Maxim and Marnie's Podcast

We are happy to share today's episode where Marnie gets a chance to sit down with Pastor Elisabeth, who is new to the OSLC community.  As always, we are so grateful for you and your listening to our podcast. Please share and follow and send us a message if you'd like to be on the podcast or know someone who should! 

Welcome back to another episode of Maxim and Marnie. OSLC is so lucky to have added two new pastors to our staff and this was a chance to get to share a little bit more of Pastor Ben's story. Come hear about his family and faith, and help us celebrate this new addition to the OSLC ministry team! 

We had the honor of hearing Keith Carlson's story today and we hope you enjoy his story! We are so grateful for him. Thanks again for listening to our podcast and we hope we can have more soon! 

On this episode of Maxim and Marnie, We are joined by OSLC's council chair, Alan Jacobs. He's a pastor's kid and tells his story about growing up in the church. He also credits God to bringing him to this place with his family. Thanks for sharing your story Alan! 

Welcome back for another episode of Maxim and Marnie! We were so honored to be joined with Allyson Brenna as she shares about her life, struggles, and how God has brought her into such a beautiful moment with her family! Take a listen and please share with anyone you think could benefit from this amazing story! 

Marnie is back after quite the social distancing from podcasting, but Maxim and Marnie is Back! In this episode, we welcome Vickie Witt as she shares her story. We are so grateful for her openness and love. Please feel free to share with friends and family, as we feel Vickie's story is worth the listen! Thanks Friends! 

We want to apologize for the sound issues on this episode. Kris was such a great guest, especially since she is our first face-to-face-social-distant guest! We are so thankful for her willingness to share her story. And...Brian, as the producers wants to apologize to Marnie and Kris, because we recorded this back in August and no one told me that it didn't upload. Thanks for being patient with me!Please remember to email us at maximandmarnie@gmail.com for any future podcast ideas! 

Sarah Swindall is a member of OSLC and a current Seminarian student. During this Quarantine, her internship has quickly changed and now there's unrest blocks away from her internship site due to the murder of George Floyd. This conversation is just a start, but we hope that our listeners join us in condemning the white supremacy that has led to the deaths of so many unarmed black, indigenous, and persons of color in this country.  We grieve with, pray for, and stand in solidarity with the families and friends of all whose loved ones have been and continue to be victims of injustice, oppression, racist violence, and hatred in our local community and in our world. If you want to have any further conversations about what we could be doing as a community, Please email Pastor Brian at pastorbrian@oursaviours.com 

Marnie and Pr. Brian had a chance to sit down (online) with Tyler Henderson for an update on his health and how social distancing. While this time can be difficult, Tyler shared some wisdom between the difference between Creating and Consuming and finding a healthy balance. Tyler's gifts have been awesome for our congregation during this time, and he has shared a special track between he and Pastor Brian, just for our listeners! Feel free to email us at maximandmarnie@gmail.com 

Anne Pradel spent some time with us and helped us record our final "face to face" show before we had to take some time away. She has an awesome story! She loves her family and loves to serve our community in different ways. Thanks for checking out her story!Just FYI, we recorded this podcast weeks ago, well before the Coronavirus affected our schedules. We are happy that we will be able to release new episodes during this time and look forward to sharing more stories with you. Is Maxim and Marnie helping you during this time of Social Distancing? Let us know! Email us at Maximandmarnie@gmail.com and tell your friends to subscribe!

Kaylee is a member of our church who is currently away at college. It was so fun to hear about her college experience and hear her reflect on her continued faith journey! Just FYI, we recorded this podcast weeks ago, well before the Coronavirus affected our schedules. We are happy that we will be able to release new episodes during this time and look forward to sharing more stories with you. Is Maxim and Marnie helping you during this time of Social Distancing? Let us know! Email us at Maximandmarnie@gmail.com and tell your friends to subscribe!

During this time of social distancing (I accidentally keep on saying disconnecting), It's important for us to share our stories with one another. Normally I have a podcast with Marnie called "Maxim and Marnie" but every once in a while, during this time apart, I am going to be recording a few more shows for our church and releasing them here. Connections are important and what's more important is being able to share what's working and being truthful about when it doesn't work out as well as we've planned. Liza is a member of our congregation who is trying to use social media to help families connect, even if we find ourselves apart right now. From Daily life with her family, teaching, leading, and more, I have found her approach as positive and one that could be helpful to many. I really appreciated Liza's reflection on missing our church and sitting next to her family. I miss our church family too.  If you're listening, know that I pray for you and hope we can continue to connect in meaningful ways....and I look forward to seeing you again. Peace,Pr. Brian 

We love Ryan and Ryan loves Podcasts! Ryan and Marnie have worked together for years but it was so nice to finally have a sit-down and connect on this deeper level! Just FYI, we recorded this podcast weeks ago, well before the Coronavirus affected our schedules. We are happy that we will be able to release new episodes during this time and look forward to sharing more stories with you. Is Maxim and Marnie helping you during this time of Social Distancing? Let us know! Email us at Maximandmarnie@gmail.com and tell your friends to subscribe!

Maxim and Marnie is usually a Podcast recorded in our church, but because of Social Distancing, we decided to give Skype a try. Pardon loss of connections at moments, but we hope that you enjoy our attempt to connect.If you're interested in watching us record, check out the video here: https://youtu.be/mba-eDN7SCUIf you have questions or comments, please reach out to us at MaximandMarnie@gmail.com

Hey Listeners, Each day feels like a new day for us as a community. Since we cannot be physically connected, I'm going to take a few moments, when I can, to share with you a devotion or just catch up. (Our hope is to find new ways to record Maxim and Marnie again very soon, stay tuned). In the meantime, Here's a brief reflection about my Texas Mom, GiGi, and her advice during Dominoes!feel free to email me at Pastorbrian@oursaviours.com 

Hey Listeners, First, Thank You for checking out Maxim and Marnie! We hope you enjoy connecting to the people and their stories on this podcast.  Just a quick note - This episode was recorded a few weeks ago and we have a few more episodes ready to be released very soon. We do want to lift up the fact that we are not currently recording during the Covid-19 outbreak out of precaution for our guests and our families. If there's a short break, please know that we plan to be back and recording once the CDC recommends that it's safe for us to be back in our community. Today's episode is with Ruth Nelson. Ruth is connected in several areas of our church and we were happy to sit down with her. Please email us any questions at maximandmarnie@gmail.com

This week, Marnie had the chance to sit down with Chrissy Ball, who works at Our Saviour's and serve in several areas, mainly faith formation. We were blessed to have Chrissy share about her work and life! If you know someone who should come on our show, please email us at maximandmarnie@gmail.com 

Hey Maxim Listeners! We are so excited to share this episode with you! Kathy Ewald has been active in so many areas of our church and it was such an honor to hear her story. Take a listen and make sure you share it with a friend! If you know someone who should come on this podcast or know some topics that you would like to hear more about, please email us at Maximandmarnie@gmail.com  

Tracy is an awesome member of our church who serves on the hospitality team and loves connecting with other families. Once you hear her story and journey to OSLC, you will see why serving in this way is so important for her! Don't forget to email us at MaximandMarnie@gmail.com 

We were thrilled to have Sam come on the podcast this week to share his story! There was so much that we learned about his life, family, and about hist love for music. It's an honor to get to hear people's stories and share them with you as a listener. We just wanted to take a moment to say thank you for all of your feedback. If you have comments or questions, feel free to email us at maximandmarnie@gmail.com 

Julie has been a longtime listener to our podcast, and we are grateful for her support. While we were in conversation with her about some of the things she was hearing in our past episodes, we invited her to come on and share her story! Just a reminder that you can email us at maximandmarnie@gmail.com 

Marnie has been looking forward to connecting and interviewing her friend Randy for a while now, and today we are happy to share their conversation. It's always fun to hear about someone's life and observances over the years, and Randy's story brought so much joy to our day. Thanks for checking out this episode and please Like and Share and Comment for future shows too! If you know of someone who should be interviewed or have questions for our show, please send us an email at maximandmarnie@gmail.com 

Happy New Year Listeners!We are so happy to share with you a new episode of Maxim and Marnie! We are in the midst of beginning new recordings, so we promise to release new episodes soon and to get back on a weekly schedule as soon as possible. We are really excited to share Kevin's story with you and were honored to have him spend some time with us. We recognize that Kevin's journey and current approach to daily life is not the same as other's. It's also possible that his story might encourage you to consider getting help or help a friend or family member to get help with addictions. If you are looking for help, a good first step might be Alcoholics Anonymous or by calling SAMHSA's National Helpline @ 1-800-662-HELP (4357)Marnie's hope for this podcast is to allow any of our guests to share their truth, and we are so grateful for Kevin's honesty, hope, and courage to share God's love by sharing his story. 

Merry Christmas Everyone! What an awesome year 2019 has been. Since our launch of Maxim and Marnie in May we have had over 2000 listeners! We are so grateful to you and your support! Since it's Christmas, We thought it would be an exciting treat to invite Our Saviour's Lutheran Church's Senior Pastor, Pastor John, to join us and share his story. We hope you enjoy! Don't forget you can email us any questions at maximandmarnie@gmail.com See you in 2020! 

Chris Brown is the Director of Worship at The Our Saviour's Celebration Campus and a pretty cool guy too. We were honored to have him on as our guest as he shared his story....and after hearing it, there might be a part two coming in the future. Thanks for listening!

Cate Pugliese is a member of Marnie's small group and offered to come on the show. We are excited to hear from her perspective and share a little bit about her life.We often talk about how every story matters and that your story matters. You might be thinking that it's time for you to share your story....why don't you reach out to Marnie at maximandmarnie@gmail.com and let her know why you should be on the show! We'd love to have you on! 

Dana is a 19-year-old who found our church community a few years ago. She has since been mentoring our youth, singing in the worship band, and now she is adding podcasting to her list of awesome things. She is also honest in sharing her journey through therapy and the help that she has received. Thanks for listening and for sharing with a friend. 

Our friend Matt Cassity joined us for another episode of Maxim and Marnie. Matt's experiences at OSLC helped shape him and his work to mentor and care for our community. We really hope you enjoy this episode as much as we have! Thanks for sharing with a friend! 

For some people, questions about faith and doubt turn them away from the church, for Lisa, She decided to dive deeper into her church community in the midst of all questions. This honesty rocks and we are so thrilled that Lisa was willing to share her faith journey with us! 

Hello Listeners! Thanks for supporting our podcast by listening and for sharing! wait, have you shared this podcast yet? Maybe you know someone who might like a story that was told by one of our guests....You're allowed to share! :)This week we have Becky Billenstein as our guest. She shares about how she grew up here, helped support some pretty cool worship opportunities, and cares deeply about the church that has always supported her. Thanks for checking out her story! 

Kim Walker is our new Director for Children's Ministries here at Our Saviour's and this podcast is a perfect place to hear her story and get to know her a little more. We hope that this conversation can help you to connect with her on a deeper level outside of this chat. Thanks for listening! 

On this episode of Maxim and Marnie, Marnie sits down with a member of our community, Alison Escalante MD. Alison is a pediatrician mom with an awesome story to share. She's developed a 3-step method to help parents raise kids skillfully and enjoy doing it.  Besides this podcast, you can check out her TEDx talk and more here! https://theprimarycarer.com/watch-dr-alison/ 

We want to begin by thanking all of our listeners! We have been getting really great feedback and love your support. One request has been for pictures of Marnie with the people we've interviewed. We will try to get those up on Facebook, but the Podcast world makes it a little difficult to add...so hopefully we can add those later. This week Marnie interviews Coleen Hay! Does this superwoman ever sleep? It's really great to hear her story, how she faithfully serves our community, loves her family, and has really connected to the Our Saviour's community. 

Wanna sing along with K-love? Come on, join us....you know you want to! This week, Marnie interviews Kristyn (K-Love) Reed and we are so excited to share with you her story. Thanks for listening in!Don't forget to email us your questions at maximandmarnie@gmail.com 

Camryn is an amazing 17-year-old who shared her faith journey with Marnie this week. Very quickly you can see that Camryn is discerning where God is leading her and asking some big life questions. It's such a joy to hear from a younger person about what's important to people of her generation and we look forward to seeing where God leads her!

This week, Marnie had the chance to sit down and hear Paula Felbein's story. Each time we do this we discover more and more about people that we love. Paula shares about growing up, early work life, her family, and more. We are so grateful for her time and story!Maybe you know someone who could be a good fit for our show? feel free to email us at maximandmarnie@gmail.com

Lane joins us for this week's episode to share his story about growing up in a trailer park and what it's like to wrap up a career while living in Naperville. The constant connection has always been family, church, and community. We are so thankful for Lane and his willingness to share his story!

Raising families in our church brings up lots of questions and intentionality. Allison Tupek sat down with Marnie to share her experiences, upbringing, and love for her family. Thanks for listening!Also, don't forget to email us ideas and questions! maximandmarnie@gmail.com 

Dear Listeners, Buckle up and get ready for a great podcast! This week Marnie interviewed Sue Harvey about Family, Faith, and Figuring out how to be present when someone is dying. There's a lot of great wisdom and advice in this episode and we hope you enjoy!Don't forget to email any questions you might have or suggestions for future podcasts to maximandmarnie@gmail.com

Meet Garry Tupek, also known as "Uncle Garry" or "That guitar guy from church". Garry and Marnie really dive into some history, from tales from the school yard to travels to Mozambique. Speaking of Mozambique, Every time you donate $5 to Uncle Garry's Jerky for Jesus - we send 100% to OSLC's feeding ministry in Mozambique and are able to pay for 60 meals for children! You can email Garry at Jerky4Jesus@gmail.com to preorder or you can directly order online for $5.50 at   https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Jerky4Jesus After ordering you can let him know which kind of jerky you'd like - Original, Garryak (Teriyaki), Hurts So Good, Gluten-Free, and Vegan!  

The week, Marnie sat down with our friend Njay to hear about her life, her story, her experiences here and around the world. Thanks for checking out this week's episode. Our Community is full of people who have such unique stories and Marnie is hoping to share those stories with you! If you know someone who should be on our podcast, please email us at maximandmarnie@gmail.com  

Marnie is back from summer break with a new episode of Maxim and Marnie. This week, Marnie sits down to interview Tyler Henderson. Without knowing his story, he ends up sharing some of the most difficult situations he's ever faced. Thanks for listening and please subscribe and share our show with more friends!

Ever wonder what's going through the mind of someone who is newer to our church community? On this Episode of Maxim and Marnie, Erica shares her journey and how she discovered OSLC's Celebration Campus. Today we talk about Faith, Family, and Jonathan Taylor Thomas! Don't forget to email your questions to maximandmarnie@gmail.com We will be back soon with more episodes and Thanks for sharing this show with your friends!

Maxim and Marnie is back with another episode! Today Marnie is interviewing Carly Nasman, a recent graduate from high school (She graduated yesterday) and incredible voice for her generation. Carly shares her story with us and gives us a glimpse inside her life and high school experience. Marnie and Carly discuss anxiety, positive mentors, God moments, boys, and more. We hope you enjoy this interview as much as we did! Please feel free to share your questions or topics with Marnie @ maximandmarnie@gmail.com And thanks for listening!

Episode 2 of Maxim and Marnie features Our Saviour's Youth Director Stephanie Engel. Thanks to everyone who has supported this Podcast and thanks for sharing with your friends!

Maxim and Marnie is a Podcast where Marnie goes on a search for Truth in her world and faith community. Maxim is more than a flashy magazine, it's a synonym for Truth. Thanks for checking out her Podcast! Don't forget to subscribe and share this podcast with your friends!In this Episode of M&M she interviews her first guest, her pastor, Pr. Brian Wise.