<![CDATA[Substack Seminary: Videos]]>https://www.substackseminary.org/s/videoshttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9JIe!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1a56df47-6165-4fe6-a014-1c8ca13f85f0_1125x1125.pngSubstack Seminary: Videoshttps://www.substackseminary.org/s/videosSubstackWed, 08 Apr 2026 13:41:50 GMT<![CDATA[Video: Substack Seminary Q1 wrap up]]>https://www.substackseminary.org/p/substack-seminary-q1-wrap-uphttps://www.substackseminary.org/p/substack-seminary-q1-wrap-upThu, 19 Feb 2026 21:19:09 GMTCathie Caimano and Sierra Ward wrap up Q1 of Substack Seminary


Reflection on Substack Seminary’s First Quarter:

  • Cathie asks Sierra for feedback on the first quarter of Substack Seminary: what was good, what could be better, and what is she looking forward to in Quarter Two.

The Experience of Ministry and Solitude:

  • Sierra shares that as a verbal processor, t…

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]]><![CDATA[Video: Your Ministry Name and Mission]]>https://www.substackseminary.org/p/your-ministry-name-and-missionhttps://www.substackseminary.org/p/your-ministry-name-and-missionThu, 12 Feb 2026 21:45:42 GMTSubstack Seminary Livestream 2.12.26

Participants:

Substack Seminary: Week 5

Theme: The Institutional Church and its relation to individual ministries.I. Introduction and Setting the Theme

  • Welcome and introduction to the Substack Seminary weekly questions.

  • Introduction of Sierra Ward as the guest practitioner, discussing the theme of the quarter: the ins…

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]]><![CDATA[Video: How is your ministry agile, networked, and technology-based?]]>https://www.substackseminary.org/p/how-is-your-ministry-agile-networkedhttps://www.substackseminary.org/p/how-is-your-ministry-agile-networkedThu, 05 Feb 2026 21:28:48 GMT

Questions for the week:

  1. How is your ministry agile? (How can it easily change and adapt to changing circumstances?)

  2. How is your ministry networked? (How are you connected with other ministries, and are you avoiding working in a silo?)

  3. How is your ministry technology-based? (How is technology at the center of organizing, administrating, and sharing your min…

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]]><![CDATA[Video: We can start something new - but we need to stay connected.]]>https://www.substackseminary.org/p/q1w3-live-stremhttps://www.substackseminary.org/p/q1w3-live-stremThu, 29 Jan 2026 21:16:30 GMT

Livestream transcript: Sierra Ward and Cathie Caimano 1.29.26

The Week 3 Substack Seminary livestream focused on the challenges and opportunities of pioneering ‘Cage Free’ ministry while maintaining connection to the church and a sense of authority. The conversation began with the common feeling of doubt: ‘Am I allowed to do this?’ - a fear of being ‘fo…

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]]><![CDATA[Video: God Plays the Long Game]]>https://www.substackseminary.org/p/q1w2https://www.substackseminary.org/p/q1w2Thu, 22 Jan 2026 21:17:27 GMT

Here’s a summary of the conversation and Sierra’s answers to this week’s questions:

Sierra continues to recount her journey in ministry, starting where she left the story last week - Week 1 (watch it HERE). When that pastor left and the church decided she “wasn’t right for them,” she quit her job. She was frustrated but chose to “leap out into thin air,”…

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]]><![CDATA[Video: How the Church is Stuck]]>https://www.substackseminary.org/p/q1-w1-live-streamhttps://www.substackseminary.org/p/q1-w1-live-streamMon, 19 Jan 2026 15:37:33 GMT

… and we’re live!

In our first Substack Seminary live Stream, and I welcome Guest Practitioner to the first Quarter of the program:
How Church is Stuck.

We ask her to reflect on our questions of the week - questions for all of us in our ministry - from the perspective of her own journey and ministry.

Sierra powerfully wrestles with them in the video.


Her…

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]]><![CDATA[Video: How to 'pitch' your ministry]]>https://www.substackseminary.org/p/live-with-fr-cathie-caimanohttps://www.substackseminary.org/p/live-with-fr-cathie-caimanoThu, 11 Dec 2025 21:16:45 GMT

  • Scale and package. If people can’t afford what you do, make a smaller version of it (this includes serving with congregations).

  • Name your ministry - and treat it as its own organization - even if you’re full-time with a congregation.

  • We need to assume we will get paid for ‘side gigs’ as clergy.

  • Membership motivates commitment.

  • Don’t take work that isn’t you…

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