Pastor Paul sits down with New Life leaders Terry & Heidi Szymanski for the first of a two-part interview. In addition to Terry serving on our Elder Team and Heidi as our Bookkeeper, both are committed Kids Church teachers, and Heidi directs The Orchard Co-op founded in 2024 as a ministry of our church. This episode focuses on Terry & Heidi’s respective (and shared) backgrounds from high school through the present, including the process by which they moved from devoted Catholicism to Evangelical Christianity in their 20’s and 30’s followed by their journey of homeschooling their three now-adult children. Pastor Paul begins with a light-hearted litany of the things he and Terry have in common, setting the tone for a conversation glorifying the Lord for using every part of one’s life to connect with one another, grow in Christ, and disciple the next generation. Pastor Paul ends with 3 John 4, an apt life verse for anyone raising children and/or discipling them in all manner of settings and strategies.