Elmhurst CRC Podcast

Summary: On this podcast, a first-person recap of Synod 2022, Gregg DeMey (Lead Pastor), Jennifer Stolzenbach (Deacon), and Caryn Rivadeneira (Director of Care) run through the events leading up to and the happenings at the Christian Reformed Church’s Synod — a once yearly denominational meeting of representatives of Christian Reformed Churches. Today's Hosts Gregg DeMey, Lead Pastor Jennifer Stolzenbach, Deacon at Elmhurst CRC Caryn Rivadeneira, Director of Care Questions/Comments: &nb...

Summary:It's all about goodbyes on today's podcast. Paul bids adieu to the leaders and elders he mentored -- and we say goodbye to the Book of Acts. Along the way, Gregg DeMey (Lead Pastor), Jeff Klein (Pastor of Outreach), and Caryn Rivadeneira (Director of Care) discuss leaving legacies of relationships and the difficult things the Spirit sometimes calls us to.Today's HostsGregg DeMey, Lead PastorJeff Klein, Pastor of OutreachCaryn Rivadeneira, Director of CareQuestions/Comments: We'd...

Summary: On this second-to-last podcast from the Book of Acts, Gregg DeMey (Lead Pastor), Kyle Groters (Youth Ministries Coordinator), and Laura Horner (Youth Ministries Assistant) wade into Acts 19. Listen in and find out what this chapter says why it's always "Moving Day" with God, the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and why iPhones would've burned in Ephesus. Today's HostsGregg DeMey, Lead PastorKyle Groters, Youth Ministries CoordinatorLaura Horner, Youth Ministries AssistantQuestions...

Summary:In this week's podcast, Paul and friends are still on the move -- and still in danger! And yet, they keep on preaching. Join Gregg DeMey (Lead Pastor), Jeff Klein (Pastor of Outreach), and Caryn Rivadeneira (Director of Care and Worship Planning) as they wade into Acts 18 and discuss what kept Paul going and how his face reflected both his hardship and the Spirit of God within. Today's HostsGregg DeMey, Lead PastorJeff Klein, Outreach PastorCaryn Rivadeneira, Director of CareQues...

Summary:In this week's podcast, Paul escapes the clutches of yet another angry mob and outwits -- and converts -- some of Athens's finest minds. Is this what following Jesus and sharing the gospel is supposed to look like? Gregg DeMey (Lead Pastor), Jeff Klein (Pastor of Outreach), and Caryn Rivadeneira (Director of Care and Worship Planning) discuss! Listen in.Today's HostsGregg DeMey, Lead PastorJeff Klein, Outreach PastorCaryn Rivadeneira, Director of CareQuestions/Comments: We'd lov...

Summary:"What can I do to be saved?" the jailer asks Paul. "What does he mean by 'saved'"? Gregg DeMey (Lead Pastor), Jeff Klein (Pastor of Outreach), and Caryn Rivadeneira (Director of Care and Worship Planning) ask. Listen in as we discuss this, along with thoughts on personal versus household salvation, mysterious fortune-telling Python Spirits, and good outcomes of devastating beatings and earthquakes, and other issues that arise in the action-packed second half of Acts 16. Today's HostsG...

Summary:Timothy gets circumcised. The Holy Spirit says NO to spreading the gospel. Luke steps into the story. And Lydia and her fashionable household get baptized down by the riverside. All that and more as Gregg DeMey (Lead Pastor), Jeff Klein (Pastor of Outreach), and Caryn Rivadeneira (Director of Care and Worship Planning) wade into Acts 1Today's HostsGregg DeMey, Lead PastorJeff Klein, Outreach PastorCaryn Rivadeneira, Director of CareQuestions/Comments: We'd love to hear fro...