Podcasts about refuge united church

February 6, 2019 | Miller Chapel The 2019 Prathia Hall Lecture Speaker: Rev. Dr. Yvette A. Flunder, founder and senior pastor of City of Refuge United Church of Christ (City of Refuge UCC) in Oakland, Calif.

Pastor Casey Tinnin, who is a gay pastor shares of his journey out of fundamentalism, coming out, and his process of being ordained in the United Church of Christ.  Jeff and Pastor Casey have a lively discussion about the influence that fundamentalism and conservatism played in Casey’s coming out process. Pastor Casey talks at length about his journey, and how his faith was formed in the wake of so many Christians telling him he would never be ordained.  He also speaks about growing up in evangelical purity culture and “dating Jesus” all four years of high school. He even refers to Jesus as “his beard.”   The conversation is filled with thoughts around what remaining closeted does to a person, and the impact it has on a person's life.  The conversation between Jeff and Casey moves to the importance of authenticity and truth telling, and how people can be allies to those who are coming out. This week’s episode closes out with a fun round of Famous Christians for 100.  Each host takes a shot at guessing who is behind some pretty amazing and terrifying quotes.   Conversation on Being a Gay Pastor (01:24) Famous Christians for 100 Segment (41:30)   RELEVANT LINKS From Our Conversation on Being a Gay Pastor International House of Prayer (Organization) The Revolutionary War Hero Who Was Openly Gay Mark Driscoll (Evangelical Leader) Yvette Flunder (an American singer and senior pastor of the City of Refuge United Church of Christ in Oakland, California and Presiding Bishop of The Fellowship of Affirming Ministries) Come Sunday - 015 (Divine Cinema Episode) United Church of Christ - UCC (Denomination) Intersections Roundtable – A Community of EXvangelicals and UNfundies – 113 (Irenicast Episode) From Our Famous Christians for 100 Segment Jessica Simpson and her fish or chicken tuna (YouTube Video) YOUR SUPPORT Thank you for listening to Irenicast.  If you appreciate the show please consider sharing your appreciation by rating, reviewing and/or subscribing to the podcast on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, or whatever platform you’re listening on. You can also help support the show financially by going to irenicast.com/amazon to do your Amazon shopping.  This will cost you nothing, but Amazon will give a portion of the proceeds to the show. IRENCAST HOSTS Jeff Manildi | co-host and producer | jeff@irenicast.com Jeff  is the Director of Discipleship at a United Methodist church on the central coast of California and co-founder of Irenicast.  In addition to getting his B.A. in Theology, he also received his ordination through the prestigious online organization of The Universal Life Church whose alumni include the likes of Conan O’Brien and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.  Jeff loves all things that tell a story: people, movies, tv, music, comics, etc. You can follow Jeff (@JeffManildi) on Instagram, Facebook & Twitter.  You can also listen to Jeff’s other podcast Divine Cinema. Rev. Allen O’Brien | co-host | allen@irenicast.com Allen is the pastor of a UCC church in Northern California, resident chaplain at an area hospital, and co-founder of Irenicast. He believes in the importance of education, peace, and ecology and writes for multiple platforms. You can follow Allen (@RevAllenOB) on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, & Good Reads.  Also if you are in the Sacramento, CA area check out Allen’s brick and mortar version of this podcast called Intersections. ADD YOUR VOICE TO THE CONVERSATION Join our progressive Christian conversations on faith and culture by interacting with us through the following links: Read Us on our blog Irenicon Email Us at podcast@irenicast.com Follow Us on Twitter and Google+ Like Us on Facebook Listen & Subscribe to Us on iTunes, Google Play, Android, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeart Radio, Spreaker and SoundCloud Speak to Us on our Feedback Page and the Post Evangelical Facebook Group See Us on Instagram Support Us on Amazon Love Us? CREDITS Intro and Outro music created by Mike Golin. This post may contain affiliate links.  An Irenicon is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com

Come Sunday is a film that finally tells the story of the journey into a type of Christianity that Divine Cinema and it’s hosts abide in.  However, is it a good film? Does the filmmaking bring to life the struggle in challenging a tenant of Evangelical theology and all the loss that comes with that, or does it just make you wish hell actually exists?  Listen to find out what Jeff, Dylan and Adam think. And of course to hear where they stand on its theological merits as measured by the tried and true pieces of silver rating system.   Divine Cinema Review of Come Sunday (04:42) Ratings and Redeemed Perspectives (45:54) PLOT SUMMARY After a series of tragic events, Bishop Carlton Pearson begins to question his long standing belief in hell.  Eventually he expresses this doubt in the most public way a pastor could, through a sermon. The sermon has a ripple effect, not just through his congregation, but in his family and American Christianity.  The film follows Bishop Pearsons journey as he is labeled a heretic by many of his congregants, colleagues and even friends. RELEVANT LINKS From Our Review of Come Sunday Heretics (This American Life podcast episode with Reverend Carlton Pearson) Carlton Pearson (American Christian Minister on whom Come Sunday is based) Oral Roberts (an American Charismatic Christian televangelist) Yvette Flunder (an American singer and senior pastor of the City of Refuge United Church of Christ in Oakland, California and Presiding Bishop of The Fellowship of Affirming Ministries) Black Pentecostal Group Denounces Carlton Pearson as a Heretic (Article) Sorry to Bother You (2018 Film) Straight Outta Compton (2015 Film) Love Wins by Rob Bell (Book - Amazon Affiliate Link) A Gift Of A Bible (Video of Penn Jillette speaking about proselytizing) Joel Osteen (an American televangelist) Staff Picks First Reformed (2018 Film) YOUR SUPPORT Thank you for listening to Divine Cinema.  If you appreciate the show please consider sharing your appreciation by rating, reviewing and/or subscribing to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher or on whatever platform you’re listening. You can also help support the show financially by going to DivineCinema.net/Amazon to do your Amazon shopping. This will cost you nothing, but Amazon will give a portion of the proceeds to the show. OUR NEXT MOVIE Dogma will be our next film.  This movie is not available digitally.  To see it you’ll have to track down a hard copy or perhaps you can check out this link.  Enjoy :) WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? Let us know what you think about the show and/or suggest a movie you’d like us to review in the future. Any and all feedback is welcome. Contact us through the following links... Email Us at feedback@divinecinema.net Follow Us on Twitter Like Us on Facebook Listen & Subscribe to Us on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Android, Stitcher, TuneIn, Spreaker and SoundCloud Speak to Us on our Feedback Page See Us on Instagram Support Us on Amazon Love Us?   This post may contain affiliate links.  Divine Cinema is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com

Of all the out of context verses Revelation has its fair share.  One of the most used and abused passages of the New Testament, the “hot or cold” verse means exactly the opposite of what you think it means. Jeff and Allen discuss the virtues of doing good work (read: being useful) despite religious affections, then share the most useful and useless items in their own lives.   Conversation on Out of Context Verses Revelation 3:15-16 (01:37) Our Usefulness Segment (38:19) RELEVANT LINKS From Our Conversation on Out of Context Verses Revelation Casual Christian by DeGarmo & Key (Contemporary Christian Song) Aggelos (Greek word for angel or messenger) The Church of Laodicea in the Bible and Archaeology (Article) Best of Tobias Fünke (YouTube Video) Laodicea (Blog Post) Laodicea Midrash Yvette Flunder (American singer and senior pastor of the City of Refuge United Church of Christ in Oakland) Previous Irenicast Episodes on the Bible The Nature of Biblical Texts – Wholly Scripture, Batman! – 004 (Irenicast Episode) Interpreting the Bible Part 1 – Literally Literature – 063 (Irenicast Episode) Interpreting the Bible Part 2 – A Scribed Meaning – 064 (Irenicast Episode) Interpreting the Bible Part 3 – Collecting Lenses – 065 (Irenicast Episode) Out of Context Verses Philippians 4:13 – 103 (Irenicast Episode) From Our Segment Instant Pot (Amazon Affiliate Link) Pho (Vietnamese Soup) Chef’s Steps Sous Vide (YouTube Playlist) Serious Eats Sous Vide Recipes Anova (Jeff’s Sous Vide machine of choice - Amazon Affiliate Link) Waterpik (Amazon Affiliate Link) Periodontal Disease #AllensBigAdventure on Instagram #AllensBigAdventure on Facebook Pourover AeroPress (Amazon Affiliate Link) Inventor of K-Cups regrets the idea (Article) Hannity Fans Destroy Keurig Coffee Makers After Company Pulls Advertising (Article) Mud Before Blood (Allen’s New Blog) YOUR SUPPORT Thank you for listening to Irenicast.  If you appreciate the show please consider sharing your appreciation by rating, reviewing and/or subscribing to the podcast on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, or whatever platform you’re listening on. You can also help support the show financially by going to irenicast.com/amazon to do your Amazon shopping.  This will cost you nothing, but Amazon will give a portion of the proceeds to the show. IRENCAST HOSTS Jeff Manildi | co-host and producer | jeff@irenicast.com Jeff is the husband to an incredibly strong woman and father of two captivating young ladies.  He is currently the Director of Discipleship at a United Methodist church on the central coast of California.  In addition to getting his B.A. in Theology, he also received his ordination through the prestigious online organization of The Universal Life Church whose alumni include the likes of Conan O’Brien and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.  Jeff loves all things that tell a story: people, movies, tv, music, comics, etc. You can follow Jeff (@JeffManildi) on Instagram, Facebook & Twitter.  Also check out Jeff’s other podcast Divine Cinema. Allen O’Brien | co-host | allen@irenicast.com Allen received his B.A. in Biblical Studies from The Master's College and an M.A. in Theology and Biblical Studies from Fuller Theological Seminary, making him the illegitimate child of both conservative and moderately progressive evangelicalism. He has worked in church ministry since 2006 and is currently solo-pastoring at his local UCC congregation. When not ministering, Allen throws things to his border collie Sonata and writes for multiple platforms. You can follow Allen (@AllenOB) on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, & Good Reads.  Also if you are in the Sacramento, CA area check out Allen’s brick and mortar version of this podcast called Intersections. ADD YOUR VOICE TO THE CONVERSATION Join our post-evangelical conversations on faith and culture by interacting with us through the following links: Read Us on our blog Irenicon Email Us at podcast@irenicast.com Follow Us on Twitter and Google+ Like Us on Facebook Listen & Subscribe to Us on iTunes, Google Play, Android, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeart Radio, Spreaker and SoundCloud Speak to Us on our Feedback Page and the Post Evangelical Facebook Group See Us on Instagram Support Us on Amazon Love Us? CREDITS Intro and Outro music created by Mike Golin.   This post may contain affiliate links.  An Irenicon is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com

2/25/2016. Bishop Yvette Flunder, Founder & Pastor of City of Refuge United Church of Christ, delivers her sermon in a service sponsored by Candler Sacred Worth. Scripture reading: Acts 2:1-4, read by Caroline Saxton.

Carol Metellus, Artist, Activist; & project Co-Director & Campaign Coordinator Patrice Mallard: "The Partnership for a Sustainable Haiti" formed immediately after the devastating earthquake that hit Port-au-Prince on January 12, 2010. PFSH efforts resemble the fable of stone soup- even when no one has enough to eat, if everyone contributes what little they can, it feeds a village. Organizers felt compelled to act- to volunteer whatever skills they have and the resources they can mobilize and hope others will help too.Visit http://www.partnershipforasustainablehaiti.org/Taneshia Campbell's Sankofa Mizizi (A Love healing herstory) is a theater movement piece exploring the experience of mental health and spirituality in my family; grounded in a love story. This piece is a work in progress and doubles as a grad school fundraiser towards the artist's Masters in Divinity education beginning in the fall. Directed by Tia Jennings the play is going up Sat., Aug. 14, 2010, 6:45 doors/7:15 PM show, at City of Refuge United Church, 1025 Howard Street (betw. 6th & 7th) in SF, CA, 415-861-6130, $20 (no one turned away). Bay Area Bandits: Women's Tackle Football team: The Bay Area Bandits, Women's Tackle Football Team with Jenae Beverly, Sarah Henry and team owners: Neda Mohammadi and Danielle Golay. Visit http://bayareabandits.com/ We close with the playwright, Wendy E. Taylor, director & head of the CSUEB Musical Program, Darryl V. Jones, and actress & star, Jeannine Anderson. "Halie! A Celebration: The Life and Legacy of Mahalia Jackson," is up Thurs.-Sat. July 29-31(8pm),Sunday August 1 (4pm) University Theatre at CSUEB, Coproduced with CSUEB Associated Students, Inc. Musical Arrangements and Musical Direction by Mary D. Watkins, Original Arrangements by Andrzej Danek and Wendy E. Taylor, Associate Musical Director, Marcus McCauley, 510-885-3118, tickets@csueastbay.edu http://class.csueastbay.edu/theatre and in the college bookstore.