Limitless Youth Ministry Podcast

Prayer is meant to be a dialogue rather than a monologue. 🗣 But for so many of us, that’s more in theory than in practice! 😬 So how do we hear from God and help our young people to do the same? 

We sat down with Tania Harris, Director of God Conversations, a global ministry that equips people to recognise and respond to God’s voice, to explore just that. 👌

Tania drops so much wisdom for us here as we discuss…

… the the...

Welcome 100th episode Limitless Youth Ministry Podcast! 🙌
This is a theologically rich and practically applicable conversation with Susie Aldridge that’s all about praying for healing. 🔥 

There’s SO MUCH good stuff in here, including…

… why God is still in the business of healing today  ✅

… inspiring stories of miracles ✅

… praying for healing in a way that is pastorally sensitive and biblically legitimate ✅

… why p...

What do prayer and evangelism have in common? More than just the fact we know they’re important and should probably be doing them more than we are! 😅

In this episode, we chat with Laura Hancock about how prayer that doesn’t lead to evangelism can become spiritual narcissism, how evangelism without prayer is powerless, but how marrying the two together is a spiritually potent combination! 🔥

We discuss… 

… practices that help ...

If you ever feel like you’re going against the grain of your personality, or trying to fit into someone else’s skin when you pray, then this is a conversation that could transform your life with God! 🙌

We sit down with Sarah Whittleston, Director of Elim Prayer, to talk about how understanding our own ‘spiritual temperament, or prayer personality, can enable us to connect with God in fresh, authentic and deeper ways. 🙏

We di...

Pete Greig is the founder of the 24-7 Prayer movement, and author of God on Mute: Engaging the Silence of Unanswered Prayer. We sat down with Pete to wrestle with the mystery of unanswered prayer. 🙏

We cover a lot of important ground in this conversation, including…

… why our prayers go unanswered ✅

… when God intervenes miraculously, and when he doesn’t ✅

… the importance of faith in prayer ✅

… the Dark Night of the Soul ✅

… how ...

Becca Dean is the Tutor in Youth Ministry at Ridley Hall in Cambridge, and author of Be Live Pray: Get in Touch with a Great Prayer Life. We sat down with Becca for a compelling conversation about creativity in prayer. 💃🙏
There is so much food for thought here, including…

… how understanding our unique ‘intelligences’ can help us to pray ✅

… why prayer is an embodied practice, not just a cerebral one ✅

… the importance o...

Welcome to the first episode of the newly renamed Limitless Youth Ministry Podcast! 🙌
We’re launching into a brand new series that’s dedicated to prayer, kicking off with a challenging and inspiring discussion with Josh Green from 24-7 Prayer Youth. 🔥 

There’s loads to chew over here, including…

… why ‘prayer’ is not necessarily what you think!  ✅

… why prayer is so important in the life of the believer ✅

… what to do whe...

In the final part on our series on leading transformational youth ministries, we unpack the reality that there is no transformation without his presence. So if we want a transformational ministry, we must have a presence-centred ministry. 🔥 

That’s why we’re delighted to welcome the brilliant Craig Brotherston to the Pod, to discuss…

… the key things we must do to build a presence-centred youth ministry ✅

… how to help young ...

Is there purpose in our pain?

It’s an inconvenient truth that pain is perhaps the single greatest catalyst for transformation in our lives. That’s why we sat down with the wonderful Sarah Whittleston, who shares candidly about her personal story of walking through cancer. 

This is part 5 in our series on transformation, in which we discuss…

… how pain can become a catalyst for transformation ✅

… walking with God in the mystery of u...

As youth leaders, our role is to join with Jesus in the spiritual formation of our young people; helping them to know him and become more like him. ✝️ But how do we do it? 🤷

In part 4 of our series on transformation, Tim chats with the wonderful Phil Knox, author of The Best of Friends, about the power of our relationships in shaping who we become. We discuss…

… How to help young people consider their friendship groups ✅

… Being i...

We’re joined by Jarin Oda, Pastor of Youth at Bridgetown Church, Portland, Oregon, to talk about the power of spiritual practices in the life of a leader, and the lives of our young people. 🙏

This is part 3 in our series on transformation, in which we are exploring how we can intentionally create the condition in which young people can be transformed into Christlikeness.  

The is a compelling and inspiring conversation, in which w...

Get ready for a challenging episode! 🤯

As youth leaders, our role is to join with Jesus in the spiritual formation of our young people; helping them to know him and become more like him. ✝️ But how do we do it? 🤷

In part 2 of our series on transformation, Tim chat with the brilliant Susie Aldridge about the apostle Paul’s instruction to ‘be transformed by the renewing of your mind’ (Rom. 12:2). We discuss…

… How mu...

Youth leaders are in the transformation business. Our role is to join with Jesus in the spiritual formation of our young people; helping them to know him and become more like him. ✝️

The problem is, that’s easier said than done, right!? So how do we create the conditions in which young people can be continually transformed into Christlikeness? 🤷

That’s the question that Tim Alford seeks to answer in this episode, as he k...

This episode comes with a warning! ⚠️ You will be deeply challenged and inspired to live a life of risk, faith and adventure.🔥 So buckle up! 

We’re joined by missionary, church planter, and International Director of Surf Church Collective, Rich Ellerington, for a chat about the power of taking young people away on short-term mission trips overseas. 🌍 After discussing Rich’s own experience as a missionary and as a youth worke...

We say it all the time; ‘what are we going to give our lives to that’s more important than passing on the gospel to the next generation?’ 

The only problem is, it’s easier said than done, right!? In fact, one report found that just 50% of children growing up in Christian homes keep their faith as adults. That’s terrifying! So how can we start curbing this trend? 

That’s why we sat down from a chat with Gareth Hillier from...

How do Gen Z relate to Jesus? How do young people engage with the Bible? How do teens seek to make an impact today? 🤔💭

Big questions, for sure. So what better way to answer them than to ask the young people themselves… 25,000 of them to be precise! 🤯 That’s what research giants Barna did, and the results were fascinating!

So we asked Simon Gibbes from World Vision, one of the partner organisations that conducte...

We sat down for an inspiring conversation with the Chair of Centre for Chaplaincy in Education (CCE), Mike Haslam, and upper-school chaplain, Ruth Motion, to discuss the incredible opportunity of schools chaplaincy. 🏫🙏 In this episode we discuss…

… the impact that school chaplaincy can make ✅
… how school chaplaincy differs from youth work in schools ✅
… how to navigate evangelism in a school context ✅
… how ...

• HOW TO TAKE YOUR YOUNG PEOPLE AWAY ON RESIDENTIAL •

Weekends away. Summer festivals. Mission trips. All these residential experiences can be hugely formative in the lives of young people, and yet hugely challenging for a youth leader to pull off! 😅

That’s why we sat down with the wonderful Andy Hancock, veteran of some 70-something trips with young people 🤯 - to discuss the why’s and wherefore’s of taking your young pe...