What can we learn when we really listen to the people on the frontlines of multivocational ministry in Canada? The Canadian Multivocational Ministry Research Project was on the leading edge of the conversation just a few years ago, and its findings really were prescient. And one very encouraging finding? If you’re assembling your own tailored, multivocational life, you’re not alone!

Amy Bratton joins the conversation for this episode. She was the project manager for the Canadian Multivocational Ministry Project (CMMP), and is also the Director of Operations & Publishing for the New Leaf Network. Amy is a lay leader at Riversdale Neighbours church and an Adjunct Professor with Rocky Mountain College in the area of Spiritual Formation.

Amy and Jared chat about findings, their stories, and what we can learn from each other doing this multivocational work.

You can learn more about the CMMP and other multivocational resources from New Leaf by visiting www.newleafnetwork.ca/multivocational

We’re talking about the realities of multivocational life - is it stressful? Is it satisfying? Is it “better” or “worse” than being univocational? Let’s go beyond just conversational ✨ vibes ✨ and bring in some data, shall we?

Beth Anne Fisher joins the conversation for this episode. She was one of the researchers on the MISSiM project, under the supervision of the primary investigator Dr. Wanda Malcolm. The Malcolm Inventory of Satisfaction and Stress in Ministry (MISSiM) is a statistically valid and reliable instrument that explores 29 aspects of ministry life and how they contribute to an individual's current experiences in ministry life. It is intended for both ordained and non-ordained leaders. 

Beth Anne and Jared chat about their findings, their stories, and what we can learn from each other doing this multivocational work.

You can learn more about Beth Anne’s work, as well as what the MISSiM might offer you, by visiting www.newleafnetwork.ca/sustained

Join Beth and Jared as Jared shares his multivocational story.

Jared serves in many capacities in the Canadian Church.  He founded the New Leaf Network and is one of Canada’s leading inter-denominational church planter trainers.  But church planting isn’t the only kind of experience he has garnered.  In his ministry roles Jared has had the opportunity to work with churches of all kinds from all over Canada.  He has acted as a consultant in churches large and small, urban and rural, and new and long established.  He has written a discipleship curriculum, a handbook on church planter training, and a Church Health workbook called the LifePlan. 

Over the past few years Jared has faced some massive shifts in his life and his ministry. In this episode he talks about what he’s up to now, and how he is living this multivocational life!

Join Beth and Jared as Beth shares her multivocational story.

Beth Carlson-Malena grew up as a Baptist pastor's kid in Treaty 6 territory (aka Saskatoon), and now lives with her wife Danice on unceded Coast Salish land (aka Vancouver). Beth co-pastors a non-denominational church called Open Way that she helped start up almost seven years ago. She has a great side gig as a wedding officiant, and spends the rest of her time bird watching, giving tours at local botanical gardens, organizing actions with others around climate justice and Palestine, and reading/watching science fiction. Beth and her wife Danice have recently started their own wedding business: Pride + Joy Ceremonies (www.prideandjoyceremonies.ca, and on Instagram @prideandjoyceremonies)

Join hosts Beth Carlson-Malena and Jared Siebert for the very first episode of the Multivocational Podcast!

In this inaugural episode Beth and Jared talk about what this podcast is all about… what it means to be a multivocational leader in Canada… and the multiverse of multiple possibilities while wearing more than one vocational hat!