First of all, Justin loves Oklahoma. Just know that. Justin and Matthew sit down with Sam Grosso from Victory Church in Tulsa, OK about how he is leading his leadership team in this digital age we all have been forced to during COVID-19. Lot’s of good and practical insight in this episode. Sam Grosso InstagramSponsors:Give Centralhttps://www.givecentral.org/Download Youth Ministry Universityhttps://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2

Justin Knowles sits down with Jon Rush, Youth Director at Elevation Church in South Carolina, about how to go about small groups and doing them online in the age of COVID-19. Check out Jon Rush on Instagram: @_jonrushElevation Youth Instagram: @elevationythElevation Youth YoutubeSponsors:Youth WorksYouthworks.com/DYMGive Centralhttps://www.givecentral.org/Download Youth Ministry Universityhttps://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2

Justin and Matthew just wanted to take a second to let you know a few things that are happening with the podcast during this time, what they are doing in their church and how they are thinking of you the listener.Links in the show:Free Resources and Ideas To Minister During COVID19 from DYMhttps://youthgroup.downloadyouthministry.com/Sandals Church Youth Ministry:Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/sandalschurchyouthIG: https://www.instagram.com/sandalsyouth/Sponsors:Youth WorksYouthworks.com/DYMGive Centralhttps://www.givecentral.org/Download Youth Ministry Universityhttps://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2

Justin Knowles and Matthew Ferrer chat through 3 types of meetings if you are looking to hack your ministry into a jump-start. The discuss 3 types of meetings, with asking certain questions, to really navigate how to bring some fresh breath into what you have going on in your youth ministry. Sponsors:Youth WorksYouthworks.com/DYMGive Centralhttps://www.givecentral.org/Download Youth Ministry Universityhttps://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2

Justin Knowles and Matthew Ferrer chat through hack on casting vision for putting on something that has never happened before or does not exist yet in your ministry. How do you come up with it? Pitch it to hire ups? Get people behind it when you have nothing to promote it because you never done it before? This episode explores all those questions. Sponsors:Youth WorksYouthworks.com/DYMGive Centralhttps://www.givecentral.org/Download Youth Ministry Universityhttps://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2

Justin Knowles and Matthew Ferrer are back in 2020 with a brand new show, a special guest and talking about what to do when you are fired or step down from your position. We thought we would start off the year with a pretty vulnerable episode where Justin opens about about being fired and talks through the process in the aftermath in part 1 of this two part episode. Sponsors:Youth WorksYouthworks.com/DYMGive Centralhttps://www.givecentral.org/Download Youth Ministry Universityhttps://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2

To close our 2019, we leave you with our live show at Youth Specialties National Youth Workers Convention in Tampa, Florida! Justin (Matthew could not join us) and special limited-time guest host Karl Romeus sit down in a full room of guests and have a bunch of the live audience members come up and share some of their own hacks! It’s a great show and we can’t wait to see how God continues to use the Youth Ministry Hacks Podcast in 2020!Sponsors:Youth WorksYouthworks.com/DYMGive Centralhttps://www.givecentral.org/Download Youth Ministry Universityhttps://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2

Justin and Matthew (with special guest Karl) dive into the 2nd part of the conversation on message prepping and speaking. If you have not listened to episode 60, we recommend you go back and check that out first. Matthew plays interviewer and peppers Justin and Karl about how they come up with content, sermon series, etc from starting on the 50,000 foot level and slowly bring it to the on the ground “how to’s”. If you are looking for some solid message prep and speaking hacks, this is the one. If you want a chance to win the free Kristen Ivy book, It’s Personal, rate and review this podcast and you will be entered to win!Sponsors:Give Centralhttps://www.givecentral.org/Download Youth Ministry Universityhttps://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2

Justin, Matthew & Karl dive into part 1 of 2 of message prepping and speaking. Matthew plays interviewer and peppers Justin and Karl about how they come up with content, sermon series, etc from starting on the 50,000 foot level and slowly bring it to the on the ground “how to’s”. If you are looking for some solid message prep and speaking hacks, this is the one. If you want a chance to win the free Kristen Ivy book, It’s Personal, rate and review this podcast and you will be entered to win!Sponsors:Give Centralhttps://www.givecentral.org/Download Youth Ministry Universityhttps://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2

The crew talks through some hacks on how to start the school year off to gain the most momentum possible and share some of the learnings along the way. Sponsors:Give Centralhttps://www.givecentral.org/Download Youth Ministry Universityhttps://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2