Answering your questions on life, leadership, and the world we live in.
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Promoting a just and sustainable world
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It's time to tell the stories of God's work around us! You will receive inspiration for the road ahead as you listen to Jesus Stories from among and beyond the people of the Ontario Conference of MB churches.
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Recordings of the message portion of each Sunday's service at Independent Bible Church in Port Angeles, WA.
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Father Sebastian delivers the Sunday homily in Los Gatos to the Melkite community at St. Elias.
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We discuss the Mother in Heaven, the Patriarchal Order, Priesthood, Marriage, as well as female and male roles within the LDS community. Not a feminist group, but one that explores all things related to the power created through the combination of the feminine and masculine.Get your copy of "We are Adam: the Partnership of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden and what it means for you", mentioned in this podcast, here: https://www.amazon.com/We-Are-Adam-Partnership-Garden/dp/1462138241/ref=sr_ ...
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When Your Pastor Leaves: Transitional Leadership with Keith Shields & Tamille Richardson
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A Lead Pastor's departure can be unsettling for a church. It is also fertile ground for growth into deeper health and vitality. Intentional Transitional Leadership can play a key role in guiding this process and setting the stage for a positive start for the next pastor. Might Transitional Leadership be a wise step for your church the next time a L…
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Jesus Stories at High School - Eden Spiritual Life Centre
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When over 70 students show up weekly to pray before school starts you know God is on the move! Join Meghan Plett to hear more stories of renewed spiritual hunger and God's activity at Eden SLC. Meghan Plett is a Spiritual Life Associate with the Eden Spiritual Life Centre at Eden High School in St. Catharines. Eden was formerly an MB high school wh…
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An Afghan Evangelist in Canada - Adib & Shawn of The Jesus Network
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Meet Adib Maxwell of the Jesus Network. Hear his story of coming to faith through missionaries, fleeing Afghanistan for his life, pastoring in India and settling in Canada. Alongside Obed Rod, God is using Adib to gather Afghan believers in Canada and share the Gospel with those who've not yet heard. The Jesus Network is an ONMB Missional Expressio…
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Churches Transforming Their Community - Meadow Brook & The Bridge
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A number of years ago, Meadow Brook Church asked the question, "Would anyone notice if our church disappeared?" They were troubled by the answer, which led them into an ambitious plan to partner with other churches to truly be the hands and feet of Jesus. The Bridge was developed to offer safe, welcoming spaces for people to get help with housing, …
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St. Johns River: (Nearly) 50 years of Change
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Speaker: A. Quinton White, Jr. Ph.D. A. Quinton White, Jr., Ph.D. began his career at JU in 1976 as a Visiting Assistant Professor and then went on to start the marine science program (1978), serving as Department Chair, Division Chair, Dean of Arts and Science and retires in August, 2024 as Executive Director, Marine Science…
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My Journey to Improve the Health of Elephants in Human Care
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Speaker: Shawn Finnell Shawn Finnell is a collection manager at White Oak and an Executive Board Member of the Elephant Managers Association. He began working with elephants in 2006, he has experience with over 50 elephants with various management and facilities. While at the Oklahoma City Zoo, Oregon Zoo, and White Oak, he has been…
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This Sunday Munsell McPhillips explores our beautiful forests in all their complexity and wisdom. The adaptability of the forest and the varied survival techniques of its members are so very relevant to us today. Munsell has been a member of UUCJ for nearly 20 years. Her educational background is in biomaterials engineering. She was principal…
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Tim Armstrong is founder of EatYourYardJax, an edible plant nursery, aquaculture facility and education center on the west side of Jacksonville. He also teaches and manages “Berry Good Farms” for North Florida School of Special Education. He is a graduate of Will Allen’s Commercial Urban Agriculture program 2011 from “Growing Power.” He is a past…
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ONMB is at a significant moment in our story and God is inviting us into a posture of greater reliance on Him. Join Derek Parenteau as he extends a plea from John 21 to deepen the work of prayer across our churches and ministries. This is a message first shared at the ONMB Pastors Retreat in May. We now share it with you. Stay tuned for follow-up p…
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A Church Planting Partnership - Jeff & Dan
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Might God be calling your church to plant a new church in your region? A Church Planting partnership can be a beautiful pathway for multiplying healthy disciple-making churches. Join Jeff Jantzi, Lead Pastor of The Gathering Ottawa, and Dan Chook Reid, Church Planter with Bytown Community Church, to be inspired for what this mutually beneficial par…
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Reflections of an Aspiring Environmentalist
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Welcome to our summer series! This summer’s theme is Celebrating and Sustaining the Earth. It’s a broad topic and our speakers reflect that. This Sunday UUCJ member Jeff Funderburk will start the series with “Reflections of an Aspiring Environmentalist.” Jeff and his wife Marcia have been members of UUCJ for quite a while, with their…
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Celebrating What is Important to Us—Reflections on the Unitarian Universalist Association Assembly and Our Journey Ahead
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Inclusion and Equity, Celebrating PRIDE Month and Confronting Current Perils for the LGBTQ+ Community
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Taking a break in our Genesis series, we have the pleasure of hearing a special message preached from the book of Acts, where Stephen gives a defense of the Gospel after being accused of blasphemy by those who opposed his teachings.Please join with us as we have a special message based on Acts 7: 6, entitled "400 years?" presented by Chris Clark of…
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Disciple-Making in the Trucking Industry - Darren Milley
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Across ONMB we long to see folks asking how they can make disciples of Jesus in the social realms they inhabit. Through an initiative called Power Serve, Darren Milley is doing just that! This ONMB-sponsored Missional Expression is seeking to equip truckers as disciple-makers across the industry. Darren has launched a series of videos on YouTube an…
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Part of our identity is from our Creator, but another part is how He has interwoven the generations that have come before us. The Genesis story tells us that Adam and Eve succumbed to the curse of death, but not before God allowed them to leave a legacy of generations of Mankind, and Genesis gives us that heritage from the first generation to Noah,…
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Remembering, Honoring, and Preserving the Sacred
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Woody Winfree, the daughter of our longtime UU member, Ann Winfree, is an officiant, ritualist, ceremonialist, conscious dying educator and end-of-life doula. She credits these capacities for making her, above all, a keen observer. With that perceptive eye shaping her offering, Woody hopes you can join her for a Memorial Day service of remembering,…
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Our speaker is Dawn Gillman, chief officer for Changing Homelessness. She presents the situation in Jacksonville, Florida and the progress we have made in obtaining services and housing for our homeless population.By Unitarian Universalist Church of Jacksonville
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Mari Kuraishi is the president of the Jessie Ball duPont Fund, leading the Fund’s efforts to create communities of belonging for the places and institutions that Jessie Ball duPont knew and loved by fostering inclusive growth and reducing structural and systemic barriers to resources and opportunity. In Jacksonville, Mari serves on the boards of th…
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After the encounter of Cain and Abel, Adam and Eve and their descendants continue to fulfill God's command to fill the earth. Some notable descendants and their attributes are mentioned in the remainder of Genesis 4. Certain descendants are called out as the fathers of different groups of people.Please join with us as we look at some of the notable…
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Continuing our study of the Book of Genesis, Adam and Eve have been expelled from the Garden of Eden and are adapting to their new normal in the now-fallen world. Genesis 4 opens with the birth of their sons Cain and Abel, who show us how the fall has made it more challenging to love God and love our brother, as Jesus later instructed us to do.Plea…
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Returning to our study of the Book of Genesis, Adam and Eve have been introduced to temptation and deception, and consequently disobeyed God. They are facing Him for the first time since that occurred and have found that the relationship has changed. We look at how God responds to the change. Will he make good on what He said would happen should th…
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Come and celebrate the risen Lord! We will a part of the Port Angeles Community Easter celebration.Please join with us for music and message focused on the resurrection of Jesus and His transforming message of new life!All music performed under CCLI license #57014.By Pastors Bill Asselin, David Westman, J.R. VanProyen, Aaron Bacon, Tim Hughes
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Camp Crossroads is starting a Gap Year discipleship program this fall! Christie & Andrew Hiebert join us to share how God is calling Camp to disciple young adults in small cohort setting with Bible study, servant leadership, multicultural experiences, travel and mission. Do you know someone who would be a good fit? Full Gap Year information is avai…
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At this point in our journey in Genesis, Eve and Adam have fallen to temptation and have eaten the fruit of the forbidden tree. It has changed their world in unexpected ways, and they try to respond and adapt to their new understanding. In our lesson today, they encounter their creator, God, for the first time after that experience. Can they keep t…
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Adam and Eve lived in a paradise with God, which enjoyed together with God gave to them with only one prohibition. While the Bible does not tell us how long they were able to avoid that prohibition, there came the day when the temptation was set before them that challenged them to doubt their trust in God and to face their first consequences.We con…
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Where do the concepts of gender and marriage come from? We see God's answer in the very second chapter of Genesis where these are established.Please join with us as we look at how the second person in creation is introduced in Genesis 2: 18 - 25, what was special about the relationship between Adam and Eve, and what pattern that sets for us.…
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We resume our study of the Book of Genesis, stepping further into the second chapter to focus on the first interactions between God and his creation in the Garden of Eden.Join with us as we "zoom in" on this part of God's creative story to find out about Eden as Adam, the first man, was introduced into the garden and the creation story in Genesis 2…
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Why MB? This key question was addressed by Kristal Toews at the national EQUIP Conference in October. This was one of two plenary sessions that Ryan Jantzi and many others found to be particularly inspiring. Kristal is a pastor with Northview Church in Abbotsford, BC and a member of the CCMBC National Faith and Life Team. Click here for the video …
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Spiritual Growth Through Metanoia and Epiphany Experiences
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A Conversation on the Vision for the Foundation and for Jacksonville
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Our speaker, Isaiah Oliver, is the President of the Community Foundation of Northeast Florida.By Unitarian Universalist Church of Jacksonville
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Special Collection: Women Writing for (a) Change Jacksonville is an intentional writing community founded by Jennifer Wolfe whose vision is to foster healthy, conscious communities where the words and creative expression of women, girls, and individuals—from all classes, races, ethnic backgrounds, and life circumstances—are nurtured, developed, and…
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Easter/Spring: Metanoia, Rebirth & Renewal
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