Welcome to our podcast where we share our journey of planting Tree of Life Church. In this video, we discuss the significance of our home church and the legacies we leave behind (whether good or bad), and how a strategic trip turned into a spiritual one.

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0:00 - Intro

0:44 - Reverse Charades Game

5:19 - Strategic Trip to FL

6:41 - Relationship to Riverside Church (Ft. Myers, FL)

9:18 - Formative Memories

15:22 - Youth Culture

17:06 - Impact of Mentors

21:25 - Importance of Legacy

24:10 - C.S. Lewis' quote on eternality of heaven & hell working backwards...

28:25 - Real life example of the quote

29:50 - Fruit of Nihilism vs Fruit of Jesus

32:46 - Power of Grace in Church Hurt

34:10 - Takeaways

35:00 - Tree of Life Church Interest Party

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Register below to be part of our Interest Party on 11/23/25!

https://www.tree-of-life.church/events

Thanks for listening and if you want to learn more about our new ministry, check out Tree-of-Life.Church

Welcome to our podcast where we share our journey of planting Tree of Life Church. In this video, we share our heart for Foster children & families with some of our relevant backstory to why. Listen to how Julie's health journey has detoured the way in which we serve with Foster care ministries currently.

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0:00 - Intro

0:40- Game

4:16 - Haven of Hope Intl Shoutout

6:30 - Tree of Life Church Update

13:14 - Local Foster Care Opportunities

15:27 - Our Journey in Fostering

16:12 - Julie's earlier "God Experience"

17:20 - Our mindset moving forward from Julie's experience

18:19 - North Carolina strides toward Fostering

20:16 - Julie's Adverse-Reaction to the Vaccine

25:49 - Things get serious

29:35 - Assumed the delay would be shorter than it has been

30:25 - Our persistence to help however we can

32:22 - Ben's Takeaway - Cling to what helps bear good fruit

34:08 - Julie's Takeaway - Power made perfect in weakness

34:42 - Challenge: Be part of solution to Foster Care Crisis

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For more information on how to be equipped to help:

Ministries that serve Foster families: https://www.bighousefamilyministry.org/ & https://www.theadvocate.us/

Foster Care Catawba County: https://catawbacountync.gov/county-services/social-services/family-builders/about-family-builders/

Thanks for listening and if you want to learn more about our new ministry, check out Tree-of-Life.Church

Welcome to our podcast where we share our journey of planting Tree of Life Church.

We've been blessed and encouraged as God has answered some prayers recently with Tree of Life.We challenge your movie quote knowledge and dare us all to watch movies through the lens of scripture. Our hope is watching with our focus on things above may allow us to BEAR GOOD FRUIT.

Case and point, we discuss an all time classic: The Sandlot

0:00 - Intro

0:36 - Game

5:40 - Update

11:14 - Carolina Movement Conference

15:00 - Answered Prayers

21:45 - Watching Movies Through The Lens of The Bible

23:30 - What is the Sandlot?

25:07 - Would you like more theological analysis of movies?

25:40 - Sandlot Theology

29:23 - Why develop theological perspectives of movies?

31:33 - Hope in these convos

33:59 - Early Church Evangelists

36:00 - What are our kids filling their minds with?

36:42 - Resource for parents trying to be relevant: Axis

37:20 - Sandlot Theology Payoff (You'll want to hear this)

43:40 - Bear Good Fruit

Thanks for listening and if you want to learn more about our new ministry, check out Tree-of-Life.Church

Welcome to our podcast where we share our journey of planting Tree of Life Church.

What is prayer? Why doesn't it always "work"?

In this episode we share our experiences and perspectives on how prayer has helped and hurt. We hope that prayer becomes a tool to bear good fruit in the world and in our lives.

0:00 - Intro

0:55 - emaG sdrawkcaB

5:25 - Tree of Life Church Update

15:00 - Intro to Prayer

18:07 - Triune Prayer

20:20 - Julie's Wrestle with Prayer

22:30 - Ben's Wrestle with Prayer

25:00 - A (but not THE only) Fruitful Approach

26:40 - Has the church "modernized" prayer

29:23 - God already knows... so why pray

31:08 - Prayer as Worship

33:00 - Scientifically Proven Benefits to Prayer

35:32 - Helpful Practices for Transformation

36:35 - "Telepathy Tapes" Additional Perspective

38:20 - Closing Prayer

Thanks for listening and if you want to learn more about our new ministry, check out Tree-of-Life.Church

Welcome to our podcast where we share our journey of planting Tree of Life Church.

Julie brought a little trivia from 2015 to celebrate our son's 10th birthday. We discuss the early church and discuss our approach in small groups (called Root Groups).

Copy of the Didache: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0714.htm

Practicing the Way: https://www.practicingtheway.org/

Rule of Life Builder: https://www.practicingtheway.org/ruleoflifebuilder

0:00 - Intro

0:46 - 2015 Trivia

8:03 - Root Groups

13:00 - Invite to Root Group

14:48 - The Early Church

15:39 - Didache

18:09 - The Way of Life

18:57 - Julie's Spiritual Practices

23:10 - What does "abide" mean?

27:57 - Rule of Life

30:00 - Practice the Faith

31:28 - Pro Tip on Prayer

35:35 - Final Thoughts and Encouragement

Thanks for listening and if you want to learn more about our new ministry, check out Tree-of-Life.Church

Welcome to our podcast where we share our journey of planting Tree of Life Church.

We went on a trip and gleaned wisdom from disability ministry experts! Also, what happens when we (humanity) choose to diminish someone's identity as an image bearer of God.

0:00 - Intro

0:32 - Backpack Debate

2:37 - Charlie Kirk Tragedy & Hopeful Response

12:18 - Disability and the Church

20:37 - Julie's Experiences

26:35 - God's Power Through Disabilities

29:34 - Ministry Opportunities

33:21 - Our Hope with Tree of Life

Thanks for listening and if you want to learn more about our new ministry, check out Tree-of-Life.Church

Welcome to our podcast where we share our journey of planting Tree of Life Church. Get to know our story and how God can use "nobodies" like us to prayerfully bring healing and restoration to creation.Thanks for listening and if you want to learn more about our new ministry, check out Tree-of-Life.Church