

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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Apr 15, 2021 • 52min
81: Questions You Should Be Asking To Make Your Program Better
Justin and Matthew are talking about one of their favorite subjects… service programming. They discuss what are some of the things they are looking for in a smooth and excellent service. They walk through questions we as leaders should be asking of our services to make them better. Take a look at our new first time sponsor of The Youth Cartel!SPONSORS: Download Youth Ministry Universityhttps://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2 The Youth Cartel Coachingtheyouthcartel.com/coaching

Mar 1, 2021 • 37min
80: Hacks On Creating A Culture Of Candor
Notes:Justin is solo on this episode and talking through how to create a culture of candor on your staff or volunteer teams. We are going to be talking through WHY it’s a big deal, how to make it happen so the best ideas come out of your teams. SPONSORS: Give Centralhttps://www.givecentral.org/Download Youth Ministry Universityhttps://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2

Jan 26, 2021 • 47min
79: Hacks We Learned Over 2020 Leading In A Pandemic
Justin and Matthew sit down and chat in the first episode of the new year talking through some of the hacks they learned while leading in 2020. Last year was a unique one for everyone and it forced us to be more efficient and agile. The dudes share 3 hacks they learned in hopes to help you too.SPONSORS:Give Centralhttps://www.givecentral.org/Download Youth Ministry Universityhttps://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2

Dec 14, 2020 • 1h 1min
78: Hacks On Leading Hybrid Model Of Online & In-Person w/ Tim Somers
This episode we have Tim Somers, the lead Youth Pastor of Elevation Church. In my option, Elevation Youth is leading the way in how to engage students with content online AND with how they get students involved in small groups who never have stepped foot on campus before. We chat through how they do it and what are some things we all need to know. @timsomers3 on IGSPONSORS: Give Centralhttps://www.givecentral.org/Download Youth Ministry Universityhttps://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2

Nov 30, 2020 • 32min
77: Hacks On Giving Tactical Tools To Carry Out The Vision
This is a follow up from our last episode. Make sure to go back and listen if you have not. Justin casted vision to all of the leaders in the ministry and this episode is the HOW to make it happen. This is the tactical execution of the big picture summary. This episode gives you an inside look into Justin and crew trained their own leaders for this year. SPONSORS: Give Centralhttps://www.givecentral.org/Download Youth Ministry Universityhttps://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2

Nov 18, 2020 • 36min
76: Hacks On Casting Vision To your Leaders
In this episode it’s just Justin talking about and sharing about their big leader training night they had a few months back. Justin talks about how and why they cancelled group to make training happen and he shares the audio of the training video that played across all 11 campuses to cast the vision of the new school year and what we are focusing on as a ministry across the board in the new school year. The goal is to give you an inside look of how Justin and team go about training and casting that long term vision and hopefully inspires you to do the same with your teams. SPONSORS: Give Centralhttps://www.givecentral.org/Download Youth Ministry Universityhttps://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2

Nov 5, 2020 • 39min
Hack On Serving Globally w/out Leaving Home : Operation Christmas Child
In this special episode of the podcast Justin and Matthew sat down some some of our friends at Samaritan's Purse who run Operation Chritmas Child to talk about how youth groups can have an easy way to serve those around the world without leaving their church. We are always looking for great ways to help students realize there is more outside themselves and this is a great way to do that. For questions or more helpful tips email occstudents@samaritan.org· OCC Home Page- https://www.samaritanspurse.org/occ· Build a Shoebox Online Page- https://www.samaritanspurse.org/buildonline/· Vladimir’s Story (video)- https://video.samaritanspurse.org/vladimir-ps-story/SPONSORS: Give Centralhttps://www.givecentral.org/Download Youth Ministry Universityhttps://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2

Oct 9, 2020 • 53min
75: Hacks On How to Teach Theology To Students w/Landon MacDonald
We sat down with Landon Macdonald who oversees students and young adults at Cornerstone Church in Arizona. He is a self proclaimed theology nerd but loves to help people understand deep theology in a practical way...especially students. So we chat with him how to teach deep theology in a way students can get excited about it too. @iamlandonmacdonaldLandon’s Youtube ChannelTheosUSPONSORS: Give Centralhttps://www.givecentral.org/Download Youth Ministry Universityhttps://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2

Sep 22, 2020 • 1h 14min
74: Hacks On Covid Social Media Practices w/ Chris Moore
We got to sit down with Chris Moore who is the youth pastor at Pure Heart Church in AZ. We chatted with him about his student social media influencer program he has set up in which students help create content and extend their reach in an exponential way on all socials. It’s a good conversation with some very good practical takeaways. @8mooreYouth Pastor Round Table SPONSORS: Give Centralhttps://www.givecentral.org/Download Youth Ministry Universityhttps://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2

Aug 9, 2020 • 1h 4min
73: Meet GenZ w/Terry Parkman of River Valley Church
In this episode we have our first ever return guest! Terry Parkman runs the family ministry teams at River Valley Church. He gives us a run down, a class, a teaching or who is Gen Z and what they value. Anyone working with high school students and below needs to listen to this episode. Feed.bible@terryparkmanSPONSORS: Give Centralhttps://www.givecentral.org/Download Youth Ministry Universityhttps://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2


