Meet in the Middle

Rev. Zayzay Kpadeh speaks with Rev. Timothy Harmon, Senior Pastor of 2nd Presbyterian Church of Oil City. They discuss the Litany of Repentance that was recently approved at the Presbyterian Church USA's 225th General Assembly held at the Presbyterian Center in Louisville, Kentucky this past June.

Rev. Zayzay Kpadeh join Rev. Julian Cook, and his wife, Sigourney Cook. Rev. Cook is the Director of Houghton College Bethel Program in Buffalo New York, and Mrs. Cook is a teacher and a talented opera singer. They talk about the March 14th shootings at a Buffalo grocery market that killed 10, and injured dozens of others. The Cook's will share how the community is coping after the incident. 

McKeesport Councilman Timothy Brown talks about the Men of Valor program for youth in his hometown.  Rev. Renee Mikell hosts the episode.

Rev. Zayzay Kpadeh welcomes back members of Together We Can. Clarion area therapist Jeff Polley, and Pastor Tim Harmon of the 2nd Presbyterian Church in Oil City join for a roundtable discussion. Also joining the conversation, is Abby Williams from Rocky Grove, and Franklin Area graduate Adam Luther, who were two of six winners in Together We Can's recent essay contest. Oil City native Barbara Rumore also joins the conversation. 

Rev. Renee Mikell talks with Mrs. Denise Bailey Myers,  author of the book, "Grandma's ABC's of Growing Up." The McKeesport native shares why she wrote the book, responds to some false narratives,  as well as the role of Grandmothers in today's society. Denise is also the founder of Grand-Marvelous. 

Lou Ransom, Jr., a Tipstaff for the family court of Allegheny County Common Pleas Court Judge Dwayne Woodruff, joins Rev. Dawn Lynn Check for a discussion about the closing of the Shuman Juvenile Detention Center last year, and the affect on the youth of Allegheny County since the closure.

Eight women sought to help women across the world. That energy led them to do more. Today we have United Women in Faith. Over 150 years of acting on their faith. Rev. Dawn Lynn Check talks with Linda Thayer, President of the United Methodist Women of Faith for Western Pennsylvania, and share it’s creation and how this group, formerly known as the United Methodist Women, are moving forward in service to God and their community.

Rev. Dawn Lynn Check talks with Rev. Lynette Moran, Deacon at Bethel UMC and PhD candidate and Mellon Fellow at the University of Pittsburgh. Lynette walks us through white fragility and white grief.

Rev Dawn Lynn Check speaks with Sarah Jeanne Browne, a mental health advocate and Forbes writer. Browne shares her journey with mental illness and shines a light on the stigmas surrounding mental health.

This interview comes on the heels of shootings in Buffalo New York, and California. Rev. Dawn Lynn Check speaks with Rabbi Sara Perman, a retired Rabbi from the Pittsburgh area and co-chair of the Westmoreland Diversity  Coalition, who gives us a glimpse into what it's like to be a targeted community  based on faith and or ethnicity.