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Global Methodist Voices: Stories From North GeorgiaTHIS IS SPARTA! - Global Methodist Voices - Skye GessPierce Memorial Methodist Church in Sparta, GA has an amazing leader in Skye Gess! As the Solicitor General of Baldwin County, GA, she has the opportunity to do ministry daily within her work, and then she helps see how the Kingdom of God can advance at her local church. Working with Young Adults, Youth, Women's Ministry, Wednesday Fellowship Dinners, and so much more, there is a passion at Pierce Memorial to engage the community and spur one another in love! AND Skye even saw how God could work as churches came together in Charge Conference! In the area? We...
2025-11-0542 minGlobal Methodist Voices: Stories From North GeorgiaIs It I Lord? - Global Methodist Voices - Jay AllredHere I am Lord. Is it I Lord? You might have sung this before and meant it, but this song mattered to Jay Allred at the first North Georgia Annual Conference. As a member of Wesley Methodist in LaGrange, an engaged volunteer, a delegate to General Conferences, and more, Jay has lived out the call to be a member of the local church and get involved with the ministry that Jesus has led him into. Hear how that calling might have changed for the future season, how District/Connectional Lay Leaders are engaged in the church, and more. Head...
2025-10-2942 minGlobal Methodist Voices: Stories From North GeorgiaBanded in Discipleship - Global Methodist Voices - Brandon BrownAt the beginning of 2025, Brandon Brown heard his Pastor, Fletcher Law of Homer Methodist Church preach about Bands. Bands are Wesleyan groups of gathered believers that meet to grow in their holiness, accountability, and love for one another in a very small group. Well, Brandon took this seriously and immediately prayed and started a Band. Now, just a few months later, there is already growth in the Bands. They are beginning multiple bands of discipleship and helping each other become the followers of Jesus that they are called to be, together. Take a listen to hear about doing it...
2025-10-2243 minGlobal Methodist Voices: Stories From North GeorgiaComing Together for Jesus - Global Methodist Voices - Dean OsuchWhen Mt. Gilead Methodist Church called Canton First Methodist Church about a partnership, no one could have known what God was going to do. Through the collaborative work of Rev. Dean Osuch, and the rest of the teams of the two churches, there is new life, transformations within the community, and people coming to know Jesus! Hear as Dean shares his excitement for evangelism and outrerach, the faithfulness of the believers that were at Mt. Gilead to say "Thy Kingdom Come", and the ways that the churches can now come together around Mission!Head over to https://www.mgmethodist...
2025-10-1542 minGlobal Methodist Voices: Stories From North GeorgiaSo the Next Generation Knows - Global Methodist Voices - DeDe ReillyA passion to share the Gospel with Children, empower families to disciple their kids, and intentionally multi-generational spaces in the church are just some of the things that overflow from DeDe Reilly. She has been in ministry to children and their families for years, and she cares so much for the Gospel getting into places. Hear how Macland Community Church in Powder Springs, GA has transformed their worship experience to include all ages, schedule intentional programs focused on "what's in their hands", and has empowered all ages to be leaders within their fellowship of believers. DeDe also has an...
2025-10-0849 minGlobal Methodist Voices: Stories From North GeorgiaBiblical Ministry Transitions - Global Methodist Voices - Pedro SilvaCovenant Methodist Church in Smyrna, GA is in the midst of a pastoral transition. Founding pastor, Rev. David Moore is stepping into a new season, and Rev. Pedro Silva is stepping in to lead the church in this season! Hear how Pedro is stepping into this time with intentionality and a Biblical view so that the ministry of the church can continue into the future! God is at work at Covenant and we are celebrating this season of finishing for Rev. Moore, and this new season of Ministry. Ready to find a church in the North Georgia GMC? Head...
2025-10-0140 minGlobal Methodist Voices: Stories From North GeorgiaGMC in Kenya?! Global Methodist Voices - Joseph & Pauline NtomburaAfrika Mashariki - A newly forming Global Methodist Church Conference in Kenya and surrounding countries in East Africa had a gathering this week in preparation for a Convening Conference in February! We discuss Conference growth over the 2 days of their gathering, the passionate and serious nature of worship, the realities of churches that were visited, and more. It was great to get to record across the 7-hour time gap and over 8,000 miles away! Rev. Joseph and Pauline have such a heart to seek God, empower believers to go, and celebrate all that God is doing in Kenya and beyond...
2025-09-2437 minGlobal Methodist Voices: Stories From North GeorgiaYouth Coming Together in a Community - Global Methodist Voices - Josh WilliamsAfter seeing the culture of a community, Josh Williams, Youth Pastor at Thomson First Methodist, thought it would be a good idea to bring together the youth of the community for the purpose of worship. Working with other Youth Directors and Pastors, multiple area churches from different denominations created an event that is already seeing changes in the community. Youth have come to faith. Churches are working together rather than in competition. And there are students actively striving to be the "Light" in their worlds as they go through the week!Conference-Wide Confirmation Retreat/Wesley Weekend is March 20-22, 2026...
2025-09-1742 minGlobal Methodist Voices: Stories From North GeorgiaBurnout to Disciple Making - Global Methodist Voices - David Laycock16 years into vocational ministry, Rev. David Laycock, was looking at ways to change jobs, leave vocational ministry. After Accidentally making 1 disciple in that time period, David found a groupo that spent the intentional time making him into a Disciple. Now, after 5 years of intentional Disciple-Making, Macedonia Church in Alpharetta, Georgia, has been transformed into a hub of true Disciple-Making in Alpharetta, Georgia. Hear about how God has used this time to have "intentional, reproducing, disciples of Jesus" as a focus of empowering and equipping leaders into their calling and their spaces both within the church, but also deployed into...
2025-09-1040 minGlobal Methodist Voices: Stories From North GeorgiaEveryone's Favorite Topic: Money - Global Methodist Voices - Tom MosleyWe love talking money in church... well, at least we should! Jesus had quite a bit to say about money! This week, we sit down with Conference Treasurer, Rev. Tom Mosley, to discuss the Annual Conference Financials, some of the mindset behind Connectional Funding, and a bit of an update as to where we are! We also talk about the generosity of God, the joy in being a part of the connection, and the incredible favor that God has poured out on the North Georgia Global Methodists! There is definitely some information, but even more inspiration!Interested in giving...
2025-09-0343 minGlobal Methodist Voices: Stories From North GeorgiaChurch Planting from Death to Life - Global Methodist Voices - Whit Martin"God take my frustration" is not a normal start ot a church planting story, but for Whit Martin, Founding Pastor of Asbury Chapel in Gainesville, GA, it is the place where God could meet him to do what only God could do. Now, 2 and a half years into ministry at Asbury Chapel, God is doing incredible things. From hearts that desire to know the Word of God deeply and fully through Bible Studies, generosity as an act and integral part of worship, and so much Joy, what has begun in a restored and repurposed funeral home, is amazing to...
2025-08-2745 minGlobal Methodist Voices: Stories From North GeorgiaDowntown for the Kingdom - Global Methodist Voices - Andy RogersOnly in the last few years has The Way in Woodstock been a church, but it's historic location to an area thriving with life has made a way for God to use this body incredibly! Rev. Andy Rogers was part of the initial merger of 2 churches in the Woodstock area, now known as The Way which has made some huge changes in under 10 years that are focused on the Kingdom of God. Hear about how they work eccumenically with other local churches, the heart to not out-run God and His timing, and the opportunity to be a light in...
2025-08-2049 minGlobal Methodist Voices: Stories From North GeorgiaA Recap of God Stories - Global Methodist Voices - Justin ArnoldGod is doing things in North Georgia and to the ends of the Earth through the Global Methodists in North Georgia. If this is your first episode, I hope you will point back to the stories directly with each of our previous guests. This is a quick snapshot of each of our past episodes. It has been a joy to record these, and hear the stories first, and we hope that you have seen the goodness of God through our guests so far!Make sure to head back to any episodes you have missed, and be sure to subscribe...
2025-08-1338 minGlobal Methodist Voices: Stories From North GeorgiaFrom North Georgia to the World! Global Methodist Voices - Bishop Carolyn MooreAfter 21 years of church planting in Evans, GA, outside of Augusta, Bishop Carolyn Moore now serves all over the globe as Bishop to at least 6 Conferences of Global Methodists! She is such a Spirit-filled, passionate leader who loves seeing God in the World! While she is not the Bishop to North Georgia, she is sent out of North Georgia to go where God leads to celebrate what is happening with Methodists all over World. Hear about the pastoral transition at the church she planted, miracles of Bibles getting into the hands of Ugandan Global Methodists, Church planting in the...
2025-08-0642 minGlobal Methodist Voices: Stories From North GeorgiaChanging Lives With Chips! Global Methodist Voices - Zach FitzpatrickOk, so it's not just the chips that are changing lives, but Jesus in the places of recovery that is changing lives. Recovery Chickamauga, based out of Elizabeth Lee Methodist Church's outreach center of Matthew's House, has changed lives in Chickamauga and beyond. Rev. Zach Fitzpatrick joins to tell his story of recovery, how recovery has helped commuicate the gospel, awaken the church's heart to their neighbors, and create wonderful encounters to celebrate and to walk through hard spaces together! 1-day Chips to 40-year Chips have been passed out at Recovery Chickamauga. Listen to this 12-step program that has...
2025-07-3045 minGlobal Methodist Voices: Stories From North GeorgiaExpectant for the Emergent - Global Methodist Voices - Matt AbelThe Emerging Generation of Global Methodists in North Georgia is off to a strong start. From the campus ministries of the Awakening Collegiate Fellowship, to the work of Wesley Weekend in the spring, the hope for the leaders of the next generation is high. These aren't just the leaders of the future, but how they lead in worship, serve in churches, share the Gospel, and so much more is an inspiration to all who witness it. Hear how the Wesley Weekend 2025 (a middle school retreat), and more, is establishing and growing in North Georgia from the Chair or the...
2025-07-2344 minGlobal Methodist Voices: Stories From North GeorgiaNot Our Will, But God's Will! Global Methodist Voices - Steve LazzaraThe work of the Holy Spirit is evident in the life of Sawnee Ridge Church in Cumming, GA. Steve Lazzara, Chairman of the Boar,d tells us how Sawnee Ridge got started as a new church plant, where they have seen God at work in the life of the church, and how there are things that have happened that could not have been asked for or even imagined. The people who showed up that the church was not expecting, the location that they have, and so much more have been a testament to God's goodness to them. To check...
2025-07-1644 minGlobal Methodist Voices: Stories From North GeorgiaOn The Road Again! Global Methodist Voices - David McCoyDriving a car is almost a requirement in North Georgia, but car maintenance and upkeep, and even acquisition, can be a barrier to meeting the needs of your family, holding a job, and so much more. David McCoy and the team at Matthew 25:40 Car Care Ministry in Powder Springs have been serving their community for nearly 2 decades, from minor repairs to anything that can get done in a day! The "Car Care Angels" provide the hospitality, respite, and the gospel to those who are having the repairs completed on their car. This ministry is in the process of building...
2025-07-0945 minGlobal Methodist Voices: Stories From North GeorgiaTransforming a Community - Global Methodist Voices - Mike GudkaJust past where the pro golfers can drive at Augusta National sits the small town of Lincolnton, GA where the Holy Spirit is moving in a traditional Global Methodist Church! God has prepared the property, the members, and the visitors alike to come together and transform a community. See how a pastor's attendance at a high school football game, a hurricane response, and faithfulness to the calling on the community is changing the landscape in Lincolnton for the sake of the kingdom of God! You want to hear about how this Iowa transplant pastor is seeing God move in...
2025-07-0246 minGlobal Methodist Voices: Stories From North GeorgiaMaking Disciples is the Goal, Right? Global Methodist Voices - David SandersThe Great Commission, the one from Matthew 28, is often as part of our vocabulary as John 3:16, but pastor David Sanders at Bethel Methodist Church in Dawsonville, GA had to reevaluate his ministry several years back when he realized that he had never really been a disciple. And since he hadn't really been a disciple, making disciples was even more difficult. Hear how a journey with a group called Narrow Gate from North Georgia has transformed his ministry, and the community through intentional discipleship. It is the long game, the thing that takes years of time and develiopment, but where...
2025-06-2546 minGlobal Methodist Voices: Stories From North GeorgiaFrom Nigeria to the World - Global Methodist Voices - Bishop John Pena AutaTo be a truly global church is not just aspirational, but a reality within the Global Methodist Church. Bishop John Pena Auta, raised in a small Nigerian village now travels the globe to serve 6 Annual Conference, with more potentially on the way. Hear how Bishop Auta experienced Christ for the first time, the call to ministry, the realities within the current Nigerian church, and what he was looking forward to most at his first full Annual Conference in the United States! It was such a blessing to sit down with Bishop Auta for this week's episode just before North...
2025-06-1845 minGlobal Methodist Voices: Stories From North GeorgiaLive from North Georgia GMC Annual Conference 2025! - Global Methodist VoicesAnnual Conference 2025 was an incredible time of worship, holy conferencing, and connection for Clergy and Laity alike. Hear from a wide variety of folks from across the conference as we went to the streets of Annual Conference at First Methodist Church of Greensboro - Lake Oconee Campus. Our audio is not as great this time, but the excitement, joy, and love that flows should be apparent that this was a blessed gathering. We want to extend a huge thank you to the host church of First Methodist Church of Greensboro, the Annual Conference Committee, and the town of Greensboro...
2025-06-1140 minGlobal Methodist Voices: Stories From North GeorgiaConnected to the World by Prayer! - Global Methodist Voices - John Moore & Bethany RossEssential to the life of Jesus, and now the life of believers is prayer. Communion with God through intentional time with God is critical to a relationship with God. It is also a way that has united the North Georgia Prayer Committee, led by Rev. John Moore and joined by Bethany Ross. Hear about the passion of prayer in the formation of the North Georgia Conference, the excitement to join in prayer with others around the globe, and so much more. To submit a prayer request, head over to https://ngagmc.org/prayer/!
2025-06-0448 minGlobal Methodist Voices: Stories From North GeorgiaHolistic Gospel Spreading in Nigeria - Global Methodist Voices - Jeff Jernigan"The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” - Matthew 9:37b-38 Well, Jeff Jernigan read that and took it seriously in 2010 when there was an opportunity to go and see what God was doing, and how there could be a holistic view of the Gospel that could be shared in one of the fastest growing, harvest-ready areas in the world. Persecution is always present. The economy is not great. Infrastructure is still way behind. And yet God is showing up in new an...
2025-05-2844 minGlobal Methodist Voices: Stories From North GeorgiaThe Next Great Awakening? Global Methodist Voices - Nathan Dickens & Tate WellingCould the next Great Awakening be happening? Well, there are 2 passionate College Campus Pastors who are seeing the transformed lives of students on college campuses here in North Georgia! Nathan Dickens at the University of North Georgia in Dahlonega and Tate Welling at Georgia College & State University in Milledgeville are seeing an awakening through Awakening Campus Ministries! This pan-Wesleyan campus ministry is focused on discipleship, community, and scriptural holiness on college campuses as students walk through some of the hardest and most pressing choices that they have made up to this point in their lives. Hear how they tackle...
2025-05-2153 minGlobal Methodist Voices: Stories From North GeorgiaA Business Meeting You Don't Want to Miss! Global Methodist Voices - Tina KirklandWorship Over Business! Prayer before everything! A Holy Spirit discerned location! North Georgia Global Methodist Church Annual Conference 2025 is set to be incredible with a focus on the local church, worship, development, connection, and so much more, thanks to Annual Conference Chair Tina Kirkland! Take a listen and let us know what you are looking forward to at this year's Annual Conference? Who would have thought that there could be a "business meeting" that you actually wanted to invite others to be a part of?!? If you haven't already, register at https://ngagmc.org/!!Be sure to subscribe and...
2025-05-1430 minGlobal Methodist Voices: Stories From North GeorgiaA New Thing In North Georgia!! Global Methodist Voices Podcast - Andy PostellGlobal Methodist Voices: Stories from North Georgia is a NEW THING and exciting in this season! We believe that God is at work in the life of the Global Methodist Church in North Georgia and to the ends of the Earth! Hear from our Conference Superintendent, Rev. Andy Postell as he shares some vision for this Podcast, some hopes and expectations for Annual and General Conference gatherings, and hopes and prayers for the Annual Conference in this season!How are you seeing God at work in this season? Is God doing something new in your life, or in the...
2025-05-0748 min