Podcast appearances and mentions of grace midtown

We would love to invite you to pray with us through the Stations of the Cross — the events leading up to Jesus's death and resurrection. This audio experience is designed to be used in conjunction with our experience on Grace Midtown's campus, but can also be utilized wherever you find the space and time to reflect this Holy Week. Stations and prayers adapted from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (https://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/prayers-and-devotions/stations-of-the-cross/scriptural-stations-of-the-cross) and Incarnation Anglican Church, Arlington, VA (https://www.incarnationanglican.org/stations-of-the-cross). All Scripture quotations are from New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

In this episode, Eric and Sara Joy interview Rob Kaple of Grace Midtown Atlanta. The church came on their radar when they noticed in Public Square, an online publication of the Congress for the New Urbanism, that the church had won a merit award for good design in the Block, Street, and Building category of CNU's 2021 Charter Awards. It is somewhat unusual to see a church featured in an official publication of the CNU and even more unusual when the church is an evangelical mega church. So their interest was piqued. After a little investigating they connected with Rob Kaple who is the Lead Pastor of Grace Midtown and had a front row seat for that building project.In this interview our attention is turned to practical examples of placemaking. Rob provides listeners with a compelling story of how he and his congregation went through a paradigm shift as they considered how to best utilize their facility to support their mission. Their facility is located at the intersection of an upscale neighborhood and an underinvested neighborhood. At first they considered a complete tear down and rebuild of a new building that would be oriented towards the upscale neighborhood. But they decided that it was more in line with their mission to repurpose the main building and to orient their church towards the underinvested neighborhood.This initial decision led to additional decisions which allowed them to leverage physical connections to their neighborhood. And after they had begun their project, they made the happy discovery that the famous Atlanta Beltline would be coming right past their front door, making the church easily accessible to pedestrians and bicyclists. This was a fun conversation and an unusual story to be sure. Our hope is that this kind of story will become less unusual as churches learn the value of placemaking and taking the physical context of their neighborhood more seriously.Access more Show Notes with pictures and resources related to this episode.More information about this podcast and helpful church and urbanism resources can be found on The Embedded Church  website.Related ResourcesGrace Midtown AtlantaA new kind of church, in a former warehouse on CNU Public SquareThe Atlanta Beltline ProjectAtlanta OlympicsCenter Church: Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City by Timothy KellerWill Mancini on Upper Room and Lower Room ThinkingFor a Kunstleresque smackdown on Atlanta read “Atlanta: Does Edge City Have a Future” in The City in Mind: Notes on the Urban Condition by James Howard KunstlerCongress for the New UrbanismKronberg Urbanists + ArchitectsFind these Key Terms on The Embedded Church website:- Embedded Church- Mixed Use- Border Vacuum- Redlining- PlacemakingShow CreditsHosted and Produced by Eric O. Jacobsen and Sara Joy ProppeEdited by Adam Higgins | Odd Dad Out Voice ProductionsTheme Music by Jacob ShafferArtwork by Lance Kagey | Rotator Creative

Matt Reynolds @papreyn former Pastor at Grace Midtown and now leader of the Grace Family Foundation!

In this episode, Aaron sits down with worship pastors Taylor Breen & Kirby Kaple in Atlanta, Ga.   Taylor and Kirby both graduated from 10,000 Fathers and--the week of this recording--Kirby is celebrating a song she co-wrote ("Build my Life") that's just hit #1 on the Billboard charts.    Taylor helps lead 10,000 Fathers as a core team member, teacher and coach. Kirby is the worship pastor at Grace Midtown, and helps lead the international phenomenon known as Housefires, whose new album drops in July.

Grace Capital City welcomes guest speaker Pastor Matt Reynolds, the Lead Pastor of Grace Midtown church in Atlanta, GA. He continues our series called “Cave, Road, Table, Fire,” by teaching a message of the thin place found at the ‘Fire’.

Tov Meod, a Hebrew phrase is translated literally as "very good," but it has a much denser meaning. Keonnie Igwe from Grace Midtown in Atlanta talks about right relationships with men and women.  

In the third week of our "Coheirs & Powerful Equals" series, our guest speaker Keonnie Igwe delivers a powerful message on God and Women. Keonnie is the Kidtown manager from our sister campus, Grace Midtown. Visit us on our website graceathens.org and follow us on social media @grace_athens. You can contact our staff at athens@gfc.tv. If you would like to help support this podcast, you can give in two secure ways: online at my.gfc.tv or text "GIVE" to (706) 214-2899.

This week we take a break from our Genesis series to have a guest speaker Bethaney Wilkinson from Grace Midtown.

This week, Justin Fry from Grace Midtown visits us to teach on the important culture of family. He talks about what our relationship looks like with God and compares intimate space to public spaces like the church and beyond. Visit us on our website graceathens.org and follow us on social media @grace_athens. You can contact our staff through athens@gfc.tv. If you would like to help support this podcast, you can give in two secure ways: online at my.gfc.tv or text (770) 809-6133.

Drew McClure of Grace Midtown shares what it is like to live as a family on mission!