We asked in the DYM Facebook group and on our Instagram accounts for questions that you wanted us to hack through and we did! So many great questions and some pretty mediocre answers coming your way! Sam Grosso Instagram Sponsors: Give Central https://www.givecentral.org/ Download Youth Ministry University https://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2
First of all, Justin loves Oklahoma. Just know that. Justin and Matthew sit down with Sam Grosso from Victory Church in Tulsa, OK about how he is leading his leadership team in this digital age we all have been forced to during COVID-19. Lot’s of good and practical insight in this episode. Sam Grosso Instagram Sponsors: Give Central https://www.givecentral.org/ Download Youth Ministry University https://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2...
Justin Knowles sits down with Jon Rush, Youth Director at Elevation Church in South Carolina, about how to go about small groups and doing them online in the age of COVID-19. Check out Jon Rush on Instagram: @_jonrush Elevation Youth Instagram: @elevationyth Elevation Youth Youtube Sponsors: Youth Works Youthworks.com/DYM Give Central https://www.givecentral.org/ Download Youth Ministry University https://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2...
Justin and Matthew just wanted to take a second to let you know a few things that are happening with the podcast during this time, what they are doing in their church and how they are thinking of you the listener. Links in the show: Free Resources and Ideas To Minister During COVID19 from DYM https://youthgroup.downloadyouthministry.com/ Sandals Church Youth Ministry: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/sandalschurchyouth IG: https://www.instagram.com/sandalsyouth/ Sponsors: Youth Works Youthworks....
Justin Knowles and Matthew Ferrer chat through 3 types of meetings if you are looking to hack your ministry into a jump-start. The discuss 3 types of meetings, with asking certain questions, to really navigate how to bring some fresh breath into what you have going on in your youth ministry. Sponsors: Youth Works Youthworks.com/DYM Give Central https://www.givecentral.org/ Download Youth Ministry University https://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2...
Justin Knowles and Matthew Ferrer chat through hack on casting vision for putting on something that has never happened before or does not exist yet in your ministry. How do you come up with it? Pitch it to hire ups? Get people behind it when you have nothing to promote it because you never done it before? This episode explores all those questions. Sponsors: Youth Works Youthworks.com/DYM Give Central https://www.givecentral.org/ Download Youth Ministry University https://www.dymuniversity.com/a/...
Justin Knowles and Matthew Ferrer are back in 2020 with a brand new show, a special guest and talking about what to do when you are fired or step down from your position. We thought we would start off the year with a pretty vulnerable episode where Justin opens about about being fired and talks through the process in the aftermath in part 1 of this two part episode. Sponsors: Youth Works Youthworks.com/DYM Give Central https://www.givecentral.org/ Download Youth Ministry University https://www.d...
To close our 2019, we leave you with our live show at Youth Specialties National Youth Workers Convention in Tampa, Florida! Justin (Matthew could not join us) and special limited-time guest host Karl Romeus sit down in a full room of guests and have a bunch of the live audience members come up and share some of their own hacks! It’s a great show and we can’t wait to see how God continues to use the Youth Ministry Hacks Podcast in 2020! Sponsors: Youth Works Youthworks.com/DYM Give Central https...
Justin and Matthew (with special guest Karl) dive into the 2nd part of the conversation on message prepping and speaking. If you have not listened to episode 60, we recommend you go back and check that out first. Matthew plays interviewer and peppers Justin and Karl about how they come up with content, sermon series, etc from starting on the 50,000 foot level and slowly bring it to the on the ground “how to’s”. If you are looking for some solid message prep and speaking hacks, this is the one. I...
Justin, Matthew & Karl dive into part 1 of 2 of message prepping and speaking. Matthew plays interviewer and peppers Justin and Karl about how they come up with content, sermon series, etc from starting on the 50,000 foot level and slowly bring it to the on the ground “how to’s”. If you are looking for some solid message prep and speaking hacks, this is the one. If you want a chance to win the free Kristen Ivy book, It’s Personal, rate and review this podcast and you will be entered to win! ...
The crew talks through some hacks on how to start the school year off to gain the most momentum possible and share some of the learnings along the way. Sponsors: Give Central https://www.givecentral.org/ Download Youth Ministry University https://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2
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.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2...
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 need for more adults who will stop and take the time to know them personally. It’s Personal revisit...
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 Group Tonight Resource https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/youth-group-tonight Extreme Bingo Boxes ...
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/playlist/2OTbbNAhl2WXsyZ1n6BP4V Sponsors: Give Central https://www.givecentral.org/ Download Youth Ministry...
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 https://www.givecentral.org/ Download Youth Ministry University https://www.dymuniversity.com/a/1051...
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://itunes.apple.com/us/album/a-thousand-more/1458890127 Robby’s email: robby@robbyragasa.com...
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 clicking the link below. Click Here for the Gold! http://fbuy.me/mfvXw Sponsors: Give Central https://ww...
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 success in this area. WANT TO TRY THE DYM GOLD MEMBER FREE FOR ONE MONTH? You can try the Gold Memb...
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: Give Central https://www.givecentral.org/ Download Youth Ministry University https://www.dymuniversit...
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/10517/QbmGUcX2...
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 Sponsor: Give Central https://www.givecentral.org/ Download Youth Ministry University https://www.dymu...
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 Intro Video Stress Makes Me A Mess (1-off) Red Light Green Light (1-off) Glowing (1-off) Beyond The Grav...
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.givecentral.org/ Download Youth Ministry University https://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2...
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://theyouthcartel.com/ Sponsor: Give Central https://www.givecentral.org/ Download Youth Ministry University https:/...
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://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2...
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.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2...
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 University https://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2...
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 through some very practical thoughts and steps in order to help us do that. Links mentioned: Dare2Sh...
