Youth Ministry Hacks

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In this episode Justin and Matthew sit down and chat with Jonathan Meyer or Grace Church in Des Moines, Iowa about how to have a strategic youth ministry modeled in the way of Jesus. If you were to look how Jesus disciple people, he had 4 distinct steps in which we can implement in our ministries as well.

Jonathan also runs a student leadership conference of almost 2,000 pastors, leaders and students every year. Check out the Ignite Student Leadership Conference at the link below:

https://www.ignite-youth.org/

In this episode Justin and Matthew chat through what do to with graduating seniors and make sure they transition well into their next phase of life beyond youth group. They share some things they are trying to be intentional about and some areas in which they have failed in the past. If done well, it could be a great, great thing for them to set them for the future.

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In this episode, we talk about everyone's favorite thing to talk about… reviews. Who does not like to look at an event you did, a service that just happened and talk about all of the good things and the bad things that happened so we can get better? You know who? Great leaders do. We talk through hacks in how to make sure your review process is not just some negative, lifeless autopsy but something you can use as a great tool to make your ministry and the people in your ministry better.

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In this episode we chat through how we review big events. We use "Right, Wrong, Missing, Confused" and it's super helpful in looking back on events that just happened. We also sit down with Jen Bradbury, youth pastor and author of "Unleashing The Hidden Potential Of Your Student Leaders", chats through how to lead/start a healthy student leadership program so it's effective in your ministry and so it's not a clique.

We walk through:
Having an application process
Training
Job Descriptions
Teaching Calendars

It's a great one!

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Jen's Book: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=unleashing+the+hidden+potential+of+your+student+leaders&sprefix=unleashing+the+hidden+potential%2Cstripbooks%2C158&crid=1KVM37L7L47MU

DYM Blog Posts on Student Leadership:
https://blog.downloadyouthministry.com/?s=student+leadership

Links to Matt's Student Lead worship bands:
Part 1: https://podcast.downloadyouthministry.com/episode-03-hacks-on-having-developing-a-student-led-band-part-1/
Part 2: https://podcast.downloadyouthministry.com/episode-04-hacks-on-having-developing-a-student-led-band-part-2/

Justin Knowles and Matthew Ferrer are joined with Sean Lord as they are fresh off their big ONE NIGHT outreach event. They talk through "ministry hangover" and chat through hacks in how to have a big event and invite culture as well as hacks on pulling them off effectively.

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Episode 05 on Changing Culture
https://www.spreaker.com/user/dympodcastnetwork/episode-05-hacks-on-how-to-change-the-cu

Episode 12 on Social Media
https://www.spreaker.com/user/dympodcastnetwork/episode-12-hacks-on-using-social-effecti

Why We Only Do Events On Wednesdays
https://blog.downloadyouthministry.com/events-wednesday-nights/

DYM Extreme Bingo How To Play
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In this episode both Justin and Matthew were in different states but they interviewed two great guests about sexual sin and how to counsel students through it, pornography and a really deep one: youth pastors and porn.

We sit down with AC, LA Campus Pastor of Saddleback Church who worked on the High School Ministry team with Justin for years and Matthew sat down with Craig Gross, the founder of xxxChurch.com.

This is a much needed topic and both interviews are super helpful in how we process this very delicate subject.

Find Craig online:
Xxxchurch.com
@craiggross
iparent.tv

Find AC online:
Yoacblog.com
@_yoac

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In this episode of the NEWLY renamed Youth Ministry Hacks Podcast, Justin and Matthew talk through chat about hacks when it comes to managing interns. They walk through how they are going about in their ministry context and offer a few wise words in packet form and legal ways to make sure your internship is legit.

If you have ever been an intern, you know it could be a great thing or a bad thing and they want to help you make your interns worth having so it’s a great experience for the both of you. Download the intern 4.0 form on blog.downloadyouthministry.com

If you have any questions that you would like to be featured on the show send it over to [email protected]

We all know that summer camps are a big deal. Matthew and Justin go to CIY Move & Mix for theirs and they love the pre-programmed out summer camp because it allows them to be pastors and hang with students more freely. Others feel like running their own camp suits their ministry better because they can customize it for their students... but it comes with a lot more work.
On this podcast they sit down with Brett Eddy who has been running his own camp for 10+ years and has seen it grow and grow. We talk through hacks on how to make it a little eaiser.
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Justin and Matthew are back after a short Christmas break! In this episode they catch up what they did over the last few weeks they have been off after the Christmas services. They also sit down with Terry Linhart, who is an author, speaker, educator, pastor, and strategist. Terry is the Dean of Adult and Graduate Studies at Bethel College (Indiana) where he leads a variety of innovative nontraditional, online, and graduate-level degree programs. He is the founder and director of the Arbor Research Group (www.arborresearchgroup.org), a leading research firm supplying organizations, churches, and mission-driven businesses with actionable insights and leverageable data for strategic decision-making.
Terry walks us through some hacks on how to be a self aware leader.
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https://www.amazon.com/Self-Aware-Leader-Discovering-Ministry-Potential/dp/0830844805/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1515548406&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=self+aware+leader&psc=1
 
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