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EP 022: Relate, Create, Transform: Love in Action with Rev. Josh Blakesley on Into the Absurd
On this week's Into the Absurd, all the world's a stage when we speak with the Rev. Josh Blakesley, Founder and Executive Director of The Welcome Project PA, a community-based non-profit serving marginalized communities, including LGBT+ people, recent immigrants and vulnerable faith communities. Josh is passionate about interfaith immersion projects and movements that bring people together across lines of difference.
Join us as we celebrate coming together, understanding and accepting differences in turbulent times, and how theater can provide a bridge over troubled waters.
Rev. Josh Blakesely grew up in the Midwest before completing a B.A. in Theatre at Northwestern College [IA] and a Masters of Divinity [M.Div.] at Princeton Theological Seminary [NJ]. An ordained minister in the United Church of Christ [UCC], Josh has lived and worked in Iowa, Philadelphia, Hawaii, Mexico, and Michigan.
In 2019, Josh founded The Welcome Project PA [WPPA], a community-based non-profit that serves marginalized communities, such as LGBT+ people, recent immigrants, and vulnerable faith communities.
Currently, Josh is Pastor of Love In Action UCC, featured in a Vox Media episode of Divided States of Women with Liz Plank and in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Josh has 20+ years of experience working with children, youth, and adults in various intra and interfaith settings. Josh is a fellow of Interfaith Philadelphia, designing and coordinating HS and University student groups for immersion service-learning weeks called “Alternative Break Interfaith Encounters.” He also co-facilitates “How to be an Interfaith Ally” trainings for Philly Peace Day and recently, in Toronto, at the Parliament of the World’s Religions.
Josh is committed to promoting religious pluralism and partnering with people of all faiths and those who identify as atheist or agnostic to build bridges of shared values and cooperation.
Join us as we celebrate coming together, understanding and accepting differences in turbulent times, and how theater can provide a bridge over troubled waters.
Rev. Josh Blakesely grew up in the Midwest before completing a B.A. in Theatre at Northwestern College [IA] and a Masters of Divinity [M.Div.] at Princeton Theological Seminary [NJ]. An ordained minister in the United Church of Christ [UCC], Josh has lived and worked in Iowa, Philadelphia, Hawaii, Mexico, and Michigan.
In 2019, Josh founded The Welcome Project PA [WPPA], a community-based non-profit that serves marginalized communities, such as LGBT+ people, recent immigrants, and vulnerable faith communities.
Currently, Josh is Pastor of Love In Action UCC, featured in a Vox Media episode of Divided States of Women with Liz Plank and in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Josh has 20+ years of experience working with children, youth, and adults in various intra and interfaith settings. Josh is a fellow of Interfaith Philadelphia, designing and coordinating HS and University student groups for immersion service-learning weeks called “Alternative Break Interfaith Encounters.” He also co-facilitates “How to be an Interfaith Ally” trainings for Philly Peace Day and recently, in Toronto, at the Parliament of the World’s Religions.
Josh is committed to promoting religious pluralism and partnering with people of all faiths and those who identify as atheist or agnostic to build bridges of shared values and cooperation.
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On this week's Into the Absurd, all the world's a stage when we speak with the Rev. Josh Blakesley, Founder and Executive Director of The Welcome Project PA, a community-based non-profit serving marginalized communities, including LGBT+ people, recent immigrants and vulnerable faith communities. Josh is passionate about interfaith immersion projects and movements that bring people together across lines of difference.
Join us as we celebrate coming together, understanding and accepting differences in turbulent times, and how theater can provide a bridge over troubled waters.
Rev. Josh Blakesely grew up in the Midwest before completing a B.A. in Theatre at Northwestern College [IA] and a Masters of Divinity [M.Div.] at Princeton Theological Seminary [NJ]. An ordained minister in the United Church of Christ [UCC], Josh has lived and worked in Iowa, Philadelphia, Hawaii, Mexico, and Michigan.
In 2019, Josh founded The Welcome Project PA [WPPA], a community-based non-profit that serves marginalized communities, such as LGBT+ people, recent immigrants, and vulnerable faith communities.
Currently, Josh is Pastor of Love In Action UCC, featured in a Vox Media episode of Divided States of Women with Liz Plank and in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Josh has 20+ years of experience working with children, youth, and adults in various intra and interfaith settings. Josh is a fellow of Interfaith Philadelphia, designing and coordinating HS and University student groups for immersion service-learning weeks called “Alternative Break Interfaith Encounters.” He also co-facilitates “How to be an Interfaith Ally” trainings for Philly Peace Day and recently, in Toronto, at the Parliament of the World’s Religions.
Josh is committed to promoting religious pluralism and partnering with people of all faiths and those who identify as atheist or agnostic to build bridges of shared values and cooperation.
Join us as we celebrate coming together, understanding and accepting differences in turbulent times, and how theater can provide a bridge over troubled waters.
Rev. Josh Blakesely grew up in the Midwest before completing a B.A. in Theatre at Northwestern College [IA] and a Masters of Divinity [M.Div.] at Princeton Theological Seminary [NJ]. An ordained minister in the United Church of Christ [UCC], Josh has lived and worked in Iowa, Philadelphia, Hawaii, Mexico, and Michigan.
In 2019, Josh founded The Welcome Project PA [WPPA], a community-based non-profit that serves marginalized communities, such as LGBT+ people, recent immigrants, and vulnerable faith communities.
Currently, Josh is Pastor of Love In Action UCC, featured in a Vox Media episode of Divided States of Women with Liz Plank and in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Josh has 20+ years of experience working with children, youth, and adults in various intra and interfaith settings. Josh is a fellow of Interfaith Philadelphia, designing and coordinating HS and University student groups for immersion service-learning weeks called “Alternative Break Interfaith Encounters.” He also co-facilitates “How to be an Interfaith Ally” trainings for Philly Peace Day and recently, in Toronto, at the Parliament of the World’s Religions.
Josh is committed to promoting religious pluralism and partnering with people of all faiths and those who identify as atheist or agnostic to build bridges of shared values and cooperation.