Podcast appearances and mentions of zach kerzee

Zach Kerzee joins Christy and Chloe at the table to talk about dinner church, bread, and community.

Vanessa and Casper explore the theme of Mystery in chapter four of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. This week, Vanessa and Casper are joined by Zach Kerzee, the founding pastor of Simple Church. Zach tells our opening story, shares from his experience with the foster care system, and deconstructs what Arthur Weasley does right in this chapter. Our question this week is: How do we manage our fear of the unknown?Next week we're reading chapter five, Weasley's Wizard Wheezes, through the theme of masculinity. Our voicemail this week is thanks to Tom Johnson. Don't forget to buy tickets for the live show in Atlanta: harrypottersacredtext.com/live-showAnd here's a link to that episode of RadiolabVanessa mentions. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

[Updated to include a 10 minute check-in to see what he’s been up to since our conversation in February!] Highlights Include: Zach’s Esca-la-de – Worship as Bread – Cheap Church – Pastor as Professional Dinner Party Thrower – The Prosperity Gospel of Church Statistics -Is Our Treasure in Buildings? – Shaking the Shoulders of the [...]

The statistics regarding church attendance and relevancy in today’s culture seems to be getting more and more bleak.  With church participation steadily declining in America it is important for churches to let go of outdated models and begin to explore new ways for people of faith to gather together.  This week we talk with guest co-hosts Zach Kerzee and Christy Wright of Simple Church.  Simple church is a dinner church that is doing some creative things to reclaim the community and intimacy of church gatherings.  They are breaking the mold for what it means to be a thriving congregation.  They don’t meet on Sunday, they don’t have a building and they don’t even have an organist. What they do have is bread.   RELEVANT LINKS Simple Church (Website) Simple Church (Facebook Page) Simple Church (Instagram) Charitable Giving – With My Mind on Minding My Money – 067 (Irenicast Episode) Four Star Farms (a family farm in Western Massachusetts providing locally grown grains, freshly milled flour, hops and turf)   THANK YOU Thank you Zach and Christy for joining us this week.  For more information about Simple Church check our their website, follow them on Instagram and like them on Facebook.   Thank you to Mike Golin for our intro and outro music.  Check out his band Soulwise.   WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU Thank you for supporting the podcast!  Your ratings, reviews and feedback are not only encouraging to us personally, but they help others find the show.  If you appreciate the content we provide please rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and Stitcher.   Join our conversations on faith and culture by interacting with us through the following links:   Read Us on our blog An Irenicon Email Us at podcast@irenicast.com Follow Us on Twitter and Google+ Like Us on Facebook Listen & Subscribe to Us on iTunes, Stitcher, SoundCloud and TuneIn Speak to Us on our Feedback Page and the Post Evangelical Facebook Group See Us on Instagram Support Us on Amazon Love Us 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

Highlights Include: Zach’s Esca-la-de – Worship as Bread – Cheap Church – Pastor as Professional Dinner Party Thrower – The Prosperity Gospel of Church Statistics -Is Our Treasure in Buildings? – Shaking the Shoulders of the Church – Soulless Big Tent Methodism –

Zach Kerzee is a Methodist minister, bread-baker and part-time farmer. He's a recent grad of Harvard Divinity School and the founder of Simple Church, a church without a building that meets for dinner every Thursday. His central spiritual practice has been simplicity, so in this episode we explore his question, 'How can I live more simply?'