Things To Talk About At Coffee Hour: Recent Episodes
Jordana Wright
Helping congregations become more diverse, intergenerational, sustainable, and connected to their local context | Recorded in front of a LIVE Facebook audience.
💒 HELP ME MAKE MORE VIDEOS ▶︎ https://bit.ly/GoodNightJordana | A group of Ministers react to your favourite movies from their own homes | #ThingsToTalkAboutAtCoffeeHour
💒 HELP ME MAKE MORE VIDEOS ▶︎ https://bit.ly/GoodNightJordana | Engaging the topics we know everyone is talking about at church coffee hour | #ThingsToTalkAboutAtCoffeeHour
💒 HELP ME MAKE MORE VIDEOS ▶︎ https://bit.ly/GoodNightJordana | A group of Ministers react to your favourite movies from their own homes | #ThingsToTalkAboutAtCoffeeHour
💒 HELP ME MAKE MORE VIDEOS ▶︎ https://bit.ly/GoodNightJordana | A group of Ministers react to your favourite movies from their own homes | #ThingsToTalkAboutAtCoffeeHour
💒 HELP ME MAKE MORE VIDEOS ▶︎ https://bit.ly/GoodNightJordana | Politics and policy from a progressive faith-based perspective | #ThingsToTalkAboutAtCoffeeHour
💒 HELP ME MAKE MORE VIDEOS ▶︎ https://bit.ly/GoodNightJordana | The Bible Study Group for tired people | #ThingsToTalkAboutAtCoffeeHour
💒 HELP ME MAKE MORE VIDEOS ▶︎ https://bit.ly/GoodNightJordana | The Bible Study Group for tired people | #ThingsToTalkAboutAtCoffeeHour
💒 HELP ME MAKE MORE VIDEOS ▶︎ https://bit.ly/GoodNightJordana | The Bible Study Group for exhausted, overbooked, stressed people | #ThingsToTalkAboutAtCoffeeHour
💒 HELP ME MAKE MORE VIDEOS ▶︎ https://bit.ly/GoodNightJordana | The Bible Study Group for exhausted, overbooked, stressed people | #ThingsToTalkAboutAtCoffeeHour
💒 HELP ME MAKE MORE VIDEOS ▶︎ https://bit.ly/GoodNightJordana | The Bible Study Group for exhausted, overbooked, stressed people | #ThingsToTalkAboutAtCoffeeHour
💒 HELP ME MAKE MORE VIDEOS ▶︎ https://bit.ly/GoodNightJordana | The Bible Study for exhausted, overbooked, stressed people | #ThingsToTalkAboutAtCoffeeHour
💒 HELP ME MAKE MORE VIDEOS ▶︎ https://bit.ly/GoodNightJordana | The Bible Study for exhausted, overbooked, stressed people | #ThingsToTalkAboutAtCoffeeHour
💒 HELP ME MAKE MORE VIDEOS ▶︎ https://bit.ly/GoodNightJordana || Join in this innovative nightly bible study. Lights out. Eyes shut. Meditating on the word. This bible study is designed for exhausted, overbooked, stressed people. You can do it while you sleep and don't have to worry about letting anyone down if you miss a 'meeting'. You're invited to read the bible with me this year! PS: give me grace for mispronounced words and fumbles as we make our way through 😊. #ThingsToTalkAboutAtCoffeeHour
💒 HELP ME MAKE MORE VIDEOS ▶︎ https://bit.ly/GoodNightJordana || Join in this innovative nightly bible study. Lights out. Eyes shut. Meditating on the word. This bible study is designed for exhausted, overbooked, stressed people. You can do it while you sleep and don't have to worry about letting anyone down if you miss a 'meeting'. You're invited to read the bible with me this year! PS: give me grace for mispronounced words and fumbles as we make our way through 😊. #ThingsToTalkAboutAtCoffeeHour
Want to support the podcast? :) BUY ME A COFFEE: https://www.coffeehour.ca/product-page/buy-me-a-coffee | On today's episode we talk all things youth ministry. | ABOUT THE HOST: Jordana Wright coordinated the Cohort for Innovative Ministries and Faith-Based Solopreneurs, and provides the help with ministry development you've always dreamed about at https://www.coffeehour.ca | Recorded in front of a LIVE Facebook audience.
Want to support the podcast? :) BUY ME A COFFEE: https://www.coffeehour.ca/product-page/buy-me-a-coffee | On today's episode we talk all things vocational discernment. | ABOUT THE HOST: Jordana Wright coordinated the Cohort for Innovative Ministries and Faith-Based Solopreneurs, and provides the help with ministry development you've always dreamed about at https://www.coffeehour.ca | Recorded in front of a LIVE Facebook audience.
Want to support the podcast? :) BUY ME A COFFEE: https://www.coffeehour.ca/product-page/buy-me-a-coffee | On today's episode we explore how one small church has invested $48 million in their local neighbourhood, and how your church can launch its own impactful purpose-driven ventures. | ABOUT THE HOST: Jordana Wright leads a placemaking and community development practice focused on introducing new audiences to their local churches, while helping congregations reach their sustainability goals and expand their social impact. | Recorded in front of a LIVE Facebook audience.
Seminary doesn't always prepare you for the economic realities of leading a complex non-profit organization. On this episode we chat with Mark DeYmaz, Pastor of an economically innovative church that is beating the odds, about church economics and missional revenue strategies that can be taken up when tithes and offerings are no longer enough. | ABOUT THE GUEST: Mark DeYmaz is the founding pastor of the Mosaic Church, a multi-ethnic and economically diverse church in Central Arkansas. | ABOUT THE HOST: Jordana Wright leads a placemaking and community development practice focused on introducing new audiences to their local churches, while helping congregations reach their sustainability goals and expand their social impact. | Recorded in front of a LIVE Facebook audience. | BUY ME A COFFEE: https://www.coffeehour.ca/product-page/buy-me-a-coffee
On this episode we chat with Justin Coutts, founder of New Eden Ministry, about Christian spiritual practices rooted in solitude, silence, and contemplation. | ABOUT THE GUEST: New Eden Ministry is a faith group that blends modern approaches with ancient wisdom. It is a digital-first community rooted in Celtic Christianity and practices of contemplative prayer, with members from around the world. | ABOUT THE HOST: Jordana Wright leads a placemaking and community development practice focused on introducing new audiences to their local churches, while helping congregations reach their sustainability goals and expand their social impact. | Recorded in front of a LIVE Facebook audience.
United Church congregations are shrinking and aging on average, and youth voices are often absent from leadership and discussions of the future of the denomination. On this episode we chat with a youth-led United Church organization to get their thoughts. | ABOUT THE FAITH GROUP: The Hub is a youth and young adult grassroots community network, which grew from the United Church Camps of Southern Ontario. | ABOUT THE HOST: Jordana Wright leads a placemaking and community development practice focused on introducing new audiences to their local churches, while helping congregations reach their sustainability goals and expand their social impact. | Recorded in front of a LIVE Facebook audience.
What a summer! Let's chat about current events, how we've been feeling lately, and our plans for fall - while cooking old church recipes together! | ABOUT THE RECIPE: The viewer submitted Jellied Salad recipe we'll be making was shared by Faye from The United Church in Meadowood edited cookbook, "Let's Break Bread Together". | ABOUT THE HOST: Jordana Wright leads a placemaking and community development practice focused on introducing new audiences to their local churches, while helping congregations reach their sustainability goals and expand their social impact. | Recorded in front of a LIVE Facebook audience.
Cheri DiNovo went from living on the streets as a teenager to performing the first legal same-sex marriage registered in Canada as a United Church minister. This story of one queer kid will hopefully inspire us all to resist injustice and create positive social change. | ABOUT THE GUEST: The Rev. Dr. Cheri DiNovo is the minister at Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre for Faith, Justice & the Arts, as well as a Member of the Order of Canada, recognized for her contributions to provincial politics and for her lifelong advocacy of social justice. Her forthcoming tell-all (or almost all) book is called "The Queer Evangelist". | ABOUT THE HOST: Jordana Wright leads a placemaking and community development practice focused on introducing new audiences to their local churches, while helping congregations reach their sustainability goals and expand their social impact. | Recorded in front of a LIVE Facebook audience.
Emerging generations are opting out of the church in large numbers, for many reasons. The related trend towards shrinking and aging congregations has been seen as both an unsettling state of affairs and an important opportunity to foster new ways of doing church. On this episode, we chat with Tim Soerens about a new vision of the church grounded in collaborative communities built by ordinary people. | ABOUT THE GUEST: Tim Soerens is a pastor, social entrepreneur, and co-founding director of the Parish Collective. His latest book is called "Everywhere You Look: Discovering the Church, Right Where You Are" | ABOUT THE HOST: Jordana Wright leads a placemaking and community development practice focused on introducing new audiences to their local churches, while helping congregations reach their sustainability goals and expand their social impact. | Recorded in front of a LIVE Facebook audience.
Think back to your last big church decision. Maybe it was about hiring a tech person to help create online worship opportunities, or about implementing a concrete response to current issues of injustice. Could your church use a little help meeting important challenges as they emerge? On this episode, we chat with special guest F. Douglas Powe, Jr. about how congregations can take an honest 'look in the mirror' to understand their current situation and become more responsive to the contemporary social context in critical areas. | ABOUT THE GUEST: F. Douglas Powe, Jr. is the Director of the Lewis Center for Church Leadership and professor of evangelism and of urban ministry at Wesley Theological Seminary. He is also an ordained elder in the Baltimore/Washington Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church. | ABOUT THE HOST: Jordana Wright leads a placemaking and community development practice focused on introducing new audiences to their local churches, while helping congregations reach their sustainability goals and expand their social impact. | Recorded in front of a LIVE Facebook audience.
On this episode Pastor Charmain Bailey Foutner shares about the necessity of diaconal ministry in the current climate of glaring injustices and need for pastoral care. | ABOUT THE GUEST: Pastor Charmain Bailey Foutner is the Minister of Bedford United Church and Central United Church in Windsor, Ontario. With a vibrant and evangelistic approach, she has already made a large impact on the life on these churches. | ABOUT THE HOST: Jordana Wright leads a placemaking and community development practice focused on introducing new audiences to their local churches, while helping congregations reach their sustainability goals and expand their social impact. | Recorded in front of a LIVE Facebook audience.
This is a very special episode for all of the grandparents, parents, and caregivers of the little ones in the community. We see you homeschooling, creating new online children's camps and programming, and navigating this challenging new reality with littles in tow. What has parenting during the pandemic looked like for you? | ABOUT THE GUEST: Meghan Gilholm is a new parent and the Minister of Glen Morris United Church, a vibrant Christian community in Glen Morris Ontario. She started maternity leave just as the pandemic began to emerge. | ABOUT THE HOST: Jordana Wright leads a placemaking and community development practice focused on introducing new audiences to their local churches, while helping congregations reach their sustainability goals and expand their social impact. | Recorded in front of a LIVE Facebook audience.
On this episode we catch up on current events and cook Jo Omand's Hot Artichoke Dip recipe from the 1981 Forest Hill United Church cookbook. | ABOUT THE HOST: Jordana Wright leads a placemaking and community development practice focused on introducing new audiences to their local churches, while helping congregations reach their sustainability goals and expand their social impact. | Recorded in front of a LIVE Facebook audience.
From parking lot sanctuaries to virtual choirs - church congregations have taken up a range of innovative approaches to pivoting and 'being the church' amid a global pandemic that has made physically gathering in a church unsafe. Which new ways of doing church will be maintained as restrictions on physical gatherings begin to lift? And what will church look like in a post pandemic world? | ABOUT THE GUEST: The Very Reverend Dr. Gary Paterson is a Minister at St. Andrew's-Wesley United Church in Vancouver and the 41st Moderator of the United Church of Canada. He is committed to helping create an inclusive faith community, where all are welcomed. | ABOUT THE HOST: Jordana Wright leads a placemaking and community development practice focused on introducing new audiences to their local churches, while helping congregations reach their sustainability goals and expand their social impact. | Recorded in front of a LIVE Facebook audience.
On this episode of we talk anti-Black racism both homegrown and abroad, exploring recent examples like the potentially death-dealing weaponization of race that occured in Central Park, and offering concrete steps towards racial justice for church communities. | ABOUT THE GUEST: Michelle Voss Roberts is the Principal of Emmanuel College. A theological college of Victoria University at the University of Toronto, and the largest seminary of the United Church of Canada. | ABOUT THE HOST: Jordana Wright leads a placemaking and community development practice focused on introducing new audiences to their local churches, while helping congregations reach their sustainability goals and expand their social impact. | Recorded in front of a LIVE Facebook audience.