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Equipped: A Podcast Platform for the Equip Ministry of Cuyahoga Valley Church
"Equipped" is a podcast platform for the Equip Ministry of Cuyahoga Valley Church. In this podcast you'll find recordings from various events and classes that include Sunday Sessions (CVC's weekly theology class), Women's Conferences, Men's Retreats, and more.
Episodes
61 episodes
Sunday Sessions: How to Share Jesus - Session 3
In this session, Tony Scialabba walks us through how to invite a gospel response when we share the good news about Jesus, and how to handle these responses with grace, truth, and reliance on the Holy Spirit.To view the slides for this se...
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Sunday Sessions: How To Share Jesus - Session 2
This week in Sunday Sessions, Send Director Tony Scialabba continues to help us grow in sharing Jesus. He talks about making sure that we speak clearly about the truths of the gospel, and he helps us think through transitioning everyday convers...
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Sunday Sessions: How To Share Jesus - Session 1
In this episode, Send Director Tony Scialabba invites us to consider what it looks like to share Jesus with those around us, guiding us through utilizing the three circles method in particular as we seek to share the gospel with those we know.<...
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Panel - All to Jesus: Living in Daily Surrender to Christ (2025 Women's Conference Main Session 2)
In this panel discussion, Becca Ferguson is joined by Lauren Meyer, Val O'Brien, and Jackie Piscura. Together, they discuss what it has looked like in their lives to surrender everything to Jesus - in seasons where that's been easy, and in seas...
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Understanding Spiritual and Emotional Health from a Biblical Perspective - Dean Siley (2025 Women's Conference WorkShop)
Dean serves as the Director of Care and Culture here at Cuyahoga Valley Church and has been on staff at CVC for over 20 years. Dean holds a Master of Arts in Clinical Counseling from Ashland Theological Seminary. At our 2025 Women's Conference,...
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From Demands to Delight: Learning to Love Without Conditions - Lauren Meyer (2025 Women's Conference WorkShop)
Lauren is the Director of CVCYouth, and she holds both a B.S. and an M.A. in Counseling from Clarks Summit University. She has served for almost ten years in youth ministry here at CVC, and has extensive experience helping students and families...
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Paradigm Shifts on the Road to Surrender - Val O'Brien (2025 Women's Conference WorkShop)
Val is the Founder and Executive Director of Aspen Ministry, a ministry to students that desires to biblically, historically, and winsomely show an emerging generation who Jesus is—and inspire and equip the church to cross generations and cultu...
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All to Jesus: Living in Daily Surrender to Christ (2025 Women's Conference Main Session 1)
In our first main session at the 2025 CVC Women's Conference, Director of Community Life and Women's Ministry, Becca Ferguson, taught on Romans 12:1-2, and invited attendees to think about what it looks like and what it means to submit our whol...
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Equipped Parenting Week 4: Parenting Questions Panel
This week in Sunday Sessions, join us for our final week of our Equipped Parenting series as we host a panel discussion with three CVC staff members: Dean Siley (Pastor of Care and Counseling), Lauren Meyer (Director of CVCYouth), and Denise Pe...
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Season 7
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Episode 4
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55:36
Equipped Parenting Week 3: Parenting with a Plan
In Week 3 of Equipped Parenting, Raquel Schors teaches us how we can parent with a plan! She walks us through why it's a good thing for an intentional parent to have a plan, and how we can craft and implement a parenting plan that will help us ...
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Season 7
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Episode 3
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48:09
Equipped Parenting Week 2: Emotionally Healthy Parenting
In Week 2 of Equipped Parenting, Pastor Dean Siley helps us to consider what it means to be an emotionally healthy parent - and spouse! In our parenting and in our marriages, our emotional health and our spiritual health are intricately intertw...
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Season 7
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Episode 2
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1:00:46
Equipped Parenting Week 1: Intentional Parenting
In Week 1 of our Equipped Parenting miniseries, Pastor Joe Valenti teaches us what it can look like to be an intentional parent, parenting in a way that helps us intentionally disciple our children and point them to Jesus, both now and in their...
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Season 7
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Episode 1
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50:53
Special Episode: Women In Ministry
In this special episode of Sunday Sessions, CVC pastors Joe Valenti and Josh Hamm, and ministry directors Lauren Meyer and Becca Ferguson, engage in a vibrant conversation about women in ministry, examining the complementarian model for underst...
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Apologetics Part II - Ch. 12 - How Could a Loving God Send People to Hell?
This week in Sunday Sessions, Pastor Joe Valenti helps us wrestle with the question, "How Could a Loving God Send People to Hell?" He shows us how when we ask this question, to find our answer we must first rightly understand humanity's sin and...
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Season 6
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Episode 11
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57:39
Apologetics Part II - Ch. 11 - How Could a Loving God Allow So Much Suffering?
Join us for Sunday Sessions as we tackle the question, "How Could a Loving God Allow So Much Suffering?" Jennifer Gratz does a great job of teaching on a question that has been asked for as long as Christianity has existed - and even before! We...
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Season 6
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Episode 11
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45:22
Apologetics Part II - Ch. 10 - Doesn’t the Bible Condone Slavery?
This week on Sunday Sessions, Kyle Gustafson is answering the question, 'Doesn't the Bible Condone Slavery?" Kyle does a great job of walking us through what slavery in Scripture looked like and how it differed from slavery in the U.S. in the 1...
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Season 6
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Episode 10
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52:48
Apologetics Part II - Ch. 9 - Isn’t Christianity Homophobic?
Join us this week in Sunday Sessions as Becca Ferguson walks us through answering the question, "Isn't Christianity Homophobic?" Our culture has a lot to say about the LGBTQ movement, but as Christians we find our answers to questions about hum...
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Season 6
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Episode 9
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34:44
Apologetics Part II: Ch. 8 - Introduction, Doesn’t Christianity Denigrate Women?
This week in Sunday Sessions. we looked at the question, "Doesn't Christianity Denigrate Women?" Join Becca Ferguson as she shares with us how God and His Word are good for women, how the life and ministry of Jesus elevated and empowered women,...
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Season 7
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Episode 1
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44:43
Special Episode: A Candid Conversation on Church Membership
Join us for a thought-provoking round table discussion with members of the CVC staff as we dive into the significance of church membership. Is it biblical? Why does it matter in today's culture? Together, we tackle common objections, explore th...
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58:28
Apologetics 8: Review - What Have We Learned This Fall?
Learning how to defend our faith carries with it the great danger for pride and harm. In the final week of Apologetics Part 1, Pastor Joe shares how to apply apologetics in the real world, with real people, in a way that is reasoned, defe...
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Season 6
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Episode 8
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47:10
Apologetics 7: Hasn't Science Disproven Christianity?
This week in Sunday Sessions, Jennifer Gratz teaches us about the intersection of faith and science by tackling the question, "Hasn't Science Disproven Christianity?" Drawing on personal study, on our chapter for the week, and on her experience...
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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48:58
Apologetics 6: How Can You Take The Bible Literally?
In week 6 of our Apologetics miniseries, we will look at how and why the Bible is a trustworthy source that teaches us about who God is and what He is like - and what He wants for us. Becca Ferguson helps us answer the question, "How can you ta...
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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40:24
Apologetics 5: Doesn't Religion Cause Violence?
In this episode, CVC elder Kyle Gustafson addresses the challenging question, "Doesn't religion cause violence?" Drawing from Chapter 5 of Rebecca McLaughlin's Confronting Christianity, Kyle explores the historical and cultural complex...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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