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 are joined by pastor Larry Clair, the new executive director for the Michigan Ministry Network camps, Lost Valley and Faholo. Pastors Aaron and Larry discuss Larry's lifelong passion for camp ministry and his excitement for this new leadership role. They unpack the critical goal of uniting...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today, guest host Jim Riley sits down with Pastor Morris Moos to discuss the physical side of ministry: Stewarding your facilities well. Does your church building draw people in or subtly push them away? Pastor Morris shares insights from over 30 years of pastoral experience on how your physical space ca...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today, guest host Jim Riley sits down with Adam Bell to flip the script on staff dynamics and discuss a crucial topic: How leaders can best support their teams. While there is plenty of training on how to serve your leader, how well are you serving the people who report to you? Jim and Adam unpack what i...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today, we are joined by Karen Yancey for a deeply personal and spiritually refreshing conversation about the necessity of letting go. Pastor Aaron and Karen discuss the danger of leaders holding a "death grip" on their burdens and unpack three specific things every minister must release: unreso...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today, we are joined by a very special guest, Dr. Terry Yancey, stateside ambassador for Project Rescue and former network superintendent. In this episode, Pastor Aaron and Dr. Terry tackle a silent but deadly threat to every leader, marriage, and ministry: Complacency. Drawing from a fresh study of Prov...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today, we are joined by Pastor Herbert Cooper, Lead Pastor of People's Church in Oklahoma City and one of our Network Council speakers, to tackle a crucial leadership topic: Creating and shifting church culture. What happens when you realize you are pastoring a church with a toxic culture that you do...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today, we are joined by Pastor Tom Mattiuzzo and Pastor Michael Stone to discuss the incredible story of merging two churches into Every Nation AG, Flint. In this episode, Pastors Aaron, Tom, and Michael dive into the complex and beautiful journey of merging two historic congregations, Riverside Tabernac...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today, we are joined by Liza Munro, Missions and Outreach Pastor at Brightmoor Christian Church, to discuss an essential dynamic for any staff member, associate pastor, or volunteer team: Serving your leader's vision. While much of modern leadership training focuses on being the one in the top seat,...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today, we are joined by Les Hathon to discuss a powerful paradigm shift for the modern church: Marketplace Ministry. For far too long, the church has wrestled with a divide between the "sacred" work of Sunday and the "secular" work of Monday through Saturday. But what would happen if...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today, Pastor Aaron Hlavin takes the mic to discuss the very heart of pastoral ministry: Loving and caring for people intentionally. In the busyness of church administration, sermon prep, and weekly programming, it is incredibly easy to start viewing people as projects, problems, or simply numbers in a c...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today, Pastors Aaron Hlavin and Jim Riley discuss a foundational, yet often neglected, aspect of leadership: Building personal spiritual disciplines. As ministers, it is incredibly easy to become so consumed with feeding others that we forget to feed ourselves. When our personal time with God becomes not...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today, we are joined once again by Pastor Aaron Hlavin to explore the second crucial element in maintaining our focus and overcoming the things that make us angry in ministry: Keeping our attention on Jesus. In the midst of the demands, pressures, and constant activity of pastoral leadership, it is alarm...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today, we have a special guest host, Pastor Jim Riley with special guest Pastor Aaron Hlavin! Today we dive into the essential topic of developing discernment in ministry. In a culture filled with competing voices and complex pastoral challenges, the ability to clearly hear and recognize the direction of...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today, we are joined by Jenny Rodgers to explore a transformative element of church culture: The power of hospitality. While many churches believe that having a few friendly greeters is enough, true biblical hospitality goes far beyond a handshake and a smile at the door. Pastor Aaron and Jenny unpack th...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today, we are joined by author and speaker Ron Sandison to discuss a crucial and often overlooked area of ministry: Serving autistic adults in your church. While many churches have developed wonderful special needs programs for children, neurodivergent adults can easily fall through the cracks. Pastor Aa...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. We are back for Part 2 of our vital conversation with Jason Tourville on The health and welfare of pastors and churches. Building on the foundation laid in our previous episode, Pastors Aaron and Jason dive deeper into the practical and systemic ways we can protect our leaders and build resilient ministr...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today, we are joined by Jason Tourville, our speaker from Refresh, to tackle one of the most vital topics in ministry today: The health and welfare of pastors and churches. It is incredibly common for leaders to pour so much into their congregations that they find their own spiritual, emotional, and phys...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today, we are joined by Yolanda Mendez, Executive Pastor at Blue Roof Church in St. Joseph, Michigan, to discuss the inseparable twin engines of church growth: Evangelism and Discipleship. Is evangelism just an event on the calendar, or is it a lifestyle of proximity? Pastor Yolanda shares how her church...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today, we are joined by David Miranda, a veteran financial advisor with over 24 years of experience specializing in helping individuals, and specifically ministers, navigate retirement planning. Let’s face it: many pastors are so focused on serving others that they neglect their own financial future, oft...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. We are back for Part 3 of our comprehensive series on making meetings effective and fun with Pastor Dave Barringer. In this final installment, Pastors Aaron and Dave tackle the Annual Business Meeting, an event often viewed as a dry legal requirement or a potential battleground. How can you transform thi...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. We’re back for Part 2 of our conversation on meetings with Pastor Dave Barringer from Kalamazoo First Assembly of God (K-First). Picking up right where they left off, Pastors Aaron and Dave shift their focus from staff meetings to the often-dreaded Board Meeting. How do you transform a boardroom from a p...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today, we are joined by Pastor Dave Barringer from Kalamazoo First Assembly of God to share a refreshing vision for one of the most important parts of leading but also one of peoples least favorites: Meetings. Pastors Aaron and Dave discuss how you can transform your staff, board, and business gatherings...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today, we are joined by Pastor Jason Forsman, the Youth Alive Director for the Michigan Ministry Network, to discuss one of the most critical mission fields in our culture: the public school campus. Is the school system a closed door to the Gospel, or are we just missing the strategy? Pastor Jason unpack...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. In this special solo episode, Pastor Aaron Hlavin shares an inspiring New Year's message to encourage leaders as they close out one year and step into the next. It's so vital that we mark the trail of God's faithfulness in the past year, both personally and spiritually, while also daring to d...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today, we have a special Christmas episode featuring the executive officers of the Michigan Ministry Network: Superintendent Aaron Hlavin, Assistant Superintendent Brad Trask, and Secretary-Treasurer Brooks McElhany. As we wrap up another year of ministry, join us for a time of reflection, laughter, and...