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You need to train your volunteer youth leaders, but how do you produce a podcast, which gives you the outlet to offer more trainings than you even know what to do with? And how do you not lose your life to it? Here's how I produce a weekly leader podcast with only one hour per month of a time committment! Yes, I'll show you everything I do from getting started, the gear, and maintaining it! Welcome to the Hybrid Ministry Show! 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The best way to pay us back is a review or a YouTube Subscribe! https://www.linktr.ee/clasonnick -------------- 🛠️TOOLS I USE THAT CAN HELP YOU! Some of the below links are affilate links in which we do recieve a small commission based on your purchase or use of products VIDIQ https://vidiq.com/hybrid BEST DYM RESOURCES https://www.hybridministry.xyz/articles/dym OPUS.PRO FOR AI SHORTS & REELS https://www.opus.pro/?via=a5d361 //YOUTUBE STARTER KIT FOR UNDER $100 https://www.hybridministry.xyz/articles/youtubestarterkit -------------- 🕰️TIMECODES 00:00 How I Produce a Weekly Leader Podcast 01:17 Why you need a leader podcast 06:28 Getting Started: Gear & Platforms 12:28 Show Format & Topic Ideas 18:06 Launching Your New Podcast! -------------- TRANSCRIPT 00:00:00:08 - 00:00:45:01 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Are you looking for and longing for? Youth ministry, leader development that is not dependent upon a leader's attendance to an individual meeting. You know, I even once heard Kurt Johnston, the, famous, like, youth ministry guru from Southern California. He said, you know, your trainings aren't as good as you think. And that was a gut punch, man. Do you want to be in a position where you've communicated to your leaders everything you could possibly ever think that you need to, and still be struggling to find more things to say at your next leader meeting? 00:00:45:02 - 00:01:09:18 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Well, let me tell you how I, as we are rounding out the final episode of this mini series that we've been doing, how I in an individual solo pod, how I produce a weekly leader podcast, and all of the things that I just teased are true of what we have going on in our student ministry and on our weekly leader podcast. 00:01:09:18 - 00:01:34:08 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And as always, there are chapters listed down below in a podcast catch or here on YouTube. Welcome my friends, to the Hybrid Ministry show. What's up everyone? Welcome to the Hybrid Ministry Show and the completion of our little mini series, how I. And in this episode, we will talk about how I produce a weekly leader podcast, which is a small sliver to a bigger leader culture strategy. 00:01:34:08 - 00:01:54:25 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And if you want, like all there is to know about youth ministry volunteers, youth ministry leaders, recruiting, retaining all of that, you need to check out the episode that I just most recently dropped with my boss and friend, Erin Sutton, linked right here at the top of the screen. You can go check that out, but this is a small segment of what we do to help create the leader culture that we want. 00:01:54:25 - 00:02:23:29 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry With our leaders. And so why a podcast? So let me just back up real quick philosophically and say this. Like, why are we determined and decided that we wanted a leader podcast was we had a monthly leader meeting in our context, and there felt to be so much pressure on that one meeting, for example, like at the August leader meeting or, you know, September leader meeting, we would be like, we need to make sure that we hit all of these onboarding things. 00:02:23:29 - 00:02:47:18 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry We need to make sure that our leaders know about all of these resources that we have to offer. We need to like, make sure, make sure, make sure, make sure like give me a like or a subscribe. If you've ever been in a position like that where you just feel like there's so much pressure on your one time once a year, or maybe twice a year gathering of sorts, and then, you know, if you're doing anything which you should, by the way, lean into the download Youth Ministry, National Day of Volunteer Training. 00:02:47:23 - 00:03:09:08 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Like those those pieces of content and those like events are fantastic momentum builders for you and your team. We're a part of it. We're a customer, so you should check it out. Getting zero kickback from promoting it, but link down below if you're interested in the National Day information. But like if you do those things, you also feel the pressure at those leader meetings like, oh, I got them all together. 00:03:09:08 - 00:03:32:28 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry I got them all in the room. I gotta make sure I cover all the things that I need to cover. And because of that tension that we felt and we were experiencing, finally I proposed and pitched this idea to my bosses like, let's what if we came up with a weekly leader podcast and I was on an episode, of another podcast, the next Gen coaching Podcast with, Ryan Manning? 00:03:32:29 - 00:03:52:17 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry I'll link that episode down below. And I told him we had a weekly leader podcast and that it's video based, and he was like weekly, And you could tell his wheels are turning because he had a podcast, but it wasn't weekly. And the reason that I push so hard for weekly. And before you turn this off, like, remember the chapters down below if you wanna skip this part. 00:03:52:23 - 00:04:14:00 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry But the reason I push so hard for weekly is because that is your best chance to actually create a little bit of momentum and actually get your leaders to begin adopting the rhythm and the practice, if they can expect it weekly. Now, what we as churches often default into is we don't think we have the ability to produce it weekly because let's be honest, we're producing a lot of other things weekly. 00:04:14:00 - 00:04:29:20 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry We've got a weekly program and a weekly sermon and a weekly worship service, like all those things. And so we're like, let's not let's start with what we know we can achieve. Not a bad strategy, but let me tell you how we do it and how we can achieve it with only one hour per month worth of work. 00:04:29:20 - 00:05:01:13 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Okay, so, I went in for the weekly, push and we wanted to make the podcast less than 15 minute weekly commitment for our leaders, and we wanted them to hit it. You know, we drop it every single Monday morning. They can consume it whenever they choose to, but the idea is if they are like avid listeners or they're listening regularly, they're getting it on their, you know, first 15 minutes on their way to work Monday morning, it drops super duper early, like 5:00 in the morning. 00:05:01:15 - 00:05:20:16 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry So hopefully that catches any leader on their commute. You know, we live in the DFW area, so a fair bit of our leaders commute pretty far. And so we wanted them to be able to catch it in their car on their way to work. All right. And within that, within us doing it weekly, we were able to hit because of the frequency. 00:05:20:16 - 00:05:43:17 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry We're able to hit so many different training topics, and we're able to cover so much more ground on the information or the communication or the announcement side of what we wanted our leaders to get with just simply choosing to do it weekly. And by doing that, it also has had some other side benefits, such as help reinforce and build the culture that we want within our youth ministry. 00:05:43:20 - 00:06:04:22 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry It's brought our group chat to life because there's a weekly piece of content being delivered directly to them that they interact with, and then they'll make fun of us and throw jokes and memes and all the things that serve to build and reinforce our leader culture. So that's the why. That's why we chose philosophically. Those were our goals, those were our desires with it. 00:06:04:24 - 00:06:22:27 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And so because of that, if you're interested, if you're like, yeah, I got it, I'm in I my trainings aren't as good as I think they are. Thanks Kurt Johnston for that. But I want to offer some, some ongoing kind of traini

In this conversation, Nick Clason (Hybrid Ministry) and Josh Boldman (Download Youth Ministry) discuss the importance of partnering with parents in youth ministry. Josh gives 10 tips from the perspective of a parent NOT working at a church. Several tips are incredibly Hybrid, and best of all, it's not going to add anymore work to your plate! 📊 [FREE] HYBRID STRATEGY GUIDE https://hybrid-ministry-40060036.hubspotpagebuilder.com/free-hybrid-ministry-e-book ✅ CHURCH COMMUNICATIONS DONE FOR YOU https://www.hybridministry.xyz/articles/comms SHOW NOTES Shownotes & Transcripts https://www.hybridministry.xyz/145 //CONNECT WITH JOSH ON SOCIAL https://www.tiktok.com/@joshboldman https://www.instagram.com/joshboldman/ https://www.facebook.com/joshboldman https://x.com/joshboldman 👉 STAY CONNECTED WITH NICK YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@clasonnick Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hybridministry/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@clasonnick Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HybridMinistry Website: https://www.hybridministry.xyz -------------- 🎉 FREE STUFF 🎉 We have all kinds of FREE Things that you can use in your context! The best way to pay us back is a review or a YouTube Subscribe! https://www.linktr.ee/clasonnick -------------- 🛠️TOOLS I USE THAT CAN HELP YOU! Some of the below links are affilate links in which we do recieve a small commission based on your purchase or use of products VIDIQ https://vidiq.com/hybrid BEST DYM RESOURCES https://www.hybridministry.xyz/articles/dym OPUS.PRO FOR AI SHORTS & REELS https://www.opus.pro/?via=a5d361 //YOUTUBE STARTER KIT FOR UNDER $100 https://www.hybridministry.xyz/articles/youtubestarterkit -------------- 🕰️TIMECODES 00:00 Why Partnering with Parents? 02:52 Tip #1 4:34 Tip #2 05:22 Tip #3 06:04 Tip #4 08:55 Tip #5 10:18 Tip #6 13:02 Why does starting on time honor parents? 14:26 Tip #7 15:03 Tip #8 15:47 Tip #9 17:33 Tip #10 -------------- TRANSCRIPT Nick Clason (00:00.93) Well, so here we are. And Josh, you might be the most frequented guest now on the Hybrid Ministry podcast, which with all I would, I think I sent you one actually. So, so yeah. But today I've been asking people like, what do you feel like you're kind of like an expert on? So we're in this kind of mini series called How I, and so you said, let's talk about partnering with parents. And so. Josh Boldman (00:06.494) Yes Do I get a jacket like do I get a like there's like a that's true actually, you know, that's fair Josh Boldman (00:29.991) Yeah. Nick Clason (00:31.124) over all your different years of experience, what do you feel like uniquely positions you from a mindset or experience-wise or whatever about this idea of partnering with parents? Josh Boldman (00:38.9) Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, yeah. Yeah, so I mean, over the course of 20 years in youth ministry, I did the traditional route of before I had a kid, feeling like I knew everything more than any of the parents. Like I was way smarter than them. And then I had my own kid, and then I was able to actually have the blessing of having my own kid in my own ministry. And then recently have now, Nick Clason (00:55.712) yeah. Nick Clason (01:03.937) Mmm. Josh Boldman (01:08.465) like a life stage where my kid is a part of a ministry that I do not lead. And so it's like, there, that's what I should have. Okay, those are the questions that I now have that I should have been answering. Nick Clason (01:13.358) Hmm. Nick Clason (01:19.904) I do actually think that's a really, really fascinating perspective and one worth exploring. So what are a couple of principles or takeaways, especially in the lane of I'm a youth pastor veteran, I work for a youth ministry company, but as a parent, as a customer, so to speak, of this youth group, like what do you wish you were getting back from the youth ministry? Josh Boldman (01:23.826) Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Josh Boldman (01:35.303) Mm-hmm. Josh Boldman (01:42.291) Yeah. Yeah. I think that's something that every youth minister needs to remember is that you are ministering to a family and not just to a student. Hands down, because like a student is a product, I mean, not entirely, but like they're a product of their family, right? Their parents. when you talk, you talk to a kid, half the things they say are things that they have either heard their parents say or they've Nick Clason (01:53.965) Mm-hmm. Nick Clason (02:02.028) Yeah. Josh Boldman (02:11.835) or are in like rebellion against something that their parents have said, right? So like, so like the better that you know the parents, the better you are going to know the student. And whether that that kid has a awesome relationship with their parents or a terrible relationship with their parents or no relationship with their parents, whoever it is at home that takes care of them, that makes them feel safe. You are on the same team with that person, whether you know them or not. Nick Clason (02:15.598) Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Nick Clason (02:22.446) Hmm. Nick Clason (02:30.702) Mm-hmm. Josh Boldman (02:41.583) And it, it, it, I will be as blunt as I can be in saying if, you're on the same team as that, of those people and you don't know them, that is dumb. Like it just don't, don't put yourself in a position of being on a team with someone you don't even know. Nick Clason (02:50.563) Yeah. Nick Clason (02:56.28) So you've worked in some larger contexts, let's say. How would you recommend someone who has a youth group of 50 students with, let's say, 50 unique family units? so probably more than 50 because siblings, whatever. How do they get to know parents? Because I would imagine the pushback from a youth pastor is like, well, I try. have a well, and we have meetings and they never come to the meetings and all this stuff like what. So. Josh Boldman (03:00.646) Yep. Josh Boldman (03:08.23) Yeah, yeah, Uh-huh. Josh Boldman (03:17.757) Yep, I can't know them all yet. Josh Boldman (03:24.465) Yeah. Yeah. Nick Clason (03:24.812) We've all been there, we've all experienced it. what, as a parent now on the other side, give us some tips. Josh Boldman (03:30.418) Yeah, yeah, I would say one, especially if you're talking about a middle school ministry, do check in at the beginning of the night and be at the check-in station. And I know that seems so like antithetical to like, I should be hanging out with the kids. you know, yes, that's great. Go play nine square, go play gaga ball, whatever, but spend some time at check-in because especially if they're in sixth, seventh, eighth grade, their parents are going to probably walk in with them. Nick Clason (03:42.775) Mm-hmm. Nick Clason (03:51.938) Yeah. Nick Clason (03:56.471) Right. Josh Boldman (04:00.274) Like, so that's a great opportunity. but even if it's not then like clock the times that, know, like, Hey, when are my best opportunities to meet this parent? And it's, it's almost always going to be a drop-off pickup. Um, we, know, sometimes we'll do like, uh, you know, depending on like the layout of your building and how close the room is to the actual parking lot. Like, um, we used to do a thing where we'd have somebody inside with a walkie talkie and somebody outside with a walkie talkie. So what a parent would pull up. they would say, hey, I'm here to pick up Johnny. And so the person on the radio would be like, Johnny. And so then we'd call Johnny's name inside. I was like, why am I not the person outside with the walkie talkie? Like go be that person talking to the parent. you know, that, you know, and, plus one of the best things you can do in that situation is they're like, Hey, I'm here to pick up Johnny. You can be like, dude, Johnny's awesome. Like, let me tell you about Johnny. Johnny is so stinking cool. Yup. Yeah. Nick Clason (04:30.774) Hmm. Nick Clason (04:40.906) Yeah, that's so smart. Nick Clason (04:50.902) Yeah, and what parent doesn't want to hear that about their kid? Josh Boldman (04:56.562) Oh yeah, cause think of every time a parent gets called by a teacher, it's to tell them that their kid's not doing great. know, so like if you can be like the one time that you like, or I mean, if you're open enough to literally calling parents, like go call a parent and be like, Hey, I need to tell you something about Johnny. And they're like, what do you do now? They're like, he was amazing. Like, you know, and I mean, don't lie about Johnny. Like if Johnny's a little turd, like, know, you can be honest about it, but like, don't, but don't drag Johnny through. Nick Clason (05:02.294) Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Nick Clason (05:14.924) Yeah, yeah. That's cool, yeah. Yeah. Josh Boldman (05:26.62) You know, go out of your way to tell them how awesome it is. Nick Clason (05:26.872) Yeah. Nick Clason (05:30.284) Yeah, that's so good. It's like the whole idea of positive reinforcement versus negative, so much more powerful. And we can just be strategic and intentional to position ourselves to do that. Even if you're like, I'll give myself 20 minutes on the calendar a week and I'll try to call as many parents and just say something nice about their kids. And if they're quick conversations or even, bro, leave a voicemail. Maybe they don't answer, whatever. It'll still be awesome. can be like, okay, no need to Josh Boldman (05:33.859) Mm-hmm. Totally, totally. Josh Boldman (05:46.779) Yeah. yeah. Josh Boldman (05:56.422) Yeah! Nick Clason (05:59.67) No need to call back, just wanted to let you know whatever, that'd be really good. Josh Boldman (06:01.999) Yeah. Yeah. And especially if you know, you have a kid who is, you know, mean, gosh, I don't know what it has been about the, you know, the 20 years I spent in ministry, but it was like, it was just like every kid with an attention deficit of something, something, something like they all just showed up at our ministry. Right. It was grabbing it, which is a lot of fun. I'm just like, I'll be the first to say like, it is a party, but yes. man. Until the broken arms, but Nick

In this episode, Nick sits down with one of his best friends, and also, boss, and they discuss volunteer, not only recruiting, but also how to create such a strong volunteer team that volunteers would never choose to leave your team. Be sure to stick around for the surprising strategy that actually keeps volunteers on the team longer! 📊 [FREE] HYBRID STRATEGY GUIDE https://hybrid-ministry-40060036.hubspotpagebuilder.com/free-hybrid-ministry-e-book ✅ CHURCH COMMUNICATIONS DONE FOR YOU https://www.hybridministry.xyz/articles/comms SHOW NOTES Shownotes & Transcripts https://www.hybridministry.xyz/144 LINKS EVERYONE’S CALLED TO YOUTH MINISTRY, THEY JUST DON’T KNOW IT YET https://www.leadertreks.org/product/everyones-called-to-youth-ministry/?srsltid=AfmBOopjL0EcxJ7aqwuXWiyd0z77tkUIsMPqfIA4dgVOHCPIIdNg32GE //CONNECT WITH DARREN https://www.facebook.com/darrensutton.mi https://www.instagram.com/veteranyp/ 👉 STAY CONNECTED WITH NICK YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@clasonnick Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hybridministry/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@clasonnick Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HybridMinistry Website: https://www.hybridministry.xyz -------------- 🎉 FREE STUFF 🎉 We have all kinds of FREE Things that you can use in your context! The best way to pay us back is a review or a YouTube Subscribe! https://www.linktr.ee/clasonnick -------------- 🛠️TOOLS I USE THAT CAN HELP YOU! Some of the below links are affilate links in which we do recieve a small commission based on your purchase or use of products VIDIQ https://vidiq.com/hybrid BEST DYM RESOURCES https://www.hybridministry.xyz/articles/dym OPUS.PRO FOR AI SHORTS & REELS https://www.opus.pro/?via=a5d361 //YOUTUBE STARTER KIT FOR UNDER $100 https://www.hybridministry.xyz/articles/youtubestarterkit -------------- 🕰️TIMECODES 00:00 Meet My Boss & Friend, Darren Sutton 01:02 35 Years in 35 Seconds 04:10 Shocking Bar Raising Leader Strategy 05:33 What if Leaders Don’t Respond? 07:56 Start Recruiting Leaders from Scratch 19:33 How do you keep good leaders? 21:57 Conducting Leader Debriefs 25:45 A Complete List of Roles 31:20 Final Encouragement -------------- TRANSCRIPT Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry (00:01.036) We've recorded so many podcasts together. I don't even know how I feel like we're supposed to Well, everyone here we are. I am with my boss, Darren Sutton, who has his youth ministry till I die shirt on, which I was wearing yesterday. So I'm glad that we coordinated this. But I wanted to get on here and I've been working for Darren now for five years, two different places. Darren Sutton (00:04.982) Welcome back. Darren Sutton (00:20.691) Thank you. Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry (00:29.72) And aside from having written a book, I would also say practically speaking, Darren has a lot to say about volunteers. But Darren, first, tell us a brief overview. Distill your 35-year youth ministry journey down to 35 seconds. But why in that did volunteers become such a thing for you? Darren Sutton (00:53.484) Yeah, I don't know if I can say that in 35 seconds, but I will say this. I was pretty much the Lone Ranger youth pastor who would just grab chaperones when I was absolutely desperate for adults to be in the room or whatever. I would have adults lead Bible study classes and go to summer camp with me and the stuff where you know you can't do everything, so you have them there. But I didn't realize the... extent of needing people to carry the mission forward and to lean into their own calling until I was about maybe 10 years in and we were having our yeah we were having our third baby and my lead volunteer was like I can't do this and you need you need more people you're not doing this right so my wife basically was like listen you're you are Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry (01:32.354) Did something happen? Darren Sutton (01:48.29) fantastic and you have lots of adult leaders, but you're not equipping them for ministry. You're just having them hold down the pieces that you can't hold down and they have more to offer than that. And you're not, you're not giving them, you know, the runway to do that. And that changed everything. It totally transformed my whole philosophy about why we use volunteers and how we keep them and why that matters. Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry (01:57.676) Mmm. Mmm. Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry (02:03.98) Yeah. Yeah. Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry (02:16.982) Okay, so yeah, so like I would imagine that, you know, average youth pastor listening is like, you know, they have that mentality, right? The volunteers are a necessary like evil, I don't wanna say, you know, but like they just, know they have to have them. There you go. They're a necessary component, but maybe like, maybe they don't even know what to do with them. Darren Sutton (02:36.088) Component. Let's go with component. They're necessary component. Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry (02:46.028) You know what mean? like that, would imagine maybe some of that was your story too. Like maybe control a little bit, but also like, what do I even do with these guys? So yeah, so how did you, before we dive into kind of the recruiting conversation, how did you mentally release yourself and be able to trust that you could actually hand off like meaningful things to said volunteer? Darren Sutton (02:53.294) You worked for me, you know part of it was control. Darren Sutton (03:13.89) Yeah, great question. This, I mean, you know, this is gonna sound like a no brainer, but 25 years ago it wasn't. I started writing job descriptions and I just sat down and said, okay, if I was handing off deeper parts of this, or if the people who were already serving were gonna own it the way I wanted them to. Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry (03:23.96) Mm. Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry (03:35.0) Yeah. Darren Sutton (03:37.58) What did I want that to look like? Like, what did I want them to do? Part of the struggle is that I wasn't recruiting them to anything other than filling the spot and hanging out with kids. And so if I wanted them to be at football games and, you know, choir performances, and if I wanted them to be writing cards to kids who weren't there, and if I wanted them to be reaching out to parents on the regular and all that, I needed to spell that out, and I hadn't done that. And so I was doing all that part, and they were just showing up. Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry (03:46.978) Mm-hmm. Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry (04:01.261) Mm. Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry (04:05.622) Yeah. Darren Sutton (04:05.866) And as soon as I kind of raised the bar and said, here's what I really need you to be doing in this role. If you love Jesus and love students and you want to make an eternal impact, it looks like this. It changed everything. So job descriptions were my number one thing. And again, that sounds a little bit like a no brainer now, I think for a lot of people, but we weren't doing that back then. Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry (04:25.962) Yeah. So and then they did they did race to the challenge, right? Were you nervous that they wouldn't or couldn't or didn't have the time to or was there any of that? Darren Sutton (04:31.902) yeah. Yeah. Darren Sutton (04:37.71) You know, I don't remember being nervous about it as much as I was just, was at a point in my ministry and in my family life where I was like, they have to do this. You know, so it never dawned on me, I think, and also young and arrogant. Like it never dawned on me that anybody would say, I don't want to do that. And to their credit, nobody did. Like everybody rose to the challenge. And I really think that Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry (04:56.802) Sure. Darren Sutton (05:07.32) we sell the body of Christ, not volunteers, they're the body. We sell the body short when we assume that they won't invest more. Give them a chance to show you that, right? And if they do, then you know, like they might be better suited for a different role in your ministry, but this role with the job description as it's written, they're just not good for that. And it also gives you a great entry point for a conversation when you do need a leader to level up. Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry (05:18.348) Hmm. Yeah, that's good. Darren Sutton (05:37.078) to say like, listen, here's what we signed on for. Help me understand what's a struggle for you in this. Because it seems like these components aren't happening. And I'm just wondering, is that because you're unsure of what to do? Is that because you don't want to do that? You've had bad success with it? Like, help, teach me. Teach me what this, you know, where the holes are here. Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry (05:41.944) Hmm Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry (05:56.672) Mm, yeah. Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry (06:00.844) But then you have, like you said, have teeth, right, a little bit to go back if volunteer's not performing and there's nothing more awkward than trying to fire someone who's not getting paid. So. Darren Sutton (06:04.152) Yeah. Darren Sutton (06:10.798) I'm sure. Helping them find their fit in the body of Christ. Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry (06:17.46) Yep. So, okay, so aside from, you know, someone just buying your book, which is linked down below in the description, obviously. Darren Sutton (06:25.514) hey, thanks. I don't even know if I have a link to my book. Yeah, probably. Maybe the three people who bought it are done with it. Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry (06:27.956) Yeah, well, we'll scrounge it up. It's on eBay or something. What? So if you're if someone's just, know, regular old youth pastor and they're like, just like, OK, I hear you. Yeah, I'm doing too much. I'm spinning my wheels. Job description, maybe step one. Step two. Let's talk recruiting like because you. you may not even have any leaders to write a job description for. So help someone start. Just rattle off the best recruiting strategies, methods, ideas, and I'll take notes for our own ministry as we're trying to also recruit some peo

In this Episode Derry Breaks down 3 principles to avoiding burnout. From Self-Awareness, to Working Genius to Sabbathing Well this episode has it all! 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Here I am with my friend Derry, who we're just, what were we doing? Like last week we were like counting it out. We've known each other now like nine years, I think it is, which is, that's actually like a weird number to say. That makes me feel old. And I don't think of myself as old, but I think I am now. So Derry, how you doing this morning, bro? Derry (00:23.319) I'm good. You're not old. You're like my youngest brother old does that make sense? I can't be I could be your uncle, but ultimately Nick Clason (00:27.654) Sure, I'll take it. Yeah, so give us like a 30 second flyover, like who are you, in, know, what qualifies you to talk about this topic today of burnout? Derry (00:43.758) I am a youth pastor at heart that served in traditional youth ministry in a youth pastor role for 26 years, 23 of those at one church, three at another. And now I work with ministry leaders as a whole, but really it's all next gen people is where my heart is. And that's what I do through an organization called Standing Stone Ministry and run that in a lot of different formats. And it's all free, confidential, all about coaching, consultation and care. And why I can talk about this is because I've had incredible victories in it and deep, massive failures when it comes to, I think, avoiding burnout in a lot of places, but also coming face to face with burnout, because it sneaks up on us. And so I can speak from both the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat, which is an old ABC-wide world of sports thing. If you've never seen it, watch the YouTube clip. It's amazing. Nick Clason (01:37.946) Well, I'll listen, I'll just say, for those of you who are like, you know, later on in maybe your youth ministry career and you're trying to create like coaching and cohorts, like Derry is the guy that is throwing a wrench into all of your plans because, I'll just plug like the youth ministry leader cohort, which is incredible value, which people would pay typically thousands of dollars to be a part of your offering now for somehow free. And I don't know how you're doing it. but I've been a part of it, I've helped facilitate one. I mean, it's awesome. So there's your plug and that's at least a step in this whole burnout deal. So. Derry (02:10.958) Yeah. Thanks, man. Absolutely, it's huge. how we do it, you just said part of it, because there's some amazing people that do it where by payment is friendship. And then there's a group of people and organizations that believe in this stuff. They love the church and they love the next generation, and they are footing the bill for us to do this. And I hope that alone brings hope to this youth ministry world. Like we just sometimes feel like, you know, everybody's against us. And it is, there's parts that are lot against us. There are people that are Nick Clason (02:23.982) Hahaha Nick Clason (02:29.988) Yeah, yeah, yeah. Nick Clason (02:35.27) Which is really cool. Derry (02:45.95) So no, they just so know the value. They're either paying it forward from their youth ministry experience, they just recognize that the church and the hope of the church is found in this next generation, and so why not invest in the people investing in them? so, yeah, that's how we do it, but also it's just a reminder to anybody listening to this. Because if you're watching this and you're thinking you're burnt out, part of it is I just, don't make a difference and nobody sees what I'm doing. No, that's seen. Nick Clason (02:48.998) Mm-hmm. Nick Clason (02:59.302) Yeah, it's good. Nick Clason (03:07.056) Hmm, that's good. Well, so Derry has like kind of like a three step sort of framework or little outline, I guess, of what we're gonna kind of walk through today. So what, Derry, take us through like step number one of this whole burnout conversation, where does someone start? Derry (03:24.942) Yeah, yeah, think, you know, it's so hard because burnout comes in so many forms. I mean, there's I'm just way overworked burnout. There's I'm not fulfilled burnout. There's relational burnout, which I don't think I'm to be able to hit that one a lot, but that's big, you know, and that's that's a little bit different. And then there's just like I'm in the wrong kind of work burnout, you know. So so it goes all these different ways. So ultimately, I was just thinking like you said, how do I? And I would say here's how I either have burnout. or in the midst of burnout, caught it and recognize and put in practices, not so much to get out of it to avoid it the next time. Because I have burnout multiple times, you know? And so people are like, yeah, you lasted 23 years. OK, so three things. they're not like steps, but just like I guess I'd go principles and then some ways I do it. The first, I think, a key to avoiding burnout is self-awareness. I mean, it's just a simple thing. It's self-awareness because we're all wired in different ways. Nick Clason (04:02.021) you Nick Clason (04:10.576) Okay. Nick Clason (04:16.39) Hmm. Derry (04:21.326) that we will find our fuel, we'll find our exhaustion, we'll find ourselves caught up in our head and we'll refuel in different ways. And so that's a big one and I'll give you three pieces inside of self-awareness and you can stop me and ask me along in this. I would say the first one that I would throw out is your personality and your working genius is what I throw out. There's profiles out there that help you just learn. what, like who you are. Right. Yeah. Yeah. And I don't, they're, they're profiles, right? They're not, they're not like, I got really tired of the Enneagram when it hit because I, I was into the disc profile. Others are Myers and Briggs, Myers Briggs. And I got annoyed with the Enneagram because people were like, this is the answer to everything. I never forget. sat in this like a millennial group and a person said, Enneagram is like a color wheel. And I was like, you just basically said this thing. Nick Clason (04:52.592) Like who you are, how you work, how you recharge, all that, yeah. Nick Clason (05:02.726) Mm-hmm. Nick Clason (05:15.206) Ha Derry (05:20.856) can say whatever you want. Like there is a reality of that, but no, like there is absolutely wiring inside of it. So I don't care what it is, if you take it and it resonates with you, pause and say, okay, if I am a personality that comes alive when I'm helping people versus I'm a personality and it's behind the scenes and I don't want credit versus I do want to be out front. Well, then when you're aware in that and you're catching that, you recognize. Nick Clason (05:22.435) You Nick Clason (05:39.942) Mm-hmm. Derry (05:48.854) man, I gotta find myself over toward the work that's gonna bring life to me. And if I'm living too much over, and those profiles help you a lot with that. Nick Clason (05:55.43) Well, and then conversely, right? Like how you rest too, right? In that, so even like, like I'm a task type person. Like I'm an Enneagram one, my wife is an Enneagram two, so she likes to help people. So like she recharges a lot through like relationships where like I not quite as much. And so even within our own like marriage and relationship, understanding like a thing that might bring her life might drain me, you know? And so we kind of need to know even how to strike the balance like within that too. Derry (05:58.772) Exactly right. Mm-hmm. Derry (06:23.822) Yeah, and Nick, for those that are married, personality stuff and I'll talk about the working genius in a second, awesome to do with your spouse because let's be honest, when they're out of whack, if our spouse is not in a good space and they're burning out, it burns us out too. And it's not their fault. It's actually maybe we gotta take the responsibility to go, am I aware enough? Nick Clason (06:29.902) Yeah, yeah. Nick C

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. 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It doesn't feel like it's that difficult but it feels like it might trip some people up you know what saying? Andrew Ostrander (00:47.413) You nailed it. Thanks. I've gotten Ostrander more than I've ever gotten Ostrander. So you're in the right. Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry (00:57.918) Really? Yes, okay, nice, good. My gut, my intuition was right. So you and I, met through a youth ministry leader cohort and we were in that together on calls together and stuff like that. But I started just kind of noticing and paying attention to you and your social media, because that's really the only way to like... pay attention to some thing from someone who lives over a thousand miles away. And so, but I started noticing, I was like, I like what this guy's doing. And so that's why you're here. Talk to me, you know, we're gonna talk a little bit about your social media, but before we do, why don't you let like the people know like, who are you, where are you at, how long you've been in youth ministry, all that, you good stuff. Andrew Ostrander (01:29.518) the Andrew Ostrander (01:46.712) Yep, so you've already touched on it. I'm Andrew Ostrander and I'm currently the director of student ministries at Waukerusa Missionary Church in a super small town, Waukerusa, Indiana. This is month seven or eight of my role in youth ministry. I had volunteered for multiple years beforehand, but I actually came from the education world. So I was a fifth and sixth grade teacher for three years before this position opened up and Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry (01:53.396) Nice. Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry (02:05.055) Yeah. Andrew Ostrander (02:13.206) was very clearly that God was shoving me through this doorway in youth ministry. And so that's how I ended up where I am. Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry (02:17.426) Nice. Yeah, so you didn't even go to like school for youth ministry or whatever. And so here you find yourself now kind of like thrust into it. Before we hop into like the particular social media stuff, tell me what's been like the biggest shift or the biggest surprise or the biggest just difference that you've noticed between your two kind of careers if you put them side by side. Andrew Ostrander (02:42.85) Yeah, I think there's a glaring amount of similarities that people wouldn't expect between education and ministry, but those are definitely there. I think the biggest difference or thing that we weren't fully prepared for, I was to the point where after God had clearly guided me here and I knew this is where I needed to be, I was ready to switch jobs. But then the act of switching churches is what really hit us hardest. I had grown up and attended one church for much of my, all of my upbringing. Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry (02:59.637) Yeah. Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry (03:02.912) Mm. Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry (03:10.098) Yeah. Yeah. Andrew Ostrander (03:12.396) And then most of my adult life after college. And so that was just such a huge change of pace and where you're so used to being on Sundays, you're no longer there on Sundays. So I think that was the biggest. Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry (03:20.256) Mmm. Yeah. Yeah. One thing about it too, like, I mean, I've always said this, but like when you move and you're in ministry, like you don't just like move jobs, but like you move everything, like everything up roots, including your community and your, you know, your church, your, family, like your church family, all that type of stuff. So yeah, that's, that is so true and probably super relatable to, you know, most youth pastors. okay. But then go ahead. Andrew Ostrander (03:47.79) I know you've experienced that even way more than I have, so you can relate. Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry (03:53.2) Yeah, yeah, definitely can. But if you're not used to it or know it, right, you're like, whoa, it is a little culture shocky or whatever, for sure. So, okay, then tell me then what sort of spurred you, led you towards what you're doing with your student ministry social media? Maybe first of all, what shone a light to you that was like, I should do more than just post announcement graphics on my social media feed. Andrew Ostrander (04:21.868) Yeah, so I was never a super avid social media user. Twitter and sports Twitter was where I was at in college and after. But I had just always seen the church. Like you said, it's like a hey, Wednesday nights coming up tomorrow, that type of thing, or ice skating this Friday. Join us for week three of this series. even even I was like, wow, that's not not that that's dumb, but I was uninspired. Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry (04:30.665) Yeah. Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry (04:37.844) Don't forget, yes, yeah. Yeah, no one cares about your series, yeah. Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry (04:47.944) Yeah. Andrew Ostrander (04:50.986) And so when I started here, I was interested in social media. But then as you touched on the way that we met through that cohort, you had given a specific lesson and not to stroke your ego or build you up. But it's a lot of credit towards you and just how you guided that. It's really stuck with me when you said, we know that the students are there and it doesn't matter how we feel about it or if we like it. Why are we not meeting them where they're at? Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry (04:51.026) Right. Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry (04:59.029) Yeah. Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry (05:03.904) Hahaha Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry (05:13.215) Yeah. Hmm. Hmm, yeah. Andrew Ostrander (05:18.722) And so that was just a huge challenge to me of making engaging social media of some sort and really just trying to get students to buy in. Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry (05:23.946) Yeah. Yeah, yeah, and you know, like the cohort was an interactive deal and you know, the kind of like lesson or whatever that I led on all that was made for exactly that. But I'll link down below an episode that's like really similar to like that conversation that we walked through on that. So if any of you are like, what was that? Like you can check that out down below. But so now you, that was your inspiration sort of. And everyone does things a little different, know, and I my like ebook and stuff like that I give tips and whatever like what exactly Did you like or what have you sort of like stumbled into like doing that's like been working really well For like you and like your particular like church student ministry social media Andrew Ostrander (06:13.944) Yeah, so when talking about the sports social media background that I've interacted with, I never ran anything as myself, but I've just interacted with that a ton. And so one of the podcasts I had previously listened to talked about the difference of short form and long form video. And so I had really, and you had touched on it as well, the importance and prevalence of short form video. So that's really where we started to focus in and without having any... Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry (06:18.302) Yeah, yeah, yeah. Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry (06:23.402) Sure. Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry (06:30.665) Mm-hmm. Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry (06:37.568) Mm-hmm. Andrew Ostrander (06:42.964) studio or recording equipment. Yeah. We really appreciate and love the space that we have. It's not set up for having a quiet, conducive recordin

This episode of the Hybrid Ministry Show kicks off the "How I..." playlist with a deep dive into event planning with guest Kaylen Adams, an expert in coordination and logistics. Kaylen shares her step-by-step approach to organizing youth ministry events, covering everything from volunteer recruitment and communication to detailed schedules and contingency planning. 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Today I am going to introduce you and have you in for a treat, because I am going to be interviewing one of my friends and coworkers, Kaylen Adams, who's fantastic at event planning. This is going to be the start of a new little playlist series on my podcast, and here on YouTube, where I am going to introduce you to some of the people that I know who do things the best in youth ministry and particular lanes. 00:00:25:00 - 00:00:46:05 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And Kaylen is the queen of event coordination and event management. Not only is she like, really fun and have a really good mind, but she is fantastic at getting volunteers, recruiting them. And when a volunteer comes in just feeling like they know exactly what to do. And you will. If you implement these things, you will look like a rock star. 00:00:46:09 - 00:01:04:05 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry So if you're a typical youth worker who's not very organized, this episode is for you because it will help you and if you think that all hope is lost on you, then this is a great, podcast to send to a volunteer or a high level admin who might step in and help you with some of the logistical things, but you are in for a treat regardless. 00:01:04:10 - 00:01:31:06 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry With my interview today with my friend and coworker Kaylen Adams. What's up everyone? Here we are. I am with Kaylen Adams. Which yes, you don't even find that on your name on here because that's how that's how new this is. So it is formerly known as Maltais, not hyphenated. Straight up Adams. Which means you just got married and, 00:01:31:08 - 00:01:52:02 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And you might not know Kaylen, but I know Kaylen. I worked with Kaylen. Worked in the past tense. We are still on staff together, but she has switched departments, so now she's in the kids department. And the reason I ask Kaylen on here is, what was it last weekend? Two weekends ago, we had our high school weekend. 00:01:52:02 - 00:02:14:01 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And you still worked with me then, and, oh, my gosh, Kaylen crushed it. Like, you guys don't have any idea. And as she was, like, literally crushing every, like, logistical and administrative detail of the weekend, in the back of my mind, I was like, we got to get Kaylen on so I can ask her, how do you plan for these big events? 00:02:14:01 - 00:02:38:10 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry So why don't you give us just kind of a quick overview? Kaylen, first of all, like a 20 or 30 second like synopsis of who you are, how we ended up working together. But then, like, what did you oversee, at these events? Like what particular? Like lanes and areas and avenues. And then I just think what you did is such a helpful tool to many of the youth passers that I've ever seen or worked with. And so I just think this would be helpful to get out, you know, to people. Yeah. Yeah. 00:02:38:10 - 00:03:02:13 Kaylen Adams So we've started working together because I, I went to college at the University of Wyoming and I got a degree in human resources management and entrepreneurship with minors in hospitality anthropology. There you go. So so that was. Yeah. Yeah. And so I did that. 00:03:02:13 - 00:03:29:13 Kaylen Adams Fell in love with ministry there. And then around like my senior year, I learned the opportunity to do a residency in Texas, which I hate sweating. So my family was like, I was like, I think because I love Jesus, I don't know. So I applied and I ended up getting hired in January. And so after I graduated, I moved to Texas, and I did a residency at Cross Creek Church and guest services. 00:03:29:15 - 00:03:50:22 Kaylen Adams But I love that, like ministerial aspect. And I still was kind of doing some of more of that support ministry with it. So needed and very, very special. Big shout out to everybody in support ministries. And so that's when I transitioned into students and I kind of brought a lot of my guest services and undergrad knowledge, which infuse that into what I was doing. 00:03:50:22 - 00:04:08:00 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And students. Yeah. So then like for the first little bit, I remember you're like, I don't really know exactly what you guys want me to do. And we were like, just keep doing like, I mean, like, you guys don't understand. Like, Kaylen was just she just knew what to do. Like, even if she didn't know what to do, she pretend like she knew what to do. 00:04:08:00 - 00:04:30:06 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And it seemed like she's known what she she's doing. But it was this last high school weekend where, like, you were pulling out, like, spreadsheets and folders and instructions and, even, like, I remember distinctly I was talking with you about our t shirt order number, and, like, our student registration was, like, lower than anticipated. And you were like, no, we're going to need this many t shirts. 00:04:30:06 - 00:04:50:20 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And I was like, why? And you're like, because of all of our volunteers. And I was like, do you really like, do you really think that? And your confidence, you're like, absolutely. And you were right, by the way. So what like lanes did you let's talk about specifically our high school weekend, which for those of you who don't know the context, it's like a D now without the spending the night element. 00:04:50:22 - 00:05:10:02 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry So it's like two days on campus. Yeah. Like Friday night, Saturday until like 3:00. And so it's probably like our second biggest event next to, like, a thing like summer camp, right? So yeah, in that event, what particularly did you own, like, what were those areas? And I just want to ask you kind of pepper you questions. 00:05:10:02 - 00:05:33:02 Kaylen Adams Yeah. In that in those arenas. Well so this was we originally had one winter we to middle school and high school. Was it split into middle school night high school. Well for middle school night Darren, the student pastor at Rush Creek pitched and I met my boss, so he. Yeah. So he did a lot of the the directional things for that division. 00:05:33:02 - 00:05:56:21 Kaylen Adams And then programing. And I took everything else and like, did the logistics of the event planned it all. So by the time high school weekend came around, because I wasn't middle school night, so I didn't play a part at all, which is relevant because when we played high school night, we did a lot of the same stuff. We just like copy and paste a lot of the stuff that worked and made it a little more, for high school and that middle school. 00:05:56:23 - 00:06:20:20 Kaylen Adams Oh yeah. And then we had known, like, what worked and what didn't. So we're check in by the time we got to high school again. Yeah, that's good. But yeah, by the time we got there, Nick you did programing. So like everything that you were sitting in a session and watching and experiencing. Nick was all in of planning and talking to the people, like worship people and yeah, yeah, I did everything outside of that. 00:06:20:22 - 00:06:44:20 Kaylen Adams So and how we move through the timelines, you know, when were kids eating, where were they going to be, what activities were they going to be doing. And then we had food making sure we had enough food, making sure. Yeah, we had t shirts. And there they were out and that, you know, we gave away a little like pin to all of our students, like, you made sure that that was where it needed to get and left, you know, passing out our note sheets and pens. 00:06:44:20 - 00:07:08:09 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And, I mean, you just you thought of like, every detail. So, like, I know your

🦸BECOME A HYBRID HERO patreon.com/hybridministry ✅ CHURCH COMMUNICATIONS DONE FOR YOU https://www.hybridministry.xyz/articles/comms ====================================== DESCRIPTION Struggling to make social media actually work for your youth ministry or overall church? In this episode, we’re breaking down a 3-step strategy to move from just broadcasting announcements to real engagement that inspires and connects. 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Some of the below links are affiliate links in which we do recieve a small commission based on your purchase or use of products VIDIQ https://vidiq.com/hybrid BEST DYM RESOURCES https://www.hybridministry.xyz/articles/dym OPUS.PRO FOR AI SHORTS & REELS https://www.opus.pro/?via=a5d361 //YOUTUBE STARTER KIT FOR UNDER $100 https://www.hybridministry.xyz/articles/youtubestarterkit //SIDEKICK SETUP GUIDE https://www.hybridministry.xyz/articles/setup ⌚TIMECODES 00:00 Is your Church Social Media on Life Support? 01:50 Stop Ignoring Digital Ministry 04:17 Step #1 06:23 Step #2 09:43 Step #3 TRANSCRIPT 00:00:00:00 - 00:00:02:24 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Is your social media account 00:00:02:24 - 00:00:03:06 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry on 00:00:03:06 - 00:00:10:17 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry life support, like just a bunch of pre downloaded graphics or things that you've made in Canva? 00:00:10:17 - 00:00:28:26 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry If it is, rest assured you're probably in the majority of other youth workers or even church communications social media managers who know that there's more for social, but you just don't have the capacity or the bandwidth or maybe the desire to take it to that next level. 00:00:28:26 - 00:00:58:19 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry But in this video I want to do is I want to help you take your social media from broadcasting a message to engaging the message and in the video playlists that we've been currently in, linked right here at the top of the screen. If you're watching here on YouTube, we've been talking about communicating in your church, communicating with better church announcements, and one of the key elements and areas I think a lot of churches wrongfully default to is posting their announcements to social media. 00:00:58:21 - 00:01:26:06 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And that's where you just broadcasting about you. But I want to shift your strategy to engagement. Social media's invention. Social media is existence. Its best existence is not for information transfer. However, it is a good spot for inspiration along with entertainment. So give me a like if you've ever had your social media account look like this that you're seeing here on screen, if you're watching on YouTube or give me a sub if 00:01:26:06 - 00:01:26:20 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry these 00:01:27:00 - 00:01:35:10 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry announcement based posts have actually returned and yielded good results for you, the fact is, it probably have it. 00:01:35:10 - 00:01:44:13 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And that's why in this video, I want to lay out my three step social media strategy. And as always, here in the hybrid Ministry show, there are 00:01:44:13 - 00:01:45:11 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry chapters 00:01:45:11 - 00:01:56:29 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry linked down below. Welcome everyone to the Hybrid Ministry show flavor. Welcome back to the Hybrid Ministry Show. If you and I haven't had a chance to meet yet, my name is Nick Clayson. 00:01:57:02 - 00:02:26:09 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry I've been in youth ministry for 14 years, and I've always known and seen the importance of a social or a digital media existence and a present presence. However, Covid really, really ushered that in. And as sort of a result of what Covid did, not only like around me, but in me, I decided like, man, I really like I see churches going a certain direction up and down a certain path and like, I want to be a voice that has something to say about it. 00:02:26:09 - 00:02:40:11 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And interestingly enough, I was on a livestream not too long ago. If you want to go check it out with, download Youth Ministry. And Josh was like, why are you the guy we're talking to you? And I said, it's interesting because I just started recording videos in 00:02:40:11 - 00:02:40:21 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry my guest 00:02:40:21 - 00:02:41:05 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry bedroom 00:02:41:05 - 00:02:47:13 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry early in the morning, and, here I am now on a live stream answering more questions to other people. 00:02:47:13 - 00:03:16:21 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And it but it was because I was so passionate about this idea of social and digital media. And so, I don't think that when we're just posting announcements that we're doing, first of all, any service to our social platforms, to the algorithms, nor are we really serving our audience, especially on social in a, discovery era where people, stumble upon accounts that they've never seen before. 00:03:16:24 - 00:03:29:27 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry But your Canva graphic for the chili cook off, that's only getting a handful of likes that that's not being discovered by anybody new, nor even probably your current church 00:03:29:27 - 00:03:30:12 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry members. 00:03:30:12 - 00:03:30:21 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And so 00:03:30:21 - 00:03:43:20 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry you really just making double the amount of work for you. And we've been discussing that in the last three videos about more effective communication, where I laid out better communication strategies for all churches and youth ministries. 00:03:43:27 - 00:03:55:27 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry But in this video, what I want to do is I want to say, okay, so if that's what you're supposed to do, if you're supposed to kind of leaning on email and leaning on your website and leaning on social for inspiration and entertainment, 00:03:55:27 - 00:03:56:09 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry what 00:03:56:21 - 00:03:58:22 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry exactly should you be posting? 00:03:58:22 - 00:04:03:26 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry I'm glad you have three steps for everyone and their social media is is, three steps. 00:04:03:26 - 00:04:21:00 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Social media checklist. Step number one is make sure that your website is up to date. I've said that in every single video so far that we've been in this playlist. And it's true because when you take away social as an avenue for announcements or when you 00:04:21:00 - 00:04:21:15 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry reduce 00:04:21:15 - 00:04:21:24 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry your amount 00:04:21:24 - 00:04:30:07 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry of stage announcements, there's still has to be a full bodied, one stop, robust shop for your church people to fall to. 00:04:30:07 - 00:04:49:02 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And I think the best spot for that is your church website. And the first video we talked about the difference between Netflix TV and cable TV. And so when your website is a great spot, it can be a Netflix type location, an on demand type location rather than 00:04:49:02 - 00:04:52:06 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry hopefully they see the graphic that has the info on social media. 00:04:52:06 - 00:05:18:25 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Hopefully they they saved the email that you sent with the registration link. Hopefully there just have a photograph or you know, whatever the the audio version of that is memory from your staged announcement to do exactly what you want them to do in that moment. And if any people don't have those things, they're just in deep trouble. However, if you have a great website, none of those things matter as much, at least on the information side, right? 00:05:18:25 - 00:05:42:28 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry You can still inspire them with the stage announcement. You can still be witty on social media and you can still send a awesome email, but your website is the place where they can go to for that. That information that they really need to download and also move toward action them. And so as we've been talking about, I can actually if that's something anyone's interested in, I can actually do that for you. 00:05:42:28 - 00:06:04:22 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry I can build a website for you one time, or you can kind of contact me to just come on and and run that on an ongoing basis, as well as even potentially we can explore what it looked like for me to run that plus your social media. But step number one, regardless of if it's me, regardless of if you use groups, which I recommend your website, just very simply needs to be up to date. 00:06:04:22 - 00:06:27:07 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry I don't care what you use, I don't care

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In my 14 years of youth ministry experience, the first two churches I worked at, they were all about those bulletins. Man, we printed those suckers. Every single week. Interestingly, though, the last two churches I worked at both also post Covid, which I'm wondering if that has something to do with it. 00:00:28:05 - 00:00:51:16 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Chose not to produce a weekly bulletin. You know, in one of the earlier on churches, there was a week where, like, the secretary was out and somehow I ended up not only producing the bulletin for me, like a graphic like design document standpoint, but then I was also in the office cutting them. And my wife, she called me, said, what are you doing at work still? 00:00:51:16 - 00:01:15:05 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And I was like, I have to cut the bulletin. And as I was doing that, I gave myself this thought. I was like, do teenagers even read this? And now, you know, I was producing this for the rest of the church. But in my mind, and as I was having this conversation with myself, I thought, I don't think that teenagers actually read this, but they're parents, right? 00:01:15:05 - 00:01:36:14 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And so that's why we produce these things. And so we've been in this series called communication and the Noisy World. Slinked right up here at the top of the screen. And in this video we want to talk about is the particular channels that your churches should be leaning into. We're going to explore three different audiences. We're going to explore the adults in your church. 00:01:36:21 - 00:02:09:20 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry We're going to explore the students in your church. And then we're also going to explore the volunteers in your church and or in your ministry. And what I want to do is in each of those, I'm going to give you my favorite communication method and some statistics that back the reasons up for why you should be leaning into those channels and as always, I want to remind you that there are chapters down below or in your podcast catcher, wherever you're listening to this, so that you can hop ahead to the section of this episode that makes the most sense to you in your ministry and the context in which you're serving. 00:02:09:23 - 00:02:34:26 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Welcome, everybody, to the Hybrid Ministry show. So I've been in youth ministry for 14 years, and so and in all of my experience of being in youth ministry, when I think about adults that I'm trying to minister to, those adults in particular are either parents or volunteers. And so in this particular section, let's chat about parents. And so these are parents of youth ministry students. 00:02:34:26 - 00:03:07:08 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry However, if you're a church communications person or a senior pastor watching this like these, what I'm about to share, I believe, also relates to just adults attending your church in general. Okay. Because what I'm going to say, we're going to talk about the adults in your church, the strategy that I believe that you should employ first and foremost and make your number one like major thing that you double down on, that you pour gas on, that you make work is an email strategy. 00:03:07:10 - 00:03:35:10 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry All right. Here's a couple of reasons why over 4.3 billion people globally use email. Furthermore, 99% of consumers check their email on a daily basis. This is according to HubSpot, and 73% of millennials and Gen Z, which if you're in youth ministry, those are your parents. And if you're not in youth ministry, those are the future adults of your church. 00:03:35:10 - 00:04:06:14 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry The largest based millennials are the largest in the workforce and the largest opportunity for your your givers. Okay. They prefer email communication from brands at a rate of 73%. This is according to Adobe, so email isn't going anywhere. Now. I also, if you have been watching in the last couple of videos in this playlist, like we link just a second ago, I have been and I've always been my strategy, my hybrid strategy, whether it's for students, parents, whatever. 00:04:06:16 - 00:04:27:20 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry First and foremost, make sure your website is good and remains up to date. So you want your email to be how you communicate and how you maybe market certain, like classes or events or whatever. But then you want to be able to take them to your website and or you want to send an email because think about user habits. 00:04:27:23 - 00:04:48:06 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry You're you're checking your email at lunch or on your work break, okay, on your lunch break at work and you see something from your church. You don't have time right then and there to stop and go sign up, but it jog your memory and you're there. So then you want when someone later just goes to your website because they're thinking, oh yeah, I need to go sign up for that thing after dinner. 00:04:48:06 - 00:05:19:24 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry When they get home from work, they need to be able to discover that relatively quickly on your church website, even if the email had a link to it, even if they don't follow that link directly. You want your website to be clear and easy to navigate, which is why I continue to recommend nucleus. And also I just want to let you know, like if your website is not exactly up to it, I can create a couple of automated things for you, like updating your church Google calendar which will also naturally update on your website. 00:05:19:24 - 00:05:36:07 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And so if you're interested in something like that, I offer a service called Church Communications done for you. I would love to explore what that looks like to either a build a one time website or be step into some sort of partnership sort of thing. But email is the way to get Ahold of the adults in your church. 00:05:36:07 - 00:06:13:25 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry If if billions of users are using it and 99% of people are checking their email on a daily basis, then you as a church, you have the opportunity to get in front of all of your people, which diminishes the need for those church stage based announcements and diminishes the needs for those church bulletins. Okay, and I'm not necessarily saying that you should toss those things out and not even worry about them anymore, but what I am saying is that your primary strategy should be email and then those other pieces, stage announcements, bulletins, whatever you want to say, even social media. 00:06:14:01 - 00:06:36:19 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry They should all supplement what's going on on email. The second category of people that we're going to talk about here are teenagers, students. Okay. So this is particularly aimed for youth pastors. Once again, if you're not in that then hop down to the chapters below and jump ahead to the next one you need. As a youth pastor, you want to try to get to teenagers phones. 00:06:36:25 - 00:06:55:05 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Now you got to think about this. All teenagers are in a little bit of a different season of life, of adopting usage on their phones. So some of them aren't yet using, like text messaging yet. Right? So that's why I say a little bit more generically. You want to get to their phones because some parents let them have Instagram and some don't. 00:06:55:05 - 00:07:16:11 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Some parents let them have YouTube and some don't. Some parents let them text certain people and some don't. And s

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Because you've been announcing your event for several weeks, maybe even months now at this point. And give me a like, if this has ever happened to you, you get that text from that student or that church member that said, when is the event again? 00:00:21:38 - 00:00:27:51 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Or is it too late to sign up? Or when are we supposed to be there again? And you just want to pull 00:00:28:33 - 00:00:29:51 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry your hair out? But like we talked 00:00:29:51 - 00:00:30:13 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry about in the 00:00:30:13 - 00:00:30:40 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry last 00:00:30:40 - 00:00:41:39 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry video partying on, he has this concept called inadvertent blindness. And what he's really saying with that is he says, we really only see what we're looking for. 00:00:41:44 - 00:00:42:09 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And so in 00:00:42:09 - 00:00:42:34 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry this 00:00:42:34 - 00:00:42:58 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry video, 00:00:42:58 - 00:01:08:50 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry how do we have clearer and less boring church announcements, ones that are actually going to, incite inspiration and not just one where you're only simply disseminating information? So in this video, what I want to do is I want to share with you the myth about church communications and church announcements. I want to share with you three hacks that will help you have clearer and better and less boring church announcements. 00:01:08:54 - 00:01:33:06 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry I'm also going to share with you the ultimate church decision making grid. How do you announce what you announce so that the best and most relevant announcements are the ones that are being said from the stage and from the platform, and from the areas and the channels that you want to be saying them from. And finally, stick around to the very end of the video, because I have for you a bonus hack that may in fact change everything. 00:01:33:18 - 00:01:38:50 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And as always, if you're watching here on YouTube or wherever you're listening in the podcast catcher, there are chapters 00:01:38:50 - 00:01:56:40 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry listed down below so that you can jump ahead to the areas of the video that make the most sense to you. Welcome to the Hybrid Ministry Show. So what's the myth? Okay, the myth is this. The myth is that people don't come to your church function, your church thing. 00:01:56:44 - 00:02:24:17 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry We assume that they're not coming to the thing because they don't know about the thing. And so therefore, what do we do? We share more information about the thing. Oh, well, it's actually at seven and we're going to have this and we're going to put it in the fellowship hall, like, and we just give them more and more boring details about it, assuming that those boring details about it are going to be what's going to help them overcome their in in the action and misinformation and get them to that event. 00:02:24:17 - 00:02:41:17 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry That's not why they're not coming. They're not coming because they don't care about it. They're not coming because they're busy and they have a schedule conflict. They're not coming because your thing is not the most important thing in their life. Sorry. Like, I hate like I'm not trying to be rude, and I'm not trying to say that to you in a way that's demeaning. 00:02:41:17 - 00:03:16:35 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry But like, your thing is not as important as you think your thing is. And so the reason why people don't come to church events is not because they're missing information. But as we talked about in the last episode, credit to Brady Shear for this analogy is we got to start thinking more like movie trailers, right? So a movie trailer moves people towards inspiration, and they try to incite curiosity in such a way that when they see that movie trailer, they're like, I have to go and they'll move heaven and earth and they'll find the tickets and they'll find the theater, and they'll get to that event of their own accord. 00:03:16:39 - 00:03:36:23 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Our church events. First of all, we're not able to compete in a lot of times with movie trailers. Like I get it right, but we we result and we, you know, get our church announcements to a spot where we think we just need to share more information. What time, what date. And like those are really boring church announcements. 00:03:36:23 - 00:03:57:55 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And the more information that you share in that church announcement, again, we're assuming the myth is we're assuming they don't have enough information, so we'll just give them more information, when in fact, what you actually need to do is you need to inspire them. You need to move them to action through inspiration, through storytelling, through captivation of their senses and their imagination. 00:03:57:55 - 00:04:18:17 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And you're like, dude, I'm a youth pastor. I'm a church secretary, I'm a senior pastor. I can't do any of that. And like, I get it, these are not skills that we often refine or hone in on our own. They're not disciplines that that we have maybe necessarily been been, you know, given or taught in like a seminary degree or whatever the case may be. 00:04:18:22 - 00:04:42:24 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry But in this world with over information and with this noisy world, like, that's what we're competing. See, so like this, these, this myth. Right? This myth is the reason why, posting your announcements to social media is a bad idea because, again, this myth helps us think, oh, we need to put this information out there on the internet. 00:04:42:25 - 00:04:58:40 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry We need to let them know when and where and how much dice to bring to the bunker. And I and which fellowship hall we're going to be in, like people again, they're not getting on social media for more information for information download. And if they are, I'm going to tell you where you should put that information because you should include it. 00:04:58:40 - 00:05:18:24 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Okay. But and we'll get to that in a second. But they're not getting on social for that. They're getting a social once again for in from Earth, not for information for inspiration and and maybe even for some humor and maybe for some entertainment. And so that's actually what I sort of push towards in my free strategy guide, which is going to be link down below. 00:05:18:26 - 00:05:39:29 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry If you haven't grabbed it, go ahead and grab it. It is, like I said, it's completely free, but it'll help lay out in detail what I do to kind of live this hybrid version of ministry and what I do on social media. But if that's not what they're looking for, and if our announcements are chock full of too much information and not enough inspiration, then what should we do instead? 00:05:39:29 - 00:06:03:27 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry I'm glad you asked. That's where these three hacks are going to come in. Okay, so hack number one is reduce your CTAs, CTAs is an acronym. And it sure. It's a marketing word for reduce your calls to action. So a call to action is what you're actually asking someone to do as a result of the information. You have a bunco night. 00:06:03:36 -

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From battling “inattentional blindness” to cutting through the noise of a digital world, this episode will help you craft announcements that inspire life transformation, not just attendance. 📓 SHOWNOTES http://www.hybridministry.xyz/137 SOLUTIONS 1) HYBRID STRATEGY GUIDE https://hybrid-ministry-40060036.hubspotpagebuilder.com/free-hybrid-ministry-e-book 2) CHURCH COMMUNICATIONS DONE FOR YOU https://www.hybridministry.xyz/articles/comms 3) STEAL THIS ANNOUNCEMENT STRATEGY [VIDEO LINK] //I CREATED THIS VIDEO SO YOU WOULDN’T HAVE TO HIRE ME https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OHWZFZHvaA&t=19s //NUCLEUS https://www.nucleus.church //VIDEO OF TIME SPENT ONLINE https://www.instagram.com/reel/DD5zLeTMitb/?igsh=MTlpMHR5c2I5Yzl5bw== 👉 STAY CONNECTED WITH NICK YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@clasonnick Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hybridministry/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@clasonnick Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HybridMinistry Website: https://www.hybridministry.xyz -------------- 🎉 FREE STUFF 🎉 We have all kinds of FREE Things that you can use in your context! 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Like 00:00:07:00 - 00:00:14:04 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry you feel like nobody is ever really listened to you when you're giving the announcements? 00:00:14:04 - 00:00:16:20 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Well, in this episode I want to talk about is the 00:00:16:20 - 00:00:28:03 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry problem with most church and youth ministry announcements. So if you're a youth pastor person in church communication to pastor, this will help increase 00:00:28:03 - 00:00:31:02 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry and uptake your engagement around announcements. 00:00:31:02 - 00:00:42:11 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry I want to talk about the ultimate goal with all church announcements. And finally, stick around because I'm going to share with you three reasons that your church announcements may not be 00:00:42:11 - 00:00:47:02 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry going as well as you think. Plus, one solution for each of those 00:00:47:11 - 00:00:47:22 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry reasons, 00:00:47:22 - 00:00:50:04 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry including a concept called 00:00:50:04 - 00:00:55:04 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry inadvertent blindness. We're going to dive into that. And I have a free 00:00:55:04 - 00:01:00:10 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry resource that I think can absolutely change the game for you. 00:01:00:14 - 00:01:00:19 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry I 00:01:00:19 - 00:01:01:06 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry think part 00:01:01:06 - 00:01:13:08 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry of our problem here in 2025, in churches in North America, or let's just be honest around the world, is that we need to stop acting as churches. Look, we're in the 1990s 00:01:13:08 - 00:01:17:21 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry and stop making boring announcements. 00:01:17:21 - 00:01:35:02 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Give me a like, if you've heard the stat that we as humans have a shorter attention span now than goldfish, if that's the case, then we definitely have to figure something out, because you have some great things going on at your church, and if people don't know about it, they can't get to them. 00:01:35:04 - 00:02:03:00 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Let's talk about it. Welcome, my friends, to the hybrid minstrel show. So what is our problem? Our ultimate problem with bad church announcements is that nobody is showing up or that, like, nobody even knows about what we have going on. I actually, I did a video, a while back called Youth Pastor or Event Coordinator. It's going to be linked right up here at the top of the screen if you're watching here on YouTube. 00:02:03:00 - 00:02:05:07 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry But one of the things I've learned in my 14 00:02:05:07 - 00:02:25:08 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry years of youth ministry experience is that attendance and, just people simply showing up. That's a really important factor to planning a good event. You can have an awesome event, but if you don't have people there, it's going to be a problem. And part of people getting there is knowing that the event is happening and understanding, knowing, hearing. 00:02:25:12 - 00:02:57:13 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And you know, like realizing that you're giving a church announcement that requires action out of them. And the video I explore this kind of tension, right? That many of us in ministry, church ministry, like, regardless of if you're in youth ministry or not, we feel about our jobs and it's this it's right. Is are we meant to be doing what we're doing to ultimately make disciples, or are we doing what we're doing to plan killer events? 00:02:57:21 - 00:03:23:16 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And sometimes, if you're anything like me, let's just be honest. It feels like we are our job. Like it has morphed much more into an event planner and I don't know about you, but that's not exactly why I got into youth ministry. Right? But the problem, right, that's the problem with our church announcements, is because we have an event and we want people to get to it. 00:03:23:16 - 00:03:50:05 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Poor attendance is the problem with bad church announcements. Okay. And so if attendance is our issue, if that's the baked in assumptions, that's the baked in desire. And when we say, nobody knows what's going on, it's because nobody is attending our events. That is the no. But that's who that is coming from. So let's take a step back then. 00:03:50:05 - 00:03:59:05 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Even more right than just the event, then just the good or not so good church announcement and ask ourselves, like, what is our 00:03:59:05 - 00:04:12:22 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry goal around this event? What is our goal by giving this announcement? All right, so our goal just like the problem or the opposite, the problem, our goal is to get more people 00:04:12:22 - 00:04:14:05 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry aware of and more people 00:04:14:05 - 00:04:20:22 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry to know about the thing, the event, the Bible study, the workshop, like whatever it is. 00:04:20:22 - 00:04:21:15 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Right. 00:04:21:15 - 00:04:28:13 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Is that the goal? No, it's not our goal. At least not ultimately, 00:04:28:17 - 00:04:29:01 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry at 00:04:29:01 - 00:04:29:09 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry least not 00:04:29:09 - 00:04:53:09 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry the meta goal. Right? Attendance is not necessary is really the goal in and of itself. But like I said, when we feel like event coordinators, it can feel like the goal, the goal in church ministry, the goal with all of your events, ultimately, the reason you're even having such and such event 00:04:53:19 - 00:04:54:05 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry is 00:04:54:05 - 00:04:56:19 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry life transformation. 00:04:56:21 - 00:05:28:17 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Give me a subscribe if you agree with that statement. Life transformation is the ultimate goal, not attendance. It certainly helps having people there at your event because if they're not there, how can their lives be transformed? So I'll give you that. But we have to stop making a Tennessee Ultimate goal. I have to start realizing that we're really trying to be in the business about life transformation, which is done and led down the path through disciple making. 00:05:28:17 - 00:06:08:05 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And so you have to remember that prior to the digital era, attendance was the means to accomplish that life transformation. But we live now in the digital era, and so we can reach people and we can, disseminate a message through much more efficient and effective means. Now, with cell phones and technology and podcasts and YouTube videos and social media and fill in whatever blank you want to write, you got to realize that it's getting people in the room was originally that goal towards life transformation, but that's not exactly the era that we're living in. 00:06:08:08 - 00:06:19:05 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry So what is the goal? If the goal is life transformation, how can we accomplish that? And also, how can we accomplish that in the new digital 00:06:19:05 - 00:06:19:16 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry era? Right. 00:06:19:16 - 00:06:20:01 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Churches 00:06:20:01 - 00:06:34:14 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry like I referenced it in

⚡ 9 FREE DYM GAMES ⚡ https://hybrid-ministry-40060036.hubspotpagebuilder.com/9-best-dym-products ====================================== DESCRIPTION 🎮 Games & Youth Ministry This is your ultimate "Oh Crap! I forgot the game" video! Get all 9 of the games talked about in this video, from downloadyouthministry.com for COMPLETELY FREE! All I ask for is a simple subscribe, it costs you nothing! Ready to see my top 9 favorite games of all time? Let's check it out! 📓 SHOWNOTES http://www.hybridministry.xyz/136 9 HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR TOILET? This hilarious game was my very first game in my DYM journey. I was in a Jimmy John's bathroom and noticed a sign with funny toilet facts on the wall. I took a photo, immediately went back to the office, and created this game. It's not my best designed resource, in fact DYM did some graphical upgrades after I submitted it, but it's on this list because it was one of my first ones. https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/p/toilet-trivia-game/games-738.html 8 MYSTERY SEARCH This is a super fun game, where you're tasked to find the hidden item in a busy photo. Think "Where's Waldo" meets "Youth Ministry." It's a tough contestant based game, I think, because it's fairly difficult, but there's also a social media version which I think is perfect to play on your church's social media https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/p/mystery-search/games/sports-6938.html 7 VISUAL VARIANCE VOYAGE A Simple Spot the Difference Game! Social and Widescreen versions available! https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/p/visual-variance-voyage%3A-fall-edition/holiday-or-seasonal/fall-9043.html 6 FRIENDSGIVING This game is a fun take on "This or That" Thanksgiving Food and Activities Edition. One fun way is to play with "celebrities" like your senior pastor. "Does your senior pastor prefer Ham or Turkey?" https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/p/friendsgiving/thanksgiving/thanksgiving-games-8387.html 5 BACK TO SCHOOL BINGO One of my favorite interactive games, where students play bingo based on how they spent their summer. There are categories such as Church Summer Activities Vacation Miscellaneous https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/p/back2school-bingo/fall/back-to-school-8921.html 4 GIF FLASHBACK Tests the memory of your students. Watch the GIF, then immediately answer a question related to it. The questions get HARD! https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/p/gif-flashback/games-6794.html 3 BRING ME My All-Time-Go-To game in any moment, you don't need a screen, but we have one for this game. The first student to "Bring Me ___" wins That's it!! https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/p/bring-me-10-game-bundle/games-bringmebundle.html 2 EMOJI PHRASEOLOGY My best selling game series of all time, we have one for just about every holiday and instance in which you can possibly imagine. Guess the emoji phrase. Widescreen & Social versions included! https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/p/emoji-phraseology/social-media/instagram-6801.html 1 DUCK DUCK TRIVIA Duck, Duck Trivia is the first of it's kind. A game inside a game. My favorite Hybrid Game we've ever played! https://www.downloadyouthministry.com/p/duck-duck-trivia/trivia-8705.html 👉 STAY CONNECTED WITH NICK YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@clasonnick Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hybridministry/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@clasonnick Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HybridMinistry Website: https://www.hybridministry.xyz -------------- 🎉 FREE STUFF 🎉 We have all kinds of FREE Things that you can use in your context! The best way to pay us back is a review or a YouTube Subscribe! https://www.linktr.ee/clasonnick -------------- 🛠️TOOLS I USE THAT CAN HELP YOU! Some of the below links are affiliate links in which we do recieve a small commission based on your purchase or use of products VIDIQ https://vidiq.com/hybrid BEST DYM RESOURCES https://www.hybridministry.xyz/articles/dym OPUS.PRO FOR AI SHORTS & REELS https://www.opus.pro/?via=a5d361 //YOUTUBE STARTER KIT FOR UNDER $100 https://www.hybridministry.xyz/articles/youtubestarterkit //SIDEKICK SETUP GUIDE https://www.hybridministry.xyz/articles/setup ⌚TIMECODES 00:00 "Oh Crap! I forgot a youth group game!" 01:33 Free Game #9 03:18 Free Game #8 05:22 Free Game #7 06:51 Free Game #6 08:35 Free Game #5 10:20 Free Game #4 11:39 Free Game #3 12:33 Free Game #2 13:20 Free Game #1 -------------- TRANSCRIPT 00:00:00:00 - 00:00:03:21 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Welcome my fellow cat herders. 00:00:03:21 - 00:00:11:19 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Welcome my fellow i.t. Specialists. Welcome my fellow pets. Math 00:00:11:19 - 00:00:17:13 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry gurus. Welcome. He's past you. In this video, I'm going to share with you 00:00:17:13 - 00:00:24:16 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry nine of my favorite games that I have played and created 00:00:24:16 - 00:00:34:14 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry and have now published on the download Youth ministry.com website. You can go by any of them. There will be link down below and I would love a review 00:00:34:14 - 00:00:35:16 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry on any of them. 00:00:35:21 - 00:00:40:08 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry But why go visit me on the website when I'm 00:00:40:08 - 00:00:54:06 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry just going to give you a link to download all nine of them for completely free? That's right, you've heard it completely correctly. So in this episode, not only am I going to share with you my nine favorite free games, 00:00:54:06 - 00:00:54:16 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry but 00:00:54:16 - 00:00:55:02 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry it is 00:00:55:02 - 00:00:55:23 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry your ultimate 00:00:55:23 - 00:00:59:13 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry in a pinch. Oh crap, I forgot about the game moment. 00:00:59:13 - 00:01:04:03 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Don't worry, my friend, I got you. Go grab that link. It will take you to drop 00:01:04:03 - 00:01:04:10 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry box 00:01:04:10 - 00:01:04:23 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry and you 00:01:04:23 - 00:01:08:21 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry can get all nine of them for free. But you know would be awesome if as payment 00:01:08:21 - 00:01:09:10 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry for the nine, 00:01:09:10 - 00:01:09:17 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry you 00:01:09:17 - 00:01:17:10 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry just simply hit the subscribe button. It cost you nothing. But truly it does benefit me and my channel greatly. 00:01:17:13 - 00:01:29:20 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry That sounds like a deal. Okay, awesome. Let's go. I'm going to be counting down top ten style from episode or from episode? From game idea. Number nine. And so this first one 00:01:29:20 - 00:01:32:14 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry that I'm going to show you, if you're watching here on screen, 00:01:32:14 - 00:01:46:10 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry you'll see it is called how well do you know your toilet? Now this game, the reason it's even on this list is because it was the very first game that I ever submitted. 00:01:46:10 - 00:02:10:06 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry If you're looking at it, you can probably tell I think this game was probably submitted somewhere in the realm of like eight years ago. And at that time, I thought that the submission guidelines required all the fonts to be used as Calibri. I don't think I've ever even told anybody this, but in hindsight, the font requirement for Calibri was teaching or document based resources. 00:02:10:06 - 00:02:37:14 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And so this game has the world's worst font for it. But the content is still great, and I even a year ago, Nick, when I had use these fonts. But here's how this here's how this game came into its inception. I was at a Jimmy John's eating lunch and I was in the bathroom washing my hands before I was heading back to work, and I found this, little like placard, this little infographic about toilets. 00:02:37:14 - 00:02:54:17 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And I took a picture of it and I said, these are so funny. I'm going to go home and I'm going to make a game. And so here we go. You can grab this game for free, but it's some it's things like this. Most toilets are a public B flushing the key of flat C use one third of your house is water or D are green. 00:02:54:20 - 00:03:01:05 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry What do you think it is coming? Your answer below. Of course the answer is B flush in the key of E 00:03:01:05 - 00:03:14:18 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry flat. There's ten other questions like this. And you know what? I've even put these, into like a video editing software and put a countdown timer on it and I've used this for bathroom break, slide, like a video or something. 00:03:14:18 - 00:03:30:05 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry So that's something fun to do. The eighth game that I love in this game is actually incredibly hybrid, and I, think you guys might like some of this on this channel called Mystery Search. All right. And here's how Mystery Search works. It is, this one in particular is 00:03:30:05 - 00:03:36:22 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry mystery search Easter egg hunt addition. So what you do is you put a graphic on a screen, right. 00:03:36:22 - 00:03:54:10 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Here's an instruction slide. If you're watching, this egg right here, you have to find this egg on every slide. So here's the first, you know, the first slide. Where's the egg? Do you find it? Can you see it? Boom. There it is. And it's like this on every single slide. It gets harder, it gets more difficult. 00:03:54:14 - 00:03:58:04 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry There's video. So that's the still version. There's video 00:03:58:04 - 00:04:13:08 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry versions. And so if you want to try and find out where this is with this guy here, he's, you know, looking at it, it's got music leading to, as you could hear just a second ago. But then you have, like, a contestant on stage, l

🎧 Become a “Hybrid Hero" https://www.patreon.com/hybridministry 📲 Phone Free Activity Guides https://www.patreon.com/hybridministry/shop/phone-free-event-guide-850030?source=storefront DESCRIPTION Social media has transformed how we connect, fueled by the rise of smartphones and evolving platforms. In this episode, we define social media’s roots, from its early pioneers like MySpace and Facebook to today’s dynamic apps like TikTok, and explore how to use technology as a tool to foster authentic relationships. Plus, we share practical tips for building deeper connections and introduce a Phone-Free Family Planning Guide to help balance digital and real-world interactions. 📓 SHOWNOTES http://www.hybridministry.xyz/135 //DETOX WORKSHEET https://www.patreon.com/hybridministry/shop/digital-detox-family-worksheet-763860?source=storefront //AUDIT WORKSHEET https://www.patreon.com/hybridministry/shop/social-feed-audit-activity-for-parents-789323?source=storefront //PARENT TECH TALKS https://www.patreon.com/hybridministry/shop/parent-tech-talks-817359?source=storefront //📲 PHONE FREE ACTIVITY GUIDE https://www.patreon.com/hybridministry/shop/phone-free-event-guide-850030?source=storefront //ARTICLE https://www.broadbandsearch.net/blog/complete-history-social-media 👉 STAY CONNECTED WITH NICK YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@clasonnick Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hybridministry/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@clasonnick Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HybridMinistry Website: https://www.hybridministry.xyz -------------- 🎉 FREE STUFF 🎉 We have all kinds of FREE Things that you can use in your context! The best way to pay us back is a review or a YouTube Subscribe! https://www.linktr.ee/clasonnick -------------- 🛠️TOOLS I USE THAT CAN HELP YOU! Some of the below links are affiliate links in which we do recieve a small commission based on your purchase or use of products VIDIQ https://vidiq.com/hybrid BEST DYM RESOURCES https://www.hybridministry.xyz/articles/dym OPUS.PRO FOR AI SHORTS & REELS https://www.opus.pro/?via=a5d361 //YOUTUBE STARTER KIT FOR UNDER $100 https://www.hybridministry.xyz/articles/youtubestarterkit //SIDEKICK SETUP GUIDE https://www.hybridministry.xyz/articles/setup ⌚TIMECODES 00:00 Do Phones Ruin Friendships? 01:47 What is Social Media? 08:10 Idea #1 11:40 Idea #2 13:34 Idea #3 -------------- TRANSCRIPT 00:00:00:00 - 00:00:01:00 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Social 00:00:01:00 - 00:00:06:20 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry media usage has been growing. In fact, it's been growing since the beginning 00:00:06:20 - 00:00:19:03 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry of time. I would probably attribute the majority of social media growth to the invention of, and the rising prevalence of access to smartphones. 00:00:19:03 - 00:00:19:13 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry If 00:00:19:13 - 00:00:32:16 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry you're watching this video here, go ahead and give me a like. If you remember the invention of the smartphone. And if you don't, then you owe me a subscribe because you're probably a teenager who has only ever had access to a smartphone. 00:00:32:18 - 00:00:56:21 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry That juxtaposition right there is the inherent tension that exists between teenagers and parents who are navigating a brand new landscape. And so in this video, what I want to do, titled Building Real Relationships in the Digital Age, we're going to define what social media, even is. Everyone kind of carries in their own built in and baked in connotations of 00:00:56:21 - 00:00:58:09 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry but what is it really? 00:00:58:10 - 00:01:18:23 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry I'm also going to share with you some real tips to building relationships in the digital age. And spoiler, some of those tips are actually going to be leaning into tech as a tool to enhance and build some of those relationships, and make sure that you stick around to the very end of the video, because I have for you a phone free activity guide. 00:01:18:23 - 00:01:38:19 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And what this is going to do is not only give you ideas of, you know, phone free activities that you can do, but it's going to help you navigate some of those conversations, especially with getting some of your friends maybe on board, to do an event that is more phone free, even though they may be a little bit more drawn to an addicted to their phones. 00:01:38:19 - 00:02:02:23 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And it's also going to help give you a framework as a family, how to also implement some of those events. Welcome, my friends, to the Hybrid Minister show. Hey everybody, welcome to the Hybrid Ministry Show. If you and I haven't had a chance to meet yet. My name is Nick Clayson. I've been a youth pastor and in youth ministry for 14, going on 14.5, soon to be 15 years. 00:02:02:23 - 00:02:05:04 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And if you're watching here on YouTube, you'll see a chart 00:02:05:04 - 00:02:27:01 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry that defines social media usage from the beginning of 2012 all the way through when this data was captured in 2023. And I just want to let you know that if you're not watching on YouTube or if you're in the podcast, catch wherever you're listening. There are chapters included so that you can kind of hopper and skip around to the parts of this video that kind of make the most sense to you. 00:02:27:01 - 00:02:50:08 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry But as we're looking at this chart, whether you're watching on YouTube or you just listening to me, describe it via your audio podcast feed, you see that in January of 2012, there were just over, 1400 users of different social accounts. Fast forward to January of 2023, and as you can imagine, that number has ballooned up to 4760. 00:02:50:08 - 00:02:57:03 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And it's probably a surely greater than 5000 now at this point, as we have surpassed into 2025 00:02:57:03 - 00:02:57:16 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry and 00:02:57:16 - 00:03:21:15 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry beyond. Well, what exactly is. I think this is important. Right. And so like if you're a chapter person, you move skip this one like the definition of social media. But I think it's important for us to take a quick step back, peel back the curtain a little bit, and really try and understand what social media not only is, but where it's coming from. 00:03:21:17 - 00:03:40:04 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And it's inherent like reason for even existing in the first place. And so I tried my best. I looked across some websites, I use some I, but at the end of the day, the definition that I sort of came to and use some different like articles for their link down below if you want to read them, is that social media is 00:03:40:04 - 00:03:53:08 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry online communication designed to create networks and communities where ideas, information, messages, photos, etc. can be freely shared. 00:03:53:08 - 00:04:17:19 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And if you think about what's baked into that definition, is the desire for a lot of different things communication, messages, photos, ideas, right? Like it is evolved to a spot where it's more than just a photo sharing avenue or a video sharing avenue. You can communicate ideas. You can communicate information, you can create networks, you can find people. 00:04:18:00 - 00:04:46:10 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry But at the base of it all is social is what it's social, right? At least in its original iteration. And it's original. Inception. The idea and the purpose behind social media was creating community and networks and connections where you could keep up with people you know. Many of us would trace socials roots back to the invention of Facebook and what Zuckerberg did on Harvard's campus. 00:04:46:10 - 00:05:17:01 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry But believe it or not, social existed even before that. And I would say you could kind of trace some of its ideas back to the 90s when blogs were invented, you know, blogs kind of planted this idea in the world's heads that people, individual people, people outside of the traditional news media outlets and news sources that they could post whatever and whenever they wanted and receive feedback in live time without having to go through that pesky use. 00:05:17:01 - 00:05:39:09 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Like I said of like that third party. And so if you're watching here on YouTube, if you're not linked down below in the show notes hybrid ministry.xyz/135. I use this article from Broadband and Search. It's an article. What it did is it traced some of the very original social networks. So in 1997, some of you might not even know this if you don't give me a like. 00:05:39:09 - 00:06:07:08 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry But six degrees was was what this, this article brought in search what they define as the very first social platform. And then following that in 2002, Friendster and Myspace and LinkedIn all were invented, and Twitter was in 2006. And then Facebook finally came and burst on the scene in, I believe this 2000 and, four, when we officially got the launch of Facebook. 00:06:07:08 - 00:06:33:03 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And as you know, it originally launched only as an exclusive opportunity on the Harvard campus, but it soon expanded beyond that. And by 2008, Facebook overtook Myspace as the most visited website in the world. 2010 is when Instagram launched, and that's actually when I dived in, dove in, to being a youth pastor. And so, I always say, I was an Instagram baby as a youth pastor. 00:06:33:03 - 00:07:01:17 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And so, I've been around as a youth pastor as long as Instagram has been around, and Instagram launched originally as sort of just a photo sharing app, is meant to be a little bit more artsy than that. Maybe what was going on over in Facebook. And then 2011, Snapchat came. And Snapchat has ushered in a

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Bonus: there's a downloadable worksheet, perfect for your next workshop or family night. 🚀 📓 SHOWNOTES http://www.hybridministry.xyz/134 //DETOX WORKSHEET https://www.patreon.com/hybridministry/shop/digital-detox-family-worksheet-763860?source=storefront //AUDIT WORKSHEET https://www.patreon.com/hybridministry/shop/social-feed-audit-activity-for-parents-789323?utmmedium=clipboardcopy&utmsource=copyLink&utmcampaign=productsharecreator&utmcontent=join_link //3 MONITORING TOOLS VIDEO: https://youtu.be/DWYvsn2Kglk?si=wayQHd1zQC09I6qg TRY COVENANT EYES: https://covenanteyes.sjv.io/g1zVZA 👉 STAY CONNECTED WITH NICK YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@clasonnick Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hybridministry/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@clasonnick Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HybridMinistry Website: https://www.hybridministry.xyz -------------- 🎉 FREE STUFF 🎉 We have all kinds of FREE Things that you can use in your context! 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If you're a parent trying to talk to your teens about tech and screens and social, you feel like when you're doing so, you're speaking a completely foreign language. If that's you, go ahead and subscribe to this channel. And let me guess, if you're a teenager, having a parent try to relate to you in that tech space and it feels totally cringe. 00:00:26:22 - 00:00:46:18 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Go ahead and give me a like on this video. And if you're a youth pastor, just simply trying to bring the two sides together, well then you're in the right spot. Go ahead and turn the bell on. Because here in this video on the Hybrid Ministry show, what we're going to do is we are going to share. I'm going to share with you my parent and tech philosophy. 00:00:46:25 - 00:01:10:21 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry I'm also going to share with you five great questions that you can use to start with a family, to open up good discussion around technology. If you're a parent, I'm going to share with you my top three monitoring resources. And finally, stick around to the very end of the video because I'm going to share with you a worksheet that has not only those five good questions shared in this video, but some bonus questions that you can hop over and that you can download. 00:01:10:21 - 00:01:28:11 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry My patrons get it for free. If you're a youth pastor, it's only $4 per month. You'll get all the worksheets that are included in this current playlist that's linked right here that we're in. We're now in part three of four of this parent tech and screens worksheet and playlist, where I'm sharing a worksheet in every single video. The patron. 00:01:28:18 - 00:01:50:09 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry The Patreon subscription is only $4 per month. And so that would cover all of these worksheets. And then some. Along with if you subscribe, you get a bonus podcast where I'm going to talk about what I'm doing weekly in my youth ministry, helping promote creativity, screen safety, hive and hybrid ministry. Welcome my friends to the show that's named after what I call it. 00:01:50:12 - 00:02:28:13 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Welcome to the Hybrid Ministry show. All right, so here's my philosophy around technology and screens, okay. The philosophy is very simply this. You just have to start having conversations around it, especially if you are concerned about your teens usage or you might be concerned down the road about it. Start the conversation earlier than you might want. Because here's the thing if you've downloaded either of my last two worksheets or the Digital Detox worksheet or the Feed Audit worksheet, well, you've got to come to understand is that both of those are set to help open up and promote a conversation between parents and between teenagers. 00:02:28:18 - 00:03:03:11 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry But if you're concerned about it, the way we as parents often handle it is we have some big, explosive sort of like come to Jesus reckoning moment where we think we did the job. But but the change often best happens, and the transformation takes place most naturally through ongoing conversations where the conversations feel less threatening, which is one of the reasons, especially in the last worksheet, where I encourage you as a parent to offer immunity because you may, as you're auditing some your son or daughter's feed, you may find things that you don't want, but because you're saying, hey, listen, it's going to be okay. 00:03:03:11 - 00:03:30:26 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry We're going to work through this together. You're offering them the ability to actually open up and have that conversation, which is ultimately what you're hoping. You're hoping that the conversation will lead to heart and life change and transformation over time, as opposed to just like adjusting and changing the behavior. That's just simply behavior modification. That's white knuckling it as opposed to genuine true heart change. 00:03:30:26 - 00:03:58:03 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry That's the goal of all pastors of of should be of all churches is definitely the goal of Jesus. And so lead with grace and understanding versus annoyance and constant frustration. And when you start with that, it hopefully will start to crack open the door towards honest conversations. And so with that philosophy as the foundation, as the backdrop of all of this, let's walk in to these five questions. 00:03:58:03 - 00:04:19:06 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And if you're here in a workshop, I want to encourage you after each question to just pause it and stop and let parents and teens have these conversations in rows, around tables or wherever, whatever your setting looks like. So the first question is this how does technology make our life better? I want you to I want to encourage you to think about things like perhaps like 360, right? 00:04:19:06 - 00:04:45:11 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Like G.P.S. type tracking things, or even just GPS navigation in general. Being able to get from point A to point B, especially if you're in an unfamiliar place, maybe things like banking or keeping a shared calendar or grocery list, like, all right, think those types of things. In what ways do those things make technology better? If you're watching here in a workshop, go ahead, pause this video and I'll let you have a chance to discuss. 00:04:45:15 - 00:05:03:29 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry But for the rest of us here on YouTube, I want you to now think and ask through this second question, which goes like this. How well do you think I and if you're a parent, I want to encourage you to ask this question. Being willing to be vulnerable, being willing to to, you know, put yourself out there in such a way. 00:05:04:03 - 00:05:29:10 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry How well do you feel like I balance my screen time, right. And again, this is going to cause you and have to ask you to be a little bit vulnerable and maybe even during this section here, when you're having this discussion with your teen, I want to encourage you to maybe look up your current screen time reports. And if you're if you're not happy with or you're unsatisfied with what that says, I want to encourage you then to maybe set a goal for something new. 00:05:29:10 - 00:05:49:06 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry So if you're watching this live, if you're having a discussion, go ahead, pause the video now. But for the rest of us, we're going to move on here to question number three, which is this. What is your most visited website or app and why? Right. And here's why. The and why part of this question helps you get a peek into their soul a little bit. 00:05:49:06 - 00:06:19:17 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry All right. Helps reveal their hobbies or their desires. Right. Like for me, what I would say one of the most like, visited things for me is, like Instagram. And the reason I like Instagram is because I have a heavy basketball algorithm and I'm a huge basketball fan. And so getting on there, I'm hoping that it will share with me, illuminate with me, give me interesting content around basketball and and doing that the and why part of that question right reveals to you that I enjoy watching basketball. 00:06:19:20 - 00:06:36:10 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And so the and why part of that question hopefully will help reveal on both sides student and parent what it is that they're into, what it is that they're actually looking for, what it is that their phone is feeding them, that they are finding so

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Don't miss the downloadable Social Feed Audit Activity—a practical tool for fostering healthier digital habits. 📓 SHOWNOTES http://www.hybridministry.xyz/133 //Social Feed Audit Activity https://www.patreon.com/hybridministry/shop/social-feed-audit-activity-for-parents-789323?source=storefront //📥 DIGITAL DETOX FAMILY WORKSHEET [Episode 132] https://www.patreon.com/hybridministry/shop/digital-detox-family-worksheet-763860?utmmedium=clipboardcopy&utmsource=copyLink&utmcampaign=productsharecreator&utmcontent=join_link //3 MONITORING TOOLS VIDEO: https://youtu.be/DWYvsn2Kglk?si=wayQHd1zQC09I6qg TRY COVENANT EYES: https://covenanteyes.sjv.io/g1zVZA 👉 STAY CONNECTED WITH NICK YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@clasonnick Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hybridministry/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@clasonnick Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HybridMinistry Website: https://www.hybridministry.xyz -------------- 🎉 FREE STUFF 🎉 We have all kinds of FREE Things that you can use in your context! 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You've probably heard that before. Parents. Pastors. Teachers. Teenagers. I once heard a pastor say, show me your bank account and it will reveal the desires of your heart. Well, I believe that in 2025 and beyond. 00:00:25:26 - 00:00:55:22 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Show me your algorithm and it will reveal the desires of your heart. You know the algorithms are so good. They're like, if that's what you see on your social media feed, that's probably what you are wanting to see. That's what you're hovering longer on this with the algorithm knows and is feeding you more of. And so in this video we're going to do is we're going to talk about how you can clean up your feed, how you can audit it, and how you can make it a type of feed that will honor God in the process. 00:00:55:23 - 00:01:14:13 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry We're going to share three rules for social media wisdom. I'm going to give you one resource that's going to help protect you and your team from what you see on your screens, as well as a downloadable worksheet for you to snag at the end. Or hit this QR code here at the bottom so that you can use it. 00:01:14:13 - 00:01:43:29 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry If you're a youth pastor. Download it. Share it with your parents. This is one of the best resources I think, that I have ever put together. Welcome my friends to the Hybrid Mr. Show. Hey everyone, welcome to the Hybrid Ministry Show. If you haven't had a chance to meet yet, my name is Nick Klassen. I've been youth ministry for 14 years and I have two boys, eight and six, who are squarely in Gen Alpha, and they are waving their way on up into this world of tech and screens and social. 00:01:43:29 - 00:02:04:28 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And so in this video, I want to share with you three my three rules for social media. The first rule is this harmful social media, right? I think a lot of us have this understanding that social media is harmful, right? But I don't believe it's all harmful. I just believe that harmful social media is when you use it mindlessly, right? 00:02:04:29 - 00:02:28:10 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry It's equals when you have a mindless use of it. And so what I want to encourage you to do is I want to encourage you to put parameters and rules around your screen and social usage. You know, if you didn't watch the last video, which is going to be linked right here, we went through five different tips to have more of a screen detox type of life in a quote always on world. 00:02:28:10 - 00:02:50:22 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And I don't you don't have to adopt those five rules. I just want to encourage you to have some rules, because when you use it mindlessly, when you use it without any barriers, without any parameters, that's where things get tricky. That's where things get dangerous. And that's where we start to see that addiction set in and people not able to make the right and smart type of choices that we're hoping that they can make in their life. 00:02:50:22 - 00:03:13:23 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Because social and technology has this sort of like, addictive, way of interacting with the neural pathways in your brain. And so that's why there needs to be a set of parameters that you place on yourself, and then maybe even you agree with with some other members of your family. The second rule that I have for you is just simply a question. 00:03:13:23 - 00:03:45:08 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Is it you or is it a AI? Right? Like I said earlier, show me your algorithm and I'll show you the desires of your heart. Let me give you a positive example of this in my own world. Right? So YouTube, we pay for premium YouTube at our house because my boys like to watch Minecraft videos on YouTube. And once I realized that this was something that was not going to go away, was that they were always going to want and desire and find themselves wanting to explore some of those Minecraft type videos on YouTube. 00:03:45:08 - 00:04:09:12 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry I realized I want to have a little bit more control over the ads or the or taking them away, right? So I pray I pay for premium YouTube. Now here's what's interesting on my account. This very account that you might even be watching this video on when when you log into YouTube on my TV, it's littered with Minecraft videos. 00:04:09:12 - 00:04:34:26 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Like that's almost all that the For You algorithm is sharing and showing on my television YouTube account. Switch over though, when I pull open my cell phone on YouTube because I myself also watch and use YouTube. All almost all it feeds me there is basketball content, all right. Or the types of, podcasts that I listen to on a regular basis. 00:04:34:26 - 00:04:55:15 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry So it's even interesting to me is that it will show me videos that I've of, of channels that I've never even subscribed to, but that I've interacted with, that I've watched before, way before. It shows me videos of things that I'm subscribed to. Right? Which is why, like, I would love for you to subscribe if you haven't yet, please do so. 00:04:55:23 - 00:05:22:02 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry But if you haven't, if you just watch my videos, the algorithm is going to show my videos to you next time you log in, as opposed to just showing it to you just because you are a sort of like mindless, nameless subscriber. And so I share that to say the algorithm, the accounts, these social platforms, they're really powerful and they're also really smart. 00:05:22:02 - 00:05:48:20 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And so if you're not intentional with your use the AI, the algorithm is going to make decisions for you, right. And that YouTube example, that's a positive example. But let's just switch it to a negative example for a minute. If you're a boy, it's going to assume that you want to see girls on your social media. And if you're not careful, that I will continue to feed more and more and more of that. 00:05:48:24 - 00:06:08:11 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Now, listen, I know that that sounds hopeless, and especially if you're a parent, you're like, well, that's exactly what I'm trying to get away from. Not all hope is lost, and I believe that social can be redeemed for good. You can manipulate your algorithm both positively and negatively, and we're going to get in that in just a minute. 00:06:08:11 - 00:06:38:18 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Because my third rule for social media is you need to have accountability. If you don't have an outlet to discuss, I want to encourage you to invite somebody into your life, especially if you are trending down that negative sort of algorithm pathway. Get yourself out of it. Ask somebody for help, throw for a lifeline, but then have a regular rhythm of conversation and a regular rhythm of accountability. 00:06:38:25 - 00:07:04:12 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Set some goals and then ask somebody, as Paul David Tripp says, ask somebody to be intentionally intrusive in your life. Now, parents, the resource that I use, I use personally and that I recommend we talked about in a previous video, I'll link it down below. We talked about aura. We talked about Bach, but also the one that I like the most. 00:07:04:12 - 00:07:31:15 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And we that we talked about that. I also

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Plus, I’ll introduce the Digital Detox Family Challenge—a [free to Patrons] worksheet to help families reclaim their time and focus. Whether you’re a parent, teen, or youth pastor, join me for practical tools to build healthier habits. 📓 SHOWNOTES http://www.hybridministry.xyz/132 //Churchill Article https://fullfocus.co/naps/ //Bark & Aura+Disney vs. Covenant Eyes: An Honest Youth Pastor Review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWYvsn2Kglk&t=160s //Family Phone Lock Box https://walmrt.us/3ZrChfI 👉 STAY CONNECTED WITH NICK YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@clasonnick Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hybridministry/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@clasonnick Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HybridMinistry Website: https://www.hybridministry.xyz -------------- 🎉 FREE STUFF 🎉 We have all kinds of FREE Things that you can use in your context! The best way to pay us back is a review or a YouTube Subscribe! https://www.linktr.ee/clasonnick -------------- 🛠️TOOLS I USE THAT CAN HELP YOU! Some of the below links are affiliate links in which we do recieve a small commission based on your purchase or use of products VIDIQ https://vidiq.com/hybrid BEST DYM RESOURCES https://www.hybridministry.xyz/articles/dym OPUS.PRO FOR AI SHORTS & REELS https://www.opus.pro/?via=a5d361 //YOUTUBE STARTER KIT FOR UNDER $100 https://www.hybridministry.xyz/articles/youtubestarterkit //SIDEKICK SETUP GUIDE https://www.hybridministry.xyz/articles/setup ⌚TIMECODES 00:00 Rest for the Soul in an "Always On" World 02:37 The Technology Tension 04:34 Tip #1 06:50 Tip #2 07:45 Tip #3 08:59 Tip #4 10:17 Tip #5 11:57 Digital Detox Worksheet -------------- TRANSCRIPT 00:00:00:00 - 00:00:00:10 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Does 00:00:00:10 - 00:00:03:08 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry it feel like in life that you're just 00:00:03:08 - 00:00:07:27 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry always on? Like there's no break, there's no reprieve? 00:00:07:27 - 00:00:10:06 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Did you know, ironically, 00:00:10:06 - 00:00:21:19 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Winston Churchill, who was prime minister of Great Britain during World War One, fighting in at that time the world's greatest and biggest war, said this right. He regarded 00:00:21:19 - 00:00:33:14 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry his midday naps as, quote, essential for maintaining his mental balance, renewing his energy and reviving his 00:00:33:14 - 00:00:36:25 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry spirits as a youth pastor for 14 years. 00:00:36:26 - 00:00:44:10 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry One thing that I've found that's unique about this generation of teenagers is that the cell phone has ushered in an era 00:00:44:10 - 00:00:48:15 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry where they never are able to turn it off. 00:00:48:15 - 00:01:05:25 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry The drama follows them home. Conversations with friends follows them home through group chats and Snapchat. And if they're not a part of it, then the tension or the fact that they're missing out might also be causing anxiety because while you as a parent may be taking their phone away from them, they 00:01:05:25 - 00:01:11:27 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry don't know what someone else might be saying about them or what other drama they are going to be missing out on. 00:01:12:03 - 00:01:25:23 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry When I was a kid, that wasn't an option. I was. I was able to go home, and home was able to be my safe spot. And my guess is, if you're a parent just like me, is that you're trying to help your, house be a 00:01:25:23 - 00:01:29:09 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry safe spot. And if you're a youth pastor, my guess is you're trying to help teens 00:01:29:09 - 00:01:30:27 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry navigate this anxiety. 00:01:30:27 - 00:01:35:24 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry But if you didn't grow up in this phenomenon of technology and digital, where you're 00:01:35:24 - 00:01:54:03 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry always on, you might not really truly understand what teenagers are going to. That's why if you're a parent, youth pastor, or teenager, I want to toss out five potential tips to help you drive towards a healthier digital lifestyle, and this is specifically aimed towards teenagers. 00:01:54:07 - 00:01:55:22 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry At the end of this video, I'm going to share 00:01:55:22 - 00:02:15:12 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry with you my Digital Detox Family Challenge worksheet. The link is down below in the description. It is free for my Patreon community, so thank you if you are a part of that. If not just a few bucks. And in that resource there are two interactive family elements. So if you're a parent or a youth pastor, feel free to grab it and use it. 00:02:15:12 - 00:02:25:11 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And youth pastor share it with your parents as a resource to help them towards a healthier digital lifestyle for their teenagers. And as always in the hybrid Ministry show, 00:02:25:11 - 00:02:37:21 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry there are chapters down below at the bottom so that you can scrub ahead or back to whatever is most relevant to you. Welcome, my friends, to the Hybrid Ministry Show. 00:02:37:25 - 00:02:40:18 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Well everyone, welcome to the Hybrid Ministry Show. If you and I 00:02:40:18 - 00:02:55:25 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry haven't had a chance to meet yet, my name is Nick Clayson, and as I said in the intro, I'm a 14 year youth ministry veteran, but I'm also a parent of kids six, and eight years old. So they're in, squarely in that generation Alpha sort of time frame. 00:02:55:25 - 00:02:59:01 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And I see it on the horizon. I'm not quite there yet, 00:02:59:01 - 00:03:09:11 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry but I've also navigated it with teenagers and youth ministry, for 14 years, obviously still relevantly, and currently helping teenagers Wade 00:03:09:11 - 00:03:10:04 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry through and navigate 00:03:10:04 - 00:03:10:25 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry through this 00:03:10:25 - 00:03:30:10 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry digital sort of tension. And so I think that's the biggest thing, right? Is this tension between should we completely abdicate digital or should we teach them how to how to handle it with integrity and with a hygiene that makes sense, and that's going to actually help them as they enter into this world of adulthood and more responsibility. 00:03:30:10 - 00:03:48:11 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry You see, as older generation like myself and even people older than us, a lot of times the mentality is like, your phone is the enemy, just get rid of it, throw it in the lake, throw it in the river and be that as it may, and that might even be the case. Like it might not even it might be something that's dangerous and bad and not helpful to you. 00:03:48:11 - 00:04:07:07 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Right. We they're not going anywhere. That's the hard thing is cell phones and technology. It's not going anywhere. The dial is only getting cranked up more and more and more. And so we're constantly living in this tension of what we want. Like, do we want to be Laura Ingalls Wilder and living out on the prairie versus like, being someone fully immersed in tech, 00:04:07:07 - 00:04:09:16 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry but knowing like, that's probably not good for us. 00:04:09:16 - 00:04:13:06 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And we can also see and know the effects of it. And you got to remember, tech is 00:04:13:06 - 00:04:29:28 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry still in its infancy in a lot of ways. And so some of these long term effects brain and and anxiety and mental health, like we don't even know what or how much or if any of it affects us. And so here are five tips to help you and your family navigate through detoxing, 00:04:29:28 - 00:04:32:14 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry digital and finding balance in this quote. 00:04:32:14 - 00:04:34:15 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Always on world. Tip 00:04:34:18 - 00:04:34:28 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry one 00:04:34:28 - 00:04:42:28 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry is potentially consider setting app time limits. You know I've done this in the past. I don't currently have them set 00:04:42:28 - 00:04:58:02 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry on on my phone. And honestly, the reason behind that is because I'm I'm lazy, right? And I'm not practicing what I'm preaching. But in the past I have set app limitations for things like social media apps that I might scroll more endlessly on. 00:04:58:02 - 00:05:00:12 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And here's what you got to understand in my current role 00:05:00:12 - 00:05:20:07 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry and job. Like one of my main and primary responsibilities is social media management, content creation and content posting. And so it's made it tricky for me because I can't just say I'm never going to be on Instagram, I'm never going to be on YouTube, or I'm never going to be on TikTok, because that's a key component of our youth ministry strategy. 00:05:20:07

✏️Collaborative Worksheet https://share.hsforms.com/1t_3g3O3XTBqI-vq1Orq7ngnumis 🎧 Ronald's Podcast https://podcast.downloadyouthministry.com/category/middle-school-ministry/ DESCRIPTION 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. 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Some of the below links are affiliate links in which we do recieve a small commission based on your purchase or use of products VIDIQ https://vidiq.com/hybrid BEST DYM RESOURCES https://www.hybridministry.xyz/articles/dym OPUS.PRO FOR AI SHORTS & REELS https://www.opus.pro/?via=a5d361 //YOUTUBE STARTER KIT FOR UNDER $100 https://www.hybridministry.xyz/articles/youtubestarterkit //SIDEKICK SETUP GUIDE https://www.hybridministry.xyz/articles/setup ⌚TIMECODES 00:00 The Role of Technology in Middle School Ministry 04:50 Guidelines for Responsible Cell Phone Use 09:50 Balancing Digital and In-Person Youth Ministry 14:53 Encouraging Healthy Conversations About Technology 20:01 Collaborative Resources for Youth Pastors TRANSCRIPT Nick Clason (00:00) What's up everybody? I'm Nick and this is. Ronald (00:04) Hey guys, I'm Ronald Long. How you doing? Nick Clason (00:06) We're excited to be here, Ronald. This is a weird thing. This is your show, this is my show, this is our show. Ronald (00:08) we are excited to be here. Whose show is it really? That's a question. Nick Clason (00:15) That is the question that people want to know the answer to. Ronald (00:19) Did I just take over hybrid youth ministry? I think I did. I did. great. This is mine now. And yours? You get middle school ministry. Yeah, this is it. Tell Andrea. no. Nick Clason (00:23) You did, you did. Yeah. Welcome. Well, actually, yeah, and I'm taking over middle school. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And you have exactly. Bye, Andrea. Bye. Anyway, you know, Ronald, it's interesting and I'm excited to have this conversation because probably the biggest, one of the biggest pushbacks I get when I'm pushing stuff like in my hybrid ministry, just idea and whatnot is what about middle schoolers? especially like in our context, we don't get middle schoolers until like, or we get them at sixth grade, which there's an inflection point. And depending on the conservative nature of your church, there could be a lot of those students that have cell phones. And then a lot of students that don't, you know? And so like my main thing with hybrid ministry is trying to intersect people where they are. And I think the cell phone is just a great spot to try and aim for. Right. But what about those middle schoolers that are young and like don't have cell phones? And so. Ronald (00:57) Yeah. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Nick Clason (01:21) I'm excited to have this conversation with you because you as a lifelong middle school youth pastor and host of podcasts, like you and a dad of daughters in that age age range, right? Like I want to hear your perspective because I'm it feels to me and you can correct me if I'm wrong, but it feels to me like middle schoolers kind of run the gamut. Some that don't even have access to any technology and then some that are just all in way too much. You're a little scared for their well-being, you know. Ronald (01:29) EW. Yeah. Absolutely, and you're right because their parents also run the gambit too. So for people listening who don't know, I have in my house four teenage daughters. I have 18 year old senior graduating this year, then I have a freshman, a seventh grader, and a fifth grader. So I've got everybody. Nick Clason (01:54) Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah, you're right there. Ronald (02:15) And my elementary school kid who's in fifth grade, Ruth is telling me about like her friends who have cell phones and have had cell phones since like third and fourth grade. Like that's just been their reality. They have always had a phone. Think of the iPad kid who just like parents are like, yeah, whatever here, right? Here's just the next step up. Go ahead and have a phone. Don't care. Put whatever on it. And then like, Nick Clason (02:42) So Ronald (02:45) me and my family, this has become our rule, it was our rule with our first, you get your cell phone at the end of fifth grade. And so, and we'll talk a little bit more about this too because I have really appreciated what other parents like told me and helped me figure out. That cell phone only can do a couple things, right? And we stair-step eventually through it. Nick Clason (02:54) Okay. Hmm. So as we like lean into this, first of all, everyone should know, no matter where you're listening, hit the link down below, because Ronald and I put together kind of like a collaborative hybrid ministry for middle schoolers kind of resource. So take it, download it, use it, share it with your parents, whatever you want to do. But especially like here we are post-Christmas, and isn't it so true that most middle schoolers Ronald (03:30) Use it. Nick Clason (03:41) there's a lot of technology that's given under the tree. And so this is just a very timely conversation, right? Like let's talk about technology use and middle schoolers. give us, like, why you start there where you did a little bit, like dive a little deeper into that. Fifth grader, that's your rule. Is that your recommendation? Do you take it, would you recommend parents take that on more of a case by case type basis? What's the wisdom principle in that, or is it? Ronald (03:44) 100%. yeah. Nick Clason (04:08) you know, hard and fast, like, yeah, as soon as they're done with fifth grade, they're mature enough to have a cell phone or like, what's your, how do you make that decision? I guess, or how would you coach parents to make that decision? Ronald (04:17) So what we went through and what was kind of like the deciding factor for us is, I live in San Antonio and so we have, once my kid was finished with elementary school, our oldest, she had friends who were splitting up into like the four winds, right? And we wanted to give her a way to stay connected to them and so we were like, okay, we're going to give you a phone, but. Nick Clason (04:36) Mm. Yeah. Ronald (04:46) Big stipulations. We had it, it's an iPhone, so we locked it down pretty tight to where she couldn't download any apps without requesting permission, so that's a big deal. There's no browser on it. So in fact, my high schooler just got a browser this year for ninth grade. to put that in, yeah, no browser. Nick Clason (04:51) Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Okay, so that's like all of middle school. Yeah. Ronald (05:16) Specifically also, no social media. She actually also just got her first social media, which was Pinterest. you, stair steppin' man. That's a stair step. But that, okay, here's what I tell parents, and here's what I have told parents and what I am taking through. Imagine a cell phone like a car, right? You are, even for the visual. Nick Clason (05:25) Okay. Which, does that even count? know, like that's one of those fringe ones. For sure. Mm-hmm. Ronald (05:46) You're giving keys away to your kid. for the audio too. on. There we go. Little foley. Little foley for our audio listeners. You don't just give the Ferrari away to a 16 year old or a 15 year old and say, right, go figure that out. guess you know more about this than I do. Like, no, no. Nick Clason (05:46) There you go. Those are car keys, people. Ronald's jingling them. We'll narrate this. Yeah. Ronald (06:15) you start that kid backing in and out of your driveway in the beater, right? And so we took that principle and applied it to our kids having cell phones. So like, okay, you're going to get like a not great iPhones, not the brand new one. It's going to be like, the one with the one camera. Yeah. The one camera type deal. And we're going to stair step you through this. Well, that's just an Android, Nick. That's what you. Nick Clason (06:30) Mm-hmm. me down. Yeah. Maybe some crack screens like my Android here. The glass is apparently weaker. Ronald (06:45) That's fine. No, and so we've stair-stepped. so my seventh grader who has a phone, also has a phone in middle school, has a phone but doesn't have, again, social media doesn't have a browser. And we also put like a stipulation on where the phone can go. My girls, I live in a two-story house. All the bedrooms are upstairs. No phones upstairs. Like that's a rule for us. And so when ... Nick Clason (07:11) Great rule, by the way. I approve. Yeah. Ronald (07:14) When it's time to go to bed, the charger's downstairs and they have to charge their phone downstairs. No phones at the dinner table. In fact, even it's no phones after dinner. So we say, hey, get it done after dinner, no phones. Those are just like things that we have done as a family to be like, hey, here's the deal. We are going to give you permission that expands with responsibility. And then also cool thing as a parent, my kids don't have a cell phone after supper. Nick Clason (0

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From the incredible wins to the unforgettable moments, we have covered so much ground together. And in this special Year in Review episode, we on the Hybrid Ministry show, we are celebrating you, our amazing community with highlights and stats and the best of the hybrid minstrel show here in 2024. Make sure that you stick around because I've actually distilled a highlight reel of the 2024 Hybrid Mr. Podcast Best Moments. 00;00;36;14 - 00;01;08;04 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry This just might be your favorite episode yet. Welcome back, everybody to the Hybrid Minister Show. I as always, I'm your host, Nick Claassen. And today we're going to be taking a little bit of a trip down memory lane to celebrate the amazing year and this incredible journey that you and I have been on together. As we always have on this podcast, we're going to be exploring the cutting edge ministry ideas and equip you with the tools to dominate the digital space in 2025. 00;01;08;04 - 00;01;35;14 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry It's been a ride in 2024, and 2025 is only going to get better. And it is all thank you to you. You know, in 2024, we released a total of 52 audio podcast episodes because we release one every single Thursday. If you haven't liked or subscribed yet, wherever you listen to your podcast, it's free and it will show up in your podcast. 00;01;35;14 - 00;02;13;17 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Catcher. Every single Thursday. Why? Because youth ministry often happens for most youth ministries across the country on Wednesday, so who doesn't need a little jolt of energy to get the to get them through the rest of their week on Thursdays? But 52 episodes released because we have not missed a single Thursday in the two and a half or so plus years that we've been doing this podcast, I just want to share with you some some highlights of the top performing video over this last year was a video that I titled top five Last Minute Game Ideas. 00;02;13;17 - 00;02;36;22 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry If you're watching here on YouTube, you can see some of the clips being overlaid with B-roll. We also over this year we've had nine different playlists that we've worked through. And so in each of those playlists, there's a obviously a top performing video in each of those playlists. And so our very first playlist we had was the 2024 On Demand masterclass. 00;02;36;22 - 00;02;56;28 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And in that video, the five No Prep games was a part of the masterclass. And that video had to, 361 views. And so that was not only the number one video for the year, but obviously the number one in the masterclass playlist. We also dropped a bonus you might not notice we dropped a bonus playlist called the Friday Game Day Series. 00;02;56;28 - 00;03;28;06 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry It released every Friday on YouTube, and, we covered nine of my favorite DRM games that I use. And so actually, if you had any of those or linked down below in this episode nine of my all time favorite do swim games, I'm giving them away to you completely for free. They are games that are on the, they're on the, they're on the website, the download Youth Ministry website, but I'm giving them away to you in this episode, 100% completely for free. 00;03;28;06 - 00;03;49;29 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And the best performing video in that playlist was the GIF flashback episode. We also went through a playlist titled some of the Youth Pastor's Biggest Problems, and the number one episode in that was youth Ministry planning weekend services versus mid week programing. And actually in that episode we ranked youth ministry curriculum. Spoiler it's clear you should try it. 00;03;49;29 - 00;04;12;22 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry In fact, if you haven't yet, hit the link down below. Sidekick.tv/pricing if you've never signed up for anything with Diam or Calendar, use the code Hybrid Ministry ten. All one word for get 10% off your first order. We went through the YouTube for Youth Ministry Play lesson playlist in the best performing video, and that playlist was the flagship title episode YouTube for Youth Ministry. 00;04;12;22 - 00;04;33;07 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry I then took you through some of the hybrid ministry tools and gear that you needed and the the best episode, and that the highest performing episode was the best gear for Digital Ministry in 2024. Must have tech accessories. Then over the summer, we went through an interview series and that episode, the one that was best in that playlist, was the solution to distractions. 00;04;33;07 - 00;04;56;24 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry At youth group, where I interviewed my good friend Josh Baldwin from Download Youth Ministry sidekick and co-leader. Then we went through Meat Generation Alpha, and in that playlist, the Ora and Bach versus Covenant Eyes. An honest youth pastor review was the highest performing video in that playlist. Finally, I went to my Social Challenge framework, which is the four things that I'm creating content with students and for students. 00;04;56;24 - 00;05;17;16 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And I can't tell you, I think that might be my most popular playlist to date cumulatively, and just word of mouth and things I've heard from youth pastors on the street. So thank you so much for that feedback. But the best episode and that one was the third one, how churches can use social media ideas and examples. And finally, the sidekick more engaging youth ministry. 00;05;17;16 - 00;05;39;10 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Again, the best episode on that one was the live sidekick demo at the day of recording. And again, don't forget Code Hybrid Ministry ten. If you're interested in sidekick or link down below for how we are using to computers to run Sidekick and Pro Presenter seamlessly. To switch between the two, grab that black magic video switcher, it will make your life so much easier. 00;05;39;10 - 00;06;05;21 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Now listen on YouTube. In total, we had 84,569 views, including our shorts content with 522 hours of watch time and 151 new subscribers. And in the youth ministry space is a fantastic number and I'm so thrilled, with those stats and with those numbers, simply because here I am in my guest bedroom late at night, recording a podcast into the back of my cell phone. 00;06;05;23 - 00;06;26;05 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And, I have a real job, and I'm just doing this on the side with my own. Sort of like, equipment at home. And so thank you so much for your support. You might also not know this, but we have an audio only podcast. It drops anywhere you get your podcasts, including Spotify or Apple Music, not Apple Music, Apple Podcasts. 00;06;26;12 - 00;06;51;11 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And we had almost 5000 downloads. Our biggest month was by far August, with almost nearly 1000 downloads in that month alone. And the number one downloaded audio podcast was my interview with my brother himself. The, YouTube video is linked down below in the show notes. But here's my interview with my brother, Nate Clayson. We talked about social media and how he's doing it in his context and in his youth ministry. 00;06;51;11 - 00;07;13;00 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry So shout out to all of you again, thank you for an amazing year. Thank you for cruising through the stats with me. But what I wanted to do now is I wanted to share some of the best comments that we've gotten so far this year, and so far today. So from Jesse Johnson, first of all, he disagreed with my take on coffee and saying that Duncan was terrible, which I'll give him that it's not great. 00;07;13;00 - 00;07;30;01 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry It's a chain. But if I have to choose between that and Starbucks, that's what I'm stuck with. That's what I'm going to choose. But he said he said using polls in the welcome loop in sidekick is so easy, I can't believe I didn't think of it. Excited to try that one out. Claire said this in our best parenting app podcast. 00;07;30;01 - 00;07;49;05 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry We use bark and it has been so wonderful fo

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Are you struggling 00:00:03:25 - 00:00:06:00 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry to figure out digital ministry? 00:00:06:00 - 00:00:07:20 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Well, here's the deal. 00:00:07:20 - 00:00:13:23 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry I created this video so that you can stop googling church social media tips. 00:00:13:23 - 00:00:18:16 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And in fact, I created this video so that you don't have to hire me or anybody else. 00:00:18:16 - 00:00:27:20 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry I'm going to show you and give you what it takes to be able to create a thriving online and digital hybrid presence. 00:00:27:22 - 00:00:30:02 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Now, here's the thing. I've been doing this podcast for 00:00:30:02 - 00:00:47:18 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry over two years now, and in my over two year journey of this podcast and hybrid ministry, I am helping churches do online well. But I'm also helping churches maintain their in-person presence and find that intersection, which is always the goal as we're trying to create 00:00:47:18 - 00:00:53:01 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry a church so that it matches and mirrors people where they are. 00:00:53:01 - 00:00:59:02 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And that intersection is what I like to call hybrid right there in the middle. And so we're 00:00:59:02 - 00:01:11:01 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry going to dive into some of the frequently asked questions here on the Hybrid Ministry show as we round out 2024 and set our sights to 2025. 00:01:11:01 - 00:01:13:25 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Welcome to the Hybrid Ministry Show. If you not haven't had a chance to meet you. 00:01:13:27 - 00:01:24:01 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry My name is Nicholas, and while I've been doing this podcast for two and a half years, I've been doing ministry for 14 years. And, my journey all along the way has led me towards this hybrid 00:01:24:01 - 00:01:31:19 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry sort of ministry. But in this episode, we are going to tackle some of the frequently asked questions that I've gotten from people all across the internet. 00:01:31:20 - 00:01:37:04 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Different groups have been in cohorts. I've run workshops, so I've led asking questions like, what 00:01:37:04 - 00:01:50:01 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry is hybrid ministry? Why is it even important? What is your content schedule? What's your capturing schedule? How do you edit the videos? What is, what would you consult me to do if I was just getting started? And 00:01:50:01 - 00:01:52:24 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry we are going to walk through all of those things. 00:01:52:25 - 00:02:04:17 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And as always, if you're here on YouTube, don't forget there are chapters down below at the bottom of the screen so that you can jump around to the question that means the most to you. Welcome to Hybrid Ministry show. 00:02:04:17 - 00:02:16:18 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Question number one. We alluded to it in the intro, but what is hybrid ministry? My favorite analogy, and this is actually some of the stuff that we're exploring over on my brand new Patreon 00:02:16:18 - 00:02:16:26 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry page. 00:02:16:29 - 00:02:34:19 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And some of these questions actually came from some of our brand new Patreon members. Shout out to Jesse. Johnson. Love having you over here. But, some of these questions, are like, what is hybrid ministry? Okay. So some of the questions are like, why? What's the purpose of this? What even is it? So it's important. 00:02:34:20 - 00:02:55:26 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Let's get a baseline okay. Again, chapters at the bottom. If you already know this, jump ahead. But hybrid ministry is intersecting your in-person and your digital, right. We all know in Covid we had digital church only. And we know that we hated it. Struggle with it, didn't know how to engage students. Well, we missed the in-person. And so when, restrictions are lifted, we all came back to in-person. 00:02:55:26 - 00:03:02:22 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And we miss it. We miss community. We miss friendship. We miss praying with one another. We missed sharing meals together, 00:03:02:22 - 00:03:15:09 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry but we did a lot of good ministry over here too. Digitally. Right. And so, we kind of got these two buckets here. You got online only and you got in-person only. Let's let's examine 00:03:15:09 - 00:03:16:14 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry what each of those are good for. 00:03:16:14 - 00:03:30:29 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry My opinion online is a fantastic content delivery system. So emails, information announcements but also content sermons, podcasts, long form teaching courses, things like that. What is in-person good for 00:03:30:29 - 00:03:37:06 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry that? Online struggles with real, authentic community. Like you. You can have a version of community 00:03:37:06 - 00:03:41:27 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry because of in-person friendships through like a means like texting or even like chats and stuff like that. 00:03:41:27 - 00:04:03:04 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry But I mean real in-person community, like, we all kind of hunger for it long for. And you, some people like, are in the metaverse and and that's satisfying that sort of age. They're friends with people from a distance. But but a lot of ways like real community life on life, sharing meals together, carrying one another's burdens, prayer requests, honestly, everything in like a shepherding, sort of like 00:04:03:05 - 00:04:04:18 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry small group space. 00:04:04:18 - 00:04:28:28 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry But if we look at a typical Sunday morning sermon, most of it is what we can accomplish with online. And thus in lies the inherent tension. Because everything we can do on a Sunday morning can be easily replicable. And frankly, it's even a little bit more attractive, especially to people like Gen, Gen Z, millennials, even Gen Alpha to consume content, sermons and church services online. 00:04:29:05 - 00:04:45:19 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry But what younger generations are craving and the church has to figure out how to offer it in a way that, either takes the place of Sunday morning or as an attractive alternative to what's going on Sunday morning. Is that real, deep, authentic life on life, biblical community 00:04:45:19 - 00:04:50:15 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry and that intersection of where you're online, which you should have online. 00:04:50:15 - 00:04:59:10 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry So if you if you're a mostly in-person church hybrid ministry for you is adding in online so that you can have a more robust experience of your church, if you're an online 00:04:59:10 - 00:05:13:12 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry only church, which are very few and far between, you should figure out how to add some more in-person type elements so that we can intersect between the two online, online, in-person intersects at that hybrid ministry spot. 00:05:13:14 - 00:05:14:25 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry I liken it to 00:05:14:25 - 00:05:39:04 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Home Depot. Okay, so I can go buy something on Home Depot website completely online experience, or I can go browse the aisles completely in-person experience. But that hybrid moment happens when I pull up my phone and I look on the app and it tells me exactly wh

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Are you struggling 00:00:03:25 - 00:00:06:00 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry to figure out digital ministry? 00:00:06:00 - 00:00:07:20 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Well, here's the deal. 00:00:07:20 - 00:00:13:23 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry I created this video so that you can stop googling church social media tips. 00:00:13:23 - 00:00:18:16 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And in fact, I created this video so that you don't have to hire me or anybody else. 00:00:18:16 - 00:00:27:20 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry I'm going to show you and give you what it takes to be able to create a thriving online and digital hybrid presence. 00:00:27:22 - 00:00:30:02 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Now, here's the thing. I've been doing this podcast for 00:00:30:02 - 00:00:47:18 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry over two years now, and in my over two year journey of this podcast and hybrid ministry, I am helping churches do online well. But I'm also helping churches maintain their in-person presence and find that intersection, which is always the goal as we're trying to create 00:00:47:18 - 00:00:53:01 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry a church so that it matches and mirrors people where they are. 00:00:53:01 - 00:00:59:02 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And that intersection is what I like to call hybrid right there in the middle. And so we're 00:00:59:02 - 00:01:11:01 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry going to dive into some of the frequently asked questions here on the Hybrid Ministry show as we round out 2024 and set our sights to 2025. 00:01:11:01 - 00:01:13:25 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Welcome to the Hybrid Ministry Show. If you not haven't had a chance to meet you. 00:01:13:27 - 00:01:24:01 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry My name is Nicholas, and while I've been doing this podcast for two and a half years, I've been doing ministry for 14 years. And, my journey all along the way has led me towards this hybrid 00:01:24:01 - 00:01:31:19 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry sort of ministry. But in this episode, we are going to tackle some of the frequently asked questions that I've gotten from people all across the internet. 00:01:31:20 - 00:01:37:04 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Different groups have been in cohorts. I've run workshops, so I've led asking questions like, what 00:01:37:04 - 00:01:50:01 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry is hybrid ministry? Why is it even important? What is your content schedule? What's your capturing schedule? How do you edit the videos? What is, what would you consult me to do if I was just getting started? And 00:01:50:01 - 00:01:52:24 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry we are going to walk through all of those things. 00:01:52:25 - 00:02:04:17 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And as always, if you're here on YouTube, don't forget there are chapters down below at the bottom of the screen so that you can jump around to the question that means the most to you. Welcome to Hybrid Ministry show. 00:02:04:17 - 00:02:16:18 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Question number one. We alluded to it in the intro, but what is hybrid ministry? My favorite analogy, and this is actually some of the stuff that we're exploring over on my brand new Patreon 00:02:16:18 - 00:02:16:26 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry page. 00:02:16:29 - 00:02:34:19 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And some of these questions actually came from some of our brand new Patreon members. Shout out to Jesse. Johnson. Love having you over here. But, some of these questions, are like, what is hybrid ministry? Okay. So some of the questions are like, why? What's the purpose of this? What even is it? So it's important. 00:02:34:20 - 00:02:55:26 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Let's get a baseline okay. Again, chapters at the bottom. If you already know this, jump ahead. But hybrid ministry is intersecting your in-person and your digital, right. We all know in Covid we had digital church only. And we know that we hated it. Struggle with it, didn't know how to engage students. Well, we missed the in-person. And so when, restrictions are lifted, we all came back to in-person. 00:02:55:26 - 00:03:02:22 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And we miss it. We miss community. We miss friendship. We miss praying with one another. We missed sharing meals together, 00:03:02:22 - 00:03:15:09 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry but we did a lot of good ministry over here too. Digitally. Right. And so, we kind of got these two buckets here. You got online only and you got in-person only. Let's let's examine 00:03:15:09 - 00:03:16:14 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry what each of those are good for. 00:03:16:14 - 00:03:30:29 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry My opinion online is a fantastic content delivery system. So emails, information announcements but also content sermons, podcasts, long form teaching courses, things like that. What is in-person good for 00:03:30:29 - 00:03:37:06 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry that? Online struggles with real, authentic community. Like you. You can have a version of community 00:03:37:06 - 00:03:41:27 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry because of in-person friendships through like a means like texting or even like chats and stuff like that. 00:03:41:27 - 00:04:03:04 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry But I mean real in-person community, like, we all kind of hunger for it long for. And you, some people like, are in the metaverse and and that's satisfying that sort of age. They're friends with people from a distance. But but a lot of ways like real community life on life, sharing meals together, carrying one another's burdens, prayer requests, honestly, everything in like a shepherding, sort of like 00:04:03:05 - 00:04:04:18 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry small group space. 00:04:04:18 - 00:04:28:28 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry But if we look at a typical Sunday morning sermon, most of it is what we can accomplish with online. And thus in lies the inherent tension. Because everything we can do on a Sunday morning can be easily replicable. And frankly, it's even a little bit more attractive, especially to people like Gen, Gen Z, millennials, even Gen Alpha to consume content, sermons and church services online. 00:04:29:05 - 00:04:45:19 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry But what younger generations are craving and the church has to figure out how to offer it in a way that, either takes the place of Sunday morning or as an attractive alternative to what's going on Sunday morning. Is that real, deep, authentic life on life, biblical community 00:04:45:19 - 00:04:50:15 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry and that intersection of where you're online, which you should have online. 00:04:50:15 - 00:04:59:10 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry So if you if you're a mostly in-person church hybrid ministry for you is adding in online so that you can have a more robust experience of your church, if you're an online 00:04:59:10 - 00:05:13:12 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry only church, which are very few and far between, you should figure out how to add some more in-person type elements so that we can intersect between the two online, online, in-person intersects at that hybrid ministry spot. 00:05:13:14 - 00:05:14:25 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry I liken it to 00:05:14:25 - 00:05:39:04 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Home Depot. Okay, so I can go buy something on Home Depot website completely online experience, or I can go browse th

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Some of the below links are affiliate links in which we do recieve a small commission based on your purchase or use of products VIDIQ https://vidiq.com/hybrid BEST DYM RESOURCES https://www.hybridministry.xyz/articles/dym OPUS.PRO FOR AI SHORTS & REELS https://www.opus.pro/?via=a5d361 //YOUTUBE STARTER KIT FOR UNDER $100 https://www.hybridministry.xyz/articles/youtubestarterkit //SIDEKICK SETUP GUIDE https://www.hybridministry.xyz/articles/setup 🕰️TIMECODES 00:00 The Most Personal Element of Sidekick to Date 01:34 #1 Creative Name Generator Idea 04:27 Operating "Pick Me" 06:04 #2 Creative Name Generator Idea 07:28 #3 Creative Name Generator Idea 08:19 Different Sound Effect Options 10:09 #4 Creative Name Generator Idea 11:26 #5 Creative Name Generator Idea -------------- 00:00:00:00 - 00:00:11:26 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry As we've been exploring more engaging sermons through your presentations and specifically your presentation software, we're talking about sidekick in the play, this link right 00:00:11:26 - 00:00:16:59 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry here. And this is the fourth and final video, but this feature is the feature that when I saw this 00:00:16:59 - 00:00:23:59 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry feature rolled out at the Orange Conference and I believe it was 2016 when they 00:00:23:59 - 00:00:28:47 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry showed it to me, I instantly said, and then sign me up. 00:00:28:51 - 00:00:50:23 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry What does it take? How much does it cost? Actually, I don't care. It doesn't matter. This is what I want. And this is the feature that sidekick still has rolled out to this day, in my personal opinion. It is my necklaces favorite feature, and it is one that I believe that you can and you should be using in your presentations. 00:00:50:28 - 00:01:07:23 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Whether you're a youth pastor, whether you're a college minister, whether you're an adult pastor, or whether, frankly, you're a senior pastor, it is the random name picker and random name generator. And in this video and in this episode, I want to share five of my favorite ways 00:01:07:23 - 00:01:11:46 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry to creatively use the name picker. I'm going to drill deep down 00:01:11:46 - 00:01:16:51 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry into all of the features of how you can use it and utilize it, and what it has to offer. 00:01:16:57 - 00:01:24:01 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry So if you're watching here on YouTube, you're going to see a live demo and a live tutorial and a screen share of it. And don't forget, as always, there 00:01:24:01 - 00:01:35:31 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry are chapters down below at the bottom of this video so that you can skip around to the ones that make the most sense to you. Welcome everyone to the Hybrid Ministry Show. 00:01:35:36 - 00:01:47:54 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry So way. Number one, that I love to use the random name generator because as you know, when you're at church, you don't know which of your youth group kids are going to show up on any given week. And 00:01:47:54 - 00:02:04:52 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry so one of my favorite ways to use it is in our retreats or in our camps or within things that, that have a registration component to it, because, you know, every kid you're taking to camp, you should and you should definitely know that number because you better return with that many kids. 00:02:04:53 - 00:02:20:39 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Give me a like if you've ever worried that you lost a kid, a youth camp, and, either way, one of the things I like to do is when we have a big event and listen, what I'm about to explain is one of the things I'm going to start doing on my Patreon show. By the way, if you didn't know, we're launching a Patreon show. 00:02:20:39 - 00:02:45:03 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry If you're watching here on screen, you can see the slide. We are going to be offering bonus content, and that bonus content is going to drop once per week. And I'm very simply going to talk through all of the different ways that we are using and utilizing hybrid in our ministry, and I hope that as you sit in and as you listen, it helps you to get the creative juices going a little bit in your own brain and in your own ministry. 00:02:45:03 - 00:03:06:34 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And as you pursue hybrid, not because it's cool and not because digital and all that stuff is important, but really we're taking our in-person and our digital and we're putting it together, intersecting in most cases, at students cell phones, which gives us an opportunity to impact and influence them beyond the one hour of programing that we have scheduled per week. 00:03:06:34 - 00:03:26:52 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And so that is what my Patreon is going to do, this bonus content. But when you have an event, if you have some sort of a check in system, which I know we do, I have our, church community builder, CBM, we have a, report that runs for anyone who's checked in within the last 24 hours. 00:03:26:57 - 00:03:29:54 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And so what happens then is, basically 00:03:29:54 - 00:03:53:47 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry once an event has started, I can go into that report, I can download into an Excel sheet, so to speak, or like a dot CSV. I can know all the names of the students who are there. I don't have to guess about the kids who I think might be there, who I thought I saw, but I know for a fact they've checked in and then I can put their names into the random name generator, and then I can use that for raffle giveaways, prizes, and all sorts of things. 00:03:53:47 - 00:04:18:27 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And so say that that spits out into an Excel sheet. You're looking here at an Excel sheet, and you can just highlight an entire cell. Copy. Copy that. Go over here to your name picker. Click edit. Click edit. Pick me. Go to your book editor Payson, and boom, just in case you also wanted their numbers as well. And so now we got all of the names in here. 00:04:18:32 - 00:04:42:00 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And and then when I go ahead and I get ready to roll this thing, you'll notice. Let me get this full screen here. If you're watching, pretend this is your projector, you're going to drag that window over to your projector. And then you are going to click present and you're good to go. And so now here I am, I want to play and I want to run this pick me game. 00:04:42:00 - 00:05:07:27 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry And so, I'm going to turn it on to random. And we're going to get this thing rolling and I'm gonna see who's going to win. And it's Nikola to pitch the earbud. Believer himself. And so when you're running it right, you can do things like hide last item. So if I don't want to pitch to win, I can turn this on ahead of time so that it doesn't stop on him again, even though it did. 00:05:07:27 - 00:05:27:33 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry But now he's gone and now I'm going to get a new winner. Jacob Jalen Williams himself. Right. Here's the beautiful thing. If you don't trust your tech person, you can do this from your phone. You can do this remotely from an iPad. Or you can do this remotely from even a whole different computer. And you don't even have to be on the same network as that computer. 00:05:27:37 - 00:05:28:42 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry You're logged into sidekick 00:05:28:42 - 00:05:44:50 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry on your in your tech booth, and if you're logged in to sidekick from your phone or whatever device, you can run it from both. We are all in on sidekick in fact. Link down below if you want to see our setup of how we do it. To jump back and forth between pro presenter and sidekick, we haven't made the shift to be 00:05:44:50 - 00:05:47:41 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry all in with worship because that's a whole different department. 00:05:47:46 - 00:06:02:42 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry I don't call the shots. If I did, we would be all in on sidekick, but since we're not, we have a video switcher. And if you want to be able to bounce back and forth between the two so that you can have the elements of purpose that you like, but all the interactive features of sidekick that you like, check that out down below. 00:06:02:42 - 00:06:29:26 Nick Clason | Hybrid Ministry Now, idea