WEBVTT 00:00:03.370 --> 00:00:05.389 Hello everyone and welcome to this week's episode 00:00:05.389 --> 00:00:08.349 of Trinity Talks. My name is Kyla and I'm so 00:00:08.349 --> 00:00:10.330 excited to be joined here by the Nash family, 00:00:10.550 --> 00:00:13.130 or at least three members of the family. We're 00:00:13.130 --> 00:00:15.669 going to talk a little bit more about your family, 00:00:15.789 --> 00:00:17.750 a little bit more about what it's like being 00:00:17.750 --> 00:00:19.910 a family here at Trinity and all the different 00:00:19.910 --> 00:00:21.929 ministries and things that you've been involved 00:00:21.929 --> 00:00:24.370 in. So thank you so much for joining me, folks. 00:00:24.960 --> 00:00:28.019 Thank you. Maybe we'll start by doing some introductions. 00:00:28.079 --> 00:00:29.559 Maybe we'll start over here, and you can just 00:00:29.559 --> 00:00:31.660 give us a little introduction of who you are. 00:00:31.780 --> 00:00:34.600 Sure. Thank you. My name is Jen Nash, and I've 00:00:34.600 --> 00:00:38.280 been a member of Trinity. Oh, I actually don't 00:00:38.280 --> 00:00:41.939 know, but I'm a number of years now. My kids 00:00:41.939 --> 00:00:44.380 came through Camp Trinity, and our family started 00:00:44.380 --> 00:00:52.039 to come here. I am in school right now. I'm in 00:00:52.039 --> 00:00:55.600 a career transition, midlife, and enjoying being 00:00:55.600 --> 00:00:57.500 a parent and getting more involved in my community. 00:00:57.700 --> 00:01:02.539 Okay, awesome. Thank you. I'm Carter. I'm 12 00:01:02.539 --> 00:01:09.859 years old. And I love playing sports. I've been 00:01:09.859 --> 00:01:13.200 coming to Trinity, I think, all of us around 00:01:13.200 --> 00:01:17.510 four years. Yeah. Yeah. Cool. What sports do 00:01:17.510 --> 00:01:20.790 you like to play? I like hockey, soccer and football. 00:01:21.030 --> 00:01:23.290 OK, very cool. So you've got like all the seasons 00:01:23.290 --> 00:01:25.950 covered. And lacrosse. And lacrosse too. OK, 00:01:26.209 --> 00:01:28.390 very cool. Yeah. And what about on the end here? 00:01:28.670 --> 00:01:33.189 Hi, I'm Alexis. I am 10 years old and. I love 00:01:33.189 --> 00:01:35.489 just hanging out with my pets at home and my 00:01:35.489 --> 00:01:38.430 neighbors. Okay. How many pets do you have? We 00:01:38.430 --> 00:01:41.129 have two pets. Two pets? Are they cats, dogs? 00:01:41.469 --> 00:01:45.769 We have one dog and one cat. Okay. Very cool. 00:01:46.489 --> 00:01:48.689 So, yeah, we want to just start by getting to 00:01:48.689 --> 00:01:50.469 know you guys a little bit, getting to know your 00:01:50.469 --> 00:01:52.569 family a little bit. So maybe first question 00:01:52.569 --> 00:01:55.810 is, what's one... thing that you have learned 00:01:55.810 --> 00:01:57.790 from somebody else in your family and this can 00:01:57.790 --> 00:01:59.329 be something like really simple or something 00:01:59.329 --> 00:02:01.530 like really big but what's one thing you've learned 00:02:01.530 --> 00:02:05.290 from somebody else in your family um how to be 00:02:05.290 --> 00:02:09.250 confident about myself and not to hide who I 00:02:09.250 --> 00:02:12.669 am okay cool and like how how did you learn that 00:02:12.669 --> 00:02:14.490 was that like something that somebody like taught 00:02:14.490 --> 00:02:17.289 you or just like showed you actually my mom's 00:02:17.289 --> 00:02:20.659 told me that all my life yeah I should be who 00:02:20.659 --> 00:02:23.960 I want to be. And I followed that. And yeah. 00:02:24.120 --> 00:02:26.500 Yeah. That's awesome. I'm so glad. That's such 00:02:26.500 --> 00:02:28.879 a good lesson to learn. Yeah. What about you, 00:02:28.879 --> 00:02:30.539 Carter? What's something somebody's taught you? 00:02:30.800 --> 00:02:33.240 I learned how to play hockey fully from my dad. 00:02:33.400 --> 00:02:35.919 Yeah. Okay. Yeah. So like, did you like start 00:02:35.919 --> 00:02:38.139 that like when you were really young? Yeah. Yeah. 00:02:38.199 --> 00:02:40.060 Okay. And he like taught you how to skate and 00:02:40.060 --> 00:02:42.199 like how to all the different moves and that 00:02:42.199 --> 00:02:44.639 sort of thing. Yeah. So now, do you think that 00:02:44.639 --> 00:02:46.840 you're a better hockey player than your dad now, 00:02:46.919 --> 00:02:49.240 or is he, like, still pretty good? I mean, my 00:02:49.240 --> 00:02:51.740 dad can't really skate right now, so. Oh, right. 00:02:51.800 --> 00:02:53.439 That's right, because he broke his leg, right? 00:02:53.520 --> 00:02:56.319 So you're definitely on top right now. Okay, 00:02:56.439 --> 00:03:00.120 okay. Yeah. Very good. Oh, yeah. What about you, 00:03:00.159 --> 00:03:01.740 Jen? What's something you've learned from someone 00:03:01.740 --> 00:03:04.900 in your family? Gosh, that's such a big question. 00:03:04.919 --> 00:03:07.800 It is. I think that. My kids are my greatest 00:03:07.800 --> 00:03:10.599 teachers, I would say, to be honest. Of course 00:03:10.599 --> 00:03:15.159 they are. So much confidence. I love it. You 00:03:15.159 --> 00:03:17.599 know, one of the first things that comes up for 00:03:17.599 --> 00:03:20.740 me when I think of learning from my kids collectively 00:03:20.740 --> 00:03:23.360 is I've learned a tremendous amount about forgiveness, 00:03:23.479 --> 00:03:27.860 asking for forgiveness. wanted to and repair 00:03:27.860 --> 00:03:31.139 in our you know in our relationships and such 00:03:31.139 --> 00:03:33.259 but I think if I think individually I was sharing 00:03:33.259 --> 00:03:35.740 a little bit earlier Carter has a really good 00:03:35.740 --> 00:03:37.699 healthy sense of competition and I've learned 00:03:37.699 --> 00:03:41.800 a lot about competition from him and okay tenacity 00:03:41.800 --> 00:03:45.039 and giving things your all he's always been I 00:03:45.039 --> 00:03:48.580 remember when he was a first in sports and sport 00:03:48.580 --> 00:03:50.479 ball where it was like introduction to everything 00:03:50.479 --> 00:03:53.240 and he would go he gave it a lot of energy right 00:03:54.030 --> 00:03:57.969 And Alexis is so patient and kind and compassionate. 00:03:58.050 --> 00:04:02.949 And I see her with children and people. And I 00:04:02.949 --> 00:04:06.710 learn a lot from her about how to be patient 00:04:06.710 --> 00:04:10.270 and kind with people. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's 00:04:10.270 --> 00:04:12.889 so cool that like often we think that like parents 00:04:12.889 --> 00:04:15.650 are there to like teach their kids things. Right. 00:04:15.729 --> 00:04:18.569 But like you're also teaching your mom stuff. 00:04:18.689 --> 00:04:20.910 Oh, yeah. That's super cool. Learning every day. 00:04:21.089 --> 00:04:25.060 Yeah. Okay, so then what is one thing about you 00:04:25.060 --> 00:04:27.360 that's, like, similar to someone else in your 00:04:27.360 --> 00:04:29.379 family? Or is there, like, yeah, is there, like, 00:04:29.420 --> 00:04:31.439 a family trait that you're like, ah, we're all 00:04:31.439 --> 00:04:33.680 like this, or, like, I'm like somebody else? 00:04:34.639 --> 00:04:38.990 No. What do you think, Jen? I think we all love 00:04:38.990 --> 00:04:41.730 a good laugh in our family. We have a little 00:04:41.730 --> 00:04:44.430 saying where it's like, no fun allowed in this 00:04:44.430 --> 00:04:47.930 family. And it just creates a lot of fun. And 00:04:47.930 --> 00:04:50.790 we all love to laugh. That's something we all 00:04:50.790 --> 00:04:54.730 enjoy. We like to create space to make light 00:04:54.730 --> 00:04:58.129 of life with each other. That's one way we're 00:04:58.129 --> 00:04:59.870 similar. That's a really good trait to have, 00:04:59.949 --> 00:05:03.300 for sure. Yeah. What about you guys? What are 00:05:03.300 --> 00:05:04.959 some ways that you think you're similar to other 00:05:04.959 --> 00:05:09.259 people in your family? I think, like, compared 00:05:09.259 --> 00:05:12.220 to everyone else in my household, I think we 00:05:12.220 --> 00:05:15.079 all have kind of the same strive to do the best 00:05:15.079 --> 00:05:18.240 we can, if not better. Sure. Okay. Yeah. Just 00:05:18.240 --> 00:05:20.040 be like, okay, we're always going to give it 00:05:20.040 --> 00:05:21.680 our best. We're always going to do it. Yeah, 00:05:21.819 --> 00:05:24.480 that's an awesome quality to have. Yeah. What 00:05:24.480 --> 00:05:27.800 do you think, Alexis? Probably that we all have... 00:05:28.680 --> 00:05:31.839 Sometimes we all have a lot of energy and we 00:05:31.839 --> 00:05:36.639 all just love being outside. Okay. doing all 00:05:36.639 --> 00:05:39.339 kinds of stuff okay cool so you guys sound like 00:05:39.339 --> 00:05:42.579 a really like go go go kind of people oh yeah 00:05:42.579 --> 00:05:46.560 we do balance with resting like sunday mornings 00:05:46.560 --> 00:05:50.040 we come to 11 15 because we sleep in right yeah 00:05:50.040 --> 00:05:53.839 yeah yeah oh we do we do yeah you guys had enough 00:05:53.839 --> 00:05:57.579 rest too we try and balance for sure for sure 00:05:57.579 --> 00:06:00.220 see they're still sleepy right now before 11 00:06:00.220 --> 00:06:07.279 15 yes there you go yeah Okay, so what's one 00:06:07.279 --> 00:06:10.279 thing that is, like, different? What's one thing 00:06:10.279 --> 00:06:12.120 about you that's, like, unique from other people 00:06:12.120 --> 00:06:20.240 in your family? Um... A thought? Yeah, what do 00:06:20.240 --> 00:06:25.319 you think? Probably how I always, outside my 00:06:25.319 --> 00:06:27.620 house, running around the neighborhood. Okay. 00:06:27.819 --> 00:06:31.500 Playing with all my friends. Because, well... 00:06:31.839 --> 00:06:35.879 Yeah. You're like a very social person. Yeah, 00:06:35.899 --> 00:06:38.839 I have a lot of friends in my neighborhood who 00:06:38.839 --> 00:06:41.800 I love to play with. That's awesome. Yeah. Yeah, 00:06:41.899 --> 00:06:47.000 it's great. Unfortunately, it's all girls, so 00:06:47.000 --> 00:06:49.720 Carter doesn't have the same kids in our community. 00:06:49.939 --> 00:06:54.240 So actually, it's one boy in our community. He's 00:06:54.240 --> 00:06:57.379 two years old. He's two years old? No, he's not. 00:06:59.639 --> 00:07:03.439 There's another boy who is about in seventh grade. 00:07:04.360 --> 00:07:07.860 Ah, so a little bit older. Okay. Anyway, so there's 00:07:07.860 --> 00:07:10.759 maybe a couple boys around, but lots of girls, 00:07:10.800 --> 00:07:12.439 lots of people for you to get to know and to 00:07:12.439 --> 00:07:16.180 play with. Yeah, that's awesome. What about for 00:07:16.180 --> 00:07:17.379 you, Carter? What's one thing that you think 00:07:17.379 --> 00:07:28.300 is unique about you? I really like messing with 00:07:28.300 --> 00:07:30.810 my pets. You're, like, messing with your pets. 00:07:30.949 --> 00:07:33.649 Okay, so Alexis cuddles them, and you play jokes 00:07:33.649 --> 00:07:36.629 on them? Okay, so, like, what do you do to play 00:07:36.629 --> 00:07:41.389 jokes on your pets? I'll, like, pretend I'm going 00:07:41.389 --> 00:07:43.589 to throw my dog a ball, and I'll, like, put it 00:07:43.589 --> 00:07:45.589 behind my back and watch her kind of get confused. 00:07:45.829 --> 00:07:48.170 Right, yeah. You also, like, make videos of them 00:07:48.170 --> 00:07:50.949 with weird, like, little music clips and such. 00:07:51.310 --> 00:07:54.750 I've attempted at making and editing videos before. 00:07:55.050 --> 00:08:00.370 Okay. but it's like fun that like they're both 00:08:00.370 --> 00:08:05.170 funny enough that it works out sure yeah okay 00:08:05.170 --> 00:08:08.149 that's that's cool that's fun like you just like 00:08:08.149 --> 00:08:10.670 that so like the sense that i'm getting is that 00:08:10.670 --> 00:08:13.029 like you're maybe a little more goofy yeah yeah 00:08:13.029 --> 00:08:16.050 you're like the fun funny guy yeah very cool 00:08:16.050 --> 00:08:21.860 yeah he is Yeah, what about you? What's one thing 00:08:21.860 --> 00:08:23.740 that's unique about you? They say that I sometimes 00:08:23.740 --> 00:08:27.800 don't have a sense of humor. Mom, take a joke. 00:08:27.879 --> 00:08:31.879 You take a joke, Mom. I don't get the sarcasm. 00:08:31.959 --> 00:08:38.860 I often say, I guess one thing that makes me 00:08:38.860 --> 00:08:44.139 unique from everyone is I embrace my... my inner 00:08:44.139 --> 00:08:47.419 weirdness, like inner uniqueness. And I guess 00:08:47.419 --> 00:08:49.419 that's many times where I say to them, be who 00:08:49.419 --> 00:08:52.139 you are, find your weird, find your uniqueness 00:08:52.139 --> 00:08:55.840 and let it shine. So I guess that's something 00:08:55.840 --> 00:08:58.980 I'll own. Yeah, that's awesome. That's such a 00:08:58.980 --> 00:09:02.320 good thing to own, I think. Just noticing I am 00:09:02.320 --> 00:09:05.059 unique in many ways. And that is wonderful. That 00:09:05.059 --> 00:09:08.220 just makes me who I am. Right. And like, I think 00:09:08.220 --> 00:09:10.299 it's a testament to like what Alexis said before, 00:09:10.440 --> 00:09:13.539 you know, like being really confident. Like if 00:09:13.539 --> 00:09:15.879 your mom is confident, then she like helps you 00:09:15.879 --> 00:09:20.279 to feel more confident. Right. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. 00:09:20.539 --> 00:09:23.490 So. As you said, you guys have been around the 00:09:23.490 --> 00:09:27.049 church for a few years, and I think Jen said 00:09:27.049 --> 00:09:30.389 you started at Camp Trinity, right? Yes. Yeah, 00:09:30.409 --> 00:09:33.450 so you both went to Camp Trinity? Yeah. Okay, 00:09:33.669 --> 00:09:37.110 so what was that like? What did you do at Camp 00:09:37.110 --> 00:09:40.549 Trinity? Well, I want to say it was actually 00:09:40.549 --> 00:09:43.610 pretty good, except for last year when I stepped 00:09:43.610 --> 00:09:46.070 on a bee. Oh, yeah, that's probably less good. 00:09:46.830 --> 00:09:51.179 But it was always just like... I loved it there. 00:09:51.279 --> 00:09:56.059 Everyone was inclusive. The leaders were just 00:09:56.059 --> 00:09:59.200 so kind to everyone. I just loved hanging out 00:09:59.200 --> 00:10:02.600 there. Yeah? Okay. Okay. What about you? Like, 00:10:02.600 --> 00:10:07.179 what did you like about Camp Trinity? I liked 00:10:07.179 --> 00:10:09.700 how much freedom they gave us. Sure. But, like, 00:10:09.700 --> 00:10:13.360 within boundaries, but kind of made us feel like 00:10:13.360 --> 00:10:17.659 we're here to have fun. But they trust us enough 00:10:17.659 --> 00:10:21.070 that, like, they we can do what we want as long 00:10:21.070 --> 00:10:23.889 as it's allowed right yeah yeah so you like get 00:10:23.889 --> 00:10:26.110 to you get to choose some of the different activities 00:10:26.110 --> 00:10:28.769 that you want to do right and also just everyone 00:10:28.769 --> 00:10:30.950 was like welcoming and kind and stuff and that's 00:10:30.950 --> 00:10:34.509 a big part of it yeah for sure for sure so did 00:10:34.509 --> 00:10:37.330 you guys have like a favorite activity from camp 00:10:37.330 --> 00:10:42.049 free time free time okay and what did you usually 00:10:42.049 --> 00:10:44.929 do during your free time gecko ball gaga ball 00:10:44.929 --> 00:10:47.049 okay cool cool so do you want to there might 00:10:47.049 --> 00:10:48.850 be some people who don't know what gaga ball 00:10:48.850 --> 00:10:50.570 is so do you want to like explain it a little 00:10:50.570 --> 00:10:57.269 bit so there's a big fenced in um area with like 00:10:57.269 --> 00:11:01.049 a wooden foldable fence and there's a dirt or 00:11:01.049 --> 00:11:05.029 sand pit um and basically you go into it and 00:11:05.029 --> 00:11:08.389 um your goal is to hit the ball at everyone else's 00:11:08.389 --> 00:11:11.409 legs okay and just be the last one standing okay 00:11:11.409 --> 00:11:15.250 and That's about it. You can't, like, hold it 00:11:15.250 --> 00:11:16.730 and throw it. You have to, like, hit it like 00:11:16.730 --> 00:11:18.610 this. Okay, so you, like, hit it, like, with 00:11:18.610 --> 00:11:21.649 your fist. Yeah. Okay, so, like, roll the ball 00:11:21.649 --> 00:11:23.429 around and you're trying to hit everybody else, 00:11:23.590 --> 00:11:26.590 but, like, not get hit yourself. Okay. Okay, 00:11:26.669 --> 00:11:30.509 very cool. This sounds very intense. Because 00:11:30.509 --> 00:11:34.690 it's not a very big area, right? Yeah. Carter 00:11:34.690 --> 00:11:38.909 likes intensity. Okay, that's good. What about 00:11:38.909 --> 00:11:40.490 you, Alexis? What was your favorite thing to 00:11:40.490 --> 00:11:45.460 do at camp? Also, Gagaball and probably Water 00:11:45.460 --> 00:11:49.120 Day, putting on the slide and putting shaving 00:11:49.120 --> 00:11:54.340 cream over all the needles. Yeah, yeah. Okay, 00:11:54.580 --> 00:11:56.799 that sounds like fun. Just like for funsies, 00:11:56.820 --> 00:11:58.679 you're just like, here, spray you all with shaving 00:11:58.679 --> 00:12:03.360 cream. Kind of. Kind of, yeah, okay. That sounds 00:12:03.360 --> 00:12:08.850 cool. And I love that they get to go to camp 00:12:08.850 --> 00:12:11.169 in the summer and have these great experiences. 00:12:11.250 --> 00:12:14.789 Yeah. And it gives us some time, too, to rest 00:12:14.789 --> 00:12:18.490 as parents and such while they enjoy camp. Yeah. 00:12:18.509 --> 00:12:23.669 For sure. For sure. Yeah. What about, like, are 00:12:23.669 --> 00:12:26.029 there things that you, like, learned at camp 00:12:26.029 --> 00:12:28.049 that, like, you remember or you think, like, 00:12:28.090 --> 00:12:29.889 that was really cool? Maybe you, like, learned 00:12:29.889 --> 00:12:32.070 to do something or you, like, learned a new story. 00:12:32.169 --> 00:12:37.389 I actually learned how to do this cool. I forgot. 00:12:37.509 --> 00:12:41.389 It's like a... It's kind of like a bracelet. 00:12:41.570 --> 00:12:43.990 Okay. You take it and then you have two strings, 00:12:44.149 --> 00:12:46.330 two strings, two strings, and then you make a 00:12:46.330 --> 00:12:48.669 braid out of it. Okay, yeah. And then you can 00:12:48.669 --> 00:12:50.850 just turn it into a bracelet. Oh, that's very 00:12:50.850 --> 00:12:57.090 cool. Yeah. I learned a lot of stuff, actually. 00:12:57.350 --> 00:13:02.529 Yeah? I think the best thing I learned is I learned 00:13:02.529 --> 00:13:05.370 how to paddle a board. Oh, that sounds very cool. 00:13:05.820 --> 00:13:09.419 Yeah. Yeah. Okay. And were you, like, the stand 00:13:09.419 --> 00:13:11.159 -up paddleboard, or you were, like, sitting on 00:13:11.159 --> 00:13:15.000 it? I stood up. Wow. I don't know that I could 00:13:15.000 --> 00:13:16.779 do that very well. You have a lot of balance. 00:13:17.480 --> 00:13:21.580 The first time I did that, last year, the year 00:13:21.580 --> 00:13:26.360 before, I tried standing up, but I was with Austin 00:13:26.360 --> 00:13:29.690 on the boat. Okay. He kind of... tipped me over 00:13:29.690 --> 00:13:34.289 into the water. How rude. Silly Austin. I think 00:13:34.289 --> 00:13:37.090 she enjoyed it. Yes, I'm sure. The water is nice 00:13:37.090 --> 00:13:39.570 and cool. The sun is nice and hot. I think it 00:13:39.570 --> 00:13:43.250 worked out okay. Yeah. Okay. What about some 00:13:43.250 --> 00:13:44.769 other things that you've done here at the church? 00:13:44.850 --> 00:13:46.490 I know Carter, you've been part of youth group 00:13:46.490 --> 00:13:48.269 and Alexis, you've been part of kids church. 00:13:48.509 --> 00:13:50.610 Like what have been some of your favorite parts 00:13:50.610 --> 00:13:55.490 of doing those pieces? Probably how I always 00:13:55.490 --> 00:13:59.019 get to help out Megan sometimes. Yeah. and just 00:13:59.019 --> 00:14:02.220 being serious with other kids who are my age. 00:14:03.460 --> 00:14:06.139 Yeah, so you get to, like, meet other kids, which 00:14:06.139 --> 00:14:07.460 we've already sort of said, you know, you're 00:14:07.460 --> 00:14:09.419 really social and really good at that. But then, 00:14:09.419 --> 00:14:11.279 like, you also get to, like, help out, right, 00:14:11.399 --> 00:14:13.639 and take some, like, leadership. That's super 00:14:13.639 --> 00:14:16.519 cool. Yeah. What about you, Carter? What do you 00:14:16.519 --> 00:14:24.539 like about youth group? Again, like, kind of 00:14:24.539 --> 00:14:28.720 how it's a way to, like, just connect with other 00:14:28.720 --> 00:14:30.879 people you might not always get to see outside 00:14:30.879 --> 00:14:34.980 of, like, school or a different community. Yeah. 00:14:35.940 --> 00:14:44.179 And, like, just the way they kind of make you 00:14:44.179 --> 00:14:46.820 feel welcome and, like, how to meet new people. 00:14:46.919 --> 00:14:49.419 And then, obviously, like, all the events and 00:14:49.419 --> 00:14:54.799 stuff. Like, I think this year we went to Activate. 00:14:56.220 --> 00:14:58.639 Couple other places than the big youth retreat. 00:14:58.899 --> 00:15:01.580 Yeah, it's all fun. Yeah. Yeah. So you were on 00:15:01.580 --> 00:15:03.039 the youth retreat last weekend, right? Yeah. 00:15:03.139 --> 00:15:05.919 Yeah. Was there like one highlight for you? Like 00:15:05.919 --> 00:15:12.389 a really cool part? Archery tag was really fun. 00:15:12.549 --> 00:15:16.350 Archery tag. Okay. So I assume you weren't actually 00:15:16.350 --> 00:15:18.730 shooting people with arrows. No, we were. You 00:15:18.730 --> 00:15:22.049 were. Okay. Were they sharp, pointy arrows? No, 00:15:22.049 --> 00:15:23.909 they had like something on the end of it. Oh, 00:15:23.909 --> 00:15:25.990 okay. Okay. So listen, just like... You mean 00:15:25.990 --> 00:15:29.149 suction cones? No. A little bit different. Okay. 00:15:29.289 --> 00:15:31.350 Interesting. That sounds really fun, actually. 00:15:31.549 --> 00:15:37.429 Yeah. Very cool. Yeah. And are there any ways 00:15:37.429 --> 00:15:41.179 that like... being part of trinity at camp or 00:15:41.179 --> 00:15:43.299 youth group or kids church like have helped you 00:15:43.299 --> 00:15:46.639 to learn more things about jesus or like did 00:15:46.639 --> 00:15:50.460 like have a better relationship with jesus uh 00:15:50.460 --> 00:15:55.000 yeah i think while the leaders try to keep it 00:15:55.000 --> 00:15:57.519 like as fun as possible and keep the kids into 00:15:57.519 --> 00:16:00.940 it they still find good ways to enter integrate 00:16:00.940 --> 00:16:04.519 like lessons about god or jesus into it so you 00:16:04.519 --> 00:16:09.220 still learn a lot about your faith while also 00:16:09.220 --> 00:16:12.940 having fun with it. Okay. Very cool. Yeah. What 00:16:12.940 --> 00:16:15.179 about you, Alexis? What do you think? Are there 00:16:15.179 --> 00:16:19.399 ways you've learned things about Jesus? Probably 00:16:19.399 --> 00:16:26.820 all the times in camp where they've made us listen 00:16:26.820 --> 00:16:29.580 to stories and they'll go back and talk about 00:16:29.580 --> 00:16:33.850 it. It's actually teached me a lot. Yeah, for 00:16:33.850 --> 00:16:38.230 sure. Yeah, and I know, like, maybe, no, just 00:16:38.230 --> 00:16:40.730 earlier this year, I think, right? You got baptized? 00:16:42.169 --> 00:16:44.610 Actually, last year. Last year? Okay. Yeah, I 00:16:44.610 --> 00:16:47.169 couldn't quite remember. Yeah. This year, I got 00:16:47.169 --> 00:16:49.110 confirmed. This year, you got confirmed. Last 00:16:49.110 --> 00:16:50.889 year, you got baptized. Right. Okay. Yeah, yeah, 00:16:50.970 --> 00:16:53.649 yeah. Yeah, and so, like, that, how do you think 00:16:53.649 --> 00:16:55.370 that, like, being part of Kids Church helped 00:16:55.370 --> 00:17:01.480 you to, like, make that decision? probably just 00:17:01.480 --> 00:17:07.640 learning about how Jesus protects all the kids 00:17:07.640 --> 00:17:11.119 and how he helps people through it so I just 00:17:11.119 --> 00:17:14.759 felt like I want to do that yeah yeah I know 00:17:14.759 --> 00:17:18.599 that's awesome for sure yeah and Jen when you 00:17:18.599 --> 00:17:21.180 think about like this church family and your 00:17:21.180 --> 00:17:24.079 family like how have you seen these two things 00:17:24.079 --> 00:17:26.220 interact like how has Trinity sort of helped 00:17:26.220 --> 00:17:31.099 your family if I think back to Life before Camp 00:17:31.099 --> 00:17:35.640 Trinity, when my kids first came, I had a longing. 00:17:35.700 --> 00:17:39.380 I knew that there was a sense of community that 00:17:39.380 --> 00:17:43.660 my family was, I was looking for, that I wanted 00:17:43.660 --> 00:17:49.259 to have to bring, welcome my family into. For 00:17:49.259 --> 00:17:52.480 me, Camp Trinity was a gateway when Alexis and 00:17:52.480 --> 00:17:54.759 Carter came home and they told us about Family 00:17:54.759 --> 00:17:57.660 Week. Actually, it was just me who said that. 00:17:57.819 --> 00:17:59.700 Yeah, it was you. You were like, we need to go 00:17:59.700 --> 00:18:03.480 to Camp Sunday. And so in we came, and I'll never 00:18:03.480 --> 00:18:06.500 forget the first sermon was so meaningful. Rob 00:18:06.500 --> 00:18:09.720 has a way of delivering sermons from my perspective 00:18:09.720 --> 00:18:12.339 and just divine timing for when I need them in 00:18:12.339 --> 00:18:15.299 life. And that first sermon gave my husband, 00:18:15.460 --> 00:18:19.279 Colin, and I a lot of interesting, topics for 00:18:19.279 --> 00:18:21.759 conversation and that was a such an enjoyable 00:18:21.759 --> 00:18:24.700 opening experience that had us start coming and 00:18:24.700 --> 00:18:27.380 more frequently now we also balance with hockey 00:18:27.380 --> 00:18:31.240 sundays during certain seasons of the year but 00:18:31.240 --> 00:18:34.599 uh we've now i think as carter said it was probably 00:18:34.599 --> 00:18:37.779 about four years ago and now all of the ministries 00:18:37.779 --> 00:18:40.420 and the the opportunity to be involved in community 00:18:40.420 --> 00:18:43.720 to contribute to give and receive yeah within 00:18:43.720 --> 00:18:47.839 trinity and the the the way in which that our 00:18:47.839 --> 00:18:51.059 family has felt so welcomed here there's a fullness 00:18:51.059 --> 00:18:53.859 now that if i think four years ago there was 00:18:53.859 --> 00:18:57.339 a longing that yeah i don't have that same sense 00:18:57.339 --> 00:19:00.059 so yeah a lot of gratitude for sure yeah part 00:19:00.059 --> 00:19:02.519 of the trinity community yeah and like getting 00:19:02.519 --> 00:19:05.490 to meet new people and being part of Like your 00:19:05.490 --> 00:19:07.930 family is sort of part of a bigger family, right? 00:19:08.029 --> 00:19:11.009 We've contributed. I've brought the, we've contributed 00:19:11.009 --> 00:19:13.289 to the meals, the community meals and cleaning 00:19:13.289 --> 00:19:16.670 up. And this, the end of May, Carter and I are 00:19:16.670 --> 00:19:20.589 going to serve at the community meal as well. 00:19:21.099 --> 00:19:23.500 well you have taekwondo so you'll join us after 00:19:23.500 --> 00:19:28.299 Alexis she's saying what about me mom and as 00:19:28.299 --> 00:19:30.980 well I'm meeting with Sally today I'll do some 00:19:30.980 --> 00:19:34.660 more welcoming of people to give back the way 00:19:34.660 --> 00:19:39.019 I felt welcome when I came and yeah and the women's 00:19:39.019 --> 00:19:41.099 ministry just different ways that we've had touch 00:19:41.099 --> 00:19:43.819 bases that I've really enjoyed and Alpha how 00:19:43.819 --> 00:19:46.019 could I forget Alpha Alpha program too it was 00:19:46.019 --> 00:19:51.950 incredible yeah yeah so Like, what are some ways, 00:19:52.069 --> 00:19:53.869 so mom was just saying, you know, that you guys 00:19:53.869 --> 00:19:55.609 have been involved in, like, confining meals, 00:19:55.890 --> 00:19:58.130 and I know, Carter, you've done some help on, 00:19:58.170 --> 00:20:00.049 like, the media team and stuff like that, too. 00:20:00.289 --> 00:20:03.109 So, like, what do you guys like about, you know, 00:20:03.150 --> 00:20:05.029 like, volunteering or serving with the church 00:20:05.029 --> 00:20:12.970 family? I guess it's just how it kind of brings 00:20:12.970 --> 00:20:16.509 us even closer to the community here. Sure. And 00:20:16.509 --> 00:20:21.539 how we can give back for, to and for all the 00:20:21.539 --> 00:20:24.579 people who have been kind and welcoming to us. 00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:28.380 Sure. Yeah. Yeah. That's beautiful. Yeah. What 00:20:28.380 --> 00:20:31.259 would you say, Alexis? Like, yeah. Probably the 00:20:31.259 --> 00:20:35.019 same thing that Carter said. Also to bring to 00:20:35.019 --> 00:20:39.279 know people in the community and to bring us 00:20:39.279 --> 00:20:42.839 closer to and meet new people that we can just 00:20:42.839 --> 00:20:46.710 know more about. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. yeah 00:20:46.710 --> 00:20:49.309 there's like i i love this sense that i'm sort 00:20:49.309 --> 00:20:50.710 of getting from you guys that you're like very 00:20:50.710 --> 00:20:53.130 people people right you you want to like help 00:20:53.130 --> 00:20:55.470 people and serve people and get to know people 00:20:55.470 --> 00:20:59.029 and that's that's awesome um yeah are there things 00:20:59.029 --> 00:21:01.990 that like you've sort of learned as you've been 00:21:01.990 --> 00:21:04.069 doing some of that work like when you were doing 00:21:04.069 --> 00:21:05.990 like media stuff did you like learn how to do 00:21:05.990 --> 00:21:09.829 something yeah cool um i learned how to switch 00:21:09.829 --> 00:21:15.910 camera angles with um like um it was like a soundboard 00:21:15.910 --> 00:21:19.450 but it didn't um it didn't use sounds yeah it 00:21:19.450 --> 00:21:25.690 just had these buttons during like the songs 00:21:25.690 --> 00:21:29.670 we could like go to like the piano the singers 00:21:29.670 --> 00:21:35.869 um the drums um guitar bass um and we get like 00:21:35.869 --> 00:21:38.150 all different angles we can ask the people actually 00:21:38.150 --> 00:21:41.549 recording to zoom in and zoom out But yeah. That's 00:21:41.549 --> 00:21:43.690 very cool. Yeah. There was a lot of gratitude 00:21:43.690 --> 00:21:46.549 to Alex for welcoming Carter into that. Carter, 00:21:46.569 --> 00:21:49.150 what was the, come on, just share with us what 00:21:49.150 --> 00:21:51.369 we said at home. No fun allowed. What was the 00:21:51.369 --> 00:21:54.029 title we called you when you got that first job? 00:21:54.349 --> 00:21:59.309 Come on. Assistant to the assistant? AV manager? 00:21:59.529 --> 00:22:01.950 What was it? Something like that. We had a lot 00:22:01.950 --> 00:22:04.710 of fun. But Carter really, so Alex, thank you 00:22:04.710 --> 00:22:09.109 for that. Yeah. Yeah. And if he's not done, he'll 00:22:09.109 --> 00:22:12.309 be back from the red shirt. I want to call him 00:22:12.309 --> 00:22:17.029 Little A .V. Okay. Because he was younger doing 00:22:17.029 --> 00:22:20.309 the A .V., so I want to call him that. Little 00:22:20.309 --> 00:22:23.990 A .V., yeah. That's a good nickname, too. Yeah. 00:22:25.049 --> 00:22:27.789 So what do you think about, like, you all get 00:22:27.789 --> 00:22:29.869 to come to church together on a Sunday morning? 00:22:29.970 --> 00:22:31.910 Like, do you think that there's something special 00:22:31.910 --> 00:22:33.609 about that or something that you really like 00:22:33.609 --> 00:22:38.680 about that? Yes. yeah so throughout most of the 00:22:38.680 --> 00:22:46.140 year um like october through around april um 00:22:46.140 --> 00:22:49.700 we don't usually get to come as a family because 00:22:49.700 --> 00:22:53.740 um my hockey team operates practices from like 00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:59.480 8 30 or 9 30 a .m they're like to 10 30 and then 00:22:59.480 --> 00:23:01.880 getting undressed until around 11 yeah right 00:23:01.880 --> 00:23:04.599 so we don't get to make it a lot but the odd 00:23:04.599 --> 00:23:08.079 time out we do um and like all four of us come 00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:11.359 it's just different like i can there's i can 00:23:11.359 --> 00:23:13.500 feel there's something different there okay yeah 00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:17.480 yeah yeah what were you gonna say alexis probably 00:23:17.480 --> 00:23:21.720 just kind of coming here with my family means 00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:27.319 a lot to me And just to see them all happy being 00:23:27.319 --> 00:23:30.700 here and just learning about Jesus. Yeah, yeah, 00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:33.240 yeah. It's that chance where you all get to do 00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:35.079 something together, right? And that's really 00:23:35.079 --> 00:23:38.740 cool. What would you sort of add to that? Yeah, 00:23:38.839 --> 00:23:41.700 so it just warms my heart to hear my kids say 00:23:41.700 --> 00:23:43.279 that they can feel it's something different when 00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:45.160 the four of us are doing something together. 00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:48.180 They both have their own unique activities. My 00:23:48.180 --> 00:23:50.200 husband and I have our own things. Carter and 00:23:50.200 --> 00:23:53.700 Colin share hockey. But we move in these patterns, 00:23:53.859 --> 00:23:56.200 whereas Trinity, then Sunday mornings when we 00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:58.740 do come all together, it is this connective space 00:23:58.740 --> 00:24:01.839 where we reflect on how we want to be for the 00:24:01.839 --> 00:24:04.319 week. And, you know, it gives us a grounding 00:24:04.319 --> 00:24:10.269 that we all hear and take in. you know, messages 00:24:10.269 --> 00:24:13.329 of contemplation for how we show up and work 00:24:13.329 --> 00:24:16.589 through the week ahead. It also gives us topics 00:24:16.589 --> 00:24:20.349 of conversation, too, that it's like little stimuli 00:24:20.349 --> 00:24:23.049 throughout the week that I appreciate a lot. 00:24:23.410 --> 00:24:25.589 Yeah, it definitely has brought our family closer 00:24:25.589 --> 00:24:31.970 together, and we value our time with Trinity 00:24:31.970 --> 00:24:37.279 here a lot. Yeah, for sure. Okay, so then when 00:24:37.279 --> 00:24:39.740 you think about your faith, and we talked about, 00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:41.819 you know, like learning about Jesus from being 00:24:41.819 --> 00:24:44.319 part of the church family, but are there ways 00:24:44.319 --> 00:24:47.319 that you think your family, your parents or your 00:24:47.319 --> 00:24:49.839 brother or sister have also helped you to learn 00:24:49.839 --> 00:24:55.559 something about Jesus? Yeah, I think when we 00:24:55.559 --> 00:24:59.619 first started coming to Trinity, like I didn't 00:24:59.619 --> 00:25:02.900 really get it. And I was also really young, so 00:25:02.900 --> 00:25:06.589 it was hard. to, like, kind of make me understand. 00:25:06.710 --> 00:25:10.569 But I think my mom, in particular, kind of, like, 00:25:10.609 --> 00:25:14.210 pushed me in the right way and, like, made the 00:25:14.210 --> 00:25:17.650 effort to show me some stuff. And now I can, 00:25:17.789 --> 00:25:20.430 like, I've learned a lot. Yeah, for sure. Is 00:25:20.430 --> 00:25:22.970 there, like, one certain thing that sort of stands 00:25:22.970 --> 00:25:28.450 out to you? Yeah, just I think I wouldn't have 00:25:28.450 --> 00:25:31.769 agreed to be here right now if it wasn't for 00:25:31.769 --> 00:25:35.500 her showing me, like, the reason to be in this 00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:39.839 community i think the way it's so like open and 00:25:39.839 --> 00:25:43.920 friendly puts a whole nother thing on dude except 00:25:43.920 --> 00:25:46.380 just being in church sure yeah yeah yeah and 00:25:46.380 --> 00:25:48.940 then like now hopefully you like at least like 00:25:48.940 --> 00:25:51.940 it a little bit yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah so like 00:25:51.940 --> 00:25:54.240 maybe at first it was like ah i'm going because 00:25:54.240 --> 00:25:56.079 mom says i need to but now maybe you're like 00:25:56.079 --> 00:25:58.660 oh actually this is kind of fun now it's more 00:25:58.660 --> 00:26:01.859 of a want to relieve and hurry up mom right there 00:26:01.859 --> 00:26:06.480 you go flipping the tables there yeah yeah what 00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:08.359 about for you alexis like how would you say your 00:26:08.359 --> 00:26:14.839 family's helped you learn about jesus For me, 00:26:14.940 --> 00:26:23.980 my mom also teaching us that Jesus saves us kind 00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:28.259 of and telling us all the stories that she's 00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:31.519 had as a little kid growing up with Jesus. Yeah. 00:26:31.940 --> 00:26:34.339 Yeah, for sure. So she's able to like, yeah, 00:26:34.420 --> 00:26:36.740 you don't just learn about Jesus like in the 00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:38.980 stories at kids church. You also get to hear 00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:41.259 stories from your mom. Yeah. Yeah, that's really 00:26:41.259 --> 00:26:44.480 cool. Yeah. What about for you? How have you? 00:26:44.700 --> 00:26:47.539 Well, my faith journey, my kids speak about that. 00:26:47.640 --> 00:26:51.059 Yeah, I had a faith journey early in life and 00:26:51.059 --> 00:26:54.000 then it really was Camp Trinity and my children's 00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:56.299 experience. As I said, they're the greatest teachers 00:26:56.299 --> 00:27:00.400 that brought me back to to Jesus and live like 00:27:00.400 --> 00:27:04.220 Jesus, love like Jesus and lead others to Jesus 00:27:04.220 --> 00:27:08.059 became a way in which I kind of held that within 00:27:08.059 --> 00:27:12.819 myself and within my family. And I've also had, 00:27:12.900 --> 00:27:15.299 here at Trinity, we've had other extended family 00:27:15.299 --> 00:27:19.279 members join us for Alexis' baptism and at other 00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:24.099 occasions. And during our grief, I've used the 00:27:24.099 --> 00:27:30.519 prayer channel recently. And we've had a family 00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:33.339 member who's passed away. We've had some other 00:27:33.339 --> 00:27:36.180 circumstances. 2026 has been a tough year for 00:27:36.180 --> 00:27:39.210 our family. Sure. And I've noticed I've... put 00:27:39.210 --> 00:27:42.890 out for for others in trinity to pray with me 00:27:42.890 --> 00:27:45.670 and being in community versus alone during some 00:27:45.670 --> 00:27:47.589 of these times has really meant a lot and to 00:27:47.589 --> 00:27:52.410 receive the messages back from from people here 00:27:52.410 --> 00:27:54.930 yeah to be seen and witnessed and held during 00:27:54.930 --> 00:27:57.390 these times has really meant a lot yeah yeah 00:27:57.390 --> 00:28:00.450 so a lot of gratitude for for sure that too yeah 00:28:00.450 --> 00:28:03.990 yeah i think it's so cool to sort of see all 00:28:03.990 --> 00:28:08.289 of you as A family within a family, as I said 00:28:08.289 --> 00:28:11.369 before, you know? Yeah. I just want to point 00:28:11.369 --> 00:28:15.809 out with a family member passing away, my mom's 00:28:15.809 --> 00:28:19.829 been really brave about this, and it's just, 00:28:20.009 --> 00:28:22.630 I know it's hard on her right now because it 00:28:22.630 --> 00:28:25.950 was her brother who sadly passed. She's been 00:28:25.950 --> 00:28:29.990 really good, really brave, and she's been handling 00:28:29.990 --> 00:28:32.549 this very well now, and I just want to point 00:28:32.549 --> 00:28:35.529 out how. It's good to do it. Yeah, you have a 00:28:35.529 --> 00:28:38.970 really good mom. I do. I think I've learned a 00:28:38.970 --> 00:28:41.700 lot about. through Jesus, through my faith. And 00:28:41.700 --> 00:28:44.799 with my faith, that's been a rock right now for 00:28:44.799 --> 00:28:48.279 this time. So yeah, I've learned a lot. Well, 00:28:48.839 --> 00:28:50.759 thank you so much, folks. Like I said, it's been 00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:53.140 really fun to sort of hear more about you, learn 00:28:53.140 --> 00:28:55.920 more about your family, but then also how, yeah, 00:28:55.980 --> 00:28:57.779 you're this family within a family. You get to 00:28:57.779 --> 00:29:00.420 be part of this whole community of people that 00:29:00.420 --> 00:29:03.380 all love and support one another. And we all 00:29:03.380 --> 00:29:06.420 grow in Jesus together. So thank you for sharing 00:29:06.420 --> 00:29:09.299 with me today. Thank you. And thank you for tuning 00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:11.740 in. into this week's episode of Trinity Talks. 00:29:11.740 --> 00:29:14.660 Whatever family situation you find yourself in, 00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:16.819 whether you are a single person or part of a 00:29:16.819 --> 00:29:19.420 large family or a small family, I pray that you 00:29:19.420 --> 00:29:22.000 are able to find yourself within the family of 00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:24.779 God and find a community where you can also really 00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:27.619 be blessed and be a blessing to others. And we 00:29:27.619 --> 00:29:28.680 will see you again next week.