The Prepare Podcast

Welcome back to the Prepare Podcast and our new series for 2026: "Hearing God's Voice in Every-day Life".  To begin our series, I welcome Lt. Melissa Bledsoe to the podcast. Lt. Melissa and her husband Mario are Salvation Army officers stationed at The Salvation Army in Benton Harbor, MI. She is a busy wife,  mother, and pastor who loves to take the every-day, mundane life moments and turn them in...

Welcome back to the Prepare Podcast! As we wrap up our series on “How Bible Study Has Impacted My Life” and also this year, I’d like to welcome Carla Lindsey to our last podcast of 2025. Carla is the Women’s Ministries Social Media and Resources Specialist for The Salvation Army New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa Territory. You will love listening to her share her personal testimony of how God le...

Welcome back to The Prepare Podcast! We are finishing up our series on how Bible study changes lives but on this episode we are first going to talk World Missions! I'm happy to have Kristin Caddy, Viki Payton, and Stephanie Marinelli from The Salvation Army Central Territory World Missions Department.  It's not too early to think about ways you can help with missions this holiday season. One way i...

Welcome back for part two of my conversation with Sarah Micula! You are going to love hearing her beautiful testimony of God's faithfulness and provision as she has walked with Him through every step along her journey, "We will keep doing what God has asked us to do until He tells us to stop." I hope you enjoy this episode. uscwomensministries.com

Welcome back! Here to celebrate our 10 year anniversary and to kick off our new series "How Bible Study Changed My Life", I welcome Sarah Micula back to the podcast! Sarah began this podcast ministry ten years ago and she is here to take us down memory lane as we discuss her favorite episodes and those which had the most impact on her life. I hope you enjoy part one of my conversation with Sarah.

Welcome back to the Prepare Podcast! Happy New Year 2025! On this episode I will share with you some exciting news and tell you our new series coming up for this new year. Stay tuned! uscwomensministries.com

Welcome back for Episode 90 in our series on Journeys of Faith. This episode was recorded a few months ago and features Sheena Marquis. Sheena was a special guest speaker and vocalist during the Abide Conference. Today, Sheena talks to us as a wife and mother who has been through the adoption process and testifies about God's goodness in her faith journey. I hope you enjoy this conversation with m...

Welcome back to the Prepare Podcast! Today's episode is a re-release in preparation for the ABIDE Conference. Listen as Captain Kelly Hanton shares her experience with the ConnectUp Prayer Ministry, which will be offered during ABIDE. Those who have been to a prayer session know as I do that it is LIFE CHANGING. Click the link below for more information about ConnectUp. ConnectUp Sign up for a ses...

Welcome back to the Prepare Podcast! We are continuing our series called “Journeys of Faith” featuring testimonies from women of faith. On this episode I welcome Major Michele Harms. Major Michele is a wife, mother, friend, and officer in the Salvation Army. She currently serves at Divisional Headquarters in the Midland Division as Women's Ministries Secretary along with a host of other things! Ma...

Welcome back to the Prepare Podcast! We are starting a new series called "Journeys of Faith" featuring testimonies from women of faith. On this episode I welcome Hannah Nelson. Hannah weaves her story from being in a single-parent home to being adopted by her step-father to reconciliation with her biological father, all the while managing her mental health and her faith. She was a joy to interview...

Welcome back for episode 86 with Kellie Carden! We are back with another episode in our series on mental health! Today I welcome Kellie Carden. Kellie shares her mental health journey and how it has connected to her work with The Salvation Army and has strengthened her walk with the Lord. You will be so encouraged by her story. I hope you enjoy this conversation. *Trigger warning: In this episode...

We are back with another episode in our series on mental health! Today I welcome Vanessa Crabtree to the podcast. I'm so privileged to know Vanessa! You will be moved by her faith and strength as she tells her story of hope, surviving a car accident and her mental health journey. I hope you enjoy this episode!   Sign up to read Vanessa's Rehabilitation Story HERE Watch Vanessa's adaptive hike up P...

Welcome back for part two of my conversation with Major Pam Pinksen about gender equity. Thanks for helping us celebrate women this month! I hope you've enjoyed these episodes!

Happy Women's History Month! We are pausing our series on mental health to celebrate women and talk about Women's Equity. My guest on this episode is Major Pam Pinksen, Territorial Gender Equity Advocate for The Salvation Army in Canada and Bermuda Territory. Pam has a passion for people and for equity. You will hear her love for Jesus as she brings a biblical view point to this topic. I hope you...

In our next episode in our series on Mental Health, I welcome Wendy Gorton-Hill to the podcast. Wendy is a wife and mother who has recently walked a painful road with her son's substance abuse. Substance use disorder is closely linked to mental illness and the pain and stress experienced by family members can leave them struggling with their own mental health. In this conversation, Wendy shares he...

*TRIGGER WARNING* In this episode we do discuss suicide and self harm. This next episode in the our series on Mental Health features Captain Heather Montenegro and her daughter Hannah, and me, Heather Hanton and my daughter Taryn; 2 mothers and their daughters telling their stories and the importance of normalizing the conversation regarding mental health. We had a blast sharing with each other an...

Welcome to season 10 of our podcast and a new series on Mental Health Awareness. Take a trip back in time with me to 2015 as our former host Sarah Micula interviews Dr. Karen Hurula on this important topic. And stay tuned for new guests and more in this series of the Prepare Podcast.  If you or a loved one is struggling with anything mental health related, please reach out to someone. You can find...

Welcome back to the final episode in our series on grieving. On this episode I welcome Lt. Rachel Johnson and Jennifer Riley. Rachel and Jen are friends but their friendship did not come by easily. Listen as they share their story of God's redeeming power in broken relationships and how grief plays a role but it doesn't define the story! 

Continuing our series on grief and today I welcome back my best friend, Jill Snelson to the podcast! Our journey is unique, as is our friendship. On this episode you will hear our story and how we have walked through the grief of saying goodbye when I moved hundreds of miles away. I hope you enjoy this episode.

Welcome back! On today's episode in our series on grief we welcome Captain Kelly Hanton. Listen as Kelly shares how she worked through grief watching her son go through a traumatic experience, and how God redeemed them both through His grace and the power the Holy Spirit.