The Ridge Community Church
By The Ridge Community Church
The Ridge Community ChurchMay 12, 2024
How Do I Get Better at Investing in Others? | Interview with Forrest Anderson
Oak Creek - Franklin Campus Pastor Forrest Anderson joins the podcast to chat about the importance of investing in others.
Live, Work, Play
Week 7 of our "Relationships on Purpose" series.
How to Get Better at Tough Conversations | Interview with Chris Feinas
Our guest today is Chris Feinas. Chris has some excellent first hand experience with difficult conversations as a business owner with employees and clients, as a husband and father, and, as he a coach to the group leaders at The Ridge, he spends time training leaders on how to have these types of conversations. In this episode, Chris shares when to have these conversations, his own experience with them, common mistakes to avoid, and a lot more.
How Do You Change?
Week 6 of our "Relationships on Purpose" series.
How Do You Equip Your Kids to Live on Their Own? | Interview with Mark Weigt
Lead Pastor Mark Weigt shares different strategies to help get your kids ready to live on their own. Check out resources on this topic at https://theridgecc.com/relationshipsonpurpose
Difficult Relationships
Week 5 of our "Relationships on Purpose" series.
A Helpful Parenting Plan | Interview with Mark Weigt
Lead Pastor Mark Weigt joins the podcast to discuss parenting. Mark shares on the impact of having a goal statement as a parent, how to deal with the feelings of pressure from other parents, how you can make an impact on the faith of your child and more!
For resources visit https://theridgecc.com/relationshipsonpurpose
To sign up for the online parenting group visit https://theridgecc.com/parenting
Parenting On Purpose
Week 4 of our "Relationships On Purpose" series.
What Can You Learn From Premarital Counseling? | Interview with Victor Vilar
Victor Vilar, one of the Pastors on staff at The Ridge has officiated many weddings and has helped a lot of couples through premarital counseling. We talk about the value of premarital counseling, some takeaways that can help you even if you are married, and why communication is just so important to any relationship.
You can catch resources as https://theridgecc.com/relationshipsonpurpose
Dating Differently
Week 3 of our "Relationships on Purpose" series.
3 Words That Can Help Your Marriage | Interview with Evan Schwartz
Creative Pastor at The Ridge Evan Schwartz. Evan has been married for 17 years to his wife Carrie and he shares some of the most helpful things in his marriage.
You can find so many great resources on marriage and other relationships in your life at https://theridgecc.com/relationshipsonpurpose.
The Mystery of Marriage
Week 2 of our "Relationships on Purpose" series.
5 Helpful Conversations about Relationships
How to Help Common Relationship Challenges | Interview with Tyler Volkers - https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/bsDe1wOvFIb
What Your Kids Wish You Knew | Interview with Shelby Bierwagen - https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/ggRPv6QvFIb
How Can I Start Having More Meaningful Conversations with My Friends | Interview with Nate Bjorge - https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/YYd9CmTvFIb
Expectations in Marriage & Other Relationships | Interview with John & Gaylene Davis - https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/ivEO7QUvFIb
Re-thinking Your Approach to Relationships
Week 1 of our "Relationships on Purpose" series.
What's It Like to Go to Church for the First Time? | Interview with Cody Ceretto
Cody shares about his journey from being atheist, to agnostic, to just 4 months ago searching for more and going to a church for the very first time.
Your Greatest Day Ever
The message from Easter at The Ridge 2024.
Where Do I Get Answers When I Have Faith Questions? | Interview with Brodie Swanson
Our guest this week is Discipleship Director at The Ridge, Brodie Swanson. He shares how we can go searching for answers to our faith questions in a helpful way, how we know what sources to trust, how we put our own biases aside and a lot more.
Resources:
Find out more about Alpha at https://theridgecc.com/alpha
Evidence that Demands a Verdict - https://a.co/d/7vikqfr
Timothy Keller Center https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/thekellercenter/
Take Up Your Cross
Week 5 of our "Canceling Jesus" series.
Why Are Politics Divisive and What Can We Do About It? | Interview with Mark Weigt
Lead Pastor of The Ridge Mark Weigt joins the Podcast to talk about Politics. Specifically, he talks about why politics divide, why that’s a problem and what to do about it.
Make Us One
Week 4 of our "Canceling Jesus" series.
How to Tell People Jesus Changed Your Life | Interview with Tyler Volkers
Greenfield Campus Pastor Tyler Volkers joins the podcast to share what he is learning about how we can tell people about our faith in a genuine way.
You can find information on Easter at https://theridgecc.com/easter
Gouge Your Eyes
Week 3 of our "Canceling Jesus" series.
Why Does Money Have a Unique Hold On Us? | Interview with Jodi Tonarelli
Executive Pastor Jodi Tonarelli joins the podcast to talk about the way money can have a hold on our hearts, her own journey of generosity, and more!
Rich Young Ruler
Week 2 of our "Canceling Jesus" series.
Where Did Easter Eggs Come From? | With John Larsen
In this episode, Digital Pastor John Larsen does some rapid fire answers to a lot of questions about Easter and what they can mean to you and your faith journey. So, We’ll talk about stuff like Easter Eggs, Holy Week, why Easter’s date changes and more.
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Love Who?
Week 1 of our "Canceling Jesus" series.
Why Do Mission Trips Matter? | Interview with Mark & Kelly
Lead Pastor of The Ridge Mark Weigt and Ridge Compassion Director Kelly Eger talk about their recent trip to Honduras, why we go on Mission trips, how God impacts them, and more.
For more information on mission trips email keger@theridgecc.com
To sponsor a child visit https://compassion.com/theridgecc
Change a Life
A special message from Mark Weigt.
Super Showdown II
A special message competition between 4 teaching pastors, on 2 teams.
Is It Ok to Have Fun in Church? Interview with Evan Schwartz
The Creative Pastor at The Ridge, Evan Schwartz, joins the podcast to talk about fun in church, if its ok to have in church, why churches tend to be so serious, and more!
People-pleasing
Week 4 of our "I've Got Issues" series.
How Do I Manage My Anger? | Interview with Lisa Zwagerman
Lisa is a Licensed Profession Counselor and she joins John to share some tools that will be really helpful for all of us to remember when we get angry. She also shares the difference between healthy and unhealthy anger, how anger might be affecting your relationships, and lot more.
Bitterness
Week 3 of our "I've Got Issues" series.
How Do I Talk to My Kids About Their Struggles? | Interview with Victor Vilar
Victor is the Greenfield Ridge Kids Director, a Dad and a track and cross country coach. He is used to trying to help kids overcome a challenge. Victor shares some insight about when to talk with your kids about an issue, how to get them thinking about the topic, and what do to when we find ourselves comparing kids and parents.
Arrogance
Week 2 of our "I've Got Issues" series.
What Do I Need To Know About Fasting? | Interview with Brodie Swanson
We have been inviting everyone to participate in starting off the year with 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting. We started this a little bit over a week ago, but since then many more have joined in and in fact if you would still like to join us you are more than welcome to just text "Pray" to 414-509-0339. But, We wanted to give everyone just a helpful conversation about fasting. What is it? What are some misconceptions about it? What are the different types and what does it help with. So, our director of discipleship at The Ridge Brodie Swanson, joined John to chat about Fasting and cover some of those topics.
Discontentment
Week 1 of our "I've Got Issues" series.
Vision Goal Q&A | Interview with Mark Weigt
Lead Pastor of The Ridge Mark Weigt joins the podcast to talk about The Ridge's Vision Goal to help 5000 people find Jesus by the end of 2030.
You can find out more about Vision and sign up for a Zoom call at https://theridgecc.com/vision
To join the 21 Days of Prayer text "Pray" to 414-509-0339
Only God Can
A special message from our Lead Pastor, Mark Weigt.
The Christmas Story
Join us for a special Christmas Day reading of the Christmas Story.
More To It
Christmas at The Ridge service message.
Staying Focused on Jesus During the Busy Christmas Season | Interview with Brodie Swanson
Today, we get to share with you the second half of our conversation with Brodie Swanson. Brodi shares some great thoughts on how we put the focus back on God during the holidays.
Love Pulls Up a Chair
Week 3 of our "Love Has a Name" series.
How Do You Handle the Pressure of the Christmas Season? | Interview with Brodie Swanson
Brodie is the Adult Discipleship Director at The Ridge and in the first half of our conversation we talk about the challenges that come with a busy season. Particularly, how do you handle the pressure of the Christmas Season and how do you deal with being really busy?
Love Stays When Everyone Leaves
Week 2 of our "Love Has a Name" series.
How Do I Talk to My Kids about Christmas Gifts? | Interview with Amanda Zins
Today we are joined by the Oak Creek-Franklin Ridge Kids Director Amanda Zins. As we head into the Christmas season we chat about how to help you kids focus less on the receiving of gifts, how to talk about Santa Claus, and more.
Love Knows Us By Name
Week 1 of our "Love Has A Name" series.
The Power of an Invite | Interview with Dustin
While filming for a video that we planned to use during our main services, our communications Director Mariha had an amazing interview with Dustin about his experience growing up, loving Christmas, serving and wanting to get involved. We ended up only being able to use a small portion of that conversation for the video, but there was so much good stuff that we wanted to be able to share the whole conversation.
What Do I Get Out of It
Week4 of our "Live Big 2023" series.
Interview with City on a Hill
Week 3 of our "Live Big 2023" series.