Connecting our Conversations
Connecting our Conversations is hosted by the Presbytery of Southern New England, a regional governing body in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). This is our space for conversations that push the edges of our faith and help us deepen discipleship.
- Update frequency
- every 28 days
- Average duration
- 43 minutes
- Episodes
- 32
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Preaching Ted Lasso with Rev. Julie Emery
In this episode of Connecting our Conversations, Rev. Shannan Vance Ocampo speaks with Rev. Julie Emery about an exciting summer sermon series: The Gospel According to Ted Lasso.
Rev. Julie joined W…
Connecting our Conversations: What is Antiracism and What Does It Require Of Us?
In this "pivot moment" in the life of the church in the United States, where what it means to be The Church and to live out a Christian faith is constantly being questioned, our Presbytery is leaning…
Connecting Our Conversations: Supporting LGBTQIA Youth in our Communities - A Conversation with Presbyterian Promise
Content Warning: This podcast discusses suicide and suicidal ideation, and some people might find it disturbing. If you or someone you know is suicidal, please, contact your physician, go to your loc…
Connecting Our Conversations: These Stones Will Speak - Renewal in the Holy Land
PSNE's the Rev. Anne Weirich has been leading groups to the Holy Land for years...but this Feburary 2022 trip was the first since the Covid-19 pandemic. Communication Manager (and fellow Holy Land pi…
Connecting our Conversations: Resiliency For Spiritual Leaders and Seekers
PSNE's the Rev. Dr. Tracy Mehr-Muska, Minister for Mid and Later Life at Asylum Hill Congregational Church in Hartford, CT and author of Weathering The Storm: Simple Strategies for Being Peaceful and…
Connecting Our Conversations: Queering of Things at Not So Churchy
Recorded in December of 2021 as the Omicron variant of Covid-19 was surging in New England, the Rev. Mieke Vandersall and Matt Beams share about the strange blessings of the pandemic and their worshi…
Connecting Our Conversations: Looking Forward Toward the Unexpected
Advent is a season of waiting, of darkness, of anticipation. In this Advent season of 2021, PSNE Communications Manager, Erika Plank Hagan, talks with the Rev Dr. Terrlyn Curry Avery, Pastor of Marti…
Connecting Our Conversations: Ordained to Chaplaincy in a Pandemic - Called Into Covid
Presbyterian clergy are ordained to a call - a vocational calling. PSNE Communications Manager, Erika Plank Hagan, talks with three of our Presbytery's newest ordained clergy, the Rev. Dale Green, th…
Connecting Our Conversations: No Justice No Peace - Confessional Interactive Art at FPC New Haven.
Season 2, Episode 2: No Justice No Peace - Confessional Interactive Art at FPC New Haven.
PSNE Communications Manager, Erika Plank Hagan, talks with the Rev. J.C. Cadwallader, Pastor and Head of Staff…
Connecting Our Conversations: the 50th Anniversary of Calvin Presbyterian - merging, pivoting, and resurrection on the lawn.
PSNE Communications Manager, Erika Plank Hagan, talks with the Rev. Kevin White and Elder Nancy Boyd about the recent celebration of Calvin Presbyterian's 50th anniversary - made more complicated by …
Connecting our Conversations: PSNE Conversation about the 224th General Assembly
Our two Presbytery Commissioners to the 224th General Assembly, Walter Manual and Jenny Peek, hosted a Zoom conversation about the Assembly and some of its actions. They were also joined by PSNE Stat…
Connecting our Conversations: Jessica Vazquez-Torres of Crossroads Anti-Racism Training and Organizing - PSNE Summer 2020 Book Study Week One
A June 2, 2020 conversation with Jessica Vazquez-Torres of Crossroads Anti-Racism Training and Organizing about the why behind our summer book group, our anti-racism work as a Presbytery and what our…