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 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...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today, we are joined by Pastor Rochelle Beckmeyer pastor of Echo Christian Fellowship for an eye-opening conversation on serving those with disabilities in the local church. Is disability ministry reserved only for experts or large churches with big budgets? How do we move beyond simple ADA compliance to...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today, we are joined by Rich Cassanova, a former Marine and 23-year veteran of the Michigan State Police with two decades of SWAT experience, to discuss the critical topic of Church Safety. Is safety just a mindset, or is it a ministry? Rich shares his expert perspective on why a prepared safety team is...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today, we have a special solo episode with our host, Pastor Aaron Hlavin, sharing a heartfelt Thanksgiving message for the network. In the midst of ministry demands, why is thankfulness one of the most undervalued qualities we possess? Pastor Aaron reflects on how gratitude serves as a powerful cure for...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today, we conclude our powerful three-part series with Professor and Evangelist CaVar Reid, tackling the challenging and critical topic of sexuality in the church. In this final conversation, Pastors Aaron and CaVar discuss how to move past cultural assumptions and our own hypocrisy to minister effective...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today, we continue our vital, multi-part conversation with Pastor and Professor CaVar Reid, this time tackling the complex topic of  gender  in the church.  This discussion offers a powerful shift in perspective, urging leaders to focus less on teaching restrictive  boundaries  and more on celebrating th...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today, we begin a crucial multi-part conversation with Professor, Evangelist, and MMN Prayer Director, Pastor CaVar Reid, tackling the complex and vital subjects of race, gender, and sexuality in the church. In Part 1, we focus specifically on race . Pastor CaVar shares profound insights on ministering t...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today, we're joined by Pastor Dennis Clanton from Woodland Church for a rich conversation about what every pastor truly needs to thrive in today's ministry landscape. Reflecting on decades of pastoral experience, Pastor Dennis shares how ministry has drastically changed - from cultural shifts to...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today, we're joined by our newly elected Under 40 Presbyter, Pastor Abby Isacson, for an insightful conversation on ministry from an under 40 perspective. What excites and challenges younger ministers today? What do they wish leaders over 40 understood about their generation? In this candid conversat...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. We're back with Part 2 of our conversation on discipleship with Pastor Holly Davis. Picking up where they left off, Pastors Aaron and Holly dive into the practical application of discipleship, starting with the foundational power of Scripture. Holly shares a raw and powerful testimony of facing inten...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today, in Part 1 of a special two-part episode, we're joined by Holly Davis, the Student Discipleship Director from the Assemblies of God national office. Pastor Holly shares her powerful journey as a woman called to ministry at a time when there were few female role models, offering incredible encou...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today, we're joined by Nathan Hlavin, Family Life Pastor at Bridgewood Church, to discuss the vital and growing focus of Family Ministry. In a culture where the family unit is breaking down, how can the church effectively minister to the whole family, not just its individual members? Pastor Nathan un...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today, we're joined by Pastor Mike Way from Center Point Assembly of God in Charlevoix for a powerful conversation about weathering the storms of ministry. What happens when ministry hurts, especially when the conflict comes from within your own church and family? Pastor Mike Way shares his powerful...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today, we're joined by a great friend and Next Gen Pastor at Bridgewood Church, Dallas Cogle, to talk about a subject critical to every leader's well-being: why relationships matter. With statistics showing that over 60% of pastors often feel lonely, how do we break the cycle of isolation? Dallas...