Welcome to The Mountain Top Experience Podcast!

#TheMountainTopExperiencePodcast!

The Mountain Top Experience is a weekly podcast that brings together inspiring stories of faith, insightful interviews, and thought-provoking discussions focused on real-world applications of Christian Faith.

Podcast hosts Kevin, Carlos, and Dave engage with each other and with guests bringing diverse perspectives on living out biblical teachings in everyday life. Whether you're churched or unchurched, this podcast is a place for connection, encouragement, and spiritual growth.

Tune in each week for meaningful conversations that uplift and challenge your walk with Christ.

For more information about the podcast and Laurel Mountain Ministries, visit laurelmountainministries.org

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@TheMountainTopExperience

The Mountain Top Experience Podcast - Ep. 60 - Show Up and Shut Up with Randy Doaty

Grief can leave us searching for the right words when sometimes the most important thing we can do is simply show up.

In the second episode of our series on grief, The Mountain Top Experience Podcast leaves the studio for our first-ever episode recorded live with an audience. Hosts Carlos DeJesus, Kevin Ostromecki, and Dave Johnson are joined by Randy Doaty for a panel discussion recorded under the Tent Revival Tent at Laurel Mountain Ministries.

Randy initially received grief ministry training through GriefShare and now provides grief training at Morning Star Fellowship. Drawing from that experience, Randy joins Carlos, Kevin, and Dave for an open conversation about grief, loss, and how we walk alongside people who are hurting.

Sometimes helping isn't about having an answer, explaining the loss, or finding the perfect thing to say. Sometimes it's knowing when to show up and shut up.

A note about the audio: This episode was recorded live through the PA system rather than in our podcast studio, so the sound is different from our regular studio episodes. It captures our first experience recording The Mountain Top Experience with a live audience under the Tent Revival Tent.

Learn More About Randy Doaty
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rdoaty/

Grief Resources

GriefShare
Randy's initial grief ministry training began with GriefShare, a Christ-centered grief support ministry offering groups and resources for people grieving the death of a loved one.
https://www.griefshare.org/

Morning Star Fellowship Grief Ministry
Randy provides grief training through Morning Star Fellowship, helping equip people to better understand grief and walk alongside those experiencing loss.
https://www.mstar.org/grief

The Mountain Top Experience Podcast
Real conversations about faith, life, and the experiences that shape us.

Welcome to The Mountain Top Experience Podcast!

#TheMountainTopExperiencePodcast!

The Mountain Top Experience is a weekly podcast that brings together inspiring stories of faith, insightful interviews, and thought-provoking discussions focused on real-world applications of Christian Faith.

Podcast hosts Kevin, Carlos, and Dave engage with each other and with guests bringing diverse perspectives on living out biblical teachings in everyday life. Whether you're churched or unchurched, this podcast is a place for connection, encouragement, and spiritual growth.

Tune in each week for meaningful conversations that uplift and challenge your walk with Christ.

For more information about the podcast and Laurel Mountain Ministries, visit laurelmountainministries.org

Thanks for Tuning In. We'll see you on The Mountian!

@TheMountainTopExperience

Episode Description:

The Mountain Top Experience Podcast - Ep. 59. - Retiring Into a Ministry of Support with Sharon Cramer

Retirement didn't mean stepping away from ministry for Sharon Cramer. It meant discovering a new way to serve.

Sharon joins hosts Kevin Ostromecki and Dave Johnson to share her testimony of retiring to care for her husband, Bill, through cancer and later Lewy body dementia, which eventually led to his death. She talks candidly about caregiving, losing Bill, walking through her own grief, and the recovery that followed and how her sorrow moved her closer to God.

Out of those experiences grew a ministry of support for others. Today, Sharon serves as a lay minister at New Ridge Fellowship, where she leads the church's GriefShare program and provides continued support after participants complete the program.

Sharon's story is a testimony of how God can use our own experiences of loss and healing to prepare us to walk alongside others when they need someone who understands.

Learn more about New Ridge Fellowship:
https://www.newridgefellowship.com/