Beyond the Building

Well friends, this is the final Beyond the Building Podcast. We don’t even know which emojis to use to describe how we are feeling…we have SO loved the four and a half years of meeting with you weekly as we have opened the Word of God together! We are sad because it has been so much fun and we are also very excited for what God has next for each of us! Join Laura and Debbie as they share insights from the past four years of recording together as well as where they are discerning the Holy Spirit is taking them. We love you! We are grateful to the Lord for blessing us with your friendship through the years! If you are newer to the podcast, there are over 260 episodes that you can feel free to enjoy because they are not going anywhere! Blessings friends! We love you! Debbie and Laura. P.S. Beyond Women’s Conference is not going anywhere! Stay tuned for the events where we are bringing the Word of God in person!

On May 3rd, 2025, the Beyond team hosted another THRIVE ladies’ Bible study in north Wilmington at Calvary Assembly of God. God’s desire is for His children to thrive in all areas of life. Join us in our third session, taught by Laura Piraino, where the focus was on the sower and the four soils of our hearts. 

On May 3rd, 2025, the Beyond team hosted another THRIVE ladies’ Bible study in north Wilmington at Calvary Assembly of God. God’s desire is for His children to thrive in all areas of life. Join us today as you can listen to the second session by Jerelyn Hall as she shares about the importance of being planted by the streams of living water.

On May 3rd, 2025, the Beyond team hosted another THRIVE ladies’ Bible study in north Wilmington at Calvary Assembly of God. God’s desire is for His children to thrive in all areas of life. Join us today as you can listen to the first teaching session by Debbie Keever as she shares about how “what you scatter…matters!” 

We could not wrap up our May series called, Next Generation, without replaying a powerful sharing by Michaela Elliott which was shared in 2023. Michaela continues to pursue Jesus with everything in her; she is truly an influencer for Christ in her generation!

Join Laura and Debbie as they introduce Kai Taylor to the Beyond The Building community. Kai is a leader, a mentor to many and shares incredible insights about what it means to walk out his faith among his peers. 

Join Laura and Debbie as they have a conversation with an incredible young woman, Reagan Stephens. Reagan shares her personal journey of faith that was tested especially when God moved her cross-country, away from her network of family and friends.

Part two of our conversation with Hannah Bontrager and Brigetta Truitt touches on ways to reach the next generation for Christ. Hannah and Brigetta speak to their generation and practical methods they are putting in place to see those around them find their hope and peace in Him. You don’t want to miss this!

This week on Beyond the Building, Debbie and Laura and talking with Hannah Bontrager and Brigetta Truitt, two amazing young women who are part of the God’s Girls Bible study. This week is part one in a two part episode. Their stories and passion for Jesus will inspire you in your walk and reignite your hope in what God is doing in the next generation. Join us for a lively, faith filled conversation!

Join Laura and Debbie this month as they use the R.E.A.D.S.’s Bible study tool, as described in detail in podcast episode #92, to take a fresh look at four very familiar locations in the Passion week. This week’s focus is found in Matthew 27:62 through 28:10 where we study, we watch, and we listen at the empty tomb

Join Laura and Debbie this month as they use the R.E.A.D.S.’s Bible study tool, as described in detail in podcast episode #92, to take a fresh look at four very familiar locations in the Passion week. This week’s focus is found in Matthew 27:32-55 where we plant ourselves at the foot of the cross.

Join Laura and Debbie this month as they use the R.E.A.D.S.’s Bible study tool, as described in detail in podcast episode #92, to take a fresh look at four very familiar locations in the Passion week. This week’s focus is found in Matthew 26:36-46 where Jesus and His three closest friends enter the Garden of Gethsemane. 

Join Laura and Debbie this month as they use the R.E.A.D.S.’s Bible study tool, as described in detail in podcast episode #92, to take a fresh look at four very familiar locations in the Passion week. This week’s focus is found in Matthew 26:17-30 where Jesus gathers His disciples around the Passover table.

Revelation 12:11 states that we overcome the accusations by the enemy through the blood of the Lamb and by the word of our testimony. In this podcast, Chista DiEmedio shares a powerful testimony of the transformative work of the Holy Spirit as He brought the prodigal home.

Join Laura and Debbie as they continue the conversations in our month’s theme about thriving. So much of our ability to thrive is impacted by our thought life. God’s desire for each of us is to have our minds renewed by changing the way we think to align with what God thinks.

We will only thrive according to what is in our basket. This is the key concept of our third session of Thrive with Laura Piraino. What is a place of lack in your life? What is a place of hurt or need, something that you strive to fill on your own? With the visual of a basket, Laura shares how our places of lack can only be satisfied by Christ. Looking to any other source to heal our place of lack will only leave us hungry again

Join Debbie, Laura and 102 women in Wilmington, Delaware for a live podcast event recorded at our Thrive Bible Study in February. Hear real life examples from Laura and Debbie that will speak to your heart about truths learned in last week’s podcast on thriving. There is no doubt that one of these will resonate with you.

On February 22, Laura and Debbie hosted their first Thrive Beyond Bible Study at Calvary Assembly of God in Wilmington, DE. Session one found Debbie presenting a message entitled, Meant To Thrive. Listen in on her teaching that day.

Our potential isn’t based on who we are, it is solely based on who God is. Today we look at Moses’s story. When God spoke to him from the burning bush to tell him it was time to see the people set free, God didn’t tell Moses who he was or what he could do. God told Moses who He was and because of that Moses could do what he was called to do! The same is true of us. Hear more in today’s episode!

So many times we determine our potential based on our circumstances. When things are going our way, we feel like we can do what God has called us to do but when things are not going our way, we fall into a slump. David is a man who found himself in circumstances that could have left him stuck, but his walk of integrity allowed him to live out his full potential rather than take things into his own hands. Hear his story in this week’s episode.