CUEcast

Welcome to Season 3 of CUEcast! In today's episode, Randy engages the YouthCUE staff in a discussion of ways we hope to move forward with our programming and other ministry offerings in 2022. Tina McCartney, Daniel Zamora, and Edie Dutton will be interviewed with the hope that our listeners will call upon a member of the YouthCUE staff when we can assist you with your ministry.

A Place We Can Go, A Place We Can Stand

Weslee Hill is Minister of Congregational Care at the Brentwood United Methodist Church in Nashville. Weslee has always been by nature a caring person, and her training as a family counselor has broadened her capacity to extend compassion and support to the large congregation she serves. She is also mom to three teenage boys, providing joys and challenges in her everyday home life. Today, Weslee and Randy discuss the importance of self-care and how, by taking proper care of ourselves, we position ourselves to better minister the students in our choirs.

Randy Edwards provides a reflection of the power of standing still in the midst of busy seasons, turbulent times, and uncertain futures.

Dr. Terry York returns as our guest today to provide us a special treat for the Advent Season. As a special gift for Advent, Terry will read for us a few samples of his prayers, prose, and poetry included in his latest book, titled, LET OUR WORDS BECOME FLESH. Listen closely and carefully, for in these strong and sensitive phrases is a plethora of inspiration and comfort.

Mary Hoffman is Director of Music at the Peachtree Presbyterian Church in Atlanta. In today's episode, Mary expands a text excerpt from Handel's Messiah and the Old Testament prophets as she speaks with us about "The Refiner's Fire."

Dr. Daniel Zamora, Keyboard Artist in Residence at YouthCUE, shares with us three of his lovely carol arrangements for various instruments. Also are included are the background stories on these arrangements from the time Dan grew up as a lad in Mexico City. This episode will be a wonderful gift for the beginning of our Advent Season.

Christopher Adams is a recent Duke Divinity School graduate and currently the Assistant to the Senior Pastor at Woodland Baptist Church in San Antonio. In this episode of CUEcast Axiom, Christopher speaks of how gratitude shapes our faith development and encourages us to see a landscape much broader than just our own little world. As you listen, you will be challenged to make thanksgiving a way of thinking, a way of serving others, a way of life.

Dr. Terry York of Baylor's Truett Seminary dialogues with Randy about the dangers he sees in American churches today. In this interview, we'll hear some serious warnings about proverbial sink holes into which today's congregations could fall. But they do not discuss only the dangers; real encouragement and ways to move our communities of faith towards authentic worship are also presented.

Pamela Dunagan returns to CUEcast with some new reminders about the importance of gratitude. During this season of Thanksgiving, we all need to be reminded of the importance of living lives with grateful hearts. In today's episode, we'll enjoy some stories from Pam's childhood and how her entire world view was shaped by the gratitude she practiced as a young girl.