Karen Stenberg and Heather Knutson are today's hosts as they interview Julie Gundersen who is a Parish Nurse at Bethel Church.

We talk about, what is a Parish Nurse? How do we care for and connect those in our church who are walking through difficult seasons in their lives?

We talk about the benefits of parish nurse ministry to our congregations, it will look different deepening on the size of your church, but that's ok!

You can find out more about Bethel Church at their website: https://bethellutheran.church

Autumn Blessings at the WMCLB is up and going right now! Find out more about that here: https://www.wmclb.org

Karen talks with Diana about connecting your community to your church. People don't often just come into our churches without connections. It can be difficult to figure out how to connect with people we don't know. Diana shares how doing different types of events opens up those doors. It's easier than we think!

For more info on our Women's Ministries, you can find is here:

https://www.wmclb.org

We also have our Autumn Blessing's Campaign running right now. You can find more info on that at our website as well.

Karen talks with Joyce Rust about the church plant in Red Deer, AB. Called "The River" This is the WMCLB 2023-24 focus project. They have a unique ministry as they church plant in Red Deer. A large part of that ministry is to the refugee population moving into their community. This comes with many needs and more joys, as they serve and love those in their community! Hear Joyce share all about ministry in Red Deer!

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Today Heather Knutson is your host where she interview's Ellie. They talk about the burden on her heart for mission how that lead to her attending LBS and pursuing a call into the mission field of Chad Africa.

Since this episode was recorded Ellie was very recently married to Matthias Szobody and is now Ellie Szobody! You can check out more about their call together into mission here: https://clba.org/blog/2023/07/14/szobody-and-bourque-engaged-and-called-to-chad

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Karen talk's with Rachel about Women's Ministries in Canada. Where it's been and the hopes for the future. We talk about the challenges that many of us face when planning ministry events and how they have began to tackle those.

Also if you are curious about Pavlova Rachel talks about here is a recipe I found for it! :) I can't swing by Rachel's kitchen but maybe I'll just have to try it.

https://natashaskitchen.com/pavlova-recipe/

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This year the WMCLB launched two cohorts this past fall. Hear Alexa, Sharon and Karen talk about the experience of being in a cohort going through the book "Ragged" by Gretchen Ronnevik.

We talk about being able to discuss about the book, where God was a work, where we felt challenged and the relationships we developed with the group.

Please consider joining a cohort this fall! We will be going through "Joining Jesus on His Mission" by Greg Finke.

Reach out at: [email protected]

Karen and Barbara jump into talking about studying scripture in context. This is a great thing to understand whether you are leading a study or reading scripture on your own.

Barbara also shares about how impactful reading through the whole Bible has been on her life. She lets us know about an app that has a reading plan to help you read through the whole Bible. Link here:the-bible-app

Leading a Bible Study Videos can be found here: http://www.wmclb.org/training.html

Karen talk's with Barbara about Leading a Bible Study. What to look for when choosing a study, what aids to help in leading and how to disciple and engaging new leaders in Bible Study. It's not always easy but it's worth it!

Check out the How to Lead a Bible Study Video's Here: http://www.wmclb.org/training.html

Daniel, Mike and Karen discuss why we have Bible Study. What are we talking about when we use the words law and gospel. Why is it important? How do we find law and gospel in a text? How do we leave our Bible Studies feeling refreshed?

You can hear more conversations about law and gospel on Grace for the Grind. Search "Grace for the Grind" wherever you listen to podcast's, apple, Spotify, etc.. Or find it here:https://clbforge.org/podcast/

Karen and Alexa talk about where to start when getting a Bible Study going and leading one. Alexa share's her experiences with different studies, what was helpful to her, and why she is so passionate about studying God's Word together.

Alexa and Paul Fraser are our newly commissioned missionaries to Japan. https://clba.org/lbim-missionaries

You can find our Bible Study Videos here: http://www.wmclb.org/training.html