022 Being Church in a town of 400

July 19, 2017UncategorizedDaughters of the King, elder ministry, episcopal asset map, evangelism, fellowship, finding God's mission, hospitality, jesus, Mokane, Portland Missouri, river town, small towndiocesemo

How are we the church in a town of 400? In this podcast episode we talk with Tina Dillon, a member of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Portland, Missouri. What was like to move to a small town, be invited to and welcomed by a church, the difference that has made in her life, and the ways St. Mark’s is involved in finding God’s work in Callaway County.

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021 Listening to God, listening to people: the Community of Hope

July 13, 2017UncategorizedBenedictine, church, community of hope, examen, God, homeless shelter, hospital, jesus, lay pastoral care givers, lectio divina, listening, ministry of presence, nursing home, prison, spiritual care, St. Benedictdiocesemo

The Community of Hope is a ministry of presence, a lay chaplaincy, and we’re talking about it today with Mary Ann Cook.

The community is steeped in the Rule of St. Benedict and their training, then their practice, focuses on listening to God and listening to people. COH works in hospitals, prisons, retirement homes, and keeping ill or dying parishioners connected to their church family. Our host is the Rev. Dan Handschy.

Transcript
Community of Hope in the Diocese of Missouri
Information on the next training session at the Church of St. Michael and St. George (begins Sept. 7, 2017 through Dec. 7.).
Community of Hope International
The Rule of St. Benedict
Lectio Divina
The Church of St. Michael and St. George, Clayton
Grace Episcopal Church, Kirkwood
Christ Church Cathedral, St. Louis

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020 Listening for Jesus in angry words and spaces of perfection

July 6, 2017UncategorizedAdvent Episcopal Church, Bible literacy, CPE, Crestwood, Episcopal School for Ministry, jesus, listening, liturgics, ministry, Olakino maika'i, presence minstry, SAJE, school, senior ministry, study, the Episcopal Churchdiocesemo

Today we hear from Kim White, soon to graduate from the Episcopal School for Ministry, about what she’s learned these past three years, how it has informed her worship and given her an insight into the part deep listening plays in our vocation as the Episcopal Church in the world.

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019 Meeting Jesus on a pilgrimage

June 28, 2017UncategorizedBethlehem, episcopal, Grace Episcopal Church, holy gaze, Holy Land, Jefferson City, jesus, journey, living stones, pilgrimage, Presiding Bishop's Good Friday collectiondiocesemo

Host Deacon Harry Leip talks with the Rev. Bill Nesbit about his recent, and first, trip to the Holy Land: the history and locations, the stories, and meeting Jesus in the bustle of the city streets.

Transcript
Grace Episcopal Church, Jefferson City
The Good Friday collection, the mission of The Episcopal Church in supporting the ministries of the four dioceses of the Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East
Finding the town of Magdala, article and video

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018 Emergency preparedness and the great commandment

June 20, 2017Uncategorizedaudrain county, coad, deacons, disaster preparedness, emergency, episcopal, great commandment, jesus, mexico missouri, red crossdiocesemo

In this episode host Deacon Harry Leip talks with Beth Simpson currently serving as Deacon at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Mexico, Missouri about disaster preparedness, a recent expo that St. Matt’s hosted, and how it all relates to the great commandment of loving our neighbors.

Transcript
St. Matthew’s on Facebook

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017 Dancing with the Holy Spirit at Trinity Art Club

June 13, 2017Uncategorizedart, Barbi Click, community meal, exegesis, food ministry, Harry Leip, Holy Spirit, homeless, hunger, nourishment, pantry, writingdiocesemo

The food ministry (pantry and meals) at Trinity Episcopal Church in the Central West End has recently begun a Saturday morning art club after breakfast and before lunch together. Food ministry manager Barbi Click talks with host Harry Leip about the nourishment from food and art.

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016 A Gun Violence epidemic and response

June 7, 2017Uncategorized#HAVhope, AHA, American Hospital Association, clergy, deacon, epidemic, episcopal, funeral, gun violence, gun violence prevention, guns, Harry Leip, jesus, Lock-it for Love, Marc. D. Smith, murder, priest, suicide, Women's voices raised for social justicediocesemo

In this episode host Harry Leip talks with the Rev. Marc Smith, the bishop’s Deputy for Gun Violence Prevention about the epidemic in our community, some of its causes, and how we are responding.

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015 Finding Light in Darkness: Newtown (pt. 2/2)

May 23, 2017UncategorizedAdvent, Christ Church Cathedral St. Louis, Deborah Nelson Linck, ecumenism, grace, gun violence, hero, interfaith, jesus, Kathie Adams-Shepherd, love, Newtown, Sandy Hook, shootingdiocesemo

This is a second of a two part episode with the Very Rev. Kathie Adams-Shepherd about her experience as the pastor of Trinity Episcopal Church in Newtown, CT, during and after the Sandy Hook shooting tragedy. It’s about light in darkness, acts of Grace, and how she brings that forward to her new call as Provost at Christ Church Cathedral here in St. Louis.

(Link to part one.)

Transcript
About the Very Rev. Kathie Adams-Shepherd, provost of Christ Church Cathedral, St. Louis
Newtown Documentary (2016)
Ben’s Lighthouse
The Avielle Foundation
Newtown Kindness
Ana Grace project
Sandy Hook Promise

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Finding Light in Darkness: Newtown (pt. 1)

May 18, 2017UncategorizedAdvent, Christ Church Cathedral St. Louis, Deborah Nelson Linck, episcopal, eucharist, grace, jesus, Kathie Adams-Shepherd, light, Newtown, Sandy Hookdiocesemo

This is a part one of a two part episode with the Very Rev. Kathie Adams-Shepherd about her experience as the pastor of Trinity Episcopal Church in Newtown during and after the Sandy Hook shooting tragedy. It’s about light in darkness, acts of Grace, and how she brings that forward to her new call as Provost at Christ Church Cathedral here in St. Louis.

(Link to part two.)

Transcript
About the Very Rev. Kathie Adams-Shepherd, provost of Christ Church Cathedral, St. Louis
Newtown Documentary (2016)
Ben’s Lighthouse
The Avielle Foundation
Newtown Kindness
Ana Grace project
Sandy Hook Promise

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013 Feeding Jesus

May 11, 2017Uncategorizedcommunity, deacon, diakonia, food, garden, hunger, jesus, meal, ministry, pantry, povertydiocesemo

Deacon Kevin McGrane stops by to talk about being hungry, and being poor in this country of abundance. He talks about some of the ways churches are offering food and meals, and how hunger ministry crept into his heart and led him to becoming a deacon. Deacon Harry Leip interviews in this deacon’s heart conversation.

Transcript
Task Force for the Hungry
beginning wiki of food and garden ministries in the diocese
The Hunger Page on Facebook

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022 Being Church in a town of 400

021 Listening to God, listening to people: the Community of Hope

020 Listening for Jesus in angry words and spaces of perfection

019 Meeting Jesus on a pilgrimage

018 Emergency preparedness and the great commandment

017 Dancing with the Holy Spirit at Trinity Art Club

015 Finding Light in Darkness: Newtown (pt. 2/2)

Finding Light in Darkness: Newtown (pt. 1)

013 Feeding Jesus