**WELSTech Episode 775 — Cough Drops and Use Cases**

Sallie's voice may not be at 100%, but the show must go on! In this episode of WELSTech, Martin and Sallie power through to explore one of the most practical questions in this Season of AI: what does AI actually look like in *your* ministry context?

The WELS AI Task Force has been hard at work developing a set of top-10 AI use cases for three distinct ministry roles — pastoral ministry, teaching, and church/school administration. Martin and Sallie walk through highlights from each category, from sermon research and member communication to lesson planning, student feedback, and meeting transcription. Along the way, they apply the WELS AI Ethical Framework and Risk Matrix to help you think through not just *what* AI can do, but *how* to use it wisely.

This is an audience participation episode — the task force wants your feedback! How is AI showing up in your ministry? Let them know.

Also in this episode:

- **Ministry Resource:** Two free NotebookLM cheat sheets from Ditch That Textbook — one for teachers, one for students

- **Picks of the Week:** OZLO Sleepbuds (Martin) and Google Vids (Sallie)

- **Community News:** WELSTech has a new home! The site has migrated to HubSpot at welstech.wels.net (now resolving to welstech.wels.org), with all 774 previous episodes along for the ride.

📬 Share your AI use cases: [email protected]

🌐 AI season resources: https://welstech.wels.net/ai/

🎙️ Show notes: https://welstech.wels.net

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