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In this episode, Andrew Mellish, our new Director of Facilities & Senior Ministry, joins us to share a bit about himself. This is a great opportunity for us to get to know him personally, and to hear his heart for God's mission and the church family. God has clearly gifted and equipped him for ministry, and we are blessed to serve our great God alongside him!

In this final episode of our RHMC mini-series, we sharpen our vision to Love Like Jesus through Radical Hospitality and Meaningful Connections by introducing measurable outcomes to assess what success looks like when we, by the power of the Holy Spirit, achieve what God has called us to accomplish. We are calling this the Integration Plan, and we are asking our church family to incorporate this plan in everything that we do as a church. We believe this intentional plan will sharpen our vision, help us to be more fruitful, and participate in God's mighty work in astounding ways. Pray with us that God would use this to form our hearts to be faithful disciples. We excitedly look forward to bearing the fruit that the Spirit of God allows in our midst!

In this third episode in our RHMC mini-series, we discuss the practical applications of biblical hospitality in the life of our local church. In the last two episodes, we examined the biblical foundations of our vision and values; now, we get to the practical aspects of this vision. What does this look like in our church life? This episode will explain why we do what we do and the intentionality behind how we do it.

This is the second episode in our mini-series called, "Radical Hospitality & Meaningful Connections" (RHMC). In this episode, we continue to establish the biblical foundations of radical hospitality. Join us on this tour of the New Testament as we explore the significant theme of biblical hospitality!

In this mini-series of podcast episodes called, "Radical Hospitality & Meaningful Connections" (RHMC), we explore the mission, vision, and driving values of our church. If you are new to our church family and curious about the direction of our church, this is a great series for you to find clarity regarding who we are and where we're headed. We are also asking our Community Group Leaders and Ministry Leaders to listen to these episodes so that we can align our vision and direction as we serve alongside one another. In this particular episode, we survey the Old Testament to understand why the theme of hospitality is so significant in the Bible. Everything that we do as a church is rooted in God's Word, so we'll begin the series with the Bible.

"This episode is a big shout out to our colleague, Sue Gibson, who served at our church for 25 years on our team. Sue is planning to retire later this year, so we are honouring her with this episode and sharing our stories of how we have been blessed by her. Kaitlyn joins us on this episode to share her unique relationship with Sue during her time on our team. Thanks, Sue! We love you!"

Mary is back! It is so good to have our co-host back after her maternity leave for the last year and a bit. As we welcome her back to the podcast, she shares her experience of being away from the church staff and lessons learned from this unique time of being a new mom. Mary also shares some traumatic events that she went through and shows us the importance of faith and investing in the community of faith around us.

With special guests, Pastor Jayson and Richard Staples, we share what it's like to be a part of the tech team. Tech teams in churches work so hard to serve the church family, but they mostly go unnoticed and sometimes unappreciated. We want to express our appreciation for their hard work and let our listeners take a behind-the-scenes look at how services come together from a tech perspective. We talk about our Christmas services, the Good Friday service, and the great tech pivot during the pandemic. Enjoy this episode!

In this episode, we are joined by Pastor Jacob Harder who was recently affirmed as a pastor at SDBC. You will get to know Pastor Jacob through a bunch of questions and his very honest answers that give us insight into his life and the way he thinks. We'll learn of his values, desires, and prayer topics. Check out the episode and pray for Pastor Jacob as he engages in his new pastoral role at our church!

Pastor Paul is going on sabbatical! In this episode, Dayle Krahn (board chair) and Paul discuss what a sabbatical is in our context, what Paul will be doing on his sabbatical, and why it is a helpful tool to allow our team to serve the church well. We invite you to join in on this conversation and learn how you can be praying for our team while Paul is on sabbatical.

In this episode, Mary, Paul, and special guest Pastor Jordan Scott discuss artificial intelligence. So many people in our society are interacting with AI all the time. We use it as a helpful tool, but we also recognize that significant safeguards need to be put in place in order to protect our society from frauds, unethical practices, and other challenges. How should Christians interact with and respond to the rise of artificial intelligence? We encounter people who are gripped by fear of AI and others who are embracing AI without any critical thinking, and we believe both extremes are problematic. Join us as we have a healthy discussion about this important topic, and we hope this episode will encourage you to have these conversations about AI in healthy, biblically informed, and mature ways.

With our special guest, Hannah Bakken, Mary and Paul chat about the wonderful gift of new life as Mary and Hannah share their thoughts, beliefs, and feelings about being expecting mothers. Culture sometimes makes it awkward when talking about important topics like pregnancy, fertility, miscarriages, menopause, and so forth, but we believe the church is called to be a family, and these are incredibly important topics about which we ought to have healthy and mature conversations as Christ followers. Let's dive into this discussion!

This episode is a "part two" to the theological conversation we had about money in the previous episode--Episode 4--where we discussed personal financial stewardship. In this episode, we'll discuss corporate financial stewardship, the importance of radical generosity when it comes to giving to God, and we'll even talk about our budgeting process as we tackle the annual church budget as a church family. We really enjoyed having this conversation; we hope you'll enjoy it, too.

In today's episode, we're going to talk about money. The way we earn, save, and spend money is incredibly relevant when it comes to talking about discipleship and faithfully following Jesus. With our Executive Pastor, Jordan Scott, as our guest, we delve into a passionate conversation about money and our faith. The conversation was too good to cut off, so we've split the episode into two parts. This episode will primarily focus on personal financial stewardship, but be sure to catch our next episode, which is a continuation of this conversation where we focus on corporate financial stewardship as a church family. We'll talk about our church budget and bring you into our budgeting process a bit, too. We also have a theological discussion on the importance of radical giving. We hope you enjoy both episodes!

In this episode, our guests, Juli and Jayson Oldham, share their experience of the Fellowship Pacific Ministry Workers' Family Camp at Sunnybrae Bible Camp. The Oldhams and the Parks enjoyed a fun, rejuvenating week at the family camp last week, and they discuss why it is so important for a church staff to practice "shared life; shared mission." We're so thankful for a healthy staff team at our church and we understand that we must intentionally invest in healthy relationships and rhythms in order to continue to enjoy a healthy team culture. Please continue to pray for our team!