The Morning After Ministry Show

OK, so do you tuck your mic cord? Tim wears his tucked through the back of his shirt (with no under shirt) and Andrew just lets his excess cordage flop around. It gets caught on the chairs and almost rips hies ear off on a regular basis. We talked about first world church problems today, and unique ways to generate revenue with church facilities. Check out our resources in the DYM store here: http...

Whether or not your hips lied during the half time show, you know that Andrew stepped in it the other day in the Download Youth Ministry Facebook group. We jumped into all things part time, why qualifications are tricky, and why churches suck at HR. Check out our resources in the DYM store here: https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/shop?author=8 Be sure to like The Morning After Ministry on faceb...

Today we dove into the topics of church social media strategy, nights out of the house, weddings and funeral honorariums, and preaching sick. Can’t wait to talk again with you all next week! Check out our resources in the DYM store here: https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/shop?author=8 Be sure to like The Morning After Ministry on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/morningafterministry/ instagr...

This MLK Day we dove into the highs and lows of a ministry life, and how to keep them in per-spective. We spent quite a bit of time discussing how Tim bailed on a scheduled Disney day with Andrew and Derry Prenkert. We talked leader training, and who you call when you need a last minute fill in preacher. Check out our resources in the DYM store here: https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/shop?auth...

Andrew git a new book! It was a gift from a church member, and it is just perfect. Bible Humor To Seven Lists. We laughed at the punny Bible jokes, and talked about the wrong scripture Andrew assigned a 12 year old girl to read in service. It was about sex. We talked about navigating church politics, and the new GIAN cell tower cross that is dominating the view of Tim’s church. Our newest DYM reso...

We kicked off 2020 by diving into canceled services and Bible reading plans. We promise, it was way more exciting than it sounds. As always, the comment section was lively, and so was the banter. Our newest DYM resource is …And A Blessed New Year. 3 weeks in the beatitudes to kick off your New Year. https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/and-a-blessed-new-year Check out our resources in the DYM sto...

Another year is in the books. We closed out 2019 with a show all about Christmas Sweaters, Fantasy Football, Games in Big Church and a whole bunch of other shenanigans. We also learned to pronounce ennui. As a Christmas gift to you, we discussed how to get a FREE copy of either our new Christmas resource JOY or our new New Years resource …And A Blessed New Year. But you have to listen to find out...

Is there anytime of year, in any vocation, that is busier than Christmas for a pastor? We dove into all of the craziness of this season and discussed Christmas parties, or advent socials as some churches call them. We talked about hosting events vs partnering with other events and piggy backing off of them. We also talked about the dilemma of going to parties that your spouse isn’t invited to… Our...

After a few weeks of traveling, NYWC and Thanksgiving, we were back today in our usual spot! It was great to talk through Christmas programming, service orders, decorating, and all of the other chaos that comes this time of year. Check out our resources in the DYM store here: https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/shop?author=8 Our friends at the Sea Salt & Oil Company have a special deal for cyber...

Yesterday was NOT Sunday, but this is still The Morning After. We were live from room 9 at the beau-tiful Tampa Convention Center. This afternoon were talking all things conferences, profile picture do’s and do not’s, and of course comparing conference friendships to camp hookups. We had a spe-cial guest on the show today, the warlock David Wood. He amazed us all. We also had special give-aways fr...

Show Notes Episode 88: Holliday Bundle and Sermon Distractions Today we were joined, kinda, by our friend and DYM super author Sabrina Hadro. Sabrina has two different teaching resources in the new DYM Holiday Bundle (we have the third) that covers literally everything you need for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years. Do to some tech issues we couldn’t talk to her as long as we wanted, but we’l...

Nothing like a communion Sunday, right? Tim’s church changes up how they serve communion for the first time 25 years. Everyone seemed ok with it, but it did spark a lively conversation in our comment section. They also had a few baptisms, which also sparked funny conversations. We discussed teaming up to do events with other churches and how everyone can win! Check out our resources in the DYM sto...

Timmy and Andrew are both older and wiser than they were last week. We talked about birthday celebrations, fall festivities (aka does your church celebrate halloween?), and series kickoffs and wrap ups. As Always, the comment section was WILD. Check out our resources in the DYM store here: https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/shop?author=8 Be sure to like The Morning After Ministry on facebook: h...

This morning we dove into the interpersonal struggle that so many pastors face. How do you both be someones friend and their pastor? It’s hard and it isn’t something that is commonly taught or easily learned. We dove into exciting topics like Johnny Mac and Infant Baptism…nothing controversial at all. Check out our resources in the DYM store here: https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/shop?author=...

After months and months of us talking about it, Lakeview Church voted Tim Miller as their new Lead Pastor, by a margin of 97%…Andrew was voted in unanimously at his church. Just saying. We talked about the roles of lead pastors in youth ministry, and how former youth pastors make the best bosses. We also got to celebrate the longevity of several of our buddies in youth ministry. This weekend we we...

Today was an abbreviated show, because we have priorities…and it’s a Rays Playoff Monday. We talked about ways and ideas to incorporate kids and students into the Sunday service. We discussed different ideas and policies that churches have, and our desires to be a truly multi generational church. Tim’s congregation is voting on him as lead pastor next Sunday morning, so things could change dramati...

This week both Tim and Andrew were asked to fill in for their youth pastors and dive back into youth ministry land. We talked about leading smaller groups as small groups instead of preaching a message to a room with only a handful of people in it. Tim suffered from writer’s block, and we talked about the latest we’ve ever finished a sermon. Tim gets anxious the night before if it’s not done…Andre...

We set the world record for the most times two people could possibly say The National Day of Volunteer Youth Ministry Training. We talked about how awesome The National Day of Volunteer Youth Ministry Training was. How we can’t wait for next year’s The National Day of Volunteer Youth Ministry Training. And we talked about how long the name The National Day of Volunteer Youth Ministry Training is....

Show Notes Episode 80: The Interview (but not the one w/ Seth Rogan and James Franco) Tonight Tim is interviewing for the job he has been doing for the past 6 months. To prepare him for it, we did a mock interview. Only a little bit of it was mockery. Check out our resources in the DYM store here: https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/shop?author=8 Be sure to like The Morning After Ministry on fac...

Despite our tech issues, we were back today for another fun look at what it’s like bieing in ministry…warts and all. We both taught New Members classes last week, and both kicked off new series. For the first time since Easter, we are preaching something different from eachother. Tim is in a series on Titus, and Andrew is in Proverbs for the next month. Tim’s church relaunched their second service...

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Look, we want to get into all of the fun stuff we talked about, but before we do, we’d love for you to click on this link and vote for us as the Best Local Podcast in the Creative Loafing Tampa Bay Best of the Bay contest… Best Podcast in Tampa Bay What’s better than an elders meeting, how about TWO elders meetings! This week we dove into all things schedule, church attendance, and the joys of exp...

Look, we want to get into all of the fun stuff we talked about, but before we do, we’d love for you to click on this link and vote for us as the Best Local Podcast in the Creative Loafing Tampa Bay Best of the Bay contest… Best Podcast in Tampa Bay We were both in the same place at the same time in what felt like months! Andrew’s church had a flood, and he is armwrestling with insurrance and chang...

Timmy is back! Well, kinda. He was in Jacksonville, FL this morning while Andrew was in the Safety Harbor Studio, but thanks to the magic of the internet, it all worked out. Both of us were at camp this past week, and the camps couldn’t have been more different. One was thousands of students, one was dozens. One was in the actual wilderness, and one was at The Wilderness of the Smokies Resort. We...

Tim is still out, taking his students to camp, but Andrew was joined by Brett Eddy this morning. Brett is the Director of Student Ministries at Port City Community Church in Willmington, NC where he has served for the past 16 years. We talked about the shift in one giant student ministry camp to separate middle and high school camps, the role difference he has experienced in moving from an age gro...