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title: 767 – Best of 2025
description: 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 WELSTech AI Summit AI Focus Ministry resources Grace Ungemach’s weekly newsletter on digital marketing – learn.lutheran.marketing Check out this week’s 2026 Brand Direction message WELS National Conference on Lutheran Leadership […]
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# [767 – Best of 2025](https://welstech.wels.org/2026/01/08/767-best-of-2025)

 Written by [Sallie Draper](https://welstech.wels.org/author/sallie-draper) | Jan 8, 2026 10:00:26 AM

Take a look back at 2025 with Martin and Sallie as they share highlights, memories, and favorites from year 18 of the WELSTech Podcast.

[https://welstech.blob.core.windows.net/audio/WELSTech_Episode_767.mp3](https://welstech.blob.core.windows.net/audio/WELSTech_Episode_767.mp3)

Podcast: [Download](https://welstech.blob.core.windows.net/audio/WELSTech_Episode_767.mp3) (Duration: 50:08 — 45.9MB)

### Events

- [WELSTech AI Summit](https://welstech.wels.net/ai-summit/)
- [AI Focus](https://welstech.wels.net/ai/)

### Ministry resources

- Grace Ungemach’s weekly newsletter on digital marketing – [learn.lutheran.marketing](https://learn.lutheran.marketing) 
    - Check out this week’s [2026 Brand Direction](https://grace-ungemach.kit.com/posts/your-2026-brand-direction-template) message
- [WELS National Conference on Lutheran Leadership](https://lutheranleadership.com/)
- [2025 Ministry Resources](https://welstech.wels.net/ministry-resources-2025/)

### Interviews

- Lori Ehlke – [748 – Lori Ehlke Art](https://welstech.wels.net/2025/04/17/748-lori-ehlke-art/)
- Dr. Kristi Meyer – [761 – Comms and Cardigans](https://welstech.wels.net/2025/10/16/761-comms-and-cardigans/)
- [2025 Interviews](https://welstech.wels.net/interviews-2025/)

### Picks of the year

- [Notebook LM](https://notebooklm.google/) – Sallie’s [WELSTech 2025 infographic](https://welstech.wels.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/WELSTech2025Infographic-NotebookLM-Small.jpg) example
- *Christ Begins* by Prof. Luke Thompson, in [*Christian Worship*](https://christianworship.com/), hymn 385 – [Lyric video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHyjeng6FKM)
- [The updated WELS Call Report](https://wels.net/callreport)
- [Pitaka Phone Cases](https://www.ipitaka.com/)
- Wispr [Flow](https://wisprflow.ai/)
- [Plaud](https://www.plaud.ai/)
- The real number 1 – [co-hosts Dr. Rachel Renno and Jason Schmidt](https://welstech.wels.net/tag/jason/)
- [2025 Picks of the Week](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?

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