Michigan Ministry Network L3 Podcast

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. On todays episode we have Travis Buerky, Lead Pastor at Hickory Ridge Community Church, sharing with us his experience on both sides of being a worship leader working with a lead pastor, and being said lead pastor. Musical worship is a huge part of our services nowadays. We need to be on the same page ac...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. On todays episode we have Rob King, lead pastor at Trinity Assembly sharing with us the mistakes leaders make in ministry and what we can learn from them. If you're just starting out in ministry, or have been in it for 30+ years, there is wisdom for everyone to get something out of today's conver...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. On todays episode we have Jeff Haddon, young adult pastor at Trinity Assembly of God. Today we discuss all things young adults. How do we engage them where they are? How can we help them with their call to ministry? What happens if we don't reach out and have a place for them in our churches and team...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. On todays episode we have Jamie Kjos, lead pastor of Brightmoor church, helping us through what it takes to make BIG decisions in ministry. If you're in charge of your church or ministry, you need to be able to make big decisions not just for you, but for your team. Leaders sometimes become fearful o...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. On todays episode we have our former superintendent, Jeff Hlavin! Today's topic is all about handling betrayal in ministry. One of the first things we need to figure out is if it's true betrayal or just a misunderstanding or feeling even annoyed. What do we do with those true betrayals that come...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. On todays episode, we have Christy Demoff from Bridgewood Church. Today, we have a great discussion on keeping your family healthy when in the thick of ministry. There are many attacks that come our way as ministers of the gospel and some of those attacks are targeted at our kids. There's a tension b...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. On todays episode, we have James Courter, lead pastor at Faith Church. Discouragement is a part of life, but it's not supposed to define us. Today, we discuss how to recognize and handle discouragement in ministry. We need to address it rather than try to ignore it before we become too acquainted wit...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. On todays episode, we have Angelo Fleece, lead pastor at Rock Church. Today, we continue the discussion on church planting. Pastor Angelo shares his wisdom with us about when he was going through the planting process talking about the lessons he's learned along the way. For more information on the Mi...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. On todays episode, we have Jim Wiegand, lead pastor of Freedom Center Church talking about the importance of planting new churches. Why do we need more churches? Because the world needs Jesus and we're called to bring the truth to it. We need more church planters. We need those who have a burden and pass...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. On todays episode, we have Steve Gallegos, Children Ministries Pastor at Auburn Hills Christian Center. Steve has been on staff for over 21 years serving under the same leadership. There are certain qualities that people look for in leadership to stay on as long as he has. Today, he shares his wisdom wit...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. On todays episode, we have John Opalewski, owner of Converge Coaching speaking with us on the importance of rest! As pastors and leaders, we will sometimes push ourselves beyond what we're capable of because we are so passionate about the call. However, this isn't a good long term strategy. We need to le...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. On todays episode, we have Dave Barringer, lead pastor at Kalamazoo First. Today, we are talking about marriages! We've seen people do marriage and ministry well, and we've seen marriage take a backseat to ministry at times as well. God's goal is unity in all things and that starts in our marriages. We t...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. On todays episode, we have Shane Bryant, lead pastor from Charlotte Assembly of God. Today, we are discussing the pains and the discouraging moments in ministry. What happens when you love people but don't feel the love back? What happens when ministry doesn't turn out like you thought it would? Can you...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. On todays episode, we have Jim Riley, lead pastor from Eaton Rapid Assembly of God. We discuss the pain in we as ministers can unintentionally cause to the people around us as well as the losses, both good and bad, that happen within our ministries. We don't always say the "right" things and need to lear...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. On todays episode, we have Cal Garcia from Auburn Hills Christian Center speaking with us on how to deal with conflict within the church. Whether it's a staff member, board member, or parishioner, we've all dealt with someone that has tried to point out what's wrong with either the church or us. There ar...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. On todays episode, we have Kevin Berry from Mount Hope Church in Lansing. Today, we discuss how a good leader needs to have a great prayer and devotional life! There's so many misconceptions we tell ourselves about when/how/what we pray and dig into the Word. We need to find the true heart of why we are...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. On todays episode, we have Rich Guerra who was our Refresh speaker sharing more of his wisdom with us. Today, we get to talk about church! We discuss the current state of the church and it's needs and dream together about the potential that the church could/will have in the future. For more information o...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. On todays episode, we have JP Dorsey talking with us about how to speak to the next generation. There are many important conversations that need to be had but we're all still learning how to approach the next generation and making sure they know that we're also approachable.  For more information on the...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. On todays episode, we have Eric Hoffman, the national Speed The Light director talking with us about next gen leadership as it relates to missions. He does an amazing job teaching on how to cultivate the heart of missions at the earliest of ages in our churches. For more information on the Michigan Minis...

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. On todays episode, we have Jim Wiegand, the lead pastor at Freedom Center Church in Fenton talking with us about how to have healthy relationship with your next generation of leaders. We get into what it means to speak life and correction into their lives as a lead pastor as well as how to intentionally...