160: We’re Feeling Very Olympic Today
It’s exhausting watching sports 24/7 for an entire fortnight, but somehow we’re managing. We’re talking hit sermons, and what goes into prep for them, how to engage visitors, [...]
How Not To Freak Out When Your Kid Comes Into Ministry
This is the year. Tim, our high school pastor, is getting his daughter in the high school ministry, and Ronald, the middle school pastor, is getting his daughter (and another one of Tim’s) in the [...]
159: Missing It
We’re starting to miss youth ministry, all these summer camp pics got us in the feels. Andrew had a side gig disas-ter on Wednesday and almost had tech gaff on Sunday. We’re talking [...]
Handing Off 8th Grade Students
Tim Nowell, the high school pastor I get to work with every week, sits down with me to talk about moving up 8th grade students to the high school ministry. He’s a thirteen-year veteran at Wayside [...]
158: Now In Central Time!
We’re back in action after a few thousand miles of driving, different approaches to the 4th and a funeral. We’re talking vacation scheduling, church marketing whoopsies, and moving to [...]
When the Numbers are LOW
After COVID has a lot of us remembering “before the pandemic” either with fondness or envy. It’s a season of rebuilding for our whole church, but our Stone Oak campus is rebuilding… harder. [...]
Calling Middle School Students Up
In this episode Ronald talks to Cameron Contrestano, the Student Ministry Pastor at Wayside Chapel, Stone Oak Campus. Ronald and Cameron work together a lot! Cameron’s group is 6th through 12th [...]
