The ACF Youth Culture Podcast: Honest.Real.Life

Ella discusses bringing God into her relationships, both with guys and with girls and the challenges that obedience often brings.

Pace and Brian discuss his journey from intentionally reading the Bible for the first time a few months ago to now leading a weekly bible study and how other's inspired him on this path.

In this 42 minutes podcast, Leinna opens up about a sudden, long term, serious, life altering diagnosis and how she has brought God and her community into her journey to living a flourishing life.

Savannah is very open with her past, very real, very intense mental health issues and how God has shown up in her life and how she has leaned into Him as well.

Jake talks about responding to his desire to grow and go to church, even when uncomfortable and then to dive into community, even when that can also be uncomfortable.

Brian and Rhiannon chat about how God changed her perspective on seeing others as God would want her to see them.

Lilly talks about keeping Jesus the Lord of her life, reaching out to him at all times.

Brian and Carter discuss fear, spiritual discipline and the journey of living the kind of life walking with Jesus that a lot of us long for.

Brian talks with Kaylee about her initial prodding to want to be involved in what God is doing via worship and how now drumming is part of her worship and leading others to worship.  Bonus feature included:  First ever on mic snort for the podcast. All glory to God!

Brian and Lorrina talk about her unique upbringing from birth, to foster care, to being adopted.  And how she encounters Christ in various ways and now how she trusts God, guides others, and has a passion for giving hope to those feeling hopeless

An amazing conversation with Brian, Bren, and Ava where we hear the power of what God can do through following him by studying the word, inviting others, and incorporating Jesus into all aspects of life.

Recorded in May, but releasing with the start of a new school year.  These two amazing students discuss how God has laid things on their hearts and their response to help and serve others. Living out Hebrews 10:24 "Let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds."

During summer, we talk with adults about different things.  In this episode we talk to Crimzine about how she serves and the why behind her serving in youth ministry and beyond.

Abby gets real with Brian about how God was with her during really hard times in her childhood and dealing with being bullied.

Conner discusses how God has challenged him to be more bold and what that looks like with his friends and life overall.

Bren talks about her challenging upbringing and how God was somewhat part of it and God is much more part of her everyday life now.

Jeremiah has a frank conversation with Brian about how in keeping connection with God and using his word has helped him in battling the "fleshly desires" of men, or specially of Jeremiah.

Ava discusses leaving home to be with her horse Trigger in Florida and learn about life with a horse and maybe working with horses in the future. And how she turned to God when this proved to be a real struggle and God meeting her where she was at.

Hazel was drawn to serve in production and photography at ACF church and discusses how God laid that on her heart and continues to grow her through her serving

Ella shares some vulnerability with her friend who is suffering. And she and Autumn unpack how God uses our situations to help others.

Brian and Emma talk about the steps that the Holy Spirit has guided Emma towards a more disciplined, deeper, and personal faith and relationship with Jesus.

Brooke and Brian dive into God's love and how she came to receive it and how it continues to be part of her life.

Leinna talks about how she invites God into her hands, feet, mind,spirit and her whole being through the ups and downs of life.

Ashton talks about how after watching a reel, God revealed something to her and helped change her heart from annoyance into compassion.  God works in little and big ways.

Gideon walks through his journey of beginning a relationship with Jesus and how it changed how him and how he now lives out a life of love

This is a frank PG discussion about male sexuality, desire, sexual brokenness and living a God honoring life in a sex drenched culture with easy access to sexual imagery and temptations that surrounded us. 

Autumn talks with Peyton about some of her health difficulties and how God and community have been with her through some hard times

Suffering is hard, varied, and comes in many forms.  Kael gets real and opens up about suffering in his life.

We begin our 2024 fall conversations with Pastor Britt and dive into the spiritual life of teens.

In our last summer 2024 episode we chat with Aletha about her heart for youth, and serving God and God's faithfulness to her. With a little backpacking talk as well.

Continuing with the focus on the arts, Leilani interviews a world renown poet and philosopher.

Art lovers Chris and Brian discuss art, beauty, and what it says about us as created creatures and about God the creator.

Leilani talks about her life with God from high school, through college and to adulthood and her heart for helping others,

Get a real sense of my friend Chris and his heart for Christ, for others, and the kingdom,

As part of our summer series, we'll be having conversations with our adult volunteers.  This week we meet David and talk about how God is working in his life and why he feels called to work with high school youth.

Aurora came from a life living with parents dealing with addiction and abuse to become an amazing young women wanting to live out and share her faith, especially those in difficult situations.

Max opens up about his struggle with mental health and how he invited God into the process and continues to try to have God as a part of all of his life.

Ingrid explains her journey from praying for patience to God revealing dealing with pride. One point of clarification, Messianic Jews believe Jesus is the messiah while continuing several of the Old Testament Jewish Rituals.

Tyler opens up about difficulties in his past and how he's changed and grown through Christ.  We discuss relationships, lust, and suicide among other things.  Definitely a winding journey worth listening to.

Divorce is really hard for everybody involved. In this episode, Sophie talks about how she dealt with it and continues to live with it.

Get to know Britt and Brian and why a podcast and why the ACF Youth Culture Podcast.  Stories of God at work in the lives of High School students in Alaska and other random conversations.