EQUIP
EQUIP is a weekly podcast which highlights topics such as godly parenting and Christian education today. We interview voices who are an integral part of the ECS community and dive deep into each topic with the aim to help process life and parent through the lens of Scripture.
The Equip Podcast will help you…
- apply biblical wisdom to your current season of life.
- introduce you to fellow parents and educators in the ECS community.
- start your day off right or make your commute more enjoyable by conveniently accessing through your podcast app.
We encourage you to search ECS Equip in Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts to peruse the more than 160 past episodes available on a variety of relevant topics. New episodes will be posted on this webpage as well as in your podcast app.
Browse weekly episodes in the Equip library below.
A weekly podcast for K-12 Christian educators and parents
The ECS community is excited to welcome our new varsity head football coach Ben Johnson. Coach Johnson joins the podcast to share why coaching at a place with such a rich football tradition is a special opportunity for him and his family. He also discusses how football shaped him and how he desires to go beyond X’s and O’s to use sports as a tool for ministry.
- Equip2025
Class of 2013’s Brent Rooker has some special titles: two-time MLB All-Star, MLB Silver Slugger Award, National and SEC Baseball Player of the Year (2017), etc. However, Christ-follower, husband and father are titles he cherishes the most. In this episode, he recaps what he shared with students in chapel about being a gospel-driven man and how that guides him in leading his family well. He also shares how his faith helped him persevere through challenges to ascend to the high level he is performing at today.
- Equip2025
Executive Director of Streets Ministries Eric Ballentine was a special guest on campus recently to share with students how Jesus changed him from living a life of recklessness to pursuing a life of righteousness.
He also shared how Streets Ministries demonstrates love to underserved youth throughout Memphis and how ECS students can empower their mission during our SOAR Day of Service, February 4, 2026.
- Equip2025
Vallie Collins was one of 155 passengers on U.S. Airways flight 1549, which made an emergency landing on the Hudson River in 2009. Everyone survived. In addition to our podcast, Collins recently spoke to ECS students and women in our community about what God has revealed to her about how to live following the event that brought her so close to death.
- Equip2025
ECS cross country runners join the Equip podcast for a victory lap celebrating their recent boys and girls region championship triumphs this fall season. Seniors Chase Ellingsworth and Griggs Robinson, 8th grader Anderson Cummins (individual Girls Region Champion), and Coach David Boyd share what made this team so special.
- Equip2025
Suggested episodes as examples of the topics covered on ECS Equip:
Lower Elementary Principal Ashley Colley and Lower School Athletic Director Jason Redd join Equip to talk about how they see God moving at our Forest Hill campus with our Little Eagles through fifth graders. Hear how discipleship is being cultivated through the “New City Catechism,” which students are walking through, and how athletics enhances the Lower School student experience.
ECS Early Childhood Principal Cathy Boyd and Pre-Kindergarten teacher Molly Carter discuss how Early Childhood (Little Eagles - Junior Kindergarten) education at ECS helps students set a foundation for flourishing spiritually, academically, socially, and emotionally.
As a part of our Mentoring Moms Partnering with Parents Speaker Series therapist and author Sissy Goff joins ECS Annual Fund director Brandon Artiles on Equip to help parents navigate an issue becoming more prevalent among youth. She guides us in how we can help our children cope with stress and anxiety, while reminding us as parents not to project our own worry on our children.
Annual Fund Director Brandon Artiles interviews three of the top scholars in ECS’ class of 2023. Evie Wages, Luke Ricketts, and Jane Kresnadi share about the great experiences they had, the memories they made, and the teachers that made the greatest impact on their journeys.
Annual Fund Director Brandon Artiles sits down with ECS’ Director of Curriculum Alignment and Worldview John Grant. Dr. Grant wrestles with the question, does Satan have a Christian Worldview”, and does having a Christian worldview result in obedience?