Youth Ministry Hacks

Justin and Sean chat about what they are implementing in this new year to take their leadership to the next level. They talk about weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly habits and hopefully it can challenge you to start your own. EHS Daily Offices Emotionally Healthy Spirituality Day by Day: A 40-Day Journey with the Daily Office - Kindle edition by Scazzero, Peter. Religion & Spirituality Kin...

Show Description: Justin and Sean chat about how to plan for the new year most effectively as a leader. They go over “heads up” time, times of training, mindsets to keep in mind to keep a good rhythm and so much more. Make the best of 2023 by listening to this and share the episode with others. The Hill Teen Center Link: https://rogofoundation.com/teencenter/

Episode Title: Episode 103: Hacks On How Lead Volunteers Well Show Description: Justin and Sean sit down and talk through their thoughts of what they have loved over their 30+ years of youth ministry on how to lead volunteers well. We feel no one in youth ministry has ever said, “Man, we have enough of the right people leading right now” so they thought they would share some of their ideas and thi...

Hacks On How To Create An Outreach Culture Show Description: Justin flies solo and walks through what he has learned on how to build an outreach culture and strategy to where students actually invite friends He walks through 5 big rocks in the bucket for you to think through in hopes you can create your own strategy in your ministry Blog Mentioned: Download Youth Ministry Blog - Dissect Your Minis...

Justin and Sean sit down with Brock Morgan, a youth pastor and author, about his new book called “The Anxious Teen: Ministry With Stressed and Fearful Students” and how we can best care for an anxious generation post-covid. This episode is longer than most but full of practical gold. You can check out his book in the link below.

Justin and Sean celebrate 100 episodes of helpful hacks in youth ministry! This episode was recorded live on September 8th (so all prizes, competitions and codes were for the live audience only). The guys answered questions that were in the live chat and they even had Josh Griffin and Doug Fields pop in for a little bit!

Justin and Sean sit down with Jay Kim, Pastor of Westgate Church and author of Analog Christian & Analog Church, to chat through how youth workers can think through how to lead and minister in person better and more effectively in a digital world. Check out Jay’s Books: Analog Christian Analog Church SPONSORS: Onward Leadership Coaching https://onwardleader.com/ 1st Few Years Conference https://1s...

Check out this quick little episode with updates before episodes 99 & 100. SPONSORS: Onward Leadership Coaching https://onwardleader.com/ 1st Few Years Conference https://1stfewyears.com/ @youthministryhacks on IG https://www.instagram.com/youthministryhacks/ Justin’s Resources https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/search?q=justin+knowles&search-button=&lang=default

Notes: Justin and Sean sit down and go through some ideas on how to care for youth, leaders and prep for all things summer camp. They talk training, decision night, not leading your own group and much more. SPONSORS: Onward Leadership Coaching https://onwardleader.com/ 1st Few Years Conference https://1stfewyears.com/ @youthministryhacks on IG https://www.instagram.com/youthministryhacks/ Justin’s...

Justin and Sean sit down and talk about metrics. Everyone’s favorite topic. Why do numbers have to be weird? Now they don’t talk about specific numbers but they talk about best practices of what to track and why. It’s something every youth pastor should know. SPONSORS: Onward Leadership Coaching https://onwardleader.com/ 1st Few Years Conference https://1stfewyears.com/ @youthministryhacks on IG h...

Justin and Sean sit down and talk about hacks on how to practically rest and take time off well. Too many youth workers do not know how to rest well, which then leads to burn out. Some don’t know what to do when they are off. Some don’t know how to set themselves or their teams up for success when they want to take time off. They talk about all of these different things on resting well in this epi...

Josh Griffin joins the hack boys to chat about how to last longer in ministry when we are seeing a ton of burnout and turn over. Josh gives some practical thoughts, we dive into some great discussion and laugh along the way. We also chatted about the 1st Few Years Conference for newer youth workers in October! SPONSORS: 1st Few Years Conference https://1stfewyears.com/ MVMNT 2022 Conference https:...

In his first Q&A, Sean answers a bunch of questions with Justin covering: - What does online ministry look like now that most are back in person? - How do I start a band and siciple them? - What does work/life balance look like with a new baby? - How do you develop content for your students? - What does your multi-site model look like? - How does ministry change as you get bigger? - How do you cas...

As Sean is starting in his new position and wanting to walk through some change, he talks with Justin about the process of how to do that. Justin has refreshed a few ministries over the last few years and so what started as a conversation between two friends turned into a great episode that was recorded. Whether you are starting at a new ministry and starting fresh or are looking to refresh your c...

Justin and Sean are talk through how they have made some major adjustments in their own ministries to make sure that small groups ACTUALLY match the values of the ministry. Sometimes we can say that we value something but how we execute the ministry shows something different. @youthministryhacks on IG https://www.instagram.com/youthministryhacks/ Justin’s Resources https://www.downloadyouthministr...

Justin and Sean are chatting through questions to ask yourself and your ministry in order to see growth in 2022. There is no easy way to hack on to grow something, but there are some good questions to ask to hack your thinking. We discuss them in this episode. SPONSORS: @youthministryhacks on IG https://www.instagram.com/youthministryhacks/ Justin’s Resources https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/...

Justin welcomes new show co-host Sean Lord to the show and they talk through how to be a better leader in 2022 by not giving answers, but asking questions to make you a better leader. SPONSORS: @youthministryhacks on IG https://www.instagram.com/youthministryhacks/ Justin’s Resources https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/search?q=justin+knowles&search-button=&lang=default

Justin answers your questions that people submitted. He goes rapid fire through a bunch of questions ranging from hardship to leadership, how to remove a volunteer, setting culture and training. SPONSORS: DYM’s Program Like A Pro: https://offers.downloadyouthministry.com/en/youth-group-programming-course @youthministryhacks on IG: https://www.instagram.com/youthministryhacks/ Pastor Matt Brown’s B...

Justin talks with Blake Faris, who is a youth lead on the Sandals Church Youth team, about the intentionality of on-boarding your volunteers will help you have better leaders and a better leader culture. We talk through practical tips on how you can do that in your ministry. SPONSORS: DYM’s Program Like A Pro https://offers.downloadyouthministry.com/en/youth-group-programming-course @youthministry...

Justin walks you through what he is personally doing right now to try and become and better leader in asking questions to his supervisors, his team, and himself. Self-realization is kind of a big deal and asking questions to help you grow is part of growing as a leader. SPONSORS: DYM’s Program Like A Pro https://offers.downloadyouthministry.com/en/youth-group-programming-course @youthministryhacks...

Justin takes you through his ministry's own strategy and playbook for their youth ministry. It’s important to write things down, think through, and define the wins, the whys, the whats, and the hows so you can keep focused on what is most important. SPONSORS: DYM’s Program Like A Pro https://offers.downloadyouthministry.com/en/youth-group-programming-course Onward Leadership Training https://onwar...

Justin talks about how to build community amongst your leaders. This is something that we tend to think just happens but it really takes some intentionality to do it and do it well. Something happens when your leaders actually like to be around each other and Justin talks about how they do it in their ministry. SPONSORS: DYM’s Program Like A Pro https://offers.downloadyouthministry.com/en/youth-gr...

Justin and Josh Griffin talk about all things programming and the new course that is coming out for free on downloadyouthministry.com. Head there now to sign up to receive this free 6 session + bonus sessions on how to program like a pro. Josh’s links: Josh’s IG: https://www.instagram.com/joshuagriffin/ Mariners JH IG:https://www.instagram.com/mariners.jhm/ Justin’s IG: https://www.instagram.com/j...

Justin literally walks through the process has done with his youth team and now the kid's team at Sandals church to begin to assess and evaluate where the ministry stands now so you can move forward in making it more effective for the future. He walks through 4 areas with a bunch of different questions for each area to walk through with people you do ministry with. Take a look at our new first-tim...

We get to sit down with Joseph Kellogg, a youth ministry veteran, to talk about the 4 C’s that he and his teams are focusing on right now in regards to youth ministry as things are picking back up since the country shut down. Super practical. Super powerful. HYM https://www.hymconference.com HYM Instagram @hymconference YouthPastor.co https://youthpastor.co Feed https://feed.bible Joseph Kellogg @...