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		<title><![CDATA[Urban Youth Pastor]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Joel Brown and Blake Scheidt are friends with over 20 years of combined youth ministry experience in urban contexts across the eastern US. With a little help from their friend Vic King, they're sharing what they've learned about urban youth ministry.]]></description>
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		<author><![CDATA[Joel B / Blake S / Vic K]]></author>
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		<itunes:summary>Real talk about gospel ministry among urban / low-income / minority youth.</itunes:summary>
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			<title><![CDATA[AJ's Story - Introducing the Helping Up Podcast]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>Vic introduces the other podcast he produces, the Helping Up Podcast: all about addiction, recovery, and grace.</p>
<p>Subscribe at <a href="helpingupmission.org/podcast">helpingupmission.org/podcast</a></p>
<p>Send us a voice message: <a href="anchor.fm/urbanyouthpastor/message">anchor.fm/urbanyouthpastor/message</a></p>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Aug 2017 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt;Vic introduces the other podcast he produces, the Helping Up Podcast: all about addiction, recovery, and grace.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Subscribe at &lt;a href="helpingupmission.org/podcast"&gt;helpingupmission.org/podcast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Send us a voice message: &lt;a href="anchor.fm/urbanyouthpastor/message"&gt;anchor.fm/urbanyouthpastor/message&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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			<title><![CDATA[Finishing Well]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[On finishing your ministry well, developing leaders, journaling in community... and ending a podcast.
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			<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2017 11:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hard Questions (Part 2)]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Nation of Islam, Black Hebrew Israelites, and more: the religious landscape of the inner city is incredibly diverse. How can youth ministers communicate the gospel clearly and compellingly amid the noise?
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			<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2017 18:01:40 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hard Questions (Part 1)]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Does God really care about me?
If I've been baptized, I'm saved, right?
Isn't Christianity a white man's religion?
Youth ask hard questions, and kids in inner-city neighborhoods are no exception. Joel and Blake talk through some of the hardest questions they get from their students, how they respond, and what they've learned about the questions behind the questions.
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			<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2017 17:58:11 GMT</pubDate>
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If I've been baptized, I'm saved, right?
Isn't Christianity a white man's religion?
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			<title><![CDATA[Sex]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[No one falls asleep during "the sex talk" at youth group. But how are kids actually living? What messages are they getting about sex from their peers, parents, and playlists? And how can youth ministers connect the Bible's teaching about sexuality (including the gospel of grace) to kids' sex lives?
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			<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2017 12:50:42 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Parents & Families]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Every youth pastor says their goal is to help parents raise their children, but what does that look like when a student's parents are dysfunctional or completely absent? How can a youth pastor encourage a tired, frustrated single mom about her teenage son?
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			<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2017 18:18:32 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Teaching the Bible]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[What role can the Bible have in an inner-city youth ministry? How do you decide what to teach? What are the challenges?
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			<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2017 18:13:52 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Violence]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Fistfights. Shootings. Inner-city kids have seen (and done) it all. What does youth group look like here?
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