
Episode #1
KTS: Kyle Hoffsmith
As a little boy in central Pennsylvania, Kyle Hoffsmith couldn't be understood without his brother translating for him. One of the songs he practiced in speech therapy to get his hard G's right was "God Is So Good." Today he spends his days talking to teenagers and their parents about exactly that. Kyle is Pastor of Family Ministry at Old North Church. He came into this conversation cold, without seeing a single question in advance. Bruce asks him why he left Pennsylvania for Canfield, how Jenna fits into his story. They also get into his new book, Youth Ministry & the Vine (Matthias Media), and its argument that programs are the trellis while students are the vine. Along the way Kyle reacts to old family photos and shares a few things about growing up in Hershey, PA. Know Thy Shepherd is a conversation series from Old North Church introducing the people who shepherd our congregation.


