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Welcome to a brand new podcast from South Mountain Community Church, a multi-site church with 5 locations in Utah. This is the Fully Delighted podcast where we will talk about topics that enable you to live with more delight and less despair. In this podcast we’ll talk in-depth about what it means to be fully delighted in God, and we want to invite you along for the journey. We’ll be hearing weekly from our lead pastor, Eric Nelson, and others as we explore full devotion, and full delight. We hope you’ll join us each week as we take our next steps on this journey together.
Episodes
Wednesday Jun 30, 2021
Wednesday Jun 30, 2021
On today's episode, Pastor Adam invites Pastor Tom Mertz on the episode to tell his story about his journey with Jesus and how the St George campus became a part of SMCC.
As always, thank you for listening, subscribing, and sharing with a friend. We'd love for you to share your thoughts on the Fully Delighted Podcast through a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
If you'd like to connect with Tom Mertz, you can do so by emailing him at tom.mertz@smccutah.org.
If you have questions, or would like to provide feedback, please email smcc@smccutah.org
Wednesday Jun 23, 2021
Wednesday Jun 23, 2021
On today's episode, Pastor Adam invites Ben on the episode to talk how we view the world, and how that affects us as individuals.
As always, thank you for listening, subscribing, and sharing with a friend. We'd love for you to share your thoughts on the Fully Delighted Podcast through a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
If you'd like to connect with Ben Robie, you can do so by emailing him at ben.robie@smccutah.org.
If you have questions, or would like to provide feedback, please email smcc@smccutah.org
Wednesday Jun 09, 2021
Wednesday Jun 09, 2021
On today's episode, Pastor Adam invites Pastor Eric on the episode to discuss the topic of cancel culture in light of honoring others.
As always, thank you for listening, subscribing, and sharing with a friend. We'd love for you to share your thoughts on the Fully Delighted Podcast through a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
If you'd like to connect with Eric Nelson, you can do so by emailing him at Eric.nelson@smccutah.org.
If you have questions, or would like to provide feedback, please email smcc@smccutah.org
Wednesday May 26, 2021
Wednesday May 26, 2021
On today's episode, Pastor Adam invites Beverly Bieker and Zannah Leachman on the episode to discuss the topic of ministering to the next generation.
As always, thank you for listening, subscribing, and sharing with a friend. We'd love for you to share your thoughts on the Fully Delighted Podcast through a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
If you'd like to connect with Beverly or Zannah, you can reach them at beverly.bieker@smccutaah.org or zannah.leachman@smccutah.org.
If you have questions, or would like to provide feedback, please email smcc@smccutah.org
Wednesday May 19, 2021
Wednesday May 19, 2021
On today's episode, Pastor Adam invites Kyle Davis on the episode to discuss a topic that deeply relates to our post-pandemic world. Is online church the future of the Church?
As always, thank you for listening, subscribing, and sharing with a friend. We'd love for you to share your thoughts on the Fully Delighted Podcast through a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
If you'd like to connect with Kyle Davis, you can email him at Kyle.davis@smccutah.org.
If you have questions, or would like to provide feedback, please email smcc@smccutah.org
SHOW NOTES AND RESOURCES
Where do we do it
- Bible reading
- Less likely to bring a Bible to church or pick up one throughout the week
- Sermons/worship
- Not regular church attendance but have a stable of pastors to choose from
- Community
- Working it through social media
Why do we do it
- Bible reading
- Easy access and helps
- Sermons/worship
- Easy access and quality speakers
- Community
- Not buy in
Why doesn’t it work
- Reasons it doesn't work
- Split attention
- Learning styles
- Most are visual learners, some are auditory, and few are kinetic (everybody is a combination of these things)
- Brings us far but not deep
- Highways vs back roads
Why we shouldn’t
- Bible reading
- Low retention rate
- Sermons/worship
- Dr. Russ Moore says Your podcast is not your pastor because pastoring is more than about teaching
- Their ability to be with you in life is directly proportional to your trustworthiness in their teaching. You’re more likely to say “yes i can agree with that” when you physically know the person
- Dr. Russ Moore says Your podcast is not your pastor because pastoring is more than about teaching
- Community
- Community is inherently in person
Thoughts
- General
- More than two and half decades’ worth of tracking research shows that Americans are softening in their practice of Christianity. - Barna
- Places we do it
- Bible reading
- Low retention rate but high influx rate
- Those committed to the spiritual practice of Bible reading have stayed just as committed, while those who never made this a consistent part of their lives are now more likely to never open a Bible. - Barna
- Sermons/worship
- Dr. Russ Moore says Your podcast is not your pastor because pastoring is more than about teaching
- Their ability to be with you in life is directly proportional to your trustworthiness in their teaching. You’re more likely to say “yes i can agree with that” when you physically know the person
- Dr. Russ Moore says Your podcast is not your pastor because pastoring is more than about teaching
- Community
- Social isolation
- Bible reading
- Reasons it doesnt work
- Split attention
- Learning styles
- Brings us far but not deep
- Highways vs back roads
Resources
- Study in the Journal of Biblical literature https://www.academia.edu/40330432/Habits_and_Hermeneutics_of_Digital_Bible_Readers_Comparing_Print_and_Screen_Engagement_Comprehension_and_Behavior
- Hermeneutical study on why the church is for in person attendance https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/themelios/article/is-online-church-really-church-the-church-as-gods-temple/
- Research on decline in christianity https://www.barna.com/research/changing-state-of-the-church/
- Learning styles https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4340450/
- Quote from Russ Moore https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevin-wax/your-podcast-is-not-your-pastor/
- Kids getting tested online score lower than on paper https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0272775718305119?via%3Dihub
- Kids learned less math while distance learning https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/learning-during-covid-19-initial-findings-on-students-reading-and-math-achievement-and-growth/
- Teachers had to work harder to teach children via online platforms vs in person https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13158-020-00272-6
- Biblical readers need to do more than just read the text to truly engage with it https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/dial.12130
- How average users are handling digital and print bibles https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=ZQrTDgAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA101&dq=bible+app&ots=ILMsKUVXrm&sig=gG8iNi968b6C714UgESGC3aAvZQ#v=onepage&q=bible%20app&f=false
Wednesday May 05, 2021
Wednesday May 05, 2021
On today's episode, Pastor Adam invites Mike Bell on the episode to discuss a topic that dives deep into the Church's history and also how it affects our lives today.
As always, thank you for listening, subscribing, and sharing with a friend. We'd love for you to share your thoughts on the Fully Delighted Podcast through a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
If you'd like to connect with Mike Bell, you can email him at mike.bell@smccutah.org.
If you have questions, or would like to provide feedback, please email smcc@smccutah.org
Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
On today's episode, Pastor Adam invites Kyle Henderson on the episode to discuss a topic that has been somewhat taboo in recent years in the Christian church.
As always, thank you for listening, subscribing, and sharing with a friend. We'd love for you to share your thoughts on the Fully Delighted Podcast through a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
If you'd like to connect with Kyle Henderson, you can email him at Kyle.henderson@smccutah.org
If you have questions, or would like to provide feedback, please email smcc@smccutah.org
Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
On today's episode, Pastor Adam invites Joe McGavin and Nick Crook on the episode to discuss a topic that they've found beneficial in discussing in student ministry.
Click here if you'd like to access the "wheelie feely."
As always, thank you for listening, subscribing, and sharing with a friend. We'd love for you to share your thoughts on the Fully Delighted Podcast through a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
If you'd like to connect with Nick or Joe, you can reach them by email at nick.crook@smccutah.org or Joe.mcgavin@smccutah.org
If you have questions, or would like to provide feedback, please email smcc@smccutah.org
Wednesday Jan 27, 2021
Wednesday Jan 27, 2021
On today's episode, Pastor Eric and Pastor Adam talk with Lisa about her faith journey growing up in the LDS Church. We think you will find her story both hopeful and helpful.
As always, thank you for listening, subscribing, and sharing with a friend. We'd love for you to share your thoughts on the Fully Delighted Podcast through a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
If you have questions, or would like to provide feedback, please email smcc@smccutah.org
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
On today's episode, Pastor Eric talks with Paul and Liz about their upbringing in the LDS faith. We think you will find their experience (and story) both hopeful and helpful.
As always, thank you for listening, subscribing, and sharing with a friend. We'd love for you to share your thoughts on the Fully Delighted Podcast through a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
If you have questions, or would like to provide feedback, please email smcc@smccutah.org