Podcasts about Plymouth Congregational Church

A Pew Research study finds that 34 percent of U.S. adults who listen to podcasts say they regularly listen true crime podcasts. A Minnesota-made podcast is taking that genre in a different direction. Minnesota high school debate coach and wedding photographer Celisia Stanton noticed many wildly popular true crime podcasts seemed to ignore some of the systemic issues plaguing the criminal justice system, mainly when it's related to race. Stanton learned firsthand what the “justice” in “criminal justice” really meant when, in the middle of the pandemic she became the victim of a huge financial scheme that defrauded her of tens of thousands of dollars. Her podcast, “Truer Crime” aims to tackle some of the systemic issues related to race, victims and sexuality in the criminal justice system. The second season launched on Monday. Stanton joined Minnesota Now to talk about the podcast's success and the season two launch party, which is 7 p.m. on Thursday at Plymouth Congregational Church in Minneapolis.

A Pew Research study finds that 34 percent of U.S. adults who listen to podcasts say they regularly listen true crime podcasts. A Minnesota-made podcast is taking that genre in a different direction. Minnesota high school debate coach and wedding photographer Celisia Stanton noticed many wildly popular true crime podcasts seemed to ignore some of the systemic issues plaguing the criminal justice system, mainly when it's related to race. Stanton learned firsthand what the “justice” in “criminal justice” really meant when, in the middle of the pandemic she became the victim of a huge financial scheme that defrauded her of tens of thousands of dollars. Her podcast, “Truer Crime” aims to tackle some of the systemic issues related to race, victims and sexuality in the criminal justice system. The second season launched on Monday. Stanton joined Minnesota Now to talk about the podcast's success and the season two launch party, which is 7 p.m. on Thursday at Plymouth Congregational Church in Minneapolis.

Join us for Podcasting “From Below”, a celebration of storytelling, justice, and connection! This FREE, live event marks the highly anticipated launch of Truer Crime Season 2 and the debut of Good Judy Productions, a new Minneapolis-based podcast studio dedicated to amplifying unheard voices.

With the 2024 election and the fate of the nation still hanging precariously in the balance, the 2025 city election season has already begun. This is my conversation with Rev. Dr. DeWayne Davis as he embarks on his mayoral campaign (recorded Oct 23, 2024). Davis is the lead minister at Plymouth Congregational Church in the Steven's Square neighborhood; served as co-chair of Mayor Frey's Community Safety Work Group in 2021; is a former congressional staffer; and served as chaplain of the MN State Senate. Watch: https://youtube.com/wedgelive Join the conversation: https://twitter.com/wedgelive Support the show: https://patreon.com/wedgelive Wedge LIVE theme song by Anthony Kasper x LaFontsee

Join Rev. Je and FUS member Dara Strickland at Assembly for a kitchen table discussion about how the rituals of hospitality transform the utilitarian into the affirmingly humanist. We will be updating the Society on the evolving work at the Second Sunday meal at Plymouth Congregational Church and exploring additional ways FUS members can connect… Read More »Setting, Serving, and Sitting at the Humanist Table The post Setting, Serving, and Sitting at the Humanist Table appeared first on First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis.

Michelle Wegler of Duluth recommends seeing the exhibit of fellow plein air painter Cheryl LeClaire-Sommer. Her current show, “Scents to Scenes: A Project Space Exhibition” consists of oil paintings of landscapes inspired by scent. LeClaire-Sommer used essential oils to inspire her choice of location for each painting. Balsam or cedar scents, for example, might lead her to paint a cedar grove. The oil paintings, created from locations across Minnesota specifically for this show, range from 8x10 to larger pieces, which she finished in-studio. Both the studies and larger pieces are on view, along with the essential oils that inspired each project. Wegler says that you stop and look at a painting in a new way after sniffing the accompanying oil. (Saturday, March 2 is a scent-free day from noon to 4.) Her work is on view at the Kohlman & Reeb Gallery in northeast Minneapolis through March 23, with an artist talk on March 7 at 7 p.m.  LeClaire-Sommer also has an exhibit at the Plein Air Collective at the Bell Museum in Roseville through May 26. Singer/songwriter/troubadour Larry Long of Minneapolis recommends “DO NOT FORGET US: Poets, Writers, Musicians Against the War (s) on the Earth.” The event was organized by poet James Lenfestey and is described as “a remembrance in words and music of the victims of wars on the creatures of Mother Earth, and of the activist legacy of Robert and Ruth Bly.”Participants will include James Armstrong, an award-winning poet and naturalist from Winona; Sarina Partridge, a community song circle leader; and soul singer Robert Robinson, among many others. There will also be a special presentation of poems by Robert Bly.The event will take place Thursday at the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis at 7 p.m. Jeanne Farrar of Minneapolis has seen several shows by The Gilbert & Sullivan Very Light Opera Company in Minneapolis, and she's looking forward to seeing “Utopia, Limited; or, The Flowers of Progress” this month. One of Gilbert and Sullivan's lesser-known works, the operetta is a political satire. A British ship has arrived at the remote island “Utopia,” and its king has earnestly undertaken to emulate all things British. His Cambridge-educated daughter has just returned and is trying to help her father reform the nation's government. Meanwhile, the king's unscrupulous wise men are out to enrich themselves. As the characters and situation grow increasingly absurd, the show serves up its satirical bite with a dose of sweetness with its loveable — or at least laughable — characters. Farrar notes that Gilbert and Sullivan “are really good at making fun of pretentious manners and mores, incompetence in powerful positions and the slavish adherence to a rule or philosophy to the point of absurd.” The company has revised “Utopia, Limited” for a modern audience; read more about those efforts here.  Performances will be at the Conn Theater at Plymouth Congregational Church in Minneapolis March 1 – 24. 

Philip Brunelle has done it all. Currently, he's the founder and artistic director of VocalEssence. VocalEssence is based at the Plymouth Congregational Church in Minneapolis. Brunelle has led the choir for 55 years. A former member of VocalEssence once wrote, in addition to his choral work, he is often “simultaneously employed as a church musician, organist, opera conductor, and orchestral musician and conductor.”MPR's senior economics contributor Chris Farrell recently met with the 80-year-old Brunelle. Farrell shares highlights of the conversation with MPR News host Cathy Wurzer.Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation. Subscribe to the Minnesota Now podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.   We attempt to make transcripts for Minnesota Now available the next business day after a broadcast. When ready they will appear here.

Plymouth Congregational Church is doing cool things, and we want to highlight Youth For Change - an important ministry led by Plymouth's youth. Check it out, and then listen to the end for a promo of our upcoming season which will drop at the end of January 2024!

Laurie Beth Fitz and Rick Bernardo join Rev. Randy Mayer from The Good Shepherd UCC near the Arizona-Mexico border—along with Plymouth Congregational Church of Mpls’s Betsy Cussler and Rev. Seth Patterson (Minister for Justice & the Arts)—for part 2 of: “Love Thy Neighbor: Forging connections in our disconnected Americas.” After our week in February visiting…

Hosts Laurie Beth Fitz and Rick Bernardo join Reverend Doctor Delle McCormick from near the Arizona-Mexico border, along with Plymouth Congregational Church’s Nancy Lee and John Humphrey for: “Love Thy Neighbor: Forging connections in our disconnected Americas.” After a week visiting people and places along this border, we share our concerns, care, and commitments surrounding people…

Members of Local 58 American Federation of Musicians in Fort Wayne Indiana ON STRIKE 12/2022. In this episode we hear from the chair of the Local 58 AFM as to why they are on Strike. We review the past actions of the FW Phil management and their Anti Worker tactics to reduce the size of the Orchestra and wages in NE Indiana. This fight is just heating up. The FW Phil cancels Holiday Pops on 12/9 & 12/10/2022. The AFM Local 58 Musicians play for Free in Plymouth Congregational Church to a Standing Room Only Crowd on 12/10/2022. They also provided Chamber Ensemble shows for Free on 12/11/22. The Disrespect shown to these talented Musicians is an Unfair Labor Practice by the FW Phil board and management. Please follow the highlighted links to send an email to the FW Phil and complain about this mistreatment and disregard for these hard working Union Members Rights. Learn more about our AFM Local 58 Musicians at www.FWMusicians.com On Facebook they are Musicians of the FW Phil   More information and interviews will be available in the days and weeks ahead. As always yo can find us at www.MyLaborradio.org or on Twitter @mgevaart and on Facebook we are My Labor Radio 

Philip dives into the work involved in planning not one, but two seasons: His 54th as Organist and Choir Master at Plymouth Congregational Church in Minneapolis, and the 54th season of VocalEssence. As Philip notes, "People love challenges in choral music" and both seasons deliver. We discuss the business of being a music director in these two seasons, and the efforts required to get them ready for launch. Then we talk through details behind the six major concerts in VE's 54th year.

I haven't talked a lot about my religious foundations, which come straight out of the American Colonial period, because... well, it's complicated, right? So grateful to Nina Jonson for joining me to talk about Christianity in 2022 and how the church reconciles its role in racism, xenophobia, and colonialism with "loving everyone."Nina Jonson is the Director of Children and Youth Ministry at Plymouth Congregational Church in Minneapolis, the church her family has attended for generations. There is little she loves more than supporting children and young people, and all her employment history—from bee educator at an apple orchard, to traveling sex ed teacher for a clinic—has focused on empowering youth. She is currently also the president of the middle school PTO, a Girl Scout troop leader, and a very part-time bakery waitress. In her spare time she loves doing anything with her family, dancing, and being in community theater.Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/nina.jonson.5Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/discofairy66/Plymouth Churchwww.plymouth.org

Rev. Quinn Caldwell is currently a stay-at-home papa and theological reflector in upstate NY where he lives on a farm and raises fainting goats with his husband and two children. Prior to turning to full-time husbandry of all kinds, he was pastor of Plymouth Congregational Church in Syracuse NY and before that served at Old South Church in Boston. Quinn is a member (with Molly) of the UCC Still Speaking Writers Group and regular contributor to their Daily Devotionals series. He is also author of All I Really Want: Readings for a Modern Christmas (Abington Press; 2014). And he and Molly put together a yearly Advent Calendar for families to help put some holi back in the holidays. We are so excited to welcome Quinn as our inaugural guest on Your Parenting is Showing! Join us to share in his wisdom on parenting kids of both the goat and human variety, on the true meaning of Christmas and how it epitomizes 2020, and on how handy it is to have been a cloth diapering family in a pandemic.

For our show this week, we are hearing from Reverend Graylan Hagler, Pastor at Washington DC’s Plymouth Congregational Church. Hagler is an activist and advocate for racial justice. He was a guest earlier this month for a conversation with the Indiana Center for Middle East Peace and after the killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis, Hagler spoke for an interview via Zoom about systemic racism and police brutality. Special thanks to Michael Spath and Terry Dougherty for making this program possible. Our music is by Mark Waldick, Noah Campodonico and Kurt Roembke. Our web producer is Loyal Vandenburg. Our production assistants are Monica Blankenship and Mikaela Veltum. This episode was edited by Keegan Lee.

Reverend Graylen Scott Hagler, Co-chair of the Washington DC chapter of the Poor People's Campaign, and Senior Minister of Plymouth Congregational Church in Washington, DC discuss the "Poor Peoples Campaign," initially formed by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and its relevancy to the Association for the Study of African American Life and History's 2020 Black History Month theme: African Americans and the Vote. As we celebrate Black History Month, and focus on the different issues surrounding the importance of African Americans and the Vote, we are reminded of the need for the Poor Peoples Campaign, and the need to keep the issues of the campaign at the forefront of the political platform. Rev. Hagler, a co-chair the Washington, DC Chapter of the Campaign discusses the continued need for a campaign that represents the concerns of those who are without voice. Rev. Hagler has been deeply involved in civil rights activities from the beginning of his ministry up to the present. He is a graduate of Oberlin College, an institution that played an integral part in the Civil War and was part of the Underground Railroad. He attended the Chicago Theological Seminary during a time when the city was in serious upheaval. From Chicago, to Boston, to Washington, D.C. he has spoken truth to power in the great tradition of Old Testament Prophets, of Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth, Martin Luther King, Jr. and The Rev. William Barber of the Poor Peoples' Campaign. He has protested injustices against blacks and Latinos, confronted corporations on hiring practices, and challenged local governments' systemic injustices, including those of police departments. Rev. Hagler has marched, organized coalitions, and been arrested, all the while continuing to be a voice of distributive justice and compassion in the rich and progressive tradition of non-violence.

Plymouth Congregational Church sings "All Glory, Laud and Honor" on Palm Sunday 2019.

Rev. Joe preaches that encountering is not flashy and supernatural -- it's not angels dressed in white or fog machines and laser shows. Jesus is among the living, found in our heart and our relationships with others, and is often revealed to us in subtle ways. Preached Easter 2019 at Plymouth Congregational Church in Belmont.

Reverend Graylen Scott Hagler, co-chair of the Washington DC chapter of the Poor People's Campaign, and senior minister of Plymouth Congregational Church in Washngton, DC is interviewed by Vernon Oakes. Vernon and Rev. Hagler discuss the similarities between the Poor People's Campaign and the cooperative movement. They also discuss the history of the Poor Peoples Campaign, how people can become involved in the movement, "Jammin for Justice," "the Bacon Revolt," his arrest for praying on the steps of the Supreme Court on the day that the Court ruled to allow Ohio to purge voters from its voter roles, and how "The People are the Revolution of tomorrow".

In this episode, Philip walks us through his methodology for preparing a Christmas music season — starting with his first at Plymouth Congregational Church in Minneapolis in 1968. We discuss programming, rehearsing, and then focus on the topic of carols. Philip talks about the history, structure and nuances of effective Christmas carols. We end with a review of the winners in this 20th year of VocalEssence's holiday carol contest.

Special Thanksgiving edition of Belmont Journal, Belmont MA weekly news program about faith and tolerance with Farah Abbas, Founder of Belmont Muslim Friends, Jennifer Hoyda, member of the Belmont Baha'i Community, Janet Sand, member of Beth El Temple Center and Rev. Joe Zarro, pastor of Plymouth Congregational Church and president of Belmont Religious Council

Way back in 1969 a 25-year old Philip Brunelle was hired as organist and choirmaster at Plymouth Congregational Church in Minneapolis, while still serving as percussionist and pianist for the Minnesota Orchestra. Clearly, he wasn't busy enough. Because in that same year, Philip founded the Plymouth Music Series of Minnesota which later became VocalEssence (http://vocalessence.org). In this episode we go back in time to understand the organization's founding stories -- the motivations and challenges Philip faced, as well as his inspirations. We talk about how Philip met Aaron Copland (it involves sitting between Leonard Bernstein and Copland) then later inviting Copland to Minneapolis to conduct his choral work. We talk about the systems and attitudes necessary to sustain decade upon decade of inventive musical programming, financial stability and audience engagement. And we talk about what's in store for VocalEssence's 50th season, as well as the next 50 years. If there's a founder's story, this is it. This episode also features three numbers from VocalEssence's 1990 Virgin Classics recording of Aaron Copland's opera The Tender Land. Act 1 - Two Little Bits Of Metal Act 2 - Stomp Your Foot Upon The Floor Act 1 - The Promise Of Living

The Plymouth Congregational Church in Belmont's choir sings "He Never Failed Me Yet" with Soloist Lyndsay McCaffery. The score was arranged by Robert Ray.

In this first of three related episodes, Philip begins a conversation on Improvisation. After checking in on recent adventures with the IFCM in Barcelona, Spain and Kaili, China, Philip dives in—discussing improv training, perspectives and experiences in the classical, church and operatic realms. He touches on French organist training, Handel’s oratorios, Baroque ornamentation and Bel Canto, as well as music theory and the importance of understanding Inventions, Sonata Form, Fugue form, etc. Philip talks about a legendary improvisation experience taking over the piano chair for Arthur Kleiner to support a five hour silent film - Abel Gance’s Napoleon - at the Walker Art Center. He digs into the preparation and live improvisations created for Minnesota Opera’s “Newest Opera in the World” as well as frequent and varied types of improvisations on A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor and his infamous weekly organ improvisations during Sunday services at Plymouth Congregational Church in Minneapolis.

Episode 02 is the first of several episodes focusing specifically on choral direction and the job of being a choir director. We open with a brief review of Philip’s choral directing schedule in the month of June 2016, traveling from South Korea to Sweden; followed by a discussion of how and why Philip became a choir director. Then we dive into the job description, the “101" of Being a Choir Director. Philip talks about why choirs and singing matter today, the essential need for a steady pulse, the differences in conducting singers versus instrumentalists, diction, rehearsal techniques, mixing voice types in a choir, as well as giving answers to questions from composer Dominick Argento and others. Philip also offers a few choral directing tips learned from Robert Shaw and over 50 years of conducting singers around the world. If you’ve got questions for Philip about choral conducting or music in general, please send them to us: renaissancemanpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com. And thanks so much for listening! Music excerpts in the podcast include (in order of appearance): "Quartet Of Swedes - Swedish Born And Swedish Bred" by Benjamin Britten, performed by The Plymouth Music Series (now VocalEssence) from Britten’s opera Paul Bunyan conducted by Philip Brunelle for via Virgin Classics (1987) "Deo Dicamus Gratias" sung by the Plymouth Congregational Church choir off the album Praise And Thanksgiving: Music And Spoken Word, conducted by Philip Brunelle (2006) "Tocotta In F Major" for organ by Charles-Marie Widor, performed by Philip Brunelle off the album Make A Joyful Noise (1998) "Riksdagsmusiken In D Major - Riksdagsmarsch” by Joseph Martin Kraus, performed by the Orchestra of The Royal Swedish Opera conducted by Philip Brunelle (1996) "Zuni Sunrise Song" by Anonymous/Brent Michael Davids, performed by VocalEssence Ensemble Singers and conducted by Philip Brunelle off the album The World Beloved - A Bluegrass Mass (2010) "Since The Birth Of The Earth” by Benjamin Britten, performed by The Plymouth Music Series (now VocalEssence) from Britten's opera Paul Bunyan conducted by Philip Brunelle for via Virgin Classics (1987) "Quartet Of Swedes - Swedish Born And Swedish Bred" by Benjamin Britten, performed by The Plymouth Music Series (now VocalEssence) from Britten’s opera Paul Bunyan conducted by Philip Brunelle for via Virgin Classics (1987) "The Mask (text G. Gwendolyn) - The Mask_ No. 2. Heritage” by William Bolcom/Gwendolyn Bennett, performed by VocalEssence Ensemble Singers and conducted by Philip Brunelle off the album The World Beloved - A Bluegrass Mass (2010)

The ascendancy of the Cleveland Cavaliers and LeBron James to the top of the mountain has captivated hoop fans everywhere, including us. First, Dave Zirin sings the praises of LeBron and the Cavs, and then speaks with Cyd Zeigler, founder of the website Outsports and author of the new book ‘Fair Play: How LGBT Athletes Are Claiming Their Rightful Place in Sports’ about how the sports world responded to the massacre of LGBT people in Orlando. Finally, we take it to church…seriously…with a recording of Dave’s Father’s Day sermon, as delivered to Plymouth Congregational Church in DC on "Muhammad Ali, Orlando, and the Light of Understanding."Cyd Zeigler: https://twitter.com/CydZeiglerFair Play: How LGBT Athletes Are Claiming Their Rightful Place in Sportshttp://www.akashicbooks.com/catalog/fair-play/Outsportshttp://www.outsports.com/ | https://twitter.com/outsportsPlymouth Congregational United Church of Christ. Rev. Graylan Scott Hagler http://www.plymouth-ucc.org/ | Zirin Sermon: https://www.spreaker.com/user/plymouthucc-washingtondc/dave-zirin-m-ali-orlando-the-light-of-unMusic & LeBron mix by Jason St. Clair https://fb.com/jason.stclair.58Intro Music: ‘The Ruler’s Back’ (Instrumental) produced by Bink https://twitter.com/sommeave—http://edgeofsportspodcast.com | http://twitter.com/edgeofsports | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: edgeofsports@slate.com

Diane preaches on Jesus' prophecy of the destruction of the Temple as a metaphor for when our Temples, our constructed worldviews, come crashing down and God gives us a new perspective. Delivered March 13, 2016 at Plymouth Congregational Church in Belmont, MA.

Rev. Joe preaches on the Great Commandment and what God truly wants from us -- not the appearance of love, but the reality of love in our hearts. Delivered March 6, 2016 at Plymouth Congregational Church of Belmont

Ruth embodies Hesed, or loving kindness, when she clings to Naomi and promises to go where she goes. Delivered Oct. 11, 2015 at Plymouth Congregational Church

Rev. Joe Zarro delivers this sermon on Genesis 18:1-15; 21:1-7. It preached on Sept. 13, 2015 at Plymouth Congregational Church in Belmont on its "Welcome Sunday" (first Sunday of the program year).

Sermon delivered at Plymouth Congregational Church of Belmont on Genesis 32:22-30

JANUARY 22, 2015 FROM SELMA TO FERGUSON TO GAZA TO HERE On #RECLAIM MLK WEEKEND, thousands of people, from Oakland to LA to Miami to Maine, to New York City and of course to DC were out in the streets, continuing to draw the links between denied human rights and state violence here in the US and abroad in places like Gaza. We hear from hip-hop artist and community activist Jasiri X who spoke on the program "From Selma to Ferguson to Gaza to Here" held in DC at Plymouth Congregational Church. In the second half of the show, we launch a new feature called “The F Word,” which will explore on the third Thursday of each month the ways that the United States is-–and is not-—a fascist country. Fascism as described by Black revolutionary and assassinated political prisoner George Jackson, is the complete control of the state by monopoly capital. Our first guest for The F Word is author and activist Gerald Horne. GUESTS AND VOICES: Jasiri X, Gerald Horne, Rep. Keith Ellison. Headlines on the fifth anniversary of the Citizens United ruling and more. https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/OTG-JAN-22-2015.mp3

May 26, 2012 – Presentation at Plymouth Congregational Church, Whittier – Reasonable Faith Los Angeles Event: “What is the Unborn?” Audio: http://www.abortionno.org/audio/sethgruber/prolifeapologetics.MP3