Tag Archive for: Leadership

201: 30th Anniversary – Looking Back with Bruce and Susan Wesley

Thirty years!

Thirty years since Bruce and Susan founded Clear Creek Community Church.

On this episode, Ted Ryskoski talks with Bruce and Susan Wesley about the highs, the lows, and everything in between of the past three decades.

193: Why You Need One, Why You Need to Be One

So many men are looking for mentors – other men who can help them navigate faith, decisions, all of life – but how do you find a mentor?

In this episode, Tanner Smith sits down with Lance Lawson and Mark Carden to discuss the biblical call of discipling and mentoring men, how we can make that happen, and how God blesses these unique relationships.

192: How to Mentor Other Women

So many women are looking for mentors – other women who can help them navigate faith, decisions, all of life – but how do you find a mentor?

In this episode, Tiffany Ravedutti sits down with Christy Williams and Becky Napoli to discuss the biblical call of discipling and mentoring women, how we can make that happen, and how God blesses these unique relationships.

171: A Pastor’s Heart

“Lord, awaken me.” This has been our prayer as we’ve been in the Awakening series.

On this episode, campus pastors Ryan Lehtinen, Chris Alston, Karl Garcia, and Lance Lawson discuss the times that God has awakened them personally.

They also share how God has been working in their lives lately and how they hope God shapes Clear Creek this year.

 

 

 

169: Student Small Groups – Gifts, Challenges, and Partnering with Parents

How are student small groups different than adult small groups?

What are our kids doing when we drop them off at The Mix?

Why would these busy adults ever say yes to the relational and time commitments of leading teenagers?

In this episode, Rachel Chester talks with Aaron Suhre and Tara Boyd, Navigators of student groups, and Kara Dawson, Navigator and on staff in student ministry, about the best parts and hardest parts of leading students.

168: Partnering with Parents – A New Podcast

Are parents really the primary disciple-makers of their children?

How can the church come alongside families growing in faith?

In this episode, Rachel Chester talks with Lisa Carden, Creek Kids Director, Kyle Mikulan, Students Director at Clear Lake, and Yancey Arrington, Teaching Pastor, about how all parents can and should lead the way in discipling their children and how CCCC wants to partner with them.

Kyle also announces a new podcast from Clear Creek Resources: Partnering with Parents!

165: 2022 Year In Review

As we end 2022, what are you celebrating?

How have you seen God move in your life, your family, and as a church?

On this special “Year In Review” episode, Aaron Lutz sat down with Ryan Lehtinen and Kyle Mikulan to look back on the year that was and look forward to a new year personally and as a church family.

162: What Does Generosity Have to Do with My Faith?

We live with a scarcity mindset of comparison and fear, but the Bible calls us to a completely different way of life.

In this episode, Rachel Chester sits down with Patrick Johnson, visionary and founder of Generous Church, a ministry with the hope of spreading generosity as a way of life throughout the entire globe.

Why do we struggle with generosity, how it is central to our faith, and how can we can cultivate generosity in our hearts? Patrick discusses these questions and more.

159: Restoried in Sermon – How We Write Sermons

You hear a sermon in a worship service and you leave encouraged, challenged, convicted, or joyful because of the teaching of the word of God.

But there’s lot involved in the preparation.

On this episode, Ryan Lehtinen talks with Yancey Arrington and Aaron Lutz about what goes into writing and preaching a sermon. They also talk about the sermons they’ve heard that greatly impacted their lives.

 

158: Restoried in Baptism

A little girl was asked by her parents about her time at church that day. She replied, “It was no fun. Someone got to go swimming and I didn’t!”

Baptism is an ordinance that Christians have practiced for two millennia.

Why do we do it? What does it symbolize? Who is it for?

On this episode, Ryan Lehtinen talks with Chris Alston and Aaron Lutz about these questions, and they share some impactful baptism stories.

Interested in getting baptized? Learn more HERE