Beyond Sunday

A conversation In light of the murder of of George Floyd - Minneapolis, Ahmaud Arbery South Georgia, Breonna Taylor in Kentucky, Mother Emmanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church massacre in Charleston SC. The protests, the riots, and the list goes on and on. As difficult as it has become, as Christians we must speak truth about race, racism in America, and how the Church can no longer be silent, sit on the sidelines, believe that there is not a problem, say that is not my problem, say I didn't cause this problem etc… As people of God, each of us has a mandate on our lives by God. Matthew 25:31-46 reminds us all, The Son of Man will judge the nations. Each of us, individually, and collectively will have to answer to our response to the clarion call. Siblings, there is much kingdom work to be done. Who's in? Contact Dr. Stephanie Moore Hand, [email protected]

OUR GUEST:

Dr. Elaine Heath's interdisciplinary scholarly work is focused on, integrating pastoral, biblical, and spiritual theology, bridging the gap between academy, church, and world. Healing trauma, emergent forms of Christianity, and alternative forms of theological education for the church. Heath served as Dean of the Duke University Divinity School, McCreless Professor of Evangelism at Perkins School of Theology, and Southern Methodist University. She is a pioneer and co-founder of the Missional Wisdom Foundation, Neighborhood Seminary, a contextualized model of missional theological education for laity. Heath is an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church and served in pastoral ministry prior to her academic ministry.

Rev. Dr. Fatimah S. Salleh was born in Brooklyn, NY to a Puerto-Rican and Malaysian mother and an African American father. She is the eldest of seven. Dr. Salleh received her Ph.D. in Mass Communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She earned a Master's degree from Syracuse University in Public Communication and a second Master's in Divinity from Duke University. She also served on the staff of Duke University. She is married to Eric Sorensen and they have four children: Micah, Xavier, Ronin and Zora Grace. She is the founder of A Certain Work, an organization dedicated to educating on issues of faith, diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Resources:

"Stamped from the Beginning" by Ibram Kendi

"The People's History" by Howard Zinn

"Sisters in the Wilderness" by Delores Williams

"Freedom's Daughters" by Lynne Olsen

"The Third Reconstruction: How a Moral Movement is Overcoming the Politics of Division and Fear" by William Barber II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

"White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism," by Robin DeAngelo,

Racial Equity Institute - https://www.racialequityinstitute.com/

Music: Lucas Britt

A conversation with Rev. Monica Humpal and Rev. Emily Kroeger. Because Covid-19 has forced the world to shelter in place, and although each state, has begun the opening Phase 1 and Phase 2 process, SPIRITUAL FORMATION has shifted from the church buildings to where ever people are sheltered in place together. During my coaching conversations with leaders has been how to shift, pivot, and re-focus through these Uncharted Territories into our global New NORMAL. Rev. Monica and Rev. Emily and I will have a conversation focused on family ministry and how to engage so that families are equipped to deepen their faith and navigate effectively into the Uncharted territories of WHAT'S NEXT, in our new world of being.

Contact Dr. Stephanie Moore Hand

Resources

A conversation with Rev Rhonda Hermann, associate pastor at Blair Road United Methodist Church pertaining to Navigating Family Ministry @Home and making it an intentional part of our everyday lives, not just when the doors of the church are closed.

Resources

SparkHouse Story Book Bible - https://www.wearesparkhouse.org/promos/family-sun- day-school/

Pray and Play Bible - https://playandpray.net/

Eugene Patterson for Bible for Children - A Devotional for Kids

Blair Road Website- http://www.blairroadumc.org/

A Conversation with Jay Cobb, executive director of Sanctuary Counseling Group a faith based organization that specializes in bringing healing to the mind, heart and spirit by providing excellent emotional, spiritual and relational health care to people in the communities we serve. Our goal is to offer each client a safe place without judgement or shame. We walk with them where ever they are in the journey without any expectations. Our 14 therapist are from various religious, cultural, and educational backgrounds. Overall, our counselors work with the population in general, but each one offers their own expertise ranging from couples, teens, children, men, women, abuse, trauma, grief, child loss, marriage, parenting, addiction, and peri-natal trauma to name a few. We see people of all faith walks including non-believers and those whom have not decided yet. Because of our history and past connection to the United Methodist Church, we believe that a large part of our work is pastors with many of our therapist being pastors themselves.

Resources

Books:

1. Finding Meaning: the 6th Stage of Grief, by David Kessler
2. Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss, by David Kessler and Elisabeth Kubler-Ross.

Counseling Centers:

Sanctuary Counseling Group

Sanctuary Counseling Group Central Office

The Terry Building

1801 East Fifth Street, Suite 110

Charlotte, NC 28204

Instagram, YouTube

Atrium Behavioral Health Charlotte, a facility of Carolinas Medical Center : 501 Billingsley Road; Charlotte, NC 28211

Music by - Lucas Britt -

A Conversation with Ray Shawn McKennon, Pastor of South Tyron Community Church - a United Methodist Church in Charlotte, NC that serves the Brookhill and Southside communities, now called SouthEnd. There are over 300 of our sisters and brothers who are on the spectrum of low economic income, with 1/3 being children who live there. Our conversation is centered around what role should the church play in the Affordable Housing crisis, how should the church imagine a society where no one is forced to make life work, on $25, 000 yr - for a family four, 30% (AMI income), and how does the church engage to find solutions to this crisis. After all we do live in the wealthiest nation on the planet? Just Systems?! Profit Margins?! Gap Funding?! The Good News?! Investment?! Faith!

"Let's Find a way to Get to YES!"

Resources:

Information on the New Brookhill Development Project; A Section at the New Brookhill Site: https://www.newbrookhill.com/questions

A Call to Action: Please email Charlotte City Council members and the Mayor of Charlotte to simply convey that you are supportive.

The New Brookhill Affordable Housing initiative and you want Brookhill Project to be apart of the Charlotte City Funding Projects. The Charlotte City Council will Vote on April 27, 2020.

Link to the Council Members email with their phone numbers: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Dt__66C9PTExpHsisZyYAqaIqtwxq5n6AO6__7276 po/edit?usp=sharing

TRUTH - The sentiment of the Charlotte City Council meeting, April 13, 2020 was…

"Let's Find a way to get to, YES!" #TheNewBrookhillinitative

Music by - Tyris Williams -

A conversation with Rev. David Hockett, Metro District Superintendent of the United Methodist Church, in Western North Carolina. Unpacking the essentials of being the church, and leading the church during Holy Week, having Easter Sunday in our homes and "Through Uncharted Territories," to the other side.

Resources from Podcast

• NT Wright article link: Christianity Offers No Answers About the Coronavirus.

• https://time.com/5808495/coronavirus-christianity/

• John Wesley - "Thoughts upon Methodism"

• I am not afraid that the people called Methodists should ever cease to exist either in Europe or America. But I am afraid lest they should only exist as a dead sect, having the form of religion without the power. And this undoubtedly will be the case unless they hold fast both the doctrine, spirit, and discipline with which they first set out.

• Jaroslav Pelikan

• "Much of what we seem to associate with church is not really church. It's just stuff we like. "Tradition is the living faith of the dead, traditionalism is the dead faith of the living. And, I suppose I should add, it is traditionalism that gives tradition such a bad name."

Scriptural References

• Psalm 46
• Romans 8:31-39
• John 15
• Revelation 21:1-7

Sanctuary Counseling Group: https://www.sanctuarycounselinggroup.org

Music by - Lucas Britt - "TBD Lucas and Z"

Four decades of ministry, Rev. Jan Brittain, believes leader's of the church, already have what is needed to navigate through our current reality of "Uncharted Territory." Rev. Jan shares the importance for Christian leaders to remember that, "God is Love", "We can't help how we feel, but we can help what we do." Pastor Jan also shares what she has coined as the Christian essentials to lead. Rev. Jan Brittain is a relevant, passionate leader with a heart for God and God's people.

Coming Soon: Metro Sights and Sounds