🔀 YouTube Playlists: Rethinking Teaching in the Church

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YouTube Playists are a fantastic way to offer courses and learnings for your church.
And when we lean into them, you can start to get time back for your family during the evenings.

Anything that you might be tempted to turn into a meeting can become a playlist.
We'll show you everything you need from philosophy behind online teaching as well as how to get started posted playlists on YouTube.

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🕰️TIMECODES
00:00 Teaching and the Local Church
02:12 In-Person vs. Online Teaching
08:05 YouTube Playlists for Churches
10:53 How to Get more Time at Home

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✍️TRANSCRIPT

00:00:00:00 - 00:00:27:03
Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry
The Great Commission of Jesus tells us to make disciples, to then baptize people. And then thirdly, and finally to teach. Teaching is one of the primary functions that all of us accomplish as members of the local church, as churches and pastors and leaders. Teaching Disciples of Christ is one of the primary ways in which we raise them up to become more and more in the image of Christ.

00:00:27:05 - 00:00:52:01
Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry
So teaching takes all kinds of different forms, but one of the main forms is through a sermon. And so if you've ever sat through a sermon, then go ahead and like this video because we're going to talk about rethinking teaching a little bit in this video. If you've ever delivered a sermon of your own, then give us a subscribe because we're going to help you craft that in a way that can live in exist on YouTube in a hybrid manner.

00:00:52:01 - 00:01:16:21
Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry
And, well, regardless of whether you're in either of those camps, turn the bell on. Because in this playlist, we want to help you navigate teaching in YouTube and in a playlist like right here at the very top of this video. We are in a series in the video playlist called YouTube for Youth Ministry. Whether you're in youth ministry or in church ministry, this playlist is all aimed at helping you and your church become relevant.

00:01:16:23 - 00:01:43:16
Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry
And postings on YouTube that can live beyond just a one time meeting. And so one question that I've been grappling with in this entire playlist is does teaching is it required and mandated to be in person? Obviously, all of us like when things are in person and it feels more comfortable. But in today's video, we'll unpack that question and we'll explore these three things.

00:01:43:16 - 00:02:08:14
Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry
Number one, in person versus online based teaching. Number two, the best teaching component that I believe is already embedded in included in the YouTube algorithm and is a huge and strategic advantage for most churches. And finally, how do you reduce your nightly commitments of being out of the house and in church? Meeting, and how do you how you reduce that by half?

00:02:08:17 - 00:02:41:08
Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry
Welcome to the Hybrid Ministry show, Well, hey everyone and welcome to the Hybrid Ministry Show. And we are on the downhill slope of YouTube for youth ministry. We're on episode 96 here, which means we're only four away from the 100th episode. And I have a really special and very different interview style, hundredth episode coming up. It is going to be awesome, but we are in this playlist, here now talking about YouTube for youth ministry and one of the kind of key grapplings is does teaching have to be in-person versus online?

00:02:41:08 - 00:03:04:22
Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry
And little spoiler. The second point of this video is talking about the best component included in YouTube, and that is playlists. And that's what we're going to be looking into today, is creating playlists for YouTube and youth ministry, and how you can go about, like adding your teachings to YouTube. But the first question, I think, probably demands a little bit more of a philosophical response.

00:03:04:22 - 00:03:49:06
Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry
Right? Does teaching is it required to be together in person? And so, let's just be honest. Let's talk about a couple of things. First of all, online and the internet is phenomenal, right? For a couple of different things. And in-person is phenomenal for a couple of different things. And they are uniquely different. And so one of the reasons why we we can't just only like live stream our videos to the internet and leave it at that without coming back behind it and optimizing it for the internet is because that's created for an in-person moment and, like a YouTube video or a podcast.

00:03:49:06 - 00:04:20:24
Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry
Those are created for like online types of learnings or conversations. And so I think that online is actually a fantastic content delivery source. And I think in some cases, raise your hand. Give me a like comment below. If you've ever been in a PTA meeting or if you've ever sat through like a government presentation that is like PowerPoint heavy, or if you've ever been to like something from your kid's school that you're like, man, I could have done this better, right?

00:04:20:26 - 00:04:41:22
Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry
Because it's boring. And they're just they're like kind of droning on like the Charlie Brown teacher. But the internet is actually strategically, uniquely positioned to be really good for content delivery. We have things like podcasts, we have things like online courses, we have things like YouTube videos just like this. In fact, what I would love to do is offer.

00:04:41:23 - 00:05:05:26
Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry
Right now I'm offering three slots and I have one of them already filled, but three slots of 100% free, online hybrid and or YouTube coaching. And so if you're looking to go from ground zero to actually doing something on the internet, I'm offering four sessions of coaching 100% completely free to you. All I ask is that you actually use my service and that you give me a killer review.

00:05:05:26 - 00:05:25:21
Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry
If you believe that my services demand that. But I want to help you get up and off the ground because there are a lot of opportunities on the internet now. But that being said, you and I are like, well, bro, listen, we did this. We lived during Covid. We know how much it stunk to be forced to be only online.

00:05:25:21 - 00:05:52:18
Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry
And and we all missed in-person. And that is 100% true because in-person ministry and in-person moments are best for things like community and things like relationships. Just like you can teach a message while you're in-person, you can deliver content while you're in-person. Online offers a unique opportunity for that. And in the same way, you can experience community online things like discord channels.

00:05:52:18 - 00:06:12:23
Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry
I'm a big Oklahoma City Thunder fan. I actually means a lot of community through things like Twitter. during Thunder games, or people who play online video games. So community is also possible online, but we all know it's best nearly eye to eye, shoulder to shoulder. That's what things like small groups and discipleship often happen best in in-person settings.

00:06:12:23 - 00:06:35:14
Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry
However, you know, there are also moments where, an in-person group, we meet together, but we have a group chat that stays pretty active throughout the week. And that's one of the ways that we stay connected to one another. That's the power of hybrid. And so in most cases, most churches I've ever been to or seen are using in utilizing in-person trainings in their teachings.

00:06:35:14 - 00:07:09:24
Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry
That element of the Great Commission as, must see-TV. “Hey parents, we have a screen time workshop and it is on Saturday at 11 a.m. hope to see you there.” As if that content can't be captured and recorded and disseminated otherwise. And afterwards. Because what's our goal? Do we want parents to be equipped and learn the information that we're presenting, or do we want their butts in the seats to cover our attendance numbers?

00:07:09:24 - 00:07:40:11
Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry
Right. And so while it's necessary, I'm not proposing giving away and and doing away with in-person teachings. Right, I do I do want you to understand that it doesn't always have to be an in-person experience. And YouTube gives us a really amazing opportunity to do that. And I'll actually help you get started in this for free. Link down below is my 100% completely free hybrid strategy guide going from zero to actually starting to do something.

00:07:40:11 - 00:08:04:20
Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry
And one of those elements is recording videos and posting them to YouTube. I have a gear list in that e-book for under $100 to get you going, with cell phones and tripods and microphones to get up and running and start recording some videos and posting them to YouTube. Next, we're going to look at what YouTube already has, which is this component called playlists.

00:08:04:23 - 00:08:26:20
Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry
So anything that you might be tempted to turn into a class or a meeting or a workshop or a meetup or an after church, like pizza with the pastor sort of thing, any one of those that isn't like relationally charged, I believe. And even if they are relationally charged, we can pivot and reposition the way that we're doing it so that it can be included in a YouTube playlist.

00:08:26:20 - 00:08:52:03
Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry
However, playlists are basically like free courses on YouTube's platform. So like, here's just a few examples and ideas of things that you could use in a playlist setting, but it's not limited to these things. You. The sky is truly the limit, and anything that you feel like you could use or might need down the road in the future, like you can take these and use them.

00:08:52:03 - 00:09:11:28
Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry
So like we this is one we have done. We created a like baptism class. Like what is the theology behind it? Why do we do it? what are the biblical implications for it? And so we just filmed a little videos explaining those things. You can also do one on like the Lord's Supper or you know why we take it, the symbolism behind it.

00:09:12:00 - 00:09:37:06
Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry
You could do like an Old Testament survey, a New Testament style survey. You could do a playlist on like spiritual gifts and volunteering in the church. And so first like figuring out what your spiritual gifts are, and then second, like how to discover where the opportunities are. You could do one on lust, and purity and battling like addiction. And that way you could do ones for parents on like screens and technology.

00:09:37:08 - 00:10:07:27
Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry
you could also do one on like the problem of evil. Why do bad things happen? People are always asking that question. It's a really relevant topic. Leader trainings, parent workshops. Like, you know, in the video link down below, we talked about the importance of asking and answering specific questions for students. And so while a good strategy is answering specific questions for teenagers in the land of this playlist conversation, you're doing that with your sermon series as well.

00:10:08:04 - 00:10:26:12
Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry
But what's like a question? You know that, like you have to answer on a pretty frequent basis that you could capture and post to YouTube? And I get it. You're like, well, I've done the the work, the content. I've sat in front of a camera and delivered it. But now, like, I want to make sure it looks like good for YouTube.

00:10:26:12 - 00:10:49:27
Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry
And hey, I also, in addition to free coaching, I'm also offering a limited time offer for some free video editing. And so if you want 4 or 5 professionally done videos that you can include into a playlist type format, I would love to help you do that same stipulation as the coaching. Just use it and just leave me a review and you can get more information for that down below.

00:10:49:27 - 00:11:13:11
Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry
In the show notes. And all of this leaning into hybrid, leaning into digital. Right. Let's be honest, it's going to help you default into being able to spend more time at home because whenever we're like, “oh man, we need to host this parent meeting.” And we already got Wednesday nights, we already got Sunday night. So I need to figure out another night of the week that parents are available to host an informational meeting.

00:11:13:13 - 00:11:37:10
Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry
And so that has to be like a Monday night or a Tuesday night or a Thursday night or whatever the case may be. Right? We we default into hosting those things in in-person meetings. And so start asking yourself this question is, “Can this content be covered in a digital format?” Can this content go on a YouTube playlist?” It's great for sermon series.

00:11:37:10 - 00:11:57:04
Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry
By the way, if you start, pre filming your messages like any message is a playlist. Any course can be a playlist. And now I get it. You're like, well, “I really want to be like in-person and like working this out with the students,” then yes, by all means, you should be doing those types of things in person.

00:11:57:11 - 00:12:17:14
Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry
But if it's strictly an information style, transfer of things like that can very easily be recorded and sent out and you get to do the recording and the sending out in the editing and all the components that go along with it in your office hours, and you get to do that and then be home at night with your family.

00:12:17:17 - 00:12:46:05
Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry
And so when should a meeting be in person? When do we we make the decision that this one, this one needs to be in person? Well, often we default to having it in person for things like accountability. I want to I want to be sure that they're watching this, that they're consuming this information. But if you've ever seen, like the learning, the learning triangle pyramid, like only 5% of people retain information from auditory lecture style based teachings.

00:12:46:05 - 00:13:14:25
Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry
And so often the thing we're saying when we say, I want to ensure that they get this content is we want to force them to be there because we don't actually trust them to consume the information on their own time. And in some cases, that might be valid, right? But rarely is the content delivery in the style actually more captivating than setting them up with some good content and some good editing in a YouTube or a podcast style environment.

00:13:15:00 - 00:13:38:06
Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry
So here's a fact regardless, like as you as you're measuring these things out like why in-person, when in person should it be in person? YouTube has a ton to offer, one of which is what we just talked about here playlists. We're actually going to explore a couple other really cool features in the YouTube platform called, the shorts feature and the community tab.

00:13:38:12 - 00:13:57:19
Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry
That video is going to be linked right here on the screen. So if you're ready to jump into episode 97, hit that on screen. Catch us over there on the next one. Don't forget. And as always, we are making digital discipleship easy, possible, and accessible. So stay hybrid.