Led To Lead

This week on the Led to Lead podcast, Pastor Joe sits down with Mark Steller. Mark is currently the Director of Sports Integration at Grace Church and before that spent over 15 years leading sales teams across the State of Ohio. Come listen in as Joe and Mark discuss a bit of Mark’s past year, his testimony, and how God has been shaping and directing Mark as he himself leads others.

On this week’s episode of the Led to Lead podcast, Pastor Joe gets to sit down with Ron Kent. Ron is first and foremost a husband and father of two, but he is also the Executive Director of Akron Youth Mentorship, a K-12 boys and girls mentorship and discipleship organization, and has recently stepped into a leadership role in an organization called Youth Success Summit. Ron has a huge passion for pouring into and developing people whether that be the kids that take part in the organizations he is leading in or other leaders who are also focusing on pouring into those kids. Listen in to the conversation as Joe and Ron discuss all sorts of topics like healthy rhythms and managing time, leading and developing leaders, and so much more!

On this week’s episode of the Led to Lead podcast, we get to hear from Pastor Deante Lavender, or as he is lovingly known, Pastor Lav. He is the Pastor at Remedy Church in Akron, Ohio. Today Pastor Joe and Pastor Lav dive into how sometimes our default is not always what God is asking us for, and helping people understand their worth, value, and the life God is calling them to.

On this week’s episode of the Led to Lead podcast, we get to hear from a long-time member of the Grace Church family, Bob Martinez. Listen in as Bob shares how he went from not believing in Jesus to Jesus getting a hold of his heart, how others then poured into and led him well, and how he now continues to faithfully follow and lean on Jesus as he leads and walks with others.

On this week’s special episode of the Led to Lead podcast, we get to listen in on an episode of the Grace Unscripted Podcast with Ben Falkenberg. Ben and his wife Tonya are full-time missionaries with our partner organization in Mazatlan Mexico, Shoulder to Shoulder. We get to hear about their faith journey and how God moved in their lives through a year of language training in Costa Rica and as they prepared to move into full-time missions.

On this week’s episode of the Led to Lead podcast, we get to hear from an extraordinary leader, Pastor & Coach Kemp Boyd. Kemp is the Executive Director of an organization based in Akron named Love Akron and he is also the head football coach at Kenmore-Garfield Highschool. Kemp brings his unique perspective and wisdom into a variety of conversations on this episode, including how we should invest in and lead others while ultimately doing everything we do, as unto the Lord.

On this week’s episode of the Led to Lead podcast, we get to dive into a conversation with Pastor Bob Combs. Pastor Bob is the “father” of Grace Church. He and his wife Julie came to the church in 1973 and have served faithfully for 51 years. Pastor bob shares with us his incredible wisdom on how to follow Jesus and how that can help us live more like Him and lead others well.

This week on the Led to Lead podcast, we get to hear from Pastor Nate Rayl who is the Pastor of Adult Ministries at the Bath campus of Grace Church. Pastor Nate is going to talk with us about what it looks like to navigate conflict with those around us and how conflict can actually be an incredible opportunity for us to love one another.

“One day no matter what I will be cancer-free, I know this. Cancer does not get to end my story. It may end this earthly life, but it doesn’t win. There’s no scenario in which that happens and I’m good with that, I am very very good with that.” – Jody Shumway On this week’s episode of the Grace Unscripted Podcast, we hear about Jody’s battle with cancer and how she is using the time God has given her to glorify Him. God has put people in place to support her, but He has also put people in her path so she can talk to them about Jesus. When her cancer returned, she was “devastated, but not angry” and she prayed “God here I am, send me.” She prays every day that God will take away her cancer because she loves her family and would like to spend more time with them, but she trusts God’s plan. Jody wants everyone to know about Jesus and to have her story to be used for that purpose. Acts 4:31, “And when they had prayed, the place where they were meeting together was shaken and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God with boldness and courage.” Jody has that boldness and courage.

Check out the special video episode here: https://buff.ly/46uXqJh 

If Jody’s story has resonated with you or you have any questions, we would love to hear from you! You can email us at [email protected]!

We are also excited to let you know that we have a Grace Unscripted worship playlist made up of each guest’s favorite worship song or songs! You can check the playlist out here: https://buff.ly/4c8kLD7

On this week’s episode of the Led to Lead podcast, we get to hear from Pastor Robby Neidlinger. He is the Pastor of Marriage and Care at the Grace Church Bath Campus. Pastor Robby is going to dive into how interpersonal relationships affect not just our leadership, but also our entire lives and how those relationships impact how we lead others.