Hybrid Ministry

Digital Discipleship made easy

About the show

Hybrid Ministry is complicated and hard. Or is it?
How do pastors and youth pastors create a vibrant extension, not replacement, of what's already happening during their weekly church services? To cater in a digital ministry way to an online focused ministry audience. Reaching Millennials, Gen Z and even Gen Alpha is going to require us to rethink some of the ways we do church.

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Episodes

  • Episode 096: 🔀 YouTube Playlists: Rethinking Teaching in the Church

    May 9th, 2024  |  13 mins 59 secs
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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.

  • Episode 095: 💻 Posting Your Teaching Message to YouTube

    May 2nd, 2024  |  18 mins 42 secs
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    Whether you think it or not, if you're a youth pastor, you're in the content creation business!
    In this episode we'll walk you through how to create
    Epic Titles
    SEO Infused Tags
    Meaningful Descriptions
    Links that get clicks
    Helpful Chapters
    Eye-Popping Thumbnails
    YouTube Cards & End Screens

    This step-by-step guide is your way to get started growing on YouTube, today!

  • Episode 094: 📱YouTube Videos Make Your Social Media Better

    April 25th, 2024  |  19 mins 44 secs
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    📱If You’re a youth pastor, looking to reach the 95% of teenagers who spend time on YouTube, study according to Pew Research, and You’ve shot a video you're ready to share with the world...
    How do you get the word out?
    📈In this episode we'll talk about Growing a YouTube channel
    💥The Viral Reels Framework
    🪄And the Incredible AI Tool you can use for your social media!

  • Episode 093: 📹 LiveStream vs. Pre-Filming: Editing for Youth Ministries

    April 18th, 2024  |  13 mins 42 secs
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    Should Churches Quit Live-Streaming their videos to YouTube?
    If YouTube is as relevant and powerful of a platform, it seems as though we should be making it a top priority
    How can youth pastors grow as video editors and make the maximum impact on their students and teenagers?
    Follow along as we unpack how to grow on YouTube for Youth Ministries

  • Episode 092: 🖐️ 5 Secret Benefits of Filming YouTube Videos for Youth Ministries

    April 11th, 2024  |  19 mins 23 secs
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    📹YouTube is the perfect platform for youth pastors and youth ministries.
    Why?

    • 95% of youth group teenagers are on YouTube
    • YouTube is the 2nd largest search engine, powered by Google
    • YouTube plays to the skillset of all youth pastors

    In this video, let's help you start sitting down in front of the camera and filming messages and content for your youth group!

  • Episode 091: 📹 YouTube for Youth Ministries

    April 4th, 2024  |  16 mins 45 secs
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    📹 YouTube is an incredible platform for reaching teenagers with the message and hope of the gospel.

    🖥️ It's Clear that YouTube is (or should be) the most used platform for Youth Ministries

    🎤As a Youth Pastor, you already have natural YouTube skills

    💥We'll also unpack some of the other features that YouTube has to offer, beyond long-form video

  • Episode 090: 🐿️ When to Split High School and Middle School Youth Group

    March 28th, 2024  |  11 mins 20 secs
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    🐿️ Middle School and High School Students
    What are the factors that need to be considered when deciding whether or not you’re ready to split them?
    And what are some creative hacks to getting around it, if you’re not ready or able yet?

  • Episode 089: ⚠️ Sharing your Youth Room with other Church Ministries

    March 21st, 2024  |  12 mins 18 secs
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    🗑️ Have you ever walked into your youth room after another church ministry had an event in there?
    Was it clean?

    Probably not.

    🫧 Was it put back how you preferred it to be?
    Probably, also, not.

    ⚠️ But you don’t have the authority to tell people not to use it.
    How do you share a space well?

  • Episode 088: 🔥Youth Ministry Planning: Weekend Service vs. Midweek Program

    March 14th, 2024  |  21 mins 32 secs
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    🤔 What is the best day to meet with our youth group students
    🖐️I’m ranking my top 5 curriculum resources
    ⚙️Finally, I’m going to share my top 3 interactive, and creative programming hacks

  • Episode 087: ✌️The Two Biggest Enemies to Youth Groups

    March 7th, 2024  |  12 mins 32 secs
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    🏅Travel Sports and Youth Group. They have been the bain of youth pastor’s existence for years.

    🗓️What if they don’t have to be the enemy?

    🥱What about Youth Group Kids who exhibit complacency?

  • Episode 086: 😨 Reaction: Carey Nieuwhof’s 2024 Church Trends

    February 29th, 2024  |  14 mins 32 secs
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    🔥 Carey Niuwhof has recently been dropping some hot takes on the future of the church.
    👓 In this episode, Nick reacts from a Hybrid Ministry and Youth Ministry perspective!
    🎱 Number 8 is crazy!

  • Episode 085: ✍ Youth Ministry Volunteer Training

    February 22nd, 2024  |  16 mins 26 secs
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    🤔 How do we train our youth and student ministry volunteers?

    📅 How frequently should we be training our volunteers?

    🧑‍🏫 What are some topics?

    🖥️ And what are some platforms you can utilize?

    And be sure to stick around to the end because I have an idea that will help you train your volunteers but not add another meeting to your plate

  • Episode 084: 🤝 Recruiting (and Retaining) The Best Volunteers

    February 15th, 2024  |  17 mins 27 secs
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    🛟 The life-line of all good student ministry is adult volunteer leaders.
    🤷 So much so, Are we even needed? Eventually, hopefully not!
    🇷Let’s dive into the 3 “R’s” of volunteers

  • Episode 083: ❤️ Youth Ministry Volunteers Unleashed

    February 8th, 2024  |  11 mins 6 secs
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    🤫 The Secret Sauce in Youth Ministry, might surprise you, is Volunteers

    🩹You only have a certain capacity as one individual person.
    Volunteers not only help level up your care in your youth ministry.
    But also, they can be the best source of friendship and camaraderie

    ⏫How do we level up our volunteers to unleash them?

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  • Episode 082: 💡 5 No Prep Youth Group Game Ideas

    February 1st, 2024  |  9 mins 29 secs
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    🎮 Games & Youth Ministry

    We’ve been doing them since the invention of Youth Ministry.

    📨 But what do you do when you’re in a hurry or a pinch?

    💪 Don’t worry, we got you!
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  • Episode 081: 😲 Your Youth Sermons Don’t Matter

    January 25th, 2024  |  10 mins 53 secs
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    👎 Do your youth group sermons stink?

    🤷The ultimate goal we have for our students is to grow in their love for God and their love for others. However, does what you teach actually matter?

    🤯In this vide we are going to share the surprising things that need to be in place, for your teaching to be effective! And GOOD NEWS: None of them have anything to do with your actual teaching! This is part 5 of the 2024 Youth Ministry [on-demand] Masterclass
    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLngXlSr64YaLIJceFHg7w8vxlx5ARqXeg