The Journey Parent Podcast

Parents, we hope that you listen and learn about the incredible group of PCA counselors that we have on staff at both the Plano and North campus locations. If you only want to listen to the information that relates to the campus where your students are, please see the times listed below and you can simply listen to the time slot for your preferred campus: PCA Plano campus (podcast from :00 - 18:07...

Guest: Allen Parr   PCA’s Biblical Worldview Institute (BWi) theme this year was Anchored in the Faith and was a response to the primary reasons that people give for “deconstructing” (walking away from) their faith. The conference was held on Nov. 1-2 and featured plenary sessions from the following speakers: Dr. Sean McDowell, Alisa Childers, Dr. Scott Stripling, Dr. Craig Evans, Dr. Randy Guliuz...

Guest: Scott Turner, Associate Pastor, Prestonwood Baptist Church   Scott - voting is paramount and has to be a priority! Get EDUCATED on those who are running for office - and vote to advance your worldview!   Who represents me - check out this website , put in your address, find out who your current representatives are.   Mid-term General Election Dates Early voting - Monday, October 24 - Friday...

Guest: Sean McDowell   PCA’s Biblical Worldview Institute theme this year is Anchored in the Faith and is a response to the primary reasons that people give for “deconstructing” (walking away from) their faith. This incredible conference will be held Tuesday, Nov. 1st and Wednesday, Nov. 2nd. Doors open at 8 am and the main sessions are held in the worship center at Prestonwood Baptist Church in P...

Guest: Institute for Creation Research (ICR) PCA’s Biblical Worldview Institute theme this year is Anchored in the Faith and is a response to the primary reasons that people give for “deconstructing” (walking away from) their faith. This incredible conference will be held Tuesday, Nov. 1st and Wednesday, Nov. 2nd. Dr. Randy Guliuzza will be speaking on Wednesday morning for his plenary session and...

Guest: Alisa Childers PCA’s Biblical Worldview Institute theme this year is Anchored in the Faith and is a response to the primary reasons that people give for “deconstructing” (walking away from) their faith. This incredible conference will be held Tuesday, Nov. 1st and Wednesday, Nov. 2nd. Alisa Childers will be speaking on Tuesday morning for her plenary session and Tuesday afternoon for the br...

Guest: Alycia Wood Alycia Wood spoke to our students during the 2017 Biblical Worldview Institute - check out her presentation titled Engaging Your Mind . PCA’s Biblical Worldview Institute (BWi) theme this year is "Anchored in the Faith" and is a response to the primary reasons that people give for “deconstructing” (walking away from) their faith. This incredible conference will be held Tuesday,...

Guest: The Honorable Matt Shaheen, Texas State Representative, District 66 Student Leadership Institute (SLi) is a leadership training program for Upper School students to train our students how to think critically, engage and debate ideas, and present their solutions to an audience. Each year we select a current cultural issue and this year our PCA students are wrestling with SOGI (Sexual Orienta...

Guest: Mike Beeson, Minister of Missions, Prestonwood Baptist Church   Minimester registration will be available as follows:  Seniors - Sunday, September 25, 9:00 p.m. to Monday, September 26, 9:00 a.m. Juniors - Tuesday, September 27, 9:00p.m. to Wednesday, September 28, 9:00 a.m. Sophomore & Freshman - Thursday, September 29, 9:00 p.m. to Friday September 30, 9:00 a.m.   A trip deposit of $300 f...

Guest: Dr. Katie Chretien, PCA Plano Lower School Principal PCA has undergone an intensive examination of the books and resources that our students have access to especially in the Lower School library. Resources must be age appropriate in their language, imagery, and ideas communicated to our students. Dr. Chretien shares about the work being done at the Lower School library at the Plano campus,...

Thanks to Marcus Schreiner (PCA’s Director of Development) , Megan Rogers (PCA North’s Director of Development Relations), and Lauren Aulenbach (PCA’s Director of Annual Funds) for talking about the opportunities to support PCA, PCA North, St. Timothy Christian Academy and The King’s Academy through North Texas Giving Day (NTGD) - open now until September 22, 2022. To give, check out the NTGD webs...

Guest: Andy Pearson, Director of NextGen Choirs and Creative Arts, Prestonwood Baptist Church A product of Prestonwood, Andy cut his proverbial acting and dancing teeth in Branson, MO doing shows and then beginning to produce shows while in high school! He’s literally been working with Prestonwood for over 20 years…and he’s only 40 years old now! Andy and his wife Lauren are proud PCA parents of t...

Dr. Jeremiah Johnston, retreat speaker Parents, we had an incredible time at our PCA Upper School retreat at Sky Ranch last week. The atmosphere was electric and the teaching and training time with our students was epic! This episode will hopefully give you a little taste of what our US students experienced at retreat - lots of activities, grade level meetings, incredible worship and solid Biblica...

Guest: Dr. Joe McIlhaney [Mature Theme] Joe McIlhaney, MD is the Founder and Chairman of The Medical Institute for Sexual Health. He founded this organization in 1992, and left his medical practice of twenty-four years to become President of the organization in 1995. He is from Lubbock, TX and graduated from Texas Technological College (now Texas Tech University) in 1957. He graduated from Baylor...

Guest: Dan Panetti, PCA Worldview Director New Staff Presentation 2022 First, we need to address what the goal of education really is: A liberal-arts education is supposed to provide you with a value system, a standard, a set of ideas, not a job.  Caroline Bird The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to train it to the use of its own powers, rather than fill it...

Guest: Dr. Mike Goddard , Superintendent, Prestonwood Christian Academy School System “ALL IN” School-wide Theme for 2022-23 Jesus answered, “The most important is, “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.” Mark 12:29-30 Dr. Goddard decided to look at his life and ev...

Levi’s Locker Special thanks to Toby Graham and Kelly Walsh - our directors for Levi’s Locker, the PCA Spirit Store! And a huge shout out to Katie McDonald PCA’s Director of Communications and Web - who is the biggest fan of all the incredible work that Toby and Kelly are doing! To learn more about Levi’s Locker and check out all the incredible things they offer, visit their website and social med...

Guest: Dr. Karla Hale Gerdes www.drhalegerdes.com 972-248-4673 Office location: 5168 Village Creek Dr., Suite 200, Plano, TX 75093 Karla Hale Gerdes, Ph. D. is a licensed psychologist, specializing in psychotherapy for individuals and couples. She is dual licensed as a marriage/family therapist and has been in private practice for almost 30 years, with extensive experience working with adolescents...

Guest: Dr. Karla Hale Gerdes www.drhalegerdes.com 972-248-4673 Office location: 5168 Village Creek Dr., Suite 200, Plano, TX 75093 Karla Hale Gerdes, Ph. D. is a licensed psychologist, specializing in psychotherapy for individuals and couples. She is dual licensed as a marriage/family therapist and has been in private practice for almost 30 years, with extensive experience working with adolescents...

Guest: Ryan Bangert, Alliance Defending Freedom Hope y’all have a wonderful 4th of July! On July 4th, Americans celebrate the passage of the Declaration of Independence, which reads in part: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness....

Continuing with our summer theme for the past few weeks, we spend some time getting to know the new head football coach for PCA Donnie Yantis. 

Great opportunity to meet our new PCA Athletic Director Brian Brazil and his wife Birdie, who will be serving our PCA community as an assistant in the athletic office!

Guest: Chae and Judy No Chae and Judy No have four children (and a foreign exchange student living with them) Children: Josiah - named after a king of Israel (entering Middle School next year, 5th grade) Jeremiah - every king needs a prophet! (will be in 4th grade) Charissa - means charisma (going into 1st grade in the fall) Christelle - means a follower of Christ (coming into Pre-K 3 in the fall)...

Guest: Chef Shaun Vaughn, SAGE Dining To learn more about SAGE Dining, visit their website or download their Touch of SAGE app. Parents - encourage your students to TRY the incredible variety offered by SAGE Dining at PCA SAGE prepares food for 1700 people every day at PCA - and they take into account the varieties of allergies or food sensitivities. SAGE sources from four different vendors includ...

Guest: Dr. Jim Wicker  Professor of New Testament, Southwest Baptist Theological Seminary jwicker@swbts.edu Tips Start small. Use a simple plan for 1 month. Read a chapter in Proverbs each day (31 chapters). It is easy to remember which one. Read a chapter in Matthew each day (28 chapters). You will have 2-3 catch up days. Read a chapter in Acts each day (28 chapters). You will have 2-3 catch up d...