Advent is upon us and the Worthless Servants talk about the traditions, discipline, and rhythm of the season. What does this season have to offer? There is talk of hope and anticipation as well as a pop quiz for Emily and 80’s urban phrases from Chelsea.

Join us this week as we touch on Genesis Characteristic #3: Intentionally involving everyone in discipleship and ministry. What if our churches had a plan to disciple all ages? How do we involve children and those with disabilities in ministry? Plus, Freya is surprised by a little boy named Dreiny.

The Servants tell more stories about the last three stages of culture shock. Freya talks about food (as always), Chelsea sheds some tears over toilet paper, and Emily gives some good tips on how to get through culture shock.

There are many different forms of Culture Shock. We are going to use six. Listen as we share stories about the first three. We learn that Chelsea likes to take naps and Freya likes to eat rice. AJ also shares about ninjas and soup.

Where does the Church fit in? Emily takes the lead this week again as we continue our conversation about the city and the church. Can rural ministry training fit into urban culture? We discuss issues of time, space, strategies, quality, sermons, and language. We also open the mail bag to hopefully answer some of your questions.

What does the city look like? What does “urban” mean? In this episode we talk about the culture, pace, and people in our cities.  And where does the Church fit in all of that? We also throw out some numbers just to confuse Chelsea.

Genesis Church Characteristic #2: A continual presence in its community through the practice of compassion. Listen as we discuss whether or not it's helpful to focus on physical or spiritual needs. Stories from Guatemala, Papua New Guinea and Florida show that compassion breaks through all cultural boundaries. And Scott teaches us Greek.

What does a healthy and missional church look like? Genesis has come up with 10 characteristics. Here we discuss the first one: Relevant and Transformational Services. We also talk about hayrides, bubbles and pendulums.

The cast continues their conversation from Episode 7. Listen as we unpack the definition of church that guides the Church of the Nazarene...or does it? Freya and Emily share their views and hopes for the "church of today", AJ helps us think in urban contexts, and Scott wants to sing Kumbaya.

Join us this week as we talk about the Church. Devine but human. Building or people? Scott has a challenge for us and apparently he also has a goat-dog.