Switch Leader Podcast

Give Them the Keys

There’s more than one way to lead a small group, and this week we talk about one of the more successful strategies we’ve used over the years. Sometimes it’s important for you to be the drivers seat, and other times you need to give away the keys so someone else can learn to drive. This episode helps you determine when the time is right to give them away!

Series Overview: Difference Makers

Check out this episode to get a clear overview of the next Switch series, and learn how you can best prepare!

Calling and Suffering

Calling is fulfilling, but it's never going to be easy. If you've ever been through a challenging season, allow this conversation with Jennifer Gordon and Josh Baldwin to encourage you. You're not alone, it's not forever, and God is sure to keep showing up!

We Only Prepare When It Matters

This week we're talking about preparation, how it affects us, and how doing so impacts our students. Wichita Campus Pastor, Tim Doremus, shares some of his own experiences and insights into how good preparation can make all the difference. If something truly matters to us, we should be prepared for it! 

Easter Series Overview

This year Switch is serving up an Easter sandwich! One Easter service before Easter weekend and another one following Easter weekend. These messages will be presented in a really unique way, so make sure to listen as Josh Baldwin and James Meehan discuss the upcoming series. 

How About Some Change?

Josh talks with Youth Pastor, Dustin Wells, about the challenge of change, as well as the necessity of it. 

Recognizing Student Behavioral Patterns

This week, Josh Baldwin talks with Jessica Waszak about the behavioral patterns of kids and teens. They discuss common reasons for different behaviors, what signs to look for, and how to help your students succeed in spite of what may appear to simply be poor behavior. There is always a reason for different behaviors, whether they're good or bad. Let's equip ourselves to understand those reasons and the underlying causes.

Seeing Through God's Lens: Growing in Grace

Josh Baldwin talks with Sam Groeschel about why giving and receiving grace is so important in youth ministry and in our faith. 

Are You Ready to Pivot?

Sometimes in life things just don't go as planned, and sometimes in Switch things are a little like that too. If you're not just going to roll with the punches, but you're actually going to see every obstacle as a new opportunity, then you better know how to pivot! This week Josh Baldwin and Qualan Johnson talk about how spiritual discernment is often lived out through a well developed pivot from one approach to another.

Spiritual Intensity Without Community?

Most of us have an idea in our head of what spiritual intensity is. Usually, it involved things like reading the bible, fasting, praying, etc. What about community though? Surely, given the emphasis Christ placed on community, it must play a role in our spiritual intensity, right? This week, we're talking about exactly that.