Youth Down South

Speak the Resurrection Often - Holy Week 2025

We invite you to listen to our special Holy Week episode with Major Matt Satterlee, Territorial Youth Secretary. Even if you are listening to this outside of Holy Week, we believe that God will bless you with the words He has placed on Major Matt’s heart to share with us. We are reminded to, “Speak the resurrection often… It is the fundamental event and the basis of the Gospel.” This means not just during Holy Week, but all year long. May God bless you this week and every week.

Texas Spotlight

Today, Captains Derrick & Odessa Smith join us from the Texas Division. They are the Divisional Youth Secretaries in Texas and they have lots of information and cool things to share about their youth and young adults, as well as Camp Hoblitzelle.

ALM Spotlight

In this episode we are joined by Captains Josh and Amanda Keaton, Divisional Youth Secretaries in the ALM Division (Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi). They share with us many exciting things that are happening with the youth and young adults in their division!

Under the Stars - VBS

The Territorial Youth Department has just released a brand new FREE VBS package! Today, we are telling you all about 'Under the Stars'. We hope this is a helpful resource for our corps and units in the field. We can't wait to hear how you are using it for your VBS this year! You can find links to all of our free resources on youthdownsouth.org 

AOK Spotlight

Today we are spotlighting the AOK division to learn about their camp, youth, and young adult ministries. We are joined by the Divisional Youth Secretaries, Captains Chris & Elyse Doborwicz. You won't want to miss this episode - great things are happening in Arkansas and Oklahoma!  

PMC Spotlight

We are kicking off another mini-series today where we spotlight each of our divisions to find out more about their camp, youth, and young adult ministries. This episode spotlights the Potomac (PMC) Division and we are joined by Majors Bobby & Nicole Parker - Divisional Youth Secretaries, and David Delaney - Divisional Music Director. Amazing things are happening in PMC - listen now to hear all about them!  

Commissioning is Coming!

In this episode we talk about all things Commissioning 2025 that will take place June 6 - 8 in Atlanta! We are joined by Roberta Simmons-Smith who is the Territorial Director of Special Events. She shares information about what will be happening that weekend, our special guests, and how to register. Kara Rodriguez also joins us to share about a special young adult focus that will take place the Saturday night of commissioning. And Melissa Powell shares all about the childcare and youth conference that run alongside the mains sessions of the Commissioning weekend. You don't want to miss this episode! And be sure to register at USSCommissioning.org

Rhythm of Life & Church - Salvation Army Officers Part B

This is part B of the third episode in our Rhythm of Life & Church series. Be sure to listen to part A first (episode 19). We continue the conversation with our guests Majors Matt & Jamie Satterlee, Captain Josh Hinson, and Captain Tiffany Salgado. They share how they work on finding a healthy rhythm in their lives while balancing being an officer, their families, their personal spiritual walk, and much more.

Rhythm of Life & Church - Salvation Army Officers Part A

This is the third part of our Rhythm of Life & Church series. We've split this episode into two - this is part A. We talk with four Salvation Army officers about how they strive to find a healthy rhythm in their lives while balancing being an officer, their families, their personal spiritual walk, and much more. Our guests this week are Majors Matt & Jamie Satterlee, Captain Josh Hinson, and Captain Tiffany Salgado. 

Rhythm of Life & Church Part 2 - College/Young Adults

In this episode we are joined by Dakota Meeks (GA) and Carolee Burleigh (PMC) who are college students and soldiers of The Salvation Army. We talk about how young adults can try to find a healthy rhythm between college, work, friends, and church. It's definitely not easy,  but hopefully this conversation can encourage others in their spiritual walk while attending college and living life as a young adult.