At The Table

October 1st, 2025 Welcome to At The Table, a long-form podcast spotlighting conversations about the intersection of faith and one's work in the world. Hosted by Rev. Dr. Drew Sams, senior pastor at Bel Air Church. In this episode, Drew sits down with Pastor James Byensi. In addition to being the pastor and director of missions and outreach at CECA 20, the 20th planting of the Church of Christ...

Welcome to At The Table, a long-form podcast spotlighting conversations about the intersection of faith and one's work in the world. Hosted by Rev. Dr. Drew Sams, senior pastor at Bel Air Church. In this episode, Drew sits down with Bel Air Church leader Dr. Sophia Apple, a board-certified pathologist (UCLA-trained) and author, to hear the powerful story of how God met her in suffering, shape...

Welcome to At The Table, a long-form podcast spotlighting conversations about the intersection of faith and one's work in the world. Hosted by Rev. Dr. Drew Sams, senior pastor at Bel Air Church. In this episode, Drew sits down with Bel Air Church member Reuben Abootorabi about his evolving prayer life, learning to pray Scripture, and the invitation to intimacy with God that is made possible...

Welcome to At The Table, a long-form podcast spotlighting conversations about the intersection of faith and one's work in the world. Hosted by Drew Sams, senior pastor at Bel Air Church. In this episode, Drew sits down with Jack Sapp, a native Angeleno who, after playing collegiate basketball at UC Irvine, had a career trajectory that took him from being a stock broker in the fast paced envir...

Welcome to At The Table, a long-form podcast spotlighting conversations about the intersection of faith and one's work in the world. Hosted by Drew Sams, senior pastor at Bel Air Church. In this episode, Drew sits down with Drew Friedrich, the Chief Operating Officer of Operation Blessing, one of the largest disaster relief organizations in the world who has partnered with Bel Air Church in t...

Welcome to At The Table, a long-form podcast spotlighting conversations about the intersection of faith and one's work in the world. Hosted by Drew Sams, senior pastor at Bel Air Church. In the wake of the greatest disaster in Los Angeles history, Pastor Drew Sams sits down on location with Pastor Justin Anderson of Calvary Palisades Church in the Pacific Palisades, and Bishop Charles Dorsey...

April 15th, 2025 Welcome to At The Table, a long-form podcast spotlighting conversations about the intersection of faith and one's work in the world. Hosted by Drew Sams, senior pastor at Bel Air Church. In this episode, Drew sits down with Anthony Zimmitti, a prolific custom home builder in Los Angeles who with his wife Gina recently founded Seven Houses, in response to the LA Fires, in orde...

April 8th, 2025 Welcome to At The Table, a long-form podcast spotlighting conversations about the intersection of faith and one's work in the world. Hosted by Drew Sams, senior pastor at Bel Air Church. In this episode, Drew sits down with Talitha Phillips, the CEO of Claris Health to talk about coming alongside women in the complicated and sensitive space of unintended pregnancies in ways th...

April 1st, 2025 Welcome to At The Table, a long-form podcast spotlighting conversations about the intersection of faith and one's work in the world. Hosted by Drew Sams, senior pastor at Bel Air Church. In this episode, Drew sits down with Jillian Kim, the CEO of the Bel Air Ed Group to talk leadership, team building, creating an organization from scratch, and the state of education in Los An...

Welcome to At The Table, a long-form podcast spotlighting conversations about the intersection of faith and one's work in the world. Hosted by Drew Sams, senior pastor at Bel Air Church. Pastor Drew Sams sits down with Hayden Burdge, strength coach and fitness trainer at The Ranch Malibu, regularly awarded one of the top destination wellness retreats in North America. Hayden, a three time fin...

Pastor Drew Sams sits down with Diego Traverso, humanitarian, film maker and Director of International Relief at Operation Blessing. You can find Operation Blessing at their website, OB.org , and on Instagram @operationblessing here: https://www.instagram.com/operationblessing Rent or purchase Diego's documentary film Volviendo on Apple TV here: https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/volviendo/umc.cmc...