In this episode we have a conversation with Nate Holt, Campus Director at Bradley University for Campus Outreach (https://www.campusoutreach.org/).  We get to hear Nate‘s story a little bit mor...

We're back!  After a long hiatus, we're up and running again for this podcast.  Thanks for listening, and make sure to check out the other episodes we've recorded over the last few seasons if you're new to this podcast.In this...

In today's episode, we talk with Pastor John Cherne, who is over young adults at Grace (18-35 year olds).  We talk about students going to both Christian university and secular university, and the unique challenges to each, as well as oppo...

In this episode, we interview Dan and Ben Learned, asking them to reflect on Ben's teen years and lessons learned both by Ben and by Dan.  This is a great reflection and encouragement to parents who need some empathy as they work through t...

We catch up with Aaron Walters, our new Pastor of Middle Adults (35-50), as he reflects on student ministry, wins for parents, and insights into ministry.  This is a good listen for all parents as they get to know Aaron and his heart for t...

In this episode, we're talking with Brenda Garrison, our Director of Women's Ministry at Grace.  Brenda is the mom of three adult daughters and is a speaker and author too.  The focus in our conversation is how to love our kids when t...

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, for the 1970-71 academic year, the average in-state tuition and fees for one year at a public non-profit uni...

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Hey everyone, this is part 2 of our conversation on "The Talk", in which we cover many of the distortions of sex in our culture.  This is such an important conversation so we hope this episode helps you along with all the resources below t...

In this episode, we work through  part 1 of a 2 part series on how to have "The Talk" with your kids (btw, it's actually an ongoing conversation!). In this episode, we discuss ways of being proactive in sharing God's design of sexuality an...

Hey, Teleios listeners!As our world returns more and more to "normal"  we recognize that it can mean we are susceptible to quickly return to a kind of over-busyness that grabs ahold of our lives and our kid's lives and defines our ...

Hey Teleios listeners!Todays conversation is with our long-time ministry-partner and friend (as well as Andrew's uncle), Dan Learned! We take a deeper dive together as we try to understand the fear of failure, and more specifically the ...

Hey, Teleios listeners!This season of Teleios, we're doing deeper dives into John's, Cara's, and Andrew's stories.  These are more of a storytelling format but we also hope you can glean some good encouragement, truth, and even adv...

Hey, Teleios listeners!This season of Teleios, we're doing deeper dives into John's, Cara's, and Andrew's stories.  These are more of a storytelling format but we also hope you can glean some good encouragement, truth, and even adv...

This season of Teleios, we're doing deeper dives into John's, Cara's, and Andrew's stories.  These are more of a storytelling format but we also hope you can glean some good encouragement, truth, and even advice as you help make disciplema...

This season of Teleios, we're doing deeper dives into John's, Cara's, and Andrew's stories.  These are more of a storytelling format but we also hope you can glean some good encouragement, truth, and even advice as you help make disciplema...

We're starting this season by doing deeper dives into John's, Cara's, and Andrew's stories.  These are more of a storytelling format but we also hope you can glean some good encouragement, truth, and even advice as you help make disciplema...

We're starting this season by doing deeper dives into John's, Cara's, and Andrew's stories.  These are more of a storytelling format but we also hope you can glean some good encouragement, truth, and even advice as you help make disciplema...

In this episode, we interview Dan Learned, Central Illinois Area Director for Youth for Christ, elder at Grace, and long-time student ministry leader and advocate.  Dan and Carol have 4 kids with the youngest in college currently.&...

In this episode, we talk with John's wife, Beth, who is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor who worked at Christian Psychological Associates for 13 years and now has her own practice,

In this episode of Teleios, we interview our dear and long-time friend Darin Ballard, who has served in the Boys Brigade and Student Ministry for 30 years at Grace!He tells great tales of youth ministry past and we also have a great tim...

In this episode, we talk with Heather Quiroz, a youth ministry leader, new mom, and author of the book, First Century Youth Ministry – Exploring our Jewish Roots to reclaim Discipleship.  We are excited to share our conversation abo...

In this episode, we talk with one of our ministry's mentor parents and shepherding elder Jeff Ringenberg.  Jeff has had a long time influence on youth through his work at Youth for Christ as well as all of his investment with families at G...

In this episode, we interview Sgt. Josh Kober who has been on the police force for 12 years and is also a believer who attends Grace with his family.  We discuss what it's like for him to be a police officer, especially in light of this pa...