Children in Church: Recent Episodes
Harrison Litzell
The Baugh Center for Baptist Leadership presents a podcast for the Sunday School teachers, the VBS volunteers, and all those who work with children in church. We will be talking with ministers and experts about the specific service of these roles and how we can all be comfortable and confident.
On a shorter episode, Harrison shares about his workshop from the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly. He speaks some about ideas around diversity, inclusion, and collaboration before offerings some practices to make worship a more collaborative experience for all people.
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Rev. Dr. Christina Embree is the Founder and President of Refocus Ministry. She works with churches to connect generations as church and at home.
You can learn more about her work at Refocusministry.org
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Rev. Jay Kieve is the Abuse Prevention and Response Advocate at Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. In this conversation he discusses safety in church and how churches can and should prioritize safety as fundamental understanding of their mission.
You can connect with Jay and CBF at CBF.net.
You can email him at jkieve@cbf.net
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Glenys Nellist is the author of the new children's book, Song of the Seasons. In this conversation with Harrison Litzell, she discusses her work as an author as well as the role of art and stories in the spiritual lives of children.
You can find Song of the Seasons here: https://paracletepress.com/collections/new-releases-childrens/products/song-of-the-seasons
You can learn more about Glenys and her work here: https://www.glenysnellist.com/
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Rev. Amanda Alexander is a fully endorsedChaplain by the National Baptist Convention, USA, Incorporated. Amanda is the ACPE Certified Educator and Program Manager at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta-Egleston in Atlanta, Georgia.
In this conversation, Harrison and Amanda discuss the work of spiritual care in crisis, and particularly what it looks like to sit with a child and family in a hospital room.
You can find more about chaplaincy at ACPE.edu or by going to CHOA.org and searching "CPE"
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Children in Church will be back on March 7 and will continue from there with monthly releases!
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Rev. Dr. Amy Lindeman Allen is the author of the book, The Gifts They Bring: How Children in the Gospels Can Shape Inclusive Ministries. In this conversation with Harrison Litzell, she offers great ideas around how churches can be more inclusive, and how the characters of the Gospels can point us that way.
You can by The Gifts They Bring Here: https://www.wjkbooks.com/Products/066426834X/the-gifts-they-bring.aspx
You can learn more about Amy Lindeman Allen here: https://www.cts.edu/team/amy-lindeman-allen/
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Laura and Carson Foushee are Cooperative Baptist Field Personnel in Kanazawa, Japan. They join Harrison for this conversation on missions and how to educate and engage children with missions in the church.
You can connect with the Foushees here:
Website: https://www.classy.org/campaign/carson-and-laura-foushee/c101716
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FousheesInJapan
Pathlight Curriculum: https://cbf.net/pathlight
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The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has a new missions curriculum for children, and Rev. Jessica Asbell Oravec is here to tell us all about it! We talk not only about the curriculum and how she prioritized flexibility while writing it, but also about the topic of missions in general.
Pathlight Curriculum: https://cbf.net/pathlight
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Lynne Howard from David C Cook talks with Harrison Litzell about the new curriculum, Wonder Ink! This curriculum is fully digital and is centered in the core values that are repeated throughout the lessons.
You can learn more about Wonder Ink here: https://davidccook.org/curriculum/wonder-ink/
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Dr. Robert Crosby, Ph.D, and Lori Crosby, MPT, RPT-S, are the authors of Trauma-Informed Children's Ministry and the Executive Director and Director of Content at Reach Hurting Kids Institute. They join Harrison Litzell to talk about trauma and ministry and how churches can better care for children who have experienced trauma. This is a great introductory conversation into this topic and provides resources for further learning?
Reach Hurting Kids Institute: https://reachhurtingkids.com/
Trauma-Informed Children's Ministry Book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1666715743
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Be sure to subscribe and follow along for Season 3 of Children in Church! New episodes premier on Thursday starting October 5.
Rev. Rebecca Caswell-Speight is the Minister of Families, Faith Formation, and Connection at Smoke Rise Baptist Church in Stone Mountain, GA.
Becky is intentional in the way that she structures and leads worship time with children to be accommodating of children's sensory needs.
If you would like to contact Becky, you can find more information at Smokerisebaptist.org and email her at rcspeight@smokerisebaptist.org
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Part 2 of the conversation between Harrison Litzell and Bekah Rhea!
Rev. Bekah Rhea is a writer, theologian, and public speaker developing a contemporary theology of disability. Over the next two episodes she talks about language, the history of the disability advocacy movement, and practical steps to take in your church to be accommodating for all worshippers.
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And find her website here: https://bekalog.wordpress.com/
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Rev. Bekah Rhea is a writer, theologian, and public speaker developing a contemporary theology of disability. Over the next two episodes she talks about language, the history of the disability advocacy movement, and practical steps to take in your church to be accommodating for all worshippers.
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Children in Church is returning on May 11! We will be spending the month of May discussing disability and children's ministry. Make sure to subscribe and follow along so that you won't miss an episode!
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Dr. Cheryl Minor is the Director of Center for the theology of Childhood with Godly Play.
Learn more about Godly Play at their website: https://www.godlyplayfoundation.org/
and on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GodlyPlay
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Devita Parnell is the Director of the Young Baptist EcoSystem at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.
Find out more about CBF and Devita's work at https://cbf.net/
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Pamela Merritt Smith is a therapist who specializing in religious trauma. She talks with Harrison about the impact of trauma on children and how we can heal together and pave a better path forward.
Connect with Pamela at her website: https://www.therapyntheology.com/
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/therapyntheology/
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Traci Smith is a minister, author, and mom! Her work focuses on equipping families with faith practices at home. You can follow Traci's work at her website: Traci-Smith.com
or on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TraciMarieSmithAuthor.
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Joan Daggett is the Project Director at Shine Curriculum. Shine is co-published by MennoMedia and Brethren Press and offers resources for children of all ages.
Find Shine Curriculum online at https://shinecurriculum.com/
or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/shinecurriculum
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Daniel Vestal is the Director of the Eula Mae and John Baugh Center for Baptist Leadership at Mercer University. He is a long time pastor, former Executive Coordinator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, and current Distinguished Professor of Leadership at Mercer University. You can find his newest book here: https://www.helwys.com/sh-books/this-treasure-within/ Follow along with everything from the Baugh Center here: https://www.facebook.com/BaughCenter Email Harrison with any questions or requests at litzell_ha@mercer.edu.
Mitzi Ethridge is long time member at Smoke Rise Baptist Church in Stone Mountain, Georgia. She is also a recent graduate with a Masters in Christian Spiritual Formation and Leadership from Friends University.
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Rev.Robin Priddy is Children's Pastor at Johns Creek Baptist Church in Johns Creek, GA.
Rev. Kristen Koger is the Associate Pastor for Spiritual Growth at First Baptist Church of Waynesboro in Waynesboro, VA.
Check out the CBF Children's MInistry Network here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/cbfcmn
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