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Grow 5x2 Podcast
by St. Peter's Lutheran Church
The Grow 5x2 Disciples podcast offers a unique platform for individuals to deepen their spiritual journey, foster personal growth, and strengthen their faith in a convenient and accessible way.
Episodes
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Staff: Clint Schroll
Clint Schroll, our new Campus Operations Specialist, joins Julie and George to introduce himself. Clint shares his spiritual journey and his current Christian discipleship practices.
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Worship: Jackie S
Jackie Strietelmeier joins Julie & George to wrap-up our series on worship "Decoding the Sacred". Jackie shares what she loves about worship.
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Worship: Cheryl Carothers
Cheryl Carothers joins Julie & George to discuss worship. We "decode the sacred" as Cheryl shares how she worships in her whole life by growing in Christ, loving her family, and serving others.
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Worship: Megan Suhre
Megan Suhre, teacher at St. Peter's, joins Julie & George for our ongoing discussion of the weird things Lutherans do in worship in connection with our sermon series and Connect Group material on "Decoding the Sacred".
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Worship: Jake Cronauer
Jake Cronauer joins Julie & George to discuss worship. We "decode the sacred" as Jake shares how meaningful music is to him as he sings and plays trumpet to praise God and help others to worship.
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Worship: Lydia Hammons
Note: this has been updated from the first post. Lydia Hammons, member of St. Peter's, joins Julie & George to continue the discussion on worship. We look at some of the weird things Lutherans do in worship in connection with our sermon series and Connect Group material on "Decoding the Sacred".
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Serving: Pastor Adam
Pastor Adam joins Julie & George to discuss some of the "why" around the current sermon series as well as the "what" things we can do to serve.
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Serving: Turning Point
Whittney Loyd, President of Turning Point Domestic Violence Services, joins Julie and George to discuss their organizations history and services for victims of Domestic Violence. Whittney shares how we can help this valuable service to our community.
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Serving: LCNFC
Diane Doup, director of Community Outreach for Lincoln-Central Neighborhood Center, joins Julie and George to discuss service - in her home church as well as at LCNFC.
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Serving: Church Work
Connor Colangelo, Director of Youth Ministries, joins Julie and George to introduce himself and share how he was led to serve God and others by becoming a professional church worker.
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Serving: Mary/Martha
Karen Pinnow joins Julie & George as we bridge from our series on familiar Bible stories to the Serving Challenge. Karen talks about the balance between serving and learning.
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Summer 2026: Pearl & Treasure
Bethany Hayes, former assistant youth director at St. Peter's joins Julie and George to discuss the parables of "The Pearl of Great Value" and "The Treasure Hidden in a Field". We see how precious the gift of faith is as well as how precious we are to God.
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Summer 2026: Zacchaeus
Nicole Cronauer, 6th Grade teacher at St. Peter's, joins Julie and George to discuss the familiar story of "wee little" Zacchaeus. God sees the outcasts - those low in stature in society - and calls them by name. We are all important to Him.
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Summer 2026: Paul Shipwrecked
Jael Sylva, Jr Hi Discipleship Teacher at St. Peter's, joins Julie and George to discuss what we can learn from Paul being shipwrecked while on his way to Rome for trial. Discussion focuses on how storms in our lives can bring us closer to God.
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Summer 2026: Road to Emmaus
Jan Kiel, Director of Life|Works Ministry at St. Peter's, joins Julie & George to discuss the post resurrection of Jesus to two disciples on the Road to Emmaus. We talk about how God's Word can "burn within our hearts" also.
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Summer 2026: Elisha heals Naaman of Leprosy
Phoebe Schroll, KidsMin Specialist, joins Julie and George to discuss the healing of Naaman by Elisha. Discussion centers on obedience to God even when it seems foolish.
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Summer 2026: Elijah vs. the Prophets of Baal
Liz Collins, School Counselor at St. Peter's, joins Julie and George to discuss the mountaintop experience where God demonstrated His power in answer to Elijah's prayer.
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Summer 2026: Samson & Delilah
Jessica Trueblood, Jr Hi social studies teacher at St. Peter's, joins Julie and George to discuss the Bible account of Samson & Delilah from our Summer sermon series. We discuss the dangers of selfish pride, but also the restoration that comes through Christ.
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Summer 2026: Elijah & the Widow
Lisa Deaton, Volunteer & Hospitality Specialist at St. Peter's, joins Julie and George to discuss this account of God's provision during a drought.
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Summer 2026: David vs. Goliath
Pastor John joins Julie and George to discuss the familiar story of David & Goliath. We dig into how God uses flawed people to accomplish great things - through faith!
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Summer 2026: Pentecost
Aaron Littman, Director of Operation Ministries at St. Peter's, joins Julie and George to discuss the powerful movement of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost.
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Ministries: Clarity
Cheryl LaBelle, Director of Education for Clarity, joins Julie and George to discuss the work of Clarity providing holistic care focused on helping every individual invest in themself, empower them to make wise decisions, and find healing based on education, truth, and compassion.
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Ministries: New Song Mission
Bob Schloss, Executive Director for New Song Mission, joins Julie and George to discuss this residential option for children from potentially harmful home situations.
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Ministries: Local Missions
Krystyna Carter, and Jamie&Gary Myers join Julie and George to talk about serving God and others in the Columbus area.
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Ministries: foreign mission trips
Katrina Hendershot & Carol Cooper, members of St. Peter's, join Julie & George to discuss the Serve Puerto Rico trip in which they participated in January 2026. They share what they did, what they learned, and why others should prayerfully consider participating in foreign mission trips.
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Ministries: domestic mission trips
Scott Bringle and Kerry Meyer recently went on the Serve Asheville mission trip. They join Julie and George in discussing how they were challenged and blessed by this mission trip/service event specifically as well as domestic trips in general.
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Ministries: LWML
Karen Pinnow & Vivian Ernst join Julie and George to discuss the goals and activities of the Lutheran Women's Missionary League - or LWML.
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Versus: Success vs. Sacrifice
Conner Forbes, previous St. Peter's member who is now a pastor in New York, joins Julie and George to discuss how God's way includes sacrifice not the things that the world considers success. This episode is part of our series that covers the topics in our Connect Group materials as well as…
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Versus: Expedience vs. Obedience
Michelle Bauman, member at St. Paul Lutheran in Columbus and National Director of Y4Life and YA For Life at Lutherans for Life, joins Julie and George to discuss how the world pushes us to use expedience, but God wants obedience.
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Versus: Control vs. Surrender
Gene Ernst, retired pastor and director of the local Orphan Grain Train branch, joins Julie and George to discuss how Christians need to lose their need for control and surrender to the will of God.
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Versus: Temporal vs. Eternal
Pastor Andrew Currao from Redeemer Lutheran in Seymour joins the podcast to discuss those things which are eternal versus what is just temporal.
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Versus: Weak vs. Strong
Chad Kelly, St. Peter's member currently serving a Director of Christian Education internship in Omaha, joins Julie and George to discuss how God's uses our weakness to accomplish His goals. This episode is part of our series that covers the topics in our Connect Group materials as well as…
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Versus: Old Self vs New Self
Pastor Todd Riordan, senior pastor at Grace Lutheran in Columbus joins Julie and George to discuss how we are at the same time saints and sinners - redeemed, but still tempted. This episode is part of our series that covers the topics in our Connect Group materials as well as sermons during Feb-Apr.
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Versus: Foolish vs. Wise
Yuliia Dibka-Phillips joins Julie and George to discuss how God sees those who reject Him as foolish. Yuliia will share her experience as a refugee from the war in Ukraine. This episode is part of our series that covers the topics in our Connect Group materials as well as sermons during Feb-Apr.
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Versus: Consumption vs. Generosity
Scott Schumacher, St. Peter's member and Executive Director of the Indiana Lutheran Scholarship Granting Organization, joins Julie and George to discuss how everything we have belongs to God. This should lead us to extravagant generosity rather than just consumption of more stuff. This episode is...
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God Speaks: Righteous Training
As we continue our series based on 1 Timothy 3:16-17, Roger Watters, a St Peter's elder, joins Julie and George to discuss how Scripture can be used to show us how to live righteous lives that witness to others. This will be the topic of the sermon on February 8.
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God Speaks: Correction
Pastor Doug Bauman, senior pastor at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Columbus, joins Julie and George to discuss how God Speaks through His Word to correct our Christian behavior so we can glorify Him and witness to others effectively. This will be the topic of the sermon on February 8.
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God Speaks: Rebuking Lies
As we continue our series based on 1 Timothy 3:16-17, Aaron Littman from St Peter's staff joins Julie and George to discuss how Scripture can be trusted to be God's inerrant Word. This will be the topic of the sermon on February 1.
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God Speaks: Teaching
As we continue our series based on 1 Timothy 3:16-17, Pastor Joshua Haugen from Trinity Lutheran High School joins Julie and George to discuss how Scripture and the faith are taught in our Lutheran schools as well as in our congregations. This will be the topic of the sermon on January 25.
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God Speaks: Intro
Rev. Dr. Rich Rudowski, Executive Director of Lutheran Bible Translators (LBT) joins Pastor Adam and George to discuss the work of LBT and how St. Peter's will utilize some of their materials on 2 Timothy 3:14-17 on utilizing Scripture in our lives.
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Clothing: Repentance
Gene Ernst, retired pastor and director of the local Orphan Grain Train branch, joins Julie and George to discuss how clothing reflects an attitude of sadness and repentance.
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Clothing: A Foretaste
Pastor Bill Grueninger, former vicar - now youth Pastor at St. Paul, Decatur, IL, joins Julie and George remotely to discuss how God provided coverings for Adam and Eve following the Fall just as Jesus provides coverings for us in His atoning death.
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Snapshots: Confidence
Austin Finney, counselor at St. Peter's LifeWorks, joins Julie and George to discuss how trusting in God helped his family weather the storm of major illness in his family.
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Snapshots - Resources
Kelly Daugherty, Executive Director of Love Chapel, joins Julie and George to discuss how God provides rich resources through His people.
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Snapshots - Connection
St. Peter's members, Heather Krebs and Brooke Case, join Julie and George to begin this series looking at the Connection we have through the work of Jesus. We celebrate All Saints Day knowing that we will be reconnected with loved ones for eternity with Jesus.
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The Grow 5x2 Disciples podcast offers a unique platform for individuals to deepen their spiritual journey, foster personal growth, and strengthen their faith in a convenient and accessible way.
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