Hybrid Ministry

Episode 142: How I Got Started doing Youth Group Social Media from scratch with Andrew Ostrander

March 27th, 2025  |  22 mins 18 secs

church community, content creation, digital ministry, interview style videos, leadership, social media, student engagement, youth culture, youth ministry, youth pastor

In this episode, I interview Andrew Ostrander, who shares his journey from education to youth ministry, discussing the challenges and surprises he faced during the transition. He walks you through the importance of engaging social media content to connect with students, detailing his approach to creating interview-style videos that resonate with youth culture. Andrew also highlights the benefits of delegating tasks, the significance of personal connections in ministry, and his future plans for expanding social media efforts. The conversation concludes with encouragement for new youth pastors to embrace social media as a tool for building community and fostering relationships.

Episode 131: Secrets Revealed for Middle School Phone Usage

January 9th, 2025  |  26 mins 37 secs

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In this conversation, Nick Clason and Ronald Long discuss the challenges and opportunities of youth ministry in the digital age, particularly focusing on the role of technology and cell phones among middle schoolers. They explore the importance of engagement in content creation, the necessity of guidelines for responsible phone use, and the balance between digital and in-person ministry. The discussion emphasizes the need for open conversations between parents and children regarding technology, as well as collaborative resources for youth pastors to navigate these challenges effectively.

Episode 109: Don't be scared of Social Media with Nate Clason

August 8th, 2024  |  27 mins 40 secs

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In this video, youth pastor, Nate Clason shares his journey to posting on social media more regularly.
He also shares the one key secret that has brought his group more closely together.
And be sure to stick around to the very end, because live on the podcast, Nate and Nick discover one additional benefit to social media that will help youth pastors win with parents, pastors and even elders at your church!

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 059: 🎙️ Exploring the Future of the Hybrid Church with Warren Byrd 🌐

August 24th, 2023  |  23 mins 15 secs

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Welcome to the Hybrid Ministry Podcast! In this exciting episode, we dive deep into the realm of the future Hybrid Church for Churches and Youth Ministires! We'll take a look at a recent Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast Episode and a inspect a snippet from what the visionary Warren Byrd had to say about Digital Minittry and Church Marketing in Disciplship and Evangelism.

Episode 055: VIDEO: Clipping up a Long-Form Video for Short-Form Vertical Video for TikTok, Reels and Shorts for Church Sermons

July 27th, 2023  |  24 mins 41 secs

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VIDEO: Clipping up a Long-Form Video for Short-Form Vertical Video for TikTok, Reels and Shorts for Church Sermons.
In this video come sit down and watch as Nick clips up a teaching video (from http://www.hybridministry.xyz/053) to now turn it into a couple of vertical video based pieces of content.

Episode 043: Why I finally broke down and tried a posting service and my take aways from it

May 4th, 2023  |  26 mins 2 secs

church communications, church marketing tips, church social media, hootsuite, later, metricool, online church, pastor, posting, reels, schedule, sermon, service, social media, tiktok

In this episode Nick will breakdown what led to him FINALLY changing his accounts to business accounts, using a posting service, the results from that, and his ultimate take away.

Episode 036: The Second Step of the Church Social Media Framework for 2023: TikTok

March 16th, 2023  |  24 mins 59 secs

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In this episode, Nick talks about the social media platform that you should most be focusing on in 2023. If you don't have time to do any other social, you should be leaning into this social platform, TikTok. He lays out the current state of TikTok, why you should go in on it, and how you should go in on it, and gives links and resources to other episodes or resources to help you flesh out your social media calendar for your church in 2023.

Episode 033: Starting and Maintaining a Church YouTube channel in 2023

March 2nd, 2023  |  27 mins 53 secs

church communications, church social media, digital media, pastor, sermon, social media, youtube, youtube starter kit

In this episode Nick talks about the reason why he loves YouTube for your church in 2023. How to get started for less than $100, and how to utilize your videos for digital and in-person. It's the perfect Hybrid strategy for churches in 2023.