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Somehow, regardless of what the church says otherwise it seems like the message we keep getting as congregational leaders is size matters, so we've come together to seek a different message and to identify and amplify the beauty and grace of small. Small churches. No matter the impact you think you're making, join us to hear more about small churches making big impacts with God walking right alongside. You're with the Small Churches Big Impact Collective.
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The Rev. Leyla King, Canon for Mission in Small Congregations for the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas, sits down with guests the Rev. Kevin Diehl, Rector of St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church in San Francisco, the Rev. Suzanne Smith, Rector of Grace Episcopal Church in Alvin, Texas, and Ed Carrette, Community Missioner also at Grace Church with Rev. Smith. Kevin describes how St. John's, a small church in the Mission District of San Francisco, has partnered with the Gubbio Project to pr...
In this episode of the Small Churches Big Impact Collective, host the Rev. Rebekah Hatch, Canon for Lay & Ordained Vocations in the Episcopal Church in Connecticut, speaks with the Rev. Candice Combs, pastor of New Life Lutheran Church in Dripping Springs, Texas - a unique congregation that worships exclusively outdoors. Rev. Combs shares how New Life, a congregation focused on grace, discipleship, children, and creation, has found its own unique expression of faith. By embracing an outdo...
In this episode, the Reverend Allison Sandlin Liles, Vicar of St. Stephen's in Hurst, Texas, sits down with the Reverend Dr. Elizabeth Mae Magill, pastor of the Small Church Collaborative which includes Rindge Congregational Church in Rindge, New Hampshire and Ashburnham Community Church in Ashburnham, Massachusetts. Liz shares her experiences leading two “micro-congregations” and building a collaborative ministry with a neighboring church of a different denomination. Liz emphasiz...
In this episode of the Small Churches Big Impact Collective, host the Rev. Stacy Williams-Duncan sits down with the Rev. Dr. Paula Miller, Rector of St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church in Lincoln Park, Michigan and the Rev. Nandra Perry, Vicar of St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Hearne, Texas. Paula shares how St. Michael's in Lincoln Park, Michigan, is working to improve the social and economic well-being of their community. Through partnerships with local organizations, they are adv...
The Rev. Leyla King, Canon for Mission in Small Congregations for the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas, sits down with guests the Rev. Halim Shukair, Priest-in-Charge at Christ Episcopal Church and Priest-in-Charge at Mother of the Savior Church, the first Arabic worshiping community in the Episcopal Church, both in Dearborn, Michigan, and the Rev. Lauren Grubaugh Thomas, church-planting priest of a year-old Episcopal community called Holy Companion, located south of Denver, Colorado. In this ...
The members of the Small Churches Big Impact Collective are joined by The Rev. Lydia Kelsey Bucklin, President and Dean of Episcopal Divinity School (EDS) in conversation about this upcoming season. Each episode centers around communities of faith and their understanding of social justice. Listeners will hear about the variety of ways justice can be lived out and witnessed to, even in smaller congregations. Episode Links: Episcopal Divinity SchoolSmall Churches Big Impact CollectiveThe Episco...
Trinity Church, Boston - https://www.trinitychurchboston.org/Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Portland, OR - https://www.trinity-episcopal.org/Episcopal Diocese of Michigan - https://www.edomi.orgDr. Paul Farmer’s funeral at Trinity ChurchCatechesis is Trinity Cathedral’s ”five-month immersion in scripture, history, worship, and Christian practices is also a chance to learn more about this community of faith.”Music: I Love to Tell the Story, Benjamin Grove, keyboardPodcast produced by Polymnia
Grace Episcopal Church, Hartford, CT (on the web) https://gracehartford.org/ Reference this earlier episode of our podcast to understand more about the “Baby Big Church” idea https://smallchurchesbigimpact.buzzsprout.com/1806781/9656901-baby-big-church Grace Episcopal Church, Hartford, CT (on Facebook) https://www.facebook.com/GECHartford “What is Anglo-Catholicism?” http://www.stmarymagdalenoxford.org.uk/what-is-anglo-catholicism/ “Anglo-Catholicism: What It Is Not and What It Is’ by Wal...
Skip EllerSt. Aidan’s, Tulsa, Oklahoma: www.facebook.com/saintaidantulsa Manhattan Construction: https://manhattanconstructiongroup.com/manhattan-construction-company/ Elizabeth FelicettiSt. David’s, Richmond, Virginia: www.stdavidsrva.org/ Author’s website: https://elizabethfelicetti.com Book: https://www.eerdmans.com/9780802882349/ Mike KuglerChurch of the Savior, Orange City, Iowa: www.facebook.com/groups/307503601622Northwestern College: https://nwciowa.edu B...
Show Notes: Bishops Who Support Small Church Ministry Seasons 1 & 2 of the Small Churches Big Impact Collective podcast Part-Time is Plenty by Jeffrey MacDonald: https://www.wjkbooks.com/Products/0664265995/parttime-is-plenty.aspx Episcopal Parish Network webinar: What is Making Small Churches Thrive? https://youtu.be/jSCNMyTW44g College for Congregational Development: https://www.cdcollege.org Small Church Network gatherings in EDOT: https://www.epicenter.org/resources/small-c...
St. Jude’s Episcopal Church, Ocean View, HI: http://www.stjudeshawaii.org/St Matthew’s Episcopal Church, Edinburg, TX: https://www.stmattrgv.org/Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd George West, TX: https://www.facebook.com/p/Church-of-the-Good-Shepherd-George-West-TX-100083034745597/Information about St Jude’s shower ministry, food, and wifi ministries: http://www.stjudeshawaii.org/outreach.htmlTo inquire about being a Visiting Priest at St. Jude’s: www.stjudeshawaii.org/about-us.html ...
Iona Collaborate: https://iona.ssw.edu/Iona Collaborate Thriving in Bi-Vocational Ministry: https://iona.ssw.edu/thriving-in-bi-vocational-ministry/Learning Forte! https://www.learningforte.com/Gathering of Leaders: https://www.thegatheringofleaders.org/Canon 9 Ordinations with Local Formation: In 1988 the 69th General Convention of the Episcopal Church established Title III, Canon 9 that allowed bishops to ordain lay folk to serve in part-time capacities in "small, isolated, remote, or dist...
Host: the Rev. Stacy-Williams Duncan Guests: the Revs. Leon Sampson and Joe Hubbard The Episcopal Church in Navajoland Good Shepherd Mission, Fort Defiance, AZ St. Christopher’s Mission, Bluff, UT Episcopal News Service (ENS) article about Navajoland deputation at General Convention Leon Sampson is a 2019 graduate of Virginia Theological Seminary and currently serves as the curate priest at Good Shepherd Mission in Fort Defiance, AZ. Good Shepherd is located on the Colorado Plate...
Host: The Rev. Leyla King https://smallchurchesbigimpact.org/ https://thankfulmemorial.org/ https://thankfulpriest.home.blog/ Guests: The Rev. Mark Nabors is the Vicar of St. Alban's Episcopal Church in Stuttgart, Arkansas, and also serves St. Peter's on the Prairie Episcopal Church in Tollville, Arkansas. A graduate of the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville (BA and MPA) and Sewanee (MDiv), he is passionate about liturgy, hymnody, and church administration. Mark and his wife Molly were...
Host: the Rev. Allison Sandlin Liles Guests: the Revs. Leigh Ellen Hall and Robert Hartmans St. Nicholas Episcopal Church, New Hamburg, NY St. Thaddaeus’ Episcopal Church, Chattanooga, TN St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, Hixon, TN ChattEY - Chattanooga Episcopal Youth The Agile Church by Dwight J. Zscheile The Rev. Robert Hartmans serves as the Priest-in-Charge of two small churches in the Diocese of East Tennessee— St Thaddaeus Episcopal Church in Hixon and St Albans Episcopal Church in Chattan...
The Rev. Stewart Lucas, currently vicar at Holy Innocents’ in Sandy Springs, GA; former pastor of The Church of the Nativity and Holy Comforter, Baltimore, MD. https://nativitycomforter.org/ https://nativitycomforter.org/becoming-lutherpalians/ https://marylandepiscopalian.org/2018/11/28/lutheran-and-episcopal-congregations-form-federation-as-lutherpalians/ https://www.holyinnocents.org/ The Rev. Anthony Estes, Rector, All Saints, Detroit, MI; Rectory, St. Matthew’s and St. Joseph’s (“Matty J...
Host: the Rev. Leyla King Guests: the Revs. Rebekah Hatch, Allison Sandlin Liles, Stacy Williams-Duncan In this introduction to Season Two, the four core members of the Collective reflect on the learnings of the past year in small churches and lay out some themes to expect in the rest of the episodes of the season - from the ecclesiastical church ladder to the joys of serving in nimble congregations. https://smallchurchesbigimpact.org/ https://thankfulmemorial.org/ https://stalbanssimsbury.or...
HOST: Leyla King GUEST: Kit Lonergan http://saintjamesgroveland.org/wp/ Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress: https://mdsc.org/ Mark 4:26-28 - 26 Jesus also said, “The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, 27 and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he does not know how. 28 The earth produces of itself, first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head. 29 But when the grain is ripe, at once he goes in with his...
HOST: Rebekah Bokros Hatch GUEST: Stacy Williams-Duncan https://learningforte.com/learning-forte/ Festival of Homiletics: https://festivalofhomiletics.com/ Music: I Love to Tell the Story, Benjamin Grove, keyboard Podcast produced by Polymnia
HOST: Kit Lonergan GUEST: Susie Shaefer Learn more about the CREDO conference, and find some of their resources, at https://www.cpg.org/credo/ St. John’s Church in Clinton, Michigan: www.stjohnschurchclinton.org “The gifts he gave were that some would be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until all of us come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of Go...
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