3rd Tuesday Conversation

Episode 67: What If We Started to Collaborate?

The 3TC team sits down with their friend Kevin from Colorado for a conversation about what would happen if we stopped trying to be all things to all people and instead leaned into collaboration with other churches to meet the needs of the people in our congregations.

 

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Episode 66: It's All About Connection

Inspired by a quote from Simon Sinek's podcast episode, "How To Be a Friend," the 3TC team talks about the value and importance of authentic connection and how we, as leaders, can allow the need for connection to shape our ministries. 

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Episode 65: The One Where We Talk About Campus Ministry with Rev. Kim Adams

The 3TC team talks with Rev. Kim Adams who serves as co-chaplain at Concordia Moorhead and North Dakota State University to learn about the current state of campus ministry, the hope in the current population of students and how it all relates to CYF ministry in congregations.

 

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Episode 64: Youth Are Either Leading or Leaving

The 3TC team sits down with Lyle Griner, National Director of Peer Ministry Leadership to talk about the current and future landscape of youth ministry and how it relates to his new book. 

 

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Episode 63: If You Could Go Back and Give Your Younger Self Ministry Advice...

The 3TC team reflects on how their perspectives on leadership, ministry and the church have changed (and not) over the years.

 

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Episode 62: The Formation Co-op

The 3TC team is joined by Catherine Anderson, the Director of the Formation Co-op (a new initiative of the ELCA Youth Ministry Network) to talk about the process of figuring out what's next for youth ministry. Spoiler alert: it all starts with listening.

 

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Episode 61: ChatGPT Who?

Episode 61: ChatGPT Who?
The 3TC team has a conversation about the emergence of AI, our reactions to it, and its potentially unethical and possibly helpful uses in ministry - featuring a live demonstration!

 

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Episode 60: A Conversation with Kids: High School/College Edition

The 3TC team sits down with three graduated seniors to talk about what's next, what it's like being a teenager, and how they experience God.

 

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Episode 59: A Conversation with Kids: Middle School Edition

The 3TC team sits down with two 7th graders to have a conversation about life, God and relationships.

 

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Episode 58: A Conversation with Kids: Daughter Edition

The 3TC team sits down with their oldest daughters (ages 5-7) to have a conversation about life as a church kid, God, and what they think about the world. 

 

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