Stained Glass Kids

In this episode of the Stained Glass Kids Podcast, Yancy talks with Melissa MacDonald about her life in ministry as a PK, enduring staff abuse, coaching ministry leaders and now foster care. She shares about bringing your kids in on the process of change and intentional parenting that helps your kids wrestle with the hard WITH you. PK life is abnormal but it’s normal for ministry kids. This conversation is about being the reason someone left the church, the basement elder meetings and the unraveling that happens and brings broken relationships. Not letting it become personal all comes down to stewarding the heart well and this conversation highlights that in many ways.Find out more about Melissa’s ministry work at melissajmacdonald.comThe views and opinions expressed by the guest in this discussion are solely their own and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of the host or any advertisers. At times the producer may choose to bleep or edit out names or references at their discretion to protect the identities of all parties involved.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode of the Stained Glass Kids Podcast, Yancy talks with Aaron Bauer about his life growing up as a staff kid. His Mom gave him an up close, behind the scenes perspective of ministry that has shaped him to this day. He shares how being told about changes in staff ahead of time helped him process and help his peers. This conversation discusses how it’s hard for church staff to have both a boss and a Pastor, what college couldn’t teach him, and the full circle moment that highlighted the grace his family received, plus, how we often don’t get to see the fruit of the impact we make, but God uses all of it!The views and opinions expressed by the guest in this discussion are solely their own and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of the host or any advertisers. At times the producer may choose to bleep or edit out names or references at their discretion to protect the identities of all parties involved.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.