The Journey Parent Podcast

Guest: Katie McDonald, PCA’s Senior Director of Marketing and Communications   Parents, thank you for listening to The Journey, PCA’s parent podcast - we just went over 10,000 downloads for the podcast, which is awesome!  Parents, YOU are our best means of communicating all that is happening here at PCA - and we want to hear from you - we would love for you to take our PCA Podcast Parent Survey an...

PCA Alumni: Sabeen Toranian (‘19), Colson Burchard (‘20), and Sophie Panetti (‘22)   Sabeen recently graduated from The University of Texas at Austin and will be heading to medical school in the fall. Colson will be a senior at Texas A&M University and is studying supply chain management. Sophie just finished her freshman year at The University of Arkansas and is studying apparel merchandising.  ...

Guest: Hillary Morgan Ferrer   Mama Bear Apologetics: Empowering Your Kids to Challenge Cultural Lies   Mama Bear Apologetics Guide to Sexuality: Empowering Your Kids to Understand and Live Out God’s Design   A “Mama Bear” will do things for her children that she wouldn’t even do for herself. Moms are on the front lines for spiritual warfare - the primary person that children ask questions of - mo...

Guest: Monek’ Smith, wife and mother of two PCA students, founder of MS. Cookie Co.   PCA mom Monek’ Smith has an interesting side hustle - she makes cookies, but that’s sort of an undersell - if we were completely honest, she crafts tiny masterpieces of culinary confections - seriously insane cookies and not only look amazing, but taste great, too! Listen as Monek’ shares her journey from Texas A...

Guests: Brittnye Schroeder and Trisha Ruzynski   PCA Prays is a parent-led organization that covers PCA students, faculty and families in prayer. Each grade level has a prayer coordinator and has monthly meetings where parents can gather together and pray for their students by name. You can also find out information on MyPCA on the PCA Spiritual Life button or on the parent-led Facebook page for e...

Guest: Mark Oestreicher MarkO is a partner in The Youth Cartel , providing services and resources for individual youth workers and organizations. He has been married to Jeannie for 30 years, and has two great kids: Riley (22) and Max (18). Here's The Youth Cartel's website . twitter: @markosbeard instagram: @whyismarko   You can listen to MarkO on Five Minutes with Marko on YouTube.   MarkO - the...

Guest: Jamie Cantrell   How do we train our children to have a healthy lifestyle of good, nutritious food and an active lifestyle? First, assess what you are currently doing in terms of food decisions - look for simple “wins” and adjustments you can make. Second, audit your own eating and exercise habits. What do you currently have in your pantry and refrigerator? What is one thing you can begin t...

Guest: Dr. Pam Merryman, PCA US English teacher   Pam and her sister were the first two students enrolled in First Baptist Academy in Dallas, TX. She not only graduated from First Academy, she became the first alumni to return and teach there as well.   “I never demand any more of my students than I’m willing to give myself.” Dr. Merryman   Dr. Merryman was the force behind bringing Capstone to PC...

Guest: Christine Callander, MSN, APRN, FNP-C   From the earliest age, NP Callander loved playing doctor with her dolls and stuffed animals. However, after looking at many career opportunities, Christine felt called into the healthcare field. She first graduated as a paramedic and then graduated from the University of Texas in Arlington with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Following an exemplary...

Guest: Rick Green   Find out more about the incredible work of Rick Green at the Patriot Academy website.   This episode examines the recent events at Stanford Law School where students rudely refused to listen to a presentation by federal District Judge Kyle Duncan. Judge Duncan was invited to speak to students at Stanford Law by students at The Federalist Society, a student group at most major l...

Guest: Kailee Lockette, North Dallas Christian Counseling   (214) 577-8334 1404 Gables Court Suite 203 Plano, TX 75075 info@NDCcounseling.com   Kailee holds the following certificates from the American School Counselor Association: Mental Health Specialist Training Students with Special Needs Training Trauma and Crisis Management Specialist Training And Kailee is a member of: TCA - Texas Counselor...

Guest: Johnny Farr, Minister to MA2 and Marriage and Families   ONE Marriage Workshop - “How to Biblically Manage Your Finances” Friday, April 14, 5:30–8:00 pm, Plano Campus Saturday, April 15, 5:30–8:00 pm, North Campus   Prestonwood - all things “ Marriage and Family ”   Marriage tips and encouragement - text Marriage to 74788   HomeLife is a resource to help families build faith at home. Whethe...

Guest: Dr. Daryl Jones   Daryl is a dynamic speaker, incredible athlete, outstanding husband and father, and faithful man of God who has been blessed to have served on staff with a number of excellent churches over the years and is now the pastor at The Rock Fellowship in Miami, FL. Daryl and his wife Kamica have seven children and he recently birthed another “baby” (as Daryl calls it) into the fa...

Guest: Clint Davis, M.S., LPC, CSAT, CCTP, EMDR Provider, Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, Certified Sex Addiction Therapist   Clint Davis Counseling & Integrative Wellness Locations in Shreveport, North Bossier, South Bossier, Ruston, and Monroe, LA Office number 318.562.6903   Our children are being exposed to pornography and sexual content through social media and we need to prepare and...

Guest: John Morgan and Candice Meyers John Morgan is the VP of Ministry Programs and has been a part of Sky Ranch since 1988. John was the song guy for Sky Ranch, a counselor, and the Sky 3 & 4 Camp Manager before moving into his current position. John’s family, his wife Amanda, and their four children, are his most important ministry as he loves being a husband and a dad. Candice serves as the VP...

Guest: Dr. Jason Snyder and Tim Matthews Join us for the incredible Jesus Revolution movie screening on Sunday, February 19th at Prestonwood Baptist Church, 6801 W. Park Blvd., Plano, TX 75093. Food for purchase available at Main Street beginning at 4:30 pm, doors to the worship center open at 5:00 pm and the moving will begin promptly at 6:00 pm. Childcare is available up to Kindergarten age by r...

Guest: Megan Rogers, Lauren Aulenbach, and Veronica Erickson   Zig Ziglar Servant Leadership Award Banquet   Sunday evening, April 2nd starting at 6:00 pm (doors open at 5:30 pm). Attire is WESTERN! The event is at The Star in Frisco. The recipient for the award is Michael W. Smith. This is a great event to invite a family that you want to introduce to PCA! Parents, we also need volunteers to help...

Guest: Autumn Higashi Autumn was our speaker for our Sanctity of Life emphasis in chapel. She is involved with an organization called Students for Life and you can listen to more of her sessions on their website or her YouTube channel called Unapologetic . Autumn shared some powerful and plain truths about the development of human life - from conception to a full term baby inside the mother’s womb...

Guest: Ricky Chelette Ricky recently spoke to our parents at the Plano campus and will be giving that same presentation to our parents at the North Campus on Monday, January 30th at 6:45 pm in The Gathering. Invite your friends to join you to come out and hear him in person. Living Hope Ministries As Executive Director, Ricky’s vision, leadership, compassion and passion for truth has helped LHM gr...

Guest: Ricky Chelette ***Ricky will be speaking at PCA for two PCA parent training sessions, first on Monday evening, January 23rd in the SLC on the Plano campus starting at 6:30 pm as well as the following Monday evening, January 30th in The Gathering at the North Campus beginning at 6:45 pm. Childcare is not available for these sessions.*** Living Hope Ministries As Executive Director, Ricky’s v...

Parents, join me as we welcome Maria Bower to PCA where she will serve as our Director of Spiritual Development! You can reach Maria at 972-930-4127 or at mbower@prestonwoodchristian.org   About Maria (from her website): Maria serves as the Director of Spiritual Development, Wellness Coordinator, and as a Biblical Counselor for the  Prestonwood Christian Academy School System.  She is also the fou...

Guest: Tami Peterson, Founder and CEO of Life Architects Life Architects: Designing Solutions for Life and Leadership Tami is a designer by vocation and has been creating lesson plans, curricula, and experiences her whole life. She holds an undergraduate degree in Christian Education from Ozark Christian College in Joplin, MO, and an MA in Leadership, Theology, and Society from Regent College in V...

  Parents, at least once a year, I want to share with our parents an episode from our alumni podcast called LifeTalk for a couple of reasons: first, to let you hear how valuable PCA is to our students especially after they leave our halls and enter the “real world,” but also to remind you that our “journey” with our PCA students and families continues even after a student graduates!   This episode...

  FREEDOM Week is February 1, 3-5, 8   Jason Mick (JMick) and Anthony Vargas (AV) will walk us through everything we need to know to get our students registered and ready for Freedom 2023!   Prestonwood Students exists to REACH our community, the nation, the world, and every generation with the Gospel; to LEARN to grow in an authentic and visible faith; to LOVE those around us with a biblically ba...

November is National Adoption Month - Bryant and Kyndall Forshee were so gracious to let us join them in their journey of adoption so that we can listen and learn...as well as encourage and support them and others on their adoption journey. This is a great episode to listen to over Thanksgiving - hope you are encouraged and inspired by Bryant and Kyndall's faith journey in the adoption process.  ...