Small Churches Big Impact Podcast

HOST: Leyla KingGUEST: Kit Lonerganhttp://saintjamesgroveland.org/wp/Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress: https://mdsc.org/ Mark 4:26-28 -26 Jesus also said, “The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, 27 and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he does not know how. 28 The earth produces of itself, first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head. 29 But when the grain is ripe, at once he goes in with his sickle, because the harvest has come.”Music: I Love to Tell the Story, Benjamin Grove, keyboardPodcast produced by Polymnia

HOST: Rebekah Bokros HatchGUEST: Stacy Williams-Duncanhttps://learningforte.com/learning-forte/Festival of Homiletics: https://festivalofhomiletics.com/Music: I Love to Tell the Story, Benjamin Grove, keyboardPodcast produced by Polymnia

HOST:  Kit LonerganGUEST: Susie ShaeferLearn more about the CREDO conference, and find some of their resources, at https://www.cpg.org/credo/St. John's Church in Clinton, Michigan: www.stjohnschurchclinton.org“The gifts he gave were that some would be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until all of us come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to maturity, to the measure of the full stature of Christ.” - Ephesians 4:11-13, New Revised Standard Version “And now the Lord says,  who formed me in the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob back to him,   and that Israel might be gathered to him, for I am honored in the sight of the Lord, and my God has become my strength—he says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the survivors of Israel; I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.” - Isaiah 49:5-6, New Revised Standard Version Music: I Love to Tell the Story, Benjamin Grove, keyboardPodcast produced by Polymnia

HOST: Stacy Williams-DuncanGUEST: Leyla KingContent Warning: the topic of miscarriage and Leyla's decision to disclose it to her congregation is discussed throughout the first half of the episode. Thankful Memorial Episcopal Church: https://thankfulmemorial.org/  - https://thankfulpriest.home.blog/Music: I Love to Tell the Story, Benjamin Grove, keyboardPodcast produced by Polymnia

HOST: Susie ShaeferGUEST: Allison Sandlin LilesSt. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Hurst, TXEpiscopal Peace FellowshipInvite,Welcome, ConnectLove is the Way: Holding on to Hope in Troubling Times by the Most Rev. Michael B. CurryActs in Easter - a Bible Study created by the Rev. Becky ZartmanPFLAG Fort Worth The Woman with the Alabaster Jar from Matthew 26:6-13 Now while Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very costly ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table. But when the disciples saw it, they were angry and said, ‘Why this waste? For this ointment could have been sold for a large sum, and the money given to the poor.' But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, ‘Why do you trouble the woman? She has performed a good service for me. For you always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me. By pouring this ointment on my body she has prepared me for burial. Truly I tell you, wherever this good news is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in remembrance of her.'Canon to the Ordinary: This member of the Bishop's staff is referenced multiple times by Susie and Allison in this episode. The Canon to the Ordinary is often the person who works with clergy in transition and oversees the search or transition process with congregations. The Canon to the Ordinary works directly with the Bishop to do any additional work that needs to be done, which varies from diocese to diocese.Music: I Love to Tell the Story, Benjamin Grove, keyboardPodcast produced by Polymnia

HOST:  Allison Sandlin LilesGUEST: Rebekah Bokros HatchJen Fulton's article, The Small Church as IconGil Rendle's book Quietly Courageous: Leading the Church in Changing WorldStoryPath - connecting children's books with lectionary readings from Union Presbyterian SeminaryLesson Plans that Work: free formation curriculum from the Episcopal ChurchMusic: I Love to Tell the Story, Benjamin Grove, keyboardPodcast produced by Polymnia

1 Timothy 4:14: “Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you through prophecy with the laying on of hands by the council of elders.”Music: I Love to Tell the Story, Benjamin Grove, keyboardPodcast produced by Polymnia

Music: I Love to Tell the Story, Benjamin Grove, keyboard