The Almost Amazing Podcast

Kristen Campell is our Women's Ministry Director, and she shares with us lots of great opportunities for women to get involved at CityRise.

Alejandra Rojas is our Worship and Senior Adults Admin, serving our church in a variety of ways. She offers great insight into what people can do to get better connected to a Christian community through church involvement.

Ashley Miksch, our Student Ministry Associate at CityRise Church, joins us for a great conversation about friendships.

Looking for meaningful frienships? Check out https://cityrise.org/adults for information on how to get involved at our church and start building godly relationships.

Jennifer and Justin chat with Andy Dennis about a book he read called "The Anxious Generation." Jennifer and Justin are fascinated by literature, but their Tiktok obsession greatly limits their time for reading. Andy was kind enough to give them a synopsis, and the discussion based on this book led to a fruitful conversation about parenting children in the digital age.

Amber Bender is the co-founder and Executive Director of Addi's Faith Foundation, which is a 501c3 organization dedicated to ending childhood cancer. They fund childhood cancer research as well as provide financial assistance to families struggling to care for a child with cancer. Amber shares with us the story about how this organization began and how you can get involved to help their work in childhood cancer research and assistance. To learn more, visit https://addisfaith.org/

This Redeemed Life was founded in 2007 by Marian Jordan Ellis with the desire to reach women with the Gospel of Jesus Christ and equip them with the life-changing truth of God's Word. Their motto is "Revelation Causes Transformation." All of their resources and events are designed for women to encounter Jesus through the living Word and experience His power to transform their lives from the inside out.

Marian is our speaker for the Women's Retreat taking place on February 7 and 8 in Houston, TX. She shares her heart for ministry and a preview of the encouraging content she will be sharing at the retreat.

To register for the retreat, visit https://cityrise.org/women

To learn more about Marian's ministry, visit https://thisredeemedlife.org/

Mary Ann Bridgwater is the Founder and President of Pray the Word Ministries, a ministry committed to expanding and enhancing prayer activity in Houston, our nation, and throughout the world. A frequent speaker and prayer consultant, her passion is leading others to experience a prayer life where they walk in the awareness of the presence of a Holy God. If you'd like to learn more about her ministry, visit https://www.praytheword.org/

If you'd like to register for her upcoming weekly class offered by our church beginning February 19th, visit https://subspla.sh/n48jsmf

Jennifer and Justin chat about Christmas. To learn more about all our Christmas Eve services, visit https://cityrise.org/christmas.

Lori Bisson is leading our new Grief Share group that is kicking off in January. She shares with us her experience with grief and her heart to help people work through tragedies by leaning on God. Visit https://cityrise.org/griefshare to sign up for this new group!

Emily Heinzman is the Bellaire Kids Program Coordinator and shares with us her journey in faith and how she came to find her place in full time kids ministry.