In this episode, Dave Taylor sits down with Bellwood staff member, Dave Gorlewski, as they talk about his transition to The Door and the work God has done in his heart and life as he followed God's leading to move his family from Michigan to join The Door team. We trust that hearing his story will help you take big steps of faith with God, trusting that He will guide you to fulfill the mission He has created you to do.

To find out more information about The Door visit: www.thedoorkids.com

What happens when teens grow out of The Door?

We invest a lot of time, energy, and resources into every teen who comes to The Door but, eventually, every teen will graduate high school or move away. When that happens, our role shifts but the care for their heart remains. In this episode Dave and Bill discuss some of the relationships that they have been able to have with adults who came to The Door. There are many emotions, many stories, and many nuances to each of these relationships. Whether you are a youth pastor, serving in children's ministries, or have adult children, you are sure to take away some nuggets of wisdom and/or encouragement from this episode.

To find our more about The Door visit:

www.thedoorkids.com

Over the past four years The Door has had the blessing of sharing over $4 million worth of food to people in need. This certainly wasn't a side of the ministry that we saw coming but it has been essential for us in the critical hour that we find ourselves!

In this episode, Dave and Bill discuss how God extended our reach in this area and some of the steps of faith that were needed to see this distribution reflect the heart of God and help us fulfill our mission to the teens that we serve.

To wind out more about The Door visit: www.thedoorkids.com

Winter Camp is always one of our biggest events of the year and it always comes with a great spiritual harvest. In this episode Dave and Bill bring you into the heart of Winter Camp and share insights about how God showed up in the lives of the teens during Winter Camp 2025.

To find out how to sponsor a teen for our next camp, or to find out more information about The Door, visit:

www.thedoorkids.com

Every leader is called to care for the people that they are leading, but too often that comes at the expense of their own heart. In this episode, Dave and Bill spend some time sharing strategies from how they guard their own heart while leading other people.

Whether you are a leader in a ministry role, in the business world, or in the home. This episode will provide you with the right tools to experience this life well as you care for other people.

------------------------

To find out more about The Door or to donate, visit:

www.thedoorkids.com

------------------------

Click Here to purchase or view the book referenced in this episode: Experience Jesus. Really. by John Eldredge

This will be the last episode this season as we will take some time off recording to allow our team to focus on Summer Camp. Please take this time to listen to some of the other episodes you have missed.

In this episode, Dave and Bill discuss faith's role in what we do at The Door. Here are the Bible verses that were referenced in the episode

James 1:27 "Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you."

Psalm 68:5-6 "Father to the fatherless, defender of widows this is God, whose dwelling is holy. God places the lonely in families; he sets the prisoners free and gives them joy."

2 Peter 1:9 " The person who lacks these things is blind and shortsighted and has forgotten the cleansing from his past sins."

--------------------

To learn more about The Door or to donate, visit:

www.thedoorkids.com

In this episode, Dave and Bill discuss the depth of the assault on the family and how The Door works to intentionally rebuild what has been stolen from many teens.

-------------------

Here is a link to the song referenced in this episode

Kelly Clarkson - Piece by Piece

--------------------

To find out more about The Door or to donate visit:

www.thedoorkids.com

In this episode, Dave and Bill talk about how the meal side of The Door began, offer advice to beginning your own meal ministry, and share what God has taught us over the decades of serving free food to teenagers.

To find out more about The Door Student Services or to donate visit www.thedoorkids.com