Greetings, one and all, welcome to the Pastor Mike Jop podcast.

I'm your host, Pastor Mike, and I'm joined by Emily Langpaul, my co-host. Hello. Hi, Emily Lang Paul. Why am I saying both your names? I don't know, Mike Householder. I don't know. It just seems like a day when we should be saying everybody's names, right? Mark Brant and White, Ketros? Yes. We have two more distinguished scholars on our podcast today, and they're both making their debuts, at least in this

forum, like the Bible study forum. And it makes you scratch your head and say, what were we thinking?

What's going on? Because these guys are brilliant. Yep, what a good day we're going to have.

Mark Brand, online minister and local site guy. You are correct. How's it going at the local sites?

They're great. I mean, we're seeing some really cool things happening right now. Yeah, I'm excited to be a part of it. It's, yeah, I'm going to head up to Cedar Falls in a couple weeks for a baptism for one of our newest hope members up there, which is a little Ambrose. I was excited for that. So, yeah. Good. Good to have you here, Mark.

Yes.

And Wyatt Youth Minister and Teacher of many other things. Yeah. Yep.

Thanks for being here. Of course. I'm excited to be here. So we were talking a little bit just before we started here and flashing back, since you're leading the high school students now, and you're also teaching

some adult classes as well, because you are a Bible guy and have the education to back it up.

But we were talking, Emily was actually in the youth group here at Hope in high school,

when guess who was the high school ministry director?

Mark Brandt.

Mark Brandt.

So look how it all comes together.

Right around this table right here.

So with that, I'd like to say you did a good job.

Well, thank you.

I appreciate that.

It's one of your high school youth group alums is now hosting a podcast.

Yeah.

That's great.

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