able to have an awesome night of youth group with your seniors before they graduate. https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/shop/but-as-for-me-youth-ministry-graduation-toolCheck out our resources in the DYM store here: https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/shop?author=8Be sure to like The Morning After Ministry on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/morningafterministry/instagram.com/morningaftermin and twitter.com/morningaftermin. You can also find Tim @t00th and Andrew @andrewlarsenBe sure to check out the other shows in the DYM Podcast Network at podcast.downloadyouthministry.comThanks to Dignity Memorial, Peek Reach, and Give Central for making our show possible!

It’s Memorial Day. The offices are closed, but we’re still here recording Episode 18. Since it is a holiday weekend, senior pastors expect lower attendance, which means youth pastors everywhere are asked to preach. We talked about preaching schedules and how often youth and associate pastors get the nod.We were joined today by Alexis Freedman. Alexis is a former student of Andrew’s and is on full time staff with Young Life in Orlando. We asked Alexis about the differences between traditional youth ministry and Young Life, and she shared the limitation that YL has. She stressed that the ultimate goal of Young Life was to get students following Jesus and plugged into local churches.You can keep up with Alexis and her ministry at @lex.freedman.We talked about the movie that Tim is going to be shooting over the weekend. His brother is a director, and occasionally finds rolls for him. Here is Tim’s hilarious imdb page. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3125544/With graduations right around the corner, we know that you have several themed messages coming up. But As For Me is a complete night of programming targeted at graduation. It comes with a sermon, a small group, a game and graphics. Basically, it is everything you need to be able to have an awesome night of youth group with your seniors before they graduate. https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/shop/but-as-for-me-youth-ministry-graduation-toolCheck out our resources in the DYM store here: https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/shop?author=8Be sure to like The Morning After Ministry on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/morningafterministry/instagram.com/morningaftermin and twitter.com/morningaftermin. You can also find Tim @t00th and Andrew @andrewlarsenBe sure to check out the other shows in the DYM Podcast Network at podcast.downloadyouthministry.comThanks to Dignity Memorial, Peek Reach, and Give Central for making our show possible!