Broadcast His Love

Serving at Church with Jordan Thomas

This conversation is so important if you have been thinking about serving at your home church. Our guest this week, Jordan Thomas found her way to Pensacola by way of a vet appointment for her dog. God can do anything! Thank you Jesus for Jordan!! She tells us in this chat that her first-time going to church was when she moved to town and started taking the Financial Peace University class by Dave Ramsey that the church was offering in a small group.
Come to church with us if you are looking for a church home and you are in the area: https://upperroompensacola.com/ 

Leading Women to Love God’s Word with Olive Baptist’s Beth Harris

Beth Harris is back on the podcast and it’s rich! She sharing about her new role as Director of Women at Olive Baptist Church. We dig into what’s happening at Olive, how God’s Word is at the heart of women’s ministry, and why small groups are essential to spiritual growth. And she gets real about her current struggle with balance and priorities. Beth and I have the best time together and I hope this hour encourages you too! Beth is SO special to me and I pray this episode is an encouragement to you to use your position, no matter what it is to broadcast God's love. Connect with Beth at Olive Baptist in the links below.
IG: https://www.instagram.com/womenatolive/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/womenatolive
Website: https://olivebaptist.org/women

Thriving with The Rex Cafe’s Annie Gray

Our guest this week tells us how God has been restoring her day by day to help her thrive for His glory. Annie Gray is the Assistant Manager at The Rex Cafe in downtown Pensacola. The Rex Cafe is an extension of Generation Church which meets every Sunday for church in downtown on Palafox. She tells us the coffee shop is an extension of the church and they actually have a coffee shop pastor!! How cool is that? Annie and I have gotten to connect at a small group we do with the church at the coffee shop called Bible Boss Babes. We had the small group coordinator on the pod last week, Dana Hardaker. 
Connect with Annie at The Rex Cafe!!
Website: https://www.therexcafe.com/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/therexcafe/
FB: https://m.facebook.com/therexcafe/
Thank you Annie for coming on the pod and sharing what God has on your heart!

Genuine Service with Real Estate Agent, Dana Hardaker

Our guest this week changes the game of real estate to not be a place for competitive sales but instead as a position to serve people well, love them and trust God to provide. I love Dana Hardaker and I know you all will as well! Thanks, Dana for coming on the podcast and sharing what God has on your heart!! I learned a lot and thank you for sharing what God is showing you in life and business!!

The Quilted Sewjourner, Corrie Lail, Talking About Loving God & People

Wife, momma of three, and the creator of The Quilted Sewjourner, Corrie Lail joins us this week. Love her so much! Here's the quote we talk about in this episode that is in her Instagram bio: 
“…this earth ain't no final restin place. So in a way, we is all homeless just workin our way toward home.” - Denver Moore
I love Corrie's heart and compassion for others. It's clear to hear how her tender grace and kindness towards others is something she has learned from reading about Jesus and His word. I am thankful we get to hear the heart God has given her through loving others no matter their position. Love you, Corrie!
Connect with Corrie: https://www.instagram.com/thequiltedsewjourner/
Check out the Pensacola Dream Center: https://www.instagram.com/pensacoladreamcenter/
Thank you Corrie for your time and for sharing what God has in your heart! XOXO
 

Seasons with Holistic Homemaker Alexandra Evans

When our guest this week read Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 -- Everything came together in my brain in this chat. Seasons are so important and God created them. Our guest this week made that so clear to me when she shared her Jesus story. Alexandra Evans is a wife and mom to a little boy we hear a lot about in her story. So grateful for her!! She is so kind and so helpful!! She made and brought me bone broth!! How cool!!
A Time for Everything
3 There is a time for everything,    and a season for every activity under the heavens:
2     a time to be born and a time to die,    a time to plant and a time to uproot,3     a time to kill and a time to heal,    a time to tear down and a time to build,4     a time to weep and a time to laugh,    a time to mourn and a time to dance,5     a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,    a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,6     a time to search and a time to give up,    a time to keep and a time to throw away,7     a time to tear and a time to mend,    a time to be silent and a time to speak,8     a time to love and a time to hate,    a time for war and a time for peace.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 NIV
Connect with Alexandra Evans:
IG - https://www.instagram.com/the.kinda.crunchy.mama/
Thanks, Alexandra for coming on the podcast and sharing what God has on your heart!! So blessed by how you are seeking God through different seasons!

How the podcast started & how it’s going with KD

One of my dear friends, Kathryn Daniel who we call "KD" interviewed me on the podcast this week and I am so thankful -- My cup is overflowing!!!!!!! Now I know how guests feel after they come on!! Talking about Jesus and how He is working in my life is so encouraging!! We get pretty real this week so in all of it, we pray it's an encouragement to you to Broadcast His Love!! 
Connect with KD!
IG: https://www.instagram.com/kathryndanielcci/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kathryndanielsccipuppypage/
Thank you so much, KD for doing this episode. I pray it encouraged someone to Christ. Love you so much! Thanks again!!

Crowned for Ashes: Supporting Wounded, Ill & Injured Veteran Marriages + Young Widows with Founder, Ashley Cochrane Olson

Ashley Cochrane Olson is the Founder and Executive Director of the non-profit Crowned for Ashes organization that's run out of Northwest Florida. She tells us her story and how she became a widow at the age of 31 after losing her husband who was a Veteran. Ashely tells us she became his full-time caregiver at the age of 27 when her late husband had a heart valve infection on deployment and then he had a stroke. 
During that time, Ashley tells us she saw the need to walk in the community with others who understood what she was going through and that's why she started Crowned for Ashes, Corp. Now Ashley serves alongside a community of people at Crowned for Ashes, Corp who support wounded, ill, and injured veteran marriages + young widows with rest and recreation retreats on Florida’s Emerald Coast.
If you know someone who you think would benefit from getting connected with this organization -- please send this episode to them and share their website, here: www.crownedforashes.org
Connect with this organization on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crownedforashes/
Listen to Ashley's full story, here: https://vimeo.com/335849600?embedded=true&source=vimeo_logo&owner=14704668

Capturing God’s Creation with Pensacola Content Creator Amber Fletcher

Amber Fletcher is the person behind the social media accounts for @ExplorePensacola. Between Facebook and Instagram, Amber has almost 50,000 followers. She tells us she has gone viral twice, and the second time (which was more recently) with a photo she took of her friend Shane Dye on a stand-up paddle board while he was surrounded by what looks to be thousands of jellyfish. Check out that photo, here!
I love her response to how she feels about going viral and that it doesn't feel any different than before, just more people reaching out to her from all over. In a world where it seems like everyone wants to go viral, what a great testimony from someone who has been there and done that TWICE! Thank you Amber for sharing that!!
Full-time, Amber is a photographer. I love how she talks about watching God's creation on Pensacola Beach from her drone. She is so grateful to God. It's so refreshing to me. I pray you all are drawn closer to Christ from this week's episode. Thanks for listening and if you'd like to connect with Amber, check out the links below.
Explore Pensacola online!
IG - https://www.instagram.com/explorepensacola/
FB - https://www.facebook.com/amberfletcherphoto

The Bright Promise with Author Grace Harrelson

Our guest this week is author, Grace Harrelson! She wrote this beautiful book called, "The Bright Promise." Grace tells us she wrote this book about God's promises in a dark season in her life. If you listen to this episode, you'll hear her tell her story about that. Thank you, God, for Grace! If God has something on your heart to do for His glory -- pray about it, ask God what He wants, listen to His response to you and --Sister or brother in Christ -- Go share how good God is through the gifts and talents He has given you! This testimony from Grace reminded me of this!!
And, we didn't mention this scripture in the podcast, but it's too good not to share here with you reading!
17 Everything good comes from God. Every perfect gift is from him. These good gifts come down from the Father who made all the lights in the sky. But God never changes like the shadows from those lights. He is always the same. 18 God decided to give us life through the true message he sent to us. He wanted us to be the most important of all that he created. James 1:17-19 ERV
Here's one scripture we shared towards the end of this episode about God's promises to us: "And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you." 1 Peter 5:10 ESV
I love how and where this verse has the word grace. Isn't God so cool to give us a beautiful guest this week named "Grace" and also give us a scripture that reads: "God of grace..." How cool is God!?
Buy "The Bright Promise" on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Bright-Promise-Grace-Harrelson/dp/1737580810
Connect with Grace: https://www.instagram.com/graceharrelsonwrites/
Check out the Reformed Theological Seminary audio recordings Grace mentions in this episode: https://subsplash.com/reformtheosem/lb/ms/%2B635a671
Thank you Grace for your time and for sharing what God has on your heart!