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492 | Cuppa Joe | Historic Sites Foundation | Charles Derry: First Reorganization Missionary in the British Isles

Community of Christ Historic Sites Foundation is bringing you interviews with the presenters of the Spring 2022 Lecture Series. Today, we are joined by Andrew Bolton who shares about his presentation, “Charles Derry: First Reorganization Missionary in the British Isles” You can find Andrew’s original lecture here: https://youtu.be/viFTfkDxQSs Host: Karin PeterGuest: Andrew Bolton Download Transcript

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491 | Open Topics | Women’s Journey of Becoming, Part I

Community of Christ’s journey to the full inclusion of women in all aspects of church life took a long, long time. In fact it’s still unfolding. Karin Peter and Robin Linkhart share stories from their journeys which included the seismic shift from all male priesthood to include female (and now all genders). It’s an inward…

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489 | Cuppa Joe | Historic Sites Foundation | Mark Hill Forscutt: Mormon Missionary, Morrisite Apostle, and RLDS Minister

Project Zion is partnering with Community of Christ Historic Sites Foundation to bring you interviews with the presenters of the Spring 2022 Lecture Series. Today, we are joined by Eric Paul Rogers who shares about his presentation, “Mark Hill Forscutt: Mormon Missionary, Morrisite Apostle, and RLDS Minister”. You can find the original presentation here: https://youtu.be/5Mwix3Ow3u0 …

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476 | Cuppa Joe | Historic Sites Foundation | John Avondet, the First Italian Missionary of the Reorganization

The Historic Sites Foundation is back with a Spring Lecture Series and Project Zion is bringing you interviews with the presenters. Today, we are joined by Michael Wright who shares about   John Avondet. You can attend Michael’s May 5th presentation, “John Avondet, the First Italian Missionary of the Reorganization”  by registering at this link.  Host: Karin…

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474 | Grounds for Peace | Holocaust Remembrance Day and Making Peace in Palestine and Israel

Rami Elhanan is an Israeli graphic artist whose father survived Auschwitz.  He lost his daughter Smadar in 1997.  Two weeks off being 14 years old, Smadar was blown up by three Palestinian suicide bombers. She was out that afternoon buying books for school.  Bassam Aramin was a Palestinian prisoner for seven years for throwing grenades…

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469 | Percolating on Faith | David Hyrum Smith and Ed Guy

Today Percolating on Faith continues to explore mystics, but we are bringing the conversation a little closer to home. David Hyrum Smith and Ed Guy are two mystics from within the Restoration tradition that continue to impact Communtiy of Christ today. Learn about their lives and legacies from a special guest who some would also…

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468 | Cuppa Joe | Historic Sites Foundation | Preaching Charts

The Historic Sites Foundation is back with a Spring Lecture Series in 2022! This series kicks off on April 14th and Project Zion is bringing you interviews with the presenters. Today, we are joined by Dr. William Moore who shares about the preaching charts used by RLDS missionaries. You can attend Dr. Moore’s May 26…

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447 | Cuppa Joe | Emma Smith’s Later Years

Cuppa Joe is back with a conversation about the matriarch of Community of Christ: Emma Smith. Today we are looking at Emma’s later years and highlighting some lesser-known details and stories from her life in Nauvoo after Joseph’s death.  Download Transcript*Image used with permission by Community of Christ Library and Archives. Host: Karin PeterGuest: Wendy…

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444 | Cuppa Joe | Historic Sites Foundation Fall 2021 Lecture Series | The Church Behind the Iron Curtain

Project Zion Podcast is bringing you follow-up interviews with the presenters of the Historic Sites Foundation Fall 2021 Lecture Series. Today we have on Kerstin Jeske and Eva M. Erickson to share about their lecture, “The Church Behind the Iron Curtain”. The original lecture can be found here:https://youtu.be/6K1IO88Gvtw Download Transcript Host: Karin Peter Guest: Kerstin…

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441 | Cuppa Joe | Christmas in Church History

This episode of Cuppa Joe takes us back in time to celebrate Christmas in Community of Christ’s past. Hear stories from the Reorganization period filled with tea parties, hymn writing, and how the traditions of Christmas in the United States were forming in the mid to late 1800’s. Download Transcript Host: Karin Peter Guest: Wendy…

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