For a full transcript of today's episode: https://efcaeast.com/before-you-say-yes/

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EFCA East is a district of the Evangelical Free Church of America. The EFCA is a movement of like-minded leaders and churches who want to impact our communities with the love of Christ.

EFCA East churches are spread across a geographically and culturally diverse section of the Northeast, including New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and our nation's capitol.

The EFCA East podcast is all about church leadership, ministry strategies, and personal growth. Episodes feature practical ideas, resources, stories, and encouragement.

We're to help you live well, lead well, and multiply. Learn more at efcaeast.com.

Welcome to season 2 of Church Chat, the show that has the conversations about ministry you wish you were having. Today we're joined by Derek Hodne, Program Director at Camp Orchard Hill, to add some levity to your holiday season. Christmas is often a stressful time for ministry leaders. So let's laugh a little - at ourselves and the wild ways Christmas can go awry in the church.

Derek Hodne graduated from Philadelphia Biblical University in 2002 with a degree in Biblical Studies and Elementary Education and thought he would have a long career in teaching. But in 2006, after 4 fun years teaching 6th grade in Somerset, NJ, God clearly called him back to Camp Orchard Hill to serve in the full-time Program Director position.

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Mentioned In This Episode:

• Camp Orchard Hill
• Derek on Church Chat
• Bethlehemian Rhapsody
• Abe Lincoln's Pyrotechnic Christmas Pageant

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• efcaeast.com
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For a full transcript of today's episode: https://efcaeast.com/beyond-fairness/

Check out our other show - Church Chat!

EFCA East is a district of the Evangelical Free Church of America. The EFCA is a movement of like-minded leaders and churches who want to impact our communities with the love of Christ.

EFCA East churches are spread across a geographically and culturally diverse section of the Northeast, including New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and our nation's capitol.

The EFCA East podcast is all about church leadership, ministry strategies, and personal growth. Episodes feature practical ideas, resources, stories, and encouragement.

We're to help you live well, lead well, and multiply. Learn more at efcaeast.com.

For a full transcript of today's episode: https://efcaeast.com/plagiarism-and-the-pulpit/

Check out our other show - Church Chat!

EFCA East is a district of the Evangelical Free Church of America. The EFCA is a movement of like-minded leaders and churches who want to impact our communities with the love of Christ.

EFCA East churches are spread across a geographically and culturally diverse section of the Northeast, including New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and our nation's capitol.

The EFCA East podcast is all about church leadership, ministry strategies, and personal growth. Episodes feature practical ideas, resources, stories, and encouragement.

We're to help you live well, lead well, and multiply. Learn more at efcaeast.com.

For a full transcript of today's episode: https://efcaeast.com/mental-health-matters/

EFCA East is a district of the Evangelical Free Church of America. The EFCA is a movement of like-minded leaders and churches who want to impact our communities with the love of Christ.

EFCA East churches are spread across a geographically and culturally diverse section of the Northeast, including New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and our nation's capitol.

The EFCA East podcast is all about church leadership, ministry strategies, and personal growth. Episodes feature practical ideas, resources, stories, and encouragement.

We're to help you live well, lead well, and multiply. Learn more at efcaeast.com.

For a full transcript of today's episode: https://efcaeast.com/beauty-among-the-flies-finding-god-amid-distractions/

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EFCA East is a district of the Evangelical Free Church of America. The EFCA is a movement of like-minded leaders and churches who want to impact our communities with the love of Christ.

EFCA East churches are spread across a geographically and culturally diverse section of the Northeast, including New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and our nation's capitol.

The EFCA East podcast is all about church leadership, ministry strategies, and personal growth. Episodes feature practical ideas, resources, stories, and encouragement.

We're to help you live well, lead well, and multiply. Learn more at efcaeast.com.

Welcome to season 2 of Church Chat, the show that has the conversations about ministry you wish you were having. Today we're talking to Jeff Martin, Lead Pastor of Rock Creek Church, about the difference between relational and organizational problems, making big changes the simple way, ministering in a transient community, being a flexible leader, what the world needs in a hyper partisan environment, how to combat the one-way sermon, being a majority leader in a diverse community, attracting the younger generation, developing a replace yourself mentality and more!

Jeff Martin grew up in northern New Jersey and attended Miami University (OH) where God changed his life’s ambitions through the ministry of Cru. He joined Cru staff where he met Mary, and they served for 23 years together. Seven of those years were spent in Bulgaria helping to launch collegiate ministries. Back in the States, Jeff served as the Regional Director for Cru in the Mid-Atlantic. In addition to his RD role, Jeff had the privilege of training hundreds of Cru staff members in Christ-centered preaching, through the Institute for Biblical Studies. Jeff has an MDIV from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. 

Since 2013, Jeff has served as the Lead Pastor of Rock Creek Church in Rockville, Maryland. His love for ministry leaders has recently led him to pursue certification with the Society of Church Consultants. In July of 2024, he launched JTM Ministry Coaching with the vision of helping leaders build healthy, gospel-centered ministries.

Jeff loves sports, intense conversations, making people laugh, and creating boating videos on his YouTube channel. He and Mary have been married for 33 years and have two daughters, two sons-in-law, one son, and one grandson. They currently reside in Olney, Maryland. 

Connect with Jeff:

• YouTube: Eternity's Shore
• Email: [email protected]
• JTM Ministry Coaching

Mentioned In This Episode:

• Rock Creek YouTube
• Cru
• Simple Church by Thom Rainer and Eric Gieger
• Start With Why by Simon Sinek
• How To Change An Unchangeable Church by Josh Ott
• Asana
• Things
• EFCA East Cohorts

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• efcaeast.com
• Instagram
• Facebook

Thanks to our episode sponsors:

• Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
• Christian Investors Financial

Welcome to season 2 of Church Chat, the show that has the conversations about ministry you wish you were having. Today we're talking to Steve Anderson, Pastor of Student Ministries at Mountain View Community Church, about how podcasting has made him a better youth pastor, the isolation of ministry, longevity in ministry, the evergreen needs of students, maintaining a vibrant relationship with your spouse, finding good team members, how to get along with your senior leader and more!

Steve Anderson is a youth ministry veteran of nearly 30-years, and has been at Mountain View Community Church since 2000!

He is a graduate of Grove City College and Denver Seminary, where he received his MDiv with an emphasis in Youth and Family Studies. After many years of raising their own teens, Steve and his wife, Karen, are now the proud parents of three young men. Steve loves to read great books, binge watch good shows, and play golf, basketball, or tennis. Born and raised in Western PA, he bleeds black and gold and is a passionate fan of all Pittsburgh sports.

He's also the founder and co-host of the Youth Ministry Sherpas Podcast.

Steve's spiritual passion is helping teenagers discover their place in God's amazing story and raising up the next generation of leaders.

Connect with Steve:

• Instagram
• Blog
• Podcast

Mentioned In This Episode:

• Derek Hodne, Ryan Bailey, and Tony Hunt episodes of Church Chat.
• Youth Ministry Sherpas: Coast to Coast
• 5 of The Best Leadership Podcasts for Youth Pastors
• How To Know A Person by David Brooks
• Daisy Jones & The Six
• Heavyweight podcast
• Electric Neck Warmer
• Paige Brown

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Welcome to season 2 of Church Chat, the show that has the conversations about ministry you wish you were having. Today Josh and Emily are joined by Trent Williams, student ministries pastor at Tristate Fellowship in Hagerstown, MD. They talk about foster care, what's changed in Trent's ten years of youth ministry, what volunteer recruitment looks like, the danger in trying to replicate other ministries, the fear of failure, Trent's battle with anxiety, leading while suffering, the practice of moving toward health, raising kids in today's culture, being a non-anxious presence, leading in community and more!

Trent and his wife Katie joined the Tristate Fellowship family in June, 2014 as the Pastor of Student Ministries. Trent has his BS in Youth Ministry with a Biblical Literature Minor from Indiana Wesleyan University. He is extremely passionate about building relationships with students and families, challenging them to grow in their faith along the way. He loves sports, hearing people’s stories and spending time with friends and family.

Mentioned In This Episode:

• Renewal Retreat
• EFCA East Cohorts
• How Church Leaders Can Be A Non Anxious Presence

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• Instagram
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