In this episode of the WesleyCast we celebrate THANKSgiving as we talk about our favorite Tom Hanks movies. We discuss what it means to be a leader in the church today and interview Bishop Grant Hagiya.

Bishop Grant Hagiya is the bishop of the Pacific Northwest Conference of the United Methodist Church. He offers some deep insights into Wesleyan Leadership and talks about his book, Spiritual Kaizen.

In this Episode of the WesleyCast we talk about Youth Ministry. 

What is your worst Youth Ministry experience?

How can ministry be effective in reaching new people and creating disciples?

A special interview with Jeremy Steele on the nature of youth ministry.

 

You can check out Jeremy Steele on twitter: @unpretending

You can get Jeremy Steele's new book on Youth Ministry, Reclaiming the Lost Soul of Youth Ministry, at seedbed.com

 

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In this edition of the WesleyCast:

We discuss and reflect on the recent death of Robin Williams and remember the gift that he was to us.

We talk about evangelism and why it sometimes leaves us with a bad taste in our mouths.

We offer some simple evangelism tips that work for us.

We have an interview with Dr. Elaine Heath, a professor at Perkins School for Theology, SMU. She talks about evangelism and the missional church.

Links to check out:

Robin Williams on Golf - http://youtu.be/Bi6fPwWuO9I

Robin Williams in One Hour Photo - http://youtu.be/vjIBX5RrG4Q

Robin Williams in The Final Cut - http://youtu.be/CCTdpfcqQcw

Missional Wisdom Foundation - http://www.missionalwisdom.com

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In this episode of the WesleyCast we have important conversations!

Conversations over our favorite meal of the day, Breakfast!

Conversations about a book of conversations in the United Methodist Church called Finding Our Way.

Conversations with Allan R. Bevere over the nature of the church today.

Allan blogs at www.allanbevere.com and you can follow him on twitter @arbevere

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In this special edition of the WesleyCast we interview J.D. Walt of Seedbed to find out more about the what, why, and how of Seedbed.

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In this edition of the WesleyCast we explore:

The great and wonderful world of Annual Conference. You can get Annual Conference reports and more at http://www.umc.org/who-we-are/2014-annual-conference-reports

Adam Hamilton and Mike Slaughter's proposal on the current state of the UMC called "A Way Forward". You can find a copy of the proposal here: https://awayforward.net/#/home

 

And we have a live dialogue with Rev. Matt O'Reilly about the United Methodist Church.

Rev. Matt O'Reilly blogs at http://www.mattoreilly.net

In this episode of the WesleyCast

We talk about some great Charles Wesley hymns(that you should be singing in worship).

We dicuss why we are United Methodist(sometimes it is about a girl).

We breakdown the recent forum on human sexuality in the NYAC(here is a link to it: http://www.nyac.com/newsdetail/114545).

Finally we wrap up the conversation by discussing the nature of dialogue vs. debate.

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Be on the look out for our next episode on Annual Conferences. Where we talk about what the Annual Conference looks like and what it could look like.

This is the preview episode of the WesleyCast. We are talking about all things happening in the world of Methodism and Wesleyan thought today. 

In this episode we introduce ourselves and have a brief dialogue over Bishop Coyner's proposals for restructing the polity of the UMC.

Those proposals can be found here.

Join us next week as we realease our first full length episode entited Dialogue and Covenant.