Vision For The Valley: Recent Episodes
Joseph Velarde
Joe sits down with Ziad Hariry the owner and operator of True Blue Mediterranean Cafe. They discuss the journey of starting a business, how his Syrian roots help to create such good food, venturing out to a new concept model and much more.
Connect with Ziad and True Blue here:
ziad_hariry@yahoo.com yourtrueblue.com
Social media:
@True Blue Mediterranean Cafe
Joe sits down with his good friend Tyson Utesch who is a rising senior at Salisbury High School. They discuss his athletic journey, his business aspirations, what the future holds for him, how his faith plays a role in his approach to life and leadership, and much more.
Connect with Tyson here:
email: tmonk750@gmail.com
Instagram: @_tesch
Joe sits down with Quinn McDowell who is an assistant basketball coach at Lehigh University. They discuss his professional playing career, the death of one dream and the birth of another one, how he got into coaching, the recruiting process, leadership development, seeing your life as a mission, and much more.
You can learn more and connect with Quinn and his family here:
Our Family’s Story
https://spark.adobe.com/page/o8eqo5S0dHm6Y/
Quinn’s Contact Info
qtm219@lehigh.edu
513-253-3928
Lindsey’s PTR Support Page
https://pushtherock.org/donate-to-lindsey-mcdowell/
Joe sits down with Mo Taylor who is part of the Bayou boys hospitality group. They discuss what changes did COVID do to the business, when do you know it's time to close a store, what's coming up for the Bayou Boys, leading yourself to lead others well, the steps to start a business, and much more!
Connect with him:
@motaylor https://www.datbayoulv.com/ https://www.wizkidzlv.com/
You can learn more about the Park Sports complex here theparksportscomplex.com
You can learn more about Power ballers baseball here powerballersbaseball.com
To connect with Phil email him at pshallenberger@theparksportscomplex.com
Resources he mentioned:
powerballersbaseball.com
Recruiting
Field level https://www.fieldlevel.com/
NCSA https://www.ncsasports.org
You can find out more about Duck Donuts through their website: https://www.duckdonuts.com
To learn more about Tim and New missions, visit:
https://timdetellis.com/
https://www.newmissions.org/
social media: @timdetellis
Connect with Rod through email: rstafford2@cox.net
Social media: rodstaffordfcc
Fairfax website: https://www.fairfax.cc
To learn more and connect with Tim:
https://restored.churchcenter.com/people/forms/148736
https://www.restoredchurch.org/
Email: Tim@restoredchurch.org
Social media: @Timwalker
Find our more about the vision and mission behind Liquid Church at https://liquidchurch.com/
Joe sits down with long term mentor Chris Zang who he has known since he was 23. They discuss Chris's counseling and therapy practice that has been around for over 25 years, how we process what we've beenexperiencing the last four months, how we care for ourselves, how to understand and unlock our family of origin story, the gift of understanding where we come from and who we are, and what it means tobe resilient.
Joe sits down with his friend Dr. Kyle Canty, who serves as a Pastor of Great Commission Church and the Send Philadelphia missionary with the Send Network. He is also a coauthor of “Ask Me Why I Am Not In Church”. He shares how we plant the gospel and not just churches, what it means to bring shalom to the earth, a new initiative called Mansion of Hope with the goal of serving an area Philly called StrawberryMansion, and how he has learned to process the pain brought on by racial injustice and inequality.
Joe sits down with his friend Dr. Larry Anderson, who serves as the Pastor of Great Commission Church in Philadelphia and the director of Church health for the Baptist Resource Network. He shares his personal experiences of helping to reshape urban masters of divinity program at Missio Seminary, the journey of racial reconciliation they have been on with a group of diverse Pastors, which has led to the founding ofCulture. Ethics Justice Coalition, the book he co-wrote called: “Ask Why I am not in Church”, his journey with cancer, and much more.
You can find Seven Sirens on social media at Seven Sirens Brewing Company and Sevensirens.beer
Connect with Dan Nold…
Through email: dan@calvarysc.org
To learn more about Calvary: www.calavarysc.org
Joe sits down with his identical twin brother John Velarde, the owner of Chick-fil-a Whitehall. They discuss how he pivoted his business in light of COVID-19, serving stressed out employees and customers, how to practice generosity instead of a scarcity mindset, and other helpful practices for those in the highly challenging business environment brought on by the Pandemic.
You can connect with Todd by email: toddr@mountparan.com
To learn more about Mt.Paran go to: https://mountparan.com
To learn more about this ministry go to: http://www.smyrnafirst.org/
You can connect with him by email: jhodges@smyrnafirst.org
Joe interviews local pastor and SEND Network church planting catalyst, Hal Hopkins. Hal was instrumental in helping Joe in his leadership journey and seeing Riverbend Community Church established over a decade ago. In this conversation, they discuss creating a leadership development culture, how justice fits into the Kingdom of God and our discipleship journey, racism and racial reconciliation, and much more.
You can connect with Roscoe through email: roscoe@starpoint.church
You can find his blog here: https://www.roscoelilly.org/
You can learn more about LCBC here: https://lcbcchurch.com/
You can connect with Mark through social media: @markfitch or email: markfitch@lcbcchurch.com
Joe sits down with Jeff Christopherson who resides in Ontario, Canada. Jeff is the author of Kingdom Matrix, Kingdom First, and his latest book is called Venal Dogmata: A Parable of the Future Church. He also helps to lead the Send Institute and The Sanctuary Church. They discuss his latest book, lead-in and after COVID-19, what it looks like to be a team led organization based on the APEST model, his latest book and much more.
You can learn more about Church At Grove here: https://www.churchatthegrove.com/
Connect with Russ through social media: @Russbutcher
or through email: russ@churchatthegrove.com
Joe is interviewed by Brad Modrich the founder of Conflict and the “Conflict podcast”. He was to answer how you keep the faith in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and challenging times for our community and world.
For more information go to https://secondchancetrainingcenterinc.org
Contact information:
Email: Lisa@secondchancetrainingcenterinc.org
Phone: (484)226-7358
Contact Barry Whitworth through email at executivedirector@brnunited.org
For more information go to www.sendnetwork.com
To find out more go to…
https://includemepa.org/what-we-do/programs-services/adept/adept.html
To connect with Kathy Slane
Email: kslane@includemepa.or
Phone: 570-573-8683
To connect with Jesse Velarde
Email: jvelarde@includemepa.org
Phone: 703-300-4679
For more information, please visit “Livin The Dream” online at livinthedream.org
Sam Mullay can be contacted through email at sam@livinthedream.org
For more information about Morgan’s local flavor, check out their website at http://www.morgansrest.net
Morgan’s Phone #: 610-769-4100
Connect with The Bayou Boys on Social Media:
@Motaylor, @Christianduarte, @Jerrystraub
and through email: Info@bayouboyshg.com
Also, be on the look out for a Bayou Boys app in the next few weeks!! Will be available on all mobile platforms.
Feel free to check out City Cuts Barbershop on social media:
Jon Escueta: @citycutsbarbershop
Jerry Jones: @therealjerryjones_
Geo: @geostylez29
Rudy: @karribean_cutz
Nate: @n8mercuri
and on Twitter: @citycutsbarbers
You can get in touch with Matt by…
Phone #: 610-533-0847
Email: mau4@lehigh.edu
To find out more about Track & Field at Lehigh University go to www.lehighsports.com
Be sure to check out Brad’s new book, “The Take Over: The Ultimate Mind Booster” on Amazon or on his site, www.conqueryourconflicts.com
Feel free to reach out to Brad on Social Media via @bradmodrich or @conflict
Look out for a Design Thinking Workshop coming in the Fall! To check out and purchase ZYX Sticks go to www.buildzyx.com and use promo code “visionforthevalley” for 20% off at checkout.
ZYX Sticks social media page: @buildzyx
To connect with Shannon, learn more about hosting a design think workshop or ZYX Sticks email shannon@buildzyx.com
John talks about the importance of encouragement with work culture, as well as best practices in marketing, community engagement and entrepreneurship.
Joe sits down with Tom and Bethann Miller to talk about caring for your whole person, and the danger of compassion fatigue. To find out more about Safe Place Ministry, go to www.safeplaceministry.org
Joe sits down with Ed Hanna from CRU to discuss his areas of influence on local college campuses, his position as chaplain to the Iron Pigs, and the importance of being "F.A.T. and Hungry".
Joe Interviews Erika Butler to talk about the importance of a leader's ownership in developing authentic, trusting relationships with their teams.
Joe sits down with Michael DeSelm from Generosity Feeds to talk about an upcoming food creation event in Allentown.