The Lunch Table: Recent Episodes
Drew Wallingford
Real Pastors who are real friends having real conversations you may not have heard or been willing to tell.
Having a pretty great discussion, our last episode from retreat! Definitely worth a listen!
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First episode from retreat and our first episode with our new podcast member Bob Hawker!
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With all of this talk of things getting in the way of the life we live or what God is calling us to as pastors, its important for us to also talk about having guard rails for our ministry!
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This is a little more about us than it is the leaders. You should definitely listen in!
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with all the stuff in the news lately, this isn't really our take on them, but rather how we should react and what do we do now?
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One of the best things about our roles is that they are so different from each other, but the fact of the matter is that we have this in common!
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Nate is back, but Drew is gone! Whats happening? Your guess is as good as ours lol.
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We have been on a little bit of a break, but man are we glad to be back with you!
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Part 2 is here! Enjoy!
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Today is the start of a 2 part episode from just Matt and Nate on the starting of a new year and this is going to be a great one! join in for part 1 and next week part 2 will be here!
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You definitely do not want to miss this part 2. So important for us to remember!
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So excited to be back together right now! We miss each other and we miss you!
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This week we are talking through a lot of the nuances of what it looks like for us to be in ministry and what we have learned along the way!
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This week we are talking through a lot of the nuances of what it looks like for us to be in ministry and what we have learned along the way! join us for part 2 next week!
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We don't have Matt this week, but man we needed to catch up with each other and with you!
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in this episode, we are going through this whole process of what it looks like starting in new positions, but also talking about how we see things for cultural fits for people in new positions and just what is encouraging us right now.
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Man do we have a lot of news going on here on the channel right now!
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This episode we are sorta talking about matt again? Really getting down to business on the wants we have in our life and what to do with them.
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Matt is in Jax and somehow this is the third episode in a row about his life?
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Continuing from last week to talk through this part of Matt's transition.
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Talking through some big emotions this episode!
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We've all been through seasons and while we are where we are right now its good to remember how we have learned and grown over the years and to recognize what that means for the future.
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Nate and Matt are alone on this episode! Lets see if they know how to record haha.
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continuing our conversation with Alex about the life he has lived and talking about what is super important for us together.
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This is an episode that has been a long time coming from a long time listener!
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This episode is part two of us sitting down with one of the members of the Christian Indie Writers Podcast , Jenifer Tong, who is quickly becoming a great friend of the podcast here! Make sure to get your note pages ready because she has some great things coming for all of us here at our lunch table!
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This episode is part one of us sitting down with one of the members of the Christian Indie Writers Podcast , Jenifer Tong, who is quickly becoming a great friend of the podcast here! Make sure to get your note pages ready because she has some great things coming for all of us here at our lunch table!
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What do you do during the summer? Its a worthy question to ponder and thats where we are getting started!
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Its funny how these conversations come up. We hope you get to laugh at it a little bit with us, but let us know if you have any stories like these!
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Caleb is a close friend of the podcast and it is so stinkin cool to have him with us!
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We got to sit down at IA retreat to talk about a little bit of how retreat was and where we are at in light of it! Hope to hear from some of you and hope you enjoy what we got to live through in these fun moments!
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This week we are taking time to answer some of your questions! Granted we only made it through a few, so this will continue later on, but this is some really good stuff happening here!
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This is part two of being on with Brett and there is a LOT going on in this part. Hopefully yall can keep up haha.
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This is part one of us having a great conversation with Brett Talley from Orange about life and ministry and a few things in between!
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This episode is real life! Nate is out for the first half because of a doctors appointment, we talk about lead pastors, travel, and everything under the sun. Its the Lunch Table! That is just how it goes!
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Is this episode a little longer than normal... Ya. Is it worth sitting and listening to? Also yes.
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This is a question we all need to ask, not just ourselves but other people we work with. We have got to know where people stand and how we can help the team!
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Starting off with a hot take and talking through our second part of our episode about Volunteer Culture! If you want to add to the conversations or have a topic to share or anything like that, leave a comment below or send us an email at lunchtablequestions@gmail.com
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Here is the start of our two part episode on Volunteer Culture! Man, this is one that really gets set apart from the rest because we get the chance to talk about how we set this up in our culture and what our responsibility is while also how we expect things to be!
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This week we get the chance to roast matt a little on being late and not having his mic, but we do get to talk about what it looks like to represent your organization or church and how that has worked for us in the past!
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This episode we have Kim Perry back with us talking about her book and really doing some real life with us!
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This episode starts with a little bit of funny and slams straight into the wall on what we want to know or want our pastors to know about our finances and life in general! Important stuff!
This week we are talking about our dreams and what we might want to see in our lives! This could be huge and we can't wait to see how God keeps working in them!
We have another book in our midst! Cool to talk about and we hope you enjoy!
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This is a fun one! We got onto topic so fast that we had to sneak in the record button haha. Join in with us! Oh and have a merry Christmas! Here's to whatever God's got for all of you together!
We are talking end of year and how we want to close up the year with a little more going on in our plans and goals as well as what direction we see ministry heading in!
We are talking about how we choose to make sure we are doing things that let us take a breather from ministry! Hope you enjoy and are inspired to bring up some of these topics with your lunch table!
Ministry is always crazy and sometimes its just straight up hilarious! We've got stories to share and we hope it provokes some sharing with your lunch tables too!
Matt raised some really deep questions with us this episode and you will not want to miss it! Absolutely some questions you will be asking yourself and others.
This week we are glad to be back with you! Two of us made it to coaches summit with Intern Academy and we've got some good thoughts to share and talk about how thats going to impact our ministry here!
This episode is all about figuring out that balance. These are some of our favorite episodes because the topics just happen! Thats how our lunch table is! How is yours?
This week we are working through and talking about our disciplines and how we get the things done, but also challenging our stuff. This is worth it for sure!
This week we are jumping in on a bunch of real life things that are going on in our lives and ministry, but also bringing to the table some tools for what ministry looks like!
This week we got to just hit record and talk through a lot of big stuff thats going on in church and how we feel about them! These would be great questions for you to bring to your physical lunch table!
This one was so good it took two parts! make sure you listen to pt 1 or this wont make any sense. lol
We talk about what we are insecure about so that you can make fun of us when you see us and so that you can have these conversations with your lunch table.
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Today we are talking through what it looks like for us to have success in ministry. How can we have success personally and then let that flow into this?
This week we are talking about how we define success for our seasons and portions of our lives. Especially we are talking about our personal life today. Family wise, with our wives, and kids. The good stuff.
You know that scene in finding nemo when the fish get into the harbor in their plastic bags and they all start saying "now what?" Ya, thats this episode.
This episode we get pretty honest about how we go through the summer and what that balance looks like and honestly how we feel through some of the, what can be, the hardest parts of youth ministry and ministry in general.
In this episode we bring Mark Shaner back on the podcast to talk about family and ministry!
This episode is FULL of great stuff that we talk through with our good friend Bob Hawker. Definitely worth listening and sharing!
In this episode, we sit down with Camille and Abby, brand new interns to Intern Academy, to hear about their lives and stories and what God is doing in their path to ministry!
In this episode we talk about vacations, sabbaticals, mini sabbaticals, micro sabbaticals, and working out. Yep, you found your way to the lunch table haha.
We are getting really excited about IA retreat! it comes up next week and man is it going to be a great time of getting connected with you all! Come join us and be a part as we jump in on the next few episodes.
Here it is! Part two of a great conversation with the beloved guest Mark Shaner! Enjoy!
Focusing in on what it looks like to find health in ministry and how important it is. Along with other topics, we hope you'll enjoy this episode with the very quotable Mark Shaner who we love to hang out with!
This episode is a little bit of follow up on some of the tough conversation talk we had last week, but its super important to think through some of these things on whats okay in our ministry and whats not. Its also really helpful to have a lunch table to talk with this about!
This week we are going through some of our struggles and stuff we are going through and just trying to talk through how we can manage and deal with some of those things. Hopefully it will help you as well!
This is our actual lunch table. Talking about real life and real issues that we have and are thinking about. Join in!
This is our actual lunch table. Talking about real life and real issues that we have and are thinking about. Join in!
This week we talk with Poker! The man who inspired the lunch table and is a great mentor to youth pastors through his organization. Make sure to check his ministry out at smeonline.net
This week we have the profound honor of having the "Detail Diva" with us on the podcast! Kim Perry is on staff at Lifepointe Church in NC and she is all about those details. Today we talk through vacations, a little bit of just regular life, and what its like to see the world as a detail oriented ministry leader! Join us and see how we can do this thing together!
How do you feel about the details? we've got a good episode coming up and you wont want to miss it!
This is something so crucial to us and the time we all live in and we hope that this is something you can sit down with your lunch table and talk through!
This episode is all about the lunch tables that we have with our team. Its dreams about new trips, worries about expenses, all kinds of things like that. Join us and think about your lunch table!
This week we are talking about resources that dont suck and jumping right in on what we didnt realize was a part of ministry, but should be a part of the degree programs!
In this episode we are talking about the excitement of the new year and the things we are hoping for along with our main thoughts on what we are looking for on hiring new staff and what you might want to consider when interviewing!
Well! Its the last episode of 2021 and this has been so amazing! For this episode we are talking about tough conversations and its for sure one that we all need to think about from time to time! Praying and hoping you have a great start to your new year! Talk to you in 2022!
Here's the thing! Its time to talk about how we celebrate our people and how we evaluate our last year! Hope you have a merry Christmas and we will talk with you next week!
This week we are following up on our last episode about event emotions leading up to an event by talking about what we do after an event is over. How we feel, what we talk about, what we do and where do we go from there. Join us!
Alright! this episode we are going to be talking all about emotions coming up to an event. What its like to prep and how we do emotionally and how we've grown even. Along with that we admit that covid is in fact real and Matt wears a turtleneck.
In this episode we are diving into our thanksgivings and all the fun there is with covid, but also talking about when to say no or when you need to pull the plug on something. Its a huge part of the process of ministry and a lot of us have a hard time with having support, knowing how to give support to our teams, and knowing when its time to say no. Thats why we talk about it!
This week we are talking about some real stuff! We've got some real things going on in our lives and part of what we are talking about is how we share that with our world around us. Join us today in our glass house!
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We have lots of stuff going on in life and Nate brought a big chunk of his life right now to the table. Do you have a place that you can do that?
In this episode we are sitting around the lunch table with Chip Taylor talking about those first couple of years of ministry and talking about what its like to know when you are ready to invest in the next generation of leaders. Chip, the director of Intern Academy, is known pretty well in our circles as a thought leader on the subject of training up interns to go and champion healthy ministries and this episode is a great way to hear about what Intern Academy is about as well as what its like to be a part of making new leaders!
Angie is on with us this week to talk about splitting her group and how it can be as a pastor trying to figure out how to give both kinds of students the best ministry. We talk strategy on how to work with those who are new to faith along with those who want to go deep and how we can do life together while bringing them all closer to God. We aren't experts, but its really cool to think through things together! So, come hang with us!
This week we are talking all about the thought of what we would do over if we could. Ministry is crazy and we all have a lot to figure out and thankfully we've all grown from these moments, but we've got some stuff to share with yall!
This episode we are talking all about great volunteers and what its like to keep them around. Sort of a brag session on the people God uses, but really talking about how we take our stewardship over their investment. Also, talking about some resources that dont suck! Give them a shot!
This week we are talking about the things we didn't really expect in ministry. What have you experienced that really hasn't fit into what you would have expected?
Matt has his kid at work with him today, so its time to start talking about what its like for us to balance our work and our family as well as how they sorta go together??? Have a seat! This one is so good that its a two parter!!!
Matt has his kid at work with him today, so its time to start talking about what its like for us to balance our work and our family as well as how they sorta go together??? Have a seat! This one is so good that its a two parter!!!
This is a conversation all about what its like to work in an actual church. We aren't talking about the office arrangements or anything like that, we are talking about the confidentiality, the hard conversations, the way we serve without all the visibility. Have a seat at the lunch table!
What does it look like for us to live under pressure look like for you? How do you look at your ministry? How do you deal with that pressure? Thats what we are talking about in this episode! Come have a seat with us
Hey! This episode is all about what its like coming up to the lunch table, sort of why we want to include you in on this, and talking about our paychecks and all that good stuff! We are so excited to have you with us and can't wait to see what God does with this!