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Nerds of Pray is the podcast where Nerd Pastor Nathan Webb of Checkpoint Church sits down with some of the leading people in the realm of Nerd/Pop Culture Ministry. He asks them questions about their specific venture into the ministry, as well as what first led them to the intersection of faith and fandom.

In this episode, Nathan sits down with Heather Moore, Deacon in the United Methodist Church and Weird Church enthusiast.

Support Heather Moore: 

Website: https://accidentaltomatoes.com/

Twitter: @mooremusic216

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Discord: mooremusic621 #3803

UMAMD: https://www.umdisabledministers.org/

Nerds of Pray is made possible by the support of Checkpoint Church, the church for nerds, geeks, and gamers online. This episode was hosted, produced, recorded, edited, and mastered by Nathan Webb. It was captured via Cleanfeed and edited in DaVinci Resolve.

Intro/Outro Music is Royalty Free: "The Little Broth" by Rolemusic   

Key Art/Logo was created by: Nathan Webb   

Character Art/Avatar by: mondayvibes

To support Checkpoint Church and the ministry they produce, please like this video and subscribe to our channel or these other sources: 

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Our next episode will be dropping next month and will feature Drew Dixon of Love Thy Nerd and Know Thy Gamer. Look forward to that and thanks again so much for giving us a listen!

If you have any recommendations or would like to be considered as a future guest on the podcast, submit your name and biography to [email protected].

The Checkpoint Church Podcast Hub is the hub for all of our podcasts, sermons, and special projects. To learn more, go to checkpointchurch.com or send any questions you have to [email protected].

0:00 - Clip

0:26 - Intro

0:43 - Introducing Heather

1:27 - Welcome Heather!

3:12 - What flavor of nerd are you?

6:05 - Where did your nerd journey begin?

8:28 - Where did you first find the intersection of faith and fandom?

10:57 - Spirituality in gaming

18:23 - Do you believe that God can use fandoms for good?

26:26 - What is Weird Church?

31:00 - Is Weird a bad word?

34:08 - Can anyone start a Weird Church?

39:40 - Accessibility in gaming, tech, & faith

49:45 - What do you think the future of faith and pop culture looks like?

51:40 - What are you watching/reading/playing?

55:07 - Shout outs

56:09 - Closing

57:05 - Credits

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