Youth Ministry Hacks

Justin Knowles, Karl Romeus and Matthew Ferrer are back in 2020 with a brand new show and we are talking about what to do when you are fired or step down from your position. We thought we would [...]

To close our 2019, we leave you with our live show at Youth Specialties National Youth Workers Convention in Tampa, Florida! Karl and Justin (Matthew could not join us) sit down in a full room of [...]

Justin, Matthew and Karl dive into the 2nd part of the conversation on message prepping and speaking. If you have not listened to episode 60, we recommend you go back and check that out first. [...]

Strong leaders recognize that they are lifelong learners, so how does that learning take place? The podcast crew shares what learning looks like for them (podcasts, conferences, conversations) [...]

Justin, Matthew & Karl dive into part 1 of 2 of message prepping and speaking. Matthew plays interviewer and peppers Justin and Karl about how they come up with content, sermon series, etc [...]

The crew talks through some hacks on how to start the school year off to gain the most momentum possible and share some of the learnings along the way. Sponsors: Give Central [...]

Matthew and Justin are back… and with a new co-host! Karl Romeus is joining the Youth Ministry Hacks Podcast and we love it. He is going to add so much to the show! We get to know Karl a little [...]

Matthew and Justin sit down with Kristen Ivy for an incredible conversation. Her newest book is It’s Personal: Five Questions You Should Answer to Give Every Kid Hope (Orange Books, May 15, 2019) [...]

In this episode Justin sits down with Frank Gil (from 15 Minutes With Frank podcast) and he explains some hacks on how to pull off a successful Youth Group Tonight service. What is that? It’s a [...]

Matthew is back! And Justin is here too I guess. Lot’s of ministries have to share their space and that makes it difficult to feel like you “own” it. Justin and Matthew know all about this as [...]