Jenny Byxbee is the Director of Children's Ministries for Round Hill Community Church. She has been with the church since September 2016, and oversees the nursery to fifth grade Children's Education program. What Jenny most enjoys about her work is being with the young people and hearing what is in their hearts. She feels strongly that we have as much to learn from our youngest members as we do from our eldest members.

When Jenny is not working with us at Round Hill, she is the Youth Services Bureau Administrator with the Town of Greenwich. She also cares deeply about many charities and groups in town and is one of the founding members of the Greenwich Sentinel foundation as well as a facilitator with the Junior League of Greenwich “Positively More” program.

The call to be vulnerable is a key element in a life worth living. But what exactly does it have to do with the way we practice our faith and the spirit in which we practice our faith? Let’s find out!

Today’s podcast is a reflection on the book “The Last Lecture” by Randy Pausch. What life lessons can be learned from a man who is told he only has a few months to live?

For centuries, faith has shaped art and art has shaped faith. As we think about how we practice our faith, what does it mean to nurture the spirit through the practice of looking at art & making art? We will consider how art feeds the imagination and brings us closer to God.

This week we are joined by incredible storyteller Valerie Tutson. She shares with us the transformative power of stories and how they can shrink the world and bring us together!

After 5 years as Senior Pastor of RHCC, Ed Horstmann will be going on sabbatical this summer. We’ll find out what he plans to do & not to do during this time of rest, reflection and renewal.

We welcome Reverend Kristine Eggert, Executive Director of God Before Guns, which is a Cleveland, Ohio-based multi-faith coalition of individuals and faith communities working to reduce gun violence. Her gun violence activism has brought her into many faith communities, the Statehouse in Columbus, and the Halls of Congress. This episode was recorded two weeks before the terrible events in Parkland, Florida which is why you will not hear it mentioned. We are so grateful to Pastor Kris for joining us via Skype for this conversation.

Ed and Leslie are joined by Associate Pastor Dan Haugh! The team discusses how the faith of our young people has been affected by social media and technology and how we can create moments of meaning in our disconnected world.

On today’s episode, Ed and Leslie talk about “practicing our faith”, which is the title of our current sermon series, going on through the end of April. Ed is going to dig into the detail of what it means to put faith into action.

Ed chats with Bryan Nurnberger, resident and founder of Simply Smiles; a not-for-profit organization that provides bright futures for impoverished children, their families, and their communities. Simply Smiles aims to be impactful, sustainable, scalable, and successful.