Podcasts about new parish

This blogcast explores “Finding Faith in a New Parish," written by Christian Bordak-Roseman and read by Chris Pierno. “Finding Faith in a New Parish,” by Christian Bordak-Roseman To read Evangelii Gaudium, click here. Author:Christian Bordak-Roseman is a Program Associate for the Catholic Apostolate Center, where he assists with new and ongoing projects for  the Center. Christian is a student at The Catholic University of America seeking his Bachelor's degree in History and his Master's degree in Secondary Education. He also works with the Campus Ministry Office at the Catholic University as a Student Minister. Reader:Chris Pierno: With the Center since 2011, Chris Pierno is the Catholic Apostolate Center's Manager of Marketing & Consulting. In this role, he oversees the Center's marketing program and coordination of consulting services. He also supports the staff in areas of  graphic design, advancement, public relations, administration, and strategic planning for the Center. Chris also is a co-host for the Center's premier podcast, OnMission.He holds a master's degree in management, and a bachelor's degree in politics, with a minor in theology from The Catholic University of America. Chris also serves as President of the University's Alumni Association. In addition to his work for the Center, Chris is the Director of Operations at the Conference of Major Superiors of Men. He has also worked in marketing and fundraising, specializing in faith-based copywriting and design for both non-profit and higher education clients. In his free-time, Chris volunteers with the Knights of Columbus, where he holds several positions including State Deputy for the District of Columbia, Former District Deputy, and Past Grand Knight. He and his wife have a young son named Vincent, named in honor of St. Vincent Pallotti. Follow us:The Catholic Apostolate CenterThe Center's podcast websiteInstagramFacebookApple PodcastsSpotify Follow us:The Catholic Apostolate CenterThe Center's podcast websiteInstagramFacebookApple PodcastsSpotify Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C. also appears on the podcast, On Mission, which is produced by the Catholic Apostolate Center and you can also listen to his weekly Sunday Gospel reflections. Follow the Center on Facebook, Instagram, X (Twitter), and YouTube to remain up-to-date on the latest Center resources.

Liturgies are formulas for worship. Neighborhoods are big enough for us to have the potential to live, work and play but small enough for us to be known (The New Parish). We're kicking off our new season with a mini-series where we explore what daily rhythms and practices you should adopt to pursue bringing love, justice and purpose (aka: God's Kingdom) to your neighborhood. We'll share stories of churches and organizations already doing great work, what to do if you aren't in a neighborhood, and answer any questions you may have. We'd love to hear from you. Reach out to us at connect@forevansville.org

In this week's episode, Fr. O'Brien and Fr. Kerry talk about cathedrals and what they are, what the title of “Rector” means, and the recent news of Fr. O'Brien's move as Rector of the Holy Family Cathedral in Tulsa, OK.

Fr. Ryan & Staffers Tommy & Gregory reveal and discuss the meaning behind our new parish logo and tagline.  

A simple update on my parish transition. 

A common criticism of 5-4 is that adjudicating is hard work, and the hosts have no experience. So to prove that no, judging is actually dummy easy and anyone can do it, in this live show, the hosts rule on disputes brought by the audience. They also talk about Oakland v. BP, in honor of their appearance at The New Parish in Oakland, AND make a very special phone call to everyone's favorite beer aficionado.The full version of this premium episode is available exclusively to our Patreon supporters. To join, visit www.patreon.com/fivefourpod See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Seeing hardcore punk-noise-rock veterans Lightning Bolt play at New Parish in Oakland for my first show since the start of the pandemic.

We had the pleasure of interviewing Adrian Marcel over Zoom video! Platinum r&b recording artist Adrian Marcel released his first single of the year, “I Gotchu”. Produced by 2Tall and Hightone and written by Adrian Marcel, Sonny B and Ryn Nicole, the track keeps Adrian's signature sound with elements of both modern and classic r&b, and all of the makings of a Summer lover's anthem. The lyric video is also out today. An official video for the track will debut later this month."From a man's perspective, ‘I Gotchu' is a very masculine take on vulnerability, assuring his woman that he will ride for her, protect her, and stay by her side, through the good, bad, and ugly,” says Adrian about the single. “This song's for everyone that has experienced love at any and every level. It speaks on the sides of love that not everyone on the outside looking in sees. This song describes these experiences using unconventional & edgy metaphors. Love doesn't always mean romance, yet if it's real, it's worth dying for in most cases," he continues. Adrian is gearing up for more music coming out later this Fall and has been keeping his calendar busy. He recently performed the national anthem at the San Francisco Giants game and headlined a sold out show at The New Parish in Oakland, CA.With almost 10 years in the music business and known for his buttery vocals and authentic r&b sound combined with a charming yet rugged appeal, Adrian has created a lane in the genre that differentiates him from his peers. His musical role models include Ginuwine, Al Green, D'Angelo, Maxwell and more.Adrian has had a string of success with his 7 Days of Weak mixtape presented by Raphael Saadiq in 2013 and his first RIAA-certified platinum hit single, "2AM" (81 million + views on YouTube) featuring Sage the Gemini in 2014.We want to hear from you! Please email Tera@BringinitBackwards.com.www.BringinitBackwards.com#podcast #interview #bringinbackpod #AdrianMarcel #zoomListen & Subscribe to BiBFollow our podcast on Instagram and Twitter! 

Pope St. Pius X in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho is excited to announce the upcoming release of three podcasts!

Pope St. Pius X in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho is excited to announce the upcoming release of three podcasts!

At Pentecost the Holy Spirit was given to the Church in a powerful way.  It was the first Confirmation.  God gives us the grace to spiritually mature, but He also gives us additional graces or gifts to be shared with others in the Church and the whole world.  Listen to my homily and find out where I am being called to share my gifts.

Tim Soerens is a pastor and author of the new book Everywhere You Look: Discovering the Church Right Where You Are.  In this episode, hear Tim talk with Dayle Rounds about why he feels hopeful about the American church and what he thinks the church might be called to do in this particular season of the pandemic. They discuss how the church might come to see its purpose not as creating God's mission but joining it. Tim Soerens is the co-founding director of the Parish Collective, a growing network and global movement of Christians reimagining what it means to be the Church in, with, and for the neighborhood.  His latest book is called “Everywhere You Look: Discovering the Church, Right Where You Are”.  His co-authored first book “The New Parish: How Neighborhood Churches Transform Mission, Discipleship, and Community (Intervarsity Press, 2014) won multiple awards, including Christianity Today's award of merit. Tim has launched multiple sold-out conferences including the Inhabit Conference, New Parish Conference UK, Conspire Gathering, and Neighborhood Economics Conference. He also co-founded Neighborhood Economics to catalyze entrepreneurship as a path to wealth for marginalized communities which has helped to raise over 3 million dollars. A popular speaker, Tim has spoken to a broad cross-section of organizations and denominations in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. Closer to home, he and his wife are helping to start South Park Neighborhood Church and are co-founding owners of Resistencia Coffee, a neighborhood coffee shop, as well as the South Park Idea Lab. He lives in Seattle, WA with his wife Coté and their sons Lukas and Joaquín.Intro (00:00): What does it mean for us to be the church in this particular season? And what is the church for? In this episode, you will meet Tim Soerens, pastor and co-founder of The Parish Collective and author of the book *Everywhere You Look: Discovering the Church Right Where You Are*. Tim and I talk about new ways of understanding the purpose of the church and how the church might evolve in its calling -- not to create God's redeeming mission, but to join it. You are listening to The Distillery at Princeton Theological Seminary. Dayle (00:36): Tim, it's great to sit down and talk to you. It's been a while since we've been able to talk, and I'm really glad that you've joined me here today. Thanks for doing this. Tim (00:46): Thanks for having me, Dayle. It's so good to be here. Dayle (00:48): We're glad you're here. Your book. It's a profoundly hopeful text at a time when I think a lot of people feel... When a lot of news about the church does not feel so hopeful, right? So you've chosen to write a very hopeful book about the American church. And so the question I have is what sparked your desire to write this? And my second question is -- who did you write it for? Tim (01:14): Well, I really appreciate that question. That was definitely a longing, was to write a hopeful book and well, I'll maybe start with the second part of the question and then, and then go to the next. And that is for many years now, I have had the great privilege through working with The Parish Collective to walk in honestly hundreds of neighborhoods and with all kinds of congregations. And what I found is the closer that I'm able to literally like get on the street with people -- into homes or into pubs and ask, "What is God doing in this place?" -- there are small and large stories of hope that are just bursting at the seams all over the place. It seems almost like the closer you get to the ground, the more hopeful it is. And the more you zoom out and begin to get stuff from newspapers, on Facebook, and big national reports, the more depressing it is. Tim (02:15): And so, who I wrote the book for largely was for, especially, I'd say everyday people who still think and care and practice their faith with a lot of earnest motivation, but are beginning to ask questions about the church. You know, what is it for? Why church? I mean, it feels like the more and more people that I would talk to and have questions about the church, there are just all these different answers. So I really was trying to write this for everyday people. I had a chance to write another book with some, with two other colleagues called the new parish. That was a little bit more oriented towards church leaders. And in my experience at the congregational level, if there's not, you could say like the desire to see new things happen within, you know, some percentage of lay leadership, then it's really difficult to see any kind of culture change at the congregation level. Tim (03:19): So I kept, I kind of, I told her about this, but I was writing this honestly with my mom in mind, who is part of a delightful, evangelical church in a small town in Wisconsin. But I just kept thinking like, would my mom (A) want to keep reading this book? Like, am I keeping her attention? And (B) am I speaking to someone who's kind of in her lived experience? Like, would she read this book and want to pass it along to some of her friends that are in her Bible study, but you think about giving it to her pastor, but even if she didn't give it to her pastor, would she feel like, yes, this is, this is putting language to thoughts and hopes that I've had, that I haven't been able to put together myself. So it really was written for everyday people. Dayle (04:05): Can you tell one of those stories about how a local church or faith community expression is actually bearing witness to Christ and their community in a way? Tim (04:14): Sure. I mean, there are really so many, you know, one that I've just been thinking about is local here in Seattle. And they've been around for probably seven or eight years now, but it's, uh, a PCUSA church called Union Church. And they were sent off from a larger university Presbyterian church a handful of years ago into a very interesting neighborhood where I had spent some time; it's called South Lake Union. It's kind of the north part of downtown Seattle. And it's where amazon.com, which -- I'm from Seattle. Everyone's heard of amazon.com, but for many years they had office buildings scattered all over the region. Well, they consolidated and bought up literally a couple of million square feet of office real estate in this one neighborhood and Union was asking the question -- could we begin to form a faith community, a congregation right now in this rapidly changing neighborhood? Tim (05:16): And so they're led by an amazing couple, James B And Renée Notkin, and they have -- in some ways what they've done is not that crazy. Lots of other people have started enterprises like they have, but, you know, they have started a kind of a chocolate and coffee shop in the front. And then at the back, it's an event space. And so where they worship on Sunday is kind of a big minimalistic almost warehouse feel. But during the week they rent it out to kind of top dollar corporations for like big events. And they are also from that revenue able to turn it back around the neighborhood and say -- hey, can we host some of the most important conversations and gatherings for the things that matter most here? Dayle (06:05): They're using that money in support of the mission of the congregation. Tim (06:08): Exactly. And they're also, they are... How they have listened really intently to what God seems to be doing, and obviously who's there in this rapidly changing neighborhood, I think is really fascinating. Because you've got lots of obviously tech workers and more and more people that are moving into condos, but there's, you know, the cascade part of the neighborhood is arguably like the anarchist epicenter of Seattle, or at least it used to be. There are obviously issues with homelessness, which is a major issue in the city of Seattle. It's pretty diverse; the neighborhood changing dramatically. So they're consistently asking -- what does it mean for us to be faithful to what God is doing here and this really unique, rapidly changing urban environment. And, I just think they're really inspiring. Dayle (06:56): But that's -- I'm going to pick up on that. That's one of the main points you make in the book -- is that you talk about how the church needs to be attentive to what God is already doing in a community and then join in on that work. It reminds me decades ago, I read Eugene Peterson's *Contemplative Pastor*. He talks about this. He talks about how, I think it's been, I may get this wrong, but like when, when a pastor first enters a new congregation, often times the impulse is to want to ask what, what should I do? What should I do? Right. And I think he makes some reference about actually looking at the congregational terrain to see where God is already at work. And then ask the question, how can I get in on that? And it seems to me that that's the point you're trying to make. So tell me a little bit about that. Why is that important? And can you give some examples to folks as to where you've seen someone or seen a group of someones in a congregation functioning in that way? Tim (08:06): Yeah. I think this is a really significant question and a potential shift, and a lot of what animates it is that with the kind of quote-unquote decline of the church, or kind of, [inaudible] realities, there's lots of different language for it. There's actually, I'd say a veritable, you know, industry, that's afoot saying -- oh, the church is dead. What do we do? And that's understandable. Those are real questions, but they're almost all precipitated by asking church questions before God questions, if that makes sense. Dayle (08:42): Yep. Tim (08:43): And what I have seen both in my own life and certainly in being with all kinds of churches and neighborhoods, is that when the community really has dialed in, of kind of disciplining themselves to ask the God question first, namely, like you said, using Eugene Peterson, what is God up to here -- that you're up for an entirely different journey, than even you know, how do we be a successful church or how do we grow the church or how do we get, you know, young people to come back to our church or, you know, and then, you know, some of the questions can, frankly, devolve from there with carpet and music styles and things like that. Tim (09:27): But when the question is what actually is God up to, and you can ask that together within the context of an actual place, then I think that that sets us off on a whole new trajectory. And my experience has been when you ask that question and it's primary, if you're faithful to it, and then you begin to not on your own necessarily, but with even a small team of people, you begin to try things and take on different experiments and practices and you literally, you know, make the path by walking. And I think that's just the nature of the church right now -- that we need to make the path by walking. And I think what sets us off on that journey is this question about what God's up to. Tim (10:14): It's been really beautiful here. I live in a neighborhood now called South Park, which is on the south end of Seattle, four miles from downtown. And I had been really inspired actually by a bunch of neighbors, but honestly, especially my wife who is taking the lead in helping to start a new faith community here in partnership with United Methodist Church. And we have, even amongst all the chaos of COVID, to continually ask, what is God up to and how do we join in. I mean, that's -- it's made all kinds of things possible, whether that be connecting with neighbors who are doing a mutual aid society, particularly around food security, or if it's around opening up our coffee shop in different creative ways. If it's thinking through and wrestling with our neighborhood -- like, a lot in Seattle is getting more and more expensive. How do we think about coming alongside our neighbors that are in danger of being forced out, especially now? I mean, these are all questions that for us are very theologically motivated -- what is God up to here? And having the opportunity to join in with neighbors, and then frankly doing some, both theological reflection on that, as well as practical questions about, well, what does it mean for us to be the church then with this reality? So what are the practices that we need to inhabit in this particular season? How do we do this on our own? How do we do this together? How do we care well for our neighbors, how do we both live out and articulate our faith practice amongst our community -- these are all questions that we're constantly asking, but I feel like they're really powerful generative questions. Dayle (12:02): Now the timing of this is that you wrote this book before the pandemic, right. And it came out, I think, early on in it or in the middle of it. So I think the question that's on everybody's mind now is like, well, what about the pandemic and post-pandemic church? So with the emphasis on looking at your community and seeing where God is at work and with neighbors, how has the pandemic been influencing that and where have you seen --because God's still working in the middle of a pandemic, right? So where have you seen it work sort of in spite of all of this that's going on? Speaker 2 (12:41): Well, Dayle, I don't know if you'd agree with this, but I feel like the pandemic amongst many other things has been apocalyptic for the church in the sense of -- it has uncovered and revealed things that probably wouldn't have ever been uncovered or revealed -- or at least not so quickly. It would have been much longer. And to be honest, while I'm not excited at all about COVID or any of the horrific realities around health or finances or anything like that, I do think that there might be a hidden gift for the church, in that, the things that have been uncovered and revealed are things that I actually think God's probably been trying to get our attention on for quite some time. So, one of the things that it has revealed, I think is that -- most people would all say, well, the church of course is people. It's not the programs, it's not the building. It's not even Sunday worship, as important as that is. But when it was taken from us, there does seem to be a sense of like, well, wait, now, what are we, right? I mean, and that's a different -- that's, that's very contextual, literally to the congregation, to different neighborhoods in different regions and different countries. But I think that there is a hidden gift in the sense of, we could say, well, how do we not just, you know, go to church or create church programs? How do we, in our everyday life, in our actual lives, in our actual neighborhoods and cities, how do we try and be the church, 24/7 on some level, you know, prompting -- what does it mean for us to be the church on Tuesday afternoon or Thursday night? I mean, I think this is a really healthy question. Tim (14:29): And, as to what it's going to look like -- you know, most of us have been really stationary in our homes and in our... like sometimes for some of us, not even neighborhoods, like, on our block for a year, and as hard as that has been, I think it's going to shift our posture potentially quite dramatically over the next couple of years and decades. Because a premise of this book project, and certainly I'd say of the broader kind of Parish Collective work that I'm up to is that, before we change anything that we do, we need to change how we see, and this pandemic has forced us to look at things differently. So I don't have any magic bullet for, well, let's just say everything is opening up and by say fall, you know, things begin to feel a little bit more normal. And of course, I hope they do. The big question that I'm asking and asking with lots of friends all over the country is, well, what does this look like now as we come back? What are the new questions that we need to be asking ourselves? Tim (15:40): And here's a guess, and this will be interesting to keep asking of listeners. And that is, I think, more than not, the pastors, lay leaders, everyday Christians, who were kind of on the fence pre-pandemic as to -- I think there's a different way. I think there's a better way to be the church. I think there's -- I think God has bigger stories for us. I think it's going to tip. I really do. And I also think there's going to be a percentage of leadership that just kind of doubles down on the demonstrable. It's just like, okay, we're back, we're back to normal. Let's go. And maybe there's a place for that. I'm actually pretty excited about the church that God is going to be knitting together, honestly, all over the world, because this has been such a global phenomenon. Dayle (16:33): And, maybe this, you can tie these two things together. What you were just saying within the third chapter of the book you bring up Charles Taylor, when he writes -- in the secular age, we are still haunted by the sacred and that in the context of paying attention to the Spirit already at work in our communities. How does your thinking, how does what you've written in your book illuminate Taylor's words, and what does it mean? What does it mean to you to be haunted by the sacred? And maybe, how are you seeing that now during the pandemic? Tim (17:09): Well, I think that's such a powerful idea that Taylor brings us, that, you know, in this postmodern age, however, we might think of that, that regardless of how enlightened we might be, that we feel haunted by this idea of the sacred. And I think haunted is actually quite both poetic and beautiful because it's not just like delighted or thrilled or made happy. I feel like part of what I believe the Spirit of God is doing is a sense of... not foreboding at all, but of provoking us, at a very deep level, what's actually going on here? What actually matters? And so for me, this idea of being haunted by the sacred is very much about how do we pay attention? And here's the thing that's honestly, still very difficult for me and maybe a lot of listeners. And that is -- how do we name how the Spirit is at work? I mean, most of us would say, yeah, the Spirit is at work. Our task is to try and pay attention to it more, and more of us are saying that, but how did that -- how do we name that? And this is a place where, you know, I grew up in a delightful Christian home. I got a seminary degree. I should, I feel like I, you know, amongst other people, I should know how do this and Both (18:34): [crosstalk] Tim (18:37): Well, is that the Spirit, or is that not the Spirit, or how do we name it? And, you know, I think it has to go beyond kind of a feeling. And I certainly believe it does, but I think this is a big question for us right now. How do we name it, and how do we increasingly name it with confidence? Like, I actually think that the Spirit is doing this and we are compelled, it begins to be like a -- almost an ethical issue of whether or not we join in this or not, like we're increasingly convicted. But this is a big opportunity, I think, for our collective spiritual formation. How do we discern it and how do we name it and how do we step into it? And, I think is a really exciting new era for the church when this is becoming more and more of a central question. Tim (19:21): And yet, you know, those were not the primary questions that certainly I, that I was brought up in. And I think they're becoming more and more fundamental. But here's the question: I don't always know. You know, there's scripture, there's intuition, there's the witness of other people. There are some just obvious, you know, ethical realities. But I feel like this is where, you know, the discerning of a community I think is really, really important. So there are different traditions that maybe have accentuated that gift over church history more than not. Quaker brothers and sisters, certainly the kind of global Pentecostal church. Yeah. I think this has been a central theme of different Mennonite traditions for sure. But, so maybe they... Maybe they've got a decade or two on us, but it's not... It's as much art or more art than science. So I don't have a... I don't have a technique for how to do it. I just feel more and more conviction that this is really, really important. Dayle (20:26): Yeah. Yeah. To watch and to look. I'm going to flip around a little bit, kind of jumping around in the chapters of the book, but early on, you -- and this... It's making me think about the questions that people are raising. As we're trying to figure out what's the church going to do, you know, they've been trying to figure out -- how do we be the church in the midst of a pandemic, and now where's it going? And you raised two questions that people often ask about the church. One, which is often debated, is what is the church? Right? And I think that's something the pandemic has made people ask again -- well, what is it, right? If I can't gather, what is the church? But the question that you raise as being maybe more important, or at least that we need to ask both, is what is the church for? Right? And so I'm actually wondering if that might be the more helpful question coming out of the pandemic, which you already raised as sort of the most helpful question that maybe even more so it might even be what you've written. It might even be more helpful to people at this point. Like, what is the church for as we come out, which might help us figure out how to reshape it? Speaker 2 (21:37): I do -- first of all --, I do think the question of "what is the church for" is the slightly more important question now. And maybe always. Where it came from for me is that I am really, you know, geeky about those more philosophical, theological, you could say, even ontological questions about what is the church. Those matter a lot. And tomes and tomes have been written about "what is the church" and there are lots of disagreements, all throughout history. But, I feel like the question that is in the mind of most Christians is not so much, what is the church, whether it's said or unsaid, I think it is far more, what is the church for? I actually think that is most of the reason, or if not most, a significant reason that there has been a pretty significant decline in church, church attendance or church belonging, particularly on younger generations over the last 10, 20, 30, 40 years. Tim (22:41): There are all kinds of reasons for that, of course. But practically, if after a while, you can't with fairly clear language, say what something is for, then it's going to lose your attention. I mean, just on a very practical level, like, we crave clarity and I think there is absolutely no consensus about what the church is for right now, or perhaps even the church is. And as a result, it's just really confusing and maybe that's really good, but I think for lots of everyday Christians, they're just saying, honestly, maybe I grew up with this kind of tradition, and I'm not quite sure about that, but I just don't know what it's for anymore. And so I'm still down with Jesus. My faith still matters to me, but the church it's just, I don't know, you know? And so getting clear on what the church is for and why it matters so much. I think we need to see -- I'm hoping and dreaming and longing for a resurgence of that question being answered, both with words, but also with our lives and where people could see it, like this is what the church is for. And, I just think that's massive. I mean, and to answer it, I think, well, this is also part, this is in the book, but it was a bit of... you know, sometimes when you're like either reading a book, or in this case I was watching a Ted Talk at lunch, but I watched that Ted Talk called Start With Why by Simon Sinek. Some listeners have probably seen this. It became then a book called Start With Why; it's one of the kinds of viral Ted Talks. And he has this really elegant formulation where he says, basically, people don't buy what you're selling, if he's talking to companies. They buy, actually, why you're selling it. Like, the "why" matters more than "what," always. And if you don't get clear on your why, you're never going to be a great business, organization, movement, et cetera. And when I heard that, and then as I've been reflecting on that book, to me, it was a bit of a wake-up call of like -- maybe this is a big part of it, is that we have not been clear about our "why" as a church or arguably got obsessed with our "what," what we do, our programs, our budgets, our buildings, our even distinctives. Here's what makes us so unique. And I don't know if people care that much, but when we say here is why we exist, I think that's really compelling and frankly, more needed now than ever. Like, the local church -- I feel like is more needed now than ever before in these consistently fragmented and polarized times. So yeah, I think it's massive. Dayle (25:35): So you... I mean, you are part of -- founding part of -- a thing called The Parish Collective, and you talk about the parish in the book. And so the word 'parish' means (people will come to that term with some preconceived ideas, right?) Can you explain what you mean by parish and why it's so important for effectively participating in God's work in the world? Tim (25:59): Yeah, well, so I borrowed the definition that we had used in this earlier book called The New Parish. And the definition that we came up with has held pretty well. And it is -- a geographic area that's large enough to live a lot of your life -- so kind of live, work, play -- but small enough to be known as a character within the story of that place. Okay. And so, what we found is that -- and that is not, you know, that's not Rome's definition per se. I don't know that this would be the definition, even from something like the Episcopal church or, you know, Lutheran church, or certainly an Anglican church in England, exactly. But, I feel like it's really, really helpful right now and for a whole number of reasons. But maybe most importantly is that if we're going to ask the question of what God is doing, I feel like we need a context to ask that. We are embodied, created creatures. We have limits, which is actually a gift. Like, you know, when I throw my hand up, doesn't just hit the ceiling. And in the same way that we, as creatures, which have bodies, which have limits, I think that it's a really healthy gift for churches and congregations to begin to wrestle through -- what is a geographic area where we are going to try and limit our attention at some level, so that we can better pay attention, so that we can better be a part of the story of that place, so that we can better be present and become known, become loved, to give -- both give and receive. And, there's a whole host of reasons why I feel like the church, at least in North America has been pretty consistently disembodied and displaced. There's a whole host of reasons for that, but I am seeing a really interesting kind of movement of recovering this idea of -- could we begin down the path of discerning, what is a common kind of broader ecosystem to where we're going to pay attention? Tim (28:17): And that's what's so interesting about it, because it's big enough for a lot of life. It's not just like, okay, lineup the three houses around you, or the three blocks around you. That's purely residential and that's all of it. Well, no, that's probably too small. There's not enough of life that's lived there. And -- but the reverse is true too. If it's just -- we're about the whole city and it's a hundred thousand people or 500,000 people, well, you're probably not going to be able to be known very well there. The giving and receiving that's so critical to the life of a healthy community is going to be really, really difficult. And without that kind of limitation... this is maybe the last thing I'd say -- is it tends to force congregations to try and discern not so much what God is up to in a particular place, but how do we get people to come to our program or our worship service or our building? Tim (29:13): It's a fair question. And even it would be a fair desire, and frankly, I think that's going to get even more complicated with COVID. As people have literally been like tuning in on zoom worship services from all over the world. And frankly, if you're a pastor of a church of say a hundred people, and for whatever reason, now you have 200 people -- because, you know, your friends from college are now... who live in Minnesota and you're in New Jersey and your parents are now, you know, listening to your service. Instead, this is going to be complicated. And frankly, it feels good to move from a hundred people to 200 people. It feels good. And yet, if we think about the big mission of the church of joining in God's reconciling, redeeming mission, those distributed 200 people all over the country are going to have a much harder time actually being a team unless they can figure out how to focus in. Tim (30:11): And so this is a big tension, I think that we're in right now, but I think it's a real gift, the idea of the parish. I think it's not so much a new technique. Like -- oh, here's a new model to try on. I think it's a dare to faithfulness. I think it's a dare to be asking these sometimes scary questions and what God is up to, and I think it's also an invitation to a lot of the innovation that we're longing to see within congregations, because as any artist will tell you, I need some limits. Like if you just said to even students write an essay on whatever you want, as long as you want, you know? Dayle (30:56): Yeah. They have a hard time getting started, right? They need some boundaries, some parameters. Tim (31:01): It's hard, right? Right. If it's not like to talk about, you know, Karl Barth's response to the Holocaust in 500 words, okay, well now we can get going. That's a whole different task. And I think that geographic limitation is a real gift there. And then the other thing is once you're embedded within a given place and to become known as a character, two amazing things happen. One, you find out that your ideas and experiments probably both work and don't work because you get real time feedback. You know? You find out what neighbors actually think of what you're referring to. You skin your knees a little bit. You also are, you know, surprised by the everyday heroes that pop out. The other thing is that once you're, you know, pretty committed to a particular place, you find that any other faith community, any other Christian community, any other folks who are also trying to actually love God and their actual neighborhoods at the same time are just like -- you just wanna hang out with them. It's like, what are you doing? How are you, how are you getting by? What are you doing? Because, it's difficult. It's not an idea; it's real life. And so the pure wisdom and innovation and connection and belonging that can happen from place to place. I think that's really quite powerful as well. Dayle (32:19): Have you seen some of that happen in an area -- seen different congregations working together in ways that maybe in your earlier years, you didn't see them doing quite so much? Tim (32:29): Absolutely. I think it's happening both at the neighborhood level where congregations are beginning to... If we're asking that question, I mean... To be honest, the church question of how do we make our church better is arguably a competitive question because it's like, you know, better than who? Well, these other congregations. If we are asking what is God up to, and how do we join in, that's a big, blue ocean question, and frankly you need as many friends as possible asking that question. And so at the neighborhood level, you find all kinds of collaborative opportunities and frankly it forces differentiation. It forces us to say, well, here's our tradition. Here's the gifts that we bring or here are the assets that we have. We've got a building, you don't have a building, we've got an endowment. You don't have endowment, we've got XYZ. Tim (33:18): I think that's all really healthy. And then from neighborhood to neighborhood, I think it's really powerful because even at the parish or neighborhood level, of course, we all have blind spots. And so, whether that has to do with racial makeup of a neighborhood, whether it has to do with class, whether it has to do with any number of differences, once we're embedded someplace, then I think it's really valuable for us to say, well, how do you see it? What's going on there? I mean, a very dear friend of mine -- who's now our board chair of The Parish Collective -- Jonathan Brooks is in the Southside of Chicago in Englewood. And it's, you know, 98% African-American, he is deeply rooted in the black church experience. I grew up in Wisconsin in a white evangelical, you know, small town -- pretty different places that we grew up. And frankly, South Park is a little bit more like Englewood. We live in pretty different worlds. And yet the things I'm learning from him and he's teaching us is profound and he's got things to learn as well. And so, there are blind spots that we all have, even if we're kind of very embedded within a practice within a place. And so, learning from each other and uncovering that together, I think it's really powerful and needed right now. Dayle (34:39): That's great. So the book is called Everywhere You Look, and it's very, very practical, which is really nice. And you've said that you've written it for everyday people, which I think is why it's so practical. But for the listeners who lead churches and organizations, what piece of advice would you offer to them as we're situated in this unique season of ministry? Anything you can pull from the book that you might reinterpret for today, or just sort of as a last few thoughts. Tim (35:14): Yeah. Two things. One is, there's a section in the book where I kind of borrow from some of the language of asset-based community development, which is a whole philosophy that in some ways contrasts with a more needs-based approach. Yeah. And so I think one profound practice that every pastor, leadership team can be thinking about now is, within our given area of ministry -- and I think that's really powerful, a kind of geographic context as we were just talking about. But I think it's a really great practice to begin to literally map the assets, the associations, the people, the buildings, the restaurants, the small businesses, anything that might have any kind of redemptive hope for that place, because -- pay attention to that and literally creatively writing it down, whether it's in a spreadsheet or a storyboard, or I think that's a really powerful practice to be doing together because as we begin to hopefully come out of this pandemic season, I think having the frame of not so much what's wrong, but, to borrow a phrase from a friend, what's strong is starting off on the right foot. Speaker 2 (36:30): And then, at more of a congregational change level, I think -- and this is more for I'd say clergy -- I would, if possible, begin to identify either one team or a handful of small teams, you know, eight to 10 people probably, and maybe they have a common geography, maybe not, but, if they could begin to do this together and begin to discern some practices and some way of life. I mean, very simple things like maybe they're going to walk around and pray. Maybe they're going to just meet up for prayer and ask God, what are you doing on Tuesday mornings? Maybe they're going to just share what things have been like as, you know, over this past couple of months and begin to chart out God's hopeful future. I think smaller groups that are paying attention well are going to get us where we need to go. Tim (37:24): And so that's already true within lots of congregations, it's already always broken down into smaller groups of 10, 12, 40 people. But I think that's a key leadership opportunity right now for clergy to do that either differently or do it again, is to begin to discern -- okay, again, with the perspective of asset and gift and abundance, who cares about what, what are they doing and how do I help mobilize their longing to seek God's kingdom break forth in this place and how do I be the connective tissue and bring them together and try and get them tools and resources that they can get about it. I think that helps create the momentum that we're all gonna need. Dayle (38:07): Thank you, Tim. New Speaker (38:09): Thank you, Dayle. It's good to be here. Dayle (38:13): You've been listening to The Distillery. Interviews are conducted by me, Dayle Rounds. Sushama (38:17): And me, Sushama Austin-Connor Shari (38:20): And I'm Shari Oosting. Amar (38:22): I'm Amar Peterman and I am in charge of production. New Speaker (38:25): Like what you're hearing? Subscribe at Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or your preferred podcast app. The Distillery is a production of Princeton Theological Seminary's Office of Continuing Education. You can find out more at thedistillery.ptsem.edu. Thanks for listening.  

The War on Titties. Who Killed Tupac, and Wandavision. Will the New Parish Donut Shop Please Stand Up. A CMR Banger.Dan and Trox feel a sigh of relief with LSU Basketball. Why is America so concerned with censoring titties, and nudity in general? Dan gets emotional about the death of two baby chicks. The Great Jambalaya vs. Pastalaya Debate. Trox be hatin on potato salad.

with guest Mike Janz, Food for the Hungry Canada. While never having experienced material poverty himself, Mike's been running into the messiness of poverty his entire life. He's lived in urban centres across Canada, taken trips to Haiti, ran a coffee shop, pastored a church, fundraised for causes — and is constantly faced with knowing what the best response is to poverty. What do you do when what you tried fails? Recommended Resources: https://tinyurl.com/y5n2vrft (Jayber Crow) by Wendell Berry; https://www.amazon.ca/Everywhere-You-Look-Tim-Soerens/dp/0830841563 (Everywhere You Look) by Scott Soerens; https://tinyurl.com/y26qa53g (The New Parish) by Paul Sparks, Dwight Friesen, & Scott Soerens Episode hosted by Shelaine and Eric. Support this podcast

Music: "The King Shall Come When Morning Dawns" Text: CM; Greek; tr. by John Brownlie, 1859-1925, alt. Music: Sixteen Tune Settings, Philadelphia, 1812; Kentucky Harmony, 1816. "Wait For the Lord" © 1984, Les Presses de Taizé, GIA Publications, Inc., agent Contributors: Jacques Berthier, Taizé All music reproduced and streamed with permission from ONE LICENSE, license #A-723939. Musician: Thomas Conroy Celebrant: Fr. Peter Mwanda Homilist: Deacon Frank Szemanski Lector: Thomas Conroy Today's readings (via USCCB): https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/112920.cfm For more information regarding the announcement of our merged parishes, visit our parish website at popsmm.org.

Gutentag welcome to my summary in this episode I discuss a movie that I really enjoyed and also cover a couple of movies that are terrible those reviews are quite hilarious I also tell a little bit about myself rings of Saturn Type O Negative these are bands that influence me Salvador Dali h r Giger these are artists that influenced me I'm very much looking forward to Marvel and Disney's The Avengers Wanda vision also Kat Dennings she's just beautiful. New Parish say the name of the movie that I'm super hot in the biscuit about is Fade to Black it's awesome as always is a comedy podcast intended for the purposes of humor use-it-or-lose-it I'll see you sometime in the future.... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/adrian-lozano/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/adrian-lozano/support

Bobby goes to his first Latin Mass and has some thoughts on the both/and principle of Catholicism.  Also, Katie and Bobby discuss their move to a new parish as well.Show notes:Guidance if attending a Latin Mass for the first time: https://onepeterfive.com/suggestions-for-those-new-to-the-latin-mass/St. John Cantius Church:  https://www.cantius.org/Bobby and Katie's New Parish: https://www.stjohnparish.org/

What is the purpose of the church? Why does it exist and what is on God’s heart as far as its aims? As of the airing of this episode, I have not been part of an in-person gathering of church for more than six months. And then many of the portrayals of church in contemporary media are less than encouraging. The emerging generation has been opting out of the church in large numbers as it is.My guest today, Tim Soerens, has written a book called Everywhere You Look to highlight the gracious opportunity that the times we find ourselves in presents us. In my conversation with Tim today, he shares that the church is on the edge of a new possibility at the very moment so much of it feels like it's falling apart. In his extensive travels in all kinds of neighborhoods, Soerens has seen the beginnings of this movement firsthand. In Everywhere You Look, he lays out practical, actionable steps for building collaborative communities in any neighborhood.He is a pastor, social entrepreneur, and co-founding director of the Parish Collective. In addition to Everywhere You Look, he is also the coauthor of "The New Parish".Connect with Tim on social at:Tim Soerens websiteInstagram @timsoerensTwitter @timsoerensFacebook @tim.soerens

Should all seminarians study in Rome? In this podcast: Fr. Spenser St. Louis shares what it was like to study in Rome. https://bandidos.com http://www.saintmichaelplymouth.org On Facebook Check this out on YouTube  Show notes: https://www.kyleheimann.com/show896 Subscribe to the DAILY Podcast: Apple Podcasts | Android Podcast | Other Android Apps | SoundCloud | Stitcher | RSS | Spotify Subscribe to "Flavor of the Week" Apple Podcasts | Google Podcast | Other Android Apps | Stitcher | RSS | Spotify follow us on social media: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube @KyleHeimannShow Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube @KyleHeimann -This show is a production of Redeemer Radio -Custom music written by Shawn Williams for The Kyle Heimann Show -Licensed via The Sound Cabin Inc.

In this episode, John discusses the new parish guidelines issued by the Vatican's Congregation for Clergy on the role and mission of the Catholic parish. A recent Church-State conflict is occurring in the Philippines after the bishops denounced the current president. There are new developments surrounding the Hagia Sophia, a Catholic basilica turned mosque, and there is pressure on the Pope to speak out. Lastly, there is a new allegation against the ex-priest and cardinal Theodore McCarrick, once again bringing the scandal into the spotlight. Learn more and Join the Institute: https://wordonfire.institute

In a letter to Archbishop Makarios, Reverend Iakovos Syriotis expressed his gratitude for the appointment and spoke highly of his predecessor, Reverend Kostantinos Kostakos. - Σε απαντητική του επιστολή προς τον Αρχιεπίσκοπο κ. Μακάριο, ο Πρεσβύτερος Ιάκωβος Συριώτης εξέφρασε την ευγνωμοσύνη του για τον διορισμό, δηλώνοντας χαρακτηριστικά ότι ο απελθών Πρεσβύτερος Κωνσταντίνος Κωστάκος ήταν, είναι και θα είναι ο βασικός του συνεργάτης, βοηθός και “πατέρας”.

"New Parish - Our Mission" - Homily - Ascension by

What to Do When Nothing’s Normal? In this episode, Fr. John, Nick, and Mary speak primarily to pastors about prayerfully discerning creative ways they can pastor their spiritual children as we enter into a new normal for parish life.

o.k. land is a comedy/conversation/sketch/interview/other show hosted by:ABAS IDRIS - a comedian, writer and storyteller. With a masters in Communication, he explores the nuanced but powerful ways meanings are negotiated between cultural, racial and social differences. Most importantly he puts peanut butter in his oatmeal.Twitter: @theabasidrisAfter leading his first Seder, PHIL SURKIS (pronounced Circus) was inspired to try performing comedy & storytelling. He's a regular on the Solo Sundays series at Stage Werx, and has performed at The Marsh, Starline Social Club, New Parish, and many other spots around the Bay Area. He's also a podcast producer of Kamau Right Now, Politically Re-Active, Feminist Frequency Radio, Dear Prudence, and his own Spice Cabinet.www.philsurkis.comTwitter: @philsurkisTheme music: DJ Crimson - http://www.djcrimson.comTwitter @oklandpodcastInstagram: oklandpodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/oklandpodcast

It's a Rock N Roll Archaeological Dig as Christian sits down with the hot new band out of the Mongolian Steppes, The HU!  Meeting just a few minutes before their Oakland California show in December, the four primary members, who play the traditional instruments and perform the incredible throat singing, Gala, Temka, Jaya and Enkush tell us all about Hunnu culture and how it is infused in all their music, what they like about touring the States and how they are being received in the Western world.  Conducted with their translator Tuga backstage at the New Parish.The HU is a band from Mongolia that blends heavy metal and traditional Mongolian throat singing.  Their first two videos (“Yuve Yuve Yu” and “Wolf Totem”) immediately went viral garnering the band over 30 million views.  The explosive reaction to The HU resulted in a number of features about the band in international media such as NPR, ET India Times, Playboy Mexico, Jack Canal+Fr, Hong Kong 01, DW News Germany and others. If you are a video gamer or Star Wars fan and played the recent Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order game, you would hear a song early on called "Black Thunder" and it's by The HU. The fact that their music is featured in a Star Wars video game is huge - no other real-world music has ever existed in the universe. And since Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is confirmed Star Wars canon, that means that The HU rock band is now also Star Wars canon.The band's name The HU, is the Mongolian root word for human being.  They call their style “Hunnu Rock”…inspired by the Hunnu, an ancient Mongolian empire, known as The Huns in western culture. Some of the band's lyrics include old Mongolian war cries and poetry. Founded in 2016 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia by their producer Dashka, along with the members Gala, Jaya, Temka, and Enkush. The HU combines Rock Music with traditional Mongolian instrumentation like the Morin Khuur (horsehead fiddle), Tovshuur (Mongolian guitar), Tumur Khuur (jaw harp), guttural throating singing and the bombastic bass and drums of rock.  All four members have earned Bachelor's or higher degrees in music and have several years of touring experience throughout Asia and the Pacific Rim.  Since the formation of the band, they've been working on their first album, The Gereg, out now.  The word "Gereg" was used as the first Diplomatic “Passport” by the Mongol empire during the time of Genghis Khan.The album contains nine songs including viral hits “Yuve Yuve Yu” and “Wolf Totem”, and was released on September 13, 2019 via Eleven Seven Music. https://www.thehuofficial.comhttps://open.spotify.com/embed/artist/0b2B3PwcYzQAhuJacmcYgc

It’s a Rock N Roll Archaeological Dig as Christian sits down with the hot new band out of the Mongolian Steppes, The HU!  Meeting just a few minutes before their Oakland California show in December, the four primary members, who play the traditional instruments and perform the incredible throat singing, Gala, Temka, Jaya and Enkush tell us all about Hunnu culture and how it is infused in all their music, what they like about touring the States and how they are being received in the Western world.  Conducted with their translator Tuga backstage at the New Parish. The HU is a band from Mongolia that blends heavy metal and traditional Mongolian throat singing.  Their first two videos (“Yuve Yuve Yu” and “Wolf Totem”) immediately went viral garnering the band over 30 million views.  The explosive reaction to The HU resulted in a number of features about the band in international media such as NPR, ET India Times, Playboy Mexico, Jack Canal+Fr, Hong Kong 01, DW News Germany and others.  If you are a video gamer or Star Wars fan and played the recent Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order game, you would hear a song early on called "Black Thunder" and it's by The HU. The fact that their music is featured in a Star Wars video game is huge - no other real-world music has ever existed in the universe. And since Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is confirmed Star Wars canon, that means that The HU rock band is now also Star Wars canon. The band’s name The HU, is the Mongolian root word for human being.  They call their style “Hunnu Rock”…inspired by the Hunnu, an ancient Mongolian empire, known as The Huns in western culture. Some of the band’s lyrics include old Mongolian war cries and poetry.  Founded in 2016 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia by their producer Dashka, along with the members Gala, Jaya, Temka, and Enkush. The HU combines Rock Music with traditional Mongolian instrumentation like the Morin Khuur (horsehead fiddle), Tovshuur (Mongolian guitar), Tumur Khuur (jaw harp), guttural throating singing and the bombastic bass and drums of rock.  All four members have earned Bachelor’s or higher degrees in music and have several years of touring experience throughout Asia and the Pacific Rim.   Since the formation of the band, they’ve been working on their first album, The Gereg, out now.  The word "Gereg" was used as the first Diplomatic “Passport” by the Mongol empire during the time of Genghis Khan. The album contains nine songs including viral hits “Yuve Yuve Yu” and “Wolf Totem”, and was released on September 13, 2019 via Eleven Seven Music.  https://www.thehuofficial.com https://open.spotify.com/embed/artist/0b2B3PwcYzQAhuJacmcYgc

It’s a Rock N Roll Archaeological Dig as Christian sits down with the hot new band out of the Mongolian Steppes, The HU!  Meeting just a few minutes before their Oakland California show in December, the four primary members, who play the traditional instruments and perform the incredible throat singing, Gala, Temka, Jaya and Enkush tell us all about Hunnu culture and how it is infused in all their music, what they like about touring the States and how they are being received in the Western world.  Conducted with their translator Tuga backstage at the New Parish. The HU is a band from Mongolia that blends heavy metal and traditional Mongolian throat singing.  Their first two videos (“Yuve Yuve Yu” and “Wolf Totem”) immediately went viral garnering the band over 30 million views.  The explosive reaction to The HU resulted in a number of features about the band in international media such as NPR, ET India Times, Playboy Mexico, Jack Canal+Fr, Hong Kong 01, DW News Germany and others.  If you are a video gamer or Star Wars fan and played the recent Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order game, you would hear a song early on called "Black Thunder" and it's by The HU. The fact that their music is featured in a Star Wars video game is huge - no other real-world music has ever existed in the universe. And since Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is confirmed Star Wars canon, that means that The HU rock band is now also Star Wars canon. The band’s name The HU, is the Mongolian root word for human being.  They call their style “Hunnu Rock”…inspired by the Hunnu, an ancient Mongolian empire, known as The Huns in western culture. Some of the band’s lyrics include old Mongolian war cries and poetry.  Founded in 2016 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia by their producer Dashka, along with the members Gala, Jaya, Temka, and Enkush. The HU combines Rock Music with traditional Mongolian instrumentation like the Morin Khuur (horsehead fiddle), Tovshuur (Mongolian guitar), Tumur Khuur (jaw harp), guttural throating singing and the bombastic bass and drums of rock.  All four members have earned Bachelor’s or higher degrees in music and have several years of touring experience throughout Asia and the Pacific Rim.   Since the formation of the band, they’ve been working on their first album, The Gereg, out now.  The word "Gereg" was used as the first Diplomatic “Passport” by the Mongol empire during the time of Genghis Khan. The album contains nine songs including viral hits “Yuve Yuve Yu” and “Wolf Totem”, and was released on September 13, 2019 via Eleven Seven Music.  https://www.thehuofficial.com https://open.spotify.com/embed/artist/0b2B3PwcYzQAhuJacmcYgc

It's a Rock N Roll Archaeological Dig as Christian sits down with the hot new band out of the Mongolian Steppes, The HU!  Meeting just a few minutes before their Oakland California show in December, the four primary members, who play the traditional instruments and perform the incredible throat singing, Gala, Temka, Jaya and Enkush tell us all about Hunnu culture and how it is infused in all their music, what they like about touring the States and how they are being received in the Western world.  Conducted with their translator Tuga backstage at the New Parish.The HU is a band from Mongolia that blends heavy metal and traditional Mongolian throat singing.  Their first two videos (“Yuve Yuve Yu” and “Wolf Totem”) immediately went viral garnering the band over 30 million views.  The explosive reaction to The HU resulted in a number of features about the band in international media such as NPR, ET India Times, Playboy Mexico, Jack Canal+Fr, Hong Kong 01, DW News Germany and others. If you are a video gamer or Star Wars fan and played the recent Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order game, you would hear a song early on called "Black Thunder" and it's by The HU. The fact that their music is featured in a Star Wars video game is huge - no other real-world music has ever existed in the universe. And since Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is confirmed Star Wars canon, that means that The HU rock band is now also Star Wars canon.The band's name The HU, is the Mongolian root word for human being.  They call their style “Hunnu Rock”…inspired by the Hunnu, an ancient Mongolian empire, known as The Huns in western culture. Some of the band's lyrics include old Mongolian war cries and poetry. Founded in 2016 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia by their producer Dashka, along with the members Gala, Jaya, Temka, and Enkush. The HU combines Rock Music with traditional Mongolian instrumentation like the Morin Khuur (horsehead fiddle), Tovshuur (Mongolian guitar), Tumur Khuur (jaw harp), guttural throating singing and the bombastic bass and drums of rock.  All four members have earned Bachelor's or higher degrees in music and have several years of touring experience throughout Asia and the Pacific Rim.  Since the formation of the band, they've been working on their first album, The Gereg, out now.  The word "Gereg" was used as the first Diplomatic “Passport” by the Mongol empire during the time of Genghis Khan.The album contains nine songs including viral hits “Yuve Yuve Yu” and “Wolf Totem”, and was released on September 13, 2019 via Eleven Seven Music. https://www.thehuofficial.comhttps://open.spotify.com/embed/artist/0b2B3PwcYzQAhuJacmcYgc

Welcome to the first episode of The Vine, our new parish podcast, this is Fr. Ninos Oshaana and I'm looking forward to using this new format to keep you informed about our parish as well as offering inspiration and encouragement in your Orthodox faith journey. This podcast will offer a number of different things. For example, some of you receive our daily prayer and bible readings and meditation email. Now it will also be available as a daily episode that you can listen to on this podcast. Other episodes will offer recordings of our small discussion group on the Divine Liturgy, our upcoming bible study and also news and announcements from our parish community. We are always grateful for your donations in support of this program and the church. Click here to make a donation now. With love in Christ, Fr. Ninos --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-vine/message

Ericka Cruz Guevarra joins Phil and Abas in the o.k. land studio for this special dating themed episode. No virgo's were harmed in the making of this episode. o.k. land is a comedy/conversation/sketch/interview/other show hosted by: ABAS IDRIS - a comedian, writer and storyteller. With a masters in Communication, he explores the nuanced but powerful ways meanings are negotiated between cultural, racial and social differences. Most importantly he puts peanut butter in his oatmeal. Twitter: @theabasidris After leading his first Seder, PHIL SURKIS (pronounced Circus) was inspired to try performing comedy & storytelling. He's a regular on the Solo Sundays series at Stage Werx, and has performed at The Marsh, Starline Social Club, New Parish, and many other spots around the Bay Area. He's also a podcast producer of Kamau Right Now, Politically Re-Active, Feminist Frequency Radio, Dear Prudence, and his own Spice Cabinet. www.philsurkis.com Twitter: @philsurkis Theme music: DJ Crimson - http://www.djcrimson.com Twitter @oklandpodcast Instagram: oklandpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oklandpodcast

Deacon Pat shares thoughts and feelings about his new parish assignment and also about Divine Mercy Sunday.

What is church to you? What does church in the neighborhood look like? Whats ABCD or assets based community development? What is social capital? All of these questions and much more will be explored on this episode with guest Tim Soerens of the Parish Collective! Tim Soerens is an author, speaker, social entrepreneur, and co-founding director of the Parish Collective. As co-director of the Parish Collective he convenes ministry leaders, teaches, and consults with organizations seeking human flourishing in particular neighborhoods while also working collaboratively across the city. He is the co-author of The New Parish: How Neighborhood Churches are Transforming Mission, Discipleship, and Community. He is also the co-founding producer of the annual Inhabit Conference and New Parish Conference UK and co-designer and instructor at the Leadership in the New Parish certificate at The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology. As social entrepreneur he is a founding adviser of Impact Hub-Seattle, an innovative co-working space for change makers in both non-profit and business sectors. He also is the curator for place-based innovation for Social Capital Markets the world’s largest gathering of socially motivated investors and entrepreneurs. Most recently, he co-founded Neighborhood Economics, a new venture bringing together pioneering entrepreneurs, ministry leaders, and investors to pursue holistic renewal at the neighborhood level. Tim earned a B.A. in Rhetorical Sciences from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Masters of Divinity from The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology. He lives in the South Park neighborhood of Seattle with his wife Maria-Jose and their son Lukas. For More info: https://parishcollective.org --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/situppodcast/message

Sky the Pilot (aka Sky P) is an emcee/producer from Berkeley, CA. He sat down with us to discuss opening for Curren$y at the New Parish, how Berkeley influenced him, and the recent release of his new music video for "Don't Quote Me" (link below). Twitter & IG: @skythepilot https://soundcloud.com/skythepilot Don't Quote Me (music video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4nUAEKuPqQ

Abas drives, while Phil survives in this unique episode that was recorded while driving along interstate 80. They share thoughts on their recent o.k. land LIVE! show, and delve a bit into the creative process. o.k. land is a comedy/conversation/sketch/interview/other show hosted by: ABAS IDRIS - a comedian, writer and storyteller. With a masters in Communication, he explores the nuanced but powerful ways meanings are negotiated between cultural, racial and social differences. Most importantly he puts peanut butter in his oatmeal. Twitter: @theabasidris After leading his first Seder, PHIL SURKIS (pronounced Circus) was inspired to try performing comedy & storytelling. He's a regular on the Solo Sundays series at Stage Werx, and has performed at The Marsh, Starline Social Club, New Parish, and many other spots around the Bay Area. He's also a podcast producer of Kamau Right Now, Politically Re-Active, Feminist Frequency Radio, Dear Prudence, and his own Spice Cabinet. www.philsurkis.com Twitter: @philsurkis Theme music: DJ Crimson - http://www.djcrimson.com Production Assistance: Taylor Simmons Twitter @oklandpodcast Instagram: oklandpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oklandpodcast

Phil & Abas were joined by comedian Jackie Keliiaa and writer/performer Dara M Wilson for a sold out night at The Octopus Literary Salon in Oakland, California on January 18th, 2019. DJ Crimson was there to offer his commentary through a litany of inappropriate sound effects. o.k. land is a comedy/conversation/sketch/interview/other show hosted by: Connect with Jackie Keliiaa on Instagram: jackiecomedy Twitter: @JackieKeliiaa Connect with Dara M Wilson Instagram: daramwilson Twitter: @DaraMWilson Theme music: DJ Crimson - http://www.djcrimson.com Production Assistance & Live Engineering: Taylor Simmons ABAS IDRIS - a comedian, writer and storyteller. With a masters in Communication, he explores the nuanced but powerful ways meanings are negotiated between cultural, racial and social differences. Most importantly he puts peanut butter in his oatmeal. Twitter: @theabasidris After leading his first Seder, PHIL SURKIS (pronounced Circus) was inspired to try performing comedy & storytelling. He's a regular on the Solo Sundays series at Stage Werx, and has performed at The Marsh, Starline Social Club, New Parish, and many other spots around the Bay Area. He's also a podcast producer of Kamau Right Now, Politically Re-Active, Feminist Frequency Radio, Dear Prudence, and his own Spice Cabinet. www.philsurkis.com Twitter: @philsurkis Twitter @oklandpodcast Instagram: oklandpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oklandpodcast

Comedian/Producer Dara M Wilson stops by o.k. land and chops it up with Phil and Abas. This episode is transitional, accidental, and maybe even transcendental. That is to say, there is real talk contained herein. o.k. land is a comedy/conversation/sketch/interview/other show hosted by: ABAS IDRIS - a comedian, writer and storyteller. With a masters in Communication, he explores the nuanced but powerful ways meanings are negotiated between cultural, racial and social differences. Most importantly he puts peanut butter in his oatmeal. After leading his first Seder, PHIL SURKIS (pronounced Circus) was inspired to try performing comedy & storytelling. He's a regular on the Solo Sundays series at Stage Werx, and has performed at The Marsh, Starline Social Club, New Parish, and many other spots around the Bay Area. He's also a podcast producer of Kamau Right Now, Politically Re-Active, Feminist Frequency Radio, Dear Prudence, and his own Spice Cabinet. More about Phil: http://www.philsurkis.com Twitter: @philsurkis More about Dara M Wilson: http://www.daramwilson.com Theme music: DJ Crimson - http://www.djcrimson.com Production Assistance: Taylor Simmons Twitter @oklandpodcast Instagram: oklandpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oklandpodcast

Abas and Phil reflect on their live show at Feelmore Adult Gallery. Plus, voting, haircuts, dogs, cats, and the first vegan in space. o.k. land is a comedy/conversation/sketch/interview/other show hosted by: ABAS IDRIS - a comedian, writer and storyteller. With a masters in Communication, he explores the nuanced but powerful ways meanings are negotiated between cultural, racial and social differences. Most importantly he puts peanut butter in his oatmeal. After leading his first Seder, PHIL SURKIS (pronounced Circus) was inspired to try performing comedy & storytelling. He's a regular on the Solo Sundays series at Stage Werx, and has performed at The Marsh, Starline Social Club, New Parish, and many other spots around the Bay Area. He's also a podcast producer of Kamau Right Now, Politically Re-Active, Feminist Frequency Radio, Dear Prudence, and his own Spice Cabinet. More about Phil: http://www.philsurkis.com Twitter: @philsurkis Theme music: DJ Crimson - http://www.djcrimson.com Production Assistance: Taylor Simmons Twitter @oklandpodcast Instagram: oklandpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oklandpodcast

o. k. land enters it's second season, meaning fall. Abas has issues with the geese of Lake Merritt, while Phil vehemently defends their gentle nature. Plus, two comedians get emotional. Rounding out the show is another edition of Micro-Aggression Theater. o.k. land is a comedy/conversation/sketch/interview/other show hosted by: ABAS IDRIS - a comedian, writer and storyteller. With a masters in Communication, he explores the nuanced but powerful ways meanings are negotiated between cultural, racial and social differences. Most importantly he puts peanut butter in his oatmeal. After leading his first Seder, PHIL SURKIS (pronounced Circus) was inspired to try performing comedy & storytelling. He's a regular on the Solo Sundays series at Stage Werx, and has performed at The Marsh, Starline Social Club, New Parish, and many other spots around the Bay Area. He's also a podcast producer of Kamau Right Now, Politically Re-Active, Feminist Frequency Radio, Dear Prudence, and his own Spice Cabinet. More about Phil: http://www.philsurkis.com Twitter: @philsurkis Theme music: DJ Crimson - http://www.djcrimson.com Twitter @oklandpodcast Instagram: oklandpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oklandpodcast

Phil and Abas reveal their showbiz origins. Abas attends a storytelling summit, and Phil has a grooming mishap. Also, a sketch from the o.k. land players. o.k. land is a comedy/conversation/sketch/interview/other show hosted by: ABAS IDRIS - a comedian, writer and storyteller. With a masters in Communication, he explores the nuanced but powerful ways meanings are negotiated between cultural, racial and social differences. Most importantly he puts peanut butter in his oatmeal. After leading his first Seder, PHIL SURKIS (pronounced Circus) was inspired to try performing comedy & storytelling. He's a regular on the Solo Sundays series at Stage Werx, and has performed at The Marsh, Starline Social Club, New Parish, and many other spots around the Bay Area. He's also a podcast producer of Kamau Right Now, Politically Re-Active, Feminist Frequency Radio, Dear Prudence, and his own Spice Cabinet. More about Phil: http://www.philsurkis.com Twitter: @philsurkis Theme music: DJ Crimson - http://www.djcrimson.com Twitter @oklandpodcast Instagram: ok_land_podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oklandpodcast

Phil can't believe his ears and eyes in the check-out line at Target, and Abas hears the truth about Abas from his mom. o.k. land is a comedy/conversation/sketch/interview/other show hosted by: ABAS IDRIS - a comedian, writer and storyteller. With a masters in Communication, he explores the nuanced but powerful ways meanings are negotiated between cultural, racial and social differences. Most importantly he puts peanut butter in his oatmeal. After leading his first Seder, PHIL SURKIS (pronounced Circus) was inspired to try performing comedy & storytelling. He's a regular on the Solo Sundays series at Stage Werx, and has performed at The Marsh, Starline Social Club, New Parish, and many other spots around the Bay Area. He's also a podcast producer of Kamau Right Now, Politically Re-Active, Feminist Frequency Radio, Dear Prudence, and his own Spice Cabinet. More about Phil: http://www.philsurkis.com Twitter: @philsurkis Theme music: DJ Crimson - http://www.djcrimson.com Twitter @oklandpodcast Instagram: ok_land_podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oklandpodcast

Abas and Phil celebrate their idiosyncrasies in this mini bonus episode by blaming their weirdness on an astrological sign. All signs are welcome to take part in this comical and considerate conversation. o.k. land is a sketch/conversation/comedy/interview and other show hosted by: ABAS IDRIS - a comedian, writer and storyteller. With a masters in Communication, he explores the nuanced but powerful ways meanings are negotiated between cultural, racial and social differences. Most importantly he puts peanut butter in his oatmeal. After leading his first Seder, PHIL SURKIS (pronounced Circus) was inspired to join the world of comedy & storytelling. He's a regular on the Solo Sundays series at Stage Werx, and has performed at The Marsh, Starline Social Club, New Parish, and many other spots around the Bay Area. He's also a podcast producer of Kamau Right Now, Politically Re-Active, Feminist Frequency Radio, Dear Prudence, and his own Spice Cabinet. More about Phil: http://www.philsurkis.com Twitter: @philsurkis Theme music: DJ Crimson - http://www.djcrimson.com Twitter @oklandpodcast Instagram: ok_land_podcast

Episode 2 of o.k land finds Abas taking on a large home project with some help from his friends. Phil has a food obsession, and he's wondering if there's anything wrong with that. o.k. land is a sketch/conversation/comedy and other show hosted by: ABAS IDRIS - a comedian, writer and storyteller. With a masters in Communication, he explores the nuanced but powerful ways meanings are negotiated between cultural, racial and social differences. Most importantly he puts peanut butter in his oatmeal. After leading his first Seder, PHIL SURKIS (pronounced Circus) was inspired to try performing comedy & storytelling. He's a regular on the Solo Sundays series at Stage Werx, and has performed at The Marsh, Starline Social Club, New Parish, and many other spots around the Bay Area. He's also a podcast producer of Kamau Right Now, Politically Re-Active, Feminist Frequency Radio, Dear Prudence, and his own Spice Cabinet. More about Phil: http://www.philsurkis.com Twitter: @philsurkis Theme music: DJ Crimson - http://www.djcrimson.com o.k. land on Twitter @oklandpodcast

There's this cliche, that all therapists want to do is make you talk about the past. Even though I often reassure new clients that I won't make them talk about anything they don't want to, it's not untrue - a lot of us do want to know about your past. Because the past is never actually in the past and the present and the future are intricately tied to it. But like any historical research, piecing our own pasts together is both vital to self-understanding and fraught. And our understanding of history changes with who we are in the present. / Credits / Producer: Lily Sloane (www.lilymakessound.com) Story Editor: Emily Shaw (www.emilyshawcreates.com) Original Music & Sound Design: Lily Sloane Additional Music: "Colocate" by Poddington Bear and the original theme to The Jedediaries by Marshall York Find The Jedediaries at www.thejedediaries.com or wherever you listen to podcasts. Thank you Josey Baker, Torrey Paquette, and Ada and Linden for lending your voices to this story and Mat Stevens for helping me interview Jed. Clips from Mortified were recorded at the New Parish in Oakland, California March 10, 2018. I highly recommend the Mortified TV series on Netflix, the podcast, and live shows. www.getmortified.com Become a patron of the show at www.patreon.com/atherapistwalksintoabar.

A new witness who has come forward claims Oakland's New Parish nightclub owner Jason Perkins is the man who threatened to assault and burn people living in a homeless tent encampment in fliers anonymously distributed on Duboce Street in February.This witness, a former employee of Perkins, provided me with text message exchanges seemingly showing Perkins bragging about news coverage of his threatening fliers, which the witness claims Perkins himself taped to homeless people’s tents. In those text messages, Perkins also admits to brandishing a gun at a homeless man. That homeless man claimed he chased Perkins with a bat because Perkins had just pepper-sprayed him in the face. The former employee also claims Perkins asked him to recruit his friends to beat the homeless people after sundown.Perkins is prominent in the local music scene as he owns the venue Brick and Mortar Music Hall, and until he sold his shares a few days ago also owned the venue New Parish in Oakland.In February, the San Francisco Examiner was first to report a rash of fliers that were posted on homeless people’s tents along a skate park in South of Market, across the street from Brick and Mortar.“ATTN JUNKIE MOTHER FUCKERS … WE are SICK of watching you leave needles in our park, shitting in our park and STEALING AND THIEVING from children and innocent people in the Park,” the fliers left on tents on Feb. 9 read, which continued “IF YOU ARE STILL HERE AFTER DARK TONIGHT, the hunters will become the hunted. We will pound you, burn you, beat you, and fuck you up if you are within a 100 yards of this park starting after sun down tonight.”

A new witness who has come forward claims Oakland's New Parish nightclub owner Jason Perkins is the man who threatened to assault and burn people living in a homeless tent encampment in fliers anonymously distributed on Duboce Street in February.This witness, a former employee of Perkins, provided me with text message exchanges seemingly showing Perkins bragging about news coverage of his threatening fliers, which the witness claims Perkins himself taped to homeless people’s tents. In those text messages, Perkins also admits to brandishing a gun at a homeless man. That homeless man claimed he chased Perkins with a bat because Perkins had just pepper-sprayed him in the face. The former employee also claims Perkins asked him to recruit his friends to beat the homeless people after sundown.Perkins is prominent in the local music scene as he owns the venue Brick and Mortar Music Hall, and until he sold his shares a few days ago also owned the venue New Parish in Oakland.In February, the San Francisco Examiner was first to report a rash of fliers that were posted on homeless people’s tents along a skate park in South of Market, across the street from Brick and Mortar.“ATTN JUNKIE MOTHER FUCKERS … WE are SICK of watching you leave needles in our park, shitting in our park and STEALING AND THIEVING from children and innocent people in the Park,” the fliers left on tents on Feb. 9 read, which continued “IF YOU ARE STILL HERE AFTER DARK TONIGHT, the hunters will become the hunted. We will pound you, burn you, beat you, and fuck you up if you are within a 100 yards of this park starting after sun down tonight.”

Alice Wong with the Disability Visibility ProjectTonight, during Women's History Month, we're exploring disability: We talk with Alice Wong, founder of the Disability Visibility Project, and hear some excerpts from its tremendous collection of oral histories – stories told from the lived experiences of folks from the disability community. We talk with Carina Ho, a dancer paralyzed from her chest down, who continues dancing in her wheelchair for AXIS Dance Company. And we hear from Claire Light, a writer with an invisible disability: chronic fatigue syndrome. Tonight's show includes guest producers Geraldine Ah-Sue and Lindsay Oda. Community Alert: Last week, 7 Minnesotan Khmer families, who were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) this past summer, were abruptly transferred to a detention center in Arizona and are scheduled to be deported to Cambodia at the end of this month. One of them has a Stay of Removal and others have pending applications. They are currently held at the Florence State Processing Center in Arizona and could be flown away by the end of the week. Please join us on Thursday 3/23 at noon to collectively call our congress person and senators to DEMAND that these individuals are release, as well as immediately flown back to Minnesota for due process. We also want to demand that our senators and congress person haul all deportation in ALL community. Here is a script that you can use while calling: https://tinyurl.com/releasemn8 Find your US Senators: https://www.senate.gov/senators/contact/ Congressional District Reps: http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/ While you are calling on Thursday, please use the hashtag #releaseMN8 and #not1more Community Calendar On Saturday, the New Parish in Oakland will be hosting SOFT FADE – A Queer Pop-Up Barbershop Fundraiser for Trans Youth. They'll be dancing and cutting hair all afternoon, 3 to 7 p.m! This is a 21+ event. All proceeds go to Trans Lifeline and The Time is Now: LGBTQ Youth Summit. So get your fade on and support our queer family near and far! The post APEX Express Women and Disability appeared first on KPFA.

Tim Soerens joins me to share the story of how he became captivated by this whole neighborhood church thing, and to talk about churches joining God in the neighborhood, the relationship between movements and institutions, neighborhood economics, and golfing with duct tape golf balls. Tim is co-author of The New Parish, co-founding director of the Parish Collective, and curates the Inhabit Conference, the New Parish Conference (UK), the Conspire Gathering, SOCAP, and Neighborhood Economics. Check out:  The New Parish: How Neighborhood Churches Are Transforming Mission, Discipleship, & Community by Paul Sparks, Tim Soerens, and Dwight J. Friesen Inhabit Conference. Seattle, WA. April 15-16. Conspire Gathering. Cincinnati, OH. May 3-5. The Lean Startup by Eric Ries Available on iTunes at www.replacingchurch.org/itunes! Please leave a review at www.replacingchurch.org/review!

The church is integrating... People everywhere are waking up to the presence and activity of God in all aspects of their lives: in the places they live, work, and play. In this episode, the third of a four part series on the idea of RePlacing church, I talk about adjectival modifiers, Bowe Bergdahl, and Jacob’s ladder as I explore how this integration is impacting conventional and institutional church, inspired by Jesus the Integrator, and expressing itself in neighborhoods, workplaces, and third places. You can now Subscribe to the RePLACING CHURCH Podcast on iTunes!  Please leave a review, give it some stars, and share it with a friend! Resources: “The Innovating Church” (RePlacing Church, 2 of 4) “The Scattering Church” (RePlacing Church, 1 of 4) The New Parish by Paul Sparks, Tim Soerens, and Dwight Friesen "How We Gather" by Angie Thurston and Casper ter Kuile Joining God, Remaking Church, Changing the World by Alan Roxburgh

There's a new wave of chopped, stretched, bass soaked remixes coming out -- twists on old icon's old classics by new house producers that feature just enough of the original to make me smile, but enough new production to feel fresh. This mix = a bunch of that, plus some other stuff that I found hanging out on my hard drive the week before last, when Space Cowboys dropped by The New Parish for a party we called Oakland Proper. Enjoy! 8b