SeaPres Podcast

Revs. Tali Hairston (Director of Community Organizing, Advocacy, and Development), Maggie Breen (Community Education & Assessment Specialist), and Eliana Maxim (Co-Executive Presbyter) reflect on Christians’ response to the insurrection in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 6.

More conversations: 

NPR’s Sam Sanders—”The Lies We Tell Ourselves About Race”

PC(USA) Stated Clerk discusses attack on the Capitol

Election Day has come and gone and ballots are still being counted to determine the outcome. But now what? Where do we go from here?

Listen to a conversation with Revs. Tali Hairston, Denise Anderson (Coordinator for Racial and Intercultural Justice in the Presbyterian Mission Agency and former PC(USA) Co-Moderator), and Eliana Maxim as they reflect on what they’ve learned from this national election and what comes next.

Hear more about radical reconciliation by watching Tali’s interview with Allan Bosek and Curits deYoung.

Leading Change: Join a fireside chat with Co-EPs Eliana Maxim, Scott Lumsden, and Tali Hairston, Dir. of Community Organizing, Advocacy, and Development.

Join a fireside chat with Co-EPs Eliana Maxim, Scott Lumsden, and Tali Hairston, Dir. of Community Organizing, Advocacy, and Development. Read June 12 SeaPres update from Scott Lumsden.

SeaPres Conversations: Co-EP Scott Lumsden talks with Pastor Susie Beil (Summit Avenue Presbyterian Church, Bremerton) about transformation, change, and the church.

Public Health, Faith, & Race: A conversation with Tali Hairston, Dir. of Community Organizing, Advocacy, and Development and Rev. Dr. Curtiss Paul DeYoung. 

Read the Op-Ed Dr. DeYoung co-wrote with Minneapolis NAACP President Leslie Redmond: https://m.startribune.com/white-privilege-shines-with-covid-19/569903692/. 

Co-EP Scott Lumsden talks with Pastor Becki Barrett (Overlake Park Presbyterian Church, Bellevue) about life and ministry, including reimagining the church’s future and questions about coming “back”, and how Jesus may be calling us to survive a pandemic. 

SeaPres Co-EP Eliana Maxim has a conversation with Rev. Dr. J.Herbert Nelson, Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church (USA) on the contextual changes needed to be navigated for the PCUSA in the 21st century, particularly in light of the pandemic.

In the midst of a global pandemic, it can be hard to hear the pain of others. This podcast episode considers faith that listens to the other in difficult times. This week, Tali Hairston, Dir. of Community Organizing, Advocacy, and Development chats with Haley Ballast, Ruling Elder at John Knox Presbyterian Church in Seattle and member of the Presbytery's Race and Equity Task Force. Read Haley's e-news update mentioned in this episode.

Join a fireside chat with Co-EPs Eliana Maxim, Scott Lumsden, and Tali Hairston, Dir. of Community Organizing, Advocacy, and Development. It's Easter! Wait, we're still on Lock Down? We need to not only take the long view, but we need to be thinking about what has changed about church life and ministry, and orient ourselves around new practices and ways of being. There's no going back.  

Chaplains provide spiritual support and comfort in a variety of settings in our communities. What does their ministry look like in this time of the Covid-19 pandemic, and what can we all learn from them? 

This week, Eliana Maxim spends time with Revs. Leah Klug, Mollie M'anao, and Charlie Scoma.

Join a "fireside" chat with Co-EPs Eliana Maxim, Scott Lumsden, and Tali Hairston, Dir. of Community Organizing, Advocacy, and Development. In this episode, they discuss the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact on our congregations and communities.  We pray this will be yet another way to stay connected to our churches and leaders, give an update on what's happening in the Presbytery and PC(USA), and looking ahead at what could be next.