CF Stories CF of Elizabeth Podcasts

This week we sit down with Rosario Davidson, a licensed Physician Assistant here in the City of Elizabeth to discuss her journey into the medical field and what she has learned along the way. We learn how, when she was in high school, she had no interest in the medical field or any of the sciences at all. She had a very different interest, but different things in her life drastically shifted what she would study in college and where she would end up afterwards.


She shares some medical stories of things she has seen and experienced, including some of her own personal medical stories and how knowing how medicine and the human body work affected how she processed those things.


She and Elliott also discuss how she views the biblical concept of healing while working within the art of medicine and how her faith helps her to relate to and help her patients.


This is Rosario Davidson's story.


Jump to a Segment:
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:33 This week on CF Stories…
00:01:16 Introducing Rosie Davidson
00:13:24 Becoming a Physician Assistant
00:23:34 What has your experience being a medical professional been like?
00:37:49 What does a medical professional do when they get sick?
00:48:36 Supernatural healing and medicinal healing
00:55:54 Lightning Round: Medical show factchecking
01:00:05 How can we pray for you?
01:01:50 See you in Season 02 of CF Stories
01:02:55 Outro / Thanks for listening


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Hosted by: Elliott Johnson
Guest: Rosario Davidson


Produced by: William Hartz | Twitter
Audio Engineer: William Hartz
Music by: Giancarlo Cordon


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Christ Fellowship of Elizabeth is a Christian community whose mission is to love God, make disciples, and change the world.


We hope you enjoyed this week’s message. Make sure you subscribe in Apple Podcast, Google Play, Spotify, or your favorite podcatcher so you never miss an episode.


Follow us online:
Website: https://cfofelizabeth.com
Instagram: https://instagram.com/cfofelizabeth
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cfofelizabeth
Facebook: https://facebook.com/cfofelizabeth
YouTube: https://youtube.com/ChristFellowshipofElizabeth


Subscribe to our other podcasts at: https://cfofelizabeth.com/podcasts


You can join us in person every Sunday. We gather for worship at 10:30am at The Liberty Center at 1121 Elizabeth Ave, Elizabeth, NJ. You can also join us virtually on our livestream by visiting https://cfofellizabeth.com/live or visiting our YouTube page.


To give your tithe or gift online, you can visit: https://tithe.ly/give_new/www/#/tithe or text "Give" to 856-317-6679.


To contact the church by phone, call 908-289-6322.


If this is your first time with us or you just want to learn more about our church, please visit: https://www.cfofelizabeth.com/im-new


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©2021 Christ Fellowship of Elizabeth
Love God. Make Disciples. Change the World.

This week is a special live recording of CF Stories. Elliott sat down with a panel of Christ Fellowship members who are experts in different areas of the financial industry in order to learn how we can be responsible stewards with our finances so that we can live in a way that will support us and our families for decades to come. Because tomorrow matters.


This is Emmanuel Bloomfield-Jones, Anthony Joseph, Kirk Nelson, and Ashley Tirado,'s story.


Jump to a Segment:
00:00:00 Opening
00:00:33 This Week on CF Stories...
00:01:37 A live conversation
00:03:58 Introducing the panel
00:06:12 Savings
00:12:28 Budgeting
00:24:20 How to wisely make big purchases
00:28:12 Building credit
00:36:32 Investing
00:46:50 Tomorrow matters
00:51:00 Closing
00:53:05 Outro / Thanks for listening


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Hosted by: Elliott Johnson
Guest: Emmanuel Bloomfield-Jones, Anthony Joseph, Kirk Nelson, and Ashley Tirado,


Produced by: William Hartz | Twitter
Audio Engineer: Oliver Kaufmann
Music by: Giancarlo Cordon


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Christ Fellowship of Elizabeth is a Christian community whose mission is to love God, make disciples, and change the world.


We hope you enjoyed this week’s message. Make sure you subscribe in Apple Podcast, Google Play, Spotify, or your favorite podcatcher so you never miss an episode.


Follow us online:
Website: https://cfofelizabeth.com
Instagram: https://instagram.com/cfofelizabeth
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cfofelizabeth
Facebook: https://facebook.com/cfofelizabeth
YouTube: https://youtube.com/ChristFellowshipofElizabeth


Subscribe to our other podcasts at: https://cfofelizabeth.com/podcasts


You can join us in person every Sunday. We gather for worship at 10:30am at The Liberty Center at 1121 Elizabeth Ave, Elizabeth, NJ. You can also join us virtually on our livestream by visiting https://cfofellizabeth.com/live or visiting our YouTube page.


To give your tithe or gift online, you can visit: https://tithe.ly/give_new/www/#/tithe or text "Give" to 856-317-6679.


To contact the church by phone, call 908-289-6322.


If this is your first time with us or you just want to learn more about our church, please visit: https://www.cfofelizabeth.com/im-new


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©2021 Christ Fellowship of Elizabeth
Love God. Make Disciples. Change the World.

They're not kids anymore! Well, some of them anyway. This is part 3 of our "generations" series, and this week we're talking to Generation Z. Welcome to the generation who never knew a world without Google, is offended by peanuts, and whose goal it is to meme-ify everything.


This week Elliott sits down with two Christ Fellowship members who fall into the Gen Z category -- Maressa Bento and Kaleb Boyd. Generation X is the generational classification for anyone born between 1997 and 2015. While some of them are still in school, the elder Gen Z members are already in college and well into their 20's. There's a lot to unpack in this episode, from how their humor revolves around memes and Tik Tok, to how they are the first tru digital natives, to how events in the late 90's and early 2000's completely altered what their educational experience would be like, to how Gen Zers relate to their Gen X parents. Elliott, Maressa, and Kaleb talk about how and why their generation is so much more sensitive and aware of others as compared to their parents and how they deal with an older generation who doesn't share that sensitivity.


In our lightning round, we get a list of our Gen Zer's favrorite pieces of pop culture, from movies, to sports, and yes to memes.


This is Generation Z's story.


Jump to a Segment:
00:00:00 Opening
00:00:33 This Week on CF Stories...
00:01:38 Allow us to introduce Gen Z
00:05:37 Identity theft is not a joke!: Who is Gen Z?
00:18:02 You and I are not so different: Gen X parents vs Gen Z kids
00:35:00 What is it like being a Gen Zer in the Church?
00:52:38 Lightning Round: Gen Z favs
00:56:59 What should other generations know about my generation?
01:00:28 How can we pray for you?
01:02:15 Wrapping it up
01:03:04 Outro / Thanks for listening


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Hosted by: Elliott Johnson
Guest: Maressa Bento, Kaleb Boyd


Produced by: William Hartz | Twitter
Audio Engineer: William Hartz
Music by: Giancarlo Cordon


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Christ Fellowship of Elizabeth is a Christian community whose mission is to love God, make disciples, and change the world.


We hope you enjoyed this week’s message. Make sure you subscribe in Apple Podcast, Google Play, Spotify, or your favorite podcatcher so you never miss an episode.


Follow us online:
Website: https://cfofelizabeth.com
Instagram: https://instagram.com/cfofelizabeth
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cfofelizabeth
Facebook: https://facebook.com/cfofelizabeth
YouTube: https://youtube.com/ChristFellowshipofElizabeth


Subscribe to our other podcasts at: https://cfofelizabeth.com/podcasts


You can join us in person every Sunday. We gather for worship at 10:30am at The Liberty Center at 1121 Elizabeth Ave, Elizabeth, NJ. You can also join us virtually on our livestream by visiting https://cfofellizabeth.com/live or visiting our YouTube page.


To give your tithe or gift online, you can visit: https://tithe.ly/give_new/www/#/tithe or text "Give" to 856-317-6679.


To contact the church by phone, call 908-289-6322.


If this is your first time with us or you just want to learn more about our church, please visit: https://www.cfofelizabeth.com/im-new


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©2021 Christ Fellowship of Elizabeth
Love God. Make Disciples. Change the World.
Special Guests: Kaleb Boyd and Maressa Bento.

We're continuing our Generations series, and this time we're jumping forward to the 1990's and the Millennial generation. Millennials are the first digital natives in our world. Yes, they know how the Internet works, created social media, and have an unexplainable affinity for avocado toast, but they also have a much deeper story to tell.


Generation Y, more commonly known as "Millennials," is the generational classification for anyone born between 1981 and 1996. This week Elliott, who is a Millennial himself, sits down with three other Millennials -- Leslie Chacon, Cristina Fernandes, and Eric Stanley. All three of them have been a part of our church for years. Each has served in our youth program, The Bridge. Leslie is also an active worship leader in our Sunday morning band, and Cristina has also helped our with our Trail Life kids group.


In this conversation, we dive deep into just what makes a Millennial, what are the things that drive them, and how they view the world. We also explore the effects of how they emerged from college into the Great Recession of the mid 2000's, how the lack of jobs and housing crisis affected them and altered their goals in life, and how this all affects how they view the world compared to previous generations. And yes, the avocado toast came up once or twice. We also discuss how their experiences have affected how Millennials view the church and how the church deals with current issues in the world as well as how the churc can best meet and minister to their age group.


In our Lightning Round, we take a trip back to the late 90's and early 2000's to reminisce on the trends of the day, including clothing styles and musical tastes.


This is the Millennial story.


Jump to a Segment:
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:33 This Week on CF Stories...
00:01:38 Meet the Millennials
00:03:13 Defining the generations
00:05:45 What makes a Millennial
00:12:53 Jobs, Housing, and Stability: The Millennial struggle
00:25:58 Lightning Round: First memories
00:37:59 What is it like being a Millennial in the Church?
00:47:22 What does the Church need to do to reach Millennials?
01:01:03 What should other generations know about my generation?
01:02:54 Wrapping it up
01:03:50 Outro / Thanks for listening


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Hosted by: Elliott Johnson | Instagram
Guest: Leslie Chacon, Cristina Fernandes, and Eric Stanley


Produced by: William Hartz | Twitter Instagram
Audio Engineer: Oliver Kaufmann
Music by: Giancarlo Cordon | Instagram


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Christ Fellowship of Elizabeth is a Christian community whose mission is to love God, make disciples, and change the world.


We hope you enjoyed this week’s message. Make sure you subscribe in Apple Podcast, Google Play, Spotify, or your favorite podcatcher so you never miss an episode.


Follow us online:
Website: https://cfofelizabeth.com
Instagram: https://instagram.com/cfofelizabeth
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cfofelizabeth
Facebook: https://facebook.com/cfofelizabeth
YouTube: https://youtube.com/ChristFellowshipofElizabeth


Subscribe to our other podcasts at: https://cfofelizabeth.com/podcasts


You can join us in person every Sunday. We gather for worship at 10:30am at The Liberty Center at 1121 Elizabeth Ave, Elizabeth, NJ. You can also join us virtually on our livestream by visiting https://cfofellizabeth.com/live or visiting our YouTube page.


To give your tithe or gift online, you can visit: https://tithe.ly/give_new/www/#/tithe or text "Give" to 856-317-6679.


To contact the church by phone, call 908-289-6322.


If this is your first time with us or you just want to learn more about our church, please visit: https://www.cfofelizabeth.com/im-new


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©2021 Christ Fellowship of Elizabeth
Love God. Make Disciples. Change the World.
Special Guests: Cristina Fernandes, Eric Stanley, and Leslie Chacon.

It's time to go back in time! This is part 1 of a 3-part series on "generations." This week we are sitting down with three members of our community who are part of Gen X. We explore what made Gen Xers who they are, reminisce about life in the 80s, and learn what makes the MTV generation so special.


Generation X is the generational classification for anyone born between 1965 and 1980. This week, representing Gen X, we talk to Diane Boyd, John Davidson, and Brian Mayfield. They have all been part of our Christ Fellowship community for several years, and some since the beginning. They serve in all different capacities. Diane is one of the elders of Christ Fellowship. John helps out with Kids Church, and Brian was one of the original four leaders who helped to start our youth ministry, The Bridge.


Each of them share their experiences growing up in the 1980's from how Mtv defined their generation, how the economic shift in the United States in the 80s changed their families and impacted how they grew up and became self-reliant, their experience in college and how societial pressure influenced their lives, how cable television changed the culture in America, and what their experiences with the church changed over the past 40 years.


We cover lots of topics in this one as well as take some time in the Lightning Round to reminisce about life and pop culture in the 1980's.


This is Generation X's story.


Jump to a Segment:
00:00:00 Opening
00:00:33 This Week on CF Stories...
00:01:38 Going back in time with Generation X
00:05:56 Defining a generation
00:06:50 Generational labels
00:24:23 What makes Gen Xers so unique?
00:30:34 Oreo vs Hydrox, and how TV influenced Gen Xers
00:34:23 Education and expectations for Gen X
00:40:09 What was your "church experience" growing up in the 80s vs now as an adult?
00:49:39 Lightning Round: I love the 80s
00:52:45 What should other generations know about my generation?
00:59:18 How can we pray for you?
01:00:59 Producer's Note: Send us your story ideas!
01:02:15 Outro / Thanks for listening


We need your help!
We are currently planning and putting together Season 02 of CF Stories. If you know someone from the Christ Fellowship community who is doing something interesting, has an experience to share, or has a story that needs to be heart, send us a message on Twitter or Instagram to let us know. Maybe you'll hear their story in a coming season.


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Hosted by: Elliott Johson | Instagram
Guests: Diane Boyd, John Davidson, and Brian Mayfield


Produced by: William Hartz | Twitter Instagram
Audio Engineer: William Hartz
Music by: Giancarlo Cordon | Instagram


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Christ Fellowship of Elizabeth is a Christian community whose mission is to love God, make disciples, and change the world.


We hope you enjoyed this week’s message. Make sure you subscribe in Apple Podcast, Google Play, Spotify, or your favorite podcatcher so you never miss an episode.


Follow us online:
Website: https://cfofelizabeth.com
Instagram: https://instagram.com/cfofelizabeth
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cfofelizabeth
Facebook: https://facebook.com/cfofelizabeth
YouTube: https://youtube.com/ChristFellowshipofElizabeth


Subscribe to our other podcasts at: https://cfofelizabeth.com/podcasts


You can join us in person every Sunday. We gather for worship at 10:30am at The Liberty Center at 1121 Elizabeth Ave, Elizabeth, NJ. You can also join us virtually on our livestream by visiting https://cfofellizabeth.com/live or visiting our YouTube page.


To give your tithe or gift online, you can visit: https://tithe.ly/give_new/www/#/tithe or text "Give" to 856-317-6679.


To contact the church by phone, call 908-289-6322.


If this is your first time with us or you just want to learn more about our church, please visit: https://www.cfofelizabeth.com/im-new


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©2021 Christ Fellowship of Elizabeth
Love God. Make Disciples. Change the World.
Special Guests: Brian Mayfield, Diane Boyd, and J

"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players..." What does it mean to embrace your calling in the performing arts, and where does God exist in the midst of it?


This week, Elliott sits down with Luis Tirado. Luis has been a part of the church since the beginning. He was part of the original Bridge leadership team, serving our youth, and today he is a full-time employee of Christ Fellowship and the church's Production Director. He is directly responsible for everything you see and hear on Sunday mornings during our worship service as well as for all aspects of the church's performing arts work.


Luis shares about how he first got invovled with performing arts in a church play as a child and how the love he found in it was developed in middle and high school, eventually leading to formal training in New York. We learn what he was up to while he as away from the church for a few years getting his education and how he came back to Christ Fellowship to start Connection Productions.


Elliott and Luis discuss the creative process, how to draw out the best in others, and reminisce about the long list of productions that the church has put on through Connection Productions. We also learn how his work on stage directly led to his marriage to his wife, Ashley.


We also learn a list of Luis' favorite things relating to acting and performing arts.


This is Luis Tirado's story.


Jump to a Segment:
00:00:00 Opening
00:00:33 This Week on CF Stories...
00:01:17 Introducing Luis Tirado
00:04:37 Getting starting in pursuing acting
00:16:10 Coming back to Christ Fellowship
00:23:59 Connection Production is born
00:28:34 What were the challenges of directing your first production?
00:34:36 A brief history of Connection Productions and the arts in Christ Fellowship
00:37:20 What is your favorite show that you've done?
00:42:26 The creative process in theater
00:47:25 Good acting vs. bad acting
00:51:38 Lightning Round: Luis' favs
00:57:10 How can we pray for you?
00:59:01 Outro / Thanks for listening


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Hosted by: Elliott Johson | Instagram
Guest: Luis Tirado | Instagram


Produced by: William Hartz | Twitter Instagram
Audio Engineer: William Hartz
Music by: Giancarlo Cordon | Instagram


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Christ Fellowship of Elizabeth is a Christian community whose mission is to love God, make disciples, and change the world.


We hope you enjoyed this week’s message. Make sure you subscribe in Apple Podcast, Google Play, Spotify, or your favorite podcatcher so you never miss an episode.


Follow us online:
Website: https://cfofelizabeth.com
Instagram: https://instagram.com/cfofelizabeth
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cfofelizabeth
Facebook: https://facebook.com/cfofelizabeth
YouTube: https://youtube.com/ChristFellowshipofElizabeth


Subscribe to our other podcasts at: https://cfofelizabeth.com/podcasts


You can join us in person every Sunday. We gather for worship at 10:30am at The Liberty Center at 1121 Elizabeth Ave, Elizabeth, NJ. You can also join us virtually on our livestream by visiting https://cfofellizabeth.com/live or visiting our YouTube page.


To give your tithe or gift online, you can visit: https://tithe.ly/give_new/www/#/tithe or text "Give" to 856-317-6679.


To contact the church by phone, call 908-289-6322.


If this is your first time with us or you just want to learn more about our church, please visit: https://www.cfofelizabeth.com/im-new


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©2021 Christ Fellowship of Elizabeth
Love God. Make Disciples. Change the World.
Special Guest: Luis Tirado.