Episodes

Feb. 11, 2024

681 | Coffee to Go | Last Sunday of Epiphany (Transfiguration Sunday)

Got a tent? Doesn’t matter. You won’t be needing one anyway. We won’t be on the mountain long enough to get it set up. We will, however, be there long enough to see Jesus get lit... well... lit up … as in the transfiguratio...

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Feb. 9, 2024

680 | Cuppa Joe | Theo-History | Take and Go Lesson Templates

We’ve all heard it before … there’s no sense in re-creating the wheel. All we have to do is make a couple of adjustments. Not everyone rides a bike after all. We need wheels adapted for cars, trains, wagons, etc. You get t...

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Feb. 6, 2024

A33 | Awaken to God's Presence | All Are Called

We all have a calling. Some are called to serve in ordained ministry, but calling is so much more. Join host Wendy Brian as she leads listeners through a meditation intended to “Open Our Hearts” to see, hear, and know that t...

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Feb. 4, 2024

679 | Coffee to Go | Epiphany 5

Remember the day when we used to share meals in each other’s homes? Maybe that wasn’t ever a “thing” where and when you were growing up, but that’s where Jesus is today … in the house of Simon and Andrew to share a meal. At ...

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Feb. 2, 2024

678 | Coffee to Go | Candlemas

Just because Candlemas isn’t traditionally observed in Community of Christ, doesn’t mean we can’t do it here at Coffee to Go. Grab your cup of coffee and a candle for this special CTG episode in honor of Candlemas. We’ll revi...

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Jan. 30, 2024

ES 114 | Coffee Connect | Meeting Strangers: Colinda’s Story

Grab a cup of coffee (or hot tea) and settle down to hear one of Linda Booth’s amazing stories of healing, restoration, and the power of community. In this episode, you’ll hear Colinda’s story and testimony of what happens w...

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Jan. 28, 2024

677 | Coffee to Go | Epiphany 4

It’s not very often that we find ourselves astounded by something that someone is teaching … not even in church. Yeah, that’s right. But in today’s passage, we find that the people were just that … astounded … by the teaching...

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Jan. 26, 2024

676 | Cuppa Joe | Historic Sites Fall Lecture Series | Mr. Smith Goes…

Fred M. is most often associated with the briefly held church policy known as Supreme Directional Control, but there’s more to Fred than a single policy. In her recent lecture for the Historic Sites Foundation, Christin Mack...

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Jan. 23, 2024

675 | Coffee in the Swarm | Katie Bover

A shining star from Independence who, by today has actually graduated from Graceland, but is still close by, joins Aliyah, Levi, and Mike in this episode of Coffee in the Swarm. Grab your coffee and sit down to hear from Kati...

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Jan. 21, 2024

674 | Coffee to Go | Epiphany 3

Get your tackle boxes ready … it’s time to go fishing! That’s right, in this episode of Coffee to Go, co-hosts Karin Peter and Blake Smith join Jesus near the Sea of Galilee as he calls Simon, Andrew, James and John to follow...

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Jan. 19, 2024

673 | Cuppa Joe | Historic Sites Fall Lecture Series | Becoming More …

It’s never too early or too late to stand up for what’s right... or to stand against what’s wrong. Though it took revelation from Wallace B. Smith to make the necessary change, women, and their advocates, started fighting for...

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Jan. 16, 2024

672 | What's Brewing | Reaching Out Centre in Streetsville, Ontario

All inclusive! That is what Reaching Out Centre is trying to accomplish, and it would appear that they’re doing a heck of a job. But, being “all-inclusive” is not an easy task. It takes determination, hard work, intentionali...

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Jan. 14, 2024

671 | Coffee to Go | Epiphany 2 Year B

What do the Andrews Sisters, an apple tree and today’s Coffee to Go have in common? Not much... with the exception of a reference to sitting under a tree. But for today’s journey with Jesus sitting under a fig tree if very ...

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Jan. 12, 2024

670 | Grounds for Peace | Citizen Diplomacy

Who’s not up for creating a little doubt when it comes to the preconceived notions of those we label as “other?” And, though we often hear about the work of major organizations with lots of resources and influence, it can als...

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Jan. 9, 2024

669 | Cuppa Joe | Women in the Restoration: Christiana Steadman Salya…

Long before the ordination of women in Community of Christ, women were leading and contributing to the church in critical ways. Take the Sunday School Association and development of study curriculum for children, youth and yo...

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Jan. 7, 2024

668 | Coffee to Go | Epiphany 1

John the Baptist and Jesus are important characters, but when the “hovering dove” shows up, you know it’s got to be important! In this moment, God shows up in the wilderness … on the shore of the Jordan, but the reality is t...

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Jan. 6, 2024

667 | Coffee to Go | Epiphany

Today is Epiphany … the day when we celebrate the revelation and acknowledgment that Jesus is the Son of God, and that he has come for all people. The star is shining bright and the “Magi” make their way to Bethlehem to meet ...

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Jan. 5, 2024

666 | What's Brewing | Europe and Beyond – Our Global Mission

Our world is rapidly changing, and so then is the meaning of being a worldwide... Global … church. We have to look at things differently. People in all parts of the world are hungering for authentic community, and we have bee...

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Jan. 2, 2024

A32 | Awaken to God's Presence | Unity in Diversity

Unity in Diversity feels like an oxymoron. How can it be? How can we maintain our own uniqueness in the presence of those who think and believe and live differently than us? The key may just lie in finding a way to see the ...

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Dec. 31, 2023

665 | Coffee to Go | Christmas 1

Faithful action and wisdom take center stage in today’s episode of Coffee to Go. Even Jesus takes on a secondary role. Today is all about Anna and Simeon and Mary and Joseph. Hidden behind the words of the passage is the assu...

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Dec. 29, 2023

664 | Coffee Buzz | President Scott Murphy and President Prophet Stev…

In this special Project Zion Podcast Christmas edition, Community of Christ President Scott Murphy and Prophet President Steven Veazey, share treasured Christmas memories and cherished family traditions from the time they wer...

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Dec. 25, 2023

663 | Coffee to Go | Christmas

Merry Christmas to all! Hopefully, you have not just completed a long ride on a donkey to get to wherever you are. If so, we understand if you feel a bit cranky. Who wouldn’t? Though our pageants, and carols, and nativities...

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Dec. 24, 2023

662 | Coffee to Go | Fourth Sunday of Advent

Somebody’s got some explaining to do. Mary may not doubt like Zechariah, but she’s not taking this without a little pushback. A baby. Are you kidding me? Well, in fact, Gabriel wasn’t kidding. Join Coffee to Go co-hosts Kar...

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Dec. 22, 2023

661 | Cuppa Joe | Christmas in Church History

Thanks to the efforts of the Community of Christ Historic Sites Foundation, we are able to share this special Christmas episode of Cuppa Joe. Sit back and listen to Christmas tales of old from Kirtland, Nauvoo, Plano and Lamo...

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