Hybrid Ministry

Episode 191: Can a Youth Night Work Without a Game?

March 5th, 2026  |  17 mins 12 secs

fun, ideas, love game, planning center, programming, student ministry, valentines game, youth ministry, youth ministry creativity, youth ministry games, youth service

In this 4th and Final Episode of my Creative Programming Playlist we’re continuing on with the 3 challenges, from home this week because of this insane (?) winter storm!

CHALLENGE #1 No Repeat Order
And while last week we had no speaker, what if this week we have NO GAME?!

CHALLENGE #2 I’m creating a DYM Game from Scratch, and this one idea be the best one I’ve made so far
CHALLENGE #3 And as always, we’ll be telling you how it went and giving it all away!

Episode 190: Programming Youth Group With NO SPEAKER?!

February 26th, 2026  |  14 mins 7 secs

fun, ideas, love game, planning center, programming, student ministry, valentines game, youth ministry, youth ministry creativity, youth ministry games, youth service

Today we’re programming with NO SPEAKER?!
While still complete these 3 challenges
No Order Repeating
Creating a from-scratch DYM game
And finally, not only will I recap that game - But I’ll recap the entire night.
And give you that game, for free!

Episode 189: I Intentionally Programmed Youth Group “Wrong”

February 19th, 2026  |  7 mins 40 secs

fun, ideas, love game, planning center, programming, student ministry, valentines game, youth ministry, youth ministry creativity, youth ministry games, youth service

I’m designing my real youth ministry program, with these 3 rules.
-Order Doesn’t Repeat
And today I'm intentionally going to do it WRONG!!

I'm also making a different, from scratch, DYM Game for EACH week
And I’m going to tell you how to get a FREE early copy of it

Finally, I'll evaluate how it all went!
Join us!

Episode 188: How I Planned Youth Group - 3 Weekly Challenges

February 12th, 2026  |  12 mins 16 secs

fun, ideas, planning center, programming, student ministry, youth ministry, youth ministry creativity, youth ministry games, youth service

Can I design a compelling youth night from scratch each week with a different order - while also creating a brand-new DYM game from scratch?

Oh - And stick around to the end of the video, because I’m going to tell you how you can get this game that’s not even public yet in the pipeline, FOR FREE!

Let’s find out!