The Together with God Podcast Together with God

In the final episode of Together with God, Ed and Gareth reflect on starting the podcast, share some highlights from the back-catalogue of interviews, and talk a little about their own journeys. Thank you all for listening! 

In today’s podcast, we chat with Claire Hailwood, Director of Content for ‘Home for Good’ (https://homeforgood.org.uk/). We explore with Claire the history of Home for Good and her own story of adopting and fostering children and young people. We also discuss the importance of the church in welcoming vulnerable young people and how all who follow Jesus have a role to play. For the ‘Make Room’ resource mentioned by Claire, visit https://homeforgood.org.uk/resource/make-room.

In today's podcast, we chat with Mark Arnold. Mark is the Urban Saints' Additional Needs Ministry Director (https://theadditionalneedsblogfather.com/) and blogs at https://theadditionalneedsblogfather.com/. We chat with Mark about his own story of parenting a child and young person with additional needs and how his faith has developed through this journey. We also explore ways in which churches can become more inclusive towards children and young people with additional needs.
 

In this episode, we chat with Gail Adcock, Family and Intergenerational Development Officer for the Methodist Church. This is our second conversation with Gail, and we explore issues emerging from her book, The Essential Guide to Family Ministry (BRF, 2020), including the relationship between family and church, the importance of intergenerational relationships, and how churches might begin their own ministries to families. For info on Gail’s book, visit https://www.brfonline.org.uk/products/the-essential-guide-to-family-ministry-a-practical-guide-for-church-based-family-workers

In this month’s episode, we chat with Lou Woolcock, the Families Coordinator for Youth for Christ (https://yfc.co.uk/louisewoolcock/). We chat with Lou about the importance of the family in faith formation, helping young people to become ‘faith explorers’ in their homes, and how to help families engage with the Bible. For further information about the ‘Family Bible’ mentioned in this episode, visit www.biblesociety.org.uk/good-news-bible-family-edition-resources. For more info about Youth for Christ, visit https://yfc.co.uk/.

In this month’s episode, we chat with Clare Williams from Get Real (https://realquestions.co.uk). We explore issues of apologetics, race and culture, and think through how discussing such issues with young people is important for parents as well as for churches.