Favourite Friends

Favourite Friends is the podcast from Favour Women, the women's ministry of iSEE CHURCH. It exists to share hopeful and encouraging stories of Christian women and is designed to pass on wisdom and build community. This episode's guest is Natasha Lane part of iSEE CHURCH Townsville Location location. Settle in you are sure to be blessed and encouraged by Jo, and Tash. To find out more about Favour Women, head to www.thefavour.co/

Favourite Friends is the podcast from Favour Women, the women's ministry of iSEE CHURCH. It exists to share hopeful and encouraging stories of Christian women and is designed to pass on wisdom and build community. This episode's guests are Anna Wimberly and Olive Punivai both part of iSEE CHURCH Brisbane City location. Talking about life and reflecting on motherhood. Grab a cup of tea, settle in you are sure to be blessed and encouraged by Jo, Anna and Olive. To find out more about Favour Women, head to www.thefavour.co/

Join us as we take a dive into our Favour Conference archives! Up next is Ps Robyn Stevenson's 'Connected to Greatness' from Favour Conference 2018 - Let it Be! It's an inspiring and faith-filled listen, we hope you enjoy it! AND don't forget to register for this year's conference 'Say the Word' (July 30th-31st), over at thefavour.co

Join us as we take a dive into our Favour Conference archives! Kicking off with our Senior Pastor Jo Geerling's message 'My Lentil Patch', from Favour Conference 2020 - The Call. It's an inspiring and faith-filled listen, we hope you enjoy it! AND don't forget to register for this year's conference 'Say the Word' (July 30th-31st), over at thefavour.co

Favourite Friends is the podcast from Favour Women, the women's ministry of iSEE CHURCH. It exists to share hopeful and encouraging stories of Christian women and is designed to pass on wisdom and build community. This episode's guests are Danielle McNally who leads our Launceston Youth Ministry and Gabrielle Geerling, our Brisbane City Youth Pastor. Danielle and Gabby share their hearts for young people and the new norm of ministry in Covid. We hope you enjoy it! To find out more about Favour Women, head to www.thefavour.co/

Favourite Friends is the podcast from Favour Women, the women’s ministry of iSEE CHURCH. It exists to share hopeful and encouraging stories of Christian women and is designed to pass on wisdom and build community. This episode's guests are Robyn Stevenson who leads our Hong Kong location along with her husband Sunjay and Hanh Ayoko who has recently moved to London with her husband Ade to step into their calling in Europe. Robyn and Hanh so graciously and honestly share about the power of their faith in uncertain seasons of Covid, God's call and more. We hope you enjoy it! To find out more about Favour Women, head to www.thefavour.co/

Favourite Friends is the podcast from Favour Women, the women’s ministry of iSEE CHURCH. It exists to share hopeful and encouraging stories of Christian women and is designed to pass on wisdom and build community. This episode's guest is Pastor Michelle Kelly, who leads our Townsville Campus along with her husband Mike. Michelle so graciously and honestly shares about the power of faith in uncertain seasons of marriage and parenting. We hope you enjoy it! To find out more about Favour Women, head to https://www.thefavour.co/

Favourite Friends is the podcast from Favour Women, the women’s ministry of iSEE CHURCH. It exists to share hopeful and encouraging stories of Christian women and is designed to pass on wisdom and build community. This episode is Part 2 of an episode where we asked our listeners to send in questions for Senior Pastor of iSEE CHURCH, Pastor Jo Geerling. Find out out more about us here: https://www.iseechurch.com/ Follow us on insta: https://www.instagram.com/favour.women/

Favourite Friends is the podcast from Favour Women, the women’s ministry of iSEE CHURCH. It exists to share hopeful and encouraging stories of Christian women and is designed to pass on wisdom and build community. This episode is Part 1 of an episode where we asked our listeners to send in questions for Senior Pastor of iSEE CHURCH, Pastor Jo Geerling. As always Jo is honest and unfiltered and there was so much goodness, we had to split it into two parts. Part 2 is coming soon, but in the meantime, we hope you have as much fun as we had! Find out out more about us here: https://www.iseechurch.com/ Follow us on insta: https://www.instagram.com/favour.women/

Well, we know it's been a while but here's a treat to keep you going. We had the pleasure of hosting Esther Greenwood and Natt Cross as part of a panel at Favour Conference. Lots of laughs and wisdom - hope you enjoy! For more information about iseechurch and Favour Women, head to https://www.iseechurch.com/.

It's been long talked about but it's finally here! Pastor Paul Geerling was on the Favourite Friends couch for a very special episode. We spoke about life, leadership, marriage, social media...the list goes on, Let's just say that we covered a lot of ground. Hope you enjoy it! More about us here: www.iseechurch.com

Here's a post-Favour Conference surprise featuring Pastor Esther Greenwood from Equipper's Church in New Zealand! To find out more about Favour Women and Favour Conference, head to www.iseechurch.com. See you next time!

This episode’s very special guest is Eliaana Thompson. What do you need to know about Eliaana? She’s hilarious, she’s good with words, she’s got this angelic singing voice, she’s a youth leader, she’s studying a degree in social work and she has a big and beautiful story. In this episode, Eliaana is described as one of the daughters of our church - she has lived her childhood years, through to adolescence and now, is embarking on young adulthood in this very church community. In this episode, Eliaana talks us through what it was like being raised in church and navigating family and identity through her parents' divorce. Wisdom beyond her years, this one. You'll love her! To find out more about iSEE CHURCH, Favour Women and to visit the Favourite Store or sign up for Favour Conference, head online to www.iseechurch.com.

This episode, you're going to meet Jess King. Jess and her husband Mike and their son Reuben recently moved to Brisbane from Townsville. Jess' story about infertility was recently featured in our Favourite Magazine but she has a much bigger journey to share. A bit of a heads up: this episode talks about anxiety and depression and it does get a bit dark and deep in places. Jess shares about her experience with depression and performance anxiety and how impacted her marriage and relationship with church and of course, the path to becoming pregnant. it’s pretty raw and real and insanely powerful. If you’d like to read more about Jess (and the other women who make up our wonderful church), you can in our Favourite Magazine! You can buy it online at Favourite Store online at iseechurch.com or a local iSEE CHURCH campus. You can also sign up over there for Favour Conference in July. See you next time!

This episode's special guest is the beautiful Lauren Tunney. Here’s a fun fact: Lauren is actually employed by iSEE Church to co-ordinate the events and communication for all our campuses. In this episode, we talked a little bit about what Lauren’s job actually looks like on a day to day basis and some other things like balancing career and parenting. Lauren also opened up about what it was like to walk through a season of grief when her mum passed away and how we can support others who find themselves in similar situations. You’ll love Lauren - she’s funny and so quirky and she was such fun to have a chat with. If you’d like to buy an edition of Favourite Magazine, you can from our Favourite Store online at iseechurch.com or a local iSEE CHURCH campus. Make sure you share this epsidode with someone and we'll see you in 4 weeks!

This episode’s very special guest is Bek Cunningham. Bek, along with her husband Grant, pastors our Brisbane City campus. As you’ll hear later on, Bek is a wife, a mother and a business owner (you can check out her online shop here: https://www.instagram.com/fromdaydotshop/?hl=en). Bek has an incredible story and you’re going to find out so many things about her in this episode! Things like what it was like growing up as a pastor’s kid, meeting and marrying her husband Grant and journeying through seasons that left her on the sidelines. She’s going to encourage you and inspire you! To find out more about iSEE CHURCH, Favour Women and to visit the Favourite Store, head online to www.iseechurch.com. See you for the next episode in 4 weeks!

Welcome to Season 2 of Favourite Friends. We're back for 2019 with an episode that ties in with the theme of our most recent edition of Favourite Magazine: simplify. In this episode, Jo talks about ways to simplify your life - both spiritually and practically. We talk about making room for God, money, how to organise your wardrobe and even skincare. There's something in this episode for everyone! Favourite Friends is a part of Favour Women, which is a ministry of iSEE CHURCH. More information about iSEE CHURCH and access to our Favourite Shop can be found here: https://www.iseechurch.com See you in three weeks for a new episode!

Well, it's our last episode for the year and we have a special surprise for you! We've turned the tables and guess who's being interviewed? The host of Favourite Friends, Marian Wright. Interviewed by Courtney Amato, Marian talks about a bit about her own journey, the concept of culture and what it's like to hear incredible stories from the women that surround us. Thanks for supporting our first year of Favourite Friends. We'll be back in 2019 with more stories! More information about Favour Women, Favourite Magazine and iSEE CHURCH: www.iseechurch.com Follow us on instagram! https://www.instagram.com/favour.women/

This episode’s very special guest is Amber Laidler. Amber is from the Launceston branch of our iSEE Family and she, along with her husband Matt,leads our Kids Ministry. In this episode, she is incredibly honest about her journey with insecurity and anxiety. Her story is so powerful and incredibly moving and we know there will be many who are impacted by it. More information about Favour Women, Favourite Magazine and iSEE CHURCH: www.iseechurch.com Find us on instagram! https://www.instagram.com/favour.women/

Favourite Friends is the podcast that aims to build community by sharing the real life stories of Christian women. In this episode, you will meet our resident golden girl, Danielle McNally. Danielle, along with her husband Jordan, leads the youth ministry for our Brisbane City campus. If you have a daughter in high school, make sure you get them to listen to this. They’re going to love her, and so will you! Danielle is also being featured in our Favourite Magazine which is out now! You can buy it online at our Favourite Store here: www.iseechurch.com Come say hi to us on instagram! https://www.instagram.com/favour.women/

It's here! The new edition of Favour[ite] Magazine is OUT and it is all about gratitude. So, to celebrate, we have Ps Jo Geerling with us talking about what gratitude unlocks in our lives. Make sure you pass this episode on! You can buy Favourite magazine online at iseechurch.com and find out more about us on instagram at https://www.instagram.com/favour.women/

This episode is part two of a conversation with Ps Nikki Hamalainen. The last episode is still available in our feed so if you haven’t listened, make sure you scroll back up and check it out. Amongst other things in this episode, we talk about the journey to plant iSEE Church in Adelaide, parenting in the midst of church life and the power of encouragement. More information about iSEE CHURCH and Encounter Conference: www.iseechurch.com Find us on instagram! https://www.instagram.com/favour.women/

This episode includes a chat with Pastor Nikki Hamalainen. Nikki, along with her husband Dave, pastors our Adelaide campus. I got to interview her when she was in Brisbane for Favour Conference last month. Disclaimers: Firstly, we did this really late at night. Nikki had just gotten off a plane and so we snuggled on my couch with cups of tea and so we do get a bit late night loopy, just so you know! The second disclaimer is that I had a cold so please excuse my croaky and nasally voice. Last one: If you don’t know Nikki, prepare yourself - you’re going to love her. If you do know Nikki, prepare to delve into the depths of her beautiful, generous and wise heart. Part two will be up in a couple of weeks! More information about us and Encounter Conference: www.iseechurch.com Find us on instagram! https://www.instagram.com/favour.women/

In our last episode, I introduced you to Melissa Moore. We talked about marriage and relationships and if you missed listening to it, make sure you go back through our feed and listen to it! In this episode, I finish my conversation with Melissa. Her life so far has really been quite incredible so you’re going to hear her talking about career choices, serving in church, being diagnosed with thyroid cancer and walking through a recent season of grief. Enjoy! More information about us and iSEE CHURCH: https://www.iseechurch.com/ Come say hi on instagram! https://www.instagram.com/favour.women/

This episode, you’re going to meet Melissa Moore. Here are some fun facts about Melissa: She has been married to Simon for 22 years, they have three boys (Toby, Elijah and Lucas), she has been a part of iSEE Church from the very beginning. She is also a connect group leader and like all the other connect group leaders across our campuses, she is doing an incredible job. Here’s what else you need to know about Melissa: she is one of the most generous, authentic and hilarious women you are ever going to meet. In short, she is a good time. This podcast is really just us chatting about love and marriage and Melissa generously sharing her wisdom. More information about Favour Women and iSEE Church: https://www.iseechurch.com/ Come say hi on instagram! https://www.instagram.com/favour.women/

Live from Favour Conference, 2018, here is a chat with Pastors Jo Geerling, Nikki Hamalainen, and Robyn Stevenson. Topics of discussion included growth, timing you know, and other important things like watching The Bachelor and Masterchef. More information about us and Favour Conference: https://www.iseechurch.com/ Come say hi on instagram! https://www.instagram.com/favour.women/

Rita Mellican talks about how losing her first child threw her into a process where she discovered God in the midst of grief and confusion.

Ps Rita Mellican invites us to see how God uses process to teach us about trusting Him.

Ps Robyn Stevenson talks about the journey to India and how to find significance in the 'waiting' seasons of our life.

Robyn Stevenson talks about trusting God when you are looking for purpose, especially in challenging times or on unknown paths.

Winnie Niumata talks about how she found purpose in when her husband passed away.

Winnie Niumata shares about how to find purpose in work and serving others.

Ps Jo Geerling talks about purpose and dreaming and the idea that purpose is about others, and not about us.

Pastor Jo Geerling talks about finding purpose in every day and the power of obedience in unlocking purpose.