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Southern Ohio Synod, ELCA
Discipleship: Evangelism & Frontier Ministry
Join Pr. Tim Mentzer for our next Discipleship Podcast! The Discussion Guide for this episode is available here: https://tinyurl.com/yzcp8ask #SOSynodELCA #StrongerandBetterTogether #Discipleship
2025-07-15
33 min
Southern Ohio Synod, ELCA
Discernment: Here I Am, Lord
Join Pastor Connie Mentzer and Pastor Steve Kimm for a conversation about discernment and how this is a part of the Christian life, helping us follow where God is calling us. A special Thank You to everyone who shared pieces of their discernment stories during this episode: Ms. Linda Lally (Peace Lutheran Church, Beavercreek), Pr. Mike Weaver (St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, Columbus), Mr. Ethan Roberts (St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, Lancaster), Pr. Julieanne Smeck (Hope Lutheran Church, Columbus), Pr. Carey Hovland (Peace Lutheran Church, Beavercreek), and Pr. Leslie Fox Lott (Christ Lutheran Church, Bexley). For...
2025-07-08
33 min
Southern Ohio Synod, ELCA
Discipleship: The Five Layers of Evangelism
Join Pr. Tim Mentzer for our next Discipleship Podcast! The Discussion Guide for this episode is available here: https://tinyurl.com/b6s4jnbm #SOSynodELCA #StrongerandBetterTogether #Discipleship
2025-06-24
23 min
Southern Ohio Synod, ELCA
Leadership: Preparing for Storms
Join Pr. Tim Mentzer (Assistant to the Bishop for Discipleship, Leadership, Engagement) for a conversation with Rev. Dr. Harold Dorrell Briscoe (Dean of Religious and Spiritual Life at Rollins College, Winter Park, FL) to learn more about how leadership means being prepared for storms, locally, nationally, and internationally. Dr. Briscoe’s book, There’s a Storm Comin’: How the American Church Can Lead through Times of Racial Crisis is available for purchase on Amazon (https://a.co/d/aLBVgyC) or your preferred local bookseller. #SOSynodELCA #StrongerandBetterTogether
2025-06-13
43 min
Southern Ohio Synod, ELCA
Discipleship: Talking to Others about the Resurrection
Join Pr. Tim Mentzer for our next Discipleship Podcast! The Discussion Guide for this episode is available here: https://tinyurl.com/5p5np287 #SOSynodELCA #StrongerandBetterTogether #Discipleship
2025-05-20
26 min
Southern Ohio Synod, ELCA
Mental Health: Beloved & Belonging
Join Gary Pecuch (Youth Ministry Coach & Community Sandbox Manager) for a conversation with Mary Ellen Johns to learn more about God’s call to care for and support members in our communities during transitions, crisis, and mental wellness. Mary Ellen serves as the Director of Care & Connection at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Loveland, Ohio and a Mental Health Counselor at ThrivePoint Counseling. During this episode, Mary Ellen mentions several resources. We have included those links below: National Alliance on Mental Health (NAMI): https://www.nami.org/findsupport/ ELCA Disability Ministries: https://www.elca.or...
2025-05-05
35 min
Southern Ohio Synod, ELCA
Discipleship: Creating a Discipleship Driven Congregation
Join Pr. Tim Mentzer for our next Discipleship Podcast! The Discussion Guide for this episode is available here: https://tinyurl.com/yc2eszz8 #SOSynodELCA #StrongerandBetterTogether #Discipleship
2025-04-15
40 min
Southern Ohio Synod, ELCA
Spirituality: Sacred Listening, Part 2
Join Pr. Bob Abrams (Assistant to the Bishop) for a conversation with Pr. Kris Santiago to learn more about Spiritual Direction and who can benefit from this sacred practice.
2025-04-08
24 min
Southern Ohio Synod, ELCA
Spirituality: Sacred Listening, Part 1
Join Pr. Bob Abrams (Assistant to the Bishop) for a conversation with Pr. Kris Santiago to learn more about Spiritual Direction and who can benefit from this sacred practice. During this episode, Pr. Santiago mentions several resources for Spiritual Direction. We have included those links below: Spirituality Network: https://spiritualitynetwork.org/ Jesuit Spiritual Center at Milford: https://jesuitspiritualcenter.com/ Order of Lutheran Franciscans: https://www.lutheranfranciscans.org/ Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation: https://shalem.org/
2025-03-25
28 min
Southern Ohio Synod, ELCA
Discipleship: Shame, the Loss of Meaning, and Broadening the Horizons of the Word of God
Join Pr. Tim Mentzer for our next Discipleship Podcast! The Discussion Guide for this episode is available here: https://tinyurl.com/mr99sr26 #SOSynodELCA #StrongerandBetterTogether #Discipleship
2025-03-18
44 min
Southern Ohio Synod, ELCA
Discipleship: The Importance of Christian Community as Spiritual Discipline
Join Pr. Tim Mentzer for our next Discipleship Podcast! The Discussion Guide for this episode is available here: https://tinyurl.com/5r7yh5kh #SOSynodELCA #StrongerandBetterTogether #Discipleship
2025-02-18
28 min
Southern Ohio Synod, ELCA
Discipleship: The Importance of Witnessing as a Spiritual Discipline
Join Pr. Tim Mentzer for our next Discipleship Podcast! The Discussion Guide for this episode is available here: https://tinyurl.com/bpa82vr9 #SOSynodELCA #StrongerandBetterTogether #Discipleship
2025-01-21
44 min
Southern Ohio Synod, ELCA
Discipleship: The Importance of Giving as a Spiritual Discipline
Join Pr. Tim Mentzer for our next Discipleship Podcast! The Discussion Guide for this episode is available here: https://tinyurl.com/y239du4x #SOSynodELCA #StrongerandBetterTogether #Discipleship
2024-12-17
32 min
Southern Ohio Synod, ELCA
Discipleship: The Act of Serving as a Spiritual Discipline
Join Pr. Tim Mentzer for our next Discipleship Podcast! The Discussion Guide for this episode is available here: https://tinyurl.com/yraj6hpc #SOSynodELCA #StrongerandBetterTogether #Discipleship
2024-11-19
31 min
Southern Ohio Synod, ELCA
Discipleship: The Importance of Learning as a Spiritual Disicpline
Join Pr. Tim Mentzer for our next Discipleship Podcast! The Discussion Guide for this episode is available here: https://tinyurl.com/3njp2jw8 #SOSynodELCA #StrongerandBetterTogether #Discipleship
2024-10-15
28 min
Southern Ohio Synod, ELCA
Discipleship: The Importance of Worship as a Spiritual Discipline
Join Pr. Tim Mentzer for our next Discipleship Podcast! The Discussion Guide for this episode is available here: https://tinyurl.com/3fkk5yrm #SOSynodELCA #StrongerandBetterTogether #Discipleship
2024-09-17
31 min
Southern Ohio Synod, ELCA
Discipleship: The Disciplines of Discipleship
Join Pr. Tim Mentzer for our next Discipleship Podcast! The Discussion Guide for this episode is available here: https://tinyurl.com/yck3hx7h #SOSynodELCA #StrongerandBetterTogether #Discipleship
2024-08-20
26 min
Southern Ohio Synod, ELCA
Discipleship: Discerning Context as an Act of Listening
Join Pr. Tim Mentzer for our next Discipleship Podcast! The Discussion Guide for this episode is available here: https://tinyurl.com/yck3hx7h
2024-07-16
31 min
Southern Ohio Synod, ELCA
Theology: Views on Death & Hope
Join Rev. Dr. Tim Mentzer (Assistant to the Bishop for Discipleship, Leadership, Engagement) for a conversation with Vicar Jaren Summers and Mr. Chay Rossing about how our theology of death and how to accompany those who are grieving.
2024-07-02
58 min
Southern Ohio Synod, ELCA
Out of the Water ... Follow Me
Join us for our latest Discipleship Podcast, a retelling of the Keynote Presentation given by Rev. Dr. Tim Mentzer at the 2024 Southern Ohio Synod Assembly. Click here for a Discussion Guide for this episode: https://tinyurl.com/54w44yem #SOSynodELCA #StrongerandBetterTogether
2024-06-18
48 min
Southern Ohio Synod, ELCA
Leadership: Yes, God, And ...?
Join Pr. Bob Abrams (Assistant to the Bishop) and Pr. Mike Weaver (Southern Ohio Synod Coaching Coordinator) for a conversation about how improv can benefit discernment, growing as a leader, and following God's call for you and your life.
2024-06-04
36 min
Southern Ohio Synod, ELCA
Discipleship: Listening to the Stories of Others
Join Pr. Tim Mentzer for our the next Discipleship podcast, where we learn the important of listening to one another's stories as we grow in faith together. Click here to access the Discussion Guide for this episode: https://tinyurl.com/yrbxjvkk #SOSynodELCA #StrongerandBetterTogether
2024-05-21
31 min
Southern Ohio Synod, ELCA
Discipleship: Telling Our Stories of Jesus
Join Pr. Tim Mentzer for our next Discipleship Podcast! The Discussion Guide for this episode will be available soon.
2024-04-16
39 min
Southern Ohio Synod, ELCA
Vocation: Is There a Place for Young Adults in the Church?
Join Pr. Tim Mentzer (Assistant to the Bishop for Discipleship, Leadership, Engagement) for a conversation with Elizabeth Gilbert, one of the coordinators for Gather Cincinnati on how theology and vocation have intersected throughout her life as she discerns a place for her and her generation within faith communities.
2024-04-02
43 min
Southern Ohio Synod, ELCA
Discipleship: How Do We Hear? How Do We Hear the Story of Jesus?
Join Pr. Tim Mentzer for our next Discipleship Podcast! Visit http://www.southernohiosynod.org to view a Discussion Guide for this episode.
2024-03-19
34 min
Southern Ohio Synod, ELCA
Evangelism: What Are Cultivate Ministries?
Join Pr. Katie Kerrigan, Director for Evangelical Mission, and Pr. Richard Freudenberger, Cultivate Ministries Coordinator, for a conversation about some of the exciting things God is up to through these specialized ministries within #SOSynodELCA!
2024-03-05
47 min
Southern Ohio Synod, ELCA
Discipleship: Hearing & Sharing the Story of Jesus
Join Pr. Tim Mentzer for our next Discipleship Podcast, where we are reminded of the importance and impact of sharing how we have experienced Jesus in our lives so that others can notice Jesus in theirs.
2024-02-20
31 min
Southern Ohio Synod, ELCA
Discipleship: Hearing, Telling, Listening
Join us for our next Discipleship podcast, where. Pr. Tim Mentzer discusses how different aspects of the Christian faith are part of a life of discipleship.
2024-01-16
31 min
Southern Ohio Synod, ELCA
Global Mission: Holding Loosely
Join Pr. Bob Abrams (Assistant to the Bishop) for a conversation with Ethan Roberts, a young adult from #SOSynodELCA. Ethan shares several stories and experiences from his life that have shown him that God is always present with him, even when he serves communities and individuals across the country and across the world.
2024-01-02
56 min
Southern Ohio Synod, ELCA
Discipleship: When the Church Is the Church
Join us for our next Discipleship podcast! Pr. Tim Mentzer shares more about what discipleship is and what discipleship is not.
2023-12-19
34 min
Southern Ohio Synod, ELCA
Advocacy: Faith in Action
Join Pr. Tim Mentzer (Assistant to the Bishop for Discipleship, Leadership, Engagement) for a conversation with Chay Rossing as he shares how his involvement with the larger ministries of the ELCA for young adults and justice work have helped him grow in his faith.
2023-12-05
40 min
Southern Ohio Synod, ELCA
Discipleship: Living in Integrity
Join us for our next Discipleship podcast! Pr. Tim Mentzer shares how a life of discipleship frees us from needing to be in charge and frees us to live lives of integrity, answering Jesus' call to follow. Check out the Southern Ohio Synod website (http://www.southernohiosynod.org) for a Discussion Guide for this podcast episode.
2023-11-21
29 min
Southern Ohio Synod, ELCA
Family Systems: Being Your Own Self
Join Pastor Rebecca Grate for a conversation with Pastor Bob Abrams and Deacon Mary Ann Schwabe, to learn more about how Family Systems Theory can help ministry leaders more healthily in their contexts, especially as we continue to learn more about how ministries need to shift to address the needs of the community after the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
2023-10-31
45 min
Southern Ohio Synod, ELCA
Discipleship: Already in God’s Story
Join us for our first Discipleship podcast! Pr. Tim Mentzer shares several stories from his life and shows how those stories are already interwoven into God's story. Click here to access the Discussion Guide for each of the segments of this entire episode.
2023-10-14
19 min