THWC Podcast

SEASON 1: EPISODE 29: Roots That Last ft. Caleb Barrows (Part 6 of 6) (Series: Church Planting) TANDEM HOPE WORSHIP COLLECTIVE is excited to begin a new series simply titled, Church Planting with our host, Leisha Cole. In today’s episode, we continue to talk with our guest, Pastor Caleb Barrows. If your own church body is an arm trying to function as a leg within your community, your church body is trying to be something its not. We need all Church Bodies under Christ, unified by being the church who God has called you to be. Don’t try to measure up to any other cultural or societal standard. Be true to who God has called you to be. We also discuss practical techniques in terms of finding musicians! Caleb also challenges us—”Instead of ‘God, we’re so under-resourced,’ ask for spiritual eyes to see who and what He HAS provided and thank God for His Provision!” Pastor Barrows also encourages those planting a church by reminding us, “We’re most fruitful in the ways we least expect it.” What does “success” look like? What does “failure” look like? Let’s grow in God’s Timing, or else we fall prey to the dangers of unhealthy, human expectations. God bless! WWW.TANDEMHOPE.COM

SEASON 1: EPISODE 28: Roots That Last ft. Caleb Barrows (Part 5 of 6) (Series: Church Planting) TANDEM HOPE WORSHIP COLLECTIVE is excited to begin a new series simply titled, Church Planting with our host, Leisha Cole. Starting off as our first guest is beloved friend, Church Planter, Pastor and Ohio-native: Caleb Barrows. In today’s episode, we discuss megachurches and false teaching and The False Gospel. In this discussion, we ask the question, “What/who are we drawing people to? What are they being drawn with?” Some churches are known for teaching that glorifies selfishness, individualism, comfort in sin, and personal prosperity. We pray that you are challenged by today’s episode so that we multiply true lovers of Christ Jesus as we plant churches. In all we say and do—it’s gotta glorify God. God bless! WWW.TANDEMHOPE.COM

SEASON 1: EPISODE 27: Roots That Last ft. Caleb Barrows (Part 4 of 6) (Series: Church Planting) TANDEM HOPE WORSHIP COLLECTIVE is excited to begin a new series simply titled, Church Planting with our host, Leisha Cole. Starting off as our first guest is beloved friend, Church Planter, Pastor and Ohio-native: Caleb Barrows. In today’s episode, we continue our interview with Caleb. We discuss the question, “What are some of the positive and negative affects of utilizing ‘church plant recipes,’ formulas, and systems that try to guarantee church growth? Also, are you a prideful “young buck” who believes your ideas—or you, yourself—will be THE catalyst of a new movement? Jesus builds The Church. Without Him, our church plant is built upon sinking sand and a crumbling cornerstone. We hope and pray that you’ll be blessed by this special episode! God bless! WWW.TANDEMHOPE.COM

SEASON 1: EPISODE 26: Roots That Last ft. Caleb Barrows (Part 3 of 6) (Series: Church Planting) TANDEM HOPE WORSHIP COLLECTIVE is excited to begin a new series simply titled, Church Planting with our host, Leisha Cole. Starting off as our first guest is beloved friend, Church Planter, Pastor and Ohio-native: Caleb Barrows. In today’s episode, we take a break from the interview to hear an exhortation from Leisha Cole to help point us back to Jesus. There is no one you want more on your church planting team than God, Himself! Teaching The Word of God and sharing and living out the Gospel MUST be a PRIORITY while church planting! What gets in the way of a healthy church plant? Our self-centered ambition and expectations—and from that posture of heart, we often disengage from the reality that we NEED God in this process. Caring for The Flock is the heart of Jesus. The heart of Jesus NEEDS to be our True North in church planting. This is a reflective episode—a chance to go deeper in speaking with The Holy Spirit about your heart in church planting. Jesus builds The Church. Without Him, our church plant is built upon sinking sand and a crumbling cornerstone. We hope and pray that you’ll be blessed by this special episode! God bless! WWW.TANDEMHOPE.COM

SEASON 1: EPISODE 25: Roots That Last ft. Caleb Barrows (Part 2 of 6) (Series: Church Planting) TANDEM HOPE WORSHIP COLLECTIVE is excited to begin a new series simply titled, Church Planting with our host, Leisha Cole. Starting off as our first guest is beloved friend, Church Planter, Pastor and Ohio-native: Caleb Barrows. In today’s episode, we take a break from the interview to hear an exhortation from Leisha Cole to help point us back to Jesus. She reads Mark 4:1-20, The Parable of The Sower (The Four Soils). This is a reflective episode—a chance to go deeper in speaking with The Holy Spirit about your heart in church planting. Jesus builds The Church. Without Him, our church plant is built upon sinking sand and a crumbling cornerstone. We hope and pray that you’ll be blessed by this special episode! God bless! WWW.TANDEMHOPE.COM

SEASON 1: EPISODE 24: Roots That Last ft. Caleb Barrows (Part 1 of 6) (Series: Church Planting) TANDEM HOPE WORSHIP COLLECTIVE is excited to begin a new series simply titled, Church Planting with our host, Leisha Cole. Starting off as our first guest is beloved friend, Church Planter, Pastor and Ohio-native: Caleb Barrows. In today’s episode, we explore the following themes: -how a person is called to plant a church -overcoming personal hurdles throughout the journey -understanding and reflecting upon our own fears and skewed ambition and how that affects church planting efforts -how to encounter God and ask Him to personally transform us to have more of a heart like Christ Jesus Caleb Barrows draws from his experiences as an FEC (Fellowship of Evangelical Churches) Pastor, the historical roots of the FEC, and his more recent journey with helping to plant Neighborhood Church in Adrian, MI. God bless! WWW.TANDEMHOPE.COM

SEASON 1: EPISODE 23: WIT Conference ft. Casey Noce, Alissa Reynolds, Grace & Hudson (Part 3 of 3) (Series: Empowering The Next Generation) TANDEM HOPE WORSHIP COLLECTIVE is excited to begin a new series titled, Empowering The Next Generation with our host, Leisha Cole and guests, Casey Noce, Alissa Reynolds, Grace & Hudson. In today’s episode, we explore how to empower younger people and affirm them in their Christ-centered identity—not based upon OUR preferences. Two teens join us on the show today to give us insight into this topic! Get ready for a lot of laughs—this show was particularly fun to capture. Our guests will also tell us about the debut of a month conference called WIT. WIT Conference has a simple mission: encourage students to do Whatever It Takes to be like Jesus. We meet once a month to have fun, worship, pray together and encourage one another. The dream is simple; create a space where students from different churches, schools, and cities can get together and be encouraged in their faith. You can find out more information regarding this monthly event by visiting them on Instagram (WITconference), their website (www.witconferencemi.com) or Facebook WIT Conference MI). We encourage you to PRAY. PROMOTE. PROVIDE. TOP 5 WAYS TO EMPOWER THE NEXT GENERATION: 1) Inclusion, invitation; formal and informal relationships 2) Intentional affirmation of their Christ-centered identity 3) Have Eyes of Christ—value each and every person; we ALL contribute. To have Eyes of Christ, you must be humble. Not everyone is like you. 4) Have a strong prayer life and encourage that in others! 5) Accessibility and transparency in a discipleship relationship. Discipleship is a true shepherding relationship. Jesus made disciples. Let’s go out and multiply Christ-followers! God bless! WWW.TANDEMHOPE.COM

SEASON 1: EPISODE 22: WIT Conference ft. Casey Noce, Alissa Reynolds, Grace & Hudson (Part 2 of 3) (Series: Empowering The Next Generation) TANDEM HOPE WORSHIP COLLECTIVE is excited to begin a new series titled, Empowering The Next Generation with our host, Leisha Cole and guests, Casey Noce, Alissa Reynolds, Grace & Hudson. In today’s episode, we explore how to empower younger people and affirm them in their Christ-centered identity—not based upon OUR preferences. Two teens join us on the show today to give us insight into this topic! Get ready for a lot of laughs—this show was particularly fun to capture. Our guests will also tell us about the debut of a month conference called WIT. WIT Conference has a simple mission: encourage students to do Whatever It Takes to be like Jesus. We meet once a month to have fun, worship, pray together and encourage one another. The dream is simple; create a space where students from different churches, schools, and cities can get together and be encouraged in their faith. You can find out more information regarding this monthly event by visiting them on Instagram (WITconference), their website (www.witconferencemi.com) or Facebook WIT Conference MI). We encourage you to PRAY. PROMOTE. PROVIDE. TOP 5 WAYS TO EMPOWER THE NEXT GENERATION: 1) Inclusion, invitation; formal and informal relationships 2) Intentional affirmation of their Christ-centered identity 3) Have Eyes of Christ—value each and every person; we ALL contribute. To have Eyes of Christ, you must be humble. Not everyone is like you. 4) Have a strong prayer life and encourage that in others! 5) Accessibility and transparency in a discipleship relationship. Discipleship is a true shepherding relationship. Jesus made disciples. Let’s go out and multiply Christ-followers! God bless! WWW.TANDEMHOPE.COM

SEASON 1: EPISODE 21: WIT Conference ft. Casey Noce, Alissa Reynolds, Grace & Hudson (Part 1 of 3) (Series: Empowering The Next Generation) TANDEM HOPE WORSHIP COLLECTIVE is excited to begin a new series titled, Empowering The Next Generation with our host, Leisha Cole and guests, Casey Noce, Alissa Reynolds, Grace & Hudson. In today’s episode, we explore how to empower younger people and affirm them in their Christ-centered identity—not based upon OUR preferences. Two teens join us on the show today to give us insight into this topic! Get ready for a lot of laughs—this show was particularly fun to capture. Our guests will also tell us about the debut of a month conference called WIT. WIT Conference has a simple mission: encourage students to do Whatever It Takes to be like Jesus. We meet once a month to have fun, worship, pray together and encourage one another. The dream is simple; create a space where students from different churches, schools, and cities can get together and be encouraged in their faith. You can find out more information regarding this monthly event by visiting them on Instagram (WITconference), their website (www.witconferencemi.com) or Facebook WIT Conference MI). We encourage you to PRAY. PROMOTE. PROVIDE. TOP 5 WAYS TO EMPOWER THE NEXT GENERATION: 1) Inclusion, invitation; formal and informal relationships 2) Intentional affirmation of their Christ-centered identity 3) Have Eyes of Christ—value each and every person; we ALL contribute. To have Eyes of Christ, you must be humble. Not everyone is like you. 4) Have a strong prayer life and encourage that in others! 5) Accessibility and transparency in a discipleship relationship. Discipleship is a true shepherding relationship. Jesus made disciples. Let’s go out and multiply Christ-followers! God bless! WWW.TANDEMHOPE.COM

SEASON 1: EPISODE 20: Encouraging Others ft. Sunni (Part 3 of 3) (Series: Living Like Christ) TANDEM HOPE WORSHIP COLLECTIVE is excited to continue our series titled, Living Like Christ with our host, Leisha Cole and guest, Sunni. In today’s episode, we explore how to encourage others through our own suffering and also how to encourage others through their suffering. Do you blame God for your suffering? We prescribe the book of Job if you’re angry towards God or confused. Do you listen for the promptings of The Holy Spirit to bless and encourage others? Or does self-preoccupation or fear hold you back? Do you truly believe we are empty vessels to house His Holy Presence and Glory—that He is to be shared with others? Does your level of joy give glory to God? How are you spending your second life in Christ? Do you help carry the burdens of others? We hope that this conversation is challenging and reminds us that there are people on the other side of our obedience and disobedience. God bless! WWW.TANDEMHOPE.COM

SEASON 1: EPISODE 19: Encouraging Others ft. Sunni (Part 2 of 3) (Series: Living Like Christ) TANDEM HOPE WORSHIP COLLECTIVE is excited to continue our series titled, Living Like Christ with our host, Leisha Cole and guest, Sunni. In today’s episode, we explore how to encourage others through our own suffering and also how to encourage others through their suffering. What character traits have you acquired through suffering? Compassion for others or a hardened heart? Joy or bitterness? God-assurance or resentfulness? Peace or unrest? We also discuss the implications of Proverbs 4:20-27 and Ephesians 6:10-18. Sunni addresses the question, "How do you fight The Enemy in your suffering?" What's the tension between not enabling unhelpful thinking in others and not being insensitive? Stay tuned to find out. WWW.TANDEMHOPE.COM

SEASON 1: EPISODE 18: Encouraging Others ft. Sunni (Part 1 of 3) (Series: Living Like Christ) TANDEM HOPE WORSHIP COLLECTIVE is excited to continue our series titled, Living Like Christ with our host, Leisha Cole and guest, Sunni. In today’s episode, we explore how to encourage others through our own suffering and also how to encourage others through their suffering. We also explore Romans 5:1-6. Who gives you peace? Do you rejoice in hope daily? We probably tell ourselves that nothing good comes from pain and suffering, but that’s not a Biblical view. Romans 5:1-6 tells us that suffering is a process in which we can increase endurance, build stronger character, and have hope in trials. We also explore Romans 8:14-30 with Sunni, along with other passages of Scripture. Be challenged and encouraged with today’s episode! God bless! WWW.TANDEMHOPE.COM

SEASON 1: EPISODE 17: Encouraging Others ft. Sunni (Part 2 of 2) (Series: Living Like Christ) TANDEM HOPE WORSHIP COLLECTIVE is excited to continue our series titled, Living Like Christ with our host, Leisha Cole. In today’s episode, we explore how to encourage others with input from our guests, Sunni. Last episode we explored the Top 10 reasons to encourage others. In today’s episode, Sunni and Leisha Cole will discuss practical ways to practice encouragement and how to overcome the Top 5 Reasons We Don’t Encourage Others. Top 5 Barriers To Encouraging Others: 1. Shyness 2. Afraid of rejection or offending others 3. Afraid of failure 4. Competitiveness 5. Jealousy and envy Be challenged and encouraged with today’s episode! God bless! WWW.TANDEMHOPE.COM

SEASON 1: EPISODE 16: Encouraging Others ft. Sunni (Part 1 of 2) (Series: Living Like Christ) TANDEM HOPE WORSHIP COLLECTIVE is excited to continue our series titled, Living Like Christ with our host, Leisha Cole. In today’s episode, we explore how to encourage others with input from our guests, Sunni. Why should we encourage others? Top 10 Reasons To Encourage Others: 1) Strengthen the weak and timid 2) Start a fire 3) Clarify in the confusion 4) Dispel myths and battle lies of the enemy 5) Increase unity and peace 6) Solidify and affirm our Christ-centered identities 7) Direct, guide, and affirm servants 8) Corrects negative, self-defeating talk 9) God's Words heal, feed and sustain us 10) Honors others and it honors God Songs Related To The Power of Encouragement & Words: Your Words - Third Day ft. Harvest Words - Hawk Nelson Speak Life - Toby Mac Word of God Speak - Casting Crowns Be challenged and encouraged with today’s episode! God bless! WWW.TANDEMHOPE.COM

SEASON 1: EPISODE 14: Wisdom, Pride & Humility ft. Audrey Statler, Alexis Torres & Rachel Hicks (Part 3 of 4) (Series: Living Like Christ) In today’s podcast episode, we discuss several implications of the foolishness of pride and the wisdom of humility. What does a city full of prideful Christians look like? (Eeech.) The Church can collectively hurt so many people when individuals do not attend to their own pride. We find that most people don’t seem to have any issues with Jesus, sometimes with God, but mostly with “Christians” and “church people.” Church, how did we get here? Sin. Pride is a sin. In fact, it’s the same sin that Satan (“He who opposes God”) had in his heart and rebelled against God. Pride denies the Blessings of God, the Grace of God, and The Blood of Jesus Christ. What an insult to The Trinity. TANDEM HOPE WORSHIP COLLECTIVE is excited to continue a new series titled, Living Like Christ with our host, Leisha Cole. In today’s episode, we continue our four-part episode with guests, Audrey Statler, Alexis Torres and Rachel Hicks, in which we discover how to best pursue wisdom. If we’re going to live like Christ, we need to be humbled, for Christ Jesus is The Humble King, Who willingly came down from His Heavenly Throne and sacrificed Himself, and served people. No one is more humble than He. In these next few podcast episodes, we discuss the wisdom in choosing Christlike humility over fleshly pride. So from where or from whom do you pursue wisdom? In a song I wrote and recorded titled, “Running Toward,” the opening lines are these: “In this age/advice parades/ as wisdom/through tainted voices and clouded opinions/well, it all proves wrong in the long run/ so we fix our eyes to our Wise God/we’re running towards our God Who saves us/with open arms embracing all He says to us/we’re running towards our God Who changes us/with open hearts believing all He says to us…”. And that’s the heart and pursuit of God—in that pursuit of Him, we’re blessed by His Presence and Word—we’re blessed with HIS Wisdom. Be challenged and encouraged with today’s episode! God bless! WWW.TANDEMHOPE.COM

SEASON 1: EPISODE 15: Wisdom, Pride & Humility ft. Audrey Statler, Alexis Torres & Rachel Hicks (Part 4 of 4) (Series: Living Like Christ) In today’s podcast episode, we discuss several implications of the foolishness of pride and the wisdom of humility. What does a city full of prideful Christians look like? (Eeech.) The Church can collectively hurt so many people when individuals do not attend to their own pride. We find that most people don’t seem to have any issues with Jesus, sometimes with God, but mostly with “Christians” and “church people.” Church, how did we get here? Sin. Pride is a sin. In fact, it’s the same sin that Satan (“He who opposes God”) had in his heart and rebelled against God. Pride denies the Blessings of God, the Grace of God, and The Blood of Jesus Christ. What an insult to The Trinity. TANDEM HOPE WORSHIP COLLECTIVE is excited to continue a new series titled, Living Like Christ with our host, Leisha Cole. In today’s episode, we continue our four-part episode with guests, Audrey Statler, Alexis Torres and Rachel Hicks, in which we discover how to best pursue wisdom. If we’re going to live like Christ, we need to be humbled, for Christ Jesus is The Humble King, Who willingly came down from His Heavenly Throne and sacrificed Himself, and served people. No one is more humble than He. In these next few podcast episodes, we discuss the wisdom in choosing Christlike humility over fleshly pride. So from where or from whom do you pursue wisdom? In a song I wrote and recorded titled, “Running Toward,” the opening lines are these: “In this age/advice parades/ as wisdom/through tainted voices and clouded opinions/well, it all proves wrong in the long run/ so we fix our eyes to our Wise God/we’re running towards our God Who saves us/with open arms embracing all He says to us/we’re running towards our God Who changes us/with open hearts believing all He says to us…”. And that’s the heart and pursuit of God—in that pursuit of Him, we’re blessed by His Presence and Word—we’re blessed with HIS Wisdom. Be challenged and encouraged with today’s episode! God bless! WWW.TANDEMHOPE.COM

SEASON 1: EPISODE 13: Wisdom, Pride & Humility ft. Audrey Statler, Alexis Torres & Rachel Hicks (Part 2 of 4) (Series: Living Like Christ) In today’s podcast episode, we’ll dive into Scripture together in Proverbs 21 because we don’t have all the answers and we don’t have it all “together.” Each of us needs God’s Highest Wisdom from His Word. Proverbs is a wonderful book in The Bible that speaks to the folly and foolishness of pride. Our guest, Audrey Statler says it well by saying, “When we think we know more than others, it’s likely that we believe we know more than God.” Ouch. She also continues saying, “If we think that we’re the ones who will teach you because you’re wrong—that’s pride.” There are many serious implications in our selfish, fleshly pride that take negative affect on our own hearts, our relationships, our churches, and how we hurt others. TANDEM HOPE WORSHIP COLLECTIVE is excited to continue a new series titled, Living Like Christ with our host, Leisha Cole. In today’s episode, we continue our four-part episode with guests, Audrey Statler, Alexis Torres and Rachel Hicks, in which we discover how to best pursue wisdom. If we’re going to live like Christ, we need to be humbled, for Christ Jesus is The Humble King, Who willingly came down from His Heavenly Throne and sacrificed Himself, and served people. No one is more humble than He. In these next few podcast episodes, we discuss the wisdom in choosing Christlike humility over fleshly pride. So from where or from whom do you pursue wisdom? In a song I wrote and recorded titled, “Running Toward,” the opening lines are these: “In this age/advice parades/ as wisdom/through tainted voices and clouded opinions/well, it all proves wrong in the long run/ so we fix our eyes to our Wise God/we’re running towards our God Who saves us/with open arms embracing all He says to us/we’re running towards our God Who changes us/with open hearts believing all He says to us…”. And that’s the heart and pursuit of God—in that pursuit of Him, we’re blessed by His Presence and Word—we’re blessed with HIS Wisdom. Be challenged and encouraged with today’s episode! God bless! WWW.TANDEMHOPE.COM

SEASON 1: EPISODE 12: Wisdom, Pride & Humility ft. Audrey Statler, Alexis Torres & Rachel Hicks (Part 1 of 4) (Series: Living Like Christ) TANDEM HOPE WORSHIP COLLECTIVE is excited to continue a new series titled, Living Like Christ with our host, Leisha Cole. In today’s episode, we begin a four-part episode with guests, Audrey Statler, Alexis Torres and Rachel Hicks, in which we discover how to best pursue wisdom. If we’re going to live like Christ, we need to be humbled, for Christ Jesus is The Humble King, Who willingly came down from His Heavenly Throne and sacrificed Himself, and served people. No one is more humble than He. In these next few podcast episodes, we discuss the wisdom in choosing Christlike humility over fleshly pride. So from where or from whom do you pursue wisdom? In a song I wrote and recorded titled, “Running Toward,” the opening lines are these: “In this age/advice parades/ as wisdom/through tainted voices and clouded opinions/well, it all proves wrong in the long run/ so we fix our eyes to our Wise God/we’re running towards our God Who saves us/with open arms embracing all He says to us/we’re running towards our God Who changes us/with open hearts believing all He says to us…”. And that’s the heart and pursuit of God—in that pursuit of Him, we’re blessed by His Presence and Word—we’re blessed with HIS Wisdom. Be challenged and encouraged with today’s episode! God bless! WWW.TANDEMHOPE.COM

SEASON 1: EPISODE 11: Living The Character of Christ ft. Alexis Torres & Rachel Hicks (Part 3 of 3) (Series: Living Like Christ) I’m excited for you to hear this episode as we dive deeper into who Christ is and how we can glorify God through the process of sanctification. Because we’re exploring the question, “How do we live like Christ?” We must first discover, “How does Christ see people?” Following Jesus Christ isn’t a list of do’s and don’ts—it’s a transforming relationship in which we become more and more like Jesus through the conviction, guidance, and strength from The Holy Spirit that dwells in us. How does Christ see people? How does He treat people? Unlike us—Christ doesn’t dismiss and dispose of people—He serves and invests in them (Matthew 25:35). In this podcast episode, we also discuss how we misrepresent Christ through our sin and how we view love. I love that Jesus Christ points to Our Heavenly Father and that He sees potential in people—He Who knows our past, present, and future selves and encourages us along the way. The purest love is that Christ Jesus laid down His Life for us while we were still sinners. TANDEM HOPE WORSHIP COLLECTIVE is excited to kick off a new series titled, Living Like Christ with our host, Leisha Cole. In today’s episode, we begin a three-part episode with guests, Alexis Torres and Rachel Hicks, in which we discover how to best live like Christ. If we’re discovering how to best live like Christ, how then, did Christ live when He walked among us? In this podcast series, we ask ourselves, “do we really know the person of Jesus Christ?” And “how did Jesus Christ reflect the character of The Father?” And “how can we do the same?” We hope this series is encouraging, challenging, and insightful as you process our conversation with The Lord. Take a listen! WWW.TANDEMHOPE.COM

SEASON 1: EPISODE 10: Living The Character of Christ ft. Alexis Torres & Rachel Hicks (Part 2 of 3) (Series: Living Like Christ) This episode is near and dear to my heart because with our guests, we discuss a slice of our testimony of coming to accept Christ as our Savior and become "born-again" Christians. You won't want to miss this episode! TANDEM HOPE WORSHIP COLLECTIVE is excited to kick off a new series titled, Living Like Christ with our host, Leisha Cole. In today’s episode, we begin a three-part episode with guests, Alexis Torres and Rachel Hicks, in which we discover how to best live like Christ. If we’re discovering how to best live like Christ, how then, did Christ live when He walked among us? In this podcast series, we ask ourselves, “do we really know the person of Jesus Christ?” And “how did Jesus Christ reflect the character of The Father?” And “how can we do the same?” We hope this series is encouraging, challenging, and insightful as you process our conversation with The Lord. Take a listen! WWW.TANDEMHOPE.COM