For 5 years my friends Matt McGill, Josh Griffin, Katie Edwards & myself have been doing a youth ministry podcast. For 5 years we recorded from the offices of Simply Youth Ministry, and now we have a new name (The Youth Ministry Garage), new sponsors, a new location…but the same great show.

There’s a lot new!

1. We’re powered by youth ministry powerhouse Youth Specialties.
2. We’ve got a new website.
3. We’ve got a new blog.
4. We’ve got contests—big prizes (hurry for newest contest: Oct 23).
5. We’ve got free membership.
6. We’re giving away great gifts each episode (see below).
7. In addition to YS, we’ve got 4 incredible sponsors:
Azusa Pacific University
YM360
LeaderTreks
RemedyLIVE
8. We’ve got questions of the week for the blog community to answer.
9. We’ve got Mr. T (you’ll have to watch to see it)
10. We’ve got easy-to-subscribe to video or audio (via iTunes)

Below are the winners from the last two episodes and what they won. Here’s how to win: (a) send in a question, (b) we choose 5 questions from each show and forward it to our sponsor and they send you FREE stuff. It’s that easy!

Get involved in our community and join the fun! Like we’ve said since episode 1: “Just enough youth ministry so you don’t feel guilty for listening at work.”

Episode 168 winners:

Sponsor: YM360
Gift: Book study bundle: books of James/John ($99)
For: Used his comment/question from the YMG blog
Jason Kaat

Sponsor: RemedyLIVE
Gift: RemedyLIVE gift pack
For: Read question on podcast
Suzie Ralph

Sponsor: Youth Specialties
Gift: free tuition to National Youth Workers Convention ($299)
For: Read question on blog
Joshua Riffle (Highland, IN)

Sponsor: LeaderTreks
Gift: Book: Leading Youth Ministry
For: Read question on podcast
Jerry Varner (Midlothian, VA)

Sponsor: Azusa Pacific University
Gift: Foundation Pack: PDYM, First 2 years, What Matters Most
For: Read question on podcast
Jeremiah Isley (Stow, OH)

Episode 167 winners:

Sponsor: Youth Specialties
Gift: free tuition to National Youth Workers Convention ($299)
For: putting a Youth Ministry Garage Banner on his site
Scott Tinman (Moline, IL)

Sponsor: YM360
Gift: youthministry360 Small Group Super Pack ($199)
For: Read his question on podcast
James Watson (Livemore, CA)

Sponsor: Youth Specialties
Gift: Sticky Faith books (both parent/youth worker)
For: Read question on podcast
Matt Reno (Mt. Pleasant, Iowa)

Sponsor: LeaderTreks
Gift: Book: Leading Youth Ministry
For: Read question on podcast
Nick Damone (Reno, NV)

If you haven’t seen the show, here’s a short informercial:

Youth Ministry Garage Promo from remedyLIVE on Vimeo.

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