How Shall We Serve? Providence Podcast Episode

Welcome to a special episode of the Providence Podcast. Instead of our usual Scripture reflection, we’ll be doing an interview about engagement, service, and working with nonprofits. I know there are a lot of people who want to get involved with making the world a better place, and God knows we need that! So we’ll be talking about that today – some of the gifts of volunteering and how to follow a call to get involved, whether that’s full time or just the little bit of time you have to give. We’ll talk about how to deal with overwhelm and burnout, how to figure out what direction to move in, and how service can connect you with a community of other people. This conversation is part of a larger movement called the Podcast-a-thon. The Podcast-a-thon invites podcasters to interview someone connected with a nonprofit organization, and so that’s exactly what we’re doing! https://www.podcasthon.org/

For this conversation, I consulted an expert, and one of my own sisters, Sister Alice Gerdeman. Sr. Alice has a background education, community engagement, leadership, and peace and justice work, among other things. She’ll mention the organization Ignite Peace https://ignitepeace.org/, her work on the Board of Network https://networklobby.org/, and Ohioans to Stop Executions https://otse.org/, among other organizations. She’s a person of many talents, someone who has graced a lot of us with her mentoring and care. I’m sure you’ll appreciate hearing her perspective and her wisdom.

If you miss having a scripture reflection, never fear! You can listen to a reflection on the Sunday readings here:  https://www.godspacecommunity.com/providencepodcast/2022/3/17/why-do-we-suffer-podcast-episode