We were thrilled to welcome Sig Berg back home. Sig was the second Senior Pastor in our church's history. Sig gave a message dedicated to how we must be courageous in today's world to help give future generations a church that lives up to its full potential.

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Sigval (Sig) Berg is chairman and founder of the Severn Leadership Group (SLG), Annapolis, Maryland, which for over a decade has influenced the character of leadership across a variety of industries, government, and the armed forces, just as Berg has done his whole career.

He has been a nuclear submarine commander in the U.S. Navy and held executive and educational positions in the nuclear industry. Berg has a master of divinity degree from Trinity Lutheran Seminary and has authored two books. He has also taken part in the Advanced Management Program from Harvard Business School.

The Encounter Faith Podcast is dedicated to creating space to slow down and dive deeper into the critical conversations we’re having every week at Good Shepherd. We fundamentally believe that you cannot encounter the risen Lord unchanged, and through the replays of our Sunday Sermons and conversations with our pastors and community leaders, we are prayerfully pursuing the author and the perfecter of our faith, together.

We’d love to meet you! Email us, check out our website, and come worship with us!

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Today’s message was originally delivered on Sunday September 29 and you can watch it here.

Jenn Anderson has been involved with children's ministry for over 18 years and currently serves as the Children's minister at Good Shepherd church. Jenn joins host Ross Cochran to discuss why parents may not feel equipped to disciple their kids, what first steps they can take, and how the rest of the church can come alongside them in that journey.

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The Encounter Faith Podcast is dedicated to creating space to slow down and dive deeper into the critical conversations we’re having every week at Good Shepherd. We fundamentally believe that you cannot encounter the risen Lord unchanged, and through the replays of our Sunday Sermons and conversations with our pastors and community leaders, we are prayerfully pursuing the author and the perfecter of our faith, together.

We’d love to meet you! Email us, check out our website, and come worship with us!

The best way to support the podcast is to support Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Naperville Illinois.

If you're looking to dive deeper, check out our curriculum partner Awana's database of resources on child discipleship.

Pastor Tara Beth closes out our series focused on the discipleship of kids and students by calling all of us, no matter our age, to be humble missionaries as we approach today's generation of kids and students.

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The Encounter Faith Podcast is dedicated to creating space to slow down and dive deeper into the critical conversations we’re having every week at Good Shepherd. We fundamentally believe that you cannot encounter the risen Lord unchanged, and through the replays of our Sunday Sermons and conversations with our pastors and community leaders, we are prayerfully pursuing the author and the perfecter of our faith, together.

We’d love to meet you! Email us, check out our website, and come worship with us!

The best way to support the podcast is to support Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Naperville Illinois.

Today’s message was originally delivered on Sunday September 22nd in our Sanctuary and you can watch it here.

Pastor Jake wraps up our teaching service about the discipleship of kids and students by laying out how we can be a non-anxious presence in a world of chaos, and why that matters to kids today.

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The Encounter Faith Podcast is dedicated to creating space to slow down and dive deeper into the critical conversations we’re having every week at Good Shepherd. We fundamentally believe that you cannot encounter the risen Lord unchanged, and through the replays of our Sunday Sermons and conversations with our pastors and community leaders, we are prayerfully pursuing the author and the perfecter of our faith, together.

We’d love to meet you! Email us, check out our website, and come worship with us!

The best way to support the podcast is to support Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Naperville Illinois.

Today’s message was originally delivered on Sunday September 23rd in our Worship Center and you can watch it here.

Pastor Jake and Host Ross Cochran dive into the peer pressure kids and students face today, and the unique role that dads play in the discipleship of their kids. Pastor Jake also shares about how the church must rise above the "us vs them" mentality that is so pervasive in every other area of our life.

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The Encounter Faith Podcast is dedicated to creating space to slow down and dive deeper into the critical conversations we’re having every week at Good Shepherd. We fundamentally believe that you cannot encounter the risen Lord unchanged, and through the replays of our Sunday Sermons and conversations with our pastors and community leaders, we are prayerfully pursuing the author and the perfecter of our faith, together.

We’d love to meet you! Email us, check out our website, and come worship with us!

The best way to support the podcast is to support Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Naperville Illinois.

Check out the sermon this conversation is based on.

Pastor Jake continues our series "Be the One" which is all about the discipleship of today's kids and students. He walks through how isolated kids feel, how we can understand that from examples we see in Scripture and our own experiences, and ultimately our role in helping foster greater connection.

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The Encounter Faith Podcast is dedicated to creating space to slow down and dive deeper into the critical conversations we’re having every week at Good Shepherd. We fundamentally believe that you cannot encounter the risen Lord unchanged, and through the replays of our Sunday Sermons and conversations with our pastors and community leaders, we are prayerfully pursuing the author and the perfecter of our faith, together.

We’d love to meet you! Email us, check out our website, and come worship with us!

The best way to support the podcast is to support Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Naperville Illinois.

Today’s message was originally delivered on Sunday September 15 in our Sanctuary and you can watch it here.

Pastor Tara Beth continues our series about the discipleship of our kids and students by talking about how kids today are more isolated than ever, despite having more opportunities for connection. This is true for all of us, but because of the unique ways this impacts kids & students, we must be willing to help support greater community and connection.

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The Encounter Faith Podcast is dedicated to creating space to slow down and dive deeper into the critical conversations we’re having every week at Good Shepherd. We fundamentally believe that you cannot encounter the risen Lord unchanged, and through the replays of our Sunday Sermons and conversations with our pastors and community leaders, we are prayerfully pursuing the author and the perfecter of our faith, together.

We’d love to meet you! Email us, check out our website, and come worship with us!

The best way to support the podcast is to support Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Naperville Illinois.

Today’s message was originally delivered on Sunday September 15 in our Worship Center and you can watch it here.

Pastor Tara Beth returns to the podcast to discuss discipleship, isolation, and how we as the church can help the kids and students in our life today.

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The Encounter Faith Podcast is dedicated to creating space to slow down and dive deeper into the critical conversations we’re having every week at Good Shepherd. We fundamentally believe that you cannot encounter the risen Lord unchanged, and through the replays of our Sunday Sermons and conversations with our pastors and community leaders, we are prayerfully pursuing the author and the perfecter of our faith, together.

We’d love to meet you! Email us, check out our website, and come worship with us!

The best way to support the podcast is to support Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Naperville Illinois.