Jennifer James Soto*, Bryant Harris, Raydale Blaylock-Shand*, Courtney Klamar, Kate Sullivan, Annie Meredith, Chiara Fuller, and Charlene Wingate are the candidates running for the Education Commission at The Riverside Church in 2019.

*Jennifer and Raydale were unavailable for interviews.

1. How long have you been a part of The Riverside Church?

2. What values or qualities do you hope people experience when they interact with The Riverside Church?

3. Why are you a part of Riverside and what does it mean to be an engaged member of this community?

4. What is our greatest challenge as a community and how should we respond to it?

5. If you are elected, how do you plan to support the life and vitality of congregational members, clergy, and staff through your role?

Visit trcnyc.org/LayLeadership2019 to find out more about the 2019 Lay Leadership elections. Visit trcnyc.org/DigitalDischipleship for For more podcasts and Digital Discipleship resources, including Riverside's seasonal devotional podcast, Be Still and Go: Meditations for the Movement.

Allen Kratz, Virl Andrick, Karen McVoy, Anna Meyer Barbara Hampton, Sonia Ingram, Marilyn Mitchell, and Geraldine Howard are the candidates running for Church Council at The RIverside Church in 2019.

1. How long have you been a part of The Riverside Church?

2. What values or qualities do you hope people experience when they interact with The Riverside Church?

3. Why are you a part of Riverside and what does it mean to be an engaged member of this community?

4. What is our greatest challenge as a community and how should we respond to it?

5. If you are elected, how do you plan to support the life and vitality of congregational members, clergy, and staff through your role?

Visit trcnyc.org/LayLeadership2019 to find out more about the 2019 Lay Leadership elections. Visit trcnyc.org/DigitalDischipleship for For more podcasts and Digital Discipleship resources, including Riverside's seasonal devotional podcast, Be Still and Go: Meditations for the Movement.

One of my favorite parts of a Sunday morning at Riverside is the passing of the peace. It’s a simple, succinct, and significant moment that happens in between all the preaching and praying and singing.

“Peace be with you,” says one person to another. “And also with you,” they respond.

I tend to cheat and sneak in a few more words than this: Good morning! It’s so good to see you today! How has your week been?

Basically I want to turn the passing of the peace into coffee hour. And that’s exactly what this show, Welcome to Riverside, is intended to do. Each episode invites you to hear more from the Riverside community, reminding us that the church has never been a building but she is her beautiful and diverse and prophetic and opinionated people.

In this season Welcome to Riverside you’ll be hearing from the 2019 Lay Leadership candidates, helping you to better know who you are voting for or simply letting you get to know the Lay leaders in our community.

So consider this an extended passing the peace or a coffee hour to go and keep listening as you hear from members running for church council, the education commission, the budget and planning committee, the worship commission, the mission and social justice commission, the membership care and parish life commission, and the nominating committee.

I’m Rev. Jim Keat, the minister of design and digital strategy. Welcome to Riverside.


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Lay Leadership is the heartbeat of The Riverside Church. As a congregational church the various commissions and committees lead the way as we aspire to embody the love and justice of God in our neighborhood, across the nation, and around the world.

Nora Campbell, Kevin Bentley, and Una Tapper are the candidates running for the Nominating Committee at The Riverside Church in 2018. To find out more about Lay Leadership at Riverside visit www.trcnyc.org/LayLeadership. For more podcasts and Digital Discipleship resources visit www.trcnyc.org/DigitalDiscipleship.

Michael Winger, Becca Kesting, Anna Meyer, and Diana Solomon-Glover are the candidates running for the Worship commission at The Riverside Church in 2018. To find out more about Lay Leadership at Riverside visit www.trcnyc.org/LayLeadership. For more podcasts and Digital Discipleship resources visit www.trcnyc.org/DigitalDiscipleship.

Charmae Lewis, Rueben Martinez, and Adelaide E. Sackeyfio are the candidates running for the Education commission at The Riverside Church in 2018. To find out more about Lay Leadership at Riverside visit www.trcnyc.org/LayLeadership. For more podcasts and Digital Discipleship resources visit www.trcnyc.org/DigitalDiscipleship.

Hillary Puckett, Carolyn Bland, Danielle Aviles-Griffin, LaSonya Thompson, Patricia Pell, Dr. Hsien-yu Wang, and Stefany Blyn Jacobs are the candidates running for the Membership Care & Parish Life commission at The Riverside Church in 2018. To find out more about Lay Leadership at Riverside visit www.trcnyc.org/LayLeadership. For more podcasts and Digital Discipleship resources visit www.trcnyc.org/DigitalDiscipleship.

Victoria Anderson, Karen Diggs, Kate Sullivan, Jeremiah K. Drake, Jocardo Ralston, Marissa Jackson Sow, and Sumati Devadutt are the candidates running for the Mission & Social Justice commission at The Riverside Church in 2018. To find out more about Lay Leadership at Riverside visit www.trcnyc.org/LayLeadership. For more podcasts and Digital Discipleship resources visit www.trcnyc.org/DigitalDiscipleship.

Lakeisha McCoy, Michael Ellis, Patrick Mouton, Kwesi McDavid, and Allen W. Kratz are the candidates running for Budget & Planning at The Riverside Church in 2018. To find out more about Lay Leadership at Riverside visit www.trcnyc.org/LayLeadership. For more podcasts and Digital Discipleship resources visit www.trcnyc.org/DigitalDiscipleship.

Sandy Thomas, Rev. Dr. Alan Bentz-Letts, Eugene Melino, Dr. Tony Job, and Sonia Ingram are half of the candidates running for Church Council at The Riverside Church in 2018. To find out more about Lay Leadership at Riverside visit www.trcnyc.org/LayLeadership. For more podcasts and Digital Discipleship resources visit www.trcnyc.org/DigitalDiscipleship.