The Ridge Community Church

John just finished his 100th podcast interview and he shares what he has learned on the podcast.

Greenfield Ridge Kids Director Victor Vilar has run several marathons and has spent several years as a High School cross country and track coach. Victor shares what he has learned about life and faith from his time running.

Tyler & Andrea share how to make the challenging back to school transition more manageable.

Darcy & Cody Sromek been married for 6 years, have 2 young kids that you might hear in some point in the conversation, and share some insights and perspective that have been helpful in their marriage. They share what they wish they knew going into marriage, how they’ve had to learn and grow, what its like when kids enter the picture, and more.

Music Specialist at The Ridge , Felicia Fink shares her story of joining the band, learning to lead others, and how her understanding of faith and leadership has changed over time. 

The Ridge’s Online Pastor Tyler Volkers, shares 3 of the books that have made the biggest impact on his faith and why they made that impact. He also shares how he reads to grow and learn along with some more fun stuff as well.

Faith has always been an important part of Erica’s story, but Dale wasn’t always as convinced. They share what helped changed his mind, and some helpful things to think about if you’re in the same position that they were in.

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In todays episode, we are joined the Greenfield Worship Pastor at The Ridge, Evan Schwartz and his wife Carrie. This is the second half of our conversation, during the first half of the conversation Evan and Carrie they shared their story of how they got to The Ridge, and how they knew God was calling them to come here, so if you missed that you catch up with the last episode. In the second half of the conversation, they share some of their faith story, why relationships are so important to them, and how they invest in others.

Mark and Donna Weigt join John to share their story of what it was like to go through multiple miscarriages, how they healed from that loss, what you can do to support someone going through that, and more.

In this episode Mia joins the podcast to share her journey of struggling with her gender identity.

In this conversation, our goal is not to take a political stand or promote an agenda, but rather to understand what it's like for a person to struggle with their gender identity and their faith. The local church should be the safest place to talk through difficult things. Our hope is that this will lead us closer to having greater compassion and understanding. So, our ask of you is that during this conversation, set aside any political stance and listen with an open perspective as Mia shares her story.

LPC Ryan Worley joins the podcast to talk about shame. In part two, he shares what shame is, how its different from guilt, and how it can affect us. Ryan is going to share how we go about healing from shame, what we can do to prevent shame, and more.

Madison graduated from Trinity college in 2022 and has a great perspective on what its like to follow Jesus in college. While the majority of the conversation focuses on her experience in college, you will find that many of the things that she shares will be helpful for parents with college students or soon to be college students, high schoolers getting ready for college, and really anyone leaving their parent or guardians home for the first time. 

The Lead pastor of The Ridge, Mark Weigt, joins the podcast to talk about how to talk about the unusual parts of following Jesus. More specifically, how do you talk about some of the parts of following Jesus that sound strange or weird to someone who doesn’t follow Jesus. And more specifically, how do you talk about these things with someone who doesn’t follow Jesus, but you’re trying to help them get there. We talk about the supernatural, the resurrection of Jesus, the difference between weird and counter cultural and more.