Hybrid Ministry

Episode 212: Consistency Isn’t About Motivation (Here’s the Real Problem)

July 30th, 2026  |  9 mins 41 secs

calendar, consistency, hybrid ministry, instagram, nick clason, seasonal social media, social media, social media plan, student ministry, tiktok, youtube

Summer camp was epic, but let me tell you, the lead up, the planning, the work on the front side, it did something tragic to our social media. Let me show you what I'm implementing to ensure this doesn't happen again!

Episode 211: This Is the Tastiest Youth Night of the Summer

July 23rd, 2026  |  1 min 58 secs

chicken wings, fun, lasagna, student ministry, summer calendar, youth group, youth group game, youth group idea, youth ministry coach

Summer is coming to an end, with a BANG!
Lasagna. Chicken Wings. What a tastier way to end summer, than with all of this food!
Let's finish summer strong, together, friends!

Episode 210: We Accidentally Made Youth Group Educational AND Fun

July 16th, 2026  |  1 min 42 secs

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We got REAAAALLLLL nerdy.
But we redeemed it with pie.
Pizza, Apple Pie & Math, what would be better in the middle of July?!

Episode 209: We Made Youth Group Completely Unfair (On Purpose)

July 9th, 2026  |  2 mins 1 sec

free resources, games, hybrid ministry, july youth ministry, nick clason, student ministry, white elephant, youth ministry event idea, youth ministry social media plan

Christmas in July?!
Why not?
Let's celebrate "National Give Something Away Day" by having a [completely unfair?!] White Elephant exchange!
That's for next Wednesday, get your FREE graphic in the shownotes!

Episode 207: Next Week’s Youth Group Night Might Be Our Best Yet

June 25th, 2026  |  1 min 58 secs

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July 1st is right around the horizon.
Will you be throwing this event at your youth ministry?
You can use these graphics for completely free!
And for just $4, I'll plan your whole night!

Episode 206: Don’t Run Youth Group Next Week Without This

June 18th, 2026  |  1 min 39 secs

easy summer youth hang out, hybrid ministry, nick clason, student calendar, student ministry, summer calendar, summer events, summer youth group

You need THIS to run an amazing youth group next week!

Episode 196: Lock-Ins: Ministry Gold or Total Disaster?

April 9th, 2026  |  20 mins 8 secs

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Lock-ins... is there a more polarizing youth ministry topic?
Should you do them?
Are they valuable?
Or are they the worst idea ever?

In this episode, two youth pastors go head to head, and you get to decide!

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!