Episode 0033 On the streets, Legends and more importantly a UK takeover! Youth Ministry Middle School Junior High

Summary: Thanks to our partners at CIY!  Check out Leader Guide!  Send the podcast to your team and then use the leader guide to have discussion together. NOW with editable versions so you can add your own quesitons too! Find Controlled Chaos Podcast on:| iTunes | Podbean | Google Play | Stitcher |YOUTUBE | Spotify  Intro done by: Pastor Gemma Dunning Show Outline: UK Podcast takeover with Gemma Dunning as our host. Gemma interviews Andrew Root while he is in London about living in your calling as a youth worker and checking ourselves on seeing the church in an idealistic way. He also encourages the power of story telling! Also, Gemma interviews two incredible people who work in outreach minsitries in UK. Thatch, who works outside the church walls by reaching out to youth on the streets. Along with Helen, who is a part of a mobile ministry located in communities that are less fortunate. We believe at Controlled Chaos podcast that great youth ministry does not ONLY exist in the United States. Give it a listen! It's amazing! 00:35 Gemma introduces 00:46 “Awesome youth ministry is not just confined to the United States.” -Gemma Dunning 2:11 Introducing the interviewees 3:05 Andy Root speaks at International Headquarters of Salvation Army 4:26 Top tips for youth workers on how to work in a secular society 5:18 Andrew says you just got to go for it 6:26 Check your idealism with the church 7:18 Have the confidence in your calling 7:40 “Not winning is sometimes the way God wins.” -Andrew Root 8:10 Don’t hold the church too tightly because it can be broken 8:42 Ask questions of the church at interview 9:11 What does success look like in the church 10:13 Sharing stories as an activist mindset 10:43 "Identity is constructed around events that we narrate.” -Andrew Root 11:15 How stories can bring transformation to self and others 13:19 Andrew explains what is thrilling about UK youth ministry 16:05 Gemma’s ministry she is involved in focuses on missional communities 16:33 Andrew explains what is hard to see in the church 19:21 Introducing Tadz- a youth worker in the UK 19:58 Explaining “Courtyard” project 20:55 Tadz defines “detached and on the streets” youth worker’s 23:20 Tadz talks about what is exciting about ministry work in the UK 25:05 Some challenges in the Courtyard project 27:48 Pray for Courtyard projects and the challenges they encounter 29:24 Last interviewee introduced as a hard working youth minister 30:13 Helen discusses her mobile youth ministry called "Worth Unlimited’s Waltham Forest branch" 31:18 It’s a point of contact to be where the youth is at 32:12 What excites Helen about serving in her ministry 33:10 “You journey through with the students and it is exciting to see them grow and change” -Helen 33:20 Helen talks about the diversity in the youth that she works with 34:34 Challenges in her ministry with gangs, crime, and drug addictions 35:25 “How brilliant that you get to speak hope with children that wouldn’t ordinarily connect with church.”- Gemma Dunning 38:08 Exciting how God is using UK youth ministry!   Whose on this episode?  Justin Herman- Sandals Church   Things Mentioned: Our Controlled Chaos Podcast Partner CIY, Christ in Youth. CIY- Christ in Youth   Our Sponsors.  Central Christian College of the Bible, Moberly Missouri (where Justin went to college) ORANGE- The XP3 Orange Curriculum  CCourtyard Project Ministry in the UK (courtyardproject.org.uk)-Tadz Ministry   CIY podcast partners Worth Unlimited’s Waltham Forest branch (https://worthunlimited.co.uk/waltham-forest)- Helen's Ministry www.leytonstoneunitedfree.co.uk - Gemma's Ministry     Be part of #ChaosNation  Twitter | Instagram   Meet the HOST! Justin Herman Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Email   Question or Show ideas? Email Justin at Justin@ControlledChaosPodcast.com Controlled Chaos Podcast: A junior high ministry podcast for youth workers! Thank you for tuning in.  The work youth workers do is hard work, thank you! Thank you for taking time to get a little more equipped to do Junior High or Middle School Ministry in your Youth Ministry or Student Ministry at your church.  Keep it up!