The Morning After Ministry Show

With Tim out of pocket, Andrew was joined this morning by Ronald Long and Geoff Cocanower. Both awesome dudes and DYM main stays. They had both just gotten home from youth trips, so the conversation revolved around best practices for camps and mission trips, as well as staying connected and reconnecting back home. Check out our resources in the DYM store here: https://www.downloadyouthministry.com...

Nothing like 4th of July week to make the congregation worship America, right? Tim got an earful for the flag not being front and center. Andrew had patriotic socks and someone wearing a “Trump 45” jeresey in the middle of the livestream. Tim accidentily orchidtrated one of the greatest youth ministry events ever, “BYOF” bring your own fireworks night. We talked about the stresses and pressure of...

Tim’s breath stinks. He was informed of this right before service yesterday morning. We talked about the meeting he had with his elders about social media usage and how to be approachable to people before they even get to church. The big topic of the day was communion. How to do it. When to do it. How to make it less germy. We discussed breadsticks and Jesus shot glasses. See you next Monday! Chec...

Is there anything more exhausting than VBS week? Andrew’s church pulled ut all the stops for a week of evening VBS with dinner for the whole family every night. The huge payoff was that most of the families came back when the kids were asked to sing on Sunday morning. It was the biggest non Christmas/Easter turnout in the two years Andrew’s been the pastor. We debated whether or not Father’s Day g...

Nothing like getting a devicive text moments before church started. That’s what happened to Timmy yesterday as he was gathering for prayer with several people from his church. Fortunately, he was given a neat little surprise from the youth team at about the same time, balancing out the see saw of a morning. It’s VBS week at Andrew’s church. We discussed best practices and a few youth ministry hack...

Andrew sent something innapropriate to an elder…from his wife’s phone. It was hillariously awkward. We talked about accidental texts and how to recover from them. Tim’s church has moved to one service for the summer, and had a big event to kick off the summer yesterday. We talked about applying tried and true youth ministry principles to the whole church. Tim said he was going to put a link in the...

Tim endangerd the lives of all of his students by havig them jump in an alegator infested lake. Why? Cause of extreme bingo. We discussed ministry mishaps and dangeroues games we let kids play, and were very grateful that we’ve never been fired. Andrew’s church kicked off a 10 week series on Exodus yesterday. We talked about pulling new insight out of passages that people are very familiar with. N...

Ths morning we jumped into the show by talking about the extra hours we both pulled this week to make Mother’s Day happen as well as the other events happening at our churches. Andrew’s church had a VBS workday, and Tim and his elders have their first week without a scheduled meeting since early March. Andrew’s church, on the other had has not had an elders meeting since February. We talked about...

Ever had someone question what you’re posting on social media? Ever had an elder accuse you of flaunting your wealth? That’s just a bit of what we talked about today. Also, Andrew hates Phil Wickham. 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...

Last night Tim read his senior pastor, friend, and mentor’s resignation to his church. It has been a wild few weeks, and this morning Tim told the story. 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/ instagram.com/morningaftermin and twitter.co...

Easter was upon us, and it was a wild one. From Sun Rise Services, to short notice preaching, it was eventful for both Tim and Andrew. Hopefully next week we’ll be able to dive into more details of the crazyness that has been happening. Thanks for listening! Here’s a resource that’s been great! https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/satans-favorite-arrows Check out our resources in the DYM store he...

What a week. Andrew was in Texas for the DYM100 Texas tour, and Tim was having a series very difficult meetings back home. Both of us were preaching this week for Palm Sunday. Tim preached a sermon based on a Mark Driscol sermon series called Vintage Jesus. Andrew preached a sermon the Doug Fields gave DYM members in January called Questions for an Incredible Journey. We played a game that Anthony...

Today Andrew was joined by a friend of the show, the one and only Ronald Long. Ronald is the middle school pastor at Wayside Chapel in San Antonio. He also hosts the greatest middle school ministry podcast in the world, Talking Squirrels. Since we are in Texas for the DYM 100, we needed a place to record, and Doug Fields offered up his hotel room. So that’s where we set up. We talked about the min...

Today is a Monday following a very odd Sunday, at least it was odd at Andrew’s church. There was a noticible drop in attendance from last week to this week, but the drop all happened to be young families. Like all of them. Tim’s church is in a budget crisis, and they are weighing options. We discussed what to do when things get tight. Check out our resources in the DYM store here: https://www.down...

This morning we talked about working through rough weeks. Timmy had a guest speaker scheduled for Wednesday night, and he forgot about him, but by the time Wednesday night rolled around, he sure was thankful. We talked about the ups and downs of ministry life. Andrew’s whole family got sick over the weekend, which is especially bad since his wife runs the children’s ministry at their church. We ta...

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We love all of our sponsors, and are especially thankful for what DYM University is doing in our churches. We are so glad we get to play with them! https://www.dymuniversity.com/?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dymuniversity.com%2Fa%2F10517%2FLoZRyZ9P%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0rIRJ0hFsABSXmIwIPPrbA7dj3ggw7rxzGmJ7-CiGpx5wMmEmWlENfGAQ We jumped right in this morning with one of the WILDEST stories we’ve ever shared on...

We love all of our sponsors, and are especially thankful for what DYM University is doing in our churches. We are so glad we get to play with them! https://www.dymuniversity.com/?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dymuniversity.com%2Fa%2F10517%2FLoZRyZ9P%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0rIRJ0hFsABSXmIwIPPrbA7dj3ggw7rxzGmJ7-CiGpx5wMmEmWlENfGAQ With Tim out of pocket today, Andrew was joined by longtime friend and mentor, Tommy...

We love all of our sponsors, and are especially thankful for what DYM University is doing in our churches. We are so glad we get to play with them! https://www.dymuniversity.com/?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dymuniversity.com%2Fa%2F10517%2FLoZRyZ9P%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0rIRJ0hFsABSXmIwIPPrbA7dj3ggw7rxzGmJ7-CiGpx5wMmEmWlENfGAQ What a week it has been. We discussed the different hats we wear, and the different p...

We love all of our sponsors, and are especially thankful for what DYM University is doing in our churches. We are so glad we get to play with them! https://www.dymuniversity.com/?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dymuniversity.com%2Fa%2F10517%2FLoZRyZ9P%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0rIRJ0hFsABSXmIwIPPrbA7dj3ggw7rxzGmJ7-CiGpx5wMmEmWlENfGAQ We started off the show by talking about what we do when people leave the church. We...

We love all of our sponsors, and are especially thankful for what DYM University is doing in our churches. We are so glad we get to play with them! https://www.dymuniversity.com/?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dymuniversity.com%2Fa%2F10517%2FLoZRyZ9P%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0rIRJ0hFsABSXmIwIPPrbA7dj3ggw7rxzGmJ7-CiGpx5wMmEmWlENfGAQ What a busy week! Timmy kicked off Waiting, Dating, & Mating by our buddy Frank Gil i...

We love all of our sponsors, and are especially thankful for what DYM University is doing in our churches. We are so glad we get to play with them! https://www.dymuniversity.com/?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dymuniversity.com%2Fa%2F10517%2FLoZRyZ9P%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0rIRJ0hFsABSXmIwIPPrbA7dj3ggw7rxzGmJ7-CiGpx5wMmEmWlENfGAQ What a busy week! This weekend we got to go to Rock the Universe at Universal Studios...

We love all of our sponsors, and are especially thankful for what DYM University is doing in our churches. We are so glad we get to play with them! https://www.dymuniversity.com/?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dymuniversity.com%2Fa%2F10517%2FLoZRyZ9P%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0rIRJ0hFsABSXmIwIPPrbA7dj3ggw7rxzGmJ7-CiGpx5wMmEmWlENfGAQ It was a rough weather weekend here in Central Florida. Before worship started at our...

We love all of our sponsors, and are especially thankful for what DYM University is doing in our churches. We are so glad we get to play with them! https://www.dymuniversity.com/?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dymuniversity.com%2Fa%2F10517%2FLoZRyZ9P This week both Tim and Andrew are at home, in their offices, while the rest of the pastors in the Evangelical Covenant Church are at a conference in Denver. W...

What a week it was! We both took advantage of great freebies in ministry. Andrew got to take his leadership team out to a fancy dinner, and Tim got to take his wife to Universal Studios! We talked about theme parks with students, and the pros and cons of annual events. Tim burned a bunch of trees with his youth group, Andrew started a series on Daniel, and spent a bit too much time talking about e...