All I Know Is This

In the final episode of season 3, Amy and Ryan continue to unpack the directives in Micah 6:8 to "do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with God."

In episode 3 of season 3, Amy and Ryan continue to unpack the directives in Micah 6:8 to "do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with God."

In episode 2 of season 3, Amy and Ryan dive deep into the biblical concept of justice.  How does God show us what justice look like? What is the role of empathy in doing justice? How do we do justice not just as individuals but as communities of faith?

All I Know Is This is back with a new season! 

In season 3, Amy will be joined by special guest Dr. Ryan Bonfiglio, the Assistant Professor in the Practice of Old Testament and Director of the Candler Foundry at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University. For four episodes they will unpack the directives in Micah 6:8 to "do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with God." 

In episode 1, Amy and Ryan introduce this season by looking at the social, political, and theological moment in which Micah spoke these words and uncover some surprising similarities to today as we seek to get "back to basics" with this verse.

In our season 2 finale, Amy chats with Jamie Lynn Haskins, Chaplain for Spiritual Life at the University of Richmond. Jamie shares her approach to ministry and insights into how college students are having church. Amy and Jamie discuss this Sunday's scripture from Acts and what it tells us about showing up for people in crisis just how Paul and Silas showed up for the jailer who was about to take his life.

As we head into the Advent season we hope that you will join us in our new sermon series God Comes to Us: How Will We Respond? Whether you are physically in Richmond, VA or not there are lots of ways for you to connect to our faith community as the majority of our offerings are still online. You can find out how to connect with us at fpcrichmond.org

Amy chats with Dr. Brian Blount, President of Union Presbyterian Seminary where he is also a professor of New Testament. Dr. Blount shares some of the history of the seminary and offers his wisdom on this Sunday’s passage in Mark; which is quite fitting seeing as one of his areas of scholarship is the Gospel of Mark. 

Amy talks with Elizabeth Lynn, Founder of the Center for Civic Reflection and the Institute for Leadership and Service. Elizabeth is currently the Project Director of Shifting Ground, an initiative of Lake Institute. In this episode, Elizabeth shares her insights into the trends of philanthropic giving and how we can talk about giving in the church. Amy and Elizabeth share their reflections on the scripture passage of the Rich Young Ruler offering a perspective of Jesus toward the man that may be new to many of us. 

Center for civic reflectionhttps://civicreflection.org/

Institute for Leadership and Service at Valparaiso University:  https://www.valpo.edu/institute-for-leadership-and-service/

Lake Institute of Faith and Giving: https://philanthropy.iupui.edu/institutes/lake-institute/index.html

Shifting Ground by Elizabeth Lynn: https://philanthropy.iupui.edu/news-events/insights-newsletter/2020-issues/july-2020-issue-1.html

In this episode, Amy talks with Rev. Ben Campbell, a seventh generation Richmonder, founder of Richmond Hill, and current Pastoral Associate at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Campbell has devoted his life to seeking racial healing and to uncovering the history of Richmond. You can read about it in his book, Richmond’s Unhealed History. Amy and Ben discuss the story of the Canaanite woman, and Ben offers an interpretation that is fitting for our time. 

You can watch Healing Richmond's Unhealed History, the three-part series The Rev. Ben Campbell taught as part of Trinity United Methodist's Dillard Forum here: http://www.trinityumc.net/Dillard-Forum/

Today Amy talks with The Rev. Jess Cook, Program and Communications Manager for More Light Presbyterians (mlp.org). More Light's mission has always been to empower and equip individuals and congregations to live into their welcome for LGBTQIA+ people. A graduate of Union Presbyterian Seminary here in Richmond, Rev. Cook reflects on their call to pastoral ministry. Amy and Jess discuss this coming Sunday's scripture from Numbers, a story of five sisters who dare to ask, "Why?"

Join us on Sunday mornings at 10am for worship at youtube.com/fpcrichmond

More Light Virtual Pulpit Supply details can be found here: https://mlp.org/virtual-pulpit-supply/
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Non-Binary Gender Identities Fact Sheet

Get to know FPC’s Minister of Music and Arts, Jason N. Brown. Jason joined the ministry team at FPC in September and we wanted to give you a chance to get to know him since we can't gather in person. Amy and Jason also share their insights to the story of Queen Esther, this Sunday’s scripture passage in our sermon series, “Can We Talk? Biblical Conversations in Good Faith.” 

We hope you will join us on Sunday at 10am for worship online at youtube.com/fpcrichmond or catch up on past worship services at fpcrichmond.org/worship.