Effective Apps & Resources for Youth Ministry

Below are the notes for my lecture I gave at Faulkner at their Youth & Family Summit on February 29, 2016. 

A few notes before we begin:

• Isaiah 44.9–20 – don’t make your tech an idol
• People shouldn’t say “Wow that was a great presentation” - they should say “He or she really brought that passage to life”
• Don’t ever let your tech speak louder than the Word.
• God used people - Moses and Joshua and Jesus and Paul - he didn’t use an app to spread the Gospel
• If your focus is on your PowerPoint and not pointing kids to the Gospel, you need to reevaluate your preparation
• My process: [1] Look at the Word, [2] Write my lesson, [3] Add in any technology.

Bible Study / Apps

• TheBible.org app / greattreasures.org (it ain’t pretty but it works!)
• Logos Bible Software
• YouVersion (YouVersion Live interactive notes)
• Faithlife Study Bible
• Accordance
• ESV Bible

Resources

• AdventuresInMinistry.com
• AIM Series
• Ministry Bits podcast
• Active Digital Parenting
• Start2Finish
• Wes McAdams
• The Bible Project on YouTube
• The Youth Cartel
• YFC.net
• Download Youth Ministry
• The Source for YM
• Youth Ministry 360
• The Clues Brothers (escape games from Andrew and Philip Jenkins)
• Open.Lifechurch.tv

Reasearch and Writing

• Editorial for iOS
• Byword for iOS
• Apple Notes for iOS
• Copied for iOS
• Simplenote
• Evernote (good app but not recommended)
• Microsoft OneNote

Social Media

• Instagram (fastest growing social network in the world)
• Flow for Instagram (nice UI, multiple accounts, iPad app)
• Tweetbot for Mac / iOS (great Twitter client, multiple accts)
• Fenix for Twitter for Android
• Tweetdeck for Mac (multiple accts)
• Buffer (time-deliver posts, multiple accts)
• SaveFrom.net
• Adobe Post
• Adobe Clip

Graphics

• Canva for iOS
• Gimp
• Photoshop + Lightroom subscription (9.99/mo)
• Pixelmator for Mac

Organization

• MinHub Youth for iOS
• Microsoft Excel or OneNote
• Dropbox
• Postagram
• Ink Cards
• Wunderlist
• 2Do
• Omnifocus

Websites / Mobile Apps

• Squarespace
• Hover
• Clover sites
• Subsplash

Organization

• MinHub Youth for iOS
• Microsoft Excel or OneNote
• Dropbox
• Postagram
• Ink Cards
• Wunderlist
• 2Do
• Omnifocus