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The Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship173. Compassion & Coming Near or Far (with AI)Is AI making everything easier and bringing us together, or is about to fragment and virtual us further? Brian and Cammie tag four dilemmas AI is developing, and how to compassion finds the AI answers to pulling us closer to Jesus and others in the middle of those dilemmas.
2026-02-1931 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship172. Compassion & JusticeThis week on The Shape of the Circle, Cami and Brian sit down with Troy Cotton to move past the Sunday school answers and get into the "26-part formula" of systemic reality. Using the prophet Amos as a guide, the team wrestles with the gap between righteousness (equity) and justice (the action required to restore it). From the streets of Milwaukee to the suburbs of Muskego, we’re pulling no punches on why some schools feel like state-of-the-art launchpads while others—literally converted from old jails—still feel like prisons to the kids inside...
2026-02-1835 min
The Church Planting Podcast with Greg NettleThe Resident-First Strategy That's Creating a Movement (with Brian Hofmeister)In this episode of The Church Planting Podcast, Greg Nettle sits down with Brian Hofmeister, founding pastor of Lakepoint Church in Muskego, Wisconsin. Brian shares the powerful story of how his church moved from a single church plant to becoming a multiplying, sending church. Key themes include: How a church of any size can invest in multiplication from the beginning Why Lakepoint committed 10% of its budget to future church plants—even in its early years Lessons learned from developing residents and sending planters during the COVID-19 pandemic A compelling vi...
2025-09-1024 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship162. RPMS: The Anywhere Anytime Guide to Discipleship ConversationsRelational. Physical. Mental. Spiritual.If you could come up with one question for each category, would it disciple people? Brian and Cammie's favorite and most often used guide to discipleship conversations, is following just that kind of flow. Consider this episode the bread and butter play for the Shape of a Circle!This episode is one of many on our discipleship grid for discipleship conversations.
2025-02-2519 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship157. How to Make Money Discipleship Not Personally InvasiveMoney is a personal topic. Most don't want to talk about it. Even if Jesus talks about it a lot! Brian and Cammie share two questions that can get anyone talking about money comfortably in a discipleship setting.
2024-10-3111 min
Do Life Different - An 11|28 Community PodcastBrian Hofmeister thought being a pastor looked like a "crusty role" | 52 StoriesA year after choosing faith in Jesus I was diagnosed with cancer. Tumor the size of a golf ball hanging out of my thigh. I noticed it playing sports and just wasn’t functioning as well. At the end of the day it was friendly cancer, as friendly as cancer can be. No chemo no radiation, just one bad surgery where they did a number on my leg.Leading up to our Reunion and Baptism party this Saturday with Lakepoint and Revive we're listening in on a few stories from our extended family! Brian Hofmeister launched Lakepoint Ch...
2024-08-2229 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship151. How to Journal Your Deeper JourneyMaybe you're not used to journaling, so Brian and Cammie talk out where, why, and how to start as part of your discipleship with Jesus. It's not as feminine as you may think! Promise.
2024-02-1213 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship150. Deeper Journey for the Mask we WearSurrender is hard, especially when you're not in touch with the inner part of you that most needs to be surrendered. Cammie and Brian open a 13-Week Journey of self examination and surrender to identify the false self and return to the true with Jesus.
2024-02-0819 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship147. Getting the Nuances of Bible Genre into your Daily 20 It makes a difference what kind of literature you are reading. You wouldn’t read Romeo & Juliet the same way you read National Graphic, or a Presidential address the same way you hear a love song, or listen to Anne Frank the same way you do with Harry Potter, so don’t read all the books in the Bible the same way. There are a least five major literary genres in Scripture to be aware of. More than a scholastic study tool to master, Cammie and Brian use this episode to tell stories of how they use Bible genres in thei...
2023-10-1620 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship144. Really White Questions for a Black GuyEd Cook is joining Brian and Cammie on the Shape of a Circle Podcast more often now. It's not a new series, as much as it is an ongoing topic we'll return to called "Really White Questions for a Black Guy." We'll get into the overly assumptive and underly "correct" questions that most white people are thinking. Let's see what Ed has to say about it, and how the Gospel of Jesus in everyday life furthers it.
2023-09-1304 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship143. One Year Later When City and Suburb try to Figure out where Gospel meets RaceEd Cook joined Cammie and Brian for a Residency in Church Planting over a year ago. It was a wild mix of city and suburb, black and white, and there's no good reason that it should have worked aside from Jesus and his Gospel being in the middle. Enjoy the stories and impressions in this episode of how different races came together as one church, to plant another.
2023-09-0626 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship139. Summer Gospel: The Stuff Everybody Cares About Even If They Don't Care About GodGospel is good news even if people don't believe it. Brian and Cammie challenge you to see what good you can do for anyone anytime this Summer.
2023-05-1011 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship137. Summer Gospel: Noticing People this SummerSummer brings people out and relationships together. May it's God who's brought those relationships into your life for a reason; a gospel reason. Brian and Cammie kick off a new series of episodes on growing a gospel-centric Summer for you and your everyday relationships.
2023-04-2609 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship135. Retreating with One Prayer at a TimeIf you're anything like us, there's a long list of questions and prayers for God, that deserve more focused time. Retreat, is your time, to give it that time. Another quick tutorial from Brian and Cammie will get you a sense of how to unpack your biggest prayer in quiet ways on retreat.
2023-03-3004 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship133. Retreat Experience: How's Your Soul?Retreat gives space for your soul to come out of hiding. Lean back as Brian and Cammie walk you through noticing just that in this episode.
2023-03-1509 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship132. Preparing for your RetreatCammie and Brian give you a practical field guide on where/when/how to prepare for your spiritual retreat. It's more realistic than you think, with a little intentionality.They promised a special list of Milwaukee area places to retreat, so here you go: Retreat Centers, Hotels, Cabins. Brian goes to St. Mary's of the Lake near Gurnee as a retreat center. Cammie loves Fort Wilderness near Rhinelander.Hotels in Lake Geneva & Cedarburg are quaint locations.Find a friend with a lake cabin, or search for a Vrbo. You might be surprised what you can find and f...
2023-03-0817 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship131. The big WHY behind practicing RetreatGetting away from everyone and everything else seems impossible, even if it's for getting with God. We're too busy. We don't know what we'd do when we get there. We feel quiet is uncomfortable. We think it sounds too selfish. In this episode, Brian and Cammie give an earnest look at why forming a rhythm of retreat could be so important to the closeness you have with Jesus.
2023-03-0113 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship130. Everything Else we'd say about Marriage (Feat. Special Guests Justin Hronek & Melissa Hofmeister)Just one final episode for now about marriage between the Hroneks and Hofmeisters. Navigating life stages. Sharing discipleship. Getting into gospel to get back into each other. This episode is a smattering of topics on "everything else" we've got time to talk about.
2023-02-1419 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship129. Marriage Theology for when things are Getting Really Bad (Feat. Special Guests Justin Hronek & Melissa Hofmeister)When people want to talk about Divorce, Jesus wants to talk marriage. Brian & Melissa and Cammie & Justin talk both in this episode. What theology is there behind getting a divorce? What real-life situations make it so hopelessly complicated? Why is Jesus and our scriptures so muddy on all the conditions for considering a divorce, but so vividly inspiring on the conditions for a great marriage?
2023-02-0718 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship128. Talking Out the Toxicity of Marriage (Feat. Special Guests Justin Hronek & Melissa Hofmeister)Two Couples and a big talk on the discipleship of marriage. How do we constructively put a topic on the table between us, that also welcomes Jesus and his gospel to have a seat at the table.
2023-02-0216 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship127. One Habbit from your One WordSelf-Discipline is a dreaded concept that we just prefer not to face. Cammie and Brian make it simpler and Spirit-led in this episode.
2023-01-1814 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship124. Why Values Make Your Best Mile MarkersBrian and Cammie just celebrated Lakepoint Church's 10th Anniversary. More than "we made it" or arriving at a set of goals, the real fruit in longevity is what grows from the values that a community holds together.
2022-12-0810 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship122. Prayer Week (Part 2)Brian and Cammie report back on 10 Days of Prayer and Fasting. What was it like, what would they do again, what would this look like in group discipleship settings.
2022-11-0912 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship121. Take a Prayer Week (Part 1)Cammie and Brian talk about dedicating an hour of prayer, daily, for a week, when your restlessness drives you there.
2022-10-2618 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship115. "White Privilege" - Candid Conversations on Race with Ed Cook"White Privilege" is regular vocabulary to some and inflammatory words for others! To talk race, we've got to talk about the terms. What does that word mean coming out of real life experiences, and into seeking a real expanded circle of relationships? Ed Cook joins Brian and Cammie for a Candid Conversation on Race that's sure to become a staple on the Shape of a Circle Podcast.
2022-07-0733 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship112. Summer Style DiscipleshipWhile Summers often scatter group discipleship and reduce it to a few back yard hangouts, summer time, can actually be the best time, for discipleship one on one. Brian and Cammie offer a simple framework for making those one on one times count.
2022-05-2610 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship110. Rest from the Rules - with Mike FranciscoMike Francisco of 1128 Community joins Brian and Cammie to talk about rules. Rules and religious burdens are so big of a concern to Mike that he planted a church most specifically aimed and breaking the rules and doing life different. He gets to share his heart on that in this episode, and specifically what his church is doing on that front 6 months in.
2022-04-2815 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship102. Community Prayer Takes a PushWe all know prayer is a big part of discipleship; but why then does it feel so awkward and unnatural to start praying within a community of other disciples? Brian and Cammie tell stories on how they've made a push into prayer in their disciple-making settings.
2022-02-1107 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship100. How to Start Practicing Solitude in Group SettingsAlright Disciple-Makers, how do you gather a disciples together, and then get them alone into practicing solitude? Sounds like oil and water doesn't it? Brian and Cammie get into a simple exercise you can practice with your group, that disciples them into starting solitude as a personal practice from there.
2021-12-0908 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship98. Insider's Look at Brian's SolitudeBrian tells all in what the space of solitude looks like for him.
2021-11-2609 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship97. Solitude for ExtrovertsSolitude sounds like an Introverts' dream and an Extrovert's nightmare! Not so the case. Cammie and Brian get into what Extrovert's get out of their "people time" with just Jesus, and what Introverts get to take back to others from that time as well.
2021-11-1807 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship95. Finding your Soul in a Place called SolitudeWhy get away instead of getting more done? Why was it that, "Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed," (Luke 5:16). Came and Brian open a series of episodes on "Solitude," something that goes way beyond a 20 minute "quiet time," and set your soul up for knowing it's met with and heard from God.
2021-11-0406 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship94. MultiplyingOne good discipleship gathering deserves another; and another and another after that. Cammie and Brian offer some nuts and bolts for multiplying what you've been doing, and also a vision for how multiplying can be an every-disciple thing (not just a "leadership" thing) that saturates whole cities with the gospel.
2021-10-2809 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship93. PerformingCammie and Brian open the full fruit laden picture of what Mission and Discipleship can look like when you're Community really comes together in 12-24 months.
2021-10-2107 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship91. FormingIt's weird. That's the honest truth about grouping a handful of people to start discipling each other. Cammie and Brian have some tips to get you started on the right foot, and keep stepping through your first four months.
2021-10-0710 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship90. PreparingCammie and Brian break down the prayer and prep work that goes into starting a brand new discipleship gathering.
2021-09-3009 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship89. Structuring (or Swirling) the Making of New Missional CommunitiesAs Cammie and Brian have been leading Lakepoint Church for nine years now, there certainly has been some clarity that has come forward on the process, plan, and resources used for making disciple. In this episode they lay out a three year plan for all new MC's in wholistic discipleship, and what to do if you been leading one for years already.
2021-09-2310 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship88. What's Holding Your Church Back from Connecting People in Groups?Making room for making disciples in group setting is a job that is part pastor, part group leader. Cammie and Brian talk out who can be doing what so that the next person has space to be discipled.
2021-09-1610 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship87. Cadence for Connecting with Your Church's Discipleship LeadersAt the turn of every Fall, Churches get reorganized and ready for ministry. Setting a cadence for connecting with leaders is a big part of that, especially for those leading discipleship in group settings. Cammie and Brian talk through Lakepoint Church's cadence for connecting with leader for Fall 2021.
2021-09-0910 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship79. Good Questions (And Bad Ones)Not all questions are created equal. A really good topic with really bad questions isn't going to grow you much. Brian and Cammie talk you through the art of good question asking in this episode.
2021-06-2413 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship78. Maximizing Group EngagementSometimes group discipleship setting can go stale and stalled, leaving you wondering how to engage everyone quietly staring at you! Cammie and Brian get you a good list of angles you can come from to maximize engagement in this episode.
2021-06-1711 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship77. Baptisms and BaptizersWe're guessing every disciple-maker know how important baptism is, but do you know how important it is to for you yourself to be the baptizer? Cammie and Brian cover the what, how, and why.
2021-06-1010 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship71. Two Pastors and One Conversation about Making DisciplesTroy Loether (Lead Pastor of Kettlebrook Church) and Brian have had a longstanding friendship and conversations around making-disciples - not as pastors - but in empowering every believer to make disciples. In this extended Shape of a Circle podcast, Troy and Brian let you in on what these conversations between pastors are like.
2021-05-0136 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship70. The Whole Bible in Five MinutesThe Bible is a really long book and it's not organized chronologically. Here's the fastest overview of the story Brian knows how to give.
2021-04-1409 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship64. Yep. I said Something!After telling someone the gospel of Jesus, it's easy to ask yourself, "Did that work?" Brian and Cammie explain how some seeds grow slow, sometimes not at all, and that's it's really exciting when they do.
2021-03-2406 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship62. Real “My Stories” with JasonBrian's neighbor Jason shares his story as he's discovering Jesus in his life.
2021-03-2204 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship61. Real “My Stories” with BrianBrian tells his gospel story with Fall - Forgiveness - Faith - Freedom.
2021-03-2105 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship57. FreedomJesus came that we'd have life to the full, not rules and requirements to the overload. Mike Francisco joins Brian in this episode to look at a freer walk with Jesus that does life different.
2021-03-1207 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship47. The Five Love Languages in Your Everyday CircleKicking off a full week of Episodes, Brian and Melissa give you the overview of the Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman. It's way more than your favorite book about marriage. It teaches you how do relationships, with meaningful love wherever you go in your everyday circle. Stay tuned all week as we'll break each of the five down with its own episode.
2021-02-2805 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship45. Listening Without JudgementBrian and Cammie teach how hard it can be to hold your tongue. To just keep listening, until you really learn about people as they are, instead of jumping toward judging or fixing.
2021-02-2306 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship44. Trust Stories from MotherhoodThe speed of trust can move slow between women. Melissa Hofmeister and Cammie Hronek guide you on how to get there, and help you see the gospel opportunities that have begun when that's where you are.
2021-02-2105 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship43. Coffee (or a Milwaukee Brew) with Family ConnectionsBrian and Cammie discovering that opening a beverage opens up people as they really are, and therefor shows you the open door to where the gospel can enter.
2021-02-1904 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship41. BBQ in the NeighborhoodThe gospel starts opening up when relationships open up over a plate of food. For your neighborhoods, Brian tells story about the power of a backyard BBQ.
2021-02-1404 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship39. Putting Yourself Out there When Your Life Already Feels Full (Cammie Hronek)Everyone is busy. Nobody has time to schedule one more thing. How am I ever going to do outreach if I don't have time to add it? How on earth am I ever going to find time to make a disciple?! Cammie Hronek shares some starting principles for making disciples in everyday life. This episodes kicks off a nine-week series of podcast extras to Brian, Cammie, and Justin's newly published book - Everyday Gospel.
2021-02-0706 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship37. Getting Started with a Multiplication PlanBrian and Mike talk around stories of ICNU conversations, and making room for leaders to multiply around you from there.
2021-01-2707 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship34.Five Discussion Questions that Work Everywhere in the BibleYou don't have to buy a material or create your own questions every time you have a formative discussion around scripture. These five questions can work anywhere in the Bible, and it'll leave the disciples you work with with a framework for learning on their own as well.
2021-01-0704 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship33. Ground Rules & CovenantsWhen you're getting started it helps to set the ground rules for what to expect and how we'll interact together.
2020-12-3103 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship32. 5 Life Phases for Discipleship SettingsFrom getting started to getting another one started, here's what to expect and when to expect it in discipleship settings.
2020-12-2905 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship31. Where to find people to be DiscipledChurches can help. Sign up forms can help. The best people to join your circle to be discipled though are the ones who are already in it.
2020-12-2204 min
Lakepoint Church with Brian HofmeisterOne of Us - Brian HofmeisterWhat would it be like if God became one of us? Listen to this message from Brian Hofmeister exploring just that.Support the show
2020-12-1336 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship30. Prayers that Remain (Cammie Hronek)Lakepoint Children's Pastor Cammie Hronek uses the story of Abraham & Lot and Sodom & Gomorah as example prayers that remain in persistence and remain in boldness.
2020-12-1004 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship29. Prayers that Change God's MindIntercessory prayer is the real deal, God is listening, and it will change what he does next.
2020-11-2505 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship28b. Prayers that Make Space for God (Colleen Francisco)1128 Church Planter Colleen Francisco shares her thoughts on making space for God with your prayers, fresh off of participating in a Women's Prayer weekend.
2020-11-2007 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship28a. Prayers with the Road Map (Mike Francisco)Ever been in that room where you felt you're the only one who's no good at praying is you? Mike Francisco relates the "Lords Prayer" to a road map that anyone can use anytime to guide their prayers. Mike is the planter of soon to launch 1128 Community Church in Oak Creek, and one of the coolest dads and pastors you'll ever meet!
2020-11-1808 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship27. Prayers that are Explicitly Honest (Matt Timmons)Prayers without polish that really hash out with God where you're at - Brian talks it out with Matt Timmons.
2020-11-1107 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship26. Prayers From the Heart and For the Heart (Jason Eeten)Lakepoint Students Pastor Jason Eeten Shares his thoughts on how our heart is shaped by the act of prayer.
2020-11-0507 minLakepoint Church with Brian HofmeisterYour Many. Our Community. - Brian HofmeisterHow does a crowd become a community? How do you turn the church you attend into the community that you call family? Brian Hofmeister gives us his pro tips in this sermon in our 40 week journey.Support the show
2020-10-2039 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship25. A Two Hour Outline for Discipleship GatheringsThere's a lot of ways you could choose to organize your typical gathering. Here's mine.
2020-10-1104 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship24. Shaped by ServingServing (normally thought to be an outreach) has more to do with shaping our discipleship.
2020-10-0904 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship23. Treat your Disciplines like your KeurigSame old or something new, it's about keeping it fresh.
2020-10-0704 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship22. Smaller than a Small Group2's & 3's or 3's and 5's might be the best way around Covid-19, but might also be the best way to make discipleship more personal in your circle.
2020-09-1605 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship21. Call Backs: Getting Everyone Back After Gone for the SummerCasting a vision that everyone wants to come back for.
2020-09-0905 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship20. How to Help the Big Talkers in a Way They Will Thank YouIn group settings, here's how to summarize and move on when someone is talking too long.
2020-08-1103 minLakepoint Church with Brian HofmeisterSelf-Examination - Brian HofmeisterCheck out this powerful sermon on what it means to live out the Sacred Rhythm of Self-Examination from Brian Hofmeister.Support the show
2020-08-0930 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship19. Your Theological Response to the PulseTheology gives the RX to your discipleship diagnosis.
2020-08-0405 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship18. Taking a Discipleship PulseIt's hard to shape discipleship in your relationships without identifying where they're at. This simple diagram and exercise will get you started.
2020-07-2904 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship17. An Antidote to Repeating the Same Old ConversationsIf you're hungry for change and tired for talking about the same old issues, this is the question you need to pull desire from the heart.
2020-07-2205 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship16. Helping People Count the CostWhether new to Jesus or walking with him for decades, people need to know that everyday discipleship is shaped by a cross on their back.
2020-07-1505 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship15. Lessons in Loving Like You've Lost It in 2nd Century PandemicsThe 2nd and 3rd century church's response to pandemics is a lesson in loving like you've lost it. And by such a love, the kingdom of Jesus went across the known world.
2020-07-0806 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship14. Three Degrees of Union with GodBrother Lawrence contributed a lot to understanding what it means to "practice the presence of God." Here's one of his more memorable quotes, and a three-part framework for understanding union with God.
2020-07-0105 minLakepoint Church with Brian HofmeisterBaptism Sunday 2020 - Brian HofmeisterWhat is baptism and why is it important for every follower of Jesus? Brian Hofmeister unpacks all things baptism in our annual baptism celebration Sunday.Support the show
2020-06-2934 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship13. Conversations that are GospelIf someone in your circle said, "Tell me everything I need to know about Jesus," what would you say? Your response can be shaped as simple as ABC.
2020-06-2405 minLakepoint Church with Brian HofmeisterDads That Do - Brian HofmeisterWhat does it mean to be a dad that does justice, loves mercy, and walks humbly before God? Listen to this special Father's Day message from Pastor Brian Hofmeister.Support the show
2020-06-2232 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship12. Conversational Consistency and What they Trust You to Say NextWe'd love to shape our circles with real conversations all the time. We'll experience moments like that all along the way, but to live there it takes trust, and to shape your circle with trust you need conversational consistency.
2020-06-1903 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship11. Conversational Doors that Open to the GospelConversations that get real get below the surface. But how do you get there? The doorways of Hopes and Hurts are what opens the way.
2020-06-1604 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship10. Conversational CuriosityThe best way to listen like you mean it, is to mean it.
2020-06-1003 minLakepoint Church with Brian HofmeisterWho You're With is What You've Got to Work With - Brian HofmeisterJoin us for the final week of our House to House sermon series with Pastor Brian Hofmeister.Support the show
2020-06-0831 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship09. Outreach Isn't Extra - It's Intentional"I don't have time!" That might be the biggest reason people shy away from trying outreach - the can't imagine fitting one more thing into their already busy lives. Shaping your circle doesn't have to take more time, but you just have to be more intentional where you're already spending your time.
2020-06-0604 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship08. Everyday Circles 101 - Swap NamesReaching out to people in your Everyday Circle doesn't have to be complicated or intimidating. It simply starts with swapping names.
2020-06-0204 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship07. Authenticity is Life or DeathLet's talk about just how important it is to be real.
2020-05-3004 minLakepoint Church with Brian HofmeisterCommon Needs Have Answers Common - Brian HofmeisterPart 2 of our sermon series, House to House, by Brian HofmeisterSupport the show
2020-05-2728 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship06. Crisis- What to Say When There's Nothing to SayTurning your listening ear into words for your mouth... with prayers holding everything together in-between.
2020-05-2104 minLakepoint Church with Brian HofmeisterBeing Real is What Really Matters - Brian HofmeisterListen in as our lead pastor, Brian Hofmeister, brings us a new collection of talks on the power of the Church expressed House to HouseSupport the show
2020-05-1723 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship05. Cultivating the Fertile Ground of Crisis MomentsSomeone's going saying something real from their place of pain, and create a pin drop moment in the group. How are you going to respond as a leader?
2020-05-1305 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship04. Four Values that Shape Every Circle with DiscipleshipRelationship. Discipleship. Outreach. Multiplication. Your circle isn't experiencing full discipleship without aiming at all four.
2020-05-1204 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship03. Ox Carts and Sacred SpaceDoes our preparation in gathering people for discipleship, reflect an appreciation that some sacred space is about to be entered?
2020-05-0805 minThe Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship02. House to House is the other Half of ChurchThe Discipleship exetent Groups and House Gatherings can't be limited to study, connections, or personal growth. This is the other half of "Church."
2020-05-0605 min