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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Today we're talking all about how to plan an
unforgettable worship night foryour student ministry.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Welcome to the Ministry Coach Podcast, where we
give you weekly tips andtactics to help you fast track
the growth and health of youryouth ministry.
If we've never met before, myname is Jeff Laskola and this is
Kristen Laskola, and I'm notsure if you checked out the
episode we did last week.
It was all about a tour of ouryouth group night, like from
start to finish.
Everything that happens kind ofbehind the scenes, but that was
our 250th episode, which wewere really proud of, so
(00:40):
hopefully you'll have a chanceto see that.
But that also means we're doinga giveaway and we didn't do it
last week, so we're starting itthis week.
So make sure you guys staytuned to the end of this episode
for details on how to enterthat.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
Yes, and today, basically, is considered a
giveaway for everybody, becausewe're going to help you plan
your worship night.
If you're going to do a worshipnight, yeah, you plan your
worship night If you're going todo a worship night.
Yeah, for student ministries.
We're going to take you throughthe whole thing, start to
finish, how to schedule it, planit, song choice ideas, all
(01:14):
kinds of stuff.
So you know what surprises meevery time?
Like this morning is a perfectexample.
I'm looking at my studentleadership bio boards.
So we have a little board foreach student with their picture
and it has questions like what'syour favorite Disney movie?
Or what do you want to be whenyou grow up?
(01:34):
If you could travel anywhere,where would it be?
And one of the questions onthere is what's your favorite
part of chaos?
Our youth group and I would sayabout 80% of the students wrote
worship and I was looking at itthis morning and I was trying to
get all our worship leadersattention and she stepped out of
the room and I was going toshow her.
(01:55):
Look how much the kids loveworship and one of my leaders
that was standing by, johnny.
He's like that's so funnybecause most of them talk during
worship and they don't appearto be loving it all the time.
I said yeah, but inevitablywhen I get up to speak right
after worship, there's thislittle crew of girls right in
(02:16):
the front and they're alwayscrying.
Like they're always like havingthis moment and some students, I
think, don't really get it,like maybe they're new to the
faith or maybe they're not evenChristians yet and they're just
kind of like when are the songsover?
Or maybe they're kind of payingattention but they're not fully
immersed yet.
But there are some studentsthat are like soaking in every
(02:38):
second of it, and so if youwanted to do a night like either
in place of your regular youthgroup I don't know that I would
totally recommend that, justbecause I think that's more of
the draw for new people to comeand see.
But if I were doing a worshipnight, I would do it on a
separate night, like maybe aFriday night Summer is always a
(03:00):
great time or any time of yearreally works, but a Friday night
, exclusive worship night forstudents who know exactly what
they're getting into.
I think the reason for that isbecause if you did a worship
night on a regular youth groupnight and there are students who
had never been to your church,maybe weren't Christians, and
they were coming to church forthe very first time, they might
(03:23):
be feel a little out of place.
Like how can you and maybe theywouldn't, I don't know argue
against that?
I'm sure you have anotheropinion on that.
I just think for myself, if Iwas brand new to a faith and I
had to go full in hands up, eyesclosed, worship, I might be
like, oh, I don't know what I'mdoing and what is everyone else
(03:46):
doing.
But if I were maybe got a littletaste of it at youth group and
was like, oh, okay, worship, andthen there were other things as
well, I might be excited to goworship night next time.
If I kind of was maybe a littlemore prepared for what I could
expect.
I think worship is a very.
It could be a difficultexperience for people who are
(04:10):
brand new Christians notChristians new to the faith, you
know and it doesn't mean sodon't worship around them.
We don't want to make themuncomfortable.
I'm just saying like, huh, like, strategically, plan it for a
night where the they know whatthey're getting into.
So I think the first thing Iwould do our students are very,
very particular with theirworship set lists, preferences,
(04:34):
so they like what they like andI feel like sometimes, um,
worship nights for me, like Iwant to sing the songs I know
and love, it's like when you goto a concert and we're going to
play some new stuff.
You're like no, it's kind oflike wait, but I wanted that one
that just hit and I knew, youknow, and I think everyone has
(04:57):
those like think of yourself,like what are those songs?
That when you hear it you'relike oh, like yes, I feel it.
And not that you couldn't getinto a new song at some point,
every song was a new song atsome point to you.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
But it's like that's the bulk of what you're playing.
It's difficult.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
And my students get very excited for the ones they
know and love.
So I would go so far as to eventake a poll a few different
ways, before your worship night,maybe a few weeks before,
whether that's like an Instagramstory poll asking what their
favorite worship songs or therequest for worship night.
(05:38):
You could have little pieces ofpaper that they fill out and
write and throw it in, like forthe weeks leading up to it, like
worship votes.
Here you can have a number theytext it to.
I don't know.
Whatever your style is, itdoesn't really matter.
You could ask the small groupsto brainstorm and like for five
minutes in their small groupsand write it down and put it in
(06:00):
their small group folder and youcould look through them.
But just to give you an exampleof some of our students'
favorite worship songs, becauseI feel like sometimes youth
pastors will reach out andthey'll be like what are some of
the songs your kids like?
So this is just a few.
They love Reckless Love.
Goodbye yesterday, happy day,deep dive.
Freedom.
(06:20):
Generation victory is yours.
That's a North Coast church,one that's ours.
Our church wrote it.
So if you're not familiar withit, go to the North Coast church
Spotify, you'll find it.
I thank God, gratitude, buildmy life graves into gardens and
made for more, and I think youhave plenty right there.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
And then I have a mix too.
It's fast, slow, new or someolder.
Speaker 1 (06:45):
Yeah, and like if your youth group has your
favorites and you're like we'regood, skip, you know these are
just ideas if you're looking forthem.
So I would want the students togo in knowing we're going to do
the one that you are waitingfor, you know, not like throwing
the wrench in, like we'reteaching you new songs tonight.
And then the second thing Iwould do is I would pre film
(07:09):
some testimonies from some older, more mature students and or
leaders and the videotestimonies.
I think the sweet spot's aboutlike two minutes I mean three,
if someone's very eloquent, Iguess.
(07:29):
But it's just kind of like tobreak it up a little bit and add
some testimony of what God isdoing in the lives of the people
that we know and love andpeople that normally don't get a
chance to teach or speak, anddoing it on video, I think, is a
great idea because you have alot of control in terms of
timing and editing.
You know, for someone who's nota very experienced speaker, you
could kind of edit out theirums, uhs and flubs so that you
(07:51):
can make it look a little bitmore nice and neat for them.
And I have even some examplequestions that I like to ask of
the people who are going to givetestimonies.
So if you need some ideas, Iwould usually email these out
like the week or two before wedo it so that they can be
thinking about it, and then wetake them into like a quiet room
(08:12):
during small groups or beforeor after youth group.
We just find a time to film andthen we edit it down.
So we would ask them do youremember what your life was like
before God or before you were aChristian?
How would you describe it?
And if they're having a hardtime doing that, just say can
you think of two or three wordsthat would describe that?
How would you describe yourrelationship with God now?
(08:35):
When did God become real to you?
When did your relationship withhim become your own and tell us
about that process.
Did you go through a time whenyou struggled with your faith?
How did you come through it?
Have you come through it?
What would you tell a junior,higher or maybe, in your case, a
high schooler, or a student, ateenager, that is struggling
(08:58):
with their faith?
What would you tell them whenfollowing God is hard, how do
you know it's worth it?
And this is just a jumping offpoint.
Add or delete, you know howeveryou want, but I feel like
within that variety of questionsI've usually gotten enough good
meat to help students see, likethe story of somebody else,
(09:22):
that like the ups, the downs,the before, the after, the
struggle, the win, you know allof that kind of stuff kind of
mixed in there.
So it's just sort of someguided prompts and what I'll do
off camera is ask the question.
So like I'll be in the room andif I was saying it to you I'd
be like okay, Jeff, tell usabout a time you struggled with
your faith.
And then I say, Jeff, make sureyou use the question in your
(09:47):
answer, and then we'll edit myvoice out, because if they just
so you're basically a repeat itback a time that I struggled
with my faith was.
And then you answer right,because sometimes they need me
to have a conversation with themto be able to express their
story, but I don't want them tohear me.
Speaker 2 (10:07):
I mean, that is a style of editing like where the
producers ask the question andthey leave the audio in Right,
or you just do like a screenwhere it's the text or the
question written on that screenand then their answer yes,
exactly.
Speaker 1 (10:21):
So lots of methods.
That's just how we do it.
Is it the best way?
Probably not, I don't know.
It's just how I do it, and so Iwould have those testimonies
recorded, edited, ready to go.
We already talked about.
Now.
We have our set list, we havethe songs students love and know
and are excited to come and do,and so now let's talk about a
(10:43):
schedule.
So how would you actually putit together, the nuts and bolts,
to make the night flow prettywell?
Again, this is a jumping offpoint if you would like to use
it, but here's how I would do itfor about an hour, hour and a
half program.
I think for junior high, anhour is probably the perfect
amount of time based on whatwe're going to talk about.
If you have high schoolers, Ithink you could go an hour and a
half.
I think that the one more that.
(11:07):
I think that they would love it,did I?
Speaker 2 (11:12):
sound like Porky Pig.
I sounded like Porky Pig Do youremember yeah, oh, yeah, oh,
yeah oh sure, why are you justlike OK?
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
Because you thought it was offensive if you agree or
something, no, what I don'tknow.
You acted weird like uh, sure,we don't talk about porky pig.
Speaker 2 (11:30):
That's looney tunes where we moved on to pixar and
disney.
Go on, hurry up, hurry up.
Now porky pig is offensive.
That was.
Speaker 1 (11:39):
No, like I am a Porky Pig.
Speaker 2 (11:44):
I have no idea where we're going at this point but I
love it.
So let's go with it.
Speaker 1 (11:52):
Anyways, I sounded like Porky Pig, agree, I bet he,
I bet he, I bet he that.
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:57):
That's all I know.
I worked with a guy who he didsound exactly like that one time
and it was really hard only onetime no, no, one time.
I worked with a guy one timebecause you said it like well,
then I got fired, so it kind ofwas one time is that when you
were digging holes for a livingno, no, no, no, no, that was
something else.
Okay, all right, okay, storyfor a different day.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
Back on track, back on track here we go, the
schedule ready, jeff paint.
Hey, no more messing around,let's do this, all right.
So I was saying if you havehigh school, you could do like
an hour and a half, and I thinkthat they would really like that
and Porky Pig would like thattoo.
So you know, you know, have thestudents come in, welcome them.
(12:42):
Normally I'm always trying tocreate a hype environment like
music and snacks.
This is probably more of amellow night where you know you
just have a vibe going withmusic.
The lights are probably dim.
You could light some candles,you know, have different
scripture like on your screensor stuff like that.
I mean doesn't have to be likesomber, but we're trying to
(13:06):
create the vibe as they walk inthat this is going to be a more
reflective night.
This is going to be a littlequieter.
We're not going to playdodgeball, but we're here to
focus our attention on jesus andjesus, which you know we always
are, but sometimes we do thatin different ways.
Speaker 2 (13:22):
You said probably have the lights dim.
I would say absolutely have thelights dim.
Speaker 1 (13:27):
Absolutely have the lights dim Unless you have a
reason for why you wouldn't.
Speaker 2 (13:30):
But I feel like that just helps people kind of like
thinking back to being a middleschooler or high schooler I was
so aware of like myself and notlike well, probably in a selfish
way, but not so much like whatam I wearing, what am I, how am
I walking?
Like, what are my gestures?
Like you know you're soconcerned with, like oh my gosh,
do I look stupid?
That when you kind of lower thelights it kind of helps you
(13:52):
just blend in and be.
And that kind of goes back tothe knowing the songs.
Because when you're playing newsongs and you're having to read
the lyrics, like knowing thesongs, because when you're
playing new songs and you'rehaving to read the lyrics, like
okay, what is this?
Like what are we singing here,and yeah, you can get into it.
But it's easier when it's likeI know the lyrics and I feel
like I don't even have to openmy eyes.
Speaker 1 (14:09):
I can have my eyes closed because I know all the
lyrics and just kind of enjoythe ambience and really get
closer to God.
I think in that moment insteadof trying to like, learn, focus,
like what is this saying?
Okay, I like that, that's agood point.
The eyes closed thing yeah,that's a good point.
So then I'd have somebody who'sready to MC the night.
That might be you as the youthpastor and you know, welcome the
(14:31):
students in and kind of takeabout five minutes to sort of
cast the vision for the night,set the tone of what this is and
what your hope is for it, maybea scripture.
You know that you want tounpack quickly and just get the
heart tone and the right spaceand then you know you're maybe
have the band start warming upbehind you while you're there
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and playing some kind of riff orintro and then I would jump
right into the songs.
So, depending on what age youwork with, you could change the
tempo to fit your group.
So I would probably like tostart because junior high, I
would like to start with twofast songs and very fast songs.
You know we do this event inMarch called starving to serve.
(15:17):
We've talked about on thepodcast before and we do some
really hype worship and the kidsare just like pouring their
heart out having so much fun.
I kind of like to start on ahigh note and I like to end on a
high note.
So change this according toyour preference.
But I would start with two fastsongs and then I would do a mid
tempo and that would be myfirst three.
(15:39):
Now we've between that introthat you just gave and those
three songs.
You're now about 20 minutesinto the program and then I
would throw up the testimonyvideo.
I wouldn't even intro it, Iwould just put it straight up.
So let's say that's two orthree minutes and then I would
do, on the back end of thattestimony, two slow songs and
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then I would do a mid tempo andthen I would do another
testimony.
So now we're on testimonynumber two and then after that
testimony I would do two slowsongs and then I would do
communion.
And so again, another reason whythis is not best suited for a
youth group night communion, theway our church teaches it, it's
(16:24):
for people who have made thecommitment to already follow
Jesus, and so you don't want toput unbelievers or new people in
a weird position.
Now, will new people andunbelievers show up to your
worship night?
Maybe it's not, like you'regoing to check IDs at the door,
like where's your Christian card?
So that's why you're going toneed an explanation before you
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do communion.
So you're going to get up anddo a devo and you're going to
talk about the purpose ofcommunion, who should take
communion, why we do it.
You could turn it into a littlesermonette or something like
that, and we always just say youknow, if you haven't stepped
over that line yet and said yesto Jesus Christ as your Lord and
savior, feel free to justbypass it.
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You know, the Bible says here'swho it's for and if you are
interested in a relationshipwith Jesus, we're going to have
a prayer team up here.
We would love to talk to youmore about that If you're
interested, if you havequestions, if you're seeking
that, we want to talk to youabout that and I'll get into
that in a second, like theprayer team aspect.
(17:26):
But you can do communion.
The way I really like doingcommunion so that you have an
easy out for people who are notbelievers, is leave it in
stations and have people get upand go get it whenever they're
ready, so the worship team keepsplaying and you can sit and
reflect, confess whatever andjust have a moment and then,
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whenever you're ready, you getup and take communion.
When communion is served, I feellike it puts the unbeliever in
a very difficult spot because,when it comes through, they feel
like I have to grab it, or elseeveryone's looking at me like
oh they're the ones you know.
So if everyone's kind of gettingup you can blend in a lot
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easier and so that's just mypreference.
So you know you can have likehowever your church likes to
serve communion the bread andthe juice or the little packs
that are already done, whateveryou want to do and then I would
have the instrumental or theworship team kind of keep going
until they feel like everyonewho needed to do it has done it
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and have their time to pause andreflect.
Junior hires probably will needless time to do that than high
schoolers.
High schoolers might take alittle bit longer.
And then to kind of break thatto let them know all right, like
next step here I would throw upyour third testimony and so
after that I would do one moremid-tempo song and then end on a
(18:59):
fast song.
So all of that is about hour,hour and a half if you stretch
it.
So just to reiterate welcome.
Two fast, one mid-tempotestimony, two slow, one
mid-tempo testimony, two slowcommunion testimony, one
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mid-tempo, one fast, and that'sthe night, and you could
rearrange that however you want.
Yeah, and obviously communitymight that however you want.
Speaker 2 (19:29):
Yeah, and obviously community might look a little
bit different based off thedenomination or what church
you're at yes exactly.
Fill in the blank for that.
Speaker 1 (19:36):
Yeah, fill in the blank.
So here's the extra elementsthat I kind of want to talk
about.
So that's the nuts and bolts,and now this is more like the
garnish.
Okay, so I talked a little bitabout having a prayer team up
front.
I think that's a really greatelement to add that the MC or
host, the youth pastor,whoever's doing it, can point
them out right in the beginning,like, hey, you know, we're
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going to have a prayer team uphere.
Who is that prayer team?
I would have that probably beyour adult leaders, I don't know
, be your adult leaders.
I don't know.
I'll just speak for myself.
I don't know that.
I could like just tell my juniorhires, like you are going to be
responsible for praying forsomeone going through a hard
(20:18):
time or lead someone to Christ,potentially.
Would I love that to be thecase.
I would.
However, I don't know, maybe ifI paired them with an adult or
something.
If there is a way I want to getthe kids involved in the prayer
team, maybe I'd have everyadult have a junior high partner
or something.
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If you have high schoolers likemore mature seniors that you
feel like could do it.
But I think either way, it'sreally great to have a prayer
team up front.
A for what I said during thecommunion talk of, like, if
you're interested in arelationship with Jesus, like,
we have people up here who cananswer those questions and pray
with you and pray for you.
Or maybe there's just a studentlike my.
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Like I said, there's that groupof girls.
They get very emotional duringworship.
I think it just brings up theyall come from, like not all of
them, but a lot of them don'thave spiritual support from
their families.
They're like a lone wolf in theChristian world, you know.
And then they go back home andthey're the only Christian in
their family.
So I think worship might bringup just some deep stuff for them
(21:21):
.
So they might want to talkthrough some stuff and pray
through some stuff with an adult, so just having people
available, and if nobody comesup, nobody comes up.
You might actually want to haveit in the back of the room so
it's a little less obvious likeoh, they're up there crying and
praying.
You know, I think I keep sayingup front because our prayer
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team signs are in the front, butI would probably say the back
might be a little lessdistracting, more, you know,
intimate.
That would be helpful.
And then one thing I've seendone at our church prayer or
worship nights is like thiskneeling space up front where
they've kind of cleared thechairs, like in like a small
(22:02):
area, semicircle, with differentpillows and things.
If people just want to have adifferent posture, you know,
sitting or kneeling or whatever.
Again, your students maturitymight dictate whether or not
that's a good option for you ornot.
And then another thing we'vedone that I've really liked when
I attended the worship nightsis they would pass out like some
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prayer prompts or verses that,as worship was going, you could
like pray through some things,or like they would give you
something, maybe on theattributes of God, just
something that would help you bereflective, maybe before
communion, during communion,whatever you could get, pass out
something that would be awalkthrough of communion, like
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confession or what Jesus has tosay about it, to kind of prompt
them through it if your groupisn't used to taking it.
So yeah, something to pass out,just tangible for them you know
to be able to look at.
And then we talked about thelights before.
Like low lights are absolutelynecessary.
(23:06):
But here's where I wouldactually even go one step
further.
Junior hires are such a wildcard.
Like I have so many good ideas,but then I'm like, can you
people handle this stuff?
And, depending on my group,like I just got back from camp
and there were so many thingswhere I'm like, oh, don't do
that, oh my gosh.
And one of our adult volunteerslooked at me and I go, I'm
(23:26):
overly cautious, aren't I?
He goes, yeah, and I said youknow I've been traumatized.
That's why, like the these aretrauma responses of me thinking
we could have fun, and then youguys taking it to a level where.
Now we're in the emergency roomand I'm shook, you know.
So I'm very careful with thisgroup.
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I think I've shook, you know.
So I'm very careful with thisgroup, I think I've they.
I've just seen too many things.
What I was going to say is Ithink, speaking of the lights,
there is a cool element tolights completely off during
worship.
Again, are you going to turn itinto like, oh my gosh, now
we're carving our name on theseats or something in the dark
or worse.
But our high school ministrydoes it every camp and I was a
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part of it once when I wasspeaking for their winter camp
and it was that night and theyturned all the lights off and
the vulnerability and thefreedom you had just to worship,
but you weren't alone, like youwere still with people hearing
everyone's voices, but like thatelement you were talking about
where, as a student, you're soself-conscious.
You're like I want to raise myhands, but like am I doing it
right?
(24:31):
Are our palms facing this wayor this way?
Speaker 2 (24:34):
Should I do?
One hand, two hands.
Who else is doing it?
Did we stop doing it?
Do we do it?
Speaker 1 (24:38):
on the chorus only.
And so there's an abandonmentthat happens in the dark and
it's just very freeing and itkind of helps students take
their eyes off of themselves andget in a space that they're
trying to get to but they justcan't because the human factor
like we're all human, but itkind of breaks down a wall for
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them and ushers them into adifferent space of like you can
get there.
It's just you're a teenager andit's hard.
I get that.
We're all a little like oh, doI look dumb right now?
So I love that.
Speaker 2 (25:11):
I would definitely do the lights completely off if
you can but like ambient light,like you're saying candles, or I
mean obviously if there's aworship band up front, they're
gonna need some lights to beable to see what they're doing.
Speaker 1 (25:22):
Yeah, they had, like, I think, little podium lights,
but this was, like they call it,bird worship, like from that
movie, because it's like totallydark, like I mean everyone's
blindfolded which is so cultycreepy.
Don't call it that.
Culty creepy worship or birdbox.
Speaker 2 (25:42):
Well, either, to be honest.
Speaker 1 (25:43):
Well it was.
They call it bird box worshipevery year.
So, like this kid came homefrom their camp and I was like,
hey, how was?
How was camp Desmond?
He's like, oh, so good.
Oh, we did bird box worship.
I'm like, yes, I love it.
See, it's memorable, and I knewexactly what he meant.
Speaker 2 (26:02):
So yeah, I would also add some of you probably are
listening and it's like I don'thave a worship band.
I would say that I don't eventhink that if you have a band
that's playing, that's awesome,if you have one person with the
guitar playing, that's awesome,and if you don't have anybody,
then number one, this would be agood opportunity to start
inviting somebody for the future.
But even something as simple aslike playing music.
(26:24):
You know a playlist off ofYouTube or just the music itself
.
You know like no visuals at all, like up on a screen or
whatever it's always good tohave at least the lyrics, but
kind of like trim to fit, likewhatever you can do in your
context.
Speaker 1 (26:37):
Well, yeah, and I was thinking like, if you do it on
a Friday night, I'm sure yourchurch has a worship team, you
know, for the main service forthe adults for the weekend
weekend.
Ask them if they can do afriday night.
I mean what?
Once a year or however oftenyou're doing this twice a year,
and I'm sure they would not minddoing it for the youth.
(26:57):
No, I will not play worship forthe youth.
Speaker 2 (27:00):
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Today we're talking all about how to plan an
unforgettable worship night foryour student ministry.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Welcome to the Ministry Coach Podcast, where we
give you weekly tips andtactics to help you fast track
the growth and health of youryouth ministry.
If we've never met before, myname is Jeff Laskola and this is
Kristen Laskola, and I'm notsure if you checked out the
episode we did last week.
It was all about a tour of ouryouth group night, like from
start to finish.
Everything that happens kind ofbehind the scenes, but that was
our 250th episode, which wewere really proud of, so
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Speaker 1 (00:52):
Yes, and today, basically, is considered a
giveaway for everybody, becausewe're going to help you plan
your worship night.
If you're going to do a worshipnight, yeah, you plan your
worship night If you're going todo a worship night.
Yeah, for student ministries.
We're going to take you throughthe whole thing, start to
finish, how to schedule it, planit, song choice ideas, all
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kinds of stuff.
So you know what surprises meevery time?
Like this morning is a perfectexample.
I'm looking at my studentleadership bio boards.
So we have a little board foreach student with their picture
and it has questions like what'syour favorite Disney movie?
Or what do you want to be whenyou grow up?
(01:34):
If you could travel anywhere,where would it be?
And one of the questions onthere is what's your favorite
part of chaos?
Our youth group and I would sayabout 80% of the students wrote
worship and I was looking at itthis morning and I was trying to
get all our worship leadersattention and she stepped out of
the room and I was going toshow her.
(01:55):
Look how much the kids loveworship and one of my leaders
that was standing by, johnny.
He's like that's so funnybecause most of them talk during
worship and they don't appearto be loving it all the time.
I said yeah, but inevitablywhen I get up to speak right
after worship, there's thislittle crew of girls right in
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the front and they're alwayscrying.
Like they're always like havingthis moment and some students, I
think, don't really get it,like maybe they're new to the
faith or maybe they're not evenChristians yet and they're just
kind of like when are the songsover?
Or maybe they're kind of payingattention but they're not fully
immersed yet.
But there are some studentsthat are like soaking in every
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second of it, and so if youwanted to do a night like either
in place of your regular youthgroup I don't know that I would
totally recommend that, justbecause I think that's more of
the draw for new people to comeand see.
But if I were doing a worshipnight, I would do it on a
separate night, like maybe aFriday night Summer is always a
(03:00):
great time or any time of yearreally works, but a Friday night
, exclusive worship night forstudents who know exactly what
they're getting into.
I think the reason for that isbecause if you did a worship
night on a regular youth groupnight and there are students who
had never been to your church,maybe weren't Christians, and
they were coming to church forthe very first time, they might
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be feel a little out of place.
Like how can you and maybe theywouldn't, I don't know argue
against that?
I'm sure you have anotheropinion on that.
I just think for myself, if Iwas brand new to a faith and I
had to go full in hands up, eyesclosed, worship, I might be
like, oh, I don't know what I'mdoing and what is everyone else
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doing.
But if I were maybe got a littletaste of it at youth group and
was like, oh, okay, worship, andthen there were other things as
well, I might be excited to goworship night next time.
If I kind of was maybe a littlemore prepared for what I could
expect.
I think worship is a very.
It could be a difficultexperience for people who are
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brand new Christians notChristians new to the faith, you
know and it doesn't mean sodon't worship around them.
We don't want to make themuncomfortable.
I'm just saying like, huh, like, strategically, plan it for a
night where the they know whatthey're getting into.
So I think the first thing Iwould do our students are very,
very particular with theirworship set lists, preferences,
(04:34):
so they like what they like andI feel like sometimes, um,
worship nights for me, like Iwant to sing the songs I know
and love, it's like when you goto a concert and we're going to
play some new stuff.
You're like no, it's kind oflike wait, but I wanted that one
that just hit and I knew, youknow, and I think everyone has
(04:57):
those like think of yourself,like what are those songs?
That when you hear it you'relike oh, like yes, I feel it.
And not that you couldn't getinto a new song at some point,
every song was a new song atsome point to you.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
But it's like that's the bulk of what you're playing.
It's difficult.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
And my students get very excited for the ones they
know and love.
So I would go so far as to eventake a poll a few different
ways, before your worship night,maybe a few weeks before,
whether that's like an Instagramstory poll asking what their
favorite worship songs or therequest for worship night.
(05:38):
You could have little pieces ofpaper that they fill out and
write and throw it in, like forthe weeks leading up to it, like
worship votes.
Here you can have a number theytext it to.
I don't know.
Whatever your style is, itdoesn't really matter.
You could ask the small groupsto brainstorm and like for five
minutes in their small groupsand write it down and put it in
(06:00):
their small group folder and youcould look through them.
But just to give you an exampleof some of our students'
favorite worship songs, becauseI feel like sometimes youth
pastors will reach out andthey'll be like what are some of
the songs your kids like?
So this is just a few.
They love Reckless Love.
Goodbye yesterday, happy day,deep dive.
Freedom.
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Generation victory is yours.
That's a North Coast church,one that's ours.
Our church wrote it.
So if you're not familiar withit, go to the North Coast church
Spotify, you'll find it.
I thank God, gratitude, buildmy life graves into gardens and
made for more, and I think youhave plenty right there.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
And then I have a mix too.
It's fast, slow, new or someolder.
Speaker 1 (06:45):
Yeah, and like if your youth group has your
favorites and you're like we'regood, skip, you know these are
just ideas if you're looking forthem.
So I would want the students togo in knowing we're going to do
the one that you are waitingfor, you know, not like throwing
the wrench in, like we'reteaching you new songs tonight.
And then the second thing Iwould do is I would pre film
(07:09):
some testimonies from some older, more mature students and or
leaders and the videotestimonies.
I think the sweet spot's aboutlike two minutes I mean three,
if someone's very eloquent, Iguess.
(07:29):
But it's just kind of like tobreak it up a little bit and add
some testimony of what God isdoing in the lives of the people
that we know and love andpeople that normally don't get a
chance to teach or speak, anddoing it on video, I think, is a
great idea because you have alot of control in terms of
timing and editing.
You know, for someone who's nota very experienced speaker, you
could kind of edit out theirums, uhs and flubs so that you
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can make it look a little bitmore nice and neat for them.
And I have even some examplequestions that I like to ask of
the people who are going to givetestimonies.
So if you need some ideas, Iwould usually email these out
like the week or two before wedo it so that they can be
thinking about it, and then wetake them into like a quiet room
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during small groups or beforeor after youth group.
We just find a time to film andthen we edit it down.
So we would ask them do youremember what your life was like
before God or before you were aChristian?
How would you describe it?
And if they're having a hardtime doing that, just say can
you think of two or three wordsthat would describe that?
How would you describe yourrelationship with God now?
(08:35):
When did God become real to you?
When did your relationship withhim become your own and tell us
about that process.
Did you go through a time whenyou struggled with your faith?
How did you come through it?
Have you come through it?
What would you tell a junior,higher or maybe, in your case, a
high schooler, or a student, ateenager, that is struggling
(08:58):
with their faith?
What would you tell them whenfollowing God is hard, how do
you know it's worth it?
And this is just a jumping offpoint.
Add or delete, you know howeveryou want, but I feel like
within that variety of questionsI've usually gotten enough good
meat to help students see, likethe story of somebody else,
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that like the ups, the downs,the before, the after, the
struggle, the win, you know allof that kind of stuff kind of
mixed in there.
So it's just sort of someguided prompts and what I'll do
off camera is ask the question.
So like I'll be in the room andif I was saying it to you I'd
be like okay, Jeff, tell usabout a time you struggled with
your faith.
And then I say, Jeff, make sureyou use the question in your
(09:47):
answer, and then we'll edit myvoice out, because if they just
so you're basically a repeat itback a time that I struggled
with my faith was.
And then you answer right,because sometimes they need me
to have a conversation with themto be able to express their
story, but I don't want them tohear me.
Speaker 2 (10:07):
I mean, that is a style of editing like where the
producers ask the question andthey leave the audio in Right,
or you just do like a screenwhere it's the text or the
question written on that screenand then their answer yes,
exactly.
Speaker 1 (10:21):
So lots of methods.
That's just how we do it.
Is it the best way?
Probably not, I don't know.
It's just how I do it, and so Iwould have those testimonies
recorded, edited, ready to go.
We already talked about.
Now.
We have our set list, we havethe songs students love and know
and are excited to come and do,and so now let's talk about a
(10:43):
schedule.
So how would you actually putit together, the nuts and bolts,
to make the night flow prettywell?
Again, this is a jumping offpoint if you would like to use
it, but here's how I would do itfor about an hour, hour and a
half program.
I think for junior high, anhour is probably the perfect
amount of time based on whatwe're going to talk about.
If you have high schoolers, Ithink you could go an hour and a
half.
I think that the one more that.
(11:07):
I think that they would love it,did I?
Speaker 2 (11:12):
sound like Porky Pig.
I sounded like Porky Pig Do youremember yeah, oh, yeah, oh,
yeah oh sure, why are you justlike OK?
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
Because you thought it was offensive if you agree or
something, no, what I don'tknow.
You acted weird like uh, sure,we don't talk about porky pig.
Speaker 2 (11:30):
That's looney tunes where we moved on to pixar and
disney.
Go on, hurry up, hurry up.
Now porky pig is offensive.
That was.
Speaker 1 (11:39):
No, like I am a Porky Pig.
Speaker 2 (11:44):
I have no idea where we're going at this point but I
love it.
So let's go with it.
Speaker 1 (11:52):
Anyways, I sounded like Porky Pig, agree, I bet he,
I bet he, I bet he that.
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:57):
That's all I know.
I worked with a guy who he didsound exactly like that one time
and it was really hard only onetime no, no, one time.
I worked with a guy one timebecause you said it like well,
then I got fired, so it kind ofwas one time is that when you
were digging holes for a livingno, no, no, no, no, that was
something else.
Okay, all right, okay, storyfor a different day.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
Back on track, back on track here we go, the
schedule ready, jeff paint.
Hey, no more messing around,let's do this, all right.
So I was saying if you havehigh school, you could do like
an hour and a half, and I thinkthat they would really like that
and Porky Pig would like thattoo.
So you know, you know, have thestudents come in, welcome them.
(12:42):
Normally I'm always trying tocreate a hype environment like
music and snacks.
This is probably more of amellow night where you know you
just have a vibe going withmusic.
The lights are probably dim.
You could light some candles,you know, have different
scripture like on your screensor stuff like that.
I mean doesn't have to be likesomber, but we're trying to
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create the vibe as they walk inthat this is going to be a more
reflective night.
This is going to be a littlequieter.
We're not going to playdodgeball, but we're here to
focus our attention on jesus andjesus, which you know we always
are, but sometimes we do thatin different ways.
Speaker 2 (13:22):
You said probably have the lights dim.
I would say absolutely have thelights dim.
Speaker 1 (13:27):
Absolutely have the lights dim Unless you have a
reason for why you wouldn't.
Speaker 2 (13:30):
But I feel like that just helps people kind of like
thinking back to being a middleschooler or high schooler I was
so aware of like myself and notlike well, probably in a selfish
way, but not so much like whatam I wearing, what am I, how am
I walking?
Like, what are my gestures?
Like you know you're soconcerned with, like oh my gosh,
do I look stupid?
That when you kind of lower thelights it kind of helps you
(13:52):
just blend in and be.
And that kind of goes back tothe knowing the songs.
Because when you're playing newsongs and you're having to read
the lyrics, like knowing thesongs, because when you're
playing new songs and you'rehaving to read the lyrics, like
okay, what is this?
Like what are we singing here,and yeah, you can get into it.
But it's easier when it's likeI know the lyrics and I feel
like I don't even have to openmy eyes.
Speaker 1 (14:09):
I can have my eyes closed because I know all the
lyrics and just kind of enjoythe ambience and really get
closer to God.
I think in that moment insteadof trying to like, learn, focus,
like what is this saying?
Okay, I like that, that's agood point.
The eyes closed thing yeah,that's a good point.
So then I'd have somebody who'sready to MC the night.
That might be you as the youthpastor and you know, welcome the
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students in and kind of takeabout five minutes to sort of
cast the vision for the night,set the tone of what this is and
what your hope is for it, maybea scripture.
You know that you want tounpack quickly and just get the
heart tone and the right spaceand then you know you're maybe
have the band start warming upbehind you while you're there
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and playing some kind of riff orintro and then I would jump
right into the songs.
So, depending on what age youwork with, you could change the
tempo to fit your group.
So I would probably like tostart because junior high, I
would like to start with twofast songs and very fast songs.
You know we do this event inMarch called starving to serve.
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We've talked about on thepodcast before and we do some
really hype worship and the kidsare just like pouring their
heart out having so much fun.
I kind of like to start on ahigh note and I like to end on a
high note.
So change this according toyour preference.
But I would start with two fastsongs and then I would do a mid
tempo and that would be myfirst three.
(15:39):
Now we've between that introthat you just gave and those
three songs.
You're now about 20 minutesinto the program and then I
would throw up the testimonyvideo.
I wouldn't even intro it, Iwould just put it straight up.
So let's say that's two orthree minutes and then I would
do, on the back end of thattestimony, two slow songs and
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then I would do a mid tempo andthen I would do another
testimony.
So now we're on testimonynumber two and then after that
testimony I would do two slowsongs and then I would do
communion.
And so again, another reason whythis is not best suited for a
youth group night communion, theway our church teaches it, it's
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for people who have made thecommitment to already follow
Jesus, and so you don't want toput unbelievers or new people in
a weird position.
Now, will new people andunbelievers show up to your
worship night?
Maybe it's not, like you'regoing to check IDs at the door,
like where's your Christian card?
So that's why you're going toneed an explanation before you
(16:45):
do communion.
So you're going to get up anddo a devo and you're going to
talk about the purpose ofcommunion, who should take
communion, why we do it.
You could turn it into a littlesermonette or something like
that, and we always just say youknow, if you haven't stepped
over that line yet and said yesto Jesus Christ as your Lord and
savior, feel free to justbypass it.
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You know, the Bible says here'swho it's for and if you are
interested in a relationshipwith Jesus, we're going to have
a prayer team up here.
We would love to talk to youmore about that If you're
interested, if you havequestions, if you're seeking
that, we want to talk to youabout that and I'll get into
that in a second, like theprayer team aspect.
(17:26):
But you can do communion.
The way I really like doingcommunion so that you have an
easy out for people who are notbelievers, is leave it in
stations and have people get upand go get it whenever they're
ready, so the worship team keepsplaying and you can sit and
reflect, confess whatever andjust have a moment and then,
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whenever you're ready, you getup and take communion.
When communion is served, I feellike it puts the unbeliever in
a very difficult spot because,when it comes through, they feel
like I have to grab it, or elseeveryone's looking at me like
oh they're the ones you know.
So if everyone's kind of gettingup you can blend in a lot
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easier and so that's just mypreference.
So you know you can have likehowever your church likes to
serve communion the bread andthe juice or the little packs
that are already done, whateveryou want to do and then I would
have the instrumental or theworship team kind of keep going
until they feel like everyonewho needed to do it has done it
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and have their time to pause andreflect.
Junior hires probably will needless time to do that than high
schoolers.
High schoolers might take alittle bit longer.
And then to kind of break thatto let them know all right, like
next step here I would throw upyour third testimony and so
after that I would do one moremid-tempo song and then end on a
(18:59):
fast song.
So all of that is about hour,hour and a half if you stretch
it.
So just to reiterate welcome.
Two fast, one mid-tempotestimony, two slow, one
mid-tempo testimony, two slowcommunion testimony, one
(19:21):
mid-tempo, one fast, and that'sthe night, and you could
rearrange that however you want.
Yeah, and obviously communitymight that however you want.
Speaker 2 (19:29):
Yeah, and obviously community might look a little
bit different based off thedenomination or what church
you're at yes exactly.
Fill in the blank for that.
Speaker 1 (19:36):
Yeah, fill in the blank.
So here's the extra elementsthat I kind of want to talk
about.
So that's the nuts and bolts,and now this is more like the
garnish.
Okay, so I talked a little bitabout having a prayer team up
front.
I think that's a really greatelement to add that the MC or
host, the youth pastor,whoever's doing it, can point
them out right in the beginning,like, hey, you know, we're
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going to have a prayer team uphere.
Who is that prayer team?
I would have that probably beyour adult leaders, I don't know
, be your adult leaders.
I don't know.
I'll just speak for myself.
I don't know that.
I could like just tell my juniorhires, like you are going to be
responsible for praying forsomeone going through a hard
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time or lead someone to Christ,potentially.
Would I love that to be thecase.
I would.
However, I don't know, maybe ifI paired them with an adult or
something.
If there is a way I want to getthe kids involved in the prayer
team, maybe I'd have everyadult have a junior high partner
or something.
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If you have high schoolers likemore mature seniors that you
feel like could do it.
But I think either way, it'sreally great to have a prayer
team up front.
A for what I said during thecommunion talk of, like, if
you're interested in arelationship with Jesus, like,
we have people up here who cananswer those questions and pray
with you and pray for you.
Or maybe there's just a studentlike my.
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Like I said, there's that groupof girls.
They get very emotional duringworship.
I think it just brings up theyall come from, like not all of
them, but a lot of them don'thave spiritual support from
their families.
They're like a lone wolf in theChristian world, you know.
And then they go back home andthey're the only Christian in
their family.
So I think worship might bringup just some deep stuff for them
(21:21):
.
So they might want to talkthrough some stuff and pray
through some stuff with an adult, so just having people
available, and if nobody comesup, nobody comes up.
You might actually want to haveit in the back of the room so
it's a little less obvious likeoh, they're up there crying and
praying.
You know, I think I keep sayingup front because our prayer
(21:42):
team signs are in the front, butI would probably say the back
might be a little lessdistracting, more, you know,
intimate.
That would be helpful.
And then one thing I've seendone at our church prayer or
worship nights is like thiskneeling space up front where
they've kind of cleared thechairs, like in like a small
(22:02):
area, semicircle, with differentpillows and things.
If people just want to have adifferent posture, you know,
sitting or kneeling or whatever.
Again, your students maturitymight dictate whether or not
that's a good option for you ornot.
And then another thing we'vedone that I've really liked when
I attended the worship nightsis they would pass out like some
(22:24):
prayer prompts or verses that,as worship was going, you could
like pray through some things,or like they would give you
something, maybe on theattributes of God, just
something that would help you bereflective, maybe before
communion, during communion,whatever you could get, pass out
something that would be awalkthrough of communion, like
(22:46):
confession or what Jesus has tosay about it, to kind of prompt
them through it if your groupisn't used to taking it.
So yeah, something to pass out,just tangible for them you know
to be able to look at.
And then we talked about thelights before.
Like low lights are absolutelynecessary.
(23:06):
But here's where I wouldactually even go one step
further.
Junior hires are such a wildcard.
Like I have so many good ideas,but then I'm like, can you
people handle this stuff?
And, depending on my group,like I just got back from camp
and there were so many thingswhere I'm like, oh, don't do
that, oh my gosh.
And one of our adult volunteerslooked at me and I go, I'm
(23:26):
overly cautious, aren't I?
He goes, yeah, and I said youknow I've been traumatized.
That's why, like the these aretrauma responses of me thinking
we could have fun, and then youguys taking it to a level where.
Now we're in the emergency roomand I'm shook, you know.
So I'm very careful with thisgroup.
(23:47):
I think I've shook, you know.
So I'm very careful with thisgroup, I think I've they.
I've just seen too many things.
What I was going to say is Ithink, speaking of the lights,
there is a cool element tolights completely off during
worship.
Again, are you going to turn itinto like, oh my gosh, now
we're carving our name on theseats or something in the dark
or worse.
But our high school ministrydoes it every camp and I was a
(24:11):
part of it once when I wasspeaking for their winter camp
and it was that night and theyturned all the lights off and
the vulnerability and thefreedom you had just to worship,
but you weren't alone, like youwere still with people hearing
everyone's voices, but like thatelement you were talking about
where, as a student, you're soself-conscious.
You're like I want to raise myhands, but like am I doing it
right?
(24:31):
Are our palms facing this wayor this way?
Speaker 2 (24:34):
Should I do?
One hand, two hands.
Who else is doing it?
Did we stop doing it?
Do we do it?
Speaker 1 (24:38):
on the chorus only.
And so there's an abandonmentthat happens in the dark and
it's just very freeing and itkind of helps students take
their eyes off of themselves andget in a space that they're
trying to get to but they justcan't because the human factor
like we're all human, but itkind of breaks down a wall for
(24:58):
them and ushers them into adifferent space of like you can
get there.
It's just you're a teenager andit's hard.
I get that.
We're all a little like oh, doI look dumb right now?
So I love that.
Speaker 2 (25:11):
I would definitely do the lights completely off if
you can but like ambient light,like you're saying candles, or I
mean obviously if there's aworship band up front, they're
gonna need some lights to beable to see what they're doing.
Speaker 1 (25:22):
Yeah, they had, like, I think, little podium lights,
but this was, like they call it,bird worship, like from that
movie, because it's like totallydark, like I mean everyone's
blindfolded which is so cultycreepy.
Don't call it that.
Culty creepy worship or birdbox.
Speaker 2 (25:42):
Well, either, to be honest.
Speaker 1 (25:43):
Well it was.
They call it bird box worshipevery year.
So, like this kid came homefrom their camp and I was like,
hey, how was?
How was camp Desmond?
He's like, oh, so good.
Oh, we did bird box worship.
I'm like, yes, I love it.
See, it's memorable, and I knewexactly what he meant.
Speaker 2 (26:02):
So yeah, I would also add some of you probably are
listening and it's like I don'thave a worship band.
I would say that I don't eventhink that if you have a band
that's playing, that's awesome,if you have one person with the
guitar playing, that's awesome,and if you don't have anybody,
then number one, this would be agood opportunity to start
inviting somebody for the future.
But even something as simple aslike playing music.
(26:24):
You know a playlist off ofYouTube or just the music itself
.
You know like no visuals at all, like up on a screen or
whatever it's always good tohave at least the lyrics, but
kind of like trim to fit, likewhatever you can do in your
context.
Speaker 1 (26:37):
Well, yeah, and I was thinking like, if you do it on
a Friday night, I'm sure yourchurch has a worship team, you
know, for the main service forthe adults for the weekend
weekend.
Ask them if they can do afriday night.
I mean what?
Once a year or however oftenyou're doing this twice a year,
and I'm sure they would not minddoing it for the youth.
(26:57):
No, I will not play worship forthe youth.
Speaker 2 (27:00):
I'm sure you never know.
All right, let's.
Um, we're gonna do a communitycomment of the day and then
we're gonna tell you all aboutthe giveaway information.
So this comes from Yvonne Berko.
This is actually not the firsttime we've read one of her
comments, so thank you.
I appreciate it hi Kristen andJeff, thanks for another
educating podcast.
I've taken a lot of inspirationfrom your videos and my youth
(27:21):
ministry is growing, by God'sgrace that's awesome.
Speaker 1 (27:24):
We love to hear that.
Bring them, bring them, bringthem okay so 250th episode
giveaway.
Speaker 2 (27:32):
Here are the details in a nutshell.
You have to read in thedescription below whether you're
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But go into the descriptionyou'll see the full details.
But basically, if you want toenter the giveaway, you're going
to need to send us an emailthat just says like 250 give me
giveaway or something, so thatwe know you're actually into the
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entries if you do a review onour podcast, uh, like, if you go
on apple podcast, I thinkspotify I always get confused I
don't remember if Spotify hasreviews available or not, but if
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just for doing that and justthings like that.
So check in the descriptionbelow.
You can see all the informationabout how you can get extra
entries.
And then over the next Ibelieve it's four weeks ish
we'll be giving that stuff away.
So make sure you guys tune infor that are you gonna tell them
what stuff?
that would be a good idea to do.
No, you're not gonna know.
(28:34):
A box of foam it's the mostlame giveaway and you don't know
what you're gonna get.
So we have a few things.
It's some water bottles fromepic water filters.
These are really cool.
We actually took these on ourtrip to turkey and it's a really
cool like filtration system onit where you can if you're in
(28:57):
some areas that maybe you'relike I don't know if I trust
this water totally.
It filters out all like thecontaminants and things like
that, which is really awesome,and it comes with two, I think,
different it says it can takeany fresh water and turn it into
drinkable water.
Yeah, which is pretty crazy.
Speaker 1 (29:11):
We didn't have to do that, no but I almost did on the
river when we just went to camp, yeah, so it's pretty cool.
Speaker 2 (29:17):
So there's those.
There's dodgeballs we're givingaway, there's flag football
sets.
Speaker 1 (29:24):
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Speaker 2 (29:25):
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So, anyways, make sure you guysenter so that you can get some
of those things.
And obviously, if you'regetting in sooner, the chances
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know.
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Speaker 2 (29:47):
And in the email.
One more thing make sure youput your name and address and
things like that, and whatchurch you're at, so that we
know where to ship it and allthose things.
So, thank you guys, so much forwatching and listening and
we'll see you next time.
But that is very fine, butthat's fine, and I don't know
why I keep saying it.
This one is on the Sorry, butthat is awesome.
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I don't know why.
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