Our podcast today features Bill Karpenko. Over the years, Bill has been called a congregational DCE, a missionary in Japan and Nigeria, a Chicago taxi cab driver, worked with trouble-prone teens in Chicago, a professor and university administrator, and in these latter years a Founder of KINDLE. He is a Beloved and Baptized Child of God. To see the show notes, head to https://nadce.wildapricot.org/resources/Podcasts/Podcast%20w_%20Bill.docx.pdf

NADCE regularly offers podcasts that focus on topics in ministry as practical resources for those serving in the Lutheran church as DCEs. Our hope is that our podcasts will encourage those listening in their calling and equip and strengthen them in their ministry area.

We invite you to go to nadce.wildapricot.org to see the benefits of NADCE membership which include joining us at the Tent of Meeting and Emmaus Table online community groups, receiving our Quarterly publication, and getting a discount to our Conference that will be happening in late January 2026 in Boca Raton, Florida.

The National Association of Directors of Christian Education (NADCE) is pleased to offer this Lent podcast devotion. We are thankful for Maria Devenport and her willingness to contribute by recording today’s devotion. 

The Lent podcast theme is "Come Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy" based off the hymn titled as such. We receive God's grace freely, no matter how we come to the foot of the cross!

NADCE regularly offers podcasts that focus on topics in ministry as practical resources for those serving in the Lutheran church as DCEs. Our hope is that our podcasts will encourage those listening in their calling and equip and strengthen them in their ministry area.

To learn more about NADCE we invite you to go to nadce.wildapricot.com to see the benefits of membership which include joining us at the Tent of Meeting and Emmaus Table online community groups, receiving our Quarterly publication, and getting a discount to our Conference that will be happening in late January 2026 in Boca Raton, Florida.

The National Association of Directors of Christian Education (NADCE) is pleased to offer this Lent podcast devotion. We are thankful for Paul Nelson and his willingness to contribute by recording today’s devotion. 

The Lent podcast theme is "Come Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy" based off the hymn titled as such. We receive God's grace freely, no matter how we come to the foot of the cross!

NADCE regularly offers podcasts that focus on topics in ministry as practical resources for those serving in the Lutheran church as DCEs. Our hope is that our podcasts will encourage those listening in their calling and equip and strengthen them in their ministry area.

To learn more about NADCE we invite you to go to nadce.wildapricot.com to see the benefits of membership which include joining us at the Tent of Meeting and Emmaus Table online community groups, receiving our Quarterly publication, and getting a discount to our Conference that will be happening in late January 2026 in Boca Raton, Florida.

The National Association of Directors of Christian Education (NADCE) is pleased to offer this Lent podcast devotion. We are thankful for Christine Ekberg and his willingness to contribute by recording today’s devotion. 

The Lent podcast theme is "Come Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy" based off the hymn titled as such. We receive God's grace freely, no matter how we come to the foot of the cross!

NADCE regularly offers podcasts that focus on topics in ministry as practical resources for those serving in the Lutheran church as DCEs. Our hope is that our podcasts will encourage those listening in their calling and equip and strengthen them in their ministry area.

To learn more about NADCE we invite you to go to nadce.wildapricot.com to see the benefits of membership which include joining us at the Tent of Meeting and Emmaus Table online community groups, receiving our Quarterly publication, and getting a discount to our Conference that will be happening in late January 2026 in Boca Raton, Florida.

The National Association of Directors of Christian Education (NADCE) is pleased to offer this Lent podcast devotion. We are thankful for Nick Butcher and his willingness to contribute by recording today’s devotion. 

The Lent podcast theme is "Come Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy" based off the hymn titled as such. We receive God's grace freely, no matter how we come to the foot of the cross!

NADCE regularly offers podcasts that focus on topics in ministry as practical resources for those serving in the Lutheran church as DCEs. Our hope is that our podcasts will encourage those listening in their calling and equip and strengthen them in their ministry area.

To learn more about NADCE we invite you to go to nadce.wildapricot.com to see the benefits of membership which include joining us at the Tent of Meeting and Emmaus Table online community groups, receiving our Quarterly publication, and getting a discount to our Conference that will be happening in late January 2026 in Boca Raton, Florida.

The National Association of Directors of Christian Education (NADCE) is pleased to offer this Lent podcast devotion. We are thankful for NADCE Chair Elect, Tyler Tollefson and his willingness to contribute by recording today’s devotion. 

The Lent podcast theme is "Come Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy" based off the hymn titled as such. We receive God's grace freely, no matter how we come to the foot of the cross!

NADCE regularly offers podcasts that focus on topics in ministry as practical resources for those serving in the Lutheran church as DCEs. Our hope is that our podcasts will encourage those listening in their calling and equip and strengthen them in their ministry area.

To learn more about NADCE we invite you to go to nadce.wildapricot.com to see the benefits of membership which include joining us at the Tent of Meeting and Emmaus Table online community groups, receiving our Quarterly publication, and getting a discount to our Conference that will be happening in late January 2026 in Boca Raton, Florida.

The National Association of Directors of Christian Education (NADCE) is pleased to offer this Lent podcast devotion. We are thankful for Kelly Buckwalter and her willingness to contribute by recording today’s devotion. 

The Lent podcast theme is "Come Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy" based off the hymn titled as such. We receive God's grace freely, no matter how we come to the foot of the cross!

NADCE regularly offers podcasts that focus on topics in ministry as practical resources for those serving in the Lutheran church as DCEs. Our hope is that our podcasts will encourage those listening in their calling and equip and strengthen them in their ministry area.

To learn more about NADCE we invite you to go to nadce.wildapricot.com to see the benefits of membership which include joining us at the Tent of Meeting and Emmaus Table online community groups, receiving our Quarterly publication, and getting a discount to our Conference that will be happening in late January 2026 in Boca Raton, Florida.

Our special 100th podcast episode features NADCE Board Chairs- past and present! Joining us for this conversation with Brent Howard, Tyler Tollefson, Maria Devenport, Jeremy Becker, & Cheri Selander. 

NADCE regularly offers podcasts that focus on topics in ministry as practical resources for those serving in the Lutheran church as DCEs. Our hope is that our podcasts will encourage those listening in their calling and equip and strengthen them in their ministry area.

We invite you to go to nadce.wildapricot.com to see the benefits of NADCE membership which include joining us at the Tent of Meeting and Emmaus Table online community groups, receiving our Quarterly publication, and getting a discount to our Conference that will be happening in late January 2026 in Boca Raton, Florida.

The National Association of Directors of Christian Education (NADCE) is pleased to offer this Lent podcast devotion. We are thankful for Emily Leising and her willingness to contribute by recording today’s devotion. 

The Lent podcast theme is "Come Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy" based off the hymn titled as such. We receive God's grace freely, no matter how we come to the foot of the cross!

NADCE regularly offers podcasts that focus on topics in ministry as practical resources for those serving in the Lutheran church as DCEs. Our hope is that our podcasts will encourage those listening in their calling and equip and strengthen them in their ministry area.

To learn more about NADCE we invite you to go to nadce.wildapricot.com to see the benefits of membership which include joining us at the Tent of Meeting and Emmaus Table online community groups, receiving our Quarterly publication, and getting a discount to our Conference that will be happening in late January 2026 in Boca Raton, Florida.

The National Association of Directors of Christian Education (NADCE) is pleased to offer this Lent podcast devotion. We are thankful for Kayla Olson  and her willingness to contribute by recording today’s devotion. 

The Lent podcast theme is "Come Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy" based off the hymn titled as such. We receive God's grace freely, no matter how we come to the foot of the cross!

NADCE regularly offers podcasts that focus on topics in ministry as practical resources for those serving in the Lutheran church as DCEs. Our hope is that our podcasts will encourage those listening in their calling and equip and strengthen them in their ministry area.

To learn more about NADCE we invite you to go to nadce.wildapricot.com to see the benefits of membership which include joining us at the Tent of Meeting and Emmaus Table online community groups, receiving our Quarterly publication, and getting a discount to our Conference that will be happening in late January 2026 in Boca Raton, Florida.