The FYA Interview Series: Recent Episodes
JD Wilson
We're interviewing leaders from all over the globe and giving them a chance to tell their stories - wanna hear what NFL training camp is really like? What's it like growing up in Atlanta's infamous Zone 6 during Freaknik? How about moving from Turkey to the US as a teenager? It's all that and more here on the FYA Interview Series!
Episode 10 of the FYA Interview Series takes us all the way to Zimbabwe to reconnect with one of our favorite people on earth! She's currently on mission and because of the potentially sensitive areas she'll be visiting in future months, we'll just leave her last name off to protect her. Jackie talks about growing up in Zimbabwe, the choice to come to the US for college without knowing where that college was and what prompted her to leave a community she loves in Memphis to return home and fulfill the great commission! To learn more about Fellowship Young Adults, follow us on Instagram @fellowshipyoungadults or find us on Facebook @fellowshipmemphisyoungadults
It’s Episode 9 and we’ve got professional drummer and Fellowship Member Dave Mason! Dave talks to us about growing up focused on basketball, how being kicked out of college kickstarted his music career and how to earn your spot among the best musicians in the world (a lot of whom reside in Memphis). He also talks about what made Fellowship so unique to him and why he’s stayed over the years. It’s a fascinating conversation with one of the best drummers in the world - you won’t wanna miss it!
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McKenna Bray is an Americana Singer/Songwriter and proud Memphian! She's currently working on writing her second full length studio album, the followup to her debut album "Once in a Blue Moon" (2018). McKenna joins us to talk about growing up an athlete, never singing until she was in college (!!!), discovering how to live with her whole heart and so much more. She also explains the back story of her newest single "There's Enough" and sings it for us!
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It's that time again! It's episode 7 of the FYA Interview Series with one of EVERYONE'S favorite people - Jonny Pineda! Jonny is a worship leader at Fellowship Memphis, 3D animator and one of the best people we know. Tune in and hear from one of the smartest, most creative people in Memphis!
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Episode 6 of the FYA Interview Series features our conversation with the very talented Emily Frazier! Emily is a Humanitarian Photographer who also happens to have a thriving wedding photography business, but more than that, she's one of the core leaders here at FYA. She handles our social media, takes photos for us and helps lead in community building in a lot of ways. Emily's got a fascinating story of growing up in the Middle East and moving to Memphis 9 years ago, you won't want to miss this one!
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It’s Episode 4 of the FYA Interview Series and we’ve got the one and only Claude Atcho (@claudeatcho)! Claude is the Collierville Outpost Pastor at Fellowship Memphis, a thinkchristian.net contributor and a Seattle area native - we’ll talk to him about growing up in the PNW, his early love of books and basketball and the multiple cross country/cross cultural moves he and his wife Kelsey have made together.
Read the articles Claude references in the episode today: https://thinkchristian.reframemedia.c... https://thinkchristian.reframemedia.c...
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It's Episode 3 of the FYA Interview Series and we've got the one and only Kat McRitchie! Kat and her husband Dan have been at Fellowship Memphis for 12 years, she's served for over 10 years with The Memphis Teacher Residency (@memphistr), works with Moms Demand Action (@momsdemand) not to mention being mom to 3 awesome kids. She talks about what it was like growing up in Midtown in the 80's/90's, why she felt called to pour her life into education in the city, how she and her husband met and more - I've often referenced Kat as 'one of the smartest people I know' - check out the episode and see why!
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The FYA Interview Series rolls on with special guest Bartholomew Jones! Bartholomew Jones is a Memphis hip hop artist, teacher, activist, husband, father, coffee roaster, barista and more! You can find his music on all streaming platforms, but you should definitely buy it on iTunes - to grab some of his Guji Mane roast or cop Cxfee Black Merch, hit up cxfeeblack.com or prophiphop.com/coffee and follow him everywhere social: @abartjones
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It’s Episode 5 of the FYA Interview Series and we’ve got one of the funnest dudes you’ll ever meet! It’s Njeri ‘Hot HandZ’ Camphor and it was amazing - we get into everything from growing up in Zone 6 Atlanta in the days of Freaknik, to witnessing unimaginable trauma in his front yard as a 10 year old. Come for the jokes and the freestyle, stay for the vulnerable, introspective look at how God took a childhood steeped in tragedy and shaped it into a mountain of a man today.
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The Fellowship Young Adults Interview series kicks off with the big homie! Pastor Jason Cook joins us to talk about his childhood, growing up in a two-NFL player family and how realizing his dreams - and finding them empty actually led him to his true calling. You won't want to miss it!
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