Back to School: Parent Prep | Brand New Podcast

Ryne, Gabe, and Sebastian spend the first twenty minutes on a top three draft of school cafeteria foods, which turns into an argument over who gets to claim the roll. From there it's ding dong ditching, back to school shoes, and what their parents did to them when they got caught playing video games at two in the morning.

Then it turns into a conversation for parents. How do you keep first week of school energy from dying off by October? Should Wednesday nights be optional? What do you do when your kid's schedule is already full and church didn't make the list? Ryne shares what a room full of student leaders told him at his house last week, Sebastian makes a case for public school as a mission field, and Gabe pulls a stat on Gen Z church attendance that none of them saw coming.

Also in this one: Ryne's mom hid every battery in the house instead of taking his Xbox, a brand new pair of reflective Air Maxes meets a construction nail, and Gabe puts his money where his mouth is on Prairie Grove vs Farmington.

Midweek starts this Wednesday, August 12th at 6:30. Shirts for the first students through the door, a scavenger hunt for kids, and two giveaways going all semester. Uniteds are opening up for the fall at brandnewchurch.com.

If your family needs a backpack or shoes to start the year, reach out. First name at brandnewchurch.com gets you to any of us.

Comment your favorite cafeteria lunch, your least favorite class, or your score prediction for Prairie Grove vs Farmington. Then send this to a parent who needs it.

00:00 Cold open

00:50 Top three school cafeteria food draft

05:06 What we did with the last weeks of summer

06:30 Ding dong ditching and the ex cop's porch lights

08:50 Sleep schedules and getting caught at 2 a.m.

10:52 Ryne's mom hid every battery in the house

11:58 Back to school shoes and one very expensive nail

13:53 Do students even care what they wear now?

16:16 Getting back in routine, and whether it lasts past October

19:43 What Wednesday nights are actually built for

20:53 Where the small compromise starts

24:03 The students who bring other students

26:04 A schedule with no room left for church

27:20 Ryne quits sports and loses 115 pounds

28:29 The starter who told his coach he'd miss Wednesdays

31:41 Start with Christ, then build the schedule

33:00 Homeschool, public school, and the boat in the water

38:56 141 days, one verse, one ten second prayer

41:39 The note card by the door

43:11 Gen Z is showing up more than any other generation

45:43 A school with no church nearby

49:03 Knocking out a wall to make room for students

54:29 Finding people who've already been through it

56:19 Prairie Grove vs Farmington and a wager

58:26 Preview Night, giveaways, and the new series

1:02:40 Closing prayer