Evangelism. We get that it’s important… but what does it really look like when it comes to young people today? 🤔

This month on the Limitless Youth Ministry Podcast, we’re joined by Dan Randall, part of the global leadership team at NXT Move. We explore what it means to breakout in evangelism — in ways that are authentic, sustainable, and disciple-making.

We cover a lot of ground in this conversation, including:
🔥 What evangelism really is (and what it isn’t)
📣 Whether evangelism is only for those with the “gift”
🧩 How different gifts and graces play a role in sharing faith
🙋‍♀️ How leaders can engage in effective evangelism with young people
🚀 How we equip Christian young people to share their faith confidently
🤝 Why presence-evangelism and personal encounter matter so much
🌱 How we ensure we’re making disciples — not just counting decisions

If you’re passionate about seeing young people meet Jesus and follow Him for the long haul, this episode is for you.

Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever you get your podcasts.

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How do we help young people navigate phones, social media, gaming, AI, and everything else the digital world throws at them? 🤔

This month on the Limitless Youth Ministry Podcast, we’re joined by Katharine Hill, Director at Care for the Family and author of Left to Their Own Devices, to explore youth culture in the digital age. 

We cover a lot of ground in this conversation, including:
📱 What the “digital age” actually is — and how it’s shaping youth culture
🤖 The growing impact of AI on this generation

👀 “Smartphone orphans” and the rise of technopherance
🎮 Where gaming ends… and gambling begins
⚠️ What internet addiction really looks like
⏳ Why delayed gratification matters more than ever
🛟 Practical safety guidelines every youth leader should know

If you’re passionate about helping young people thrive in a digital world, you won’t want to miss this one.

Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your podcasts. 

Enjoy! 🎧

How do we share the gospel relevantly with the next generation, without changing the message?

This is the great challenge the church must continually wrestle with, learning to communicate timeless truths in captivating ways. But… that’s easier said than done, right!? 😅

Research into the ‘signs of the times’ can be incredibly helpful as we consider how adapt our outreach as culture shifts. And that’s why Dave Newton, National Director of Scripture Union, joined us for a chat about Feel Good News, a piece of research intohow young people across the UK respond to the Christian message. It’s the largest and most comprehensive work done in this field in this century, so is well worthy of our attention! 🔥

We wrestle with a lot of profound, and at times challenging, implications here, including…  

✅ Apathy 

✅ God & Love

✅ Hope & Purpose 

✅ Community 

✅ Justice  

✅ Suffering

… and loads more! 

Jesus’ challenge to his disciples in Matthew 16 was to read the ‘signs of the times’: to listen, to learn and better understand in order to discern the missional environment. The conversation is an opportunity to do just that. 👌

Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever else you listen. 👂

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This Month Tim & Dustin talk with Prayer Storms James Aladiran! James is the Founder and director of Prayer Storm. James is an evangelist for prayer. He leads the team with a burning vision to see God’s people awaken to the power of prayer. His life embodies how prayer crosses cultural boundaries. He is married to Rebecca and has a son. We talk about Youth Leaders and a life of prayer. This is such an important episode for leaders. Enjoy!

This month Tim speaks with Sarah Holmes about working with young people with additional needs. 

Sarah has worked for the past 20 years in the health & social care sector managing and developing support services for children, young people and adults with a range of additional needs including Learning Disability, Autism, Emotional & Behavioural difficulties, Physical Disability and Mental Health needs. Sarah has also worked with a range of UK Christian organisations over the past ten years to support events and develop training and support for including children and young people with additional needs. Sarah is a member of Lifecentral Church in Halesowen and is Additional Needs co-ordinator for their Next generation team.   Get a pen and a notepad, because this is GOLD!!!   Enjoy!

Tim and Dustin talk about sex & Relationships with Youthscape's Rachel Gardner. Rachel is the Relationship Lead at Youthscape, responsible for pioneering new ways to engage young people in healthy relationships. A best selling author of a number of books for young people, Rachel speaks widely on youth and faith related topics.  Go get something to write with, cause Rachel drops some serious knowledge in this episode.

This month we have a returning guest! The Youthscape Deputy Chief Executive, Martin Saunders. 

Martin has wide experience of developing resources and materials for youth work and is the author of over ten books including Youthwork from Scratch. He worked previously as the Editor of the UK’s largest national youth work magazine Youthwork and writes and speaks widely on creative resource development, innovation and youth culture. His current work within the organisation focuses on the creative development process for new resources and materials. So it was only right that we asked him about Youthscape's Innovation process. 

This is amazing.

Grab something to take notes and enjoy!

 

 

Tim and I sit down and chat with Martin Saunders of Youthscape. Martin is the author of a very important resource in Youth Work called Beautiful Disciplines. It only seemed right that we talk to Martin about Spiritual Disciplines within Youth Ministry. This is a really insightful and important episode. Enjoy!!!! 

This month we are excited to share the convo Tim and I had with Jamie Cutteridge! Jamie is editor of Premier Youth and Children's Work. We were excited to talk with Jamie as we wanted to learn some of the trends that are happening in Youth Ministry within the UK. We asked questions such as whats working, whats not working and the tough question...whats the future look like for Youth ministry. Such a great convo! Enjoy!

In this episode Tim and myself talk with Ruth Ayers on one of the biggest issues facing Young People today, Self Harm. Ruth shares some frightening stats on young people who harm themselves along with some helpful tips to help young people suffering with self Harm. This is GOLD!!! Please listen and share!

Ruth Ayres - Project Manager 

Ruth is a qualified Social Worker and became Project Manager in June 2016, she is responsible for managing the team, overseeing the many various strands of SelfharmUK and dreaming up new exciting ideas. Ruth brings a huge amount of passion and knowledge to the project and is keen to drive the project into a new direction, to ensure as many young people as possible are reached. Ruth has 16 years’ experience working with children, young people and their families. She is keen to ensure that SelfharmUK becomes a leader in supporting not only young people through self-harm, but parents, carers, teachers and all who work alongside them. 

Ruth lives in Buckinghamshire with her husband and two cats, she enjoys spending time with family, friends and watching musical theatre. 

This month Tim and I sat with Helen Cutteridge to talk about Youth workers and poor mental health. This is such an important episode, and the amount of good take aways in 20 minutes is incredible!!! 

Enjoy!!

This Episode is taken from our National Youth Leaders Conference- Limitless Leaders. The speaker was our national Director of Limitless Tim Alford. This is such a needed teaching for not just Youth Leaders but all leaders. Get your not pad ready as this is an in depth teaching on Leadership. 

Enjoy the 6 essentials of Leadership!!!

This episode is from Limitless Leaders conference last month. This episode is a seminar lead by Dan Blyth the Youth and Young Adults Pastor of Hillsong London. Dan speaks about Michelin Starred youth Ministry. This is amazing!!!

Enjoy!! 

Get your notepads ready, because this conversation is pure gold! 📝💛

We're joined by Mark McGrindle, the Australian social scientist who coined the now globally accepted term 'Generation Alpha,' to describe those born between 2010-2024. 🤩

There is an incredible depth on insight in this conversation, as we dig into...

✅ The hallmarks of that define Gen Alpha

✅ How technology has shaped this generation

✅ The frightening phenomenon of 'up-ageing'

✅ The lasting impact of the Covid pandemic

✅ Nature Deficit Disorder

✅ The changing dynamics of work and education

✅ The faith of Generation Alpha

… and loads more! 

Mark has a way of packing a breadth and depth of insight into a few short sentences, so you're probably going to want to listen to this one twice! 😅 It's a truly incredible conversation that's not to be missed!

Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever else you listen.

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I had an opportunity to catch Helen Cutteridge at the Gathering to talk about Young People and Mental Health. This is a growing issue in todays society, especially amongst young people. Please have a listen and share with whoeveryou think would benefit from listening to this episode.

Helen Cutterdige has been doing Youth Work for the last 10years, qualifying with a degree and JNC in Youth and Community Work with CYM. She’s worked for local churches, local councils and for the last year has been working for Youthscape as their Emotional Wellbeing (Self Harm) Lead for the local team, most of Helen’s time is spent supporting young people 1:1 or in group settings in school. She also delivers training for SelfharmUK, writes blogs and talks at other events.

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I get a chance to ask Tim all about the exciting changes in our vision and name. This conversation is short but good!!

Enjoy!!

This is a GREAT Episode! 

Dustin & Tim talk With Daniel Shillingford about youth work in an Urban context. Daniel is the Youth Pastor at City Gates Church in London. 

This. Is. So. Good.

Enjoy!!!

In Episode 2 of 3 in our Youth Ministry Contexts series, we chat with Jesse Willis about Youth Ministry in a City Church. 

Jesse is the Student and Youth Pastor at the Lighthouse Church in Manchester. 

He leads a dynamic group of young people and students and is responsible for preaching, teaching, strategy and pastoral care for the youth and students in the church.

Jesse also studied Accounting and Finance at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Great episode!!

Enjoy!!

This month Tim and Dustin start a 3 episode series on Youth Ministry in different Contexts. The different Contexts we will be looking at are Small Town, City and Urban.

In this episode we talk with Jonny Holt about Youth Ministry in a Small Town Context. Jonny shares the unique opportunities and challenges in Small Town Youth Ministry. He shares his churches long term strategy on developing and growing a strong Youth Ministry. This is a great Episode, even for those in a City or Urban Context.

Here's a little bit more about Jonny Holt. Jonny is Assistant and Youth Pastor at LivingWaters Church in Chorley. Married to Rebekah they have one son Jacob. Jonny’s background involves 13 years working with the young people in his local church. Recently he has taken on the role as North West Regional Leader for Serious4God where he hopes to be able to serve and encourage many of the great youth workers in the region. Alongside LivingWaters, he has worked for the last 12 years as a software developer. More specifically the last 5 years have seen him heavily involved in the work of CCPAS (Churches’ Child Protection Advisory Service), who exist and specialise in safeguarding youth, children and vulnerable adults throughout the UK. He's basically the bee's knees and the cats pyjamas!!!

Enjoy!!

In this months episode Dustin and Tim talk with Ryan Ireland about Youth Church. 

 

This months episode is essential for all leaders. I chat with Tim Alford Director of Serious4God about Vision. This episode is like a main session of a high quality Leadership conference. It is that good!!

Dont hesitate to share with someone you know in leadership. 

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Tim & Dustin talk with Michael Edwards (or Eddy as we refer to him as in this episode) about Youth Clubs!! This is a great episode for all considering or already hosting Youth Clubs. 

Eddy has a degree in Applied Theology (Youth Track), and is just about to complete his Masters. Upon graduating in 2013 he was asked to stay on by Elim's Regents Theological College as Course Assistant on the youth course. Since 2012 he's been involved with Resonate Pioneer Church in Malvern, and has led it as an Minister in Training since 2014. He's an MUFC season ticket holder, Labour Party member and loves Dr. Who.

Enjoy!!! 

 

This Episode is a Session from Connect16 (Elim's Youth Workers Conference). 

This is a MUST LISTEN to & MUST SHARE episode.

The Speaker, Laura Hancock.

Laura has a degree in Performing Arts and Theology, she worked for two years as a youth pastor in London and then for 3 ½ years as an outreach worker and worked alongside vulnerable young people. She now heads up the 11-18’s Church Resources team at YFC (Youth For Christ) and volunteers weekly with the young people in her church Zion Christian Centre where her husband is the youth pastor

The Topic, Generation Z. 

Whats Next in Youth Ministry? Have a listen and get involved in the conversation.

In this episode Dustin & Tim talk with Andy Hancock on Measuring & Debriefing. Andy is youth pastor at Zion Christian Centre in Halesowen. He’s been there for 4 years and is still passionate about seeing young people’s lives transformed by the love of Jesus. He previously worked for Youth For Christ for 8 years in various capacities. He is a big Liverpool fan and is a husband to Laura and dog owner to Archie.

This is topic and practice of Measuring & Debriefing can gets over looked in leadership. So listen & jot down some notes from this episode as we unpack Measuring & Debriefing! 

Enjoy!!

A new year brings many gifts, but perhaps none great than a new series of the Limitless Youth Ministry Podcast! 🙌

To accompany our counter-culture theme, in 2025 we're going to be taking a deep dive into what's going on in youth culture right now. This new series is called 'Trending,' starting with a bumper chat with Beth and Hannah from Youth for Christ.👌

We cover A LOT of ground in this chat, including...

✅ What the 'Words of the Year' tell us about this cultural moment

✅ Mental health and loneliness

✅ Identity formation

✅ How young people are defining success

✅ Poverty rates amongst UK young people 

✅ What spirituality looks like for Gen Z and Alpha

… and loads more! 

So if you don't know what 'rizz' is, or if you want to know why 'brain rot' is a thing, or if you just want to get a better understanding of the world in which young people are forming their identity and building their faith, then this conversation is well worth a listen.

Skibidi! 🚽

Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever else you listen.

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This months episode is a teaching session from Connect 2016. Connect is Serious4God's Leadership conference for Youth Workers. Tim's title for his session is...Don't be a Goat. This is a great session filled with so many great principals for Youth Workers to live by. 

Tim Alford lives in Malvern with his wife Jen and his son Tobijah.

He is the National Director of Serious4God, the youth movement of Elim Pentecostal Churches in the UK and Ireland. He is a passionate communicator of the gospel, having spoken at churches, conferences, schools and events all over the world. Tim is the former frontman of [dweeb], a frustrated supporter of Arsenal, and has on more than one occasion been to the cinema in Star Wars fancy dress.

Read more at http://serious4god.libsyn.com/episode-0-tim-alford#MO3wefuoZfVtLfPF.99

Mike Pilavachi is the Senior Pastor of the Soul Survivor Watford church, based in North Watford, which he set up in 1993 along with worship leader Matt Redman. Mike has written a number of books on Christianity including Soul Survivor (with Nicky Gumbel, 2004), Live the Life (with Craig Borlaise, 2001) and, most recently, Storylines;Tracing the Threads of the Bible. 

Mike launched Soul Survivor in the summer of 1993.The event is a 5-day long charismatic Christian festival aimed at youth and the initial Soul Survivor attracted 1,896 delegates. Under the guidance of Pilavachi, the event has grown to accommodate around 30,000 people over three weeks along with the fourth week, being Momentum (aimed at those in their twenties and thirties). Matt Redman, who had attended Pilavachi's youth club at St Andrews Church of England Chorleywood, was a worship leader at early Soul Survivor camps. Matt Redman returned as a worship leader in 2011. From summer 2014 a fifth week of Soul Survivor is held in Scotland.

To know more about Soul Survivor check out their website www.soulsurvivor.com 

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This month Tim & Dustin talk with Ruth Trbojevic to talk Discipleship/Mentorship in Youth Ministry.

Ruth was the Youth Coordinator at Ealing Christian Centre for 16 years but is now Church Planting out of ECC and is on the Serious4God National Team overseeing Learning communities. Ruth draws from her own experience of being discipled as we discuss what is Discipleship and how do youth Workers Disciple in the 21st Century.

Enjoy!!!

Tim And Dustin sit down with Laura Hancock to talk Starting out In Youth Work!!!

Laura has a degree in Performing Arts and Theology, she worked for two years as a youth pastor in London and then for 3 ½ years as an outreach worker and worked alongside vulnerable young people. She now heads up the 11-18’s Church Resources team at YFC (Youth For Christ) and volunteers weekly with the young people in her church Zion Christian Centre where her husband is the youth pastor. 

Laura shares from her own experience of starting in Youth Work and gives great insight into what questions Youth Workers should be asking themselves when starting.

Great Episode!!!

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We come to the conclusion of our 12-month deep dive into prayer, and believe us when we say, we finish on a high! 🙌

In this episode, we’re joined by our friend Pippa Baker from One Hope Project to discuss Contemplative Prayer. And if you’re not sure what that is, or it’s not a regular practice for you, then this episode will be an incredible gift in your life with God! 😇

We go deep in this conversation, in which we discuss… 

✅ What is contemplative prayer? 

✅ The power of contemplative prayer 

✅ The practice of silent prayer

✅ The importance of slowing in the spiritual life

✅ Practices of contemplative prayer 

✅ Helping young people to expand their spiritual capacity

… and loads more! 

This is a profound, rich and inspiring conversation that will give you plenty to chew over and act upon! 👌

Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever else you listen. 🎧

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The Scripture is explicit in its instruction to ‘eagerly desire gifts of the Spirit, especially prophecy’ (1 Cor. 14:1). It also tells us that ‘you can all prophesy in turn so that everyone may be instructed and encouraged’ (1 Corinthians 14:31). But for most of us, that’s more of a theological concept than an every day reality! 😅  

That’s why we sat down for a chat with Helen Azer from Heartcry for Change, to take a deep dive into the mystery of prophetic prayer. 👌

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

… what is prophecy and how we can grow in it ✅

… the distinction between the gift of prophecy and the office of a prophet ✅

… the connection between faith and prophecy ✅

… stepping out in words of knowledge ✅

… how the prophetic can impact our daily life of prayer ✅

… how to equip young people in the prophetic ✅

and loads more! 

This is an incredibly insightful conversation that’s sure to ignite your prophetic imagination. 🙏

Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever else you listen. 🎧 Enjoy! 

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We’ve all been there. That moment when you invite young people to pray and all that follows is an awkward silence and a single tumbleweed! 😅 So what can we do to equip young people for a vibrant life of prayer? 🤔

We sat down with Martin Saunders, author of Signal Fire: A Guide to Putting Prayer into Practice, to ask just that.👌

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

… our natural instinct to pray ✅

… how to create environments where praying together feels engaging and vibrant ✅

… how to help young develop a healthy, consistent, and life-giving discipline of private prayer ✅

… common obstacles to pray and how to overcome them ✅

… how to confront spiritual apathy ✅

… practical tools for praying with young people ✅

and loads more! 

This is a conversation that is both inspiring and actionable in equal measure. It will stop your mind and affect your practice! 🙏

Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever else you listen. 🎧 Enjoy! 

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What does it look like for us to stand in the gap on behalf of others in prayer? 🙏This is what we call ‘intercession,’ and to explore this dimension of prayer we sat down with experienced intercessor June Freudenberg. After exploring some of her personal story, we discuss… 

… defining intercession ✅

… how to step into intercessory prayer ✅

… the role of discernment in intercession ✅

… developing a prayer strategy ✅

… equipping young people for intercession ✅

… building our capacity in prayer ✅

and loads more! 

This is not a conversation with someone who has read a few books on prayer, but someone for whom this has been woven deeply into the thread of their every day life for decades. So come prepared for an impartation! 🙌

Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever else you listen. 🎧 Enjoy! 

“It’s impossible to really grow in vitality in my walk with God, without the element of fasting.” - James Aladiran

Fasting is one of the most overlooked, under-practiced, yet spiritually potent and indispensable disciplines of the spiritual life. So what happened? 🤷‍♂️ How did this practice, once so central in the life of Jesus and his followers, get sidelined in his church? And what is the power of fasting in our lives and ministries today? 🤔

To discuss these big questions, we’re joined by the dynamic leader of Prayer Storm, James Aladiran. 🔥 We cover a lot of ground in this short conversation, including… 

… defining fasting ✅

… the difference between fasting and abstinence ✅

… why fasting has been sidelined in our lives and ministries ✅

… the power of fasting ✅

… the connection between fasting and prayer ✅

… how fasting trains us for the spiritual life ✅

… the importance of self-denial in following Jesus ✅

… how to get started ✅

… how to fast with young people ✅

and loads more! 

But watch out, this episode comes with a warning! 🚨 You will be stirred to take action by integrating a regular practice of fasting into your life. And, if you do, your walk with God will never be the same again! 🙏🙌

Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever else you listen. 🎧 Enjoy! 

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 theological foundations for God speaking today ✅

… how to recognise the voice go God ✅

… hearing God through Scripture ✅

… hearing God through visions and dreams ✅

… obstacles that prevent us from hearing God ✅

… how to equip young people to listen to God ✅

and loads more! 

This is a conversation that will be sure to inspire your thinking and change how you pray! 🙏👂

Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever else you listen. 🎧 Enjoy! 

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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 people don’t get healed and what to do when they don’t ✅

… praying for mental and emotional healing ✅

… equipping young people to pray for healing ✅

… a helpful five step process to follow ✅

and loads more! 

This is a conversation that will be sure to inspire your faith and equip you with the tools to go and heal the sick! 

Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever else you listen. 🎧

Enjoy! 

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What’s really going on behind the headlines about gangs, knife crime and youth violence? 🤔

In a compelling conversation on the Limitless Youth Ministry Podcast, we’re joined by Myles Connor, an Early Intervention Team Officer with Avon & Somerset Police and a Youth Pastor — giving a unique frontline perspective on criminal exploitation and how it affects the young people we serve.👌

In this episode we unpack:
🔹 Why the police are moving away from the word “gang” — and what term better reflects the reality
🔹 What criminal exploitation actually is

🔹 Becoming ‘trauma informed’
🔹 How young people are being targeted, groomed and drawn into violence
🔹 The signs a young person may be at risk
🔹 What really happens when a child gets in trouble with the police
🔹 Most importantly — what local church youth leaders can do to protect and support vulnerable young people

This is an eye-opening conversation that will equip you, your team, and your church to better understand and support the young people in your community.

Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever else you listen. 🎧

Enjoy!

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 is turn our prayers “outwards” ✅

… how to pray for friends and young people who don’t know Jesus ✅

… how to pray with friends and young people who don’t know Jesus ✅

… how to equip young people to share their faith empowered by prayer ✅

and loads more! 

This is an episode that will stir your heart and fill your mind with loads of actionable ideas for youth ministry. 👌

Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever else you listen. 🎧 Enjoy! 

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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 discuss… 

… the Activist: Loving God through confrontation and action ✅

… the Ascetic: Loving God in solitude and simplicity ✅

… the Caregiver: Loving God by loving others ✅

… the Contemplative: Loving God through adoration and meditation ✅

… the Enthusiast: Loving God with mystery and celebration ✅

… the Intellectual: Loving God with the mind and understanding ✅

… the Naturalist: Loving God in nature ✅

… the Sensate: Loving God with the senses ✅

… the Traditionalist: Loving God through ritual and symbol ✅

So which one are you? Listen in to find out! 😀

Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever else you listen. 🎧 Enjoy! 

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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 to live faithfully in the tension of unanswered prayer ✅

and loads more! 

This is a conversation that will speak deeply to every single one of us, as well as equipping us to have those challenging yet oh-so-necessary conversations with our young people. 👌

Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever else you listen. 🎧 Enjoy! 

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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 of play and space in a life of prayer ✅

… how the creative arts can be vehicles for prayer ✅

… the joy of exploring practices of prayer from the breadth of Christian tradition ✅

and loads more! 

If you find prayer difficult, this is a conversation that will help you overcome barriers and explore a new, richer life with God. Don’t miss it! 🙌

Also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever else you listen. 🎧 Enjoy! 

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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 when prayer feels boring ✅

… how to develop a life-giving rhythm of prayer ✅

and why we’re dedicating year to calling people to pray! 

When it comes to prayer, we’re all life-long students, so we pray this conversation inspires you to level-up your life with God in the year ahead. ↗️

Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever else you listen. 🎧 Enjoy! 

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We wrap up the year with a short episode of the pod to wish all you heroic youth workers a very happy Christmas, and to unveil some exciting plans for 2024! 🤩

So well done for everything you have given to serve Jesus and young people this year. May you hear the resounding voice of the Father saying, "Well done, good and faithful servant!" 👏❤️

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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 people move from apathy to passion  ✅

… how to do this with unchurched young people ✅

… equipping young people to live presence-centred lives ✅

and loads more! 

This is a conversation that is sure to inspire your heart as much as it stimulates your thinking. So get ready! 🤯😇

Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever else you listen. 🎧 Enjoy! 

FOR LIMITLESS LEADERS

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 unanswered questions ✅

… the power of lament as a spiritual discipline  ✅

… how to help young people to leverage the challenges they face for deepening spiritual maturity ✅

and loads more! 

Sarah’s vulnerability and compassion make for a powerful conversation that’s well worth a listen. 👂

Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever else you listen. 🎧

Enjoy! 

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 influenced vs being an influencer ✅

… How to create youth ministry environments where iron sharpens iron ✅

… The importance of intergenerational relationships ✅

and loads more! 

This is an episode that will not only help you as you lead your young people, but cause you to reflect on your own friendships as well. 👌

Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever else you listen. 🎧 Enjoy! 

FOR 'THE BEST OF FRIENDS' BY PHIL KNOX

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 we discuss…

… why spiritual practices are an integral part of spiritual formation ✅

… how to practically intergrate spiritual practices into the rhythm of our youth ministries  ✅ 

… which practices we most often, and least often, engage with as leaders ✅

… which we help young people to engage with themselves ✅

and loads more besides! 

This is a conversation which will cause you to reflect deeply on your own spiritual rhythms, as well as giving you strategies for integrating spiritual practices into the life of your youth ministry.

Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever else you listen. 🎧 Enjoy! 

⁠Interview with Dr. Alison Cook on Fasting & Eating Disorders ⁠

⁠Fasting by Scott McKnight⁠

Music isn’t just background noise for young people—it’s the soundtrack that shapes culture, identity, and even faith.

That’s why in this brand new podcast episode, Youth Culture & Music, we’re diving into the world of Gen Z & Gen Alpha through the lens of music. 🎤

We’re joined by two brilliant guests who live and breathe this intersection of youth work and music:

🎧 Emma Gaze (DJ Emma Ellis) – Limitless Pioneers leader, DJ, and founder of Our House Your House.
🎧 John Sewel (aka John Jackal) – Head of Mission at Youth for Christ, and founder of the Underground Collective.

Together, we explore….
🎶 The music trends shaping Gen Z & Alpha
👀 The impact of hyper-sexualisation in pop culture
⚖️ How to help young people navigate music as followers of Jesus
🙌 Why music is such a powerful tool for both evangelism & worship

PLUS: we talk about Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Noah Kahan, Sabrina Carpenter, and even Fleetwood Mac! 😅

So let’s equip ourselves to understand the culture, disciple wisely, and leverage the power of music for mission.

Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever else you listen. 👌

Enjoy! 🎧

LIMITLESS LEADERS

OUR HOUSE YOUR HOUSE

THE YOUTHWORK PLAYLIST

UNDERGROUND YOUTUBE

YFC RESOURCES

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 much media young people consume vs how much Scripture the read ✅

… The cult of the individual ✅

… Digital addiction ✅

… The power of Scripture memorisation ✅ 

and loads more! 

But fair warning, this episode is not for the faint of heart! This is a conversation that will not only get you thinking about your youthwork practice, but cause you to reflect on what you’re letting in to your mind as well. 

Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever else you listen. 🎧 Enjoy! 

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 kicks off a new series by taking us through the ‘Transformation Pathway’. In this keynote message he discusses the primacy of…

… Pedagogy ✅

… Practice ✅

… People ✅

… Pain ✅ 

… Presence ✅ 

There is much biblical teaching to reflect on, as well as actionable steps to takeaway from this episode and apply to our youth ministries. 👌

Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever else you listen. 🎧 Enjoy!