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The Ridge Community Church

By The Ridge Community Church

The Ridge Community Church Podcast brings you messages from weekly services along with additional hopeful and helpful conversations with church staff, community members, and topic experts. Our goal is to help you better experience the hope of Jesus in your life and help you bring that hope to others. Our conversations will help your life, your faith journey, and your influence with others.
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Identifying and Addressing Depression | Interview with a Counselor

The Ridge Community ChurchMay 03, 2022

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Where Do I Get Answers When I Have Faith Questions? | Interview with Brodie Swanson
Mar 26, 202443:04
Take Up Your Cross

Take Up Your Cross

Week 5 of our "Canceling Jesus" series.

Mar 24, 202434:13
Why Are Politics Divisive and What Can We Do About It? | Interview with Mark Weigt

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.

Mar 19, 202442:55
Make Us One

Make Us One

Week 4 of our "Canceling Jesus" series.

Mar 17, 202433:18
How to Tell People Jesus Changed Your Life | Interview with Tyler Volkers
Mar 12, 202433:56
Gouge Your Eyes

Gouge Your Eyes

Week 3 of our "Canceling Jesus" series.

Mar 10, 202432:31
Why Does Money Have a Unique Hold On Us? | Interview with Jodi Tonarelli

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!

Mar 05, 202442:20
Rich Young Ruler

Rich Young Ruler

Week 2 of our "Canceling Jesus" series.

Mar 03, 202430:46
Where Did Easter Eggs Come From? | With John Larsen
Feb 27, 202420:35
Love Who?

Love Who?

Week 1 of our "Canceling Jesus" series.

Feb 25, 202432:50
Why Do Mission Trips Matter? | Interview with Mark & Kelly
Feb 20, 202438:42
Change a Life

Change a Life

A special message from Mark Weigt.

Feb 18, 202427:41
Super Showdown II

Super Showdown II

A special message competition between 4 teaching pastors, on 2 teams.

Feb 12, 202438:34
Is It Ok to Have Fun in Church? Interview with Evan Schwartz

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!

Feb 05, 202450:01
People-pleasing

People-pleasing

Week 4 of our "I've Got Issues" series.

Feb 04, 202434:04
How Do I Manage My Anger? | Interview with Lisa Zwagerman

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.

Jan 30, 202445:26
Bitterness

Bitterness

Week 3 of our "I've Got Issues" series.

Jan 28, 202436:22
How Do I Talk to My Kids About Their Struggles? | Interview with Victor Vilar

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.

Jan 23, 202435:48
Arrogance

Arrogance

Week 2 of our "I've Got Issues" series.

Jan 21, 202433:06
What Do I Need To Know About Fasting? | Interview with Brodie Swanson

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.

Jan 16, 202436:40
Discontentment

Discontentment

Week 1 of our "I've Got Issues" series.

Jan 14, 202436:49
Vision Goal Q&A | Interview with Mark Weigt
Jan 09, 202440:25
Only God Can

Only God Can

A special message from our Lead Pastor, Mark Weigt.

Jan 07, 202442:47
The Christmas Story

The Christmas Story

Join us for a special Christmas Day reading of the Christmas Story.

Dec 25, 202310:53
More To It

More To It

Christmas at The Ridge service message.

Dec 24, 202329:42
Staying Focused on Jesus During the Busy Christmas Season | Interview with Brodie Swanson

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.

Dec 20, 202324:31
Love Pulls Up a Chair

Love Pulls Up a Chair

Week 3 of our "Love Has a Name" series.

Dec 17, 202335:55
How Do You Handle the Pressure of the Christmas Season? | Interview with Brodie Swanson

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?

Dec 12, 202325:16
Love Stays When Everyone Leaves

Love Stays When Everyone Leaves

Week 2 of our "Love Has a Name" series.

Dec 10, 202330:51
How Do I Talk to My Kids about Christmas Gifts? | Interview with Amanda Zins

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. 

Dec 05, 202333:29
Love Knows Us By Name

Love Knows Us By Name

Week 1 of our "Love Has A Name" series.

Dec 03, 202335:41
The Power of an Invite | Interview with Dustin
Nov 30, 202331:44
What Do I Get Out of It

What Do I Get Out of It

Week4 of our "Live Big 2023" series.

Nov 27, 202325:35
Interview with City on a Hill

Interview with City on a Hill

Week 3 of our "Live Big 2023" series.

Nov 19, 202336:20
How Did a Poverty Simulator Change Your Perspective? | Interview with Aren Schiek

How Did a Poverty Simulator Change Your Perspective? | Interview with Aren Schiek

Aren is currently a College Student and at UW - Plattville. A few years ago, he participated in a Poverty Simulator with one of our local partner organizations City on a Hill. He describes what that experience was like, how it forced him to change his perspective and some of his assumptions.


Find out more about Live Big and City on a Hill at https://theridgecc.com/livebig

Nov 19, 202321:28
How Can Serving Others Become a Lifestyle? | Interview with Dale Beardsly
Nov 14, 202330:17
What Difference Can I Make?

What Difference Can I Make?

Week 2 of our "Live Big 2023" series.

Nov 12, 202336:31
Live Big | Interview with Kelly Eger
Nov 07, 202336:11
How to Impress God

How to Impress God

Week 1 of our "Live Big 2023" series.

Nov 05, 202340:16
Formerly Known As

Formerly Known As

A special Baptism message from Mark Weigt.

Oct 29, 202335:43
Answering Your Deconstruction Questions | Interview with Mark Weigt
Oct 24, 202352:05
Permission to Deconstruct Q & A

Permission to Deconstruct Q & A

Week 7 of our "Permission to Deconstruct" series.

Oct 22, 202336:36
What Do I Do If I Feel Burnout from Serving? | Interview with Rachel Schick

What Do I Do If I Feel Burnout from Serving? | Interview with Rachel Schick

How do you avoid becoming burnt out when you are serving? Rachel Schick (Ridge Guest Services Director) shares her own story, some steps that you can take, and why seeing the big picture is so important.

Oct 17, 202329:10
Dealing with Doubts

Dealing with Doubts

Week 6 of our "Permission to Deconstruct" series.

Oct 15, 202333:40
How Faith Impacts You at Work | Interview with Danny Baumann

How Faith Impacts You at Work | Interview with Danny Baumann

Danny and his wife have been coming to the Ridge for about 5 years, they serve in Ridge Kids. Danny works in sales and he chats with John about how his faith impacts his work, how he builds connections with his coworkers, and how he tries to represent Jesus in the workplace.

Oct 10, 202338:16
Just Another Book

Just Another Book

Week 5 of our "Permission to Deconstruct" series.

Oct 08, 202336:54
How Do Your Values Affect How You See God? | Interview with Dr. John Marriott
Oct 03, 202323:46
Church Hurt

Church Hurt

Week 4 of our "Permission to Deconstruct" series.

Oct 01, 202336:57
What Do I Say When Someone Tells Me They're Deconstructing Their Faith? | with Dr. John Marriott
Sep 26, 202335:31
Pain and Suffering

Pain and Suffering

Week 3 of our "Permission to Deconstruct" series.

Sep 24, 202330:02