In this episode Justin and Matthew pick up their conversation about hacks on leading a healthy team. They talk through what sideways energy is and how to eliminate it, how your volunteer process can weed out people who would not be a good fit into your team, and letting your leaders know what their “wins” are.All important things to make sure your team is healthy. Sponsors:Give Centralhttps://www.givecentral.org/Orange XP3http://thinkorange.com/xp3s/Student Leadership Conference https://studentleadershipconference.com/

In this two-part episode, Justin and Matthew dive into hacks on how to lead a healthy team. They begin with YOU as the leader. You cannot lead a team unless you yourself is healthy first. They dive into practical ways to make sure you take steps in making sure you are healthy in your leadership.Also find out how to save $20 per ticket on the DYM Student Leadership Conference in Granger, IN.Sponsors:Give Centralhttps://www.givecentral.org/Orange XP3http://thinkorange.com/xp3s/Student Leadership Conferencehttps://studentleadershipconference.com/

We all want to make sure our students are excited about bringing friends to come to service and hear about Jesus. In this episode Matthew and Justin continue their conversation on how to create an inviting culture in your youth group. If you missed last week’s episode, you may want to go back and listen to part 1. They talk about how students listen to students more, student led series and one life’s. Sponsor – Give Central https://www.givecentral.org/

Sponsors: Givecentral.org In this episode Justin and Matthew chat through how their ministry has developed an inviting culture over the past few years. It takes a lot of work but they walk through 7 different things they have done to make sure their students know they can invite friends to come to service and events. You will be challenged in taking some good looks about your processes and service gatherings in part 1 of this two part episode. Congrats to Nathan Fergerson on being the winner of the new DYM University Apologetics Course!https://www.dymuniversity.com/store/5jW9SR5Y

Sponsors:Give CentralGivecentral.orgOrange XP3http://thinkorange.com/xp3s/In this episode Justin and Matthew sit down and chat with Jonathan Meyer or Grace Church in Des Moines, Iowa about how to have a strategic youth ministry modeled in the way of Jesus. If you were to look how Jesus disciple people, he had 4 distinct steps in which we can implement in our ministries as well.Jonathan also runs a student leadership conference of almost 2,000 pastors, leaders and students every year. Check out the Ignite Student Leadership Conference at the link below:https://www.ignite-youth.org/

In this episode Justin and Matthew chat through what do to with graduating seniors and make sure they transition well into their next phase of life beyond youth group. They share some things they are trying to be intentional about and some areas in which they have failed in the past. If done well, it could be a great, great thing for them to set them for the future. Super Senior Pack on DYM:https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/the-senior-super-pack

We have one site license to give away for the brand new DYMU course on apologetics with Josh and Sean McDowell. It’s worth $70 and you and your whole team can be trained by some of the best to answer some of the toughest questions.Check out the course HERE: https://www.dymuniversity.com/store/5jW9SR5YHow to be entered to win:Rate us and write a review of our podcastGo like our FB PageFollow us on Instagram – @youthministryhacksIf you do all 3 things you will be entered 3 times to win this great course!We will announce the winners on Episode 26!Get going!

In this episode, we talk about everyone's favorite thing to talk about… reviews. Who does not like to look at an event you did, a service that just happened and talk about all of the good things and the bad things that happened so we can get better? You know who? Great leaders do. We talk through hacks in how to make sure your review process is not just some negative, lifeless autopsy but something you can use as a great tool to make your ministry and the people in your ministry better. Sponsor:Give CentralGivecentral.orgCheck out the DYM Podcast Network:Podcast.downloadyouthministry.comCreativity Inc Book:https://www.amazon.com/Creativity-Inc-Overcoming-Unseen-Inspiration/dp/0812993012

In this episode we chat through how we review big events. We use "Right, Wrong, Missing, Confused" and it's super helpful in looking back on events that just happened. We also sit down with Jen Bradbury, youth pastor and author of "Unleashing The Hidden Potential Of Your Student Leaders", chats through how to lead/start a healthy student leadership program so it's effective in your ministry and so it's not a clique. We walk through:Having an application processTrainingJob Descriptions Teaching CalendarsIt's a great one!Links Mentioned In The Show:Give Central - https://www.givecentral.org/DYM Podcast Network - https://podcast.downloadyouthministry.com/Jen's Book: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=unleashing+the+hidden+potential+of+your+student+leaders&sprefix=unleashing+the+hidden+potential%2Cstripbooks%2C158&crid=1KVM37L7L47MUDYM Blog Posts on Student Leadership:https://blog.downloadyouthministry.com/?s=student+leadershipLinks to Matt's Student Lead worship bands:Part 1: https://podcast.downloadyouthministry.com/episode-03-hacks-on-having-developing-a-student-led-band-part-1/Part 2: https://podcast.downloadyouthministry.com/episode-04-hacks-on-having-developing-a-student-led-band-part-2/

Justin Knowles and Matthew Ferrer are joined with Sean Lord as they are fresh off their big ONE NIGHT outreach event. They talk through "ministry hangover" and chat through hacks in how to have a big event and invite culture as well as hacks on pulling them off effectively. Check out our sponsor:Give Centralhttps://www.givecentral.org/mobile-givingCheck out the DYM Podcast Network:https://podcast.downloadyouthministry.com/Links to items mentioned in the show:Episode 05 on Changing Culturehttps://www.spreaker.com/user/dympodcastnetwork/episode-05-hacks-on-how-to-change-the-cuEpisode 12 on Social Mediahttps://www.spreaker.com/user/dympodcastnetwork/episode-12-hacks-on-using-social-effectiWhy We Only Do Events On Wednesdayshttps://blog.downloadyouthministry.com/events-wednesday-nights/DYM Extreme Bingo How To Playhttps://blog.downloadyouthministry.com/play-extreme-bingo-dym-boxes/DYM Extreme Bingo Free Downloadhttps://www.downloadyouthministry.com/shop/games/dym-games/extreme-bingo-game