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title: 775 - Cough Drops and Use Cases
description: "Sallie's voice may not be at 100%, but the show must go on! In this episode of WELSTech, Martin and Sallie power through to explore one of the most practical questions in this Season of AI: what does AI actually look like in *your* ministry context?"
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# [775 - Cough Drops and Use Cases](https://welstech.wels.org/2026/04/30/775-cough-drops-and-use-cases)

 Written by [Sallie Draper](https://welstech.wels.org/author/sallie-draper) | Apr 30, 2026 4:30:55 PM

Sallie's voice may not be at 100%, but the show must go on! In this episode of WELSTech, Martin and Sallie power through to explore one of the most practical questions in this Season of AI: what does AI actually look like in *your* ministry context?  

### The discussion

The WELS AI Task Force has been hard at work developing a set of top-10 AI use cases for three distinct ministry roles — pastoral ministry, teaching, and church/school administration. Martin and Sallie walk through highlights from each category, from sermon research and member communication to lesson planning, student feedback, and meeting transcription. Along the way, they apply the [WELS AI Ethical Framework](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iFJpEWC7mUokBiNmH4K7Q5mRZmP7FjMd/view?usp=drive_link) and [WELS AI Risk Assessment Guide](https://drive.google.com/file/d/165M3yrh8bXJagPOGgTueDou4bTgsGatX/view?usp=drive_link) to help you think through not just what AI can do, but how to use it wisely.

This is an audience participation episode — the task force wants your feedback! How is AI showing up in your ministry? Let us know.

- [welstech.wels.net/ai](https://welstech.wels.net/ai)
- [WELS AI Guidance document folder](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1W5ACBYOCfMr8xKdjRMhSSZGSfstHrIN_?usp=drive_link)

### Ministry Resource

Ditch That Textbook Notebook LM cheat sheets for [teachers](https://drive.google.com/file/d/16u5tN_ZVrLwZ3cE8RT2vozWZ4mNKOeZ8/view?_bhlid=40f6bfa52f674de9094e11fb45097323feac7419) and [students](https://drive.google.com/file/d/154B1HbsYE5zfP8qpBlEjsMLQnjhUIu4W/view?_bhlid=6cf93c127613895c9f9e56b607659ce813ba56c3) <https://forms.gle/2XfA6crtoZSyYkJd6>

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- Google Vids - Overviews from [Ditch That Textbook](https://ditchthattextbook.com/google-vids/) and [Google](https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/workspace/google-vids-updates-lyria-veo/)

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