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We’re starting to miss youth ministry, all these summer camp pics got us in the feels. Andrew had a side gig disas-ter on Wednesday and almost had tech gaff on Sunday. We’re talking [...]

Tim Nowell, the high school pastor I get to work with every week, sits down with me to talk about moving up 8th grade students to the high school ministry. He’s a thirteen-year veteran at Wayside [...]

We’re back in action after a few thousand miles of driving, different approaches to the 4th and a funeral. We’re talking vacation scheduling, church marketing whoopsies, and moving to [...]

After COVID has a lot of us remembering “before the pandemic” either with fondness or envy. It’s a season of rebuilding for our whole church, but our Stone Oak campus is rebuilding… harder. [...]

In this episode Ronald talks to Cameron Contrestano, the Student Ministry Pastor at Wayside Chapel, Stone Oak Campus. Ronald and Cameron work together a lot! Cameron’s group is 6th through 12th [...]

Tim did all the things. He filled in as the youth pastor, drummer, and covered for the guest preacher who sucouldn’t guest preach. Andrew did all the things. He did an out of town wedding [...]

Yesterday was Father’s Day, and today we’re talking about spoiling dads and breaking up with para-church ministries. Tim is back in youth ministry for one night only. And we’re [...]

Tim got blindsided with a harsh sermon critique, Andrew did a funeral for a church family. We’re talking about how to incorporate newbies into home groups, and best practices for preaching [...]

We’re talking the beginning of summer; sermon schedules, office hours, and all the other changes sermons bring, the return of hospital visits, saying goodbye to longtime mem-bers, and what [...]

Holy Llama Lips, it’s the Fourth Season of Sherpa ShortsI This June, for 22 straight days, we are choosing a memorable song and then riffing about how it relates to youth ministry. This year we [...]