Episode 0005 - Jeremy Best on the Anatomy of a Wave, Using Your Gifts and Passions to Meet Kids Where They’re At, and How Thinking Long-Term Maximizes Your Impact

Welcome to Episode 5 of the FOUR12 Canada Podcast

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Jeremy Best is Pastor of Student Ministries at Faith St. Thomas. He is also the FEB Central Youth Director. We're excited to have him on this episode to kick off the New Year. Jeremy chats with us about the anatomy of a wave, using your gifts and passions to meet kids where they're at and how thinking long-term maximizes your impact. 

Connect with Jeremy

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Links from the Podcast

Youth Ministry Summit

 

Recommended Reading

Good To Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't by Jim Collins 

Surprise the World! The Five Habits of Highly Missional People by Michael Frost

Keep Christianity Weird: Embracing the Discipline of Being Different by Michael Frost

 

PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS

Anatomy of a Wave

• The strength of each wave depends on the wave before it

• If churches are going to thrive, each generation has to get behind the next generation and launch them forward

 

3 Practical Ways to Help the Next Generation

1. Invest:

• Pour money and resources into kids and youth ministries

• Long-term investments pay off generation after generation

2. Invite:

• Actively invite young people into leadership roles

• Take some risks when you see potential, then develop them and try to activate it

3. Entrust (or Intrust as Jeremy likes to write it for 3 I's):

• Let go and pass on your responsibilities (see Numbers 8:23-26)

• Bring someone alongside you while you're still running at full steam

• Provide opportunities for people to use their gifts and share the load of the ministry

 

Connect with Community

• Coach local teams to make connections with the community and build real, honest relationships with students

• Discover what you're good at and passionate about and look for ways to use that in a school or community organization

• Find a way to connect with kids who wouldn't usually come to church

 

Remember...

• Stick it out for the long-term to see the best results

• You're making a far bigger impact than you think you are!

 

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The FOUR12 Canada podcast is a ministry of Faith Baptist Church in Huntsville, Ontario. Explore everything FOUR12 Canada at four12.ca. Thanks for spending some time with us. See you next time!

 

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