Glad Tidings

Airing originally on April 15, 2021 on WYXR 91.7 FM in Memphis, TN, this episode of Faithfully Memphis features the Reverend Tom Momberg, vicar of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Memphis, TN in conversation with John Ashworth, who currently serves as the board chair of The Lynching Sites Project of Memphis. 

Holy Trinity Episcopal Church: http://www.holytrinityec.org/

Featured Music:

"Higher Ground" by Stevie Wonder

Airing originally on April 8, 2021 on WYXR 91.7 FM in Memphis, TN, this episode of Faithfully Memphis features Eli Cloud, Executive Director of Thistle & Bee Enterprises, in conversation with some of the women whose lives have been impacted by T&B. Thistle & Bee offers women hope and healing through a holistic residential and therapeutic clinical program and employment in our social enterprise. Learn more at thistleandbee.org.

Have a question for the Stump the Bishop segment? Please email Minister of Communication Emily Austin: [email protected]

Featured Music:

"Higher Ground" by Stevie Wonder

“Fancy" by Reba McEntire

"Won't He Do it" by Koryn Hawthorne

Airing originally on April 1, 2021 on WYXR 91.7 FM in Memphis, TN, this episode of Faithfully Memphis features Bishop Phoebe Roaf in conversation with Rabbi Micah Greenstein, Senior Rabbi at Temple Israel in Memphis, TN. 

Have a question for the Stump the Bishop segment? Please email Minister of Communication Emily Austin: [email protected]

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Airing originally on March 25, 2021 on WYXR 91.7 FM in Memphis, TN, this episode of Faithfully Memphis features the Reverend Ollie Rencher, rector of Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Memphis, TN in conversation with iconic Memphis writer and columnist Dan Conaway. Join them for a hour of shared storytelling and reflections about race matters, cemeteries, theatres, churches, cities, special spaces, and places. 

Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal Church: https://www.gracestlukes.org/

Follow Dan Conaway on Twitter at @DanConaway2

Have a question for the Stump the Bishop segment? Please email Minister of Communication Emily Austin: [email protected]

Featured Music: 

"Higher Ground" by Stevie Wonder

"For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield

Airing originally on March 18, 2021 on WYXR 91.7 FM in Memphis, TN, this episode of Faithfully Memphis features Bishop Phoebe Roaf in conversation with Cindy McMillion and Justin Brazil, both integral parts of the Connecting Memphis storytelling project. We also talk about the historical figure of St. Patrick and the sacrament of reconciliation.

Printed anthologies of the Connecting Memphis project are now available for purchase on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3ACindy+McMillion&s=relevancerank&text=Cindy+McMillion&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1

Learn more about Connecting Memphis: https://www.connectingmemphis.com/​

Have a question for the Stump the Bishop segment? Please email Minister of Communication Emily Austin: [email protected]

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Airing originally on March 11, 2021 on WYXR 91.7 FM in Memphis, TN, this episode of Faithfully Memphis features Father Jay Biedenharn and Mother Miranda Cully of Saint John's Episcopal Church in conversation with George Gully. In addition to his career at Jim Keras Memphis, Gully is deeply involved with the Memphis Grizzlies Foundation and Serenity Recovery Center in Memphis. 

Saint John's Episcopal Church:  https://www.stjohnsmemphis.org/

Have a question for the Stump the Bishop segment? Please email Minister of Communication Emily Austin: [email protected]

Featured Music: 

"Higher Ground" by Stevie Wonder

Airing originally on March 4, 2021 on WYXR 91.7 FM in Memphis, TN, this episode of Faithfully Memphis features Bishop Phoebe Roaf in conversation with Tami Sawyer. Sawyer is a Shelby County Commissioner and Chair of Education in her hometown of Memphis, TN. She is a social justice activist who is Chair of the Memphis NAACP Legal Defense Fund, leader of #Takeemdown901 and recipient of the Ebony Power 100 Award.

Follow Tami on Twitter @tamisawyer and Instagram @TamiSawyer901. Listen to her podcast Black Steel Magnolia wherever you listen to podcasts.

Have a question for the Stump the Bishop segment? Please email Minister of Communication Emily Austin: [email protected]

Featured Music: 

"Higher Ground" by Stevie Wonder

"Love Divine, All Loves Excelling" performed by The Riverside Choir

"O For A Thousand Tongues To Sing" by Reawaken (Acoustic Hymn)

Originally airing on February 25, 2021 on WYXR 91.7 FM, this episode of Faithfully Memphis is hosted by the Reverend Scott Walters, Rector of Calvary Episcopal Church. Join him for conversations with Heidi Rupke, Kat Gordon, and Mak Clayton. Heidi organizes Calvary's annual Lenten Preaching Series and Waffle Shop. Kat is the founder and owner of Muddy's Bake Shop. Mak is the Director of Outreach for the Hospitality Hub in Downtown Memphis. All of these Memphis institutions have transformed their operations in serving the community through the COVID-19 pandemic. 

To learn more about Lent at Calvary, click here: https://calvarymemphis.org/learn/lenten-preaching-series/

To learn more about Muddy's and Kat Gordon, click here: https://www.muddysbakeshop.com/pages/about-muddys

To learn more about the Hospitality Hub, click here: https://www.hospitalityhub.org/

About Scott

Scott joined Calvary’s staff as the 22nd rector in 2017. Previously, he was the rector of Christ Episcopal Church in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he served since 2005. Before seminary, Scott worked as a carpenter and contractor, which began a curiosity about the way the "built environment" impacts Christian discipleship, especially with regard to stewardship of creation and Jesus's charge to welcome the stranger. A native of Arkansas, Scott received his Bachelor of Arts in English from John Brown University and a Master of Divinity from Virginia Theological Seminary. Scott enjoys playing guitar (and a little mandolin), riding bikes, carpentry, poems, and walking, whether on a path in the woods or a sidewalk in the city. He is married to Ardelle, who is a counselor and faculty member for CREDO, a clergy wellness program of the Church Pension Group. Ardelle and Scott have two children, Alden and Kate.

FEATURED MUSIC

"Higher Ground" by Stevie Wonder

Airing originally on February 18, 2021 on WYXR 91.7 FM in Memphis, TN, this episode of Faithfully Memphis features the Rev. Deacon Gerri Endicott, vocational deacon of Church of the Holy Apostles in Collierville in conversation with Tom Carpenter, Director of Adult Formation at Holy Apostles.

http://www.holyapostlestn.net/

Featured Music:

"Higher Ground" by Stevie Wonder

Airing originally on February 11, 2021 on WYXR 91.7 FM in Memphis, TN, this episode of Faithfully Memphis features Bishop Phoebe Roaf in conversation with Dr. Catherine Meeks, Executive Director of the Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing, whose mission is to provide tools and experiences that allow faith communities – and the larger community of individuals – to engage in dismantling racism through education, prayer, dialogue, pilgrimage, and spiritual formation.

Prior to the center's opening, Dr. Meeks she chaired its precursor, Beloved Community: Commission for Dismantling Racism for the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta. A sought-after teacher and workshop leader, Catherine brings four decades of experience to the work of transforming the dismantling racism work in Atlanta. The core of her work has been with people who have been marginalized because of economic status, race, gender or physical ability as they pursue liberation, justice and access to resources that can help lead them to health, wellness and a more abundant life. This work grows out of her understanding of her call to the vocation of teacher as well as her realization that all of humanity is one family which God desires to unite.

Learn more at CenterForRacialHealing.org/

Have a question for the Stump the Bishop segment? Please email Minister of Communication Emily Austin: [email protected]