Danielle Williams, guest speaker at Manhattan Mennonite Fellowship. Danielle joined @connect_nyc in 2021 as a community educator. In her capacity at CONNECT Faith, Danielle collaborates with New York City’s diverse faith communities to create and strengthen their response to gender and family violence. She has a passion or empowering diverse faith communities to live into their values of social justice and transforming the world. Prior to CONNECT, Danielle spent many years as an inter-faith-based community organizer in California, equipping congregations to enact police accountability, criminal justice reform, violence intervention and prevention, and civic engagement. In her downtime, Danielle enjoys designing Afrocentric jewelry, watching Nollywood movies and cooking random recipes from YouTube influencers. She holds a Masters of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley.

A message from guest speaker, Rev. Katrina Foster, pastor at St. John's Lutheran Church (Greenpoint).

Guest speaker, Nekeisha Alayna Alexis, intercultural coordinator at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary.

Mark 10:17-27 (the rich young ruler)

A message from Paul Ryneski.

https://neosoul.com/religion/queer-black-music/

A message from Hans Smucker, MMF member.

A message from Laura Lacombe, Princeton Theological Seminary intern at Manhattan Mennonite Fellowship. There is a 5-minute musical interlude where participants are invited to use crayons, colored pencils, etc. to color and draw. This interlude was kept in this episode, so consider grabbing some crayons and paper before the sermons starts!

The disciples came up to Jesus with the question, “Who is the greatest in the kindom of heaven?” Jesus called for a little child to come and stand among them. Then Jesus said, “The truth is, unless you change and become like little children, you will not enter the kindom of heaven. Those who make themselves as humble as this child are the greatest in the kindom of heaven.  Whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me. But those who would cause any of these little ones who believe in me to stumble would be better thrown into the sea with millstones around their necks.”

- Matthew 18:1-6

(Inclusive Bible Translation)

Guest speaker, Sara Wolcott's message on decolonization, land acknowledgments, and deeper spiritual truths. 

To learn more about her work, visit: https://www.sequoiasamanvaya.com/

Special guest, Juan Carlos Ruiz, shares about his work and ministry among the recent wave of migrants into NYC.

To learn more about his work, visit: https://goodshepherdbayridge.space/

A special message from Hyacinth Stevens, Bishop in Lancaster Mennonite Conference and Executive Director of Mennonite Central Committee East Coast.

Matthew 26:36-46; Romans 12:2

Edgar Hayes, guest speaker, shares about the preparing for a child, and about preparing for the Christ child.

Note: the sound quality is poor on this episode due to a tech challenge. 

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