SOCIAL MEDIA FOR YOUTH MINISTRY - What Most People Miss
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- Опубліковано 4 лип 2024
- If you serve in youth ministry, you know how powerful of a force social media is in the everyday lives of students. So in this video, we'll talk about some of those challenges - along with a few of my favorite techniques for connecting with and pastoring youth through social platforms.
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Table of Contents:
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0:00 - Intro
1:22 - The Most Popular Social Platforms Amongst Teens
3:04 - Your Two Responsibilities On Social Media
4:19 - Setting Up An Instagram Direct Group
5:38 - Creating Content For Your Youth vs. With Your Youth
7:30 - Helping Students Navigate The Dangers Of Social Media
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Show Notes:
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- Percentage of U.S. teens that use social platforms each month: prochur.ch/35wbRPG
- Most popular social media platforms for young people: prochur.ch/35tWVl4
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Connect With Brady:
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Social media for students is VERY different compared to what you do for social on your general church pages. Hope you enjoy these best practices!
Thanks Brady for the video. Do you plan on doing a follow up video on how more precisely a youth leader can use Instagram or TikTok. As an older youth leader, I could use all the help I can get.
@@faithlutheranchurch7476 I'm releasing a video on Reels next week on Tuesday. And we've got a ton of Instagram and TikTok content already published on our channel. Just search for those keywords here: ua-cam.com/channels/jamZs-IMPsvu9uNzP9v8RA.html?view_as=subscriber
Yes, connecting with students is the goal and social can be daunting because doing it right requires a different skillset and creative thought process than planning events or writing sermons. It's important to carve out the time in your schedule to do it properly. Thanks!
Love the student ministries focused content! So helpful for us youth pastors!
Always appreciate your perspective Brady. Thanks again!
Thank you for this. I would love more discussions about ministry to youth through social media. I am a lay-leader of a youth group in a smaller church and I am trying to navigate the world of ministry through social media without much in the way of resources and this helps keep me moving in the right direction.
Thank you so much for this content Brady and pro Church. We need more of this content specific to youth ministry
I'm currently writing my dissertation for my Applied Theology degree on how digital platforms have helped or hindered the Christian discipleship of young people. This video was so helpful THANK YOU!
Once again, I've found myself rewatching another of your videos. There's so much to unpack and contemplate that I need time to pray and consider an action plan and next steps. I love the framework you've provided here and that you've considered our young people's intake of media. I know people of all ages who have an unhealthy consumption of media (and sometimes, I'm there too). Thanks!
Wonderful!
One of the most impactful videos i have seen, thank you!
Watching from Johannesburg, SA and trust me, this applies just as explained. Thank you so much for this informative content. 🙂👍🏼
Awesome video Brady. Extreme value!! 👍🏼
Bro as a missional content creator here in Cambodia I just want to commend you for helping the Church to get behind the inevitable direction of communicating in this digital era. So well thought out specifically the Public vs. Private communication reality and how Social media is a massive opportunity to be embraced not a thing to be feared or demonized. Including the personal testimonies really drove home this reality. Keep it Going!
You got it! Thanks for the kind words. 🙏
Wonderful video! Thank you so much!
This was very good Brady. Thanks for sharing!
🔥🔥🔥 YESSS! You dropped some GREAT gems.
Love the insights!
Thanks Brady.... It's really helpful
Fantastic resource. It is a blessing
"Maybe you're also that person that always watches these videos and you **music stops** don't hit the like button...". You got me. That pause in music got me. I hit the like button.
Connor Palmer Much appreciated 🥳
Hi Brady, you have a great personality, I love listening to you. Thank you for setting up this channel, it is really helping us. I have some great take away from this video, thanks.
Thanks for the kind words, Tom. Great to have you along for the journey. 👊
Hi im from Philippines actually this kind of strategy that reaching out Christian youth on social media is one of my ideas like playing with them on online gaming platform but on this video like tiktok, etc sound great idea so im gonna try this on my youth group thanks for this video God bless you sir
Wow, this is great!
This was really good. Thank you.
These are very interesting. I love these ideas!
Excellent video! Thank
Thanks, Brady!
Thank you so much!
Great video! Appreciate it!
This is amazing!
Hey Brady. Many churches and youth pastors struggling to shift to a lot of online care because of restrictions when it comes to Protection Plans. If you're ever looking to make another walkthrough video on this theme, an extremely helpful topic would be how to record/save/recover chats for the purposes of transparency and protection of students and leaders. I'd also love to hear your opinion on which social platforms are the "safest" for use in these areas.
Thanks as always for everything you're doing. Quick colour grading in Davinci has really upped my content game, and it's all because of you brother!
Hi Mike, good question (Joel).
This is why Instagram Direct group chats are great. Because there are multiple people in the group which makes for good accountability. And then, if you're using an Instagram Business Account (which you should be), all of your direct messages are visible on both your phone, but also in your Facebook Business account on desktop so you can have more than one pair of eyes on all the personal messages and they get archived so they're not disappearing.
@@prochurchtools Love it! Thanks Brady!
I started a discord server for my youth group about a year ago. The ability to manage and customize the space is better than any other platform I’ve used.
Ola from Malaysia! Some great tips here 👍
Great video
Thanks Brady! I love your contents. ❤
I appreciate that!
Again Thank you
This is great. Can we have a segment that discusses the different styles of "livestreaming" for Youth Ministry. I know you focus alot on livestreaming churches, but would love to get some more info on Youth Ministry Livestreaming.
Creating content with students and not just for them is great advice. If you are going to be on social media, “create more than you consume” is something we should demonstrate to our students.
Thank You
Hi Brady, thanx for this great video (again). I shared it with my some other youth-leaders here in the Netherlands. As you said, the numbers about Instagram etc. are probably not just for US, but also for other western countries (the Netherlands for example). You gave is something to think discuss here. Thanx
Fantastic!
Thanks, Brady! As always, really great information and helpful practical points. We are currently looking at how to launch social for our Students, so this video is timely. At this point, I'm just getting ready to launch an Instagram account for the whole church, I assume we should have a completely separate account for Student Ministry?
Great insight! Thanks for the great content. Just subbed.
Some Honest Missionaries Great to have you 🙏
Super brother ❤
This is awesome will definitely implement this with my students. Quick question though. Should I create 2 insta direct groups one for MS and the other one for HS. Thanks!
I always hit the like button!
Great video!! i'm totally sharing!!
Please do!
Brady, well done much-needed content here. I'm taking some time off ministry to finish school, but when I'm back I'll definitely be revisiting this. Blessings!
All the best with your studies 👊
@@prochurchtools thanks!
Thanks for the great reminder to make content WITH students. We have been producing a live UA-cam show and cant wait to have students back to be a part of it.
I think they're going to love that.
Just shared this with our Youth pastor!
Awesome. Thank you!
More videos for youth pastors please!
I decided to change my ways 😄
Changed my ways and hit the Like button 😮😄
You know I appreciate it
This is brilliant I do the social media for our youth ministry @homechurch.expo , really interesting & helpful video!
Wow this is really insightful
So glad to hear it. 🙏
Great Video! Loved the part about how youth engage with their social. What are your thoughts regarding how churches’ abuse prevention plans play into effect with this? We’ve chosen to not use Snapchat because of the lack of tracking elements of it. Any thoughts? (From a youth pastor in Edmonton)
It certainly isn't an easy thing to figure out. I did a video on safety as it pertains to TikTok that has some thoughts: ua-cam.com/video/2hNLEqr7imI/v-deo.html
I 👍 it
Shared with my youth pastor. Do you have any suggestions for kids ministry?
Hey Brady...I appreciate your message in the video! I have watched many of your videos (and they're great) and I would love to see more on Student Min content. You have so much great info to share and I would love to learn more (old dog...Full-time Student Min for 22 years)! I totally get the info graphic you showed that have TikTok and SnapChat for students consumption (2nd, 3rd) but I have not sipped the koolaide of these platforms. In my opinion, there are too many risks in TikTok and SnapChat to pushing students towards, especially in trying to appear above reproach...how can we utilize Instagram as a primary Social Media platform for Students? I love the idea of Direct Groups and I will be putting those in play...but how can we create Instagram fun that is equal to the TikTok and SnapChat craze?
The great news is Instagram Reels just launched last month in August which is their version of TikTok essentially right within the Instagram app.
I’m in School to be a Youth Pastor. I just have one question. I’ve always been weary of using TikTok. I know many parents are also against it. Would it be wrong to avoid tiktok? How do I navigate around that? (Not just tiktok, but other platforms as well) Would it be secluding to the youth who arent allowed to have social to create a private group through social? (Im asking to learn, not to critique)
This is good. I like the group message on IG. What would you say about these kids that create alias accounts? I’ve never seen anything like it before. They change their usernames so much.
I think it's a product of the bullying/pressures on young people online. It can feel too vulnerable. Especially if you're not one of the most popular kids. So trying to remain more anonymous is the natural response to that.
lol you convinced me to subscribe and like
Thank you! Needed this :))
Got you 👊
Make another one of these but for 2024
Voddie Baucham argues that youth ministry is both unbiblical and detrimental to the Church. Opinions? You can find the video here on YT.
I am in charge of the social media at my church. I used my husband’s personal Snapchat as our youth group’s Snapchat since he does not use it. I just found out you can create a business Snapchat account. Should I do that?
I would, yes.
What are your views on leaders following/friending etc students on social media? As a blanket understanding, we kind of just don't do it. We have a lot of students whose parents don't want us to contact them through social media anyway (which, unfortunately, is why I can't implement your good idea to create a group DM through our Instagram).
annafab1 I was always friends with my youth pastor and youth leaders even in the early Facebook days - I’m for it.
Anyone wanting to learn Portuguese and teach English?
I always got annoyed using the word student. Like the kids been in school all day they wanna hang that hat up when they come home or engage with youth group. What’s a good respectful alternative? Folks? Kids? Y’all? What doesn’t sound old fashioned or talking down to them?
Voltron Defender of the Universe I grew up on the word “youth” and so I actually like “student” as an alternative.
It's a good discussion . We try to avoid "kids"
when talking to them from "stage" I tend to call them friends, other that that I use youth. well, actually the alternatives in my language :)
1st comment what do i win 😅
My adoration 🙏