GATher INFLUENCE PODCAST: Changing The Nation And The World One Catalytic Conversation At A Time

Join Cathie as she has a inspiring conversation with Jeff Lockyer who leads Southridge Church, Chair of the Global Leadership Network. Jeff and his team at Southridge have launched Leaders Village - connecting leaders everywhere with resources and wisdom for the local church. Jeff has just released his book Finding Our Way, and part of that book, and the conversation on today's podcast is on female empowerment. Listen to Jeff share his passion about why developing female leaders is a must in today's church.

Gather Influence Co-hosts:

Cathie Ostapchuk @cathieostapchuk

Vanessa Hoyes @vanessahoyes

Gather Women @gatherwomen

Guest

Jeff Lockyer @southridge@church and @leadersvillage

Join Vanessa and Cathie as John and Angela share the story of how the Lead Pastor role at Relate Church in Surrey, BC was stepped in to by Angela - the surprises and the confirmation of that choice, along with the opposition and the affirmation that brought. 

This is a fascinating true story of passing the torch from one generation to the next, and what that looked like and felt like for both the passers on, Ps. John and Helen Burns, and for Angela.

Gather Influence Co-hosts:

Cathie Ostapchuk @cathieostapchuk

Vanessa Hoyes @vanessahoyes

Gather Women @gatherwomen

John Burns @pjhburns

Angela Doell @angeladoell

Join Cathie and Vanessa for this stunning conversation with Emma Narayanan, Co-Lead Pastor of Avant Life Church in North Vancouver, BC, and gifted communicator.

This conversation will challenge your thinking about the call on females to co-labour and bring their full gifts to the church. Consider Emma’s encouragement that God’s very creation of you as a woman gives you permission to be part of the kingdom.

You will not want to miss this podcast as you consider enrolling for Gather Voices launching August 8 – as Emma herself will be one of our amazing Guest Coaches!

Gather Influence Co-hosts:

Cathie Ostapchuk @cathieostapchuk

Vanessa Hoyes @vanessahoyes

Gather Women @gatherwomen

Guest:

Emma Narayanan @emmanarayanan

Join Vanessa and Cathie on this episode to meet two brilliant brains behind the gather movement for the last 18 months. Rebecca Doner and Stacy Mattheis began as interns and are now part of Gather’s executive leadership team.

Rebecca and Stacy speak on the emerging female voice, the moments when they had to step into new spaces, lead in those spaces and discern the next best steps for their voices and God’s calling.

This engaging conversation will quicken your spirit, help you feel full permission to discover your own leadership voice and place of influence in the kingdom of God.

Gather Influence Co-hosts:

Cathie Ostapchuk @cathieostapchuk

Vanessa Hoyes @vanessahoyes

Gather Women @gatherwomen

Guest:

Rebecca Doner @lifeinoverflow

Stacy Mattheis @stacymattheis

Join Vanessa and Cathie as they talk with Amanda about the significance of your story and giving voice to it.

Every one of us a walking catalogue of helpful and unhelpful narratives. We can be so deep in these archives that it’s hard to unravel the yarns of old. We promise ourselves that something will change but year after year we walk the same, familiar path. What if, instead of attacking ourselves for living in myths we didn’t create, we could catch contain and transform these erroneous tales in order to relieve future generations from walking in our old story.

Amanda VIviers (amandaviviers.com), Author and Radio Presenter, will empower you to change your ingrained stories in order to give voice to them. Exploring four essential keys: Identity, Beauty, Authority, and Self-Compassion. There is power in this episode that will help you identify and strengthen your voice for the world that awaits it.

Gather Influence Co-hosts:

Cathie Ostapchuk @cathieostapchuk

Vanessa Hoyes @vanessahoyes

Gather Women @gatherwomen

Guest:

Amanda Viviers @amandaviviers

Our sightline has been focused on what we can see - the tip of the iceberg where we claim there is unity for all in the church. 

However, underneath is the weighty iceberg itself, systemic gender and race inequity, powerful forces that have always existed despite our professions of oneness in Christ. 

Join Akua Carmichael and Cathie Ostapchuk as they share their message from The global Justice Conference, covering 11 countries and thousands in attendance. They candidly address the causes and consequences of gender and race inequity and how the church can either be a hindrance or a help in boldly proclaiming the dignity of all women and all races while supporting them in equal voice and presence in the kingdom.

Gather Influence Co-hosts:

Cathie Ostapchuk @cathieostapchuk

Vanessa Hoyes @vanessahoyes

Gather Women @gatherwomen

Guest: 

Akua Carmichael @akua.carmichael

Lean into this real and robust conversation with Jason Ballard, a pastor and change maker in the church  across the nation and beyond. 

Vanessa, Cathie and Jason dialogue on the future of the Canadian church flourishing when women are invited to bring their full gifting.

Gather Influence Co-hosts:

Cathie Ostapchuk @cathieostapchuk   

 Vanessa Hoyes @vanessahoyes 

Gather Women @gatherwomen

Jason Ballard @jasonaballard

Anne Miranda is pastor, visionary, and a champion of women leaders. 

Vanessa, Cathie, and Anne dive deep into the value of the feminine voice in the church of today and tomorrow, with Anne sharing her own journey from marketplace leader to ministry leader...the joys and the challenges.

Gather Influence Co-hosts: Cathie Ostapchuk @cathieostapchuk    Vanessa Hoyes @vanessahoyes

Gather Women @gatherwomen

Anne Miranda @its.annemiranda

Chantal Beresford joins Gather Influence Co-hosts; Cathie and Vanessa for an authentic conversation on voice equity.

Chantal Beresford is the Lead Pastor of ServeCity Church in the GTA, alongside her husband of fourteen years, Andrew. She is the mother of three beautiful children: Gabriel, Noah and Claire and spends the majority of her free time with family and close friends. Also, she is the host of her new show on YouTube called "Let's Go There."

Although Chantal is a native of Canada, she has traveled extensively as a missionary to Africa, the Middle East and served heavily during the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe, demonstrating the love of Jesus to thousands of hurting people. Before returning home to Toronto in 2015, she and her husband lived in the United States for 14 years, where they planted churches and started their family.

Chantal’s greatest passion is to see lives impacted through the local church, with the Gospel of Jesus. She is committed to doing everything she can to demonstrate God’s love in her household and around the nations of the World.

Gather Influence Co-hosts:

Cathie Ostapchuk @cathieostapchuk

Vanessa Hoyes @vanessahoyes

Gather Women @gatherwomen

Chantal Beresford@chantalberesford

It is 2021 and yet we are unbelievably still asking the question "Can Women Lead?"

What is the importance of being able to back up this question with credible information from Biblical precedent supported by a real life model of how a church can flourish by opening the door to women's gifts. 

Chris & Elita, authors of The Whole Church join Vanessa & Cathie in a lively and vulnerable conversation on their personal journeys as male and female church leaders in pursuing a win win solution.

Gather Influence Co-hosts: Cathie Ostapchuk @cathieostapchuk Vanessa Hoyes @vanessahoyes 

Gather Women @gatherwomen