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title: 697 – 2022 In Review
description: Join Martin and Sallie for a look back at WELSTech 2022 featuring our favorite ministry resources, interviews, and picks. As we wrap up the 15th year of WELSTech, we look ahead to our upcoming 700th podcast and beyond, with lots more tech-in-ministry goodness planned for 2023! Events Tech-Enhanced Ministry summer series WELS Education Conference featuring […]
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# [697 – 2022 In Review](https://welstech.wels.org/2022/12/29/697-2022-in-review)

 Written by [Sallie Draper](https://welstech.wels.org/author/sallie-draper) | Dec 29, 2022 7:20:39 AM

Join Martin and Sallie for a look back at WELSTech 2022 featuring our favorite ministry resources, interviews, and picks. As we wrap up the 15th year of WELSTech, we look ahead to our upcoming 700th podcast and beyond, with lots more tech-in-ministry goodness planned for 2023!

[https://welstech.blob.core.windows.net/audio/WELSTech_Episode_697.mp3](https://welstech.blob.core.windows.net/audio/WELSTech_Episode_697.mp3)

Podcast: [Download](https://welstech.blob.core.windows.net/audio/WELSTech_Episode_697.mp3) (Duration: 45:11 — 62.1MB)

### Events

- [Tech-Enhanced Ministry](https://welstech.wels.net/category/tech-enhanced-ministry/) summer series
- [WELS Education Conference](https://welsedconference.com/) featuring Martin Luther College President Rich Gurgel’s Keynote on [Renewing Our Joy in Service Under the Cross](https://welsedconference.com/keynote-2/)
- We enjoyed exploring [senior Seminarian’s tech-in-ministry thesis topics](https://welstech.wels.net/2022/05/05/680-screens-video-games/), but that didn’t include Sallie’s son who finished Seminary and was [ordained at Trinity in Kaukauna, WI](https://photos.app.goo.gl/B21q4fLVaZwGJEUm8)

### Ministry resources

- [WELS Online Yearbook](https://yearbook.wels.net/)
- [Martin Luther College Continuing Education/Graduate Studies Spring 2023 classes](https://mlc-wels.edu/continuing-education/policies-information/course-offerings/#tab-id-1)
- [All the 2022 ministry resources](https://welstech.wels.net/ministry-resources-2022/)

### Interviews

- Pastor Caleb Bassett – [672 – Service Builder](https://welstech.wels.net/2022/01/11/672-service-builder/)
- Beth Taticek – [676 – Spotlight on LWMS](https://welstech.wels.net/2022/03/10/676-spotlight-on-lwms/)
- [All the 2022 interviews](https://welstech.wels.net/interviews-2022/)

### Picks of the year

- [*Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time*](https://www.amazon.com/Scrum-Doing-Twice-Work-Half/dp/038534645X) co-authored b Jeff and J.J. Sutherland
- [Waklet](https://www.wakelet.com/) – [Martin’s Mobile Ministry Sample](https://wakelet.com/wake/BuPKqIgClCXIsgt5YI6Ba)
- [Google Photos](https://photos.google.com/) > Albums ([Sallie’s Sample](https://photos.app.goo.gl/v3kieQrZnTxFtN2W9))
- [*How to Take Smart Notes*](https://www.amazon.com/How-Take-Smart-Notes-Nonfiction/dp/B09HSSFCPR) by Sanke Ahrens
- Wordle 
    - Make your own at [myWordle.me](https://mywordle.me/)
    - [Worldle](https://worldle.teuteuf.fr/)
    - [Versely](https://apatheticthursday.net/versely/) by WELSTech-er Philip Wels
- [Readwise](https://readwise.io)
- [All the 2022 picks](https://welstech.wels.net/picks-of-the-week-2022/)

### Next time

Wait for it! We’re delaying our next release so we can record from [WELS National Conference on Lutheran Leadership](https://lutheranleadership.com/). Look for that episode on January 20.

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