Meetinghouse Church Podcast

Sara's message from the Alternative Service on 5.22.2022.

In this series, we're interviewing members of our pastoral leadership team and asking about their hopes for this next chapter of our church history as we embrace the new name, "Meetinghouse Church". In our final week, we hear from our Teaching Minister and Theologian in Residence, Christian Collins Winn.

A community conversation from the Alternative Service on 5.15.2022.

Christian's message from the Traditional Service on 5.15.2022.

In this series, we're interviewing members of our pastoral leadership team and asking about their hopes for this next chapter of our church history as we embrace the new name, "Meetinghouse Church". In week 3, we hear from our Senior Associate Minister, Sara Wilhelm Garbers.

Sara's message from the Alternative Service on 5.8.2022.

Jeff's message from the Traditional Service on 5.8.2022.

In this series, we're interviewing members of our pastoral leadership team and asking about their hopes for this next chapter of our church history as we embrace the new name, "Meetinghouse Church". In week 2, we hear from our Minister for Emerging Generations, Andrew Zhao.

Sara's message from the Traditional Service on 5.1.2022. 

Andrew's message from the Alternative Service on 5.1.2022.

In this series, we're interviewing members of our pastoral leadership team and asking about their hopes for this next chapter of our church history as we embrace the new name, "Meetinghouse Church". In week 1, we hear from our Senior Minister, Jeff Lindsay.

Jeff's message from the Traditional Service on 4.24.2022.

Hear Sara's Easter Sunday message from our Alternative Service.

Hear Jeff's Easter message from our Traditional Service.

Are you a daydreamer? A storyteller? Do you have a kid whose imagination runs wild? That might not help you when you're stuck in class or work, but it may come in handy for your prayer life. People have used their imaginations in prayer since forever, and this episode invites you to practice a method of prayer popularized by a Spanish nobleman best known today as St. Ignatius of Loyola. St. Ignati...

What if music could be more than just the pleasant background noise of our lives? What if – when we engage it the right way – music has the power to renew our compassion, comfort our souls, and bring us back to our deepest desires for life? Join us alongside Mark Burnett for an exploration into the world of music therapy. Burnett is a Neurologic Music Therapist with the MacPhail Center for Music,...

Hear highlights from our March Faith & Family class where Cathy Kolwey hosts a panel of experts to discuss youth mental health. Topics range from noticing red flags, to beginning conversations about feelings to medication. All with the hopes of beginning to learn more so we might eliminate the stigma around mental health and begin to see how our faith is impacted by the wholeness of who we are...

"What would happen if we took the word ‘gospel,’ a word that has been traditionally used in a Christian context, and opened it up to broader usage?" This is the question that Ebony Adedayo explores in her book, "The Gospel According to a Black Woman". Adedayo asks us to consider if truth can be found, not only in sacred texts but also within the sacredness of Black women’s experiences. Taking a cr...

With everything going on in the world, and most recently the invasion of Ukraine, you might be wondering how to talk about the news with your kids. This week, Nicole and Patrick Smalley reflect on how you can initiate these conversations. For more resources, check out these articles: PBS Article NPR Article A Prayer for Ukraine

"The Rhythms of Faith" Christian is joined by Mark Patrick, Care Pastor, to talk about Lent. They explore the meaning of Lent, as well as some of the key practices which Christians have taken up during this period (Prayer, Fasting, and Almsgiving). They also discuss the many different opportunities open to our church community for entering into the Lenten journey with Jesus.

This conversation builds off of the themes that emerged from our last Faith & Family episode where middle schoolers shared what they want adults to know about them. Nicole is joined by Dr. Bryn Moore, a licensed child psychologist, who will share advice on how we can make space for feelings, without giving in to the urge to fix things, how we can help our kids navigate anxiety and the one piec...

This week we will hear a rebroadcast of Sara Hendren's talk at the "Faith &" Humanities forum from January 27. Her talk was titled "When Our Bodies Meet Technology", and explored the technological adaptations developed and deployed by the disabled and differently-abled. The adaptive use and reuse of different forms of technology surfaces a deeper wisdom about bodies as such, and about every hu...

Nicole asked the middle schoolers in our church: "What do you wish adults knew about you?" Listen in for the answers followed by a conversation with Nicole and Patrick Smalley about how we can better talk to the young people in our lives, how empathy is a key component, plus we'll give you a few questions you can use as conversation starters.

"MLK and the Struggle for Freedom"; this week Christian hosts Ebony Adedayo (author of, The Gospel According to a Black Woman ) and Dr. Samuel Zalanga (Bethel University) for a conversation on MLK and the struggle for freedom. They consider "the beloved community" for which King struggled and talk about the many other voices on whose shoulders King stood.

Hear highlights from our January Faith & Family class "Gender & Sexuality In A Non-Binary World" where Cathy Kolwey is joined by Genevieve Kalland to talk about the language we use, so we might have better, more thoughtful conversations around gender and sexuality with our kids and grandkids.  SHOWNOTES: Angela Kade Goepferd's Ted Talk "The revolutionary truth about kids and gender id...