Katie and Jessica sit down with Ryan Lambros who shares his story of growing up at Center Church, located in Gilbert Arizona. Rumors were spread about him while he was in college that effected his relationships with family, friends and the church. Intro Music: Moments by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/recoveringsgmer/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/recoveringsgmer/support

CW: Sexual Abuse  Host of the show and founder of the Recovering SGMer Facebook group, Katie Cabaniss-Goodman, sits down with co-host Jessica Prather to share her history with SGC, growing up as a pastor's daughter, purity culture, teen pregnancy, and healing from trauma. Contact: [email protected] Music: Moments by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/recoveringsgmer/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/recoveringsgmer/support

Join us as we talk about some of the more in-depth issues Keith Daukas faced during his time in SGC. He dives into how "wolves protect wolves" when it comes to abusive and unqualified church leadership. Keith's Blog: https://medium.com/outside-the-box-inside-the-book Keith's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo6UnWLHdtXjC8qXPGUEcqw/videos Intro Music: Moments by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/recoveringsgmer/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/recoveringsgmer/support

TW: Sexual Abuse, Suicide  Carrie Daukas shares her story about her time at Grace Community Church in Westminster Colorado.  "I want to tell my story because there is someone else out there who thinks it’s all their fault and it’s not." Keith Daukas' youtube video: https://youtu.be/xWWnQFRiDIY Music: Moments by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/recoveringsgmer/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/recoveringsgmer/support

Part 2 goes more in depth on the relationship the Pymms and Prathers had with the victim. It really sheds some light on how the pastors manipulated that situation and abused their power, which led to broken friendships and distrust of those in leadership. Music: Moments by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/recoveringsgmer/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/recoveringsgmer/support

Stormie and Dallas Pymm join us this week to discuss their time in the Gilbert Arizona church.  Music: Moments by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/recoveringsgmer/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/recoveringsgmer/support

Join us as we discuss the aftermath of the Gilbert episode and update everyone on the future of our podcast! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/recoveringsgmer/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/recoveringsgmer/support

Here in the introduction you’ll hear about the mission of Recovering SGMers. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/recoveringsgmer/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/recoveringsgmer/support

Jessica Prather discusses her experience as a long time member and pastor’s wife at the SGC Gilbert church lead by Rich Richardson. Follow us on twitter or email us to share your story or for any questions or concerns. @recoveringsgmer [email protected] Music: Moments by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/recoveringsgmer/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/recoveringsgmer/support

Liam joins us this week sharing his story of growing up in CLC as a queer, trans person of color. Resources to help LGBTQIA+ youth are below.  www.thetrevorproject.org www.translifeline.org --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/recoveringsgmer/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/recoveringsgmer/support