Cultivate - A Podcast of the Evergreen Association

Pastor Angeline Lau is the senior minister of the Japanese Baptist Church in Seattle. She shares about the opportunity and challenge of serving in a historic ministry, and also shares about her experience as a female, Asian clergy serving in multi-cultural and multi-generational spaces.

As one of our guest speakers for our 2025 Leadership Retreat, we sit down with Rev. Morgan on location at Camp Burton on Vashon Island, WA. In this episode, she talks about the differences between a worldly understanding of wellness and a holistic understanding of well-being. We also learn more about the new Evergreen Well-Being Cohort that has just launched.

In this episode, we interview one of our guest speakers from our 2025 Leadership Retreat. Elise shares her experience with non-profit community engagement and how that work can inform the work of churches wanting to serve their neighbors more faithfully. This video was shot on location at Camp Burton on Vashon Island.

In this episode, we sit down with Rev. Morgan Fletcher (she/her/hers) to talk about her personal ministry (www.presentnomads.com) and how to minister in an overwhelming and stressed-out culture. Rev. Morgan also shares about her vision for wellness and thriving in ministry. We also discuss our upcoming collaboration hoping to bring safe places of encouragement and empowerment to our Evergreen Association.

For the second part of our 2024 Annual Meeting series, we interview our other guest speaker, Rev. Dr. Hrang Hlei, who serves as the Associate General Secretary of Chin Baptist Churches, USA, and he also serves as the Pastor for Congregational Care at Indiana Chin Baptist Church. Rev. Dr. Hlei helps us better understand ministry in his context, his vital work of advocacy for the people in Burma, and also his hope for the future of Chin Baptist ministry in the US.

In this special interview, we chat with one of our guest speakers from the 2024 Annual Meeting, Rev. Dr. Lauren Lisa Ng. She shares about her important work from the Berkeley School of Theology in helping Asian American-Pacific Islander churches thrive and flourish. We also talk about the importance of storytelling, identity, creativity, and ministry and so much more!

In this episode, we speak with Rev. Dr. Liliana DaValle in discerning her calling, her thoughts for others seeking to be prophetic in today's world, and what true inclusion looks like.

Join us as we spend time with Rev. Dr. Peter Shaw from CrossWalk Community Church in Napa, CA (crosswalknapa.org). We learn about Pete's faith and ministry journey, as well as his ideas about change and the need for the church to be open to experiment and learn as they go.

Pastors Walter and Evelyn of New Walk Christian Church share their thoughts about ministry, their connection with Evergreen, and their hope for people doing ministry today.

In this episode, we meet with Htoo Wah Shee from Karen Community Church of Greater Seattle and Panther Lake Community Church. He shares his rich experience of being part of the Karen people and growing up in the US. Rev. Kim also compares and contrasts Htoo Wah's experience with his own as a second-generation Korean-Canadian. We also spent some time reflecting on the faith journey of many young adults living in this bi-cultural context.