LIFE Students Podcast

In this special episode, we meet LIFE Community Church's new Student Pastor, Benett Volek! Throughout the conversation, you will hear Benett's testimony, his heart for God, and some fun facts about him. We've also just begun a new series called Psalms of the Summer. Each week we will go through a different Psalm and explore its meaning. To kick off the series, Pastor Benett led us through Psalm 23...

Today’s Episode is filled with great conversations on great topics found in Philippians 2:12-18. What does it mean to set apart? Why shouldn’t we try hard? How do we workout our salvation with fear and trembling? These questions and more are answered as Tyler Underwood comes onto the podcast to recap his awesome message and dive deep into these verses. Listen in as Paxton and Tyler share incredibl...

As Christian’s, we are citizens of Heaven. But what does that mean and how is it lived out? These questions are answered in today’s awesome episode with LIFE Community Church’s Elder, Jack Bailey. Mr. Bailey and Paxton have a great conversation on how to live for Christ and what it truly means to be intentional and disciplined in our walk with Him. Life on earth can be difficult yet through this e...

In today’s episode Paxton and LIFE Community Church intern, David Le, recap the first message from our new series “Filled with Joy” where we are going through the book of Philippians. Philippians is an incredible book written by the apostle Paul that is filled with so much knowledge and encouragement for our Christian walk. As Paxton and David recap the message, they cover topics about strategies...

Today we continue our series in joy and the different circumstances we find it in by talking about having joy in the midst of storms. Storms are inevitable in the Christian walk , so it is important that we learn to see the joy in the midst of all the choas, fear, and stress that come along with them as well as cling to Jesus through it. In this episode Paxton and Student guest Abby Poston talk ab...

Today’s episode is a rich one as we cover the topic of joy in being convicted and being truly forgiven. In case you forgot, we started a new series where we are learning about joy and the circumstances we find it in. We begin our second week in this series recapping Pastor Jason’s sermons about conviction and forgiveness with student guest Anabelle Copeland. Through this episode we talk about what...

Todays episode kicks off the new month with boldness! in this episode Paxton and student guest Katie talk about what it means to be bold for christ and live a life that honors him. Together they look at the life of Stephen, a man from the Bible who was on fire for God, and the impactful legacy he left. If your'e struggling with fear or worry then this episode if you. you don't want to miss it!

We have recently begun a new year, which gives us the opportunity to start over and change the course of our lives. One way we do this is by creating resolutions and goals for ourselves to set the vision. In this episode Pastor Aj and Paxton talk about setting the vision for a year set on Christ. Together they talk about Paul and how we can follow his example to make waves in 2025, as well as defi...

We just got back from an incredible Winter WKND where we learned how to be bold for Christ. Thankfully that lesson didn't end there but continues in today's last episode of our mini series where we asked leaders in our church what is worship, discipleship and now evangelism. LIFE Community Church's Outreach and Sports Pastor Marco Dyrivera hops onto the podcast to share some radical tr...

In this episode we ask the question "What is discipleship?" and to help answer that question, LIFE Community Church's LIFEstyle Discipleship Director, Abi Copeland comes onto the podcast. Abi shares false truths about discipleship, who it's for, and a great testimony of her own experience with discipleship. Discipleship is an awesome way that we, as Christ's ambassadors can further the kingdom of...

Today we step into in our three week mini series where we dive into what is worship, what is discipleship, and what is evangelism. Today we begin with what is worship with LIFE Community Church's Worship Pastor Greg Harris. Throughout this episode Pastor Greg shares what real worship is and how important it is for our lives as well as share some false beliefs people may have about worship. Make su...

Christmas is right around the corner which means it's time for the Lottie Moon Christmas offering! In this episode, LIFE Community Church's Sending Pastor James Copeland comes onto the podcast to talk about who is Lottie Moon, what impact she made on the world, and why she has a missions offering named after her. Throughout this episode we talk about missions and why it is important for us to supp...

On this special episode of the LIFE Students Podcast guest speaker Daniel Brooker joins us to talk about grief and heartache. Daniel Brooker is the founder of Refuge Widowers, a Christian ministy that supports widowers as they go through their process of grief. In this episode you will get to hear his first hand experience with grief and how God helped him through it. As well as share some great w...

We all will come to a day where we will have to make a big decision and seek God's will. But how do we know if we're making the right choice that also honors God? Well, in this episode we answer these burning questions with the help of LIFE Community's family ministry Pastor, Jason McLeod. In this episode we talk about how Pastor Jason used God's Word to help him take the next step in his life and...

We are on our third episode for the "Asking For A Friend" series. Today's question is about lust and secret sins. This topic can seem like an uncomfortable conversation to have but it is essential to have as christians teens walking through the world. Through this conversation Paxton talks to Student Pastor AJ Ruff who guides us through what lust is and how we can overcome it with God's help.

We have begun a new series "Asking For A Friend" where hard questions about life and faith are answered. Last week we talked about how to share the Gospel with people of other faiths and in this weeks episode we are talking about dating and relationships. Jason McLeod, LIFE Communitie's family ministry Pastor joined us as a special guest to answer our big questions on relationships. He shared some...

On the LIFE Students Podcast we are beginning a new series called "Asking For A Friend" where our church leaders answer questions our student ministry submitted. In this episode the first question answered in "How to share the Gospel with people of other religions". Together Pastor AJ Ruff and Paxton discus this topic. Make sure you stay tuned for new episodes in this series coming out soon!

Today's episode is a special one about "Invite Night" that we have a couple times during the year. In this particular one guest speaker Pastor Jack Easton spoke about expecting the unexpected from God where he dived deep into the story of the woman at the well. He also talked about God being our spiritual refreshment and everything that we could ever need. With the help of today's student guest Vi...

So far in our series “Why Not Now?” we have talked about Asking Big of God, Getting in the Word, and Praying for Revival. To finish up this series Paxton and student guest Noah talk about “Being Broken for the Broken”. Together they go through what it means to be truly broken for unbelievers, why knowing your identity in Christ is essential, and our purpose as Christians who are the light of the w...

As we go through our series "Why Not Now?" the next topic running up is Praying for Revival. Today's guest on the podcast is Evan. Together Paxton and Evan talk about what prayer is and how important it is in our daily walk with Christ. They also go deep into revival and how it plays a big role in our lives. Make sure you listen all the way through because you don't want to miss anything in this i...

In todays episode Paxton and guest Aiden talk about Getting in the Word, what it means and how we can implement it into our daily lives. As well as where our focus should be as a Christian and the importance of God's Word in our life.

In this episode Paxton and Student Pastor AJ Ruff talk about what it means to "Ask big of God" and how we can do this in our lives. Through this episode they talk about having faith and trusting in the Lord as well as how humility and obedience play a big role in this. Make sure you listen all the way through because you don't want to miss it!

Welcome to the LIFE Student's Podcast! In this episode Paxton and LIFE's Student Pastor AJ Ruff talk about the vision for this podcast as well as what it means to Follow Jesus, Be Jesus, and Share Jesus in our lives.