All Places Together

In this special Pride Month Series, hear stories from five different LGBTQIA+ Lutherans who call Virginia home.

For the first episode, Emer Kate interviews Pastor Colleen about her self-discovery and acceptance of God’s love for her – wherever, whoever, and however she is. 

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Pastor Colleen and Emer Kate wrap up our Art + Faith series by expanding the conversation about creativity beyond art and reflecting on community creative practices. This one’s for you, “I’m not creative” folks! 

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All Places Together (APT) is a non-geographic community, based in Virginia. APT seeks to gather individuals who are searching for God in the wilderness of life, individuals who deeply want to connect to something beyond themselves, and individuals who believe the love of Jesus is embodied in all of God’s diverse creation.

Thank you to our Mission partners: Virginia Synod (www.vasynod.org) and Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (www.elca.org).

To give to All Places Together, visit our website: http://www.allplacestogether.org/ Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the button “Give to All Places Together.” This will take you to the APT giving page. Enter your contribution amount to the basket and follow the instructions to check out!

Laura Hunt joins us this week to share about her life as a painter in Fort Worth, Texas. We talk about a series of paintings featuring unhoused members of the Fort Worth community, her artistic process, and the vocational call of making art. 

https://laurahuntart.com/

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All Places Together (APT) is a non-geographic community, based in Virginia. APT seeks to gather individuals who are searching for God in the wilderness of life, individuals who deeply want to connect to something beyond themselves, and individuals who believe the love of Jesus is embodied in all of God’s diverse creation.

Thank you to our Mission partners: Virginia Synod (www.vasynod.org) and Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (www.elca.org).

To give to All Places Together, visit our website: http://www.allplacestogether.org/ Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the button “Give to All Places Together.” This will take you to the APT giving page. Enter your contribution amount to the basket and follow the instructions to check out!

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Art + Faith continues this week with a delightful conversation about books. Rev. Tura Foster Gillespie, the founder of Teaching Cultural Compassion, shares about the impact of her work advocating for and curating a searchable database of diverse children’s books. And she reminds us that picture books are just as helpful for opening avenues to compassion in adult readers, too!

https://www.teachingculturalcompassion.com/tcc-home

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This episode kicks off a new series exploring art + faith! Emer Kate chats with Mackee Hoffmann about creativity, sound healing, and Mackee’s winding path to chaplaincy.

https://www.hoffmannhealingarts.com/

All Places Together (APT) is a non-geographic community, based in Virginia. APT seeks to gather individuals who are searching for God in the wilderness of life, individuals who deeply want to connect to something beyond themselves, and individuals who believe the love of Jesus is embodied in all of God’s diverse creation.

Thank you to our Mission partners: Virginia Synod (www.vasynod.org) and Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (www.elca.org).

To give to All Places Together, visit our website: http://www.allplacestogether.org/ Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the button “Give to All Places Together.” This will take you to the APT giving page. Enter your contribution amount to the basket and follow the instructions to check out!

In this episode, Pastor Colleen shares the story of one of the most important rainbow along the way stories in the bible, the story of Easter. 

All Places Together (APT) is a non-geographic community, based in Virginia. APT seeks to gather individuals who are searching for God in the wilderness of life, individuals who deeply want to connect to something beyond themselves, and individuals who believe the love of Jesus is embodied in all of God’s diverse creation.

Thank you to our Mission partners: Virginia Synod (www.vasynod.org) and Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (www.elca.org).

To give to All Places Together, visit our website: http://www.allplacestogether.org/ Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the button “Give to All Places Together.” This will take you to the APT giving page. Enter your contribution amount to the basket and follow the instructions to check out!

Technicolor Camping Ministry Director Callahan Jordan joins us this week to talk about the ways that we find God in the outdoors. Learn about living a life of service and the importance of outdoor faith opportunities, especially for trans youth.

Learn more about Technicolor Ministries: https://www.technicolorministries.com

All Places Together (APT) is a non-geographic community, based in Virginia. APT seeks to gather individuals who are searching for God in the wilderness of life, individuals who deeply want to connect to something beyond themselves, and individuals who believe the love of Jesus is embodied in all of God’s diverse creation.

Thank you to our Mission partners: Virginia Synod (www.vasynod.org) and Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (www.elca.org).

To give to All Places Together, visit our website: http://www.allplacestogether.org/ Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the button “Give to All Places Together.” This will take you to the APT giving page. Enter your contribution amount to the basket and follow the instructions to check out!

Neuroscientist Saskia de Vries joins us this week to talk about vision and how we construct our perception of the world. Learn more about how we see, and how others can be rainbows in our lives, and how God could be a fruit fly. 

Link for Technicolor: https://www.technicolorministries.com/

All Places Together (APT) is a non-geographic community, based in Virginia. APT seeks to gather individuals who are searching for God in the wilderness of life, individuals who deeply want to connect to something beyond themselves, and individuals who believe the love of Jesus is embodied in all of God’s diverse creation.

Thank you to our Mission Partners: Virginia Synod (www.vasynod.org) and Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (www.elca.org).

To give to All Places Together, visit our website: http://www.allplacestogether.org/ Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the button "Give to All Places Together". This will take you to the APT giving page. Enter your contribution amount to the basket and follow the instructions to check out!

Jamie Bruesehoff is our guest in week four of Rainbows Along the Way. She shares from her book, Raising Kids Beyond the Binary, and how God has been with her and her family as they have come to know their true selves and share God’s expansive love with the world.  

Jamie Bruesehoff's Website

Link for Technicolor: https://www.technicolorministries.com/

All Places Together (APT) is a non-geographic community, based in Virginia. APT seeks to gather individuals who are searching for God in the wilderness of life, individuals who deeply want to connect to something beyond themselves, and individuals who believe the love of Jesus is embodied in all of God’s diverse creation.

Thank you to our Mission Partners: Virginia Synod (www.vasynod.org) and Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (www.elca.org).

To give to All Places Together, visit our website: http://www.allplacestogether.org/ Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the button "Give to All Places Together". This will take you to the APT giving page. Enter your contribution amount to the basket and follow the instructions to check out!

Pastor Libby Pfaff of Nineveh Justice Ministries (Radford, Virginia), shares how her friends created a safe place for her when she didn’t yet know herself fully. Learn about Nineveh and creating community in places of diversity and difference. 

Nineveh Lutheran Justice Ministry Website

Link for Technicolor: https://www.technicolorministries.com/

All Places Together (APT) is a non-geographic community, based in Virginia. APT seeks to gather individuals who are searching for God in the wilderness of life, individuals who deeply want to connect to something beyond themselves, and individuals who believe the love of Jesus is embodied in all of God’s diverse creation.

Thank you to our Mission Partners: Virginia Synod (www.vasynod.org) and Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (www.elca.org).

To give to All Places Together, visit our website: http://www.allplacestogether.org/ Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the button "Give to All Places Together". This will take you to the APT giving page. Enter your contribution amount to the basket and follow the instructions to check out!