While at the Horizon Texas Unifying Conference in Abilene, Rev. Daniel Hawkins invited Rev. Todd Salzwedel, Rev. Danielle Kim and Rev. Ruben Saenz III to a friendly essentials draft pick of what they want to see in the new Horizon Texas Conference. Tune in as they pick where they want the next annual Conference to be, their favorite strategic priority, and which cabinet member they would like to have a beverage with. Let us know who you think had the best draft pick!

This week POD Strangely Warmed journeyed all the way to Abilene for the Horizon Texas Unifying Conference! It's finally here, and Rev. Daniel Hawkins tracks down Jordan Cramer and learns what he's looking forward to in the new unified conference, Lisa Peterson tells about her experiences from the Northwest Texas Conference and the work she will be doing as a Co-Lay Leader of the unified conference, Rev. Ricky Harrison welcomes us all to Abilene, we meet one of our up and coming students, Keaton, who tells us about his favorite experience from camp this summer, and of course no podcast on the road is complete without running into Rev. Marcus Jones!

Just a few days away from the Horizon Texas Unifying Conference, Rev. Daniel Hawkins reminisces with Bishop Rubén Sáenz Jr. and Rev. Andy Lewis about the journey our legacy conferences have been on leading up to now. The Bishop gives us a peek into what's to come next as we're always moving toward the Horizon.

No, we're not in math class; however, on this episode, we meet three-sevenths (or .42857143) of the team whose main priority is to Multiply Jesus Followers. Rev. Dr. Owen Ross, Director of Multiplication, in addition to Rev. Stacey Piyakhun and Rev. Derek Jacobs tell Rev. Daniel Hawkins about their positive church plants and how God's been preparing them for this work of multiplying disciples in the Horizon Texas Conference.

This is week four of meeting the leadership that is taking us on a journey to the Horizon Texas Conference. Rev. Daniel Hawkins sits down with Rev. Joy Dister-Dominguez and Rev. Andrew Fiser, part of our Care and Healing team, to learn how this team plans to Maximize Care and Healing in the new Horizon Texas Conference.

We're in our third week of meeting the leadership that is taking us on a journey to the Horizon Texas Conference. This week, Rev. Daniel Hawkins is joined by two of our District Superintendents, Rev. Tom Long and Rev. Cassie Wade, to talk about their experiences in their legacy conferences and what they're excited to see on the Horizon.

Over the next few weeks, you're invited to journey to the Horizon with Rev. Daniel Hawkins as he sits down with the leadership of the new Horizon Texas Conference. This week, we get to learn more about the Director of Communications, Pam Hughes, and the rest of the Horizon Texas Conference communications team Trey West and Dustin Kaps.

Over the next few weeks, you're invited to journey to the Horizon with Rev. Daniel Hawkins as he sits down with the leadership of the new Horizon Texas Conference. This week, we hear from the Director of Diversity and Cultural Engagement, Dr. Major Boglin, and the Associate Director, Rev. Andrew Fiser.

School is starting for our children and youth and our college students are getting ready to head back to campus. We are revisiting an episode from this time last year when Daniel visits with Two of our Wesley Executive Directors Rev. Marcus Jones from UTA and Rev. David McMinn from UT about their college ministries and how churches can best re-accept their college students back into their congregations.

As summer is wrapping up and everyone is getting back to school, our friends Lynne Rhodes, Elizabeth Sin, and London Shannon from Project Transformation tell us about all the exciting things that happened this summer at their various churches and how your church can get more involved next summer with Project Transformation. To learn more, you can visit  https://projecttransformation.org/central-texas/