Across the Table

May (a.k.a. "May-cember") is full of celebrations, ceremonies, milestone moments, and end-of-school-year activities! In Youth Ministry, May marks the transition to summer events and a slower-paced ministry. Join Kevin and Tammy Across The Table as we reflect on our amazing year together, basking in the beauty of what has taken place so far in 2026, and prayerfully anticipating what's just around t...

We are Across The Table this month with our great friend, grown-up church baby, and now devoted Youth Ministry Leadership Team member, Matthew Shealy, talking about living as Sabbath people. In our hyperactive, overcommitted, and dangerously busy culture, Jesus invites us to embrace simplicity, solitude, prayer, and rest. Join us at the Table as we ponder how to faithfully respond to Jesus's count...

We are joined Across The Table by some old and new friends to Centenary's Youth Ministry. David & Kent Magee are public speakers and storytellers who first visited Centenary back in 2024 to share their message of student, family, and community well-being around topics of mental-health, addiction, and recovery. Our new friend, Mary Ivon Montgomery, came to Centenary for the first time this March to...

We all come to faith by 'looking over the shoulder of someone in front of us' (St Francis of Assisi). Join us across the table with our youth-guests, Jack Wall and Mary-Dell Currie, as they re-call what it means to be shepherded through the Confirmation process, to claim Jesus Christ and their faith in HIm as their very own, and what it means to them to be senior high youth-leaders in our covenant...

What does a youth ministry rooted in relationships of "accompaniment" look like? Hear firsthand from two of our beloved seniors, Briggs Brown & Katy Cox, who brought so much experience and wisdom to the table.

In this introductory episode, Tammy and Kevin reflect on the vocation & mission of youth ministry and what it means to foster Beloved community "Across The Table."

Welcome to "Across The Table" where we simply come to the table to share in all things youth-ministry and in all things happening in the lives of teenagers today. We're your youth minister hosts, Tammy Pollock and Kevin Garrity, and we're so glad to BE sitting at the table with you. We hope you'll find rest & belonging Across The Table with us -- as we discern and discover what it means "To love y...