Seatbelts at the ready! Prepared to be blown away by passionate heart and vision for the tribe called church. This episode was reverse engineered and is backwards compared to how we normally start a podcast. Rev. Greg Oberg is the first voice you hear in the conversation. He is an Elder in the GMC who serves as the Pastor for First Methodist Church in Coleman, TX. Pastor Greg also serves on the Board of Ministry in the MidTexas Conference.

Greg Oberg grew up as a NASA brat in Dickinson, TX. He went to Texas A&M University and was a member of the Corps of Cadets. After graduating from A&M, the Obergs went to Wilmore, KY for Greg to attend Asbury Theological Seminary for three years. Since 2004, Greg has served in a variety of ministry settings: suburban churches, a rural church as pastor and youth director, 11 years in campus ministry, and a year as the inaugural pastor of a church break-off in Louisiana. Greg came to Coleman in June of 2024 to serve as the 57th pastor of First Methodist of Coleman. When not serving in ministry, Greg can be found running 5Ks. Greg also loves going on cruises with his family. Greg and his wife Georgia met at the Texas A&M Wesley Foundation, and have been married since 1999. They have three kids: Wesley, Lincoln, and Lexi. Wesley graduated from A&M and now teaches English in Japan. Lincoln is at Sam Houston State.

Stay tuned to the very end for some cruise tips and burger banter.

Links to articles mentioned in the conversation:

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/22/upshot/how-social-isolation-is-killing-us.html?mc=aud_dev&mcid=fb-nytimes&mccr=JanHighMC&mcdt=2017-01&subid=JanHighMC&ad-keywords=AudDevGate

https://mikefrost.net/the-lonely-crowd-churches-dying-due-to-friendlessness/