The Millennial Pastor

Jacobi interviews Rev. Ford on his experience pastoring a church still wrestling with the historical repercussions of racism still affecting the congregation today. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/millennial-pastors/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/millennial-pastors/support

Season 12 of the Millennial Pastor Podcast is focused on celebrating the diversity of the Kingdom of Heaven. Join us as we get to know our new host Jacobi as he tells us what to expect for this coming season. Previous Episodes ft/ Jacobi: An Interview with Hunter ft. Jacobi's book "And I leave you with this" Jacobi throws away White Jesus --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/millennial-pastors/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/millennial-pastors/support

As a much belated wrap-up for Season 11, Megan Pittman shares some words of advice (the best bits if you will) from each of this seasons guests. Make sure to check out the rest of this seasons episodes and keep an eye and ear out for our upcoming seasons. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/millennial-pastors/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/millennial-pastors/support

For Season 11 of The Millennial Pastor Podcast our guest host is Megan Pittman. This season, we are exploring worship, the arts, and how they impact our interaction with both God and the Church. We are excited to share conversations with all kinds of leaders, artists, pastors, and creatives who share their stories and how art has played an “instrumental” role in their faith expression. Today’s guest is Sadie Shapovalov from La Center, WA. She shares in today’s episode about worship being primarily about the posture of our hearts and how we live life between worship services. Sadie is a Worship Leader at both Ridgefield Church of the Nazarene and River Fellowship Church of the Nazarene. She is a licensed minister and currently is studying for Ordination through Nazarene Bible College. She also co-own Sadie and Josie’s Bakery in La Center and Long Beach, WA. If you would like to learn more about or from Sadie, you can find her on Facebook. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/millennial-pastors/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/millennial-pastors/support

For Season 11 of The Millennial Pastor Podcast our guest host is Megan Pittman. This season, we are exploring worship, the arts, and how they impact our interaction with both God and the Church. We are excited to share conversations with all kinds of leaders, artists, pastors, and creatives who share their stories and how art has played an “instrumental” role in their faith expression.  Today’s guest is Bethany Barr Phillips from Tuscaloosa, Alabama. In our conversation, she voiced how music helps us honor God and see where God is at work even in times of difficulty. Bethany is a worship leader with over 17 years of experience and works as a full-time itinerant worship leader/speaker, traveling across the U.S. She also has the joy of serving on the worship staff at her local church, Church of the Highlands in Birmingham, AL. She has released 3 full length records, has authored two devotional books and is one of the founding members of Women In Worship, an organization that exists to encourage and empower women in worship ministry. You can find more information about her work at www.bethanybarrphillips.com or follow Bethany on Instagram @betbarrphillips. For more information about Women In Worship, visit www.womeninworship.live or follow them on Instagram @womeninworship.live. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/millennial-pastors/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/millennial-pastors/support

For Season 11 of The Millennial Pastor Podcast our guest host is Megan Pittman. This season, we are exploring worship, the arts, and how they impact our interaction with both God and the Church. We are excited to share conversations with all kinds of leaders, artists, pastors, and creatives who share their stories and how art has played an “instrumental” role in their faith expression. Our guest this week, Rev. Dr. Brent Neely, helps clarify some of the distinctions in how he worships as a Monk committed to a Benedictine community. He points out how all our senses – sight, touch, sound, smell, and taste – ought to be involved in our worship and offers great insight into the role of iconography within the Christian tradition. Brent received his BA in Christian Ministries from Eastern Nazarene College as well as his Masters of Divinity Doctoral of Ministry in Spiritual Formation and Discipleship from Nazarene Theological Seminary. He works as a Chaplain, is an Associate Pastor at Belton New Horizons Church of the Nazarene, and is a Monk with the House of Initia Nova. You can connect with Brent on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @Rev_Dr_Brother or @Monastic_Haikus, or subscribe to his Substack @FromYourBrother. You can also find his book, “The Book of Ancient Prayers: 365+ Prayers from the Saints of the Church” by Brent D. Neely on Amazon. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/millennial-pastors/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/millennial-pastors/support

This week's guest, Victoria Sibingo, teaches about how music and worship have offered ways to discover and receive intimacy from God. God simply wants to be in a relationship with us as we learn to be present with Christ and with others. Victoria currently resides near Lisbon, Portugal where she is involved with her local church and works as a loan servicing officer in structured finance. She has worked previously with Saddleback Church, Hillsong, and is currently working on a project called Simply Worship. If you’d like to follow Victoria and her music online, you can follow her on Spotify under Victoria Davis, on YouTube under Victoria Davis Music, and on instagram @victoriadavismusic. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/millennial-pastors/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/millennial-pastors/support

For Season 11 of The Millennial Pastor Podcast our guest host is Megan Pittman. This season, we are exploring worship, the arts, and how they impact our interaction with both God and the Church. We are excited to share conversations with all kinds of leaders, artists, pastors, and creatives who share their stories and how art has played an “instrumental” role in their faith expression. This week, we have Josh Miller sharing his wisdom about how we all carry the ability for creativity and are called to create and steward those gifts no matter what they are. Josh Miller is a Worship Leader and songwriter at Saddleback Church in southern California where he has served for 9 years. You can find out more about his music and projects by following @saddlebackworship or @joshua_david_m on Instagram. You can also follow the music Saddleback is creating by following them on Spotify, Apple Music, or Amazon Music, including a new album coming out February 2024. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/millennial-pastors/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/millennial-pastors/support

For Season 11 of The Millennial Pastor Podcast our guest host is Megan Pittman. This season, we are exploring worship, the arts, and how they impact our interaction with both God and the Church. We are excited to share conversations with all kinds of leaders, artists, pastors, and creatives who share their stories and how art has played an “instrumental” role in their faith expression. Listen in as Pastor Janae Meyer shares about how digital art and the art of preaching can make an impact on the world around us. Janae Meyer currently serves as the Senior Pastor of Discovery Church in Canastota, NY, is the communications coordinator for the Wesleyan Holiness Women Clergy and Assistant to the DS in Upstate New York District. You can find out more about her digital artwork and preaching on her instagram @janae.meyer or on Facebook. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/millennial-pastors/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/millennial-pastors/support

This season our guest host, Megan Pittman, is interviewing artists about their time in and out of the church. Worship music will feature heavily in the discussion, but there is more to worship than simply songs sung on Sunday mornings. Join us as we get to know our new guest host and hear a little bit more about what to expect for her season on the podcast! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/millennial-pastors/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/millennial-pastors/support

We wrap up season 10 with our guest hosts Caleb and Makayla and hear a little bit about where the future of creation care conversations are going. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/millennial-pastors/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/millennial-pastors/support

In this treasure of an episode, Caleb and Makayla have the rare opportunity to sit down with H. Ray Dunning for a theological crescendo to this special season on Exploring Creation Care. Dr. Dunning has taught, preached, and written his way into our Nazarene hearts and minds for many decades, and perhaps is most known for his systematic theology: Grace, Faith, and Holiness. Check out this 30th Anniversary Annotations edition of Grace, Faith, and Holiness https://www.thefoundrypublishing.com/grace-faith-and-holiness-30th-anniversary-annotations-9780834137554.html  Support Nazarene's for Creation Care by visiting ⁠⁠https://www.nazarenesforcreationcare.com/⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/millennial-pastors/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/millennial-pastors/support

This week: ecology, birds, evolution, and the Quetzal Educational Research Center (QERC)! In this dialogue with David Hille who teaches wildlife biology and ecology at NNU we get into some of the fun weeds of creation care!  Learn more about QERC!  http://qerc.snu.edu/  Dr. David Hille - Nighthawk Research@nnuwildlifebio (on Instagram and Facebook)@hille_david (on Instagram)@davidchille (on X)Wildlife Biology & Ecology at Northwest Nazarene UniversityThe Birds of Nicaragua: A Field Guide Support Nazarene's for Creation Care by visiting ⁠⁠https://www.nazarenesforcreationcare.com/⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/millennial-pastors/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/millennial-pastors/support

While in DC, Caleb was able to sit down with climate scientist Jessica Moerman. Jessica received her Ph.D. in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences from the Georgia Institute of Technology where she researched isotope geochemistry. At the time of this recording Jessica was the VP of Science and Policy for the Evangelical Environmental Network (EEN) but has since become the new President! If you’re curious to hear more about how to actually understand climate change, this one’s for you!  Learn more about EEN at https://creationcare.org/ Check out a training N4CC did with Jessica! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc_8oWxF658  Support Nazarene's for Creation Care by visiting ⁠⁠https://www.nazarenesforcreationcare.com/⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/millennial-pastors/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/millennial-pastors/support

This wonderful episode with Jonathan Twining, a professor emeritus of ecology and environmental science at ENC, highlights his passion for reptiles and amphibians. He shares about his snake bite prevention work in Kenya and how it’s saving lives (of humans and snakes)! Support Jon’s life saving work in Kenya: https://gofund.me/d5c9ea2c Hear more from Jon: https://jonathanetwining.wordpress.com/?fbclid=IwAR2yijvAN_SIzPKIWVGD0HVYEN4xC6j1CjmbdKqLBxjouG8GZ0DDs_qckao Support Nazarene's for Creation Care by visiting ⁠⁠https://www.nazarenesforcreationcare.com/⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/millennial-pastors/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/millennial-pastors/support

This week we have two guests, Jeffrey Purganan and Brit Bolerjack. Makayla and Caleb have a conversation with Jeffrey Purganan and Brit Bolerjack with Heirloom East Bay! Heirloom is a Nazarene farm and intentional Christian community in Northern California. In this episode, Brit and Jeff share about how their ministry intersects between the land, the community, and the table. More at https://www.heirloomeastbay.com/  Support Nazarene's for Creation Care by visiting ⁠⁠https://www.nazarenesforcreationcare.com/⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/millennial-pastors/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/millennial-pastors/support

Caleb and Deirdre Brower-Latz sit down in her office at Nazarene Theological College, Manchester to talk about her story and dialogue around salvation and a theology of creation care. Deirdre is Principal of NTC and member of the Advisory Team for Nazarenes for Creation Care. NTC has a wonderful MA in Theology/Ecology! Check out Nazarene Theological College: https://nazarene.ac.uk/ Support Nazarene's for Creation Care by visiting ⁠⁠https://www.nazarenesforcreationcare.com/⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/millennial-pastors/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/millennial-pastors/support

In this episode, Samuel Mohnkern, a millennial Nazarene native to the North-East U.S., shares his passion for God’s creation and how that unfolds in his current work, Restoration Landcare! This week is a conversation on plants, mulch, and landscape colonization. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/restorationlandscapes  Instagram: @restoration_landcare  Support Nazarene's for Creation Care by visiting ⁠⁠https://www.nazarenesforcreationcare.com/⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/millennial-pastors/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/millennial-pastors/support

Makayla and Caleb have a conversation with Tahmina Martelly, a Nazarene in Kent, Washington, who shares her meaningful journey and testimony. Tahmina is involved in life changing community garden work with refugees in Kent, called Paradise Parking Plots Community Garden! Learn more about Paradise Parking Plots Community Garden at https://worldrelief.org/western-wa/our-work/resiliency/garden/  Support Nazarene's for Creation Care by visiting ⁠⁠https://www.nazarenesforcreationcare.com/⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/millennial-pastors/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/millennial-pastors/support

Caleb sits down with Brenda & Laurie Braaten in their home in the mountains of Northern California. The Braaten’s have both studied and taught ecology and theology for over 30 years and they share their wisdom in this wonderful conversation following breakfast at their homestead. The Braatens serve on the N4CC Advisory Team. Check out this great resource for Environmental Stewardship for the Church of the Nazarene that Laurie helped produce back in 2005! https://www.nazarenesforcreationcare.com/creation-care-document-2005.html  Support Nazarene's for Creation Care by visiting ⁠⁠https://www.nazarenesforcreationcare.com/⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/millennial-pastors/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/millennial-pastors/support