Young Leader Series #3: Kenn Demoll
CatholiCity Podcasts
Today’s episode features Kenn Demoll, the director of the Youth and Young Adult ministry at St. John Catholic Church in Westminster, Maryland. He is a convert to the faith, and was called to ministry after college while thinking about becoming a police officer. We discuss the challenge of “restarting” a young adult ministry, drawing in and retaining people, the importance of relationships, the grand vision of young adult ministry, how to help a priest get a ministry going, how to avoid the atmosphere of a desperate social/singles club, and more. --- To order powerful tools for evangelization for your family, friends, and parish, head to the Mary Foundation website at CatholiCity.com. --- Time Stamps (00:01:15) Intro and Conversion (00:06:36) Inheriting and Restarting a YA Group (00:08:46) Drawing and Retaining People (00:20:51) Why are Relationships So Important? (00:26:46) The Grand Vision of Young Adult Ministry (00:33:53) How to Help a Priest Start a YA Ministry (00:40:01) Avoiding the Desperate Social/Singles Club (00:51:44) The Hard One-On-One Conversations (00:57:50) “Thank God I Did This” (01:00:53) “I Wish I Hadn’t Done This” (01:08:26) Be Bold