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This show airs on February 3, 2016. Brian Mateer and Nathan Arledge have been instrumental in making #UnitedMethodistsKeepPounding happen before Superbowl L, between the Carolina Panthers and the Denver Broncos. Read more- Charlotte Churches Challenge to Feed the Hungry

This episode of CONNECT airs on January 13, 2016.  Jim Parsons is the pastor of Indian Trail UMC in Indian Trail, NC.  He is the chair of the Call & Vocation Team of the Western North Carolina Conference.  This episode is the first of a series in 2016 sponsored by the Call & Vocation Team.

This is the most listened to show of 2015. This episode of Connect will air on November 4, 2015.  Luke Edwards is the pastor of King Street Church in Boone, NC which is a new ministry that reaches persons that wouldn't normally show up in a traditional church.

This episode of Connect airs on December 16, 2015.  Wayne Dickert is the pastor of Bryson City UMC and Dr. Eugene Maklin is the Network Physician for the Cap Hatien Health Care Network.  We will discuss River of Life and the well drilling project in Haiti.

This episode of Connect airs on December 9, 2015.  Bishop Goodpaster is in the middle of his eight and final year of service in the Western North Carolina Conference. This is his second appearance on the show.

The first broacast aired in July 2015.  This episode airs on December 2, 2015.  Dana McKim is the Minister to the University at Pfeiffer University and the Pastor of the Village Church.

This episode of Connect airs on November 18, 2015.  Julia Trantham is in her first appointment as a deacon in Cullowhee, NC.  She is a native of Canton, NC and and a 2013 graduate of Duke Divinity School.

This episode of Connect will air on November 4, 2015.  Luke Edwards is the pastor of King Street Church in Boone, NC which is a new ministry that reaches persons that wouldn't normally show up in a traditional church.

This epsiode of Connect airs on Ocober 28, 2015.  Reuben "Larry" Bowden is the pastor of Mt. Sylvan UMC in Durham.  He is a Huntingdon College and Duke Divinity grad, and we go back over 40 years in the church together.

This episode of Connect airs on October 21, 2015.  Talbot Davis is the pastor of Good Shepherd UMC in Charlotte, NC.  He currently has four book available at Cokesbury.com. We'll learn more about Talbot and a busy year of publishing.

This edition of Connect airs on October 14, 2015.  Gannon Sims is the Communications Director for Fresh Expressions USA.

This episode of CONNECT airs on September 30, 2015.  Carl Arrington is the new District Superintendent of the Appalachian District. This conversation was pre-recorded on an earlier date.

This episode of Connect airs on September 23, 2015.  Rev. Randy Harry is the new district Superintendent of the Smoky Mountain District.

This is a rebroadcast of show we did in May.

This episode of Connect airs on September 2, 2015.  This is a conversation with Rev. Laura Auten who is one of the new District Superintendents in the Western North Carolina Conference in 2015.

This episode of Connect airs on August 26, 2015.  This is my second interview with Bishop Ken Carter of the Florida Conference.  We spoke specifically about Fresh Expressions in general, and in the Florida Conference context.

This episode of Connect airs on August 19, 2015.  Brain Combs is the pastor of the Haywood Street Congregation in Asheville, NC.  It is a unique ministry among the poor and homeless in Western North Carolina.  

Rebroadcast of a show from January 2015.  A Conversation with Amy Coles.  She was the Superintendent of the Smoky Mountain District at the time.  She is now serving as the Assistant to the Bishop of the Western North Carolina Conference.

This episode of Connect airs on August 5, 2015. Scott Hughes just recently moved from North Georgia to Nashville to become the Director of Adult Discipleship  at United Methodist Discipleship Ministries.

This episode of Connect airs on July 29, 2015.  Jack Ewing is the Executive Director of Lake Junaluska Conference and Retreat Center in Lake Junaluska, NC.