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Youth Ministry Sherpas Podcast

Help us help more youth workers to keep going!

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Youth Ministry Sherpas Podcast

Youth Ministry Sherpas Podcast

Youth Ministry Sherpas Podcast

Youth Ministry Sherpas Podcast

Youth Ministry Sherpas Podcast

Help us help more youth workers to keep going!

Help us help more youth workers to keep going!

Help us help more youth workers to keep going!

Help us help more youth workers to keep going!

Steve Anderson
Steve Anderson
Steve Anderson
Steve Anderson
1 Campaign |
Frederick, United States
$1,841 USD 22 backers
28% of $6,500 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
Overview
Youth ministry is a crazy, difficult, fun, and heart-wrenching adventure. We started the Youth Ministry Sherpas Podcast because we know what it's like to feel the weight of this calling. Our goal is to help youth workers to keep going! We need your help to expand our audience!

Who we are

Hi, we are Steve Anderson and Mathew McCabe, two long-time youth pastors in Maryland. We serve at two different medium-sized churches in our area. We aren't special or superstars by any means, but we have been great friends for more than a dozen years and we've both been in youth ministry for nearly 30 years. We are passionate about Student Ministry, and we care deeply for those who have answered the call to be a part of the tribe called "Youth Workers." As youth ministry "veterans," we talked for a couple years about ways we could encourage more youth workers to stay in the game for the long haul. We finally saw our dreams come to fruition in January of this year when we started the "Youth Ministry Sherpas Podcast."

We chose the name because it represents what we are about. Sherpas are mountain people. You've probably read about them in great mountaineering stories. Sherpas know their terrain and are acclimated to the climate. Sherpas shoulder other's burdens along the trail so they can survive and thrive. Sherpas are essential for completing the journey.

We started from scratch. We scraped together some money for a website, microphone, logos, and stickers to give away. We read up on how to do a podcast. We created all our social media accounts. And then we recorded. And recorded. And recorded. In fact, we've made 24 full-length episodes in just 7 months, plus 26 mini-episodes we called Sherpa Shorts. We've built a small following, and are having a blast doing it. Our podcast is two friends having a conversation, laughing a lot, telling stories about youth ministry success and failure, and encouraging others to keep going.

Which is what we plan to do! We want to take our podcast to another level. But we need your help, and we need some capital. That's where this campaign comes in.

What We Need 

Help us get to the National Youth Workers Convention!

  • We are planning to represent ourselves at the National Youth Worker Convention in St. Louis this November. There will be 4500 youth workers there! We need to cover vendor fees, create a dynamic display booth, and buy promotional stuff to give away so people will remember us.
  • We are buying new equipment so we can improve our audio quality and record online interviews with great youth ministry guests! We already have some amazing ones lined up.
  • If we don't meet our goal, we will do what we have always done--figure out a way to make it work with what we have! Hey, we're youth pastors---we go with the flow.

The Impact

The more youth workers we can encourage to stay in the game for the long haul, the better shape youth ministry will be in. The better shape youth ministry is in, the more students who will be impacted with the life changing message of Jesus. 

What You Get

To say thanks for helping support our Podcast, we will provide the following gifts:

  • $10-$49 = Sherpa Stickers and Show Mention
  • $50 - $99 = Above, plus Sherpa T-shirt
  • $100 + = Above, plus Guest Appearance as Intro Voice
  • $500 + = Above, plus 2-pack of Yeti Wine Tumblers or Coffee Mugs

Other Ways You Can Help

  • Share this opportunity with your friends and followers. Please!
  • Know a Youth Worker? Share the Youth Ministry Sherpas Podcast with them through any podcast app, iTunes, Spofify, or www.youthminstrysherpas.com

And that's all there is to it. Thanks!

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Sugarloaf Level Sponsor

Sugarloaf Level Sponsor

$10 USD
If the world needs anything, it needs more llama stickers! (Oh, and we'll mention your name on an episode too!)
Included Items
  • Sherpa Stickers/Show Mention
Estimated Shipping
October 2018
4 claimed
Ships to United States of America
McKinley Level Sponsor

McKinley Level Sponsor

$50 USD
Who doesn't want a t-shirt with a llama on it?
Included Items
  • Sherpa Stickers/Show Mention
  • Sherpa T-Shirt
Estimated Shipping
October 2018
4 out of 50 of claimed
Ships to United States of America
K2 Level Sponsor

K2 Level Sponsor

$100 USD
Follow in the footsteps of great voice-over artists like Morgan Freeman, James Earl Jones, and yes, Aaron Paul (Jesse from Breaking Bad -- he's the voice of Mazda)! We will record your golden voice to intro our show!
Included Items
  • Sherpa Stickers/Show Mention
  • Sherpa T-Shirt
  • Guest Appearance Voice Intro
Estimated Shipping
October 2018
3 out of 20 of claimed
Ships to United States of America
Everest Level Sponsor

Everest Level Sponsor

$500 USD
Sip your coffee or wine from the finest tumblers on the planet! You could probably take them to Everest itself!
Included Items
  • Sherpa Stickers/Show Mention
  • Sherpa T-Shirt
  • Guest Appearance Voice Intro
  • 2Pack Yeti Wine/Coffee Tumbler
Estimated Shipping
October 2018
0 out of 10 of claimed
Ships to United States of America

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