Youth Ministry Hacks

Matthew and Justin are back… and with a new co-host! Karl Romeus is joining the Youth Ministry Hacks Podcast and we love it. He is going to add so much to the show! We get to know Karl a little bit in the first half of the show and then we all talk through our hacks we have learned this summer. Sponsors: Give Central https://www.givecentral.org/ Download Youth Ministry University https://www.dymun...

Matthew and Justin sit down with Kristen Ivy for an incredible conversation. Her newest book is It’s Personal: Five Questions You Should Answer to Give Every Kid Hope (Orange Books, May 15, 2019) co-authored with Orange founder and CEO Reggie Joiner and Rev. Dr. Virginia Ward. In a world where kids are known by a number on a jersey, digits on a car pool tag, and random usernames, Ivy describes the...

In this episode Justin sits down with Frank Gil (from 15 Minutes With Frank podcast) and he explains some hacks on how to pull off a successful Youth Group Tonight service. What is that? It’s a great way to switch up your normal programming and making your service like the late night talk shows on TV. Super fun and super creative and Frank has pulled it off well. We hope you enjoy! Frank’s Youth G...

Matthew is back! And Justin is here too I guess. Lot’s of ministries have to share their space and that makes it difficult to feel like you “own” it. Justin and Matthew know all about this as they have been doing it for years. In this episode they chat through practical hacks on how to make a shared space feel like it’s all yours. Justin’s Pre/Post Service Playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlis...

In this episode, Justin sits down with Derry Prenkert (from the My Third Decade Podcast on the DYM Podcast Network) to talk through hacks on how to create better alignment between the children’s ministry and student ministry so you can work better together and have an aligned vision from birth to high school. Morning After Ministry Show Andy Stanley Video Derry on Instagram Sponsors: Give Central...

Matthew and Justin are back (so sorry about the wait this month) and they are continuing to answer some questions turned in by some of their faithful listeners. Sponsors: Give Central https://www.givecentral.org/ Download Youth Ministry University https://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2 Emory University – Candler School of Theology Candler.emory.edu/youthministryhacks Thrive Worship: https:...

It’s been a while! Justin and Matthew took your questions and chatted through them! If you want to submit a question to be featured on the show, head to podcast.downloadyouthministry.com and click the Submit button on the top of the screen! WANT TO TRY THE DYM GOLD MEMBER FREE FOR ONE MONTH? You can try the Gold Membership FREE for 30 days with no strings attached (no credit card required) by clic...

It happens! Students are disruptive, they talk, they are distracting sometimes while service is happening. Whether it’s on the patio before or after service, during worship or the message, as you reach more students things could get rowdy. So how do you course correct? In this episode Justin and Matthew talk through hacks on how to discipline in service and how you can best set up your leaders for...

We made it to 50, baby! In this episode, Justin and Matthew talk through their own processes of setting goals, objectives and key results in your ministry for the year in order to keep moving forward and being able to track if you are keeping up with it. One of the main reasons why we seem stuck is because we don’t know if we are moving forward. This episode will help you do just that! Sponsors: G...

In this episode we get to sit down with the one and only Josh Griffin from DYM to talk through how to keep momentum going all throughout the year. They chat about how to use events, your calendar, and your energy to keep the ball rolling from event to event to keep the lull at bay. Sponsor: Give Central https://www.givecentral.org/ Download Youth Ministry University https://www.dymuniversity.com/a...

Justin and Matthew talk about the sometimes difficult balance of time spent with leaders vs time spent with students? Which one is more important? Are they both as equal? We all have the same amount of time, so how do we balance that? Links to things mentioned in the show: Kingdom Worker Series Valley Worship Album Doug Field’s Time Management Tool https://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2 Sp...

In this episode Justin sits down with Matthew to talk through how to start the new year off with a BANG in your ministry. New year new you! https://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2 Sponsor: Give Central https://www.givecentral.org/ Download Youth Ministry University https://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2

To end the year, we wanted to give you $37 of Justin’s stuff that you can find on DYM. How do you get this content? Give us a rate and review on iTunes, and email your Apple ID or screen shot of proof you reviewed us to: justinkknowles@gmail.com before the next show goes up and you will get the following content for FREE: Worth The Wait (1-off) The Basics (3-week series) Service Instructional Intr...

In this episode Justin sits down with Matthew to chat through the whole process of their church re-doing and reassessing their values in which their church operates through. Values are important and they drive what types of things you as a ministry does or does not do. This episode is great if you want to have values in which you operate your ministry from. Sponsor: Give Central https://www.givece...

In this episode Justin sits down with the one and only Mark Oestreicher, from the Youth Cartel, about some new (and some old) creative ways to maybe teach your big groups and small groups so students can connect with what we are trying to teach them. This could be a great episode to share with your small group leaders as well. Check out Youth Cartel for all of Mark-O’s books! https://theyouthcarte...

YM Hacks was able to record a live show as a part of the official YS schedule and we had some great friends run through a gauntlet of questions all sharing hacks of their own. On the show we had: Frank from 15 Minutes with Frank Podcast Sam From DYM Create Podcast Justin from the Controlled Chaos Podcast Sponsor: Give Central https://www.givecentral.org/ Download Youth Ministry University https://...

We all have had to do it and it’s not fun. Matthew and Justin talk through some best practices when it comes to letting go of a volunteer who may not be working out or meeting the standards you have set for your ministry. Check out the new Valley Worship Album Spotify – HERE itunes - HERE Sponsor: Give Central https://www.givecentral.org/ Download Youth Ministry University https://www.dymuniversit...

Matthew just moved to another state and once he got settled in, we are back up and running. Matthew and Justin chat through Matthew’s transition into his new role and talk through how to leave ministry and church well to best set up whomever comes after. Check out the new Valley Worship Album Spotify – HERE itunes - HERE Sponsor: Give Central https://www.givecentral.org/ Download Youth Ministry Un...

Justin and Matthew kick off their podcast saying goodbye to each other… well, at least good bye from doing the podcast in person together because Matthew moved to Portland the morning after they recorded this episode. BUT they do sit down with Greg Steir who lead Dare2Share and he is all about training this generation of students how to evangelize to their friends without being weird. He walks us...

Justin and Matthew sit down with Rich Birch, the author of Church Growth Flywheel and runs the UnSeminary Podcast, about hacks in how to really set some good goals and standards in our ministry and things he has seen work in interviewing hundreds of different kinds of growing churches. If you love to be challenged, this is a great one to listen to. Get the first chapter of Rich’s Book HERE Check o...

In this episode Justin and Matthew talk through a very awkward and intense meeting they are all in regarding a creative direction about their big event called ONE NIGHT and how having a culture of candor and honesty allows for something great to come out of the awkwardness. They talk through practical ways to make sure your team can begin to have this culture as you plan future events and services...

Justin and Matthew are up at a camp in Washington and talking about how to balance working ON ministry (the in the trenches, day to day type things) and working ON (thinking and planning for the future) at the same time. In order to have a successful ministry you have to do both. Follow us: IG: @youthministryhacks FB: https://www.facebook.com/youthministryhackspodcast/ Sponsors: Give Central https...

Justin and Matthew are finishing up a busy summer and they are catching up on the questions that have come in for the show. The questions they go over consist of: •How to successfully change the name of your ministry? •How to get students who are inconsistent to be more consistent? •How do you navigate change when you know people are going to be upset? •What is one thing we do that is different bu...

Justin and Matthew are back from summer camp! They are tired but they are fulfilled and they chat through hacks in the aftermath of summer camp. One of the most important things you can do after a great week of ministry is to have intentional follow up and they talk through what that looks like in their ministry. Show Sponsor: https://www.givecentral.org/

Sponsor: https://www.givecentral.org/ Is this episode, we chat about hacks about rest and margin in youth ministry. This episode could not come at a better time, mid-summer, where we all are busy, busy, busy. Jon shares some wisdom in his 17 years of ministry at his church and how he was able to last that long. Here is everything we mentioned in the show: Soul Keeping – John Ortberg How’s Your Sou...