Overflow Unplugged

God showed up BIG time in our Church and in our lives in 2024! In this episode our whole team (Kalee, JT, Carson, Jake, Lexi, Anna, and Andrew) spend time processing together just a glimpse of what God did in our hearts and the ways we are expecting Him to show up in 2025! Listen in as we tell the story of 2024! This podcast is a part of the Overflow movement, a movement of 18-25-year-olds at Port City Community Church in Wilmington, NC! This podcast is designed to be a real, authentic, and genuine place where we have conversations around the real questions that 18-25-year-olds are asking!  We hope this episode encourages you where you are in your faith! If you would like to connect with someone on our team, you can text "CONNECT" to 910-727-1160 or follow us on Instagram @pc3overflow!  ---- Give towards what God is doing at Overflow and Port City Community Church! portcity.church/give  ---- Watch Overflow Online on YouTube on Tuesdays at 7:30p EST!

Relational Stewardship - Summary  How do you steward the relationships God has gifted you with, through Singleness, Dating, and the Pursuit of Marriage. On this episode of Overflow Unplugged, Jake, Anna, Dennis, and Michelle talk through questions like… How should singleness set us up for marriage? What does a Jesus centered relationship look like? How do you know when they are the “one”? This podcast is a part of the Overflow movement, a movement of 18-25-year-olds at Port City Community Church in Wilmington, NC! This podcast is designed to be a real, authentic, and genuine place where we have conversations around the real questions that 18-25-year-olds are asking!  We hope this episode encourages you where you are in your faith! If you would like to connect with someone on our team, you can text "CONNECT" to 910-727-1160 or follow us on Instagram @pc3overflow!  ---- Give towards what God is doing at Overflow and Port City Community Church! portcity.church/give  ---- Watch Overflow Online on YouTube on Tuesdays at 7:30p EST!  https://www.youtube.com/c/pc3overflow

Life is busy, fast paced, and distracting… even our definition of rest is more so mindless distraction rather than focused rest. On this episode of Overflow Unplugged, Jake, Zack, and Kalee talk through God's design for sabbath rest and how we personally interact and wrestle through this calling.  This podcast is a part of the Overflow movement, a movement of 18-25-year-olds at Port City Community Church in Wilmington, NC! This podcast is designed to be a real, authentic, and genuine place where we have conversations around the real questions that 18-25-year-olds are asking!  We hope this episode encourages you where you are in your faith! If you would like to connect with someone on our team, you can text "CONNECT" to 910-727-1160 or follow us on Instagram @pc3overflow!  ---- Give towards what God is doing at Overflow and Port City Community Church! portcity.church/give  ---- Watch Overflow Online on YouTube on Tuesdays at 7:30p EST!  https://www.youtube.com/c/pc3overflow

Throughout the summer, it is easy to slide back into old patterns and ways of living that aren't consistent with the people God is calling us to become! On this episode of Overflow Unplugged, Lexi, Anna, Jake, and Carson dive into what they are learning this summer in their faith and some ways to keep growing into the people God is forming you into! We are so glad that you are listening to the Overflow Unplugged Podcast!  We hope this episode encourages you where you are in your faith! If you would like to connect with someone on our team, you can simply text "OVF" to 910-727-1160 or follow us on Instagram @pc3overflow!  ---- Give towards what God is doing at Overflow and Port City Community Church! portcity.church/give  ---- Watch Overflow Online on YouTube on Tuesdays at 7:30p EST!  https://www.youtube.com/c/pc3overflow

Happy New Year! As we start 2024 strong and filled with expectation, Jake, Lexi, Anna, and Carson talk about how they are preparing for the year ahead, recap their experience at Passion Conference, how to develop healthy friendships this year, and some of the details about the vision behind the gatherings at Overflow this semester! God is moving in our generation, and we desire to be faithful followers of where he is leading us and would become a devoted and winsome generation that truly believes that Jesus Changes Everything!  This podcast is a part of the Overflow movement, a movement of 18-25-year-olds at Port City Community Church in Wilmington, NC! This podcast is designed to be a real, authentic, and genuine place where we have conversations around the real questions that 18-25-year-olds are asking!  We hope this episode encourages you where you are in your faith! If you would like to connect with someone on our team, you can text "CONNECT" to 910-727-1160 or follow us on Instagram @pc3overflow!  ---- Give towards what God is doing at Overflow and Port City Community Church! portcity.church/give  ---- Watch Overflow Online on YouTube on Tuesdays at 7:30p EST!  https://www.youtube.com/c/pc3overflow

We are back!! It has been quite a while since we released an episode, and we are so excited for this one! The Christmas season brings a lot of change in routine and sometimes distance from our community, which can cause us to feel far from God and an added difficulty to growing our faith! In this episode Jake, Lexi, Anna and Carson talk about seven ways we can grow in our faith throughout the christmas season and start the new year strong!

What does the Bible say about dating? How do we, as Jesus followers navigate singleness, dating, sex, and marriage? Jake, Jenna, AC, and Carson have a conversation about how we can change our approach to these areas in order to align our life with the way of Jesus! We are so glad that you are listening to the Overflow Unplugged Podcast!  We hope this episode encourages you where you are in your faith! If you would like to connect with someone on our team, you can simply text "Connect" to 910-597-1160 or follow us on Instagram @pc3overflow!  ---- Give towards what God is doing at Overflow and Port City Community Church! portcity.church/give  ---- Watch Overflow Online on YouTube on Tuesdays at 7:30p EST!  https://www.youtube.com/c/pc3overflow

What does the Bible say about dating? How do we, as Jesus followers navigate singleness, dating, sex, and marriage? Jake, Jenna, AC, and Carson have a conversation about how we can change our approach to these areas in order to align our life with the way of Jesus! We are so glad that you are listening to the Overflow Unplugged Podcast!  We hope this episode encourages you where you are in your faith! If you would like to connect with someone on our team, you can simply text "Connect" to 910-597-1160 or follow us on Instagram @pc3overflow!  ---- Give towards what God is doing at Overflow and Port City Community Church! portcity.church/give  ---- Watch Overflow Online on YouTube on Tuesdays at 7:30p EST!  https://www.youtube.com/c/pc3overflow

We all have relational tension and drama that we are working through... even right now, as you are reading this, you can probably think of an area of tension or drama you are involved in. The question is, how often do we choose to instigate and propel the drama in our community? What if we chose a different way? What if we, as Jesus followers, were known for how well we treat each other? On this episode of Overflow Unplugged, Jake, AC, Jenna, and Carson have a conversation about how we navigate tension, refrain from gossip, value honesty, and so much more that centers around how we relate to and live with each other under the Lordship of Jesus! We hope this episode encourages you and gives you some practical next steps to take in your friendships today! We are so glad that you are listening to the Overflow Unplugged Podcast! We hope this episode encourages you where you are in your faith! If you would like to connect with someone on our team, you can simply text "Connect" to 910-597-1160 or follow us on Instagram @pc3overflow! ---- Give towards what God is doing at Overflow and Port City Community Church! portcity.church/give ---- Watch Overflow Online on YouTube on Tuesdays at 7:30p EST! https://www.youtube.com/c/pc3overflow

We have all heard the phrase, “It's the most wonderful time of the year.” But is it true? In today's episode, Jake, Jenna, Anna Claire, and Carson dive into many different topics such as isolation, proximity, and what it looks like to serve your family well, which will hopefully help you as we navigate the holiday season together. If you would like to connect with someone on our team, we would love to connect with you! All you have to do is text the word “CONNECT” to (910 597-1160)! Thank you for being a part of the Overflow Unplugged community!

In this episode of Overflow Unplugged, we have a conversation about the practice of gratitude in our life. It is normal around this time of year to have conversations about what we are grateful for. As we continue to follow Jesus, we find that gratitude is a part of the calling we have received every day as it draws us near to the giver of every good thing. God's heart is to be close to His people! We hope this episode encourages you and helps you expand your perspective on what God is doing right here, right now in your life. If you would like to connect with someone on our team, we would love to connect with you! All you have to do is text the word “CONNECT” to (910 597-1160)! Thank you for being a part of the Overflow Unplugged community!

Hey! Welcome to the Overflow Unplugged Podcast! We are so glad you are here! On this episode, Jake, Jenna, Anna Claire and Carson share about the heart behind the Overflow Unplugged Podcast!

In this episode of Overflow Unplugged, we recap our most recent teaching series here at Overflow called "Hope Has A Name," which focused on our mental health! We all process our mental health differently, but we all have access to victory through the life and way of Jesus! We hope this conversation helps you grow in your understanding of mental health and clarifies what your next step is to live a life of wholeness! If you would like to connect with someone on our team, we would love to connect with you! All you have to do is text the word “CONNECT” to (910 597-1160! Thank you for being a part of the Overflow Unplugged community!

In this episode of Overflow Unplugged, we dive into a conversation about our most recent teaching series here at Overflow called "God is___?" We all have questions about who God is and how we can relate to God in our everyday life! Throughout this conversation, Jake, Jenna, and Carson talk about the attributes of God all the way to how to talk to your roommate about the dirty dishes in the sink! If you would like to connect with someone on our team, we would love to connect with you! All you have to do is text the word “CONNECT” to (910 597-1160! Thank you for being a part of the Overflow Unplugged community!

Episode 22: How To Read The Bible In this episode of Overflow Unplugged, the Overflow Team talks about the best way to approach the Bible and read it in a way that makes sense and helps us apply it to our lives. From sharing how they read the Bible and something they are learning right now, the team also gives some practical resources that we can all use whether we have been reading the Bible our entire lives or just picked it up for the first time! Here are some resources that are mentioned in the episode! The Bible Project Bible Hub You Version Bible App

Let's talk about how we spend our time! Staying consistent and intentional throughout the summer can be difficult due to the changes in rhythm and environment, so we must go back to the basics and keep it simple yet intentional. Here is the text from the book of Colossians that is read and discussed in this episode! Colossians 2:6-7(MSG) My counsel for you is simple and straightforward: Just go ahead with what you've been given. You received Christ Jesus, the Master; now live him. You're deeply rooted in him. You're well constructed upon him. You know your way around the faith. Now do what you've been taught. School's out; quit studying the subject and start living it! And let your living spill over into thanksgiving. Colossians 3:1–2 (MSG) So if you're serious about living this new resurrection life with Christ, act like it. Pursue the things over which Christ presides. Don't shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to what is going on around Christ—that's where the action is. See things from his perspective. If you would like to connect with someone on our team, we would love to connect with you! All you have to do is text the word “CONNECT” to (910 597-1160! Thank you for being a part of the Overflow Unplugged community!

On this episode of Overflow Unplugged, Carson sits down with Dr. Chinwé Williams to talk about mental health and some practical steps we can all take in finding healthy mental rhythms and taking our best next step to mental wellness. We believe this conversation is vital for us all to continue engaging in, and we hope that this is encouraging to you right where you are!You can find Dr. Williams on Instagram at dr.chinwewilliams! We are confident that following her will encourage you and provide some helpful encouragement in your feed!If you have questions after listening through this conversation, want to get connected to our team, or need help finding care and support for your mental health, we would love to help. You can connect with someone on our team by sending a text to (910) 597-1160! We love you and want to support you every step of the way!

On this episode of Overflow Unplugged, Carson talks with our friend Samer who is the lead pastor of Woodstock City Church in Atlanta, Georgia! They cover a wide variety of topics from how to navigate the change in rhythm during spring break, relationships and the opportunity we have to lead during college! We hope this conversation encourages you to take your next step to living in the way of Jesus! We hope that every episode of Overflow encourages, challenges, and equips you in your faith journey. We believe that we belong together and would love to connect with you! You can reach out to us through our Instagram account "pc3overflow" or by sending us a text at (910) 597 1160, and we will help you get connected to more resources to help you walk with God!

On this episode of Overflow Unplugged, Carson sits down with our good friend Stuart Hall to have a conversation about mental health and how we see God moving in the world! Stuart has been a part of our church and Overflow for many years! He is a leader of leaders and consistently calls people higher in their pursuit of living out their faith in the way of Jesus! We hope that every episode of Overflow encourages, challenges, and equips you in your faith journey. We believe that we belong together and would love to connect with you! You can reach out to us through our Instagram account "pc3overflow" or by sending us a text at (910) 597 1160, and we will help you get connected to more resources to help you walk with God!

We are back and more excited than ever because this is our first episode since September of 2021! We hope this conversation encourages you and challenges you to take the next step in your walk with God! In this week's conversation, Carson sits down with the new Overflow staff, Jenna Mondoro and Jake Smith, to talk about what the first part of 2022 has been like and what they are all learning right now in their walk with God.

The relationship we have with our phones is complicated. Our phones connect us with the world around us and make our lives so much more convenient. But with the average college student consuming 9 hours of screen time a day and almost 3 hours spent on social media, it seems like we might be unintentionally trading convenience for constant distraction. In this week's conversation, Clay, Maddie, and Zack sat down to talk about the positives and negatives of screen time, how we can DTR (define the relationship) with our devices, and some helpful tips for intentional and meaningful usage of our phones.

If we have learned anything about friends over the past few weeks, we've learned friendships are complicated, nuanced, and even messy- but they are worth it! On this week's Overflow Unplugged episode, Clay, Maddie, and Zack sat down to finish responding to the friendship questions we received from you guys on Instagram! In Part 2 of the Q&A, we discussed questions like: -How do you handle toxic friendships? -How do you deal with one-sided friendships? -What do you do when you are the friend everyone runs to but there is no one there for you? -What do you do when you feel like you've given too much trust away and you often are left feeling hurt? -What do you do when you have friends who get jealous when you hang out with other people? -What are healthy boundaries in friendship? -How do you set boundaries when helping a friend begins to hinder your growth? -Boundaries in friendships with the opposite sex? -When to take a step back in a friendship? We hope you enjoy today's episode!

We've really enjoyed unpacking this idea of "T.R.U.E." friends last time on the podcast. But friendships are complicated, nuanced, and even messy. So we wanted to take some time to get more specific. We asked you guys on Instagram what questions you have about friendship- and you didn't hold back! On this week's Overflow Unplugged episode, Clay, Maddie, and Zack sit down to respond to the questions we received from Instagram. But with so many questions, we had to split the questions into two different episodes. In Part 1 of the Q&A, we discussed questions like: How do you get past surface-level friendships? How to build trust in friendship? How do you handle friends who don't understand your relationship with God? Why does God give us temporary friends? How do you get over the fear of being a burden when reaching out for help from a friend? How can you heal broken friendships? We hope you enjoy today's episode!

We all want friends- yet it seems like few of us have the friends we want. For some of us, that's because we hold our friends to such a high standard that no one ever meets our expectations. We make friendship impossible when we expect our friends to be perfect! For others, we don't have the friends we want because we don't have a vision for the friends we need. We settle in friendships when we have no vision beyond what the world tells us to look for in relationships. But we believe that God has a better vision for friendships, a vision for T.R.U.E. friends! In this week's Overflow Unplugged episode, Clay, Maddie, and Zack sat down to have a conversation to unpack what it means to be a T.R.U.E. friend. They discuss how we have healthy expectations in our relationships and how we can become better friends personally. But by the end of the conversation, they acknowledge that getting friendships right might be one of the most powerful things we can do to change the world around us.

January usually comes with a wave of resolutions that we hope will make us happier in the year ahead. New Year, new me, right? Typically not! At least 80% of New Years resolutions fail by mid-February and we end up right back in our old routines and habits

Last week we discussed the seemingly ever-present question in the back of our minds, “what is God's plan for my life?” The reality is that God's plan is a mystery. While we may never fully understand the depth of how God is working circumstances together for our life in the future, God doesn't want us to miss out on what He has here in front of us today: purpose. We believe that God has made us intentionally and uniquely, and as we come to know God better, we begin to discover more about ourselves and God's purpose for our lives. We hope you enjoy part-two of our conversation on “God's Plan / My Purpose!”

“What is God's plan for my life?” This is the question we are constantly asking. Sometimes we even try to forge our own plan. Either way, we all desire to know what our future holds and how we're going to get there. This week we begin a two-part conversation that we are calling “God's Plan / My Purpose.” We hope you enjoy!

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There are seasons of life that feel like you are walking through a desert, times where you see more negative in your life than positive, and you might feel distant from God. Chances are, right now, you might feel like you are in the desert! While this season might not be pleasant, we do believe that it is purposeful! So how do we navigate life in these difficult times? How do we find God's provision in the desert? We discuss all of this and more on this week's podcast! This episode also is the debut of our newest Overflow Staff member, Maddie Goslee!

A lot has happened in the world since our last podcast! With the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a lot of uncertainty in our world right now... and with uncertainty comes ANXIETY. So what do we do about it? Let's be honest, "just don't worry" might be good-intentioned advice, but it doesn't stop the chaos in our minds. On this week's episode of Overflow Unplugged, we discuss how we can respond to anxiety and, even in the unknown, we can find rest in a God who promises PEACE. Make sure to listen through the end for a special treat from our friend Kalee Stikeleather (Kalee Music)!

In a world of Instagram filters and social media highlight reels, it's easy to share the good and exciting things going on in our lives. But it makes it really difficult to talk about our brokenness- even to God! Unfortunately, we often believe that brokenness holds us back from who God wants us to be. But brokenness isn't the problem- hiding is. In a world that says you have to be perfect to be used, God says he will work in and through you right in the middle of your mess. It's when you are ready to be real and brave about your brokenness that God can use you the most effectively! In this week's episode of Overflow Unplugged, we talk about owning our mess and finding God's strength in us- no matter the season. And our guest on the podcast, Toni Collier, keeps it real AND hilarious the entire time. She also reminds us that "Broken Crayons Still Color." We hope you enjoy!

If you have been following Jesus for a while, you have probably heard the term "quiet time" used a lot in Christian circles. While the name is vague, the implications are important and foundational for building a thriving relationship with God. Check out today's episode of Overflow Unplugged as we help break down unnecessary stereotypes of a "quiet time" and focus on 3 simple building blocks to spending time with God.

Research has proven that building deep meaningful friendships not only makes life more fulfilling and enjoyable, but it also contributes to you living longer! The problem is that building lasting friendships takes a lot of work... and we don't always know where to start. Check out today's episode of Overflow Unplugged as we discuss choosing, forging, and keeping meaningful friendships.

Building relationships requires intimacy... but we're not (just) talking about physical intimacy. Good relationships require growth over time in mental, emotional, and spiritual intimacy as well. The tricky part is discovering and establishing helpful boundaries that allow your relationships to grow at a healthy pace. In today's episode, we offer up some intentional questions that you can ask yourself to allow your friendships and dating relationships to thrive!

For a lot of people, the relationship status "single" can feel like an unwanted label or a frustrating reminder. This has a lot to do with the messages we receive from culture and social media. But the truth is, Americans are getting married later than ever before, resulting in the largest population of "singles" in our country's history! So what does God want us to do in this stage of life before getting married? Today's episode will give you helpful perspective and purpose in this season regardless of if you have not yet dated or if you are engaged and looking ahead to marriage!

The problem with dating is that dating has to start somewhere. It doesn't just happen. And let's just be real- that comes with a certain amount of pressure. The pressure to impress and, if you're watching the Bachelor every week, then pressure to compete and to win. But what if there was a better way, a higher way to think about dating? What does God say about dating and what does that mean for how we date? And where do we start? Check this week's episode for some very practical help and thoughts on the foundation of dating.

Our debut podcast episode is about courage and what it looks like to live courageously in the face of fear. Our friend Samer Massad from Woodstock City Church joined us from Atlanta, Georgia to speak a message at our Tuesday night Overflow gathering called "Do It Scared". After the message, Zack had the opportunity to sit down with Samer to dive into the ideas of anxiety, comfort, insecurity, and calling. Make sure to grab your journal and get ready to take notes from the wisdom that Samer has to share!