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/