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WELSTech explores the use of technology to further the spread of the gospel. Video and audio episodes are released weekly. This show is sponsored by the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod...
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WELSTech explores the use of technology to further the spread of the gospel. Video and audio episodes are released weekly. This show is sponsored by the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS).
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8 JAN 2026 · Take a look back at 2025 with Martin and Sallie as they share highlights, memories, and favorites from year 18 of the WELSTech Podcast. Events
- https://welstech.wels.net/ai-summit/
- https://welstech.wels.net/ai/
Ministry resources
- Grace Ungemach's weekly newsletter on digital marketing – https://learn.lutheran.marketing
- Check out this week's https://grace-ungemach.kit.com/posts/your-2026-brand-direction-template message
- https://lutheranleadership.com/
- https://welstech.wels.net/ministry-resources-2025/
Interviews
- Lori Ehlke – https://welstech.wels.net/2025/04/17/748-lori-ehlke-art/
- Dr. Kristi Meyer – https://welstech.wels.net/2025/10/16/761-comms-and-cardigans/
- https://welstech.wels.net/interviews-2025/
Picks of the year
- https://notebooklm.google/ – Sallie's https://welstech.wels.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/WELSTech2025Infographic-NotebookLM-Small.jpg example
- Christ Begins by Prof. Luke Thompson, in https://christianworship.com/, hymn 385 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHyjeng6FKM
- https://wels.net/callreport
- https://www.ipitaka.com/
- Wispr https://wisprflow.ai/
- https://www.plaud.ai/
- The real number 1 – https://welstech.wels.net/tag/jason/
- https://welstech.wels.net/picks-of-the-week-2025/
Next time Year 19 of WELSTech is ahead of us. What will it hold for tech-in-ministry? Get involved
- Add comments
- Send us an e-mail welstech@wels.net
- Join the WELSTech community:
- WELSTech https://groups.google.com/a/groups.wels.net/forum/#!forum/welstech
- WELSTech on http://www.facebook.com/WELSTech
- WELSTech on http://pinterest.com/welstech/
- WELSTech on https://instagram.com/welstechpodcast/
- Add to the WELSTech wiki http://welstechwiki.gapps.wels.net/
- Contribute to the https://twitter.com/search?q=%23WELSTech&src=typd Twitter conversation
- Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/welstech, http://twitter.com/mspriggs and http://twitter.com/salliedraper
- Share with the Diigo group http://groups.diigo.com/group/welstech
24 DEC 2025 · Merry Christmas from WELSTech! We’re continuing our holiday tradition of sharing a special Christmas interview with our listeners. This year, we’re excited to welcome Melanie Giddings from the Lutheran Schools Office to talk about the important work underway to develop a new religion curriculum. The interview A new curriculum in development – Melanie Giddings, Curriculum Coordinator from WELS Lutheran Schools, joins Martin and Sallie to share an inside look at the work being shared by many hands on a new Pre-K to 12 religion curriculum being developed to succeed Christ Light. Christmas Coloring Book Collab There's still time to submit your AI-generated Christmas coloring page for inclusion in a WELSTech crowd-sourced coloring book. Send your entries to welstech@wels.net, and we'll choose a random contributor to receive some sweet WELS swag! Try this prompt: A black and white coloring page for kids of [YOUR TOPIC], thick lines, white background, no shading, no grey scale, simple vector style.
- https://designer.microsoft.com/
- https://www.adobe.com/express/create/ai/worksheet/kid
- https://www.google.com/search?q=https://colorbliss.art/
- https://www.crayola.com/create/custom-coloring-page
Next time Join us in January for our look back at WELSTech 2025! Get involved
- Add comments
- Send us an e-mail welstech@wels.net
- Join the WELSTech community:
- WELSTech https://groups.google.com/a/groups.wels.net/forum/#!forum/welstech
- WELSTech on http://www.facebook.com/WELSTech
- WELSTech on http://pinterest.com/welstech/
- WELSTech on https://instagram.com/welstechpodcast/
- Add to the WELSTech wiki http://welstechwiki.gapps.wels.net/
- Contribute to the https://twitter.com/search?q=%23WELSTech&src=typd Twitter conversation
- Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/welstech, http://twitter.com/mspriggs and http://twitter.com/salliedraper
- Share with the Diigo group http://groups.diigo.com/group/welstech
11 DEC 2025 · ‘Tis the WELSTech Christmas season! Join us for a giveaway announcement that involves the good news of Christmas, coloring books, and AI. You could win a fun WELS item while you exercise your AI skills. Christmas concerts, anniversary offerings, travel apps, managing your smart home, and free EDU GPT round out this episode. Let's goooo! The interview and discussion Celebrating in color – Martin and Sallie are collocated, Christmas-color coordinated, and collaborating on a coloring project. Everyone is invited to participate in an AI experiment, creating Christmas-related coloring pages which we'll compile into a sharable book. Send your entries to welstech@wels.net, and we'll choose a random contributor to receive some sweet WELS swag!
- https://designer.microsoft.com/
- https://www.adobe.com/express/create/ai/worksheet/kid
- https://www.google.com/search?q=https://colorbliss.art/
- https://www.crayola.com/create/custom-coloring-page
Ministry resource
- WELS Christmas Concert details – https://wels.net/events
- https://welshistoricalinstitute.org/175th/ – https://welshistoricalinstitute.org/175th-offering/
Picks of the week
- https://www.iexitapp.com/
- https://hubitat.com/
Community feedback https://openai.com/index/chatgpt-for-teachers/
- https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/chatgpt-is-now-free-for-teachers-7-powerful-ways-to-use-it-in-your-classroom
Next time Melanie Giddings, Curriculum Coordinator from the Lutheran Schools office, shares details on this important work. Get involved
- Add comments
- Send us an e-mail welstech@wels.net
- Join the WELSTech community:
- WELSTech https://groups.google.com/a/groups.wels.net/forum/#!forum/welstech
- WELSTech on http://www.facebook.com/WELSTech
- WELSTech on http://pinterest.com/welstech/
- WELSTech on https://instagram.com/welstechpodcast/
- Add to the WELSTech wiki http://welstechwiki.gapps.wels.net/
- Contribute to the https://twitter.com/search?q=%23WELSTech&src=typd Twitter conversation
- Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/welstech, http://twitter.com/mspriggs and http://twitter.com/salliedraper
- Share with the Diigo group http://groups.diigo.com/group/welstech
25 NOV 2025 · This week on WELSTech we take a deep dive into Google’s NotebookLM. Discover how this AI tool uses only your uploaded documents to create everything from video and audio overviews, flashcards, and summary documents, plus learn about other innovative AI tools like Hume Voice AI and the Plaud audio recorder that are changing the way […]
13 NOV 2025 · On this episode of WELSTech, we take a closer look at one of the standout offerings from the upcoming WELS National Conference on Lutheran Leadership. We also revisit the WELS Strategic Plan, with a special focus on the Calling pillar. Plus, we’ve got our usual lineup of helpful Picks of the week and the latest […]
30 OCT 2025 · This episode of WELSTech opens with an overview of the recent WELS Artificial Intelligence (AI) survey. The AI theme continues throughout the show, featuring details on the new Hour of AI initiative, a powerful prompt designed to help organize scattered thoughts, a WELS-centric GPT tool, and the latest edition of the TAAFT (There’s an AI […]
16 OCT 2025 · Fall has arrived on WELSTech, and we’re reminiscing about childhood sweater weather. We share a church communication focused interview as well as details on all the happenings at January’s Lutheran Leadership Conference. The picks of the week include worksheet alternatives for teachers as well as a great place to keep things. It’s time to press […]
2 OCT 2025 · For the 760th time, welcome to WELSTech, a podcast at the intersection of technology and ministry. This episode features a discussion of the dos and don’ts of church and school surveys. Also included is a new source for liturgical art, a deep dive into “Smart” Health, and a new vocabulary word – workslop! Eek! The […]
19 SEP 2025 · WELSTech is back with an unexpected AI buzz word discussion that’s a hot topic in schools right now – Academic Integrity. Jason and Rachel return bringing videos, gems, and flow to the podcast. Plus, there’s a new tech-enabled look at WELS 10-year strategic plan. Your earbuds are waiting! The discussion AI using AI – Martin […]
29 AUG 2025 · The first episode of the 2025-26 season of WELSTech is unlocked! Martin and Sallie kick off with a Lutheran-flavored AI theme for the season and share resources to assist with school AI policies. Sallie has a random pick of the week, and Martin shared Gmail keyboard shortcuts. All this and more. Let’s go! The discussion […]
WELSTech explores the use of technology to further the spread of the gospel. Video and audio episodes are released weekly. This show is sponsored by the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod...
show more
WELSTech explores the use of technology to further the spread of the gospel. Video and audio episodes are released weekly. This show is sponsored by the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS).
show less
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| Author | Martin Spriggs |
| Organization | Martin Spriggs |
| Categories | Religion & Spirituality |
| Website | welstech.wels.net |
| welstech@wels.net |
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