Michigan Ministry Network L3 Podcast

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today we have Kim Sivyer, ordained minister, military veteran, and retired police sergeant talking with us about how to keep your people safe. Unfortunately, the world isn't a safe place for everyone. Our churches are called to love on people that are dealing with all sorts of issues and we can't...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today we have Jessica Meissner, youth pastor at Auburn Hills Christian Center walking us through the process of remembering the why of ministry when things get tough. How do we deal with the difficult people? How do we have realistic expectations of others and of ourselves? We can't be Jesus to peopl...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today we have Choco De Jesús, Assemblies of God US Missions Director, sharing his heart and the AG's vision of US missions. Pastor Choco share a lot of wisdom and encouragement for pastors in our network. These missionaries are reaching the lost here in our country and partnering with churches around...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today we have John Easter, Executive Director of AG World Missions sharing a follow up from his keynote message at Network Council and talking more on the concept of sons and daughter in the missions field. It changes the dynamic of how we view missionaries if we view them as our own sons and daughters a...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today we have Sam Agee, lead pastor at Life Worship Center sharing with us on visionary preaching. This is all about having a full vision for your preaching, not just preaching vision. "Don't preach for Sunday, preach for everyday." As ministers of the gospel, it's our job to make sure...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today we have Tom Wirtz, lead pastor at Freeland Assembly of God sharing his expertise in staying positive while creating changes in your church. "Everyone loves change until you change something they love." How can you get around this mindset? There's so much change that a new pastor wants...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today, we have Jennae James and Tony Van Duser our camp directors of both Faholo and Lost Valley talking with us on the importance of camps in peoples lives. Camps season isn't just for students and kids. Camps are a time for people to grow together in Christ and get away from the craziness of life t...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today, we have Scott Shamel, lead pastor at Harbor Church, talking with us on how to create healthy change in a church. How do you determine what is "healthy" change? How can you honor the past whether that's people, process, or progress, but make effective changes that you know will help p...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today, we have Jason McKay, campus pastor of Freedom Center Church Linden Campus, sharing with us on what it takes to be a successful campus pastor. Being a campus pastor means you're running your own church, being a part of the community, and doing ministry for the people there but under the vision of a...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today, we have Dan Burger, lead pastor of Lapeer Assembly, sharing with us on the importance of having healthy pastoral relationships. The enemy is really good at making us feel isolated when we're going all the time. It's important to place high value on the that are close to us. What happens wh...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today, we have Brian Lidbeck, the Academic Dean at Northpoint College, talking with us about the Next Generations hunger for the Holy Spirit. They have a great desire for Holy Spirit and we have an opportunity to invite them into an experience with the power of God and the fullness of His presence in the...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today, we have Tim Pike, lead pastor at New Life Christian Fellowship talking with us on the importance of having a spiritual hunger as a leader. "Spiritual hunger is a state of being that we decide that knowing God is the most important thing we can do." It's so important that we are being...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today, we have Brett Carleton, marketing director at Freedom Center Church talking about the importance of the "presentation" of the local church. The hype of marketing can never and will never replace the full power and wonder of God. But, why is it important to have a good presence? Is livest...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today, we have Larry Clair, executive pastor at Freedom Christian, talking with us on the role of an executive pastor and the importance of administration in the church. "It's filling the gap between vision and reality." The goal is to fulfill the goal of the lead pastor while leading from...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today, we have special guest, Jaime Hlavin talking about what it's like being the spouse of a minister. Ministry is more than a job, it's a calling. So how do we balance the call of ministry and keeping/building a healthy marriage? Ministry will always impact your marriage on some level. Pastor A...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today, we have a part 2 from our speaker from Refresh, Greg Surratt. The discussion today is all about the greatest opportunities we have as the church and envisioning the future of the church! What does the future hold for the church? What can we do to move to that next level in our ministries? Who do w...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today, we have our speaker from Refresh, Greg Surratt. Pastor Greg is the founding pastor at Seacoast church and is the president and co-founder of the Association of Related Churches (ARC), which is a global church-planting initiative that has established over 800 churches worldwide. Pastors Aaron and G...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today, we have Lori O'Dea, lead pastor at New Life Assembly, talking with us about women in leadership! Lori leads our Network of Women Ministers which exists to mobilize women to fulfill their ministerial call. We get to talk about the exciting things that are happening in ministry when it comes to...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today, we have Devin Gough, senior pastor at Revival Tabernacle, sharing the struggles and the successes of urban ministry. We all know there's a big difference in how we do ministry in the urban, suburban, and rural parts of Michigan. We can't just be copy paste churches and expect things to wor...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Happy New Year! God did SO much through our churches and you pastors and leaders this last year and we're SO thankful to be a part of a network along side you amazing pastors and leaders. This episode of the podcast starts season 2! We have Pastor Aaron Hlavin sharing on how to close a year of minist...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Merry Christmas! This is the last episode of the podcast for this year! We're coming to you with a quick Christmas blessing from Pastor Aaron Hlavin, Pastor Bradley T. Trask, and Pastor Brooks McElhenny. We are so grateful you have spent this year with us learning from some of the greatest pastors in...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. We have only 2 more episodes for the year! This has been an amazing year of learning from our amazing pastors and leaders in our network. We appreciate all the wisdom and teachings that have come from this podcast. Today, we have a special episode featuring Jaime Hlavin and Pastor Aaron Hlavin talking ab...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. On today's episode. we have Henrik Lidman, pastor of Prayer & Praise Assembly talking with us about how to love people with excellence in a small church. We can't always look at the larger churches and say "if it works for them, it must work for us." God has a specific plan for each...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. On today's episode we have our very own, Lisa Nagle, Office Manager & Administrative Assistant to the Network Superintendent. Lisa has served at the network office for 34 years and has served under 3 different superintendents and has a WIDE range of experience in this role. Today, she shares her...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. On today's episode we have, Pat Rusch, assistant and missions pastor of Christian Celebration Center sharing his heart on missions in the AG. Why is the AG so passionate about sending missionaries throughout the world? It's all about being obedient to the calling of God. There are still lost peop...