

Youth Ministry Hacks
DYM Podcast Network
Justin Knowles and Sean Lord (2 great friends and veterans in Youth Ministry) have open conversations with each other and great guests about real life hacks in youth ministry. They will talk about things they are doing in youth ministry, what is working, what is not, and have some friends join the conversation along the way. The goal is to share real life, helpful, time saving and efficient hacks to help you do ministry better.
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Feb 15, 2022 • 35min
91: Hacks On How To Grow As A Ministry in 2022
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

Feb 1, 2022 • 40min
90: Hacks On How To Grow As A Leader in 2022 + Sean Lord(New Co-Host)
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

Dec 21, 2021 • 47min
89: Hacks Q&A
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

Nov 22, 2021 • 59min
88: Hacks To Onboard Volunteers Like A Pro w/ Blake Faris
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

Nov 8, 2021 • 33min
87: Questions To Ask To Make You A Better Leader
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

Sep 13, 2021 • 37min
86: Making A Playbook For Your Ministry
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

Aug 20, 2021 • 24min
85: Hacks On How To Build Leader Community
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

Jul 31, 2021 • 32min
84: Hacks On How To Program Like a Pro
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

May 17, 2021 • 35min
83: Hacks On How To Assess & Evaluate Your Ministry
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/

May 3, 2021 • 55min
82: The 4 C’s Of Youth Ministry Right Now w/ Joseph Kellogg
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/


