The Calling – Family Life

The Calling is a Family Life original podcast to encourage and equip pastors in their personal and professional lives as they share the Gospel and lead others to Jesus. In Episode 30, Pastor Tim Middleton from East Randolph Methodist Church in Randolph, NY talks about how God relentlessly pursued him and the spiritual challeges people are facing today. 

The Calling is a Family Life original podcast for pastors offering encouragement and insight as they navigate their personal and professional lives and follow God's leading.  

In episode 29, Tim Powers is speaking with author, speaker, and radio host of Truth for Life - Alistair Begg - about his love of hymns, his appearance at this year's Family Life Pastors Conference, and his new booklet based on his sermon, "The Man on the Middle Cross".  

https://blog.truthforlife.org/the-man-on-the-middle-cross-said-i-can-come

The Calling is a Family Life orginal podcast for pastors featuring conversations about the challenges they face in their personal and professional lives as they serve the Lord. In episode 28 Pastor Vern Groves from United Church of Deruyter, NY talks about the lessons he learned when an earthquake struck Haiti while he was on a missions trip, and he shares what advice he would give himself as a young pastor. 

The Calling is an original Family Life podcast for pastors featuring conversations about the challenges they face in their personal and professional lives as they serve the Lord. In episode 27, Pastor Matthew VollBrecht of Everett, PA shares how faith and fear cannont exist in the same heart as he shares how God has used him over the years and why it's so important to speak the truth in love. 

The Calling is a Family Life original podcast featuring conversations with Pastors about the challenges they face in their personal and professional lives as they serve the Lord. In Episode 26, Pastor Mike Wenger of Lewisburg Bible Church in Lewsburg, PA talks his excitement for the youth of today and the importance of being humble as a pastor. 

The Calling is a Family Life original podcast featuring conversations with Pastors about the challenges they face in their personal and professional lives as they serve the Lord. In Episode 25, Pastor Ben Nickles of Livonia Community Church in Livonia, NY talks about how attending church helps us to fulfill the Great Commission, how his approach to writing sermons has changed over the years, and what he's working on the improve himself in 2025. 

The Calling is a Family Life original podcast featuring conversations with Pastors about the challenges they face in their personal and professional lives as they serve the Lord. In Episode 24, Pastor Steve Dumire of Victory Highway Wesleyan Church in Painted Post, NY talks about the challenges that face both small and large churches as well as the importance of delgating responsibilities. 

The Calling is a Family Life original podcast featuring conversations with Pastors about the challenges they face in their personal and professional lives as they serve the Lord. In Episode 23, Pastor Rick Schmieg of First Presbyterian Church in Montrose, PA talks about his journey from serving in the military to serving God from the pulpit. 

A podcast for pastors featuring conversations about the challenges they face in their personal and professional lives as they serve the Lord. In Episode 22, Pastor Joe Wagner from Christ Church in Wellsboro and Mansfield, PA talks about how God turned his life around and how pastors need to set some boundaries on occassion. 

The Calling is a Family Life original podcast for pastors that focuses on the personal and professional challenges they face in their mission to serve the Lord. In Episode 21, Steve Smith speaks with Pastor Jeff Bisher of Windham Center Community Church in Rome, PA about how God got a hold of his heart and transformed him from being a "wild child" to a pastor. 

The Calling is a Family Life original podcast for pastors that focuses on the personal and professional challenges they face in their mission to serve the Lord. In Episode 19, Steve’s guest is Mark Bane, a retired pastor with 40 years of experience leading congregations.  Mark, who is also Steve’s longtime friend, talks about the difference between being a pastor and sitting in the congregation, how to biblically address sin in a friend.

The Calling is a Family Life original podcast for pastors that focuses on the personal and professional challenges they face in their mission to serve the Lord. In Episode 18, Steve’s guest is Steve Baley, Dean of Students at Clarks Summit University who talks about youth, sports, and faith, and how God has used all of it in his life.

The Calling is a Family Life original podcast for pastors that focuses on the personal and professional challenges they face in their mission to serve the Lord. In Episode 17, Steve’s guest is Pastor Dave Gabel from Gowanda Assembly of God who talks about his journey to becoming a pastor and what his son, Jesse (co-host of Family Life’s afternoon show – Main & Gabel) was like as a child.

The Calling is a Family Life original podcast for pastors that focuses on the personal and professional challenges they face in their mission to serve the Lord. In Episode 16, Steve’s guests are pastors Christopher and Sean Powers from Kingstree Church in Ohio. Christopher and Sean are not only pastors at the same church, they, along with Tim Powers of the Rise Up Morning Show, are brothers.  In this episode, they talk about the importance of family and the role their parents played in their lives.

The Calling is a Family Life original podcast for pastors that focuses on the personal and professional challenges they face in their mission to serve the Lord. In Episode 15, Steve’s guest is Pastor Ray Bartholomew from McClure United Methodist Church in Deposit, NY who talks about how the church can (at times) be too judgemental.

The Calling is a Family Life original podcast for pastors that focuses on the personal and professional challenges they face in their mission to serve the Lord. In Episode 14, Steve’s guest is Tyler Schutt, a youth pastor for Crossroads Family Ministry in Sayre, PA who talks about ministering to young hearts.

The Calling is a Family Life original podcast for pastors that focuses on the personal and professional challenges they face in their mission to serve the Lord. In Episode 13, Steve’s guest is LuAnn Natyshak of the Inside Out Network who shares how she was called to minister to women in prison .

The Calling is a Family Life original podcast for pastors that focuses on the personal and professional challenges they face in their mission to serve the Lord. In Episode 12, Steve’s guest is pastor & author Jeff Jones whose book “Rebranding Christianity: When the World’s Most Important Brand Loses It’s Way” looks at how the church needs to get back to the basics of what Jesus taught.

The Calling is a Family Life original podcast for pastors that focuses on the personal and professional challenges they face in their mission to serve the Lord. In Episode 11, Steve’s guest is Michael Stephenson, a former pastor at 1st Baptist Church in Medina, NY and a teacher at a Christian school who talks about the struggles of growing up in a dysfunctional home and how God called him to ministry.

The Calling is a Family Life original podcast for pastors that focuses on the personal and professional challenges they face in their mission to serve the Lord. In Episode 10, Steve’s guest is pastor Dominick Kriegbaum from A New Way Assembly of God in Watertown, New York. As a ifelong Buffalo Bills fan and he makes sure everyone is home by kickoff on Sundays. He also talks about his involvement in Bible Clubs of America for children in schools.

The Calling is a Family Life original podcast for pastors that focuses on the personal and professional challenges they face in their mission to serve the Lord. In Episode 9, pastor & author Mark Dance talks about his book, “Start to Finish” which is a guide for pastors in life and ministry, and why we shouldn’t try to go it alone.

The Calling is a Family Life original podcast for pastors that focuses on the personal and professional challenges they face in their mission to serve the Lord. In Episode 8, Pastor Dale Ingraham with Speaking Truth in Love Ministries talks about how his ministries uses education to address the difficult topics of sexual abuse and domestic violence.

The Calling is a Family Life original podcast for pastors that focuses on the personal and professional challenges they face in their mission to serve the Lord. In Episode 7, Pastor Mike Spagnuolo from Catawissa Christian Church in Catawissa, PA the vital role of a pastor’s wife and the honor of being a police department chaplain.

The Calling is a Family Life original podcast for pastors that focuses on the personal and professional challenges they face in their mission to serve the Lord. In Episode 6, Pastor Nick Lincoln from Redefined Church in Wayland, NY talks about being radically changed by God and the importance of waiting on the Lord.