{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"All things…Episcopal","title":"Bonus Episode: ATE in the Wild: Love from Episcopal Summer Mega Camp","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2119,"description":"In this episode, we dive into the winding path from Episcopal summer camps to college campus ministries with guests who’ve lived the journey. From first-time campers to seasoned student leaders, they share how early nudges (or outright shoves!) into camp life planted seeds of faith, community, and identity.\nWe explore how those formative summer experiences shaped their spirituality and how stepping into college brought both challenges and opportunities for growth. Did Episcopal campus ministry help bridge the gap? How did community, ritual, and relationship carry over—or shift—in a university setting?\n✨ Topics We Cover:\n\nFirst steps into Episcopal summer camp: choice or calling?\nHow camp shaped early ideas of faith and belonging\nThe transition from s’mores and songs to syllabi and stress\nGrounding faith through campus ministry in times of big questions\nMoments of challenge and transformation, both at camp and on campus\nLifelong spiritual practices and habits that stuck around\nCommunity vibes: campfire circles vs. college chaplaincy couches\nSeeing yourself—and your calling—through the lens of these experiences\nDreaming big for the future of camps and campus ministries (yes, snacks included!)\nAdvice for anyone unsure about jumping into these sacred spaces\n\nAbout the Hosts\n\nClare Stern-Burbano (she/her) is a member of the laity and currently a college, youth, and children’s minister at a parish in Kansas City, MO and third-year seminarian at Univ. of Dubuque Theological Seminary and a candidate for Anglican Studies at Bishop Kemper School for Ministry. She hopes of one day becoming an Episcopal priest and is discerning in the Diocese of Kansas. Clare comes from an interfaith family and found a spiritual home in the Episcopal Church when she was nine years old. \n\n\nGuest Bio: \n\nJosh McCall (he/him)\nJosh is a rising sophomore at Wichita State Univ. studying Special Music Education. He is originally from Overland Park, KS and attended St. Thomas the Apostle (Dio. KS)....","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/hsfZR5WCDH8k-ArapwJdeSbyGPMCmKnVqURnRO798_k/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM4ODE3LzE3MDU0/MjcxMzgtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}