Lutheran Outdoor Ministries Podcast

Lutheran Outdoor Ministries Podcast

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Lutheran Outdoor Ministries Podcast episodes

  • Janelle Hooper - Talking with kids about the War in Ukraine
    In this episode LOM invites camp directors to come together to talk about communicating with children at summer camp when anxieties are expressed about the horrific news from Ukraine about the Russian invasion. The presenter: Rev. Janelle Hooper, Program Director for Ministry with Children, ELCA.  For more information you can go to http://elcafaithformation.org

    A resource mentioned in the podcast was https://theweekjunior.com/.

    48 min
  • Conversation with Jake Sorenson

    Jake Sorenson of Sacred Playgrounds joins Don Johnson on this podcast.  They talk about the importance of camp in the life of the church and how camp really does raise up committed leaders.

    This is an important conversation for a LOM leaders.

     

    49 min
  • Conversation with Kimberly Vaughn
    Today we welcome on the Podcast Rev. Kimberly Vaughn.  Rev Vaughn has been appointed to be the next director of the ELCA Faith Formation Team, part of the Christian Community and Leadership Home Area. Her official title is  Sr. Director, Christian Community & Leadership Mission.  This is the position that was held by Mark Burkhardt. This is the part of the churchwide structure that we in LOM collaborate with most frequently.   Here's some of Kimberly's background - Rev. Vaughn served as a pastor of congregations in Michigan, Ohio and Texas before joining the New Jersey Synod staff in 2016. She is from Cleveland, Ohio. She is a graduate of Cleveland State University (2003, US History) and The Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (2008, Master of Divinity, Urban Ministry). In her younger years, she was active in Lutheran Campus Ministry at Cleveland State (OH), Lutheran Outdoor Ministries in Ohio, and youth ministry in ELCA congregations in Ohio. In the New Jersey Synod, Rev. Vaughn accompanied congregations in the call process, provided discipleship, witness, hospitality and multicultural ministry opportunities for congregations, and served as liaison to the synod’s Anti-Racism Team.
    35 min
  • Conversation with Ross Murray

    Ross Murray is the Senior Director of Education & Training at The GLAAD Media Institute, which provides activist, spokesperson, and media engagement training and education for LGBTQ and allied community members, the media industry and advocacy organizations desiring to deepen their media impact. Ross uses the best practices perfected by GLAAD to train a new generation of advocates in order to accelerate acceptance for LGBTQ people, as well as other marginalized communities.

    Ross is also a founder and director of The Naming Project, a faith-based camp for LGBTQ youth and their allies. The Naming Project has also been the subject of much media, including the award-winning film Camp Out, as well as the controversial episode "Pray the Gay Away?" of Our America with Lisa Ling.

    Ross is a producer for the "Yass, Jesus!" podcast, a faith and sexuality affirming podcast that believes you don't have to pick between gay and God.

    Ross is a consecrated Deacon in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, with a specific calling to advocate for LGBTQ people and to bridge the LGBTQ and faith communities.

    Ross punished "Made, Known, Loved: Developing LGBTQ-Inclusive Youth Ministry" in April 2021

    39 min
  • Conversation about Bold Transformational Faith Initiative

    The podcast is with Kathryn Schaefer, program director, Cross Roads (NJ), and Jena Vander Broek, program director at Luther Crest (MN). These two camps have been collaborating on a project called the Bold Transformational Faith Initiative which was the winner of the 2020 LOM Innovative Program Award. 

    https://mybtf.org

    38 min
  • Conversation with Drew Benson from LeaderWise

    Today's episode is with Drew Benson, staff psychologist at LeaderWise. Mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being. Taking care for ourselves and those we work with. Practical ideas and tools that will help you at any time and especially during these days of pandemic.

    Resources:

    https://leaderwise.org

    Sanvello App

    51 min
  • Interview with LOM LTE Committee

    An interview with LOM LTE Committee members Dana Isaacson, program director, EWALU (IA), Anthony Briggs, executive director, Cross Roads (NJ), and chairperson Gretchen Bachman, operations director, Voyageurs (MN). all the news about the virtual educational opportunities being planned in lieu of the in-person LTE for November that had to be cancelled because of COVID-19.

    42 min

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