Podcasts by 301 Moved Permanently

301 Moved Permanently

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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95: Hacks On Longevity In Ministry w/ Josh Griffin from 2022-04-18T19:05:53

Josh Griffin joins the hack boys to chat about how to last longer in ministry when we are seeing a ton of burnout and turn over. Josh gives some practical thoughts, we dive into some great discussi...

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94: Hacks Q&A + Cool Announcement from 2022-04-04T17:18:24

In his first Q&A, Sean answers a bunch of questions with Justin covering:
- What does online ministry look like now that most are back in person?
- How do I start a band and siciple them?...

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93: Hacks On How To Start Fresh/Refresh Your Ministry from 2022-03-21T12:10:02

As Sean is starting in his new position and wanting to walk through some change, he talks with Justin about the process of how to do that. Justin has refreshed a few ministries over the last few ye...

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92: Hacks On How To Make Your Small Groups Match Your Values from 2022-03-07T15:39:56

Justin and Sean are talk through how they have made some major adjustments in their own ministries to make sure that small groups ACTUALLY match the values of the ministry. Sometimes we can say tha...

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91: Hacks On How To Grow As A Ministry in 2022 from 2022-02-15T12:40:02

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...

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90: Hacks On How To Grow As A Leader in 2022 + Sean Lord(New Co-Host) from 2022-02-01T21:40:30

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.

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89: Hacks Q&A from 2021-12-21T16:39:29

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. Listen

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88: Hacks To Onboard Volunteers Like A Pro w/ Blake Faris from 2021-11-22T14:00:07

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 cu...

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87: Questions To Ask To Make You A Better Leader from 2021-11-08T17:48:32

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 d...

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86: Making A Playbook For Your Ministry from 2021-09-13T15:29:09

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 how...

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85: Hacks On How To Build Leader Community from 2021-08-20T16:02:06

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 happe...

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84: Hacks On How To Program Like a Pro from 2021-07-31T23:56:52

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 + bon...

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83: Hacks On How To Assess&Evaluate Your Ministry from 2021-05-17T15:58:48

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 forwar...

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82: The 4 C’s Of Youth Ministry Right Now w/ Joseph Kellogg from 2021-05-03T15:22:01

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 ...

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81: Questions You Should Be Asking To Make Your Program Better from 2021-04-15T21:51:47

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 ...

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80: Hacks On Creating A Culture Of Candor from 2021-03-01T18:13:19

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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 mak...

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79: Hacks We Learned Over 2020 Leading In A Pandemic from 2021-01-26T06:55:20

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...

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78: Hacks On Leading Hybrid Model Of Online&In-Person w/ Tim Somers from 2020-12-14T13:20:08

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 stud...

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77: Hacks On Giving Tactical Tools To Carry Out The Vision from 2020-11-30T16:20:05

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....

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76: Hacks On Casting Vision To your Leaders from 2020-11-18T05:06:10

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 hap...

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Hack On Serving Globally w/out Leaving Home : Operation Christmas Child from 2020-11-05T19:19:30

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...

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75: Hacks On How to Teach Theology To Students w/Landon MacDonald from 2020-10-09T17:52:57

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...

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74: Hacks On Covid Social Media Practices w/ Chris Moore from 2020-09-22T03:24:46

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 cr...

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73: Meet GenZ w/Terry Parkman of River Valley Church from 2020-08-09T23:03:25

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 v...

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72: Hacks On Overcoming Adversity w/ Gerald Fadayomi from 2020-07-21T04:00:47

Justin got to sit down with Gerald who was a long time youth pastor, now speaker, coach, and author and got to talk about his new book, WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS, and how it can help youth workers...

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71: Hacks On How To Craft&Tell Great Stories w/ Eric Epperson from 2020-06-26T05:12:25

Justin got to sit down with Eric Epperson, the VP of Story for CIY (Christ In Youth). Justin and Eric talk about how to craft the best stories for teaching, social media, marketing etc. There is a ...

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70: 8 Things White Youth Pastors Can Do About Racism from 2020-06-04T08:11:39

Justin and Matthew sit down with Theo Davis, who wrote a very helpful blog post on the DYM Blog about how white your pastors can talk and help with racism. His post on Facebook has thousands of vie...

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69: You Asked We Answered Hacks (Part 2) from 2020-05-21T08:10:17

We asked in the DYM Facebook group and on our Instagram accounts for questions that you wanted us to hack through and we did! So many great questions and some pretty mediocre answers coming your wa...

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68: You Asked We Answered Hacks (Part 1) from 2020-05-07T19:56:51

We asked in the DYM Facebook group and on our Instagram accounts for questions that you wanted us to hack through and we did! So many great questions and some pretty mediocre answers coming your wa...

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67: Hacks On Developing Leadership Culture In A Digital Age w/ Sam Grosso from 2020-04-06T11:15:03

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 ...

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66: Hacks Of How To Make Online Small Groups Successful with Jon Rush from Elevation Youth from 2020-03-30T05:51:47

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.
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Update During COVID19 from 2020-03-24T16:09:53

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 y...

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65: 3 Meetings To Hack Your Ministry For The Better from 2020-03-06T06:15:10

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 rea...

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64: Hacks On Casting Vision/Starting Something From Nothing from 2020-02-13T07:19:41

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? Pit...

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63: Hacks On What To Do When You’re Fired Or Step Down (Part 1) from 2020-01-22T06:56:05

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 ...

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62: Live Hacks From #NYWC19 from 2019-12-11T07:29:05

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 K...

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61: Hacks On Message Prep&Speaking [Part 2] + Free Book Giveaway from 2019-11-18T11:40:20

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 ...

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60: Hacks On Message Prep&Speaking [Part 1] from 2019-11-04T18:06:13

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 sta...

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59: Hacks On How To Start The School Year Off Strong from 2019-09-27T11:05:05

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.
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58: Hacks We Learned This Summer + Introducing Karl Romeus - A New Voice On The Podcast from 2019-09-12T16:15:01

Matthew and Justin are back… and with a new co-host! Karl Romeus is joining the Youth Ministry Hacks Podcast and we love it. He is going to add so much to the show!
We get to know Karl a littl...

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57: Hacks On Being Personal w/Students w/Kristen Ivy from Orange from 2019-07-12T16:59:48

Matthew and Justin sit down with Kristen Ivy for an incredible conversation. Her newest book is It’s Personal: Five Questions You Should Answer to Give Every Kid Hope (Orange Books, May 15, 2019) c...

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56: Hacks On Putting On Your Own “Youth Group Tonight Show” w/ Frank Gil from 2019-06-29T06:15:04

In this episode Justin sits down with Frank Gil (from 15 Minutes With Frank podcast) and he explains some hacks on how to pull off a successful Youth Group Tonight service. What is that? It’s a gre...

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55: Hacks On Making A Shared/Borrowed Space Your Own from 2019-06-15T05:11:45

Matthew is back! And Justin is here too I guess. Lot’s of ministries have to share their space and that makes it difficult to feel like you “own” it. Justin and Matthew know all about this as they ...

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54: Hacks On Aligning Children’s&Student Ministry In Your Church w/Derry Prenkert from 2019-05-27T05:38:15

In this episode, Justin sits down with Derry Prenkert (from the My Third Decade Podcast on the DYM Podcast Network) to talk through hacks on how to create better alignment between the children’s mi...

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53: Hacks Q&A Part 2 from 2019-05-10T07:37:56

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.

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52: Q&A Hacks from 2019-04-09T05:17:21

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 ...

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51: Hacks On How Discipline Students In Your Ministry from 2019-03-21T00:39:21

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 r...

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50: Hacks On Setting Ministry Goals&OKR’s For The Year from 2019-03-06T07:16:44

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 forwa...

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49: Hacks On How Keep The Momentum Going w/ Josh Griffin from 2019-02-19T23:24:10

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, ...

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Episode 48: Hacks On How Balance Investing Into Leaders While Still Personally Investing Into Students from 2019-01-22T05:45:48

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 amoun...

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Episode 47: Hacks On How To Start The New Year Off With A Bang from 2019-01-08T06:33:06

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!

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Merry Christmas from YM Hacks! DYM Giveaway! from 2018-12-23T04:06:10

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...

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Episode 46: Hacks in Creating&Adjusting Ministry Values from 2018-12-17T05:50:48

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 an...

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Episode 45: Hacks in Creative Teaching Methods w/Mark Oestreicher from 2018-12-05T04:14:13

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 studen...

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Episode 44: Live Hacks from Youth Specialties #NYWC18 from 2018-11-22T06:35:32

YM Hacks was able to record a live show as a part of the official YS schedule and we had some great friends run through a gauntlet of questions all sharing hacks of their own.

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Episode 43: Hacks On How To Fire A Volunteer from 2018-11-13T16:31:31

We all have had to do it and it’s not fun. Matthew and Justin talk through some best practices when it comes to letting go of a volunteer who may not be working out or meeting the standards you hav...

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Episode 42: Hacks On How To Leave Well from 2018-10-25T18:11:09

Matthew just moved to another state and once he got settled in, we are back up and running. Matthew and Justin chat through Matthew’s transition into his new role and talk through how to leave mini...

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Episode 41: Hacks on Evangelism w/Greg Stier of Dare2Share Live at #DYM200 from 2018-10-01T07:15:05

Justin and Matthew kick off their podcast saying goodbye to each other… well, at least good bye from doing the podcast in person together because Matthew moved to Portland the morning after they re...

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Episode 40: Hacks On Ministry Growth With Rich Birch of UnSeminary from 2018-09-21T06:00:06

Justin and Matthew sit down with Rich Birch, the author of Church Growth Flywheel and runs the UnSeminary Podcast, about hacks in how to really set some good goals and standards in our ministry and...

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Episode 39: Hacks On How To Allow Candor&Honesty Push Your Creativity from 2018-09-12T04:53:14

In this episode Justin and Matthew talk through a very awkward and intense meeting they are all in regarding a creative direction about their big event called ONE NIGHT and how having a culture of ...

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Episode 38: Hacks On How To Balance Working In&On Your Ministry from 2018-08-26T03:14:37

Justin and Matthew are up at a camp in Washington and talking about how to balance working ON ministry (the in the trenches, day to day type things) and working ON (thinking and planning for the fu...

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Episode 37: Hacks On Hacks Q&A from 2018-08-14T22:53:02

Justin and Matthew are finishing up a busy summer and they are catching up on the questions that have come in for the show.

The questions they go over consist of:
•How to successfu...

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Episode 36: Hacks On Post Summer Camp Follow Up from 2018-07-24T16:39:50

Justin and Matthew are back from summer camp! They are tired but they are fulfilled and they chat through hacks in the aftermath of summer camp. One of the most important things you can do after a ...

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Episode 35: Hacks On Finding Rest&Margin with Jon Brown from 2018-07-03T22:20:01

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Is this episode, we chat about hacks about rest and margin in youth ministry. This ep...

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Episode 34: Hacks on What Your Volunteers Really Want w/Ashley Bohinc from 2018-06-21T16:20:19

In this episode we chat with Ashley Bohinc (sorry for butchering your name always, it’s so deceiving!), the middle school strategist from Orange, about what your volunteers really want from you as ...

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Episode 33: Hacks on Engaging the LGTBQ Community&Today’s Culture w/Caleb Kaltenbach (Part 2) from 2018-06-07T18:17:58

In part 2 of 2 of this episode, Justin and Matthew sit down with Caleb Kaltenbach, author and pastor, who grew up in the LGBTQ community, gives us some insight in engaging with students in that com...

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Episode 32: Hacks on Engaging the LGTBQ Community&Today’s Culture w/Caleb Kaltenbach (Part 1) from 2018-05-29T13:05:04

In part 1 of 2 of this episode, Justin and Matthew sit down with Caleb Kaltenbach, author and pastor, who grew up in the LGBTQ community, gives us some insight in engaging with students in that com...

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Episodes 31: Q&A Hacks from 2018-05-21T13:10:05

In this episode, Justin and Matthew take a break from their normal format and take on all the questions that have been backing up in their inbox. They always try to answer a few questions before di...

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Episode 30: Hacks On Branding Your Ministry With Justin Herman from 2018-05-10T04:40:39

In this episode, we chat with Justin Herman, the JH pastor at Mariners Church in Irvine, CA, about ministry branding. We think he does it really well and there is a lot that goes into thinking thro...

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Episode 29: Hacks On Leading A Healthy Team (Part 2) from 2018-04-30T16:29:20

In this episode Justin and Matthew pick up their conversation about hacks on leading a healthy team. They talk through what sideways energy is and how to eliminate it, how your volunteer process ca...

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Episode 28: Hacks On Leading A Healthy Team (Part 1) from 2018-04-19T13:00:07

In this two-part episode, Justin and Matthew dive into hacks on how to lead a healthy team. They begin with YOU as the leader. You cannot lead a team unless you yourself is healthy first. They dive...

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Episode 27: Hacks On Creating An Invite Culture (Part 2) from 2018-04-09T15:32:21

We all want to make sure our students are excited about bringing friends to come to service and hear about Jesus. In this episode Matthew and Justin continue their conversation on how to create an ...

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Episode 26: Hacks On Creating An Invite Culture (Part 1) from 2018-03-30T03:26:06

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In this episode Justin and Matthew chat through how their ministry has developed an inviting culture over the past few years. It takes a lot of work but they w...

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Episode 25: Hacks On Having a Strategic Youth Ministry w/Jonathan Meyer from 2018-03-20T06:04:37

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Episode 24: Hacks On Graduating Seniors&Transitions from 2018-03-10T20:45:04

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 a...

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Win The Brand New Apologetics Course On DYMU For Your Team! $70 Value! from 2018-03-08T19:43:42

We have one site license to give away for the brand new DYMU course on apologetics with Josh and Sean McDowell. It’s worth $70 and you and your whole team can be trained by some of the best to answ...

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Episode 23: Hacks On The Review Process from 2018-02-28T12:55:03

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 an...

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Episode 22: Hacks On Student Leadership with Jen Bradbury from 2018-02-19T13:30:06

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 Bra...

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Episode 21: Hacks On Running Effective Big Events from 2018-02-08T06:10:04

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 b...

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Episode 20: Hacks On Counseling Student's Sexual Sin w/Aaron Crumbey (Saddleback LA)&Youth Pastors And Porn With Craig Gross (XXXChurch) from 2018-01-29T22:43:13

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: yo...

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Episode 19: Hacks on Managing Interns&a Special NEW Announcement! from 2018-01-21T20:54:34

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 ...

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Episode 18: Hacks On Running Your Own Camp With Brett Eddy from 2018-01-16T17:29:03

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 ...

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Episode 17: Hacks On How To Be A Self Aware Leader With Terry Linhart from 2018-01-10T01:43:28

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 wi...

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Episode 16: Hacks On How to Turn Vision Into A Movement with Terry Parkman of River Valley Church from 2017-12-13T03:08:49

In this episode with Justin and Matthew sit down with Terry Parkman, the NextGen Pastor of River Valley Church in MN. They chat about how to turn your vision into motion. We talk through systems, v...

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Episode 15: Hacks On How To Begin/Have A Special Needs Ministry At Your Church with Shayley Combe from 2017-12-03T19:49:14

In this episode Justin and Matthew sit down with Shayley Combe, who is on staff at CCV, who was tasked to start a special needs ministry at our church. Let me tell you, it has blown up in all the r...

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Episode 14: Hacks On Having Better Stage Presence from 2017-11-21T05:35:13

In this episode Justin and Matthew talk about how to have better stage presence. If you are leading a minsitry or even involved, chances are high you will have to be on stage at some point. We talk...

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Episode 13: Hacks On Processing Volunteers&Winner of $25 DYM Give Away! from 2017-11-15T18:03:59

In this episode Justin and Matt walk through their volunteer process for both in the worship band and for adults wanting to serve in the student ministry. they talk about the challenges and mistake...

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Episode 12: Hacks On Using Social Effectively In Student Ministry from 2017-11-01T04:55:21

Justin and Matt are spooky on Halloween talking about hacks in social media in student ministry. They run through their thoughts and how they each use social media in their own ministry and give ti...

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Episode 11: Hacks On Turning Glorified Baby-Sitters Into Real Authentic Leaders from 2017-10-24T22:21:13

Everyone is back and we are ready to roll!
Justin and Matthew are back together with Sean on the Couch rolling into this great episode tackling how to identify which leaders are just glorified...

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Episode 10.5 (Mini-sode): Hacks On Longevity In Ministry with Derry Prenkert from 2017-10-15T05:43:34

In this episode Justin sits down and chats with Derry Prenkert. With 20+ years serving at the same church, Derry has been able to craft a plethora of experiences and resources that help students an...

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Episode 10.5 (Mini-sode): Hacks On Volunteers with Frank "The Beard" Gil from 2017-10-08T17:20:36

This is a mini-sode because Matthew is out traveling the world and Justin does not know how to do all the cool music-like things we normally have on the podcast. But since we didn't want to go too ...

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Episode 10: Hacks On How To Think Big But Start Small from 2017-09-19T20:54:27

In this episode Justin and Matt talk about how they have learned to think big but start in small, reachable steps and setting goals to which will pay off big in the long run. They walk through thei...

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Episode 09: Hacks On Launching/Starting/Training Small Groups From Scratch from 2017-09-13T01:09:42

In this episode Matthew and Justin talk about how their ministry is re-launching small groups this year. They talk about how the last time was not as successful and why that was. They walk through ...

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Episode 08: Hacks On Future Planning, Dreaming, Calendar With Sean Lord from 2017-09-05T19:28:33

In this episode we are joined by Sean Lord (Sean on the couch) talking through future planning, dreaming and calendar stuff for the future in ministry. One of the best things you can be for your mi...

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Episode 07: Hacks On Service Programming from 2017-08-27T19:25:39

In this episode Justin and Matthew talk about hacks in service programming. They recently lead a Master Class at CCV (their church) with the family ministry department about the "what's, why's, and...

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Episode 06: Hacks On Building A Great Summer Camp Culture with Brian Howard&Dayne Scanlon from 2017-08-06T03:27:58

This week Matt and I were out and about as we are wrapping up our summer time schedules. This week they both had separate conversations with two guys who have built up quite a summer camp culture i...

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Episode 05: Hacks On How To Change The Culture Of Your Ministry from 2017-07-31T17:56:02

In this episode Matt and Justin chat through hacks in how to begin to change the culture of your ministry into something you as the leader desire to see. Chances are there are a few things that you...

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Episode 04: Hacks On Having&Developing A Student Led Band Part 2 from 2017-07-23T22:22:19

We had a such a good conversation about student led bands that we wanted to make it two episodes. We continue the conversation on how to effectiveley start and maintain student led bands and create...

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Episode 03: Hacks On Having&Developing A Student Led Band Part 1 from 2017-07-19T02:41:53

Thanks all for listening. It's been so fun as we start of this podcast with answering some questions. If you want to send in a few questions and talk about hacks in student ministry, send it over t...

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Episode 02: Hacks On Starting A New Position from 2017-07-10T02:02:33

On this episode we have the Lead Family Ministries Pastor of Christ's Church of the Valley Rory Elderage talking about his transition into his new role and how he has been able to make some signifi...

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Episode 01: Hacks On Talking About Porn, Homosexuality&Other Tough Topics from 2017-07-02T16:10:37

In this episode we welcome Rachel Ceballos, college pastor at CCV, to chat hacks in how to have tough conversations with students so they want to come back and still be a part of the ministry.
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