Beyond the Event: A Youth Ministry Podcast

Bringing together influential voices from the CIY community to walk alongside you in your journey to maintain momentum between the mountaintop experiences of youth ministry.

Beyond the Event: A Youth Ministry Podcast is a religion podcast hosted by Christ In Youth, with 74 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Christ In Youth hosts Beyond the Event: A Youth Ministry Podcast, a religion show with 74 episodes published.

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  Episode #2

  BTE 6.02 Building a Vocational Ministry Pipeline with Trey Hardimon and Korey Klein

  Oct 5, 20261h 6mS6

  Churches need leaders and students want purpose, but in many communities vocational ministry still doesn't seem like a real career path. In this episode, we talk about how to make that path visible and practical, and how to root it in discipleship instead of hype. First, we share updates to CIY SuperStart. The biggest one is a tighter link between session content and small group time. That means less scramble in the handoff from worship to discussion, and preteen leaders leave with clear, gospel-centered questions and a next step. Then Trey Hardiman, NextGen Minister at LeClaire Christian Church, walks through a student ministry pipeline built for a mid-sized church without a big budget. He talks about naming the call to ministry from the stage and pointing out gifts in students. He also covers getting them serving early and using CIY's Follow-Through app so they keep growing. We get into the "Bible college is taboo" mindset, how to bring parents into the conversation well, and LeClaire's use of a two-year cohort. In it, students learn to study the Bible, build habits of faith, and write and preach a sermon. Registration for 2027 opens TOMORROW!! MOVE registration opens at 9 a.m. CST. SuperStart and MIX registration opens at 11 a.m CST. If you'd like to connect with us, you can email us at podcast@ciy.com or reach out on the CIY Community Facebook group.

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  BTE 6.01 Teaching By Topic While Staying in the Text with Noah Brooke and Brittany Shoemake

  Sep 21, 20261h 5mS6

  Mailbag questions or topic suggestions? Text us! Beyond the Event is back! On this episode, we catch up on a whirlwind season of Engage and the surprising ways global stories at MOVE and MIX can open students’ eyes to how big God’s church really is. Then Noah Brooke joins us to share a sermon-planning approach that blends book-by-book teaching with clear topics, plus a small-group model that drives deeper discipleship. • Engage growth and the behind-the-scenes reality of year-round trip registration • Turning global church wonder into next steps for students • Why the creative choices in the Con Mis Manos film land so deeply • A Spain Engage trip recap through English camp and peer-to-peer gospel conversations • Expository and topical preaching as complementary tools, not opposing teams • Building mini-series inside 1 Corinthians to meet real student needs • Planning teaching calendars far ahead while staying flexible to culture • T Groups as 3 to 5-person discipleship spaces that increase ownership and honesty • Leader multiplication and student invitation as a paired strategy • Required topics we make sure students hear regularly, like purpose and service Mark your calendars. Registration for 2027 opens October 6th! MOVE registration opens at 9 a.m. CST. SuperStart and MIX registration opens at 11 a.m CST. If you'd like to connect with us, you can email us at podcast@ciy.com or reach out on the CIY Community Facebook group.

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  Beyond the Event: A Youth Ministry Podcast

  BTE Season 6 Trailer

  Sep 7, 20261 minS6

  Mailbag questions or topic suggestions? Text us! Season 6 is here! We're excited to talk to youth ministry leaders and pastors from around the country—some well-known, some names you may not have heard before—who are doing the hard work on the ground every day. An exciting twist this season: Dealer's Choice episodes! Rather than assigning topics, we let each guest choose subjects that feel important to them in the youth ministry space right now. Be on the lookout for our first episode on September 21.

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  Episode #15

  BTE 5.15 Summers Off vs. Regular Programming: Part 2 with Hannah Helwege and Lane Moss

  May 4, 20261h 6mS5

  Mailbag questions or topic suggestions? Text us! Summer can either empty out your youth ministry calendar or expose what was never sustainable to begin with. We sit down with Hannah Helwege from New Life Church in Colorado Springs to get specific about what actually works when school gets out, sports and theater shift, and families finally have breathing room. If you’re a youth pastor trying to build summer programming that keeps students engaged and keeps leaders healthy, you’ll hear practical rhythms you can borrow immediately. Hannah serves in a multi-congregational church where each congregation has real autonomy, which means student ministry can be shaped around local schools and real family schedules. We break down her baseline weekly plan for middle school and high school, why they meet when they meet, and how she thinks about consistency versus flexibility. Then we zoom out to the bigger summer moments like conferences, serving opportunities, and CIY MOVE, including how she’s using camp as a launchpad for incoming freshmen and a capstone option for seniors. The heart of the conversation is follow-up. We talk about testimony nights right after returning, one-on-one and small-group conversations in the weeks that follow, and how to mobilize volunteer leaders so students don’t come home from a “mountaintop experience” and get dropped back into isolation. We also cover long-range planning outside the summer rush, simplifying teaching to create margin, and protecting Sabbath with a church culture that treats rest as obedience, not a luxury. Subscribe wherever you listen, share this with a youth pastor who’s building their summer calendar, and leave a review with the one summer rhythm you’re committing to this year.

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  BTE 5.14 Summers Off vs. Regular Programming: Part 1 with Tyler Lane and Brittany Shoemake

  Mar 23, 20261h 16mS5

  Mailbag questions or topic suggestions? Text us! Summer doesn’t just disrupt student schedules, it disrupts your ministry’s rhythm. And when families are already juggling travel, sports, camps, and changing routines, adding a calendar full of one off events and long breaks can quietly drain momentum. We wrestle with a simple question: if Wednesday night is the one predictable thing you can offer, why would you remove it? Tyler Lane, next gen pastor at Valley Real Life in Spokane, shares how his team is rethinking summer youth ministry programming around consistency. We talk about what teenagers actually need when life gets chaotic, how to keep meeting even when volunteer availability drops, and why “unplugged” summer nights can drive more relational ministry than a rigid school year format. Tyler also gets practical about simplifying worship and teaching, planning early, and empowering key volunteers and students to lead so the ministry doesn’t depend on staff doing everything. You’ll also hear about Engage mission trips and the reality of leading across time zones, plus travel tips that only come from experience. If you’re deciding whether to pause youth group for summer, radically change it, or keep it steady, this conversation gives you a framework, not just ideas. Subscribe, share this with a youth leader on your team, and leave a review. What does summer look like in your ministry right now?

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