Hybrid Ministry

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 079: 🤷 Youth Pastor: Event Coordinators? or Disciple-Makers?

January 11th, 2024  |  14 mins 39 secs

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📈 How do we get more people to show up to our events?
How do we grow our group?
How do we attract and retain teens?

57% of American Church Goers, according to Pew Research, don’t even attend church once a month!!

👌In this episode we’re going to explore 3 key shifts in our thinking
⚙️And I have the ultimate tool to accessing and resourcing people/students in the digital age.

Episode 078: 📈 Youth Group Growth: Reaching Gen Z & Gen Alpha

January 4th, 2024  |  16 mins 22 secs

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📈 Youth Ministry Growth and Attendance

🔢 Do number really matter?

😤 It’s an agonizing pursuit that all of us as youth pastors and leaders are constantly feel the tension.
Data suggests that church attendance is going down.
Which means we have our work cut out for us as youth pastors.

How do we reach Generation Z or Generation Alpha students?
Especially in light of this new reality?

Episode 046: How to be Present with your Social Media Presence

May 25th, 2023  |  14 mins 1 sec

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What is Incarnational Ministry? It's Jesus' involvement in our life. How do we embrace the same philosophy of Jesus' ministry in our own ministry contexts? And how do we do so in a hybrid and digital way?

Episode 024: Rob Shepherd on Starting, Growing and Making a Viral TikTok Account and Videos

December 29th, 2022  |  34 mins 19 secs

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In this episode, Nick sits down with Pastor and TikTok Creator, Rob Shepherd. They discuss how he started out on TikTok, where his ideas come from, and the boundaries he needs to set up so that he doesn't become addicted to the TikTok world and keeps it all in check!

Episode 021: Social Media in 2023 with new rules, remaining healthy personally while using social media as a tool, and the Best YouTube strategy of 2023 and Beyond!

December 8th, 2022  |  24 mins 28 secs

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In this episode Nick discusses how to approach the new wave of social media, which is more about discoverability than it is about a custom curated feed. Additionally, Nick wades into the topics about remaining personally healthy while managine a social media profile and strategy. Finally, Nick discusses his personal favorite YouTube church content strategy for 2023 and beyond.

Episode 019: Kerry Ray on doing ministry like Jesus did, and how technology has changed the way we ministry and communicate to teenagers in Gen Z and Gen Alpha and beyond

November 24th, 2022  |  34 mins 28 secs

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In this episode Nick sits down with his friend, and YM360 General Editor and Content Director, Kerry Ray. Kerry is a veteran with over 3 decades of experience in church ministry, all in student ministry. Kerry and Nick talk about the ways in which technology has changed and shaped the ways of doing ministry. And Kerry also talks about the importance of going to a teenager's "turf" or showing up in their life, relationally.

Episode 012: Why Email and Social may not satisfy the on demand world we live in. Is Social Media for your church even worth it? And are Big Events only for the Pastor's Ego?

October 6th, 2022  |  27 mins 59 secs

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In this solo pod Nick explores three big ideas. Why Email and Social may not satisfy the on-demand world and culture that we currently live in. Is Social Media for your church even worth it Especially if you just are using it as an extension of your announcements? And are Big Events only for the Pastor's Ego? Or do they still have a place in our churches? All that and more on this week's episode of the Hybrid Ministry Podcast!