Welcome Back to the Faith-Fully Podcast!    On todays episode I had a conversation with my friend Jen Lewis who is the Founder + Executive Director of Purse & Clutch.  Jen shares her story of humble beginnings and the story behind her fashion brand Purse & Clutch.    In Jen's Own Words...........  As I spent more & more time in different cultures, I began to see the difference between a handout & long term development - and the important role that steady employment plays in ending generational poverty.  After grad school, a friend of mine moved to India to help with an artisan group making handbags among other things. That’s when it really clicked for me – taking a traditional, indigenous art form, a skillset the men & women already had & connecting them with a market here in the States to provide long-term, sustainable employment.  I sent them a $500 check in exchange for a shipment of block printed handbags. This became Purse & Clutch the boutique in 2011, which transformed into Purse & Clutch the brand in 2016 where we now directly employ artisans Mexico & Ethiopia to make our own designs.  Connect with Purse & Clutch:  Website: https://www.purseandclutch.com/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/purseandclutch/  Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/purseandclutch Shop Purse & Clutch and for all US orders use the discount code: "FAITHFULLY" to receive FREE SHIPPING!  Offer ends October 31, 2020.

Hi Friends, On this episode of the Faith-Fully Podcast I had a conversation with Kirk Craig who is the Executive Director of Agape Development.  Kirk has been married to his wife Amanda for 18 years and they have 4 children.  Kirk shares the story of how he and Amanda served in Bolivia together and then came back home and in 2005 began their ministry Agape Development.   Before Kirk and Amanda served in Bolivia, Amanda had served a summer in 1998 in Houston’s Greater Third Ward in between semesters of college.  After Kirk and Amanda came home God graciously provided partnership with David and Melissa Hill who had been faithfully serving as urban missionaries long before the Craig’s arrived. David and Melissa, along with their children, lived in the community and modeled the type of ministry Amanda had seen the summer that she served. With the capable guidance of a local board of directors, and the loving partnership of these families, God began to grow the Agape Community in the OST/South Union neighborhood.  Here is their story. Walking In Faith, Hope Canon Connect with Kirk & Agape Development: Email: kirk@agapedevelopment.org LinkedIn: agape-development Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AgapeDevelopment Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agapedevelopment/ Website: agapedevelopment.org

On this episode I talked to my friends Jarrod and Sarah Portie and their neighbor John Aiken. JJ myself and our friend Jenni and her daughter Emma headed out to Lake Charles, La to help them out with the recovery of Category 4 Hurricane Laura. This is their stories that share what they went through and the needs that this community has to help recover, repair and rebuild their homes and lives.  How You Can Help:  https://gf.me/u/yu6z3y Connect:  Trinity Baptist Church (John Aiken) https://tbclc.org Connect with Hope Canon: Instagram: Faith-Fully Podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/faithfullypodcast

Today my conversation is with Julie Beasley who is an advertisement writer.   We talk about her book H is for Harvey and her new book titled My Name Is A Hurricane?  “My Name Is A Hurricane?”  Tag along on a boy’s journey to find out if his mischievous ways are to blame for sharing his name with a hurricane. Can he change his name? Does he really want to? With fun rhymes and a touching message, this book reminds us that good things can come out of a bad situation like a hurricane—even when your name is the same.  Available NOW where books are sold!  Published by TCU Press part of the Texas A&M Texas Book Consortium  Connect with Julie:  Email: julieadgirl@gmail.com   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-b-07395b6/   Facebook: www.facebook.com/julie.graybeasley and @hisforharvey page   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/juliegraybeasley/   Twitter: @jlbeez  Website: Juliebeasley.com (professional advertising copywriter and author website)  Hisforharvey.com (website for charity book about Hurricane Harvey)  Hashtags: #hisforharvey #childrensbook #author #mynameisahurricane #hurricaneseason #hurricanes #Houstonstrong 

Welcome Back Friends!  I hope you are having a blessed week.  Today my guest is Keri Henry.  She is Houston born and raised. Left Houston for College at Texas A&M College Station, then to study Spanish abroad in Spain and South America. Moved back to Houston and has been here ever since.  Keri has worked in the corporate world, as a 2nd and 4th grade teacher, she attempted a food business, then worked as a freelance food stylist, and now works in the wine business and is doing public speaking and fundraising "on the side". Keri Henry is someone who gets of the sofa and makes things happen.  When Hurricane Harvey hit Houston, TX in 2017, Kerri lead a dispatch team and organized getting rescue boats to people in need throughout the city.  Her tenacity didn't stop there as one of Cajun Navy guys connected Keri to a warehouse in Houston that was a brewery and she worked on the relief side and helped organize a make shift distribution center .  After her relief efforts in her hometown she went on to help organize disaster relief efforts in Puerto Rico and also in the California wildfires that same year.  Now with Covid 19 she made a choice to act again and has helped with donating, receiving donations and delivering care packages for medical workers throughout our great city of Houston, TX.  You are going to be inspired by Keri's story to take a leap of faith and make things happen! Connect with Keri: Email: kerifhenry@gmail.com LinkedIn: Keri Henry Instagram: @keri_henry Website: www.kerihenry.com #wineandbiteswithkeri Who Is Keri Listening To? Brene Brown - Dare to Lead Allie Reeves The Influencer Podcast Mel Robbins Atomic Habits Connect with Faith-Fully Podcast Facebook: @faithfullypodcast Instagram:  faithfullypodcast Noonday Collection Website: hopecanon412131.noondaycollection.com

Today my guests are Darin Griffiths and Jeny Cortez of STCH Ministries. Darin Griffiths been in ministry (Licensed, Ordained Bapt Minister) since 1986. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor/ Marriage & Family Therapist since 2005. Currently Darin is the Vice President of Family Counseling, oversee #28 of counselors in #15 different offices throughout So. TX.  Married for 28 years, he has 2 adult children living outside the home. Jeny Cortez is the Director of Development – primarily in the Houston and surrounding areas; their Development and Communications team consist of 8 people, throughout South Texas. She has been married for 21 years and has 2 boys (20 yr & 17 yrs).  You are going to enjoy this episode of the "Quarantine Talks" series as Jeny shares the story of STCH and Darin shares 5 tips and tools that we can take with us during this time in quarantine.  There is so much more as we dive into the conversation. 

Connect with STCH:  

Guest Name: Darin Griffiths MA-LPC-S; LMFT  

Email: dgriffiths@stchm.org  

Guest Name:  JENY CORTEZ  

Email:  jcortez@stchm.org  

LinkedIn:     www.linkedin.com/company/south-texas-childrens-home/  

Facebook  facebook.com/stchm ; STCH Ministries Family Counseling   

Instagram:  instagram.com/stch_ministries/  

VIMEO:  vimeo.com/stchm  

Twitter:    twitter.com/STCH_Ministries  

Website:  www.stchm.org 

Who Are You Listening To? 

Darin: Mercy Me 

Jeny: Need to Breathe, Hillsong & 80's Music 

Connect with Hope: 

Facebook: Faith-Fully Podcast 

Instagram: faithfullypodcast 

Noonday Collection: hopecanon412131.noondaycollection.com

We are continuing the "Quarantine Talks" Series and today my guest is Houston-based singer-songwriter, worship pastor, and mother of five, Rebekah Maddux El-Hakam.  She has a deep passion for God that shines through her voice and music.  We talk about "Q Life" with her family and what that looks like.  We also talk about how Rebekah and her husband Moustapha met and how she went from living in LA to pursue a film career to ending back in H-Town as a worship Pastor.  Rebekah goes deep and shares her story about when they were expecting their daughter Mary-Linda and found out that she had suffered a fetal maternal hemorrhage (anemia) , and her heart had stopped beating at 18 weeks gestation and how her faith has carried her through the most difficult times in life.  There is so much more to this episode that you are going to love!  Thanks for coming along each week for the ride! 

Connect with Rebekah: 

Email: rebekahmemusic@gmail.com 

LinkedIn:  rebekahme 

Facebook:  rebekahme 

Instagram: rebekahmemusic and iamelmomma 

YouTube:  rebekahe 

Twitter:  @rebekahmemusic @elmomma 

Website:  rebekahme.com Music: Spotify, ITunes, Amazon 

Devotional: utrmedia.org 

Hashtags:  #elmomma #4theEls 

Who is Rebekah Listening To? 

Elevation Worship, Brandon Lake:  Graves Into Gardens

My guest on today's episode of this 2 part conversation is my friend and Senior Pastor of West U Baptist and Crosspoint Church, Roger Patterson. Roger is a Husband, father, pastor, author of A Minute of Vision for Men and Leading From the Second Chair, podcaster…the connecting dad podcast and vision for life podcast. On today's episode we continue our conversation .  We talk about the Connecting Dad Podcast.  We also talking about as a parent leading from Head Coach to Consultant and making the shift.   Connect with Roger: YouTube:  YouTube.com/cityriseorg Twitter:  @rogerpatterson Website:  connectingdad.com Connect with West U Baptist/Crosspoint Church: wubc.org cpointchurch.org

My guest on today's episode of this 2 part conversation is my friend and Senior Pastor of West U Baptist and Crosspoint Church, Roger Patterson. 

Roger is a Husband, father, pastor, author of A Minute of Vision for Men and Leading From the Second Chair, podcaster…the connecting dad podcast and vision for life podcast. Today we talk about life in quarantine with his family and what it looks like to lead a congregation in the midst of a pandemic and Covid 19.  We will also discuss the transition that our church has made and how that change has come right in the messy middle of a quarantine and how Roger's call to the city is impacting not only a local audience but is reaching out all around the world. 

Connect with Roger: 

YouTube:  YouTube.com/cityriseorg

 Twitter:  @rogerpatterson 

Website:  connectingdad.com 

Connect with West U Baptist/Crosspoint Church: 

wubc.org 

cpointchurch.org

Welcome Back Faith-Fully Podcast Friends!  We are in the "Quarantine Talks" Series and my guest on today's podcast is Sue Bidstrup. She has been married 25 years and has 3 kids.  Sue grew up in a small farm/university town in Illinois and graduated from Indiana University.  She lived in Chicago - city and surrounding suburbs for years until moving to Austin Texas almost 6 years ago.  Sue is a life coach for women business owners, entrepreneurs and visionaries! She encourages them to say YES! to a greater calling in their life so they can live with passion and purpose. Sue helps women push past fear and overwhelm so they can find clarity to launch and grow their business without losing their mind! She offers one on one coaching and a group coaching membership called “Team YES!” Sue hosts a weekly podcast that includes interviews, teaching, coaching, inspiration and encouragement so all women are inspired to say YES! to their dreams and live lives of abundance! How to Find Sue: Email: greatbigyes1@gmail.com LinkedIn: Sue Bidstrup Facebook: @greatbigyes Instagram: @greatbigyes YouTube: Great Big YES Life Coaching Twitter: @greatbigyes Website: greatbigyes.com #lifecoach  #lifecoachatx  #faithandwork  #womenandwork  #womenentrepreneurcoach Who is Sue listening too? I like business podcasts. I like “How I Built This” and ‘Mind your Business” by James Wedmore. I like “Online Marketing made easy” by Amy Porterfield. I like the “Life Coach School podcast” by Brooke Castillo. I love Jasmine Star’s podcast.

My conversation with my friend Sydney is one that will encourage you to continue standing strong in your faith.  Especially during this time in quarantine.  She takes us through her story of what it was like to be on bed rest for 80 days during her pregnancy with Jonah and how through it all God sustained her.   syeager@wubc.org.  westubaptist.org  Check Out Who Sydney is Listening to:  Drew & Ellie Holcomb  Connect with Hope  Facebook: Faith-Fully Podcast  Instagram: faithfullypodcast

Today my guest is Julie Malin.  She is my dear friend who is what I would call a "sister-friend".   Julie is the South Texas Director for Heroes for Children which is a nonprofit here in Houston as well Austin, TX, and Dallas, TX.  Today Julie will share her story about how she fell in love with nonprofit at a young age and how that has impacted her love for HFC and the work that they are doing to help families that are battling cancer.  We will also discuss life in quarantine and living with and caring for rabbits and dogs and horses, "Oh My"  Julie will share her story of open-heart surgery as well as adoption.  You are going to be moved, inspired and blessed when you hear her story.  I am so glad you are here and are part of the conversation. Walking In Faith, Hope  Contact Julie: Email: sandjmalin@hotmail.com Facebook: Julie Malin Instagram: sjmalin Website: heroesforchildren.org Hashtags:  #stayhomeandgive Text to Give:  Stay Home and Give Campaign  Text to: 71777 Input in the text: HFCnow

Hey friends, welcome back to the faith-fully podcast.  We are in the "Quarantine Talks" series and today's episode is one that will not disappoint.  My very funny and full of Joy friend Jennifer Dennis is my guest on today's show. Jennifer is a believer in Jesus! She is the kidstuf director for West U Baptist and Crosspoint Church in Bellaire, Texas.  She is married to Andy Dennis, who is the student minister at Rice University. She is also mom to her daughter Olivia, who is a soon to be 14 years old who Jennifer says has thankfully inherited her dry wit from her father. I know yall are going to enjoy our conversation today.  Jennifer is a hoot!  We laugh and talk about hugs, Netflix, Candy Crush, the news and 2-minute interviews on being mindful.  We will discuss how as a children's minister what it looks like to connect with children and families during quarantine and how online ministry has been a new way to connect.  She will also share about her faith and how God is more than enough.  There is so much more so yall are in for a treat!  As always, thanks for tuning in!   If you are enjoying my podcast and this series, please share, follow and leave a review.   I hope everyone is doing well and is healthy!  We will get through this!  I am praying that you and your loved ones are having a Happy and Healthy Holy Week! Happy Easter! Walking In Faith, Hope Connect with Jennifer at: Facebook: Jennifer Dennis Manages: KidStuff- WUBC/Crosspoint Children's Ministry A Children's Village: https://www.wubc.org/ministries/acv/ Join Us at West U Baptist and Crosspoint Church Online for Easter services starting this Thursday.   https://www.youtube.com/cityriseorg Easter Sunday Services Online at 9:30 & 11

On this episode, Hope talks to Kim Falconer who is a friend and WW Coach (formerly known as Weight Watchers).  Kim and her husband David have been married for almost 21 years.  They have 3 daughters who are all in the performing arts and have 2 dogs, ZuZu and Olive.  Kim is also the mom to, as she calls her "A little angel baby in heaven.".   Kim shares her story about accepting Jesus at 15 years old and at the same time being a teen mom to her "angel baby" who was born with a genetic syndrome called Trisomy 18.  At that time she shares how she pulled away from the church because she couldn't bare that her community didn't feel like her faith was genuine.  Not to put blame on the church but this was rather a lie that she told herself.  We will also dive into how she and David met and how her faith in Jesus became real.  We also chat about life in quarantine, WW, family fun with theme nights known as Quaran Queen Super Club and how her faith has kept her going.  And to wrap it up, I also ask the question, "Who are you listening to?"  I know you are going to enjoy my conversation with Kim.  I am so glad you are here and are part of the conversation. Walking In Faith, Hope Who is Kim listening to?  Aaron Wright, Maren Morris, Highway Women, for King & Country (feat.) Dolly Parton and Opera Babes Where you can find Kim: Facebook: Kim Benjamin Falconer Facebook: Kim's Low Down for the Weigh Down E-Mail: artspace3@me.com  #QuaranQueenSuperClub Sponsors: anchor.fm

Hey Guys, I was given a challenge from our Pastor of my church to share my faith and how I came to know Jesus Christ. So I wanted to be faithful to that challenge and share my story.