You're invited to join take a moment to pause and enjoy the sights and sounds of a quiet walk on a boardwalk through a wooded stream.

Filmed in Mason Mill Park in Decatur, GA along the South Peachtree Fork Trail on the boardwalk. Trail location: ⁠https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZgZLSvEu1UzoibPh8⁠ (accessible from the west by the paved trail).

This is a visual and audio meditation designed to invite you to take a few minutes to breathe and enjoy a quiet, meditative practice with supporting visuals from around our neighborhood.

Each Thursday during Advent, a Digital Contemplative Practice will be released as a compliment to a weekly episode of the Advent Podcast, which will release each Tuesday.

We hope you'll take this opportunity to pause, reflect, and prayerfully listen.

Be sure to subscribe to the Oak Grove Podcast on 


+ Spotify ⁠⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ogumc ⁠
+ Apple Podcasts: ⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-oak-grove-umc-podcast/id1695962000⁠⁠⁠

+ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@OGUMC/podcasts⁠⁠⁠ 


#ngumc #umc #advent #christmas #adventpodcast #churchpodcast #digitalcontemplativepractice #contemplativepractice #prayer #nature #naturewalk

Episode 4 (Season 2) of The Oak Grove UMC Podcast 🎙️✨ : "What Makes Christmas, Christmas?" with guests Terese and Steven Sanders (church members) along with host Rev. Dr. Joseph McBrayer (Pastor for Connection and Digital Ministry).

In this episode, The Sanders and Pastor Joseph talk about how family makes Christmas, Christmas covering a variety of ways that family comes about through foster care and adoption--and how seeing Christmas through the eyes of children and family can help us to see things anew. We'll also talk about the Sanders' traditions of movie nights and sacred music during this Advent and Christmas season.

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Season of Promise Christmas Concert recording: https://youtube.com/live/_V6oQXNUGrk

Wellroot family Services (Foster Care) info: https://wellroot.org/

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In Season 2 of the Oak Grove UMC Podcast we are exploring "What Makes Christmas, Christmas?" looking at the themes of Advent and Christmas: anticipating the incarnation of God – God being born in human form in Jesus.

We have a great lineup of guests for this season and we’ll be looking at themes of generosity, mutuality in mission and service, and how music, and family make Christmas, Christmas.

As usual, episodes will release on Tuesdays and we’re also going to be trying something new with what we’re calling “Digital Contemplative Practices” which come out on the Podcast feed every Thursday.

These visual and audio meditations will invite you to take a few minutes, breathe, and enjoy a quiet, meditative practice with supporting visuals from around our neighborhoods – some weeks it might be walking along a wooded stream with Nature Sounds and other weeks it might be a guided meditation on the theme of the week.

Be sure to subscribe to the Oak Grove Podcast on

+ Spotify ⁠⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ogumc⁠

+ Apple Podcasts: ⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-oak-grove-umc-podcast/id1695962000⁠⁠⁠

+ Video version on YouTube: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@OGUMC/podcasts⁠⁠

#ngumc #umc #advent #christmas #adventpodcast #churchpodcast

Digital Contemplative Practice: "a Walk in Woods in a Park" // (Advent 3)

You're invited to join take a moment to pause and enjoy the sights and sounds of a walk in the woods in a local park.

Filmed in Frazier-Rowe Park in Decatur, GA. More info at

⁠⁠This is a visual and audio meditation designed to invite you to take a few minutes to breathe and enjoy a quiet, meditative practice with supporting visuals from around our neighborhood.

Each Thursday during Advent, a Digital Contemplative Practice will be released as a compliment to a weekly episode of the Advent Podcast, which will release each Tuesday. We hope you'll take this opportunity to pause, reflect, and prayerfully listen.

Be sure to subscribe to the Oak Grove Podcast on

+ Spotify ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ogumc⁠ ⁠⁠⁠

+ Apple Podcasts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-oak-grove-umc-podcast/id1695962000⁠⁠⁠⁠

+ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@OGUMC/podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠

#ngumc #umc #advent #christmas #adventpodcast #churchpodcast #digitalcontemplativepractice #contemplativepractice #prayer #nature #naturewalk

Episode 3 (Season 2) of The Oak Grove UMC Podcast 🎙️✨ : "What Makes Christmas, Christmas?" with guests Pastor Chad Hyatt (Pastor of Mercy Community Church) and Virginia Sowell (OGUMC Graphic Designer & Mobile Soup volunteer) along with host Rev. Dr. Joseph McBrayer (Pastor for Connection and Digital Ministry).

In this episode, Pastor Chad and Virginia share about the ways Oak Grove UMC partners with Mercy Community Church to come alongside folks experiencing homelessness and poverty in the Poncey-Highlands area. We'll talk about how the themes of Advent and Christmas (food, music, art, & connection to others) are expressed and experienced at Mercy Community Church through their ministries of feeding, listening, and being present with folks in their community. 


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Mercy Community Church

Mercyatl.org

Instagram.com/mercychurchatl/

https://www.youtube.com/@mercycommunitychurch-atlan1281

Ogumc.org/missions

Email [email protected]

+Sandwich making: Thursdays at 1pm in the back of Fellowship Hall

+Mobile Soup/Soup Sisters: Fridays 12noon-230pm at back of church building at the kitchen (Email [email protected])

Advent Offering: ogumc.org/donate & make for “Advent offering”


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In Season 2 of the Oak Grove UMC Podcast we are exploring "What Makes Christmas, Christmas?" looking at the themes of Advent and Christmas: anticipating the incarnation of God – God being born in human form in Jesus.

We have a great lineup of guests for this season and we’ll be looking at themes of generosity, mutuality in mission and service, and how music, and family make Christmas, Christmas.

As usual, episodes will release on Tuesdays and we’re also going to be trying something new with what we’re calling “Digital Contemplative Practices” which come out on the Podcast feed every Thursday.

These visual and audio meditations will invite you to take a few minutes, breathe, and enjoy a quiet, meditative practice with supporting visuals from around our neighborhoods – some weeks it might be walking along a wooded stream with Nature Sounds and other weeks it might be a guided meditation on the theme of the week.

Be sure to subscribe to the Oak Grove Podcast on

+ Spotify ⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ogumc

+ Apple Podcasts: ⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-oak-grove-umc-podcast/id1695962000⁠⁠

+ Video version on YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@OGUMC/podcasts⁠

#ngumc #umc #advent #christmas #adventpodcast #churchpodcast

You're invited to join take a moment to pause and enjoy the sights and sounds of a quiet walk by a creek.

Filmed in Mason Mill Park in Decatur, GA along the South Peachtree Fork Trail. Trail location: ⁠https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZgZLSvEu1UzoibPh8⁠ (accessible from the west by the paved trail).

This is a visual and audio meditation designed to invite you to take a few minutes to breathe and enjoy a quiet, meditative practice with supporting visuals from around our neighborhood.

Each Thursday during Advent, a Digital Contemplative Practice will be released as a compliment to a weekly episode of the Advent Podcast, which will release each Tuesday.

We hope you'll take this opportunity to pause, reflect, and prayerfully listen.

Be sure to subscribe to the Oak Grove Podcast on 


+ Spotify ⁠⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ogumc ⁠
+ Apple Podcasts: ⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-oak-grove-umc-podcast/id1695962000⁠⁠⁠

+ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@OGUMC/podcasts⁠⁠⁠ 


#ngumc #umc #advent #christmas #adventpodcast #churchpodcast #digitalcontemplativepractice #contemplativepractice #prayer #nature #naturewalk

Episode 2 (Season 2) of The Oak Grove UMC Podcast 🎙️✨ : "What Makes Christmas, Christmas?" with guests Atticus Hicks (Director of Modern Worship) and John Cowden (Director of Traditional Music) along with host Rev. Dr. Joseph McBrayer (Pastor for Connection and Digital Ministry)

Contacts:

John Cowden: [email protected]

Atticus Hicks: [email protected]

In Season 2 of the Oak Grove UMC Podcast we are exploring "What Makes Christmas, Christmas?" looking at the themes of Advent and Christmas: anticipating the incarnation of God – God being born in human form in Jesus.

We have a great lineup of guests for this season and we’ll be looking at themes of generosity, mutuality in mission and service, and how music, and family make Christmas, Christmas.

As usual, episodes will release on Tuesdays and we’re also going to be trying something new with what we’re calling “Digital Contemplative Practices” which come out on the Podcast feed every Thursday.

These visual and audio meditations will invite you to take a few minutes, breathe, and enjoy a quiet, meditative practice with supporting visuals from around our neighborhoods – some weeks it might be walking along a wooded stream with Nature Sounds and other weeks it might be a guided meditation on the theme of the week.

Be sure to subscribe to the Oak Grove Podcast on

+ Spotify ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ogumc⁠

+ Apple Podcasts: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-oak-grove-umc-podcast/id1695962000⁠

+ Video version on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@OGUMC/podcasts

We’ll see you next Tuesday, December 12th on the 3nd Episode with Virginia Sowell (OGUMC Mobile Soup Kitchen) and Pastor Chad Hyatt (Mercy Community Church) in conversation about how mutual mission and service makes Christmas, Christmas!

Digital Contemplative Practice: "You Are Not Alone"

(Advent Week 1)

This is a visual and audio meditation designed to invite you to take a few minutes to breathe and enjoy a quiet, meditative practice with supporting visuals from around our neighborhood.

Each Thursday during Advent, a Digital Contemplative Practice will be released as a compliment to a weekly episode of the Advent Podcast, which will release each Tuesday.

We hope you'll take this opportunity to pause, reflect, and prayerfully listen.

Many thanks to church member Dr. Angela Schaffner for this audio meditation.

Be sure to subscribe to the Oak Grove Podcast on 


+ Spotify ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ogumc ⁠


+ Apple Podcasts: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-oak-grove-umc-podcast/id1695962000⁠

+ YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@OGUMC/podcasts⁠ 



We’ll see you next Tuesday, December 5th on the 2nd Episode with John Cowden (Director of Traditional Music) & Atticus Hicks (Director of Modern Worship) in conversation with Rev. Dr. Joseph McBrayer on how MUSIC makes Christmas, Christmas!



#ngumc #umc #advent #christmas #adventpodcast #churchpodcast #digitalcontemplativepractice #contemplativepractice #prayer

Episode 1 of Season 2 of The Oak Grove UMC Podcast 🎙️✨ : "What Makes Christmas, Christmas?" with guest Dr. Angela Schaffner

These visual and audio meditations will invite you to take a few minutes, breathe, and enjoy a quiet, meditative practice with supporting visuals from around our neighborhoods – some weeks it might be walking along a wooded stream with Nature Sounds and other weeks it might be a guided meditation from Dr. Schaffner or one of our staff on the theme of the week.
Be sure to subscribe to the Oak Grove Podcast on
+ Spotify https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ogumc
+ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-oak-grove-umc-podcast/id1695962000

We’ll see you next Tuesday, December 5th on the 2nd Episode with John Cowden (Director of Traditional Music) & Atticus Hicks (Director of Modern Worship) in conversation with Rev. Dr. Joseph McBrayer on how MUSIC makes Christmas, Christmas!

Preview Episode of SEASON 2 of The Oak Grove UMC Podcast 🎙️✨ : What Makes Christmas, Christmas?

Episode 1 comes out Tuesday 11/28!

In Season 2 of the Oak Grove UMC Podcast we'll be exploring "What Makes Christmas, Christmas?"as we explore the themes of Advent and Christmas: anticipating the incarnation of God – God being born in human form in Jesus. 

We have a great lineup of guests for this season and we’ll be looking at themes of generosity, mutuality in mission and service, and how music, and family make Christmas, Christmas.

As usual, episodes will release on Tuesdays and our FIRST Episode is going to be with Dr. Angela Schaffner (Church member, author, and psychologist) who has also written our Advent Devotional Guides, which will have daily meditations and weekly themes that go along with the worship series each Sunday of Advent as we lead up to the season of Christmas.

We’re also going to be trying something new with what we’re calling “Digital Contemplative Practices” which come out on the Podcast feed every Thursday. These visual and audio meditations will invite you to take a few minutes, breathe, and enjoy a quiet, meditative practice with supporting visuals from around our neighborhoods – some weeks it might be walking along a wooded stream with Nature Sounds and other weeks it might be a guided meditation from Dr. Schaffner or one of our staff on the theme of the week.

Be sure to subscribe to the Oak Grove Podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts AND, you can also watch a video version on YouTube or on Spotify.

We’ll see you next Tuesday, November 28th when the first episode comes out.

The Oak Grove UMC Podcast 🎙️✨

Find your place in Missions & Service here: https://ogumc.org/missions
Interested in serving in Nurture Ministry? email Pastor Amy at [email protected].

+ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-oak-grove-umc-podcast/id1695962000
+ YouTube (video): ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@OGUMC/podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Be sure to SUBSCRIBE, share this episode with someone who may need to hear it, and rate the Podcast!
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