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Displaying 3 items of EquipCast with the tag "parish outreach".
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Episode 197: Meet Your Neighbor in Their Mess: The Call to Parish Outreach
Episode | October 21st, 2025 | 58 mins 59 secs
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What does it really mean to love your neighbor—not just in theory, but in their mess? In this episode, I sit down with Austin Habash from Sent Evangelization, and we talk about what happens when we actually step out and meet people where they are. How knocking on doors leads to praying with strangers, and how helping with small needs opens the way for grace. Austin shares stories that are raw, beautiful, and deeply human. If you’ve ever felt the tug to do something more, to bring Jesus to your neighborhood in a real and personal way, this conversation will inspire you and give you a path forward. You don’t have to be perfect—you just have to show up.
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Episode 196: The Quiet Crisis in Our Pews: Why Saving Marriages will Save the Faith
Episode | October 14th, 2025 | 1 hr 2 mins
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What if saving a marriage could save a soul? In this episode, I sit down with Jared Smyth from Communio a consultancy helping parishes build thriving marriage ministries. We talk about the quiet crisis unfolding in our parishes—and the incredible hope breaking through. Parishes that invest just a few hours into helping couples build stronger relationships are seeing renewal from the inside out: healed marriages, thriving families, and faith coming alive again.
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Coach's Corner 22: The Parish Pope Francis Dreamt of
Episode | June 24th, 2025 | 10 mins 44 secs
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What if our parish wasn’t just a place we come to—but a place we’re be sent from? That’s the vision: parishes as missionary outposts, where we’re formed, equipped, and fired up to bring Jesus to the world around us. Imagine a community where people are on fire with God’s love, confident in their faith, and ready to share it. A place where the fruit isn’t just attendance numbers, but transformed lives—families healed, hearts stirred, and the Gospel reaching places it’s never gone. That’s the kind of fruit we’re after. Let’s talk about how to get there.