Youth Down South

In this episode, Majors Matt and Cristina Tranthum join us to highlight the exciting ministry happening across the Florida Division. From recent events to what lies ahead—including a sneak peek at summer camp—they share how God is at work in the Florida division!

In this episode, we shine a spotlight on the Georgia Division! Captains Dakarai and Dominique Darby join us to share all the exciting updates happening across the division. From upcoming events, to what's in store for the camp season, tune in to hear what's happening in Georgia!

Today, we’re excited to welcome Captain Jervonne Hinton as she shares the incredible ways God is moving through youth and young adult ministry in the Kentucky-Tennessee Division!

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.

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.

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!

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 

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!  

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!  

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