Creatives' Pier - July '24 In this episode, Scott is joined by Jarrett Moses and first-time guest Mike Weatherbe to talk about the Creatives’ Pier Outdoor Open Mic and Artist Showcase. The event took place at Venice Island Performing Arts Center on August 27th, 2024. The episode begins with Mike introducing himself to the podcast audience while Sco…

2 Lines Anniversary - August '24 In this episode, Scott is joined by Greg Snow, and first-time guest Simone Wesley to talk about the 2 Lines Philly anniversary showcase, which took place on August 17th, 2024. The episode begins centering on 2 Lines Philly’s overall journey and Simone’s personal story of how she became a part of the team. During the…

AgapeFest - June '24 In this episode, Scott is joined by Diomer and two first-time guests Craig Watson and Maria Balch to talk about the AgapeFest event. Partway through the episode they are also joined by Austin Hall. Both Maria & Austin help lead the team that hosts and facilitates AgapeFest. AgapeFest is a multi-day Christian Music festival that…

WeGoLive - May '24 In this episode, Scott is joined by Greg Snow, Sergine, and first-time guest Red Lion to talk about Ripe Poetry’s week-long trip to Houston Texas to perform spoken word as a team. The episode focuses mainly on the crew's performance at WeGoLive on Friday, May 24th, 2024. The episode begins with telling the backstory of how Red Li…

Creatives' Co-Bill ft. Anh Thai and Leah Wrenne - May '24 In this episode, Scott is joined by Jarrett, Leah Wrenne, and Anh Thai to talk about the Creatives’ Concert Co-Bill event that featured the two guest artists and Emma Nissen. The event was hosted at The Story Factory PHL on Tuesday, May 14th, 2024. The episode begins with telling the backsto…

Refresh Conference - April '24 In this episode, Scott is joined by Jarrett and first-time guest Meghan DeHaven to talk about InFaith’s annual conference called “Refresh.” The three-day conference took place at a camp located just outside of San Francisco, California. The event took place April 22nd-April 24th, 2024. Meg and her husband Mike DeHaven…

Creatives' Gallery - Nomads - April '24 In this episode, Scott is joined by Jarrett, Emily, and first-time guest Terry Bridges to talk about our sixth Creatives’ Gallery event. The event featured Terry’s fashion collection entitled “Nomads” under his brand TRTL Collective. The event took place on April 9th, 2024 at The Story Factory. The episode be…

Breakaway Conference - March '24 In this episode, Scott is joined by DJ Ant G and first-time guest Gary Grecco to talk about the Breakaway Youth Conference hosted March 3rd-5th, 2024. The three-day event took place at the Ocean City Maryland Convention Center and was hosted by various Youth for Christ chapels led by Gary Grecco and his team. We sta…

Pass the Mic Part 3 - January '24 In this episode, Scott is joined by Greg Snow, Gabriel Angrand, and Sergine Citerme for the final episode of the “Pass The Mic” Ripe Poetry Tour mini-series. The tour ran from January 17th-20th, 2024 and included four Pennsylvania stops in Harrisburg, Indiana, New Castle, and Philadelphia respectively. This episode…

Pass the Mic Part 2 - January '24 In this episode, Scott is joined by Greg Snow, Gabriel Angrand. and Sergine Citerme for part two of the “Pass The Mic” Ripe Poetry Tour mini-series. The tour ran from January 17th-20th, 2024, and included four Pennsylvania stops in Harrisburg, Indiana, New Castle, and Philadelphia respectively. This episode focuses…

Pass the Mic Part 1 - Jan '24 In this episode, Scott is joined by Greg Snow, Gabriel Angrand, and Sergine Citerme to talk about our first-ever “Pass The Mic” Ripe Poetry Tour. The tour ran from January 17th-20th, 2024, and included four Pennsylvania stops in Harrisburg, Indiana, New Castle, and Philadelphia consecutively. This first of three episod…

Setting the Stage pt. 3 Scott and Jarrett sit down to recap highlights from Season 2, talk about a few of their favorite episodes, and give some flowers to the guests they’ve had on throughout the last 20 episodes. The episode ends with a conversation about some possibilities of what’s to come for the “Time is Ripe” podcast. Thank you for listening…

Creatives' Café - December 23 In this episode, Scott is joined by Jarrett, and two first-time guests Jake Doggett and Rob Morales. The purpose of the convo was to talk about our Creatives’ Cafe open mic event which took place on December 5th, 2023 at The Story Factory PHL. The episode begins with hilarious intros for Jake and Rob before settling in…

Creatives' Gallery - Found - November '23 In this episode, Scott is joined by Jarrett, Emily, and first-time guest Santos Torres to talk about our fifth Creatives’ Gallery event. The event featured Santos's fashion collection entitled “Found” and it took place on November 14th, 2023 at The Story Factory. The episode begins with Emily sharing about …

Ignite - October '23 In this episode, Scott is joined by Diomer, Eves, and first-time guest Jason Weatherbe to talk about the Ignite Youth Conference hosted by NJUMC in Wildwood, NJ from September 29th to October 1st, 2023. The conference featured Ripe Artists Diomer, Eves, and Aable for the event’s Friday night concert. Jason served as the team’s …

Creatives' Co-Bill ft. Rashid Saint-Fleur - October '23 In this episode, Scott is joined by Jarrett, and Rashid Saint-Fleur to talk about the Creatives’ Concert Co-Bill event that featured Seraiah Nicole and Rashid. The event was hosted at The Story Factory PHL on Tuesday, October 17th, 2023. The episode begins with telling the backstory of the ori…

WorshipFest - September '23 In this episode, Scott is joined by Jarrett Moses, Greg Snow, and Jonathan Curtis to talk about our second annual WorshipFest. The squad also gets a mini cameo from Rob Morales who adds to the conversation from his perspective as an attendee. The festival took place on Saturday, September 23rd, 2023 on site at Carson Sim…

Back in Brickyard - September '23 In this episode, Scott is joined by Jarrett, a returner from Season 1 Luke Billman, and first-time guest Allison Billman to talk about the “Back in Brickyard” block party outreach concert. The event featured nearly a dozen artists from both inside and outside of the Ripe community and took place on Friday, Septembe…

XTEND Conference - August '23 In this episode, Scott is joined by Aable and first-time guests Joseph Novales and Anh Thai to discuss the Xtend Conference which took place on Saturday, August 12th, 2023 at The MET Philly. Nearly a dozen people in our Ripe Creatives community had the chance to serve at Xtend this year. The Xtend Conference was launch…

Creatives' Gallery - Time Well Spent - July '23 In this episode, Scott is joined by Jarrett, Emily, and first-time guest Isaac Cedeno to talk about our fourth Creatives’ Gallery event. The event featured Isaac’s photography collection entitled “Time Well Spent” and it took place on July 18th, 2023 at The Story Factory. The episode begins with Emily…

FOF Fest - June '23 In this episode, Scott is joined by Jarrett, Doc Hero, and first-time guest Shawn Prez to talk about FOF Fest. The event, which featured a handful of Ripe artists and was an overall collaboration between FOF and Ripe Creatives, took place on Friday, June 2nd, 2023 at The Story Factory Philly. The episode begins by giving a histo…

All Access - March '23 In this episode, Scott is joined by DJ Ant G and Diomer to talk about the “All Access” youth event hosted by City Church New Castle on Friday, May 19th, 2023. The event included a handful of different youth groups from across western PA to join up for a night of worship, teaching, and the arts. The episode begins by giving co…

Ripe Retreat - May '23 In this episode, Scott is joined by Jarrett and first-time guest Rafaiel Acera to talk about our first-ever overnight “Ripe Retreat.” The retreat took place on-site at Carson Simpson Farm Christian Camp from Friday, May 12th through Saturday, May 13th. This episode is unique to the “Time is Ripe” podcast — in that, we’re talk…

Movement Day - May '23 In this episode Scott is joined by Jarrett and first-time guest Emily Davis to talk about Movement Day hosted by the Philadelphia Gospel Movement (PGM) on Friday, May 5th. The one-day event brought together hundreds of Philadelphia leaders at the Hilton on City Ave for a morning conference and evening worship experience. The …

Episode Notes In this episode Scott is joined by Greg Snow, AVG, and first-time guest Sergine Citerme to talk about the 2 Lines Open Mic and more specifically the April 14th event that featured Sergine. 2 Lines is a Philly-based spoken word open mic event hosted and ran by a couple of the Ripe Poets in our community every second Friday of the month…

Ripe Takeover PSU Abington - March '23 In this episode, Scott is joined by Jarrett, Estee, AVG, and Rashid Saint-Fleur to talk about the “Ripe Takeover” concert we hosted at Penn State Abington on Friday, March 31st. The event was a massive joint effort including 18 different people within Ripe Creatives. The opportunity was made possible through p…

Creatives' Gallery - A Sense of Stillness - March '23 In this episode, Scott is joined by Emily, Jarrett, and first-time guest, Devyn Dais, to talk about the Creatives’ Gallery featuring Devyn’s “A Sense of Stillness” collection. The event was hosted at The Story Factory on Tuesday, March 14th, 2023. The episode begins by giving context for the Cre…

Breakaway Conference - March '23 In this episode, Scott is joined by Ripe Artists, Rick Harmoney and Eves, to talk about the Breakaway Conference hosted by Youth for Christ at the Ocean City Maryland Convention Center. The youth conference took place from March 3rd-March 5th with our team being a part of it on Saturday and Sunday. The team that tra…

Renew Conference - March '23 In this episode, Scott is joined by Rick Harmoney and first-time guest, Matthew McNutt to talk about the Renew Conference held at Brandywine Valley Church in Wilmington, DE from March 3rd-March 4th, 2023. Matthew is the visionary and curator of the annual conference that draws 20 regional church youth groups together un…

Creatives' Co-Bill ft. Leah Wrenne - February '23 In this episode, Scott is joined by Jarrett, Emily and first-time guest, Leah Wrenne, to discuss our first-ever Creatives’ Concert Co-Bill event which double-featured Leah Wrenne and Peter Collins. The event took place on Tuesday, February, 7th at The Story Factory PHL. The episode begins by providi…

BusBoys and Poets - January '23 In this episode, Scott is joined by Greg Snow & first-time guest, AVG (Gabriel Angrand), to talk about a Ripe Poetry trip to BusBoys and Poets in the DC suburbs on Thursday, January 19th, 2023. The purpose of the trip was to go support our new friend & fellow spoken word artist, Jayla, who was featured at Busboys tha…

Setting the Stage pt. 2 Episode 1 of Season 2. Scott and Jarrett sit down to recap highlights from Season 1, talk about their favorite episodes, and add to the first “Setting the Stage” episode. The episode ends with a conversation about some of the dreams for Ripe Creatives and how financial partnership growth connects to capacity for the ministry…

Justice Run - October '22 In this episode, Scott is joined by Aable, Rick Harmoney, DJ Ant G, and first-time guest, Rashid Saint-Fleur to talk about the Justice Run Festival hosted by AXL Creative Co. The weekend trip took place October 29th-October 31st 2022 and the events revolves around Fort Worth, Texas. The episode begins by giving a rundown o…

Creatives' Gallery - Reflective Series - October '22 In this episode, Scott is joined by Emily & first-time guest, Roselyn Rodriguez to talk about our Creatives’ Gallery featuring Rosie’s “Reflective Series.” The event was hosted at The Story Factory on Tuesday, October 25th, 2022. The episode begins by sharing the story of Creatives’ Philly's new …

Worship Fest - October '22 In this episode, Scott is joined by Jarrett, Esteban, and first-time guest, Jonathan Curtis, to talk about “WorshipFest” hosted at Carson Simpson Farm Christian Camp on Saturday, October 15th, 2022. WorshipFest was a collaborative partnership between Ripe Creatives & Carson Simpson that featured most of the Ripe Music art…

New Castle Block Party - August '22 In this episode, Scott is joined by Aable and first-time guest, DJ Ant G, to talk about the “City Church Block Party” in New Castle, PA. The event was hosted on Saturday, August 27th, 2022. The conversation begins by giving background information about the ongoing relationship between City Church and Ripe Creativ…

Germantown Block Part - July '22 In this episode, Scott is joined by Jarrett and first-timers on the podcast Luke Billman and Leyton Billman to talk about the Ripe Creatives Germantown Block Party in partnership with Shores of Grace Philly. The event took place on Friday, July 29th at Luke’s home in Germantown as a free community outreach concert. …

London Serve - July '22 In this episode, Scott is joined by Emily and first-timer Andre (Junito) to talk about the Ripe squad’s trip to London, Ontario in July 2022. An eleven-person team ventured to Canada for a week to lead worship, facilitate programming and serve with teenagers during “London Serve.” The episode begins with a deep dive into how…

Creation - June '22 In this episode, Scott is joined by Jarrett, Esteban, and first-timer on the podcast Greg Snow to talk about Creation Fest 2022. The Ripe squad collectively performed 4 different sets at the 2022 festival and this conversation delves into each of them chronologically. The episode ends with a testimony from Greg about a specific …

Creatives' Cafe - June '22 In this episode, Scott is joined by Eves for her first time on the podcast and Jarrett to talk about the Creatives' Cafe Open Mic event on June 7th 2022. The conversation centers on Eves' performance of her single "Vessel" at the open mic and her subsequent process of joining the Ripe Music Artist collective officially in…

Holy Smoke Fest - May '22 In this episode, Scott is joined by Rick Harmoney and Aable to share their experience at Holy Smoke Festival in May of 2022. The multi-day festival was hosted by IndieTribe and BYOD in Atlanta. This episode delves into the relationships that opened the door for them to be included & the deepening of connections that happen…

Temple U Ripe Concert - March '22 In this episode, Scott and Jarrett are joined by Diomer Rodriguez to talk about the Temple University Ripe Creatives Concert that took place on March 16th, 2022. The event was launched in partnership with YoungLife Philly & featured a half dozen artists from the Ripe Community. This episode delves into the genesis …

Creatives' Concert ft. Doc Hero - March '22 On this episode, Scott and Jarrett are joined by Philly legend, Doc Hero, to head back in time to March 22nd, 2022 to chat about the Creatives' Concert ft. Doc Hero. This episode gives context for the Creatives' Concert series and delves into the craziness of Doc's life leading up to the date of the event…

Creatives' Gallery - March '22 In this episode, Emily and Scott are joined by Marguerite Anglin to head back in time to March 8th, 2022 to chat about the team's first Creatives' Gallery event. The artist, Marguerite, shared her collection "Invitation to Wonder" to a packed house at Highpointe Performance Venue. This episode launches into a birthpla…

Good Soil - Feb '22 "Good Soil" was our first ever all-Ripe event which took place on February 5th, 2022. Aable, Esteban, and Brooke join Scott to chat about the journey to "Good Soil," the flow of the night, and the impact it had on our team. To receive text notifications for each release of this podcast text "Time is Ripe" to: 215-273-3540 To sup…

Setting the Stage Episode 0 where we set the stage of the what, why, who, and when of this podcast will be. To receive text notifications for each release of this podcast text "Time is Ripe" to: 215-273-3540 To support Ripe Creatives and all that we do including this podcast visit https://www.ripecreatives.com/ Song - "Sheesh" by Aable…