Youth Ministry Hacks

We had a such a good conversation about student led bands that we wanted to make it two episodes. We continue the conversation on how to effectiveley start and maintain student led bands and create a culture of leadership on stage with our co-host Matthew Ferrer.Here are some of the resources mentioned in this episode:Worship Band from Start to Finish https://www.group.com/product/60654web-worship-band-from-start-to-finish-download.do Matt's version of the CRUD formhttps://www.dropbox.com/sh/q90wzx5r7gyvgf7/AAAYae5gA54WNyQxRPcT5QQda?dl=0 Our services so you can see Matt in action:https://vimeo.com/ccvsocal Matt's email:MatthewF@ccvsocal.com Download Youth Ministry:http://www.downloadyouthministry.com/   Use #ymhacks if you want to add to the conversation with your own hacks on this topic.

Thanks all for listening. It's been so fun as we start of this podcast with answering some questions. If you want to send in a few questions and talk about hacks in student ministry, send it over to theotherstudentministrypodcast@gmail.com.This is part 1 of a 2-part conversation with Matthew Ferrer, our co-host of this podcast, talking about hacks in having a student led band. Matthew and Justin discuss about how to start, develop and recruit leaders and students in the goals of having a worship band lead by students.Matthew will give you some hacks on where to begin and how to develop bands and really how to unleash students to lead their peers in worship. Enjoy. Use #ymhacks if you want to add to the conversation with your own hacks on this topic.

On this episode we have the Lead Family Ministries Pastor of Christ's Church of the Valley Rory Elderage talking about his transition into his new role and how he has been able to make some significant changes rather successfully within the first year. Being new and changing things can be hard and we want to give you some practicial hacks on what to do, what to not do, and what to wait on doing when beginning in a new role if you want to inspire change within the ministry.Things mentined in the podcast:First 2 Years in Youth Minsitry by Doug Fieldshttps://www.amazon.com/Your-First-Years-Youth-Ministry/dp/031024045XThe Ideal Team Player by Patrick Lencionihttps://www.amazon.com/dp/1119209595/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_NvUyzbEHTH8HD 

In this episode we welcome Rachel Ceballos, college pastor at CCV, to chat hacks in how to have tough conversations with students so they want to come back and still be a part of the ministry. We talk through how do we talk about porn, homosexuality, and other tough topics, not our stances, but how do you talk about these things in way that allows people to have room at the table despite not agreeing with you. Rachel works with xxxchurch.com and you can follow her on social media: @therachelceballos To see the Download Youth Ministry blog post in which prompted this episode:http://blog.downloadyouthministry.com/how-to-have-tough-conversations-where-students-still-want-to-come-back/ We will be taking questions before every episode so you can email theotherstudentministrypodcast@gmail.com Add to the conversation on Twitter using #YMHacks