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Join Blake and Shayla as they celebrate a milestone 50th episode by embarking on a lively journey down memory lane. In this special edition, they reminisce on past episodes, crafting a fantasy draft team using their favorite moments as team members. With laughter, competition, and heartfelt reflection, this episode is a tribute to the incredible stories and guests that have shaped our podcast's journey. Tune in for a nostalgic celebration of fifty episodes filled with inspiration, insight, and camaraderie.

SPOLERS AHEAD

Blakes Draft:

1. Catholic Social Teaching: Why It Matters?
2. Confronting Mental Health: Where to Begin?
3. Find Yourself Trying To "Fix" Someone?
4. Invisible Humans: Ron's Story
5. Discerning Next Steps: Going Deeper or Calling Higher? - Part 1

Shayla's Draft:

1. Why Don't the Homeless Just Get a Job?
2. Invisible Humans: Roy's Story
3. The Power of Being Present (Part 1) Listening to Understand vs. Just to Respond
4. The Creativity of Love: Stories from the Streets of Philly
5. The Balance of Loving vs. Enabling

And the winner is... SHAYLA with a total of 3,416 total podcast dowloads. 🏆

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This week, we are joined on the podcast by our good friend, Roy! He and Nick (a second year missionary) share about:

• Their unexpected friendship.
• Experiencing a Broncos game.
• The immense joy that has come from suffering.

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Today we're joined by two of our missionaries, Chas and Stephanie, to walk us through a normal average day, which you'll learn quickly isn't normal or average at Christ in the City.

In this episode we'll discuss:

• Cook teams and getting creative with donated food
• What it's like living with 34 other people and where missionaries find rest
• Steph’s yo-yo and other creative ways missionaries break the ice in conversations
• The complementarity of having both men and women on street teams together
• How do missionaries have the energy to keep going every day

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In the third part of our three-part series on “The Power of Being Present”: Jeff and Anya are back to wrap up the series with one of the most important–and often the most challenging–steps towards being present: the “street walk” through our own hearts.

Jeff and Anya will share wisdom learned through encounters on the street, community life, and personal stories and how one of their primary roles as formators is accompanying missionaries on this healing journey of self-discovery. Missionaries come to realize that to love those on the street with the compassion and empathy they need to heal, they must first learn to love themselves in this way.

And as listeners will come to realize throughout this episode, this lesson is not just for missionaries. This is a step we all must take in our lives. Before we can be truly present and encounter the brokenness of others–whether they are our family, friends, or those we serve on the streets– we must first take the time to encounter ourselves–even those parts we have kept hidden.

As we start a new year, this episode leaves listeners with a simple but challenging invitation: simply take some time for silence. Allow God to be the center of your own internal monolog so that you can be truly present, and He can be the center of every encounter this new year.

Thanks for listening and know of our prayers for you during this new year!

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