Podcasts about episcopal churches

What is grief and how might our faith speak to our experiences of loss?  We are joined by sad boy Rev. Gregory Stark and guest co-host Rev. Ethan Lowery to talk about life, death, poetry, Eucharist, hamburgers, and grief.   The Rev. Gregory Stark is a current PhD student in theology at the University of Cambridge, where he is researching the theology of grief and mourning in the art and activism around HIV/AIDS in the 1980s. He serves as the assistant chaplain at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He previously was coordinator for ministry with children and youth in the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe while he completed his research masters in theology at KU Leuven in Belgium.  Substack: https://gregorystark.substack.com “Otherwise” by Jane Kenyon - https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/otherwise/ “Snowdrops” by Louise Glück - https://hellopoetry.com/poem/20568/snowdrops/ Like what you hear?We'd love your support on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/AndAlsoWithYouPodcastThere's all kinds of perks including un-aired live episodes, Zoom retreats, and mailbag episodes for our Patreons!Keep up with us on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/andalsowithyoupodcast/ More about Father Lizzie:PRE-ORDER HER BOOK: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/762683/god-didnt-make-us-to-hate-us-by-rev-lizzie-mcmanus-dail/ (if you like this episode in particular? You're really, really going to love this book!)https://www.instagram.com/rev.lizzie/https://www.tiktok.com/@rev.lizzieJubilee Episcopal Church in Austin, TX - JubileeATX.org  More about Mother Laura:https://www.instagram.com/laura.peaches/https://www.tiktok.com/@mother_peachesSt. Paul's Episcopal Church in Pittsburgh, PA Theme music:"On Our Own Again" by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue). New episodes drop Mondays at 7am EST/6am CST! 

An unintended multiple-sessions-in-the-making episode. James and Andrew revisit their favorite theologians list from two years ago and make some changes. James also fills us in on the research on church growth and travels he did during his sabbatical. Shownotes  -James referenced Alister McGrath's book Narrative Apologetics: Sharing the Relevance, Joy, and Wonder of the Christian Faith and Justin Holcomb's book On the Grace of God -Andrew referenced: -Armand Nicholi's book The Question of God: C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud Debate God, Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Life -Don H. Olive's biography of Wolfhart Pannenberg -Pannenberg's essay "Gospel and Church: The Proposed Concordat between Lutheran and Episcopal Churches in the USA" from the book Inhabiting Unity -Andrew's own article in The Living Church "Who Jesus is and Why that matters for the church: Remembering Carl Braaten" that mentioned Pannenberg's influence on Braaten. -the books by JI Packer:  --Keeping the 10 Commandments --The Thirty-Nine Articles: Their Place and Use Today (with R.T. Beckwith) --How to be a Christian: An Anglican Catechism (with Joel Scandrett)

This coming week I'm going to be focusing on Simplicity in Possessions. I know that this isn't easy and will actually be a commitment to a lifestyle change, but I need to start somewhere! I realized that I have areas of my house where I have stored away things purchased during the pandemic. Some of them are “case quantities” of everyday items that were only available from Amazon or Costco in large quantities, and others are things that I thought I needed to prepare for a new lifestyle under the pandemic. I have a “pandemic junk drawer”, a place in my master closet where a few things have been carefully stacked for 4 years and a hall closet that I converted to an additional pantry. Just this weekend I've identified a few items and new philosophies that will bring me some more space and a bit of simplicity into my life: 1. I have a case of tea bags from the pandemic. This is in addition to the normal stock that I have in my food pantry in the kitchen. I've started drinking a cup of tea each evening, and I have an estimated 200 tea bags on hand. I plan to go through them to see if any have expired and for the remainder, I will share them with friends. (This is in addition to the hot chocolate mix, hot fruit tea mix, etc. also from the pandemic).2. When no one was coming to the house, I thought I was going to become a superb gardener. I bought soil, mulch, pine chips and a fertilizer spreader (that is still in the box). This week, I'm going to use what I can, but I'm not fooling anyone. I have a lawn guy that mows, mulches, aerates, overseeds, and fertilizes. Surely someone I know can use a small fertilizer spreader.3. I have a drawer full of masks, hand sanitizer, and assorted other pandemic-related fashion statements (mostly alumni masks). Oh, and expired COVID tests. So, I'm going through those also, throwing out the expired tests and keeping a few masks for future use. The government has extended some of the expiration dates on COVID tests so I'll check those first, but if they are really expired, out they go. (You can check COVID test expriation dates here: https://bit.ly/4927fPp). 4. I still have 100+ plastic bags from all the groceries I ordered on-line. We help serve food at the Church of the Holy Trinity, one of our downtown Episcopal Churches, once a month and the guests always ask for a plastic bag. A nice way to put them to good use. I know that simplicity of possessions is not easy, but I hope to start changing my lifestyle to bring fewer things into my life and start moving more things out. I think a negative “net” (more moving out than coming in) will be the secret to long-term success for me. In what ways are you using possessions to bring simplicity into your life? Blessings, my friend,Agatha

A Place Called Poarch - The Churches that Made PoarchFrom Baptist to Pentecostal to Episcopal, The Tribe has always had a strong connection to Christianity. Though the Poarch community was so small when all of these denominations got their start, they were still able to thrive. Their success was due, in part, to each denomination leader's willingness to allow the religion to adapt to the Poarch community's way of life.Today, we hear interviews from the 1970s between Reverend Mace McGhee and Dr. Anthony Paredes. Mace tells about the vibrant history of Christianity within the Poarch community.Time Stamps:[1:35] - We learn a brief history of Reverend Mace McGhee.[4:16] - The first Christian Church was Mars Hills Baptist Church in the 1800s. [10:00] - Baptist Churches came to Bell Creek first.[13:00] - We hear an old interview clip from 1972 where Mace talks about the Baptist Church.[15:00] - There were two Episcopal Churches brought to The Poarch community.[19:00] - Mace tells a story about being raised in the Episcopal Church.[23:45] - In the 1920s, the Holiness Church came to The Tribe when Brother Raymond Coon came.[28:50] - A Company owned land that they allowed the Episcopal Church to use.[32:00] - Mace tells us about some of the past Holiness Church pastors.[35:20] - There were many different denominations of the Holiness Church.[39:00] - The New Home Church has a long history. We hear Mace tell us.[42:23] - In the 1950s, The Poarch Community Church began as a Mennonite Church.[47:30] - Within the Mennonite Community, women were typically required to dress a certain way. But women in the Poarch Community didn't have resources to dress that way.[52:45] - Churches quickly learned they needed to adapt to the Indian way of life.Links:WebsiteFacebookInstagram

In this episode of HomeTown, we speak with members of Neighbor to Neighbor's own Tri-Parish Sponsor Circle team. This Sponsor Circle consists of three Episcopal parishes who have teamed up together with EMM's Neighbor to Neighbor program to do the critical work of welcome with individuals arriving in their communities. I speak with Embry Howell and Rev. Julianne Buenting from All Souls Episcopal Church in Washington D.C., Jess Sanchez and Lacy Broemel from St. John's Episcopal Church in Lafayette Square, Washington D.C., and Dana Martin from St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Arlington, VA about their process, experience, and call to this critical work of welcome. Our Neighbor to Neighbor program is an official Sponsor Circle Umbrella under the Sponsor Circle Program for Afghans! **We are in urgent need of sponsor circles to support the move of Afghan newcomers into welcoming communities. You can play a critical role. To learn how you can be a community sponsor, visit https://dfms.formstack.com/forms/initial_congregation_interest_form Be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram where we are @emmrefugees. To stay up to date on all new episodes, make sure to follow us wherever you get your podcasts on Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, or SoundCloud. To support the ministry of welcome, you can make a gift to Episcopal Migration Ministries. With your help, we will continue to welcome and resettle refugees in communities across the country, offer support to asylum seekers, and create beloved community for all of our immigrant siblings. Visit episcopalmigrationministries.org/give or text HOMETOWN to 91999. Our theme song composer is Abraham Mwinda Ikando. Find his music at abrahammwinda.bandcamp.com

In Los Angeles, California, there is a church that is historic for being a center for social justice and police community relations. It is called the Church of Epiphany, one of the oldest Episcopal Churches in L. A. , and has a famous basement where meetings of social activists of the 1970s, and beyond were part of the Chicano (Mexican American) Movement for immigrant reform and a Moratorium on the Vietnam War. Today, Rev. Carey carries on the tradition of being out front in finding solutions for our most pressing societal problems.

Easter is the biggest deal of our whole church year - even bigger than Christmas. But why? Because at Easter Jesus creates a new relationship between us and God and between us and each other.  And Jesus makes us a promise. No matter what, we will always have a place in God's house, we will always be God's own people. We are so excited to share this festive Easter episode, guest written by our very own Bishop Mark Edington, Bishop in Charge of the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe.  And to share all of the Easter greetings you sent in! Happy Easter! You can follow all our news on Facebook and Instagram and if you're enjoying the show, please remember to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts!

This evening's sermon was written quite a long time ago, around the year 400 AD to be only semi-exact. Yet, by the year 400, this very act of keeping Vigil as we have been and are doing now was already an old custom, and in many ways seemed ancient to those believers as well. But yet, on this most Holy of all Nights, we watch, and we remember just as Saint John Chrysostom did all those many years ago. It has become a tradition in the Orthodox Church and in many Anglican and Episcopal Churches to read this sermon of Saint John Chrysostom on this night. It is a welcoming sermon, a sermon inviting all to come and enjoy the heavenly feast. Saint John was given the title “Chrysostom”, which means “Golden-mouthed”, because of his eloquent speaking and highly charged sermons. When he preached this sermon, John Chrysostom was the Archbishop of Constantinople, present day Istanbul in Turkey. Much could be said about him and his life, but that will have to wait for another time. Instead, travel back to the year 400 on a dark night just like now, and you have seen and heard everything we have just said and done, and now, you hear these word of Saint John Chrysostom:

The Grass Valley City Council will vote tonight on designating the former location of the African Methodist Episcopal Church as a historic site. Joyce Miller talks to Linda Jack of the Grass Valley Historical Commission about the church's history in Nevada County.

A recording of the 2nd Sunday after the Epiphany Service for Jan 17th 2021 by the Episcopal Churches of Marquette County: Grace Church, Ishpeming, Holy Innocents', Gwinn, St. John's, Negaunee and St. Paul's, Marquette. Featuring music by Jan Brodersen.

A recording of the 1st Sunday after the Epiphany Service for Jan 10th 2021 by the Episcopal Churches of Marquette County: Grace Church, Ishpeming, Holy Innocents', Gwinn, St. John's, Negaunee and St. Paul's, Marquette. Featuring music by Jan Brodersen, Sophie and Howard Harding and a Musical Feature by Amanda Diddams - Soprano, Maren Doughty - Alto, Michael Waite - Tenor, Moses Waite – Bass, Evelyn Rose – Dancer.

A recording of the Christmas 2 Sunday Service for Jan 3rd 2021 by the Episcopal Churches of Marquette County: Grace Church, Ishpeming, Holy Innocents', Gwinn, St. John's, Negaunee and St. Paul's, Marquette. Featuring music by Jan Brodersen, Janis Petersen and a Musical Feature by Amanda Diddams - Soprano, Maren Doughty - Alto, Michael Waite - Tenor, Moses Waite – Bass, Evelyn Rose - Dancer

This podcast is the Advent 4 Sunday Service on Dec 20th 2020 by the Episcopal Churches of Marquette County: Grace Church, Ishpeming, Holy Innocents', Gwinn, St. John's, Negaunee, and St. Paul's, Marquette. Featuring music by soloist – Sophia Harding and piano and organ by Jan Brodersen and a sermon by Bishop Rayford Ray.

This podcast is the Advent 3 or Rose Sunday Service on Dec 13th 2020 by the Episcopal Churches of Marquette County: Grace Church, Ishpeming, Holy Innocents', Gwinn, St. John's, Negaunee, and St. Paul's, Marquette. Featuring music by violinist- Janis Shier Peterson and piano and organ by Jan Brodersen.

This one is a bit out of the norm for my typical interviewee. However, I think you will enjoy the conversation. This is not intended to be an evangelical proselytizing, but the subject matter is Christian in its origins. I’ve known Robert for a little more than a year now and have grown more and more enamored with his ability to inspire his congregation every week. After having lunch one afternoon with my wife, it occurred to me that the amount of creative energy required to deliver with that much punch weekly must be researched. Not to mention he gave me the best headshot ever. The Reverend Robert Wetherington has been working in ordained ministry for over ten years. He is currently serving as the rector of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in El Dorado, Arkansas, and has served as Missioner for the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi and as chaplain to The Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, MS. Other work includes serving as rector at The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in Biloxi, MS, and as the convocational dean for the coast convocation of Episcopal Churches along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. He has been an Executive Director at Camp Mitchell Episcopal Camp and Retreat Center in the Diocese of Arkansas and has served on several committees and councils. Father Robert is married to the Rev. Betsy Baumgarten, who has served as an Episcopal priest in many and various capacities, including her current role as Ministry Coordinator for South Arkansas. They have two children, five dogs, and one cat. They share a passion for the outdoors and a variety of hobbies and interests. Within the chaos that fills their days, they find abiding joy in life.

This is your Red Church Door Sermon from Sunday, February 24th 2019 - The 7th Sunday After the Epiphany - from the Rev. Jay MacLeod. This sermon was shared with the people of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in New London, NH. The Lectionary Readings for this week's sermon can be found: here. You can visit St. Andrew’s Episcopal online at https://www.standrewsnl.org/ Jay MacLeod is Parish Priest of the Episcopal Churches of St. Andrew, New London and Epiphany, Newport. After twenty years serving the Church of England, he and his British wife Sally Asher moved back to rural New Hampshire in 2013. Jay's parents live around the corner and his children attend the same schools he did.

Addison Hart joins the podcast to talk about his latest book, 'The Letter of James: A Pastoral Commentary'. https://www.amazon.com/Letter-James-Pastoral-Commentary/dp/1532650140From the back cover: The Letter of James is perhaps needed more than ever today. In this commentary, Hart argues that the epistle is indeed the work of James of Jerusalem, “the brother of the Lord,” that it was an encyclical letter, and that its chief concern was to combat a distorted version of Paul’s gospel. It is a work with a singular purpose: to bring the churches back to the most basic teachings of Jesus. In its defense of orthopraxy as the primary Christian standard, its denunciation of those with wealth who exploit or neglect the poor, its hard words for those who have taken on the mantel of “teacher” without first learning to restrain their tongues, and above all its exhortation to relearn the truth that “faith without works [of love] is dead,” James could be talking to churches in our own time. This commentary presents James afresh, as a living guide with a perennial message for those who seek to follow Jesus. It is pastoral in intent, written for those who teach and preach, those who desire a more authentic discipleship, and those who practice lectio divina—the meditative reading of Scripture._____________________Addison Hodges Hart is a retired priest (of both the Roman Catholic and Episcopal Churches, M.Div.), former college chaplain for Northern Illinois University, teacher, spiritual director, and former ecumenical/interfaith director (for the Diocese of Rockford, Illinois). He is the author of six previous books, published by Eerdmans, the most recent being The Ox-Herder and the Good Shepherd: Finding Christ on the Buddha's Path (2013), Strangers and Pilgrims Once More: Being Disciples of Jesus in a Post-Christendom World (2014), and The Woman, the Hour, and the Garden: A Study of Imagery in the Gospel of John (2016). He currently lives with his wife in Norway, along with two Newfoundland dogs, a herd of cats, and some goats.

Addison Hart joins the podcast to talk about his latest book, 'The Letter of James: A Pastoral Commentary'. https://www.amazon.com/Letter-James-Pastoral-Commentary/dp/1532650140From the back cover: The Letter of James is perhaps needed more than ever today. In this commentary, Hart argues that the epistle is indeed the work of James of Jerusalem, “the brother of the Lord,” that it was an encyclical letter, and that its chief concern was to combat a distorted version of Paul’s gospel. It is a work with a singular purpose: to bring the churches back to the most basic teachings of Jesus. In its defense of orthopraxy as the primary Christian standard, its denunciation of those with wealth who exploit or neglect the poor, its hard words for those who have taken on the mantel of “teacher” without first learning to restrain their tongues, and above all its exhortation to relearn the truth that “faith without works [of love] is dead,” James could be talking to churches in our own time. This commentary presents James afresh, as a living guide with a perennial message for those who seek to follow Jesus. It is pastoral in intent, written for those who teach and preach, those who desire a more authentic discipleship, and those who practice lectio divina—the meditative reading of Scripture._____________________Addison Hodges Hart is a retired priest (of both the Roman Catholic and Episcopal Churches, M.Div.), former college chaplain for Northern Illinois University, teacher, spiritual director, and former ecumenical/interfaith director (for the Diocese of Rockford, Illinois). He is the author of six previous books, published by Eerdmans, the most recent being The Ox-Herder and the Good Shepherd: Finding Christ on the Buddha's Path (2013), Strangers and Pilgrims Once More: Being Disciples of Jesus in a Post-Christendom World (2014), and The Woman, the Hour, and the Garden: A Study of Imagery in the Gospel of John (2016). He currently lives with his wife in Norway, along with two Newfoundland dogs, a herd of cats, and some goats.

The Very Rev. Kelly Brown Douglas was joined by the Rev. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas and Ms. Karenna Gore for a conversation about their experiences with faith-based organizations engaged in the Care of Creation, and the Episcopal Churches response to the climate crisis.  The Rev. Dr. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas is an EDS alumna, author, retreat leader, and Episcopal priest. She serves as Missioner for Creation Care for both the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts and Mass, Conference, United Church of Christ. Karenna Gore is Director of the Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary. This organization grew out of the Religions for the Earth conference held at Union Theological Seminary in September 2014.

Episcopal Churches have at least one, official annual meeting to hear ministry reports and elect new officers. The Rector usually gives a report and at Holy Trinity, Father Beddingfield provides a written report but also incorporates his annual report in the sermon of the day.

Preached at St. Paul's Episcopal Church at Good Friday Service hosted by the three Episcopal Churches of Waco: Holy Spirit, St. Alban's, and St. Paul's.

Professor Jean Libby  will discuss the relationship between John Brown and African American pioneers in San Jose, California. She'll also feature two books:  Herbert Ruffin, Uninvited Neighbors; African Americans in Silicon Valley 1860-1990 (2014) and Erica Armstrong Dunbar A Fragile Freedom; African American Women in the Antebellum South (2008).   Establishment of The AME Zion Church in NYC and St. Philip's Episcopal on Wall St. (1820)The Cassey Delancy St. Home, National Historic SiteEstablishement of  the first secondary schoolLovie Spencer, scholar and researcherEstablishments of Episcopal Churches in California