Neighborhood Christian Center (NCC) CEO Ephie Johnson was a special guest on campus to share with our students a Kingdom vision of how we can love and serve our neighbors well, as Christ has called us to do. Johnson continued the conversation on the podcast, as ECS prepares for our inaugural student day of service, SOAR (Serving Others, Advancing Responsibility). NCC will be one of the many ministry partners our students will serve on February 5.

Local Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) director Jeremy Wilbur visited ECS to share with our High School and Middle School students about living by faith instead of living by fear, which we discussed on the podcast. He also spoke about how God is using FCA to provide young people direction to where true identity can be found.

Seniors Lily Higginbotham, Drew Shelton, Meredith Rowland and Whit Dean join the show to talk about their upcoming production, “Hadestown”, which opens January 16. Director of Performing Arts Lynden Jones and Middle School Drama Director Abby Rooks, also sits in to share what makes this performance unique, challenging and rewarding for student-performers.

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Head of School Scott Hauss joins host Brandon Artiles to celebrate the end of the first semester of the 2024-2025 school year. He reflects on how he is seeing God’s enduring faithfulness being revealed through our students, teachers and community. He also provides insight on ECS’ evolving approach to student access to phones in the second semester.

ECS Director of Curriculum Alignment and Worldview Dr. John Grant joins the podcast to partner with parents as we navigate how to shepherd our children’s hearts and minds in regards to technology. He also shares data from student surveys on how technology/social media impacts them, and how they responded to a recent day where students were cell phone free.

“Service to others” is in the ECS mission statement, because God’s Word displays it as a critical part of living out the gospel of Jesus. My Town Miracles Executive Director Whitney Williams joins the show to share about how we can create opportunities for ECS students to come alongside community partners doing Kingdom work in an effort to love our neighbors throughout Memphis.

Fresh off the second of back-to-back state titles, five-time state champion coach Jordan Thompson and senior captains from the ECS girls soccer team join Equip to celebrate their triumph. Sarah Grace Clinton, Riley Davis and Essie Richardson share about the special opportunity they had to take on leadership roles this season, and how last year’s success prepared them to do it again.

Lower School art teacher and mother of three ECS graduates Anne Smith, joins the podcast to discuss the recent Mentoring Moms event where she hosted a Paint Party. The evening was about a whole lot more than just putting brush to canvas, as ECS parents and alums Drace Tigert and Wren Robbins sit down with Anne to share how they were encouraged by her message.

ECS college counselors Alicia Armes and Tina Greene just walked our 9th-11th graders through PSAT testing. They share about the importance of practice tests, such as PSAT, and how our new ACT Prep class is helping students prepare for critical college admissions tests. They also celebrate the academic accomplishments of senior Sam Scull, who was recently recognized as a National Merit Scholar semifinalist.

Harvest Church Lead Pastor and ECS dad Dr. Kennon Vaughan joined us on campus for a Dads Discipleship lunch to discuss how a tragic event dramatically shifted his perspective on parenting. He sits down with Equip host Brandon Artiles to walk us through what God has impressed upon him and shares what he has learned with fathers in our community. 

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ECS Academic Dean Jenny Shorten and Upper Elementary principal Luke Matzke join host Brandon Artiles to discuss the recent debut of the new library for our 4th-6th grade students. They share how the library and its variety of options has ignited a love for reading.