

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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May 10, 2019 • 60min
53: Hacks Q & A Part 2
Matthew and Justin are back (so sorry about the wait this month) and they are continuing to answer some questions turned in by some of their faithful listeners. Sponsors:Give Centralhttps://www.givecentral.org/Download Youth Ministry Universityhttps://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2Emory University – Candler School of TheologyCandler.emory.edu/youthministryhacksThrive Worship:https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/a-thousand-more/1458890127Robby’s email:robby@robbyragasa.com

Apr 9, 2019 • 55min
52: Q&A Hacks
It’s been a while! Justin and Matthew took your questions and chatted through them! If you want to submit a question to be featured on the show, head to podcast.downloadyouthministry.com and click the Submit button on the top of the screen!WANT TO TRY THE DYM GOLD MEMBER FREE FOR ONE MONTH?You can try the Gold Membership FREE for 30 days with no strings attached (no credit card required) by clicking the link below.Click Here for the Gold!http://fbuy.me/mfvXwSponsors:Give Centralhttps://www.givecentral.org/Download Youth Ministry Universityhttps://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2Emory University – Candler School of TheologyCandler.emory.edu/youthministryhacks

Mar 21, 2019 • 49min
51: Hacks On How Discipline Students In Your Ministry
It happens! Students are disruptive, they talk, they are distracting sometimes while service is happening. Whether it’s on the patio before or after service, during worship or the message, as you reach more students things could get rowdy. So how do you course correct? In this episode Justin and Matthew talk through hacks on how to discipline in service and how you can best set up your leaders for success in this area. WANT TO TRY THE DYM GOLD MEMBER FREE FOR ONE MONTH?You can try the Gold Membership FREE for 30 days with no strings attached (no credit card required) by clicking the link below.Click Here for the Gold!Valley Worship Album:https://open.spotify.com/album/7uT73gWVlmntKsddZI99p9?si=qy1IVw8yS8G2r4LKNY4O_wSponsors:Give Centralhttps://www.givecentral.org/Download Youth Ministry Universityhttps://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2Emory University – Candler School of TheologyCandler.emory.edu/youthministryhacks

Mar 6, 2019 • 42min
50: Hacks On Setting Ministry Goals & OKR’s For The Year
We made it to 50, baby! In this episode, Justin and Matthew talk through their own processes of setting goals, objectives and key results in your ministry for the year in order to keep moving forward and being able to track if you are keeping up with it. One of the main reasons why we seem stuck is because we don’t know if we are moving forward. This episode will help you do just that! Sponsors:Give Centralhttps://www.givecentral.org/Download Youth Ministry Universityhttps://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2Emory University – Candler School of TheologyCandler.emory.edu/youthministryhacks

Feb 19, 2019 • 1h 7min
49: Hacks On How Keep The Momentum Going w/ Josh Griffin
In this episode we get to sit down with the one and only Josh Griffin from DYM to talk through how to keep momentum going all throughout the year. They chat about how to use events, your calendar, and your energy to keep the ball rolling from event to event to keep the lull at bay. Sponsor:Give Centralhttps://www.givecentral.org/Download Youth Ministry Universityhttps://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2

Jan 22, 2019 • 41min
Episode 48: Hacks On How Balance Investing Into Leaders While Still Personally Investing Into Students
Justin and Matthew talk about the sometimes difficult balance of time spent with leaders vs time spent with students? Which one is more important? Are they both as equal? We all have the same amount of time, so how do we balance that?Links to things mentioned in the show:Kingdom Worker SeriesValley Worship AlbumDoug Field’s Time Management Tool https://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2Sponsor:Give Centralhttps://www.givecentral.org/Download Youth Ministry Universityhttps://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2

Jan 8, 2019 • 48min
Episode 47: Hacks On How To Start The New Year Off With A Bang
In this episode Justin sits down with Matthew to talk through how to start the new year off with a BANG in your ministry. New year new you! https://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2Sponsor:Give Centralhttps://www.givecentral.org/Download Youth Ministry Universityhttps://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2

Dec 23, 2018 • 5min
Merry Christmas from YM Hacks! DYM Giveaway!
To end the year, we wanted to give you $37 of Justin’s stuff that you can find on DYM. How do you get this content?Give us a rate and review on iTunes, and email your Apple ID or screen shot of proof you reviewed us to: justinkknowles@gmail.com before the next show goes up and you will get the following content for FREE:Worth The Wait (1-off)The Basics (3-week series)Service Instructional Intro VideoStress Makes Me A Mess (1-off)Red Light Green Light (1-off)Glowing (1-off)Beyond The Grave (2-week series)Worth close to $40 in the DYM store! We are just under 50K downloads of our show this year and we are so thankful for your partnership in ministry. Give Centralhttps://www.givecentral.org/Download Youth Ministry Universityhttps://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2Make sure you check out the rest of the shows on the DYM Podcast Network: Podcast.downloadyouthministry.com

Dec 17, 2018 • 39min
Episode 46: Hacks in Creating & Adjusting Ministry Values
In this episode Justin sits down with Matthew to chat through the whole process of their church re-doing and reassessing their values in which their church operates through. Values are important and they drive what types of things you as a ministry does or does not do. This episode is great if you want to have values in which you operate your ministry from. Sponsor:Give Centralhttps://www.givecentral.org/Download Youth Ministry Universityhttps://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2

Dec 5, 2018 • 54min
Episode 45: Hacks in Creative Teaching Methods w/Mark Oestreicher
In this episode Justin sits down with the one and only Mark Oestreicher, from the Youth Cartel, about some new (and some old) creative ways to maybe teach your big groups and small groups so students can connect with what we are trying to teach them. This could be a great episode to share with your small group leaders as well. Check out Youth Cartel for all of Mark-O’s books!https://theyouthcartel.com/Sponsor:Give Centralhttps://www.givecentral.org/Download Youth Ministry Universityhttps://www.dymuniversity.com/a/10517/QbmGUcX2


