S4 EP17 featuring Tom Mattiuzzo & Michael Stone: The Realities of a Church Merger

S4 EP24 Phil Hall Connecting Your Community to the Church

Welcome to the L3 Podcast! We hope this podcast will be helpful to both you and your ministry. Today, Pastor Aaron is joined by Pastor Phil Hall, Lead Pastor at Harvest Church, to discuss a vital calling for every church leader: Connecting your church to your community. For too long, the local church has expected its community to come to them without taking the first step. Phil breaks down how simple, consistent acts of kindness and visibility can radically shift your church's impact. Pastors Aaron and Phil also discuss navigating complex leadership issues like bringing an inward-focused congregation on board with your outreach vision, addressing toxic church culture with humility, and creating safe, welcoming environments that unchurched people genuinely want to be part of. If you want to stop just meeting in your community and start effectively reaching it, this episode is a powerful must-listen. For more information on the Michigan Ministry Network, please go to our website at mmn.ag.

S4 EP23 featuring Larry Clair: Getting to Know Our New Camp Director

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 both locations under one shared vision to eliminate any division between the geographically distinct camps. They also discuss eye opening insights about how a majority of Holy Spirit encounters happen at camp rather than the local church. He emphasizes that these facilities are designed to be a direct extension of your local congregation. If you want to learn how your church can better partner with and utilize network camps to facilitate life changing ministry, this conversation is for you. For more information on the Michigan Ministry Network, please go to our website at mmn.ag.

S4 EP22 featuring Morris Moos: Stewarding Facilities Well

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 can become one of your most effective tools for connection. Jim and Pastor Morris unpack the importance of "curb appeal," the power of creating intentional connection areas and why keeping your building clean and decluttered removes unnecessary hindrances to the Gospel. If you want to transform your facility from a simple meeting room into a welcoming environment where relationships flourish, this highly practical episode is for you. For more information on the Michigan Ministry Network, please go to our website at mmn.ag.

S4 EP21 featuring Adam Bell: How to Support Your Leadership Team

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 it means to want more for your team than you want from them, emphasizing that leaders must invest in their staff as people, not just as producers. They discuss the vital role of humility in leadership, the danger of holding onto staff members too tightly, and the importance of adapting your leadership style to fit different personalities and generations. If you want to help your team members become the best versions of themselves, this conversation is for you. For more information on the Michigan Ministry Network, please go to our website at mmn.ag.

S4 EP20 featuring Karen Yancey: Letting Go of Quiet Resentment

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: unresolved outcomes, unrealistic expectations, and quiet resentment. Karen shares powerful wisdom on overcoming the heavy, toxic feelings of ministry wounds and explains why we can act our way into a new way of feeling, but we can never feel our way into a new way of acting. If you are carrying the heavy weight of pastoral disappointment or feeling too spiritually "full" to receive anything fresh from God, this episode is a beautiful invitation to experience His guarding peace. For more information on the Michigan Ministry Network, please go to our website at mmn.ag.