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In episode 21 of Listening At The Fire, the podcast from Fountain Street Church, host Virginia Anzengruber sat down with Rev. Christopher Roe (Minister for Spiritual Life and Learning), Rev. Dr. Fred Wooden (Senior Minister), and Jack Woller (Executive Director) to have a roundtable discussion about the challenges of an independent church in 2019. Church decline statistics: https://news.gallup.com/poll/248837/church-membership-down-sharply-past-two-decades.aspx https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/517785/ https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/attendance-at-religious-services/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/11/what-should-america-do-its-empty-church-buildings/576592/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/08/religious-participation-survey/496940 https://www.apnews.com/f15241378057486ea437cad490a2ed67 Free Yoga classes at FSC Wednesday evenings through EmbodyGR: https://www.feelbetterdogood.org/ FSC Screen Club events: https://www.fountainstreet.org/screen-club FSC Book Club and Social Events: https://www.fountainstreet.org/interest-groups To reach out to Virginia regarding ads on Listening At The Fire, please email: VAnzengruber@fountainstreet.org for more information. *The views of the host are not necessarily the views of Fountain Street Church. New episodes of Listening at the Fire will release every other Monday at https://www.fountainstreet.org/podcast. NOW AVAILABLE ON ITUNES, GOOGLE PLAY, and most podcast apps and always at https://www.fountainstreet.org/podcast. Episode credits: Producer/Host: Virginia Anzengruber Editor/Sound Recordist: Virginia Anzengruber Special thanks to: Rev. Christopher Roe, Rev. Dr. Fred Wooden, and Jack Woller for their time and energy in the making of this episode. Theme song: "Alone Again" by Kingsbury. Her new song "In My Brain" is available on Spotify, and her single "Blurry Now" is featured in the newest season of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina on Netflix, and the new music video for "All Gone" is now on YouTube.
In Episode 16 of Listening At The Fire, the podcast from Fountain Street Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan, we take another look at the last 2 weeks of Sunday 11AM sermons from our Minister of Spiritual Life and Learning, Rev. Christopher Roe. As we pay homage to our historic 150 years of Fountain Street Church programming, Rev. Roe challenges us to not only accept and embrace the anxiety we feel in the transitional nature of year 151 and beyond; but in part 2 of his series, offers up a true alternative future of Spiritual Life and Learning opportunities at FSC, West Michigan and beyond: The Learning Commons at Fountain Street Church. NPR article about Allendale, MI Public Schools fight for sexual education: https://www.npr.org/2019/04/01/706944327/when-the-conversation-doesnt-include-you-lgbtq-sex-ed-in-a-small-town Church decline statistics: https://news.gallup.com/poll/248837/church-membership-down-sharply-past-two-decades.aspx https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/517785/ https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/attendance-at-religious-services/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/11/what-should-america-do-its-empty-church-buildings/576592/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/08/religious-participation-survey/496940 https://www.apnews.com/f15241378057486ea437cad490a2ed67 More information will be released about The Learning Commons in the coming weeks and months. Be sure to follow Fountain Street Church on all of our social media channels, and stay up-to-date with all of the latest news at fountainstreet.org. *The views of the host are not necessarily the views of Fountain Street Church. New episodes of Listening at the Fire will release every other Monday at https://www.fountainstreet.org/podcast. NOW AVAILABLE ON ITUNES, GOOGLE PLAY, and most podcast apps and always at https://www.fountainstreet.org/podcast. Episode credits: Producer/Host: Virginia Anzengruber Editor: Virginia Anzengruber Sound Recordist: Conor Bardallis Special thanks to: Rev. Christopher Roe for his challenging words Theme song: "Alone Again" by Kingsbury. Her new song "Blurry Now" is available on Spotify, and is featured in the newest season of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina on Netflix, and the new music video for "All Gone" is now on YouTube.
In the fourth episode of the Fountain Street Church podcast, Listening at the Fire, Virginia Anzengruber takes a look at Character School at Fountain Street Church. We explore how this "Sunday School alternative" came to be in practice at FSC, including its inception in the 1950s, when Fountain Street Church participated in the Union College Character Research Project, headed by psychologist Dr. Ernest M. Ligon. We hear from: Dr. Rev. Fred Wooden, Evie Bowers, Katie Reilly Mitchell, Rev. Christopher Roe. Oh, and Eleanor Roosevelt. (Trust us, you don't want to miss this.) *The views of the host are not necessarily the views of Fountain Street Church. Articles cited in this episode/used in research: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/98259145/ [article cited from hard copy source made available through the Fountain Street Church Archives] New episodes of Listening at the Fire will release every other Friday at https://www.fountainstreet.org/podcast NOW AVAILABLE ON ITUNES! Episode credits: Producer/Host: Virginia Anzengruber A/V Technician: Conor Bardallis Editor: Virginia Anzengruber Special thanks to Callie Cherry for her research support for this episode. Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt provided by the Fountain Street Church Archives. Special thanks to Archives Department members Phyllis Penny and Vickie Bergers for their ongoing support and dedication. Music from the episode provided by: https://www.purple-planet.com/ Theme song: "Alone Again" by Kingsbury. Her new song "Blurry Now" is available on Spotify, and the new music video for "All Gone" is now on YouTube.
California is on the forefront of the STEAM movement. Christopher Roe of the California STEM Learning Network and Craig Watson of the California Arts Council discuss the past, present and future of STEAM in the Golden State at the 2015 STEAMConnect Ascend Conference. Series: "STEAM Channel" [Science] [Arts and Music] [Education] [Show ID: 29431]
California is on the forefront of the STEAM movement. Christopher Roe of the California STEM Learning Network and Craig Watson of the California Arts Council discuss the past, present and future of STEAM in the Golden State at the 2015 STEAMConnect Ascend Conference. Series: "STEAM Channel" [Science] [Arts and Music] [Education] [Show ID: 29431]
California is on the forefront of the STEAM movement. Christopher Roe of the California STEM Learning Network and Craig Watson of the California Arts Council discuss the past, present and future of STEAM in the Golden State at the 2015 STEAMConnect Ascend Conference. Series: "STEAM: Adding Arts to STEM Education" [Science] [Arts and Music] [Education] [Show ID: 29431]
California is on the forefront of the STEAM movement. Christopher Roe of the California STEM Learning Network and Craig Watson of the California Arts Council discuss the past, present and future of STEAM in the Golden State at the 2015 STEAMConnect Ascend Conference. Series: "STEAM: Adding Arts to STEM Education" [Science] [Arts and Music] [Education] [Show ID: 29431]
From the Inaugural Ascend STEaM Conference, introduction and welcome remarks featuring Chula Vista Mayor Cheryl Cox and a discussion between Christopher Roe, CEO of California STEM Learning Network and Craig Watson, Director of the California Arts Council Series: "STEaM Connect Ascend Conference 2014" [Education] [Show ID: 28109]
From the Inaugural Ascend STEaM Conference, introduction and welcome remarks featuring Chula Vista Mayor Cheryl Cox and a discussion between Christopher Roe, CEO of California STEM Learning Network and Craig Watson, Director of the California Arts Council Series: "STEaM Connect Ascend Conference 2014" [Education] [Show ID: 28109]