The Front Yard Mission Podcast

Do you love cookies and decorating them? Anne Yorks has been on the cutting edge of cookie decorating for over a decade. She has also been a Front Yard Missionary from day one. She and her family truly live it out in their neighborhood and primarily in their business. Anne is the founder of The Flour Box, an online resource for cookie decorating supplies and tutorials. In our podcast you're gonna find that our Anne is sweet and a smart cookie. 

Tim is a native of State College, PA and he met his wife Sarah met at Penn State and they now have three girls. Tim has been on staff with City Light church for the past decade and recently moved to Manhattan to plant a church. Tim is an entrepreneur and founded the marketing company Digital Culture. In this episode we talk about what it’s like to relocate your entire family live in the heart of the largest city in the US while living on mission. Recently Jonathan and Steve spent a couple of days with Tim and his team taking them through the Front Yard Mission One Day event.   

 On this episode we are joined by Bill Tibbetts. Bill was the former Dean of the College of Business and Technology at North Central University. Bill is now the Vice President of Education and Multiplication at the Stone Table. The Stone Table engages in various gospel initiatives with people worldwide, while also emphasizing business as mission. This was the main topic of our conversation with Bill. We think you’ll love Bill and his passion to make Jesus known.

This season we are exploring what living on mission looks at work. In this episode we talk with author and the president of The Stone Table, Erik Cooper. The Stone Table is a global missions organization rooted in the marketplace. They help leverage the profits from marketplace businesses to fund strategic global missions projects around the world. They also equip and encourage marketplace Christians to engage in Great Commandment and Great Commission living. Check out The Stone Table and the many great resources that they offer at www.thestonetable.org 

This week we go back to a conversation that Jonathan had we had with one of the OG’s of the love God, love neighbor movement, Dave Runyon. We’ve been fans of Dave and his book he wrote with Jay Pathak the “Art of Neighboring.” We were fortunate to have Dave read an early copy of Front Yard Mission and endorse it for us. We think you will find this podcast so helpful as we discuss the basics of loving your neighbor.

It’s Super Bowl week and we sat down with Stefen Wisniewski, a two-time Super Bowl champion with the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles. Stefen talks about what it’s like to not just be an elite NFL lineman, but also what it’s like to love your neighbor that lines up against you or your back up who’s trying to take your job. Whether you are a football fan or not, Stefen will inspire you to live out your Front Yard Mission whatever your context is.

Come listen in on our conversation with the Grammy nominated lead singer of Superchick. Were you a fan like me of this band in the 2000's? Tricia serves on the Front Yard Mission board and she happens to be the voice of our podcast. Over the years she and her band have been creators of some of the most innovative music ever in Christian Music. She loves Jesus and her neighbors well and has a lot to say about Front Yard Mission. 

What a blast to talk with arguably the greatest American Ninja Warrior on what it's like to be a Front Yard Missionary to the Ninja community.  He'll also share how he has overcome the disappointment of missing winning one million dollars not once but twice by a mere second.

We were so honored to do a once in a lifetime interview with the incomparable Karolyn Zuzu Grimes from the Christmas Classic "It's a Wonderful Life."  She made the movie when she was six old and never saw it until she was forty when the Target corporation approached her about an Ad campaign.  After she saw the power of the movie she then became an ambassador for the film and it's been her mission and message for over forty years.   

One of the best ways to love our neighbors is during the holidays.  The chairman of the Front Yard Mission board, Dree Hogue is all about it.  She starts celebrating Christmas in July and then just never stops.  There is something deeper going on than just an elf on a shelf, jingle bells, and Christmas Cheer.  Listen to why Christmas is so important to her and how she loves her neighbors during the holidays.  All kinds of practical and fun holiday ideas in this episode.