The Saylorville Women's Podcast

Ep. 99: Amber Brooks | Rejoice Testimony

Ep. 97: Tami Prescott | Running the Race and Not Growing Weary    Hebrews 12:1-3 calls us believers to trust the Lord who plots our course and to run with endurance. You will be encouraged by Tami's incredible testimony of running a hard race by the grace and strength that God provides (Isaiah 40:27-31). 

Ep. 96: Preston and Nicole Young Marriage Story | Beauty Out of Brokenness Listen in as Preston and Nicole share about their broken lives pursuing identities outside of Christ and how the gospel radically transformed their lives and continues to transform their marriage.  They share God’s continued work of sanctification in their marriage after nearly 20 years and their passion to encourage other...

Ep. 95: Loree Ellis | Inner Beauty and God's Perfect Grace Listen in to Loree's remarkable story of surviving a terrible accident as a child and how God's amazing grace has transformed her from the inside out ever since. She shared the extremely applicable 1 Peter 1:6-7 which says- " In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief...

Ep. 94: Lindsey Messmer | Missionary to Spain Listen in as Amy Brandt from the Saylorville Missions Committee sits down with Lindsey Messmer, missionary to Spain with her husband Andy and their five children.  You will be incredibly encouraged, blessed and challenged by the heart of wisdom that God has given to Lindsey. And listen to hear an incredible story of how God used Saylorville Church to o...

Ep. 93: God's Sovereign Path What do you cling to when the path you have walked has been painful?  D shares her story and recounts how God’s sovereignty is comforting even when the path she has walked has been painful. 

Ep. 92: Kayla Colyer | All In  Listen in as Kayla recounts how God used someone else's faith and certain hope in the midst of difficult circumstances to bring her to Himself. She's "ALL IN" now and it's made all the difference! Be encouraged. 

Ep 91: Marilyn Nemmers | God's Faithfulness Marilyn Nemmers shares her story about God’s incredible faithfulness in her life.  Listen and marvel at the goodness of God in the midst of loss, sorrow, overwhelm and trial and the joy that only God can bring in the midst of it all.  “All my life You have been faithful.  All my life you have been so, so good.”

Tune in to hear what is coming up this season on the Saylorville Women’s Podcast!  We believe that Jesus changes lives and that every woman whose life has been changed by Jesus has a beautiful story to tell.  Scripture encourages us to give glory to God by telling of the marvelous things He has done, so join us this season as we hear the stories of Saylorville Women and what Jesus has done for the...

Ep. 89: Leaving a Legacy | Rita Charlton In this episode Lindsey sits down with Rita Charlton who helps her husband with the Senior Adult Ministry at Saylorville.  Rita shares their heart for seniors and about the vibrant ministry at Saylorville.  She also shares what we wishes younger women knew about seniors and about her passion for leaving a legacy.   If you want to learn more about the Senior...

Ep. 88:  God is in the Details: Karen Swartzendruber Story We are glad you are here for Karen Swartzendruber’s story of salvation. God is amazing in the details here! And then stick around as Karen shares the day-to-day ways she has shared God’s story with others. 

Ep 87: God’s Faithfulness | Renee Danhauer Story Renee shares the story of God’s comfort and faithfulness after the stillbirth of her daughter.  She shares the struggles of grief, the lies we so easily believe … … God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by Go...

Ep 86: Living on Mission | Emma Walter     In this episode Grace talks with Emma about growing up as a missionary kid in Zambia and then serving in an internship in Togo. Emma also shares how God has proven Himself faithful and powerful in affirming a personal desire to live on mission, near and far. You'll be glad you listened in. 

Ep 85: Living on Mission | Nicole Jack & Divine Hope Orphan Advocates To kick off our Summer series, Nicole Jack shares her passion for Zambia and how the Lord opened the doors for her and her family to get involved with Divine Hope Orphan Advocates.  Listen in to what this amazing ministry is all about.  If you’d like to learn more about it, get connected or get involved in some way, please g...

Ep 84: Ministry Highlight | Youth & Children’s Ministries We hear from Alyssa Leonard this week as she shares what goes on in Youth & Children’s Ministries. Join Deb as we find out how we can support & pray for our young people and those that minister to them.

Ep 83: Jan Borst's Story In this month’s story episode, Jan Borst shares about a time in her and her husband Norm’s life that their faith was tested through a life-threatening health scare. Listen in to hear how God generously provided, through His sovereignty, to preserve Norm’s life and boost their faith.  

Counseling Spotlight: Growth Plan for the Summer  Walking with the Lord looks different for all of us. In this episode, Meredith and Jessie talk through ideas of growing deeper in our relationship with the Lord through study of God’s Word, prayer, community, and serving. Listen in as they talk about what success can look like as we head into summer. 

Ep 81: The Fear of the Lord | Our Weakness & His Strength In our last month in the series of The Fear of the Lord, Deb and Lindsey look at Matthew 28 to see God’s power on display through the resurrection of Jesus and the different responses of fear in the guards and the women who were first to see the empty tomb.  We see how our weakness puts His power and strength on display and why that is...

Ep 80: Ministry Highlight | Young Adults  Grace sat down with Lisa Johnson in this episode to chat a little about the Young Adult Ministry at Saylorville that Lisa and her husband Curtis serve in. They also discussed how a settled identity in Christ and confidence in His good plan sets women up for a joy-filled life, no matter what stage they’re in currently.

Ep 79: Amber Brooks’ Story Nicole sits down with Amber Brooks as she shares how God took her from brokenness and disobedience, to a joyful life lived surrendered to Him.  Amber shares her “cultural Christian” upbringing and how it led her to a life of choosing her own rules, making up her own paths and running from the Lord.  Join us as Amber shares how God turned her life around and set a flame i...

Ep 78: Bonus Episode with Janet Aucoin In this bonus episode we have a special guest joining us!  Janet Aucoin, our speaker for this year’s Engage Women’s Conference, sat down with us to talk about bloopers, discipleship, books, reading the Bible, humility and lessons she wishes she would have learned earlier.  Listen in to learn, laugh and be encouraged! You can listen to Janet regularly on her p...

Ep. 77: Counseling Spotlight: Misplaced Worship and Fruit-less Striving.  Today, Meredith and Jessie chat about how the enemy seeks to distract us away from being secure in our identity in Christ. When we abide with Christ our worship is on Him and we can truly rest and walk in obedience.

Ep 76: The Fear the Lord | In because of Him  Listen in as Nicole and Grace discuss Ephesians 1 & 2 about how our true identity in Christ frees us up to worship and serve as part of His family. 

Ep 75: Ministry Highlight | RiseUp!  Our Living on Missions highlight this month is RiseUp!, Saylorville’s weekly ministry to special needs adults. Deb visits with Pam Buby and Darlene Whims about this group of friends who hear of God’s love for them every week from some dedicated teachers and helpers. Listen in — you might be surprised at how important this ministry is to our church and how much...

Ep 74: The Fear of the Lord | Lori Taschner In this month’s story episode, Lindsey sits with Lori Taschner to hear her story of a difficult childhood followed by years of navigating life without the Lord.  She shares honestly about the consequences of sin and how the Lord saved her and transformed her life.  Rather than living with bitterness and seeing her life circumstances as “unfair” she has l...