Saying goodbye: how do we send well and grieve well when students graduate? - with Steve & Carol Stratton

Saying goodbye: how do we send well and grieve well when students graduate? - with Steve & Carol Stratton

For our final episode of the season we are joined by Dr Steve & Carol Stratton to explore the yearly work of sending and grieving as our students graduate.  There's forty years of lived experience as teachers, professors and parents in this one, alongside Steve's expertise as a therapist on the campus. Not to be missed! And for those of you with churches that also have high school seniors... learn more about preparing and sending your youth to thrive in college with our Prep for College resources, course and webinar training: Prep for College course [https://www.fusionusa.org/prep-for-college/] Prep for College workbook [https://my.seedbed.com/product/prep-for-college/] Prep for College webinars [https://share.hsforms.com/2ttXnJDJuQQCHlkr9e2chwAe1d24?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZnRzaARTUkZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xMjQwMjQ1NzQyODc0MTQAAacigyBJfaj7-2eTkMSvyweZ2lkvRSAcMvx1jDKA1or8a0jCOUkvPi-bGxBMgA_aem_8hfyIziH4xUnI0ibb0fcVA] Hosting conversations to strengthen you and your local church with the tools and confidence to love, reach and disciple college students. Connect with us fusionusa.org [https://www.fusionusa.org/]  Follow us on insta @hellofusionusa [https://www.instagram.com/hellofusionusa/#] Get in touch to suggest future conversations we should have on this podcast: hello@fusionusa.org  Don't forget to share & subscribe to never miss an episode!

How can the church foster intergenerational discipleship with college students?- with Rich Wilson

With the word "intergenerational" being used more and more in the hopes and hunger of the church, we wanted to talk about what this really looks like in practice. Rich Wilson, leader of Fusion Movement [https://www.instagram.com/hellofusionmovement/], has been doing a lot of living, thinking, and writing about Spiritual Parenting, and what participating in God's family, across generations, can really mean.  Enjoy this conversation, and hear more from Rich on his Substack [https://substack.com/@richwilson01] Hosting conversations to strengthen you and your local church with the tools and confidence to love, reach and disciple college students. Connect with us fusionusa.org [https://www.fusionusa.org/]  Follow us on insta @hellofusionusa [https://www.instagram.com/hellofusionusa/#] Get in touch to suggest future conversations we should have on this podcast: hello@fusionusa.org  Don't forget to share & subscribe to never miss an episode!

What are the challenges and opportunities in reaching Ivy League schools?- with Josh Williams

The team sat down for a brilliant conversation with Josh Williams, a pastor, national leader and passionate disciple of Jesus. Josh has so many experiences and insights to share about being an Ivy league student, reaching Ivy league schools, and pastoring a local church that connects with the Ivy League campus on their doorstep. You'll find as you listen however, that Josh has vision and values applicable to all of us whether we are in the Ivy league swirl or not. Enjoy! Learn more about Josh and his national role with the Vineyard here. [https://vineyardusa.org/national-leadership-team/josh-williams/] Check out the church Josh leads here: Elm City Vineyard. [https://www.elmcityvineyard.org/] Hosting conversations to strengthen you and your local church with the tools and confidence to love, reach and disciple college students. Connect with us fusionusa.org [https://www.fusionusa.org/]  Follow us on insta @hellofusionusa [https://www.instagram.com/hellofusionusa/#] Get in touch to suggest future conversations we should have on this podcast: hello@fusionusa.org  Don't forget to share & subscribe to never miss an episode!

Help! My students are overwhelmed and burnt out, what do I do?- with Katy & Kendall McKee

As finals, deadlines and end of year events get closer on the horizon, so can feelings of overwhelm and anxiety for our college students. We've called in seasoned college pastors Katy and Kendall McKee to explore how to lead our students through these seasons with more health and resilience. April really starts to intensify for our students so we hope this episode hits ahead of that time! The team also share hard won lessons around boundaries, burn out, and setting a different culture in our churches and discipleship in order to all live and set an example that speaks of good news.  To follow along with the McKee's college student mission work you can find them here: Katy McKee [https://www.instagram.com/katy_mckee/] World Gospel Mission [https://www.instagram.com/wgmasbury/] Kendall McKee [https://www.instagram.com/leftymckee/] First Alliance Church College Ministry [https://www.instagram.com/first_alliance_college/] Hosting conversations to strengthen you and your local church with the tools and confidence to love, reach and disciple college students. Connect with us fusionusa.org [https://www.fusionusa.org/]  Follow us on insta @hellofusionusa [https://www.instagram.com/hellofusionusa/#] Get in touch to suggest future conversations we should have on this podcast: hello@fusionusa.org  Don't forget to share & subscribe to never miss an episode!

How can we redeem evangelism in the church and college students? - with Zach Meerkreebs & Jess Carroll and Jess

This conversation is all about reigniting the call upon us all to participate in God's mission to love and rescue the world, and to find new hope and passion for evangelism.  Shook and Miriam get to chat with Zach and Jess about how we can all do evangelism, how this can reframe and refresh churches and how college students are being awakened to Jesus' way of walking on mission in every day life.  Check out The Barnabas Collective here: https://www.barnabascollective.org [https://www.barnabascollective.org/redeemingevangelism] Grab Zach & Jess' free resource "Redeeming Evangelism" here:  https://www.barnabascollective.org/redeemingevangelism [https://www.barnabascollective.org/redeemingevangelism] And here they are for a follow: Barnabas Collective [https://www.instagram.com/barnabas.collective/] Zach Meerkreebs [https://www.instagram.com/zachmeerkreebs/] Jess Carroll [https://www.instagram.com/journeywith_jess/] Fusion USA [https://www.instagram.com/hellofusionusa/] Also, we mention a great equipping, interactive training from Fusion Movement called Mission Styles. Take the quiz and discover your style today!  [https://missionstyles.org/] Hosting conversations to strengthen you and your local church with the tools and confidence to love, reach and disciple college students. Connect with us fusionusa.org [https://www.fusionusa.org/]  Follow us on insta @hellofusionusa [https://www.instagram.com/hellofusionusa/#] Get in touch to suggest future conversations we should have on this podcast: hello@fusionusa.org  Don't forget to share & subscribe to never miss an episode!