Youth Ministry Hacks

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 IGhttps://www.instagram.com/youthministryhacks/Justin’s Resourceshttps://www.downloadyouthministry.com/search?q=justin+knowles&search-button=&lang=default

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 IGhttps://www.instagram.com/youthministryhacks/Justin’s Resourceshttps://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 Book On Enneagram:https://abookcalledyou.com/Justin’s Resources:https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/search?q=justin+knowles&search-button=&lang=default

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 Prohttps://offers.downloadyouthministry.com/en/youth-group-programming-course@youthministryhacks on IGhttps://www.instagram.com/youthministryhacks/Pastor Matt Brown’s Book On Enneagramhttps://abookcalledyou.com/Justin’s Resourceshttps://www.downloadyouthministry.com/search?q=justin+knowles&search-button=&lang=default

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 Prohttps://offers.downloadyouthministry.com/en/youth-group-programming-course@youthministryhacks on IGhttps://www.instagram.com/youthministryhacks/Pastor Matt Brown’s Book On Enneagramhttps://abookcalledyou.com/Justin’s Resourceshttps://www.downloadyouthministry.com/search?q=justin+knowles&search-button=&lang=default

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 Prohttps://offers.downloadyouthministry.com/en/youth-group-programming-course Onward Leadership Traininghttps://onwardleader.com/@onwardleader on IG

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 Prohttps://offers.downloadyouthministry.com/en/youth-group-programming-course Onward Leadership Traininghttps://onwardleader.com/@onwardleader on IG

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/justinknowles3/SPONSORS: DYM’s Program Like A Pro - SIGN UP TODAY!https://offers.downloadyouthministry.com/en/youth-group-programming-course

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-time sponsor ONWARD LEADERSHIP!SPONSORS: Onward Leadership Coachinghttps://onwardleader.com/

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.comHYM Instagram @hymconference YouthPastor.co https://youthpastor.coFeedhttps://feed.bibleJoseph Kellogg @josephkelloggTake a look at our new first time sponsor ONWARD LEADERSHIP!SPONSORS: Onward Leadership Coachinghttps://onwardleader.com/

Justin and Matthew are talking about one of their favorite subjects… service programming. They discuss what are some of the things they are looking for in a smooth and excellent service. They walk through questions we as leaders should be asking of our services to make them better. Take a look at our new first time sponsor of The Youth Cartel!SPONSORS: Download Youth Ministry Universityhttps://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2 The Youth Cartel Coachingtheyouthcartel.com/coaching

Notes:Justin is solo on this episode and talking through how to create a culture of candor on your staff or volunteer teams. We are going to be talking through WHY it’s a big deal, how to make it happen so the best ideas come out of your teams. SPONSORS: Give Centralhttps://www.givecentral.org/Download Youth Ministry Universityhttps://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2

Justin and Matthew sit down and chat in the first episode of the new year talking through some of the hacks they learned while leading in 2020. Last year was a unique one for everyone and it forced us to be more efficient and agile. The dudes share 3 hacks they learned in hopes to help you too.SPONSORS:Give Centralhttps://www.givecentral.org/Download Youth Ministry Universityhttps://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2

This episode we have Tim Somers, the lead Youth Pastor of Elevation Church. In my option, Elevation Youth is leading the way in how to engage students with content online AND with how they get students involved in small groups who never have stepped foot on campus before. We chat through how they do it and what are some things we all need to know. @timsomers3 on IGSPONSORS: Give Centralhttps://www.givecentral.org/Download Youth Ministry Universityhttps://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2

This is a follow up from our last episode. Make sure to go back and listen if you have not. Justin casted vision to all of the leaders in the ministry and this episode is the HOW to make it happen. This is the tactical execution of the big picture summary. This episode gives you an inside look into Justin and crew trained their own leaders for this year. SPONSORS: Give Centralhttps://www.givecentral.org/Download Youth Ministry Universityhttps://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2

In this episode it’s just Justin talking about and sharing about their big leader training night they had a few months back. Justin talks about how and why they cancelled group to make training happen and he shares the audio of the training video that played across all 11 campuses to cast the vision of the new school year and what we are focusing on as a ministry across the board in the new school year. The goal is to give you an inside look of how Justin and team go about training and casting that long term vision and hopefully inspires you to do the same with your teams. SPONSORS: Give Centralhttps://www.givecentral.org/Download Youth Ministry Universityhttps://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2

In this special episode of the podcast Justin and Matthew sat down some some of our friends at Samaritan's Purse who run Operation Chritmas Child to talk about how youth groups can have an easy way to serve those around the world without leaving their church. We are always looking for great ways to help students realize there is more outside themselves and this is a great way to do that. For questions or more helpful tips email occstudents@samaritan.org· OCC Home Page- https://www.samaritanspurse.org/occ· Build a Shoebox Online Page- https://www.samaritanspurse.org/buildonline/· Vladimir’s Story (video)- https://video.samaritanspurse.org/vladimir-ps-story/SPONSORS: Give Centralhttps://www.givecentral.org/Download Youth Ministry Universityhttps://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2

We sat down with Landon Macdonald who oversees students and young adults at Cornerstone Church in Arizona. He is a self proclaimed theology nerd but loves to help people understand deep theology in a practical way...especially students. So we chat with him how to teach deep theology in a way students can get excited about it too. @iamlandonmacdonaldLandon’s Youtube ChannelTheosUSPONSORS: Give Centralhttps://www.givecentral.org/Download Youth Ministry Universityhttps://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2

We got to sit down with Chris Moore who is the youth pastor at Pure Heart Church in AZ. We chatted with him about his student social media influencer program he has set up in which students help create content and extend their reach in an exponential way on all socials. It’s a good conversation with some very good practical takeaways. @8mooreYouth Pastor Round Table SPONSORS: Give Centralhttps://www.givecentral.org/Download Youth Ministry Universityhttps://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2

In this episode we have our first ever return guest! Terry Parkman runs the family ministry teams at River Valley Church. He gives us a run down, a class, a teaching or who is Gen Z and what they value. Anyone working with high school students and below needs to listen to this episode. Feed.bible@terryparkmanSPONSORS: Give Centralhttps://www.givecentral.org/Download Youth Ministry Universityhttps://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2