CF Stories

CF Stories is a podcast where we learn more about the people who make up Christ Fellowship of Elizabeth. Our community is filled with people from different walks of life, from doctors to teachers to business owners who all have unique experiences to share. Each week, Elliott Johnson sits down with a new guest and gets to know them, their experiences, what they have been up to, and what lessons they have learned throughout their life. This is who we are, and these are our stories.

Episodes

010: Physical Health and Medicine | Rosario Davidson

September 9, 2021 • 63 mins

This week we sit down with Rosario Davidson, a licensed Physician Assistant here in the City of Elizabeth to discuss her journey into the medical field and what she has learned along the way. We learn how, when she was in high school, she had no interest in the medical field or any of the sciences at all. She had a very different interest, but different things in her life drastically shifted what she would study in college and wher...

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009: Tomorrow Matters (Live)

September 2, 2021 • 53 mins

This week is a special live recording of CF Stories. Elliott sat down with a panel of Christ Fellowship members who are experts in different areas of the financial industry in order to learn how we can be responsible stewards with our finances so that we can live in a way that will support us and our families for decades to come. Because tomorrow matters. This is Emmanuel Bloomfield-Jones, Anthony Joseph, Kirk Nelson, and Ashley Ti...

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008: Generations: Gen Z

August 26, 2021 • 63 mins

They're not kids anymore! Well, some of them anyway. This is part 3 of our "generations" series, and this week we're talking to Generation Z. Welcome to the generation who never knew a world without Google, is offended by peanuts, and whose goal it is to meme-ify everything. This week Elliott sits down with two Christ Fellowship members who fall into the Gen Z category -- Maressa Bento and Kaleb Boyd. Generation X ...

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007: Generations: Gen Y (Millennials)

August 19, 2021 • 64 mins

We're continuing our Generations series, and this time we're jumping forward to the 1990's and the Millennial generation. Millennials are the first digital natives in our world. Yes, they know how the Internet works, created social media, and have an unexplainable affinity for avocado toast, but they also have a much deeper story to tell. Generation Y, more commonly known as "Millennials," is the generational c...

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006: Generations: Gen X

August 12, 2021 • 63 mins

It's time to go back in time! This is part 1 of a 3-part series on "generations." This week we are sitting down with three members of our community who are part of Gen X. We explore what made Gen Xers who they are, reminisce about life in the 80s, and learn what makes the MTV generation so special. Generation X is the generational classification for anyone born between 1965 and 1980. This week, representing Gen X, we ta...

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005: Creatively, pt II: God on Stage | Luis Tirado

August 5, 2021 • 59 mins

"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players..." What does it mean to embrace your calling in the performing arts, and where does God exist in the midst of it? This week, Elliott sits down with Luis Tirado. Luis has been a part of the church since the beginning. He was part of the original Bridge leadership team, serving our youth, and today he is a full-time employee of Christ Fellowship and the c...

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004: Creatively, pt I: God on Canvas | April Watkins

July 29, 2021 • 54 mins

Creativity in ingrained within each of us. For some it flows out easier, but we all have the capability of creating. This episode is part one of a two-part series on creativity. This week, Elliott sits down with April Watkins, an artist and painter who grew up in the church and was a part of Christ Fellowship right from the very beginning. Her father, Bill Rimondi, was one of the founding pastors of Christ Fellowship. She grew up i...

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003: Mental Health | Samantha Ariza

July 22, 2021 • 50 mins

Many of us are focused on our health. Most of the time, when we think of the word "health," we think of it in a purely phisiological way. But our mental health is just as important for our well being as our physical health is. This week, Elliott sits down with Samantha Ariza to discuss mental health. Samantha is a mental health clinician as well as a college professor who works to help people deal with the mental health iss...

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002: Wellness and Nutrition | Sonia Joseph

July 15, 2021 • 57 mins

Sonia Joseph has been a part of the Christ Fellowship community for over ten years. In the past, she has served in our youth ministry, with our women's ministry, and is currently on stage every Sunday playing keyboard in our worship band. Outside of the church, she is also a middle school Science teacher in the city. Recently, she became a certified nutritionist and started her own business. This week, Elliott sits down with So...

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001: Clap 2 This | Harold Boyd

July 8, 2021 • 50 mins

If you are a member of Chist Fellowship of Elizabeth, then you've seen Pastor Harold. He's up on stage every week, leading our community in worship. In fact, he's been up there every week since Christ Fellowship began. But his story goes back much further than that. This week, Elliott sits down with Pastor Harold to hear his story about how he is the "newest" pastor in Christ Fellowship but also not the newest, ...

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