Love Pod Love Rockets

By H2O Toledo

Love Pod Love Rockets is the official podcast for H2O Toledo, a collegiate church on the campus of the University of Toledo. Our mission on campus is “Love God Love Rockets”! This podcast will serve as an extension of that mission.

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Love Pod Love RocketsSep 02, 2020

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48:03

What’s Your Story? | pt. 6

Welcome to the ‘What’s Your Story?’ Finale! Caitlyn joins Ian and Rachel to chat about our takeaways from the series as a whole, and also to discuss how we meet tangible and spiritual needs. What if you’re not good at it? What if you don’t know where to start? How do you do it with boundaries? Thank you for listening through this series and as always: We want to hear from you! Email us @lovepodloverockets@gmail.com

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Mar 02, 202201:05:39

What’s Your Story? | pt. 5

The future is now! Sarah joins the conversation to unpack more about the power of legacy and faith and how we know if we’re doing it or not. Small disclaimer that the audio is a little wonky at times. Nothing tragic, but weird. Sarah’s legacy on the pod is strange audio occurrences, but we loved our time with her just the same. As always: We want to hear from you! Email us @lovepodloverockets@gmail.com

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Feb 23, 202246:21

What’s Your Story | pt. 4

We found an expert! After weeks of reminders that we’re not experts, we are joined by a bonafide professional! Lauren Ramsey joins the conversation to help us understand how we co-author a story in the present. We had a great time talking with her, and hope you enjoy! As always: We want to hear from you! Email us @lovepodloverockets@gmail.com

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Feb 16, 202250:14

What’s Your Story? | pt. 3

This week on the Pod we have a special Panel of non-experts sharing their story’s. Bridging their pasts into their presents. As always: We want to hear from you! Email us @lovepodloverockets@gmail.com

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Feb 09, 202247:17

What’s Your Story? | pt. 2

Happy Wednesday! Matt joins the conversation to talk about why this series and why now, the impact of past pain on our identity and the importance of mourning. As always: We want to hear from you! Email us @lovepodloverockets@gmail.com

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Feb 02, 202201:00:30

What’s Your Story? | pt. 1

New year! Same pod! We’re back and chatting with Lauren about the inspiration for the new teaching series and providing some context for how we start to look at and unpack our stories. We want to hear from you! Email us @lovepodloverockets@gmail.com

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Jan 26, 202251:51

CULTIVATE | Self-Control

We made it through all the fruits! Self-control with Lauren is our season finally! We explore the spiritual implications of control and get some final opinions on what is the best and what is the worst fruit. We hope you join us in our continued journey to cultivate self control . We want to hear from you! Email us @lovepodloverockets@gmail.com

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Dec 08, 202158:38

CULTIVATE | Gentleness

In this week’s episode we’re exploring gentleness with our soft spoken but always sassy Clayton. We had a thoughtful conversation on how the Bible depicts this topic verse what the culture around us does. We hope you join us in our continued journey to cultivate gentleness. We want to hear from you! Email us @lovepodloverockets@gmail.com

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Dec 01, 202151:44

CULTIVATE | Faithfulness

In this week’s episode we’re exploring faithfulness with a very faithful friend, Tom Stewart. We wade into some deep waters to discuss how we become known as a faithful people even when we experience doubt or challenges. Also, another pro-pear opinion is shared. We hope you join us in our continued journey to cultivate faithfulness. We want to hear from you! Email us @lovepodloverockets@gmail.com

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Nov 17, 202153:25

CULTIVATE | Goodness

In this week’s episode we’re exploring goodness with our fastest returning guest, Caitlyn Gustafson. We talk through some of the motivations behind goodness and how these motivations lead us to action. We hope you join us in our continued journey to cultivate goodness. We want to hear from you! Email us @lovepodloverockets@gmail.com

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Nov 10, 202158:49

CULTIVATE | Kindness

In this week’s episode of the series Cultivate, we’re breaking down what it means to be kind with Matt O. What does it mean to be kind and what do we do if we’re bad at it? We discuss how our cultivation of kindness could have big impacts inside and out of the church. As always: we want to hear from you! Email us @lovepodloverockets@gmail.com

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Nov 03, 202157:46

CULTIVATE | Patience

Welcome to CULTIVATE, this season we’ve been exploring the fruit of the spirit one virtue at a time. In this week’s episode we chat with Sarah about Patience, and how it is the most connected to all the other virtues. Patience is defined by what we lack and we have an interesting conversation that we hope leads us to slow down and increase our capacity for patience.
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Oct 27, 202156:57

CULTIVATE | Peace

In this week’s episode we’re exploring peace with Caitlyn. Peace sounds good to almost everyone, but how do we cultivate more of it? If peace is freedom from disturbance, what do we do when things are highly disturbing? We hope you join us in our continued journey to cultivate peace. We want to hear from you! Email us @lovepodloverockets@gmail.com

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Oct 20, 202154:53

CULTIVATE | Joy

Welcome to a new series we’re calling CULTIVATE. This season we’ll be exploring the fruit of the spirit one virtue at a time. In this week’s episode we chat with Kalynn about Joy. Joy is a mindset that allows us to go beyond our circumstances and what we feel. It helps us to live a life marked by Jesus. We want to hear from you! Email us @lovepodloverockets@gmail.com Rate us on your listening platform! Follow us on social media! Instagram: @h2otoledo Twitter: @h2otoledo TikTok: @h2otoledo Facebook: H2O Church University of Toledo. Morgan Harper Nichols: https://instagram.com/morganharpernichols?utm_medium=copy_link The Insanity of God: A True Story of Faith Resurrected: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/1433673088/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_RKEJ2ZE0GFX4HTJ67EHD?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

Oct 13, 202154:46

CULTIVATE | Love

Welcome to a new series we’re calling CULTIVATE. This season we’ll be exploring the fruit of the spirit one virtue at a time. In this week’s episode we chat with Alex about Love, hear about his engagement and try to develop an more Christlike definition of love than what Rachel feels for Taco Bell or what we can watch in the Notebook. We want to hear from you! Email us @lovepodloverockets@gmail.com

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Oct 06, 202151:52

Faith We Sing: Be Thou My Vision

Today we’re ending our series with a familiar hymn in the realm of H2O. No boats, no water, no orphans- that we know of! This episode wraps our series and we discuss what can be discovered in these old Irish lines. We want to hear from you! Email us @lovepodloverockets@gmail.com

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Mar 24, 202150:54

Faith We Sing: Rock of Ages

This week Tom Stewart is back on the Pod to talk about a hymn that was basically created as a diss track to John and Charles Wesley. We talk about the story behind Rock of Ages.

If you want to view the chart we talked about in this episode on the breakdown of Calvinism vs Arminianism. Click this link: livingfaithfellowship.com/media/2017/12/03/the-reformation-calvinism-vs-arminianism/

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Mar 17, 202101:00:55

Faith We Sing: What a Friend We Have in Jesus

Sarah Burchfield, friend to all, is back on the podcast to chat with Rachel and Ian about what it means to consider Jesus a friend, whether or not a finance major can recommend a vow of poverty, and how in the world we’re supposed to never be discouraged. We want to hear from you! Email us @lovepodloverockets@gmail.com

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Mar 10, 202155:27

Faith We Sing: Great is Thy Faithfulness

Joining Rachel and Ian this week is Clayton and Kalynn Allred! We talk about the story behind this hymn and our favorite popsicle flavors. We want to hear from you! Email us @lovepodloverockets@gmail.com

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Mar 03, 202151:17

Faith We Sing: Come Thou Fount

This week we hear a story a little different than the ones we’ve heard so far. Lauren rejoins the pod to discuss the story of a barber’s apprentice and hoodlum turned theologian, and to investigate the possibility of fire breathing angels. We want to hear from you! Email us @lovepodloverockets@gmail.com

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Feb 24, 202146:54

Faith We Sing: It is Well with My Soul

As we continue in our journey of looking into some of the most well known hymns of all time, Alex Wellman is back on the pod and joins our discussion on the tragic story of loss that inspired “It is Well with My Soul”. We want to hear from you! Email us @lovepodloverockets@gmail.com

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Feb 17, 202153:10

Faith We Sing: Amazing Grace

We dive deep into one of the most well known hymns of all time. Listen in to hear the story of this popular hymn and be ‘amazed’ at what we discover about the “old converted sea captain”. We want to hear from you! Email us @lovepodloverockets@gmail.com

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Feb 11, 202146:24

New Series Intro: Faith We Sing

Annnnnnd we’re back! We’re launching a new series for the new year entitled Faith We Sing. This episode touches on the vision for the new series, we discuss the history of singing in church and why it can be so divisive. We’re excited to start this new adventure with you! We want to hear from you! Email us @lovepodloverockets@gmail.com

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Feb 03, 202146:20

Nov 06, 202045:43

11. Stories: Relections

Rachel and Ian reflect back on the stories series and chat about what we learned as we listened to our staff and leadership teams’ stories. We want to hear from you! Email us @lovepodloverockets@gmail.com

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Oct 28, 202032:46

10. Stories: Clayton

We continue in our Stories series with Clayton Allred, new field staffer at H2O Toledo. Clayton walks us through his story, shares how finding a balance between legalism and grace is crucial, and tells us why he decided to go on staff at a collegiate church. We want to hear from you! Email us @lovepodloverockets@gmail.com

Oct 21, 202047:20

The Well: Go

We’re continuing a mini series today with content normally found in the Well, a “new members” class that is vital to getting students connected with our church. This week Sarah Burchfield jumps in to chat about what it means to Go and live our lives out for Jesus. Join us on our final week journeying through the Well.

Oct 18, 202024:11

9. Stories: Alex

We continue in our Stories series with Alex Wellman, new field staffer at H2O Toledo. Alex walks us through his story, shares why it’s crucial to fall in love with the gospel, and tells us why he decided to go on staff at a collegiate church. We want to hear from you! Email us @lovepodloverockets@gmail.com

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Oct 14, 202050:05

The Well: Lead

We’re continuing a mini series today with content normally found in the Well, a “new members” class that is vital to getting students connected with our church. This week Tom Stewart jumps in to chat about what it means to lead as a follower of Jesus. Join us on our 3rd week journeying through the Well.

Oct 11, 202034:35

8. Stories: Sarah

We continue in our Stories series with Sarah Burchfield, women’s ministry director and huddle director at H2O Toledo. Sarah walks us through her story, shares what she’s learned and is learning about being bold and loving people well, and tells us about leading a virtual bible study in high school during the early aughts. We want to hear from you! Email us @lovepodloverockets@gmail.com

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Oct 07, 202049:33

The Well: Grow

We’re continuing a mini series today with content normally found in the Well, a “new members” class that is vital to getting students connected with our church. This week Lauren Stewart jumps in to chat about the uncomfortability of growth and the 5 Catalysts to spiritual growth. Join us on our 2nd week journeying through the Well.

Oct 04, 202036:48

7. Stories: Ian

We continue in our Stories series with Ian Gustafson, pastor in training and field staff at H2O Toledo. Ian walks us through his story, shares what he’s learned and is learning in the face of unknowns and uncertainty, and tells us about how God has changed his plans over the years. We want to hear from you! Email us @lovepodloverockets@gmail.com

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Sep 30, 202045:17

The Well: Follow

We’re launching a mini series today with content normally found in the Well, a “new members” class that is vital to getting students connected with our church. Plan A was to have the Well in person, but 2020 had other plans so we’re making podcasts out of lemons. Join us on our 4 week journey through the Well.

Sep 27, 202039:36

6. Stories: Rachel

We continue in our Stories series with Rachel Brooker, Events Director and Administrative Coordinator at H2O Toledo. Rachel walks us through her story, explains the importance of community and gives good advice for finding joy amidst a global pandemic. We want to hear from you! Email us at lovepodloverockets@gmail.com

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Sep 23, 202046:54

5. Stories: Lauren

We continue in our Stories series with Lauren Stewart, Teams Director and Media Director at H2O Toledo. Lauren walks us through her story, teaches us how to find simplicity and balance in life, and gives good advice for people who love to get things done. We want to hear from you! Email us at lovepodloverockets@gmail.com

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Sep 16, 202044:44

4. Stories: Tom

We continue in our Stories series with Tom Stewart, co-pastor at H2O Toledo. Tom walks us through his story, shares what he’s learned and is learning in his relationship the Gospel, and warns against the dangers of shark attacks. We want to hear from you! Email us @lovepodloverockets@gmail.com

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Sep 09, 202046:58

3. Stories: Gretchen

We continue in our Stories series with Gretchen Olszewski, wife to the lead pastor at H2O Toledo. Gretchen walks us through her story, shares her favorite things about being in college ministry and gives some great nuggets of wisdom. We want to hear from you! Email us @lovepodloverockets@gmail.com

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Sep 02, 202048:03

2. Stories: Matt O.

We kick off our Stories series with Matt Olszewski, lead pastor at H2O Toledo. Matt walks us through his story and shares how he went from a skittles thief to the lead pastor of a collegiate church. We want to hear from you! Email us @lovepodloverockets@gmail.com

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Aug 26, 202048:15

1. Ready for Launch: An Introduction to H2O

Welcome to the Love Pod Love Rockets podcast. In this episode we explain how we got many of the names heard around H2O Toledo, including the name of the church and podcast. We talk about our hopes for this podcast and Matt O. invents his own segment. We want to hear from you! Email us @lovepodloverockets@gmail.com

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Aug 19, 202034:47

Love Pod Love Rockets

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Love Pod Love RocketsSep 02, 2020

What’s Your Story? | pt. 6

What’s Your Story? | pt. 5

What’s Your Story | pt. 4

What’s Your Story? | pt. 3

What’s Your Story? | pt. 2

What’s Your Story? | pt. 1

CULTIVATE | Self-Control

CULTIVATE | Gentleness

CULTIVATE | Faithfulness

CULTIVATE | Goodness

CULTIVATE | Kindness

CULTIVATE | Patience

CULTIVATE | Peace

CULTIVATE | Joy

CULTIVATE | Love

Faith We Sing: Be Thou My Vision

Faith We Sing: Rock of Ages

Faith We Sing: What a Friend We Have in Jesus

Faith We Sing: Great is Thy Faithfulness

Faith We Sing: Come Thou Fount

Faith We Sing: It is Well with My Soul

Faith We Sing: Amazing Grace

New Series Intro: Faith We Sing

Unto Us: Peace is Given, ep. 4

Unto Us: Joy is Given, ep. 4

Unto Us: Faith is Given, ep. 3

Unto Us: Hope is Given, ep. 2

Advent 2020: Unto Us

12: Stories: Matt Pardi

11. Stories: Relections

10. Stories: Clayton

The Well: Go

9. Stories: Alex

The Well: Lead

8. Stories: Sarah

The Well: Grow

7. Stories: Ian

The Well: Follow

6. Stories: Rachel

5. Stories: Lauren

4. Stories: Tom

3. Stories: Gretchen

2. Stories: Matt O.

1. Ready for Launch: An Introduction to H2O