This week's episodes finishes the conversation with the Klima's and Hilbert's about their community group and how to get involved with a group yourself.

Today, Nathan is joined by two couples responsible for fostering a group for young adults at C3. They talk about how their group has transformed, and some of the reasons they continue to plan for the group to meet. Part 2 will be uploaded next week.

Today, Nathan discusses a couple of tools for better communication in a variety of contexts. One of the great things about communication is that it is a group of skills that can be learned in order to enrich our lives and to increase the feelings of connection between the folks and spaces we value most. While difficult to learn new skills, when we start where we are and gradually shift into utilizing more adaptive strategies, we learn new ways of being in the world, as the Kingdom of God within us transforms who we are and how we live. I pray that this is useful for you in developing ways to foster the relationships you care most about.

For scheduling counseling at C3, please follow this link.

For a list of local counselors to Hays, please follow this link.

If listening elsewhere, the American Psychological Association has a great tool for finding therapists. Check it out here. 

Today, Pastors Brant and Derek and Nathan discuss the upcoming 2023 Life Group Discipleship Community. This upcoming year, our church is attempting to "grow smaller" by investing in each other's lives to foster growth together.

Derek and Nathan summarize the Sticks and Stones Series and talk about how we practically live out the imperatives discussed in the series. The 2023 Discipleship Initiative is discussed shortly, with the promise that Pastor Brant will be on soon to flesh out more of the details.

Today, Nathan is joined by Natalie and Jordan Klima as they discuss how to become better stewards of money, and how to be conscious of where money is going in order to connect with God and others.

We welcome back Matt Dreiling to the podcast to discuss his sermon on the topic "Christians Believe a Fairy Tale". Skip to 5:55 if you want to listen to the main portion of the episode without all the nerdy Star Trek and Star Wars discussion, and dad jokes.

For this season of the podcast, we've decided to take an approach supplementing what is heard on the weekends and add some practical steps forward for those seeking this. For videos, bible references, resources and show notes, please use the following link!

SHOW NOTES

Pastor Brant sits down with Matt Dreiling, Jessica Albin, and Annie Erbert of Celebration Community Church to discuss the "Value Them Both" Amendment to the Kansas Constitution. 

Read the Proposed Amendment to the Constitution here:

http://kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hcr5003_00_0000.pdf

A huge thank you to Natalie Klima for being on this episode!

After Pastor Brant's message on the Bible, I thought it might be pertinent to have this episode come out-- not necessarily covering the same material, but a personal anecdote about how the Scriptures might inform how we live and grow. I hope you find this meaningful!