life center ministries

We are back after a brief hiatus! In this episode of The 411 Podcast, we have our good friend and special guest Jesse Landis on to share he and his wife's journey through the missions field! Jesse shares about his time growing up here at Life Center, and specifically how his time in Heirborne youth ministry helped stir his heart for missionary work. He explains how God has continuously disoriented his family's original plans, and stresses the importance of being faithful and obedient to the Lord's directions. Lastly, Jesse details how their family has relied on the presence and word of the Lord through difficult times, along with ensuring their family unit is a secure and strong foundation. We are so thankful for Jesse and his family's heart to see people equipped, trained, and sent out into the least reached places to spread the Gospel!

For episode 42 of the 411 podcast, we bring on Brent Ulrich! Brent is our lead sound and techinical engineer here at Life Center, and has been on staff since 2017. Brent joins us for the last episode of Season 1 and caps off our one-year anniversary by taking us into his background of touring with different bands in his late teens and early 20s, to making his way into the sound and audio (front of house) department of music, and finally how he began to form relationships with people here at Life Center in 2011. We are beyond thankful for Brent's servant heart towards the Lord and His people, and how he cares and stewards the sound that is released from this house!

Ricardo White joins the 411 podcast! We are so thankful to have Ricardo share about what is happening and going on in he and Liz's lives, their struggles and battles over the last few years, and how God is healing, restoring, and showing His faithfulness towards Ricardo and Liz. What an incredible episode, with an even more incredible person! Ricardo truly embodies and displays what it looks like to pursue and worship the Lord despite our circumstances and trials.

Jason Burmeister joins the 411 podcast for episode 39! This episode is filled with so many stories and details of God's faithfulness. Jason explains how he and his family first began attending Life Center on Easter Sunday in 1998, how he became heavily involved in our Heirborne Youth Group, and how God eventually led him to meet his wife in Austria! Jason and his wife Sula's story truly stirrs our faith, as it is an amazing testament to God's faithfulness and goodness in their lives. We are beyond thankful they are here and part of our Life Center family!

Recorded live during Life Center Conference 2023! We were so thankful to have guest Chris Palmer join us on the 411 Podcast. Chris jumps on to discuss his first connection with Life Center in January, how he knew he wanted to preach from a young age, to the Lord shifting his focus to studying the Bible, and his role and the vision for TheosU and Theos Seminary. Chris and the team at TheosU are incredible people who have a heart to see others be true and faithful witnesses of God's word!

In this special episode of the 411 Podcast, we bring on our incredible friend Steve Espamer! Steve joins us to explain his amazing testimony, takes us through his time in ministry, and how God revealed the call of international missions in his life. Steve is the father of Katie Horst (episode 33) and the grandfather of Nathaniel Horst (episode 32), which made having Steve on this podcast even more special! We are so thankful for Steve's powerful testimony and how God has used Steve to advance His kingdom!

This week we bring on Matt and Serah Rudolph for episode 36 of the 411 Podcast! Matt and Serah are the leaders of the Greenhouse Discipleship Training School, located right here at Life Center. They also lead Gateways Beyond International, which is a family of messianic missional communities and ministries located in Cyprus, France, Germany and the United States. Matt and Serah discuss how these communities are passionate about exploring rhythms of life together that unite worship and prayer, discipleship training and world outreach. Lastly, they catch us up on Phase I of The Greenhouse that occurred in the Fall of 2022, and what's happening now! We are so thankful for this amazing couple!

The incredible Cherie Anthony joins us for this episode of the 411 Podcast! Cherie talks about how she first accepted Jesus at a young age, some of her struggles growing up, and how she stumbled upon Word Fellowship (Life Center) back in 1989! Cherie explains how God is doing an inner healing in each generation, especially the young children! Lastly, she discusses the impact of Healing the Heart Ministries here at Life Center, and the various healing classes offered. We are extremely grateful for the impact Cherie has on countless families and individuals!

Absolutely one of our favorite episodes of the 411 Podcast! Nathan and Katie Horst join us for episode 33, as they touch on their time in college, how they met, how they ended up calling Life Center their home, their expression of creativity through songwriting, worship, and their hearts to host people. Lastly, they discuss the importance and battle over identity in this next generation and how they love championing their children in every aspect of life. We hope you get to know Nathan and Katie more through this episode!

For this episode of the 411 podcast we bring on Nathaniel Horst, who is usually behind the scenes here at Life Center! Nathaniel takes us through his time growing up here, and explains the impact of his encounters with the Holy Spirit in both 1st Wave Kidz and Heirborne Youth. Lastly, he dives into the passions the Lord has put on his heart, and how his different giftings and passions have evolved over the years. Nathaniel is part of our creative team here at Life Center, as well as helping with production on Sundays and Wednesdays. We are so thankful for his heart to see the Kingdom of God fully realized and known in his generation!

Happy New Year!! For our first episode of 2023, we bring on Ethan Muller! Although Ethan and his family grew up traveling to nearly every different state possible, he and his family have called Life Center home for many years now. Ethan explains how he was impacted during his time as a kid in 1st Wave Kidz and Heirborne Youth, his time as an intern here at Life Center, and how his experiences eventually led him to helping serve on our 1st Wave Kidz Ministry team here with Travis and Leanna Johnston!

Happy Thanksgiving to all our listeners here on the 411 podcast! For episode 29, we bring on David and Rachel Diroll to get to know them more, ask about how they arrived in Harrisburg and at Life Center, how they met, and all about their incredible time in Cyprus! David and Rachel are part of the leadership team of The Greenhouse Discipleship School here at Life Center, and we feel like we've already known them for years!!

Rich and Linda Brink join the 411 podcast for this incredible episode! This couple takes us through their time growing up in the state of Maine, the different movements that birthed East Gate Revival Ministries, how God continually moved in the New England area, and how He eventually led them to Pennsylvania! We are so thankful for their hearts to pioneer movements of God in history and for times to come!

In this episode of the 411 podcast, we're joined by some of our absolute favorite people here at Life Center, Jon and Tiffany Aitken! Jon and Tiffany share a bit about where they grew up, how they met, the joy they have in leading worship together, as well as Tiffany's incredible resurrection and healing testimony. Not only are Jon and Tiffany some of the most authentic, passionate, and gifted worship leaders, they are truly authentic people who have such a desire to see the Lord move through His people!

Our lead building engineer, Kevin Okuley, joins the podcast for episode 23! Kevin explains how he began to attend Life Center in 2012, and how he became more involved through serving and volunteering on different teams which led to a job offer to come on staff. Not only does Kevin have a heart to complete projects and tasks in an efficient manner, but worship is also a huge part of his life! We are so thankful for Kevin's dedication towards this house and stewarding the worship at Life Center!

In episode 22 of the 411 podcast, we have guests Tyler and Amelia Palomares! We dive into a bit of each of their backgrounds, how they landed at Life Center, and what they see God doing in the current and future generations. Tyler and Amelia have true servant hearts that are known by everyone they encounter, and we could not be more thankful that they are a huge part of our team and community here at Life Center!

We bring on Dawn Lock on this episode of the 411 podcast! Dawn is one of the most important staff members on our staff here at Life Center, as she helps in nearly every facet of every department and ministry. Dawn discusses her upbringing and background, as well as how her search for more of the Holy Spirit led her and her husband to Life Center. We are so grateful that Dawn and Fred Locke have been such an incredible part of building the heart of this house!

In our 20th episode of the 411 podcast, we talk to our outreach pastors - Edgar and Yadira Castanon! Edgar and Yadira explain how they moved from Guatemala to Bethlehem, PA to plant a church, then eventually found themselves in Harrisburg in 2012. Their story and journey is a testament to trusting the Lord and being obedient to when and where He calls us! We are so blessed by their faithfulness towards God and the needs of His people!

In our first official episode going "outside" of our staff, we bring on special guest Sue Roby! Sue and her husband Ed have been a core part of the body here at Life Center since 1984, when they first attended on Mothers Day! Sue describes how God revived her and Ed's marriage, the encounters each of them had with the Lord throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, how she defeated cancer standing on God's promises, and more! This episode was truly special, and we believe everyone will be strengthened by listening to Sue's testimonies!

In this episode of the 411 Podcast we take a sneak peek behind our production team leaders and pastors, Robbie and Allison Barnett! After explaining some of their backstory of how they grew up in Kentucky, moved to North Carolina, and began to travel thanks to their new business, Robbie and Allison discuss how they formed such strong relationships with people here at Life Center. Robbie and Allison also explain their heart for strong community, and to see people thrive in their giftings among those communities. We are so thankful the Lord brought Robbie and Allison to Life Center!!