Best Small Churches Big Impact Collective Podcasts (2024)

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Transitioning From Small Church To Big Church & Diocesan Staff 50:01

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Trinity Church, Boston - https://www.trinitychurchboston.org/ Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Portland, OR - https://www.trinity-episcopal.org/ Episcopal Diocese of Michigan - https://www.edomi.org Dr. Paul Farmer’s funeral at Trinity Church Catechesis is Trinity Cathedral’s ”five-month immersion in scripture, history, worship, and Christian practic…

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"Traditional" Small Church Clergy 39:09

8M ago39:09

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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 …

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Dual Career Clergy 47:41

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Skip Eller St. Aidan’s, Tulsa, Oklahoma: www.facebook.com/saintaidantulsa Manhattan Construction: https://manhattanconstructiongroup.com/manhattan-construction-company/ Elizabeth Felicetti St. David’s, Richmond, Virginia: www.stdavidsrva.org/ Author’s website: https://elizabethfelicetti.com Book: https://www.eerdmans.com/9780802882349/ Mike Kugler …

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Bishops Who Support Small Churches 41:54

8M ago41:54

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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 Congre…

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Lay People In Small Church Leadership 43:29

8M ago43:29

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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 m…

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Relational, Resourceful, and Resilient 44:15

8M ago44:15

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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 Episcop…

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The Call to Lead in Navajoland 56:13

1+ y ago56:13

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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 a…

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The Joys & Sacrifices of Rural Church Ministry 47:29

1+ y ago47:29

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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-F…

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Collaboration & Competition in Suburban Small Church Ministry 42:24

1+ y ago42:24

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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…

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Celebrating Collaboration 43:45

1+ y ago43:45

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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-luthe…

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Welcome Back to the Collective 47:31

1+ y ago47:31

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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 l…

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Not Fancy, but Faithful 41:25

2+ y ago41:25

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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 pr…

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Unpacking the Bivocational Knapsack 52:26

2+ y ago52:26

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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 PolymniaBy Small Churches Big Impact Collective

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Love The Ones You Have 34:40

2+ y ago34:40

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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 t…

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A Boundaried Ministry: Part-time Work in Small Churches 36:39

2+ y ago36:39

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HOST: Stacy Williams-Duncan GUEST: Leyla King Content Warning: the topic of miscarriage and Leyla’s decision to disclose it to her congregation is discussed throughout the first half of the episode. Thankful Memorial Episcopal Church: https://thankfulmemorial.org/ - https://thankfulpriest.home.blog/ Music: I Love to Tell the Story, Benjamin Grove, …

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Why I Chose A Small Church 43:55

2+ y ago43:55

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HOST: Susie Shaefer GUEST: Allison Sandlin Liles St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Hurst, TX Episcopal Peace Fellowship Invite,Welcome, Connect Love is the Way: Holding on to Hope in Troubling Times by the Most Rev. Michael B. Curry Acts in Easter - a Bible Study created by the Rev. Becky Zartman PFLAG Fort Worth The Woman with the Alabaster Jar from…

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Baby Big Church 46:43

2+ y ago46:43

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HOST: Allison Sandlin Liles GUEST: Rebekah Bokros Hatch Jen Fulton’s article, The Small Church as Icon Gil Rendle’s book Quietly Courageous: Leading the Church in Changing World StoryPath - connecting children’s books with lectionary readings from Union Presbyterian Seminary Lesson Plans that Work: free formation curriculum from the Episcopal Churc…

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Welcome to Small Churches Big Impact Collective 46:45

2+ y ago46:45

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1 Timothy 4:14: “Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you through prophecy with the laying on of hands by the council of elders.” Music: I Love to Tell the Story, Benjamin Grove, keyboard Podcast produced by PolymniaBy Small Churches Big Impact Collective