Youth Ministry: Quotes

Beka Panepinto > Student
“Every week I look forward to The [Radial] Podcast. I love to listen to them as my devotional time with God. Adam is such an amazing teacher. He is SO funny and he really makes the Bible real by using hysterical analogies that actually make sense.”

Anthony Garone > Volunteer
“Initially I never wanted to be involved in ministry, then I started helping out with students and have enjoyed having an impact on their lives and watching the impact they have on mine. When Adam and Gretchen came, Student Ministries started to become, for me, something that was actively changing my life. I’ve never had so much fun serving. And I definitely never thought I would be recommending the Student Ministry that I help out with as a place for my adult friends to come and encounter God.”

Karen Horner > Parent
“My daughter says the messages [at Radial] are a great balance between funny & applicable…She even talks to her friends at school about them!”

Laura Sanders > Parent
“My daughter desires to attend Radial regularly, whereas, in the past, church was a chore to be checked off her “to do” list.  She regularly hears, retains, shares (with me!) and applies the teachings personally. Her faith is becoming hers, not just a by-product of being a ‘church kid’. In addition, the relationship she’s developed with volunteers and other teens has given her an accountability and sense of being “missed” if she can’t make it one week.”

Don Stevens > Parent & Volunteer
“It’s not uncommon for a message (no matter whose giving it) to sound good while you’re listening to it, but when you walk out the door, you forget all about it. The teachings at [Radial] are different; they follow me—all weeklong, sometimes for weeks at a time. I find myself three days later laughing at the stories and thinking about the points. It’s solid Bible teaching, but communicated in a way that feels relevant to my life. It’s this strange blend of laugh-out-loud funny and deep spiritual insight that has me sitting there wanting more. And it seems like, lately, it’s been hitting me harder and staying with me longer. If you’re in a service and you look around, these talks are connecting with 6th graders and High Schoolers…all the way up to the growing number of parents and college kids sneaking in the back.”