Healing the City

Send us Fan Mail Advent usually falls between November 27 and December 25. The purpose of Advent is to prepare ourselves to celebrate Jesus’ birth, to spend time thinking about Jesus as our redeemer, and to find solace in the fact that God came to dwell with us and will make all things new in the end. The first week of Advent we focus on the prophecies of Jesus’ coming; the second week we remember...

Send us Fan Mail Pastor Eric and Pastor Mark discuss their hopes for the Village. Support the show “Healing the City” is a weekly podcast about what it looks like to build healthier communities. Featuring the voices and perspectives of people from the Village Church, each episode is focused on the real challenges and real opportunities for change in our cities. The podcast takes a whole-person app...

Send us Fan Mail NIV John 4. 4 Now he had to go through Samaria. 5 So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon. 7 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?” 8 (His disciples had go...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Healing The City, Eric and Susan talk about their journey into church planting and ministry.  The  conversation ends with their hopes and dream for the Village. Support the show “Healing the City” is a weekly podcast about what it looks like to build healthier communities. Featuring the voices and perspectives of people from the Village Church, each episode is f...

Send us Fan Mail Pastor Eric interviews Lee Sommitz about how he started paraphrasing scripture.  Lee offers some helpful starting points, and he discusses the rewards of making God's word come alive in your own words.  Lee ends the podcast with a reading from 1 John 2:1-14.  Below, is a are links to the Village church's most recent sermons on 1 John. Sermons Support the show “Healing th...

Send us Fan Mail Corey offers a volunerable look inside his story.   Support the show “Healing the City” is a weekly podcast about what it looks like to build healthier communities. Featuring the voices and perspectives of people from the Village Church, each episode is focused on the real challenges and real opportunities for change in our cities. The podcast takes a whole-person approach. We tal...

Send us Fan Mail Corey Gilchrist talks with Eric about what it is like to be a chaplain.  Corey talks about his path into chaplaincy work , and how he cares for people from different faith communities. Support the show “Healing the City” is a weekly podcast about what it looks like to build healthier communities. Featuring the voices and perspectives of people from the Village Church, each episode...

Send us Fan Mail Michael Cousineau offers a simple and concise model for examining the many thoughts and belief that enter our minds on a daily basis. Notes Support the show “Healing the City” is a weekly podcast about what it looks like to build healthier communities. Featuring the voices and perspectives of people from the Village Church, each episode is focused on the real challenges and real o...

Send us Fan Mail Hannah Yeakley invites us into a her own experience of scripture, and how the word of God has changed her life.  She also offers a simple meditation to help you begin the  process of interfacing with the bible. Support the show “Healing the City” is a weekly podcast about what it looks like to build healthier communities. Featuring the voices and perspectives of people from the Vi...

Send us Fan Mail Coleen Gilchrist invites us to think meditate on the Armor of God.  Support the show “Healing the City” is a weekly podcast about what it looks like to build healthier communities. Featuring the voices and perspectives of people from the Village Church, each episode is focused on the real challenges and real opportunities for change in our cities. The podcast takes a whole-person...

Send us Fan Mail Eric and Susan offer a concise thoughtful way to talk about our gender and sexuality.  Note:  It is not the Orthodox church that places sin into 3 categories.  Puritan theology tends to think of sin in the categoies of Distortion, Distration and Devouring. Diagram Support the show “Healing the City” is a weekly podcast about what it looks like to build healthier communities. Featu...

Send us Fan Mail Coleen Gilchrist shares her thoughts on living a spiritually rhythmed life as a busy mom, wife, and full-time Occupational Therapist. Support the show “Healing the City” is a weekly podcast about what it looks like to build healthier communities. Featuring the voices and perspectives of people from the Village Church, each episode is focused on the real challenges and real opportu...

Send us Fan Mail Jessica Dennes gives an update on Spaces To Learn . Support the show “Healing the City” is a weekly podcast about what it looks like to build healthier communities. Featuring the voices and perspectives of people from the Village Church, each episode is focused on the real challenges and real opportunities for change in our cities. The podcast takes a whole-person approach. We tal...

Send us Fan Mail Anxiety, Anger, Shame, and Depression wreck havoc on our lives.  Pastor Eric Cepin, along with his wife Susan Cepin, describe in this episode an expressive writing process that they developed to help people work through the anxiety and fear.  This model leans heavily on the understanding that our neurobiology changes when we begin to write about our anxieties.  This particular exp...

Send us Fan Mail It is so easy to be a bad listeners.  We want to be heard and that desire often turns into the demand to be heard.  We don't ask good questions.  We solve people's problems without really hearing what they are asking.  In this podcast, Eric and Sue try to help us move a little closer to being good listeners. Support the show “Healing the City” is a weekly podcast about w...

Send us Fan Mail Eric and Susan continue their conversation regarding the Table of Decision.  When we feel oppressed by all of our false beliefs and the lies of the enemy - How do we deal with the emptiness we feel inside? Support the show “Healing the City” is a weekly podcast about what it looks like to build healthier communities. Featuring the voices and perspectives of people from the Village...

Send us Fan Mail Jessica Dennes interviews Alexei Marquez, a PhD student and native Tucsonan who discusses her experience with the Mexican American Studies/Raza Studies program at Tucson High before the state legislature dismantled the program in 2010. She also gives insight into how the experience shaped her future. Support the show “Healing the City” is a weekly podcast about what it looks like...

Send us Fan Mail Eric and Susan discuss the Village Church's approach to caring for people - Body, Mind, Spirit, and Soul.   Support the show “Healing the City” is a weekly podcast about what it looks like to build healthier communities. Featuring the voices and perspectives of people from the Village Church, each episode is focused on the real challenges and real opportunities for change in...

Send us Fan Mail Pastor Eric and Jill discuss some tools that will aid you in the pursuit of a disciplined prayer life.  Plus, Jill offers some insights into how we can hear God's voice. Link to the App Jill talks about Seconds Pro Support the show “Healing the City” is a weekly podcast about what it looks like to build healthier communities. Featuring the voices and perspectives of people fr...

Send us Fan Mail The following podcast is a crossover podcast between Healing the City and Faith Over Breakfast.  Pastor Eric explores, with his father,  how Jesus meets us in unique ways when we sit the emptiness that comes with disappointment, rejection, and misunderstanding.   Support the show “Healing the City” is a weekly podcast about what it looks like to build healthier communities. Featur...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Healing the City, Susan reflects on 20 years of parenting. Support the show “Healing the City” is a weekly podcast about what it looks like to build healthier communities. Featuring the voices and perspectives of people from the Village Church, each episode is focused on the real challenges and real opportunities for change in our cities. The podcast takes a who...

Send us Fan Mail Advent usually falls between November 27 and December 25. The purpose of Advent is to prepare ourselves to celebrate Jesus’ birth, to spend time thinking about Jesus as our redeemer, and to find solace in the fact that God came to dwell with us and will make all things new in the end. The first week of Advent we focus on the prophecies of Jesus’ coming; the second week we remember...

Send us Fan Mail Advent usually falls between November 27 and December 25. The purpose of Advent is to prepare ourselves to celebrate Jesus’ birth, to spend time thinking about Jesus as our redeemer, and to find solace in the fact that God came to dwell with us and will make all things new in the end. The first week of Advent we focus on the prophecies of Jesus’ coming; the second week we remember...

Send us Fan Mail Eric and Susan Cepin explore the ups and downs of being a parent. Support the show “Healing the City” is a weekly podcast about what it looks like to build healthier communities. Featuring the voices and perspectives of people from the Village Church, each episode is focused on the real challenges and real opportunities for change in our cities. The podcast takes a whole-person ap...

Send us Fan Mail Advent usually falls between November 27 and December 25. The purpose of Advent is to prepare ourselves to celebrate Jesus’ birth, to spend time thinking about Jesus as our redeemer, and to find solace in the fact that God came to dwell with us and will make all things new in the end. The first week of Advent we focus on the prophecies of Jesus’ coming; the second week we remember...