One of the biggest thing people seek in life is peace. People want freedom from their shame but don't know how to find this peace. Even Christians struggle with past pains. Jesse and Angela Hernandez, leaders of the oral style Go In Peace retreats describe what they do to train leaders and how they are expanding.

Today's show:

• Go In Peace Retreats
• From Brokenness to Freedom
• Oral Style Healing Ministry

Links … Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God's Story: From Creation to Eternity … Cherie Fresonke Go In Peace

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Jesse and Angela Hernandez, leaders of the Go In Peace, oral version, retreats share how they took a wonderful healing ministry and made it oral. What started as a post abortion healing ministry is impacting men and women who are hurting in multiple ways. Learn how this ministry evolved to now include men and women's retreat where people find peace.

Today's show:

• Go In Peace Retreats
• From Brokenness to Freedom
• Oral Style Healing Ministry

Links … Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God's Story: From Creation to Eternity … Cherie Fresonke Go In Peace

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Andrea discusses exciting developments in adding STS online workshops opportunities, and shares how STS works to keep their core values in these workshops. She reveals plans for various kinds of future online training.

Today's show:

• STS online workshops
• Advanced training
• Creative solutions

Links … Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God's Story: From Creation to Eternity … Moment for Eternity - Training for Evangelism

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Butch and Andrea continue their discussion about how STS has adapted to COVID. Butch shares tips for choosing technology that will help to keep online and blended meetings as personal as possible. He helps meeting coordinators to carefully think through all aspects of their set-up.

Today's show:

• Planning online meetings
• Choosing technology
• Creative solutions

Links … Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God's Story: From Creation to Eternity … Moment for Eternity - Training for Evangelism

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Butch and Andrea discuss how the restrictions imposed by COVID actually created an opportunity to focus on the STS core values, and pushed them into innovations which have increased opportunities for ministry.

Today's show:

• Identifying core values
• New technology
• Communication skills for online

Links … Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God's Story: From Creation to Eternity … Moment for Eternity - Training for Evangelism

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Teresa shares future plans for STS in South Sudan, including working with indigenous ministries and new radio opportunities. She shares how their work in humanitarian aid has opened doors for sharing 5-minute Bible stories.

Today's show:

• Indigenous ministries
• Christian radio
• Teresa's books

Links … Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God's Story: From Creation to Eternity … Moment for Eternity - Training for Evangelism

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News reports coming out of South Sudan often paint a challenging picture at best. Listen as Teresa describes the spiritual situation in South Sudan, and relates how oral Bible stories are making a difference in the lives of the people there.

Today's show:

• Spiritual history of South Sudan
• Using STS to teach English
• Starting Oral Bible Schools

Links … Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God's Story: From Creation to Eternity … Moment for Eternity - Training for Evangelism

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When people in Africa work through the impact of Covid-19, it involves their community more than we know. In Awa's case, it allowed the family extra time in God's Word, revealing assumptions of what her children know and exposing what they have learned in school. When training refugees in the north, it clarifies why a gap exists between the church and the refugees.

Today's show:

• Planning ahead in Africa with Covid-19
• Assuming what children know and learn in school
• Refugees in northern Burkina Faso

Links … Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God's Story: From Creation to Eternity … Moment for Eternity - Training for Evangelism

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Imagine wanting to know the true living God and yet there is no Scripture in your language? Awa, our leader in Burkina Faso describes working with the Kulango and Vige people in Core d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso. These people finally have the first Scripture in their language in God's Story: From Creation to Eternity. She shares a little about their traditional beliefs and the impact God's Story has had in a short amount of time.

Today's show:

• People respond to the light of Jesus Christ
• Tradition keeps people afraid
• Fighting over who premiers God's Story: From Creation to Eternity

Links … Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God's Story: From Creation to Eternity … Moment for Eternity - Training for Evangelism

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In a recent podcast, Larry Dinkins issued a challenge to memorize Scripture. This week he shares several techniques to efficiently add large amounts of Scripture to your "heart pocket."

Today's show:

• Why memorize scripture?
• How to choose stories
• How to learn difficult passages

Links … Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God's Story: From Creation to Eternity … Moment for Eternity - Training for Evangelism

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