I'm back! I've been on a break posting episodes for this podcast because I was moving across the country (again!). I've officially moved back to the East Coast from Vancouver, Washington to Syracuse, NY! I'm excited for this episode to kick things back up for this series of episodes about managing in ministry! My friend Josh Kay has been a parish's director of youth ministry for 5 years and has some incredible advice for effective leadership in ministry!

In this episode, I hope you find some values in the 5 Pillars of a Professional Minister that Josh shares with me.

Hope you enjoy this episode, and thank you so much for listening!

"The Soul of the Apostolate" by Jean-Baptiste Chautard

In today's episode, I sit down and chat with my lovely wife, Christina Longo, about her journey working in corporate America and how she ultimately ended up work in ministry herself as the Director of Communication & Development for the Catholic Apostolate "Real Life Catholic" with Chris Stefanick. For our series of episodes diving into "Managing in Ministry", Christina shares some great insights bringing professionalism into our ministry workplaces, learning from others outside of the ministry world to better know how to inspire our communities to live for Christ, and so much more!

If it wasn't for this incredibly amazing women in my life, I don't know how I would manage in ministry, so I hope that in this little podcast episode you can take away at least a little bit of all the amazing things she has taught me over the years of our relationship together.

Thanks so much for listening to this episode of the show!

Carlos Gil is the founder of Gil Media Co. and bestselling author of the book "The End of Marketing: Humanizing Your Brand in the Age of Social Media and AI" and he is kicking off Season Two of the show in our first series of episodes I'm calling "Managing In Ministry"! We talk about how churches can best use social media to build relationships with people in their community and spread the Gospel by how the market digitally.

Carlos is also the founder of the COVID Face Mask Brand called, Outlaw Masks, if you're in need of a stylish and comfortable mask during these hard times, please consider getting one from Outlaw Masks!

Thanks for listening and welcome to Season Two!

Thank you to everyone who tuned into Season 1 of the show! I'm so excited that Season 2 is now here!

Welcome to everyone who is new and tuning into the show for the first time, I hope you enjoy getting plugged into my community here with the podcast and you enjoy all the content I share and put out into the world!

Thanks for listening!

Jimmy is the creator of the wildly popular social media account @litcatholicmemes and he is "spreading the Gospel at all times, and when necessary using memes!" I was blessed to serve as his youth minister for a short period of time 3 years ago, and he has always continued to inspire me with his passion for sharing his faith and his humility while doing so. I hope this episode of the show inspires you too!

In this episode with David Calavitta, the Director of Marketing and Communications at Life Teen International, we do not talk much about hummus. We do talk a lot about beauty and design in the Church and how it can be such a powerful tool for evangelization. David shared so much value in this episode, especially for those of us who work professionally in ministry.

I hope you enjoy it and thanks for listening!

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