On the Verge: From Inspiration to Incarnation

Rev. Doug Bunnell, pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Bellingham, WA engages the creator and host of "On the Verge" in a joyful and energetic conversation about  Corey Schlosser-Hall's time as Executive Presbyter in the Northwest Coast Presbyter.  We get a glimpse of the journey that brought him to the role in the first place and hear about the new adventure he is embarking upon with the Presbyterian Mission Agency.  While Corey's transition is bittersweet, this conversation is overflows with joy as we give Corey the last word!  

Mentioned in this Episode

Presbyterian Mission Agency
Where Corey begins his new role as Director of Rebuilding and Vision Implementation.  Read an article about this new role.

Book Doug recommends:  Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life  by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans

To keep up with Corey in the future, he recommends subscribing to PCUSA News and looking him up on social media.  

CREDITS

Doug Bunnell is the guest host for this episode.
Jean Chaumont is producer, composer, recorder of all original music is https://www.jeanchaumont.com
Jenine Taylor is copy editor https://www.northwestcoast.org/jenines-bio

"On the Verge: From Inspiration to Incarnation" is sponsored by the Northwest Coast Presbytery. 

Rev. Doug Bunnell, pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Bellingham, WA and Rev. John Mason, co-pastor of Mountain View Presbyterian Church (Marysville, WA) celebrate the many ways Dr. Corey Schlosser-Hall has blessed the Northwest Coast Presbytery with his leadership over the past 15 year as Executive Presbyter.   

Mentioned in this Episode

Presbyterian Mission Agency
Where Corey begins his new role as Director of Rebuilding and Vision Implementation.  Read an article about this new role.

CREDITS

Guest Hosts:  

• Rev. Doug Bunnell, Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Bellingham WA
• Rev. John Mason, Co-Pastor, Mountain View Presbyterian Church, Marysville, WA

Jean Chaumont is producer, composer, recorder of all original music is https://www.jeanchaumont.com
Jenine Taylor is copy editor https://www.northwestcoast.org/jenines-bio

"On the Verge: From Inspiration to Incarnation" is sponsored by the Northwest Coast Presbytery. 

Growing up in very different worlds, Kristi and Grant Gustafson met and married not quite two years ago. They currently live in the University District in Seattle where they serve together in student ministry at University Presbyterian Church.  Grant and Kristi partner with different ministries, forming needed connections between groups of people who often hold vastly different perspectives.  They also work with a team to design the Washington State Governor's Prayer Breakfast and help with the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington D.C. 

VERGE 2021 - October 9, 2021.  Click for more information or to register

CREDITS
Jean Chaumont is producer, composer, recorder of all original music is https://www.jeanchaumont.com
Corey Schlosser-Hall is host and editor. https://www.northwestcoast.org/coreys-bio
Jenine Taylor is copy editor https://www.northwestcoast.org/jenines-bio

"On the Verge: From Inspiration to Incarnation" is sponsored by the Northwest Coast Presbytery. 

Born in South Korea, raised and educated in Canada, and an ordained a pastor in the PCUSA, Grace Ji-Sun Kim brings personal experience to the conversation of intercultural ministry.   She received her Ph.D. from the University Toronto and currently serves as professor of theology at Earlham School of Religion in Richmond, Indiana.  Grace shared her excitement that on the 20th anniversary of her Ph.D., her 20th book will be published!

While Grace has written 20 books, three were specifically mentioned in this episode:

• Healing Our Broken Humanity: Practices for Revitalizing the Church and Renewing the World, by Grace Ji-Sun Kim and Graham Hill
• Hope in Disarray: Piecing Our Lives Together in Faith
• Invisible: Theology and the Experience of Asian American Women (coming out in November 2021)

Grace is the host of Madang podcast which is hosted by The Christian Century https://www.christiancentury.org/madang

VERGE 2021 - October 9, 2021.  Click for more information or to register

CREDITS
Jean Chaumont is producer, composer, recorder of all original music is https://www.jeanchaumont.com
Corey Schlosser-Hall is host and editor. https://www.northwestcoast.org/coreys-bio
Jenine Taylor is copy editor https://www.northwestcoast.org/jenines-bio

"On the Verge: From Inspiration to Incarnation" is sponsored by the Northwest Coast Presbytery. 

From growing up on the south side of Chicago to her current home in Vienna, Chanda Rule shares about her spiritual upbringing, sacred & gospel musical roots, and how song and storytelling have been a consistent theme in her life.   She invites us to prepare for VERGE 2021  by simply showing up as we are...ready to try something new.

Chanda has recently published a children's book, How Butterfly Got Her Beautiful Wings.

Follow Chanda:

• Instagram, where she posts Today's Joy daily
• Facebook
• YouTube

CREDITS
Jean Chaumont is producer, composer, recorder of all original music is https://www.jeanchaumont.com
Corey Schlosser-Hall is host and editor. https://www.northwestcoast.org/coreys-bio
Jenine Taylor is copy editor https://www.northwestcoast.org/jenines-bio

"On the Verge: From Inspiration to Incarnation" is sponsored by the Northwest Coast Presbytery. 

After growing up in Detroit Michigan, attending college at Princeton University, and doctoral studies at the University of California, Berkley, Dr. David Campt was appointed by Bill Clinton to the President’s Initiative on Race; and he has been doing amazing work with organizations all over the country ever since.  For all of us white people out there who want to make a difference when it comes to race relations and privilege, he published the White Ally Toolkit to help us think about how we can make a difference.  

The Dialog Company

VERGE 2021 - October 9, 2021.  Click for more information or to register

CREDITS
Jean Chaumont is producer, composer, recorder of all original music is https://www.jeanchaumont.com
Corey Schlosser-Hall is host and editor. https://www.northwestcoast.org/coreys-bio
Jenine Taylor is copy editor https://www.northwestcoast.org/jenines-bio

"On the Verge: From Inspiration to Incarnation" is sponsored by the Northwest Coast Presbytery. 

During his 16 years of working as a chaplain and a pastor with men and women in jail and in prison in Washington state, Chris Hoke has seen that oftentimes we don't want to completely rethink our lives until things fall apart.  He sees prisoners either trying to get back to the way things used to be. But--sometimes men or women are ready to totally rethink their lives and let go of the old ways of doing things.  What might we learn from those who can see their lockdown time, their re-entry process with clear new eyes.  Churches are actually calling this time of emerging from COVID the re-entry process. Chris invites us to see this as a period of not just trying to get back to normal, but instead  he offers permission to let some things go, to really rethink, “What is our purpose as a church?” Let's not miss this opportunity!

Underground Ministries
One Parish, One Prisoner
VERGE 2021 - October 9, 2021.  Click for more information or to register

CREDITS
Jean Chaumont is producer, composer, recorder of all original music is https://www.jeanchaumont.com
Corey Schlosser-Hall is host and editor. https://www.northwestcoast.org/coreys-bio
Jenine Taylor is copy editor https://www.northwestcoast.org/jenines-bio

"On the Verge: From Inspiration to Incarnation" is sponsored by the Northwest Coast Presbytery. 

Matt is pastor of the new church expression, Spring Church, in Bellingham, WA where he, Denise, and their three children are all actively engaged in forming uncommon friendships and common discipleship.

Spring Church, Bellingham

Sign up for: the Spring Church Blog, 1-Minute Videos, their new Podcast, or all three!  

Much to Matt's chagrin, you can also follow Spring Church on social media:  Facebook, Instagram

Mentioned in this Episode:

• Jessie Bloss, New Church Developer, Spring Church
• Bruce Larson, Dean of Woodring College of Education, WWU

CREDITS
Jean Chaumont is producer, composer, recorder of all original music is https://www.jeanchaumont.com
Corey Schlosser-Hall is host and editor. https://www.northwestcoast.org/coreys-bio
Jenine Taylor is copy editor https://www.northwestcoast.org/jenines-bio

"On the Verge: From Inspiration to Incarnation" is sponsored by the Northwest Coast Presbytery. 

Sarah Moore-Nokes gardens, runs, and works with others on restorative actions from her home base in Neenah, Wisconsin, where she lives with her husband and children. Fun fact:  She is the first woman pastor in seven generations of Presbyterian pastors! 

Mentioned in this Episode:

Dr. Mary Hess, Professor of Educational Leadership, Luther Seminary
Dr. Jane McGonigal and her book, Reality is Broken
Restorative Actions:  Surrendering Wealth for Mutual Well Being (Restorativeactions.org)
Jim Koon, Director of Financial Services, Synod of Lakes and Prairies PC(USA); and Restorative Actions Core Team Member
 

CREDITS
Jean Chaumont is producer, composer, recorder of all original music is https://www.jeanchaumont.com
Corey Schlosser-Hall is host and editor. https://www.northwestcoast.org/coreys-bio
Jenine Taylor is copy editor https://www.northwestcoast.org/jenines-bio

"On the Verge: From Inspiration to Incarnation" is sponsored by the Northwest Coast Presbytery. 

Andrea Perrett is Director of Cyclical Vancouver (through the Centre for Missional Leadership at St Andrew’s Hall), Director of Cyclical Calgary-Macleod.  Andrea has an MDiv from Vancouver School of Theology, is a Registered Dietitian, and loves exploring the connection between physical health and spiritual health.  She lives in Vancouver, BC with her husband Jordan and their new baby, and Corey was able to sit down and chat with her while she is on parental leave.

Mentioned in this Episode:  

• Cyclical Calgary-Macleod
• Cyclical Vancouver
• Rev. Dr. Ross Lockhart - Dean of St. Andrew's Hall, Professor of Mission Studies
• Christian Witness in Cascadian Soil:  Coworkers with God in the Land of Hiking, Hipsters, and Hand-Crafted Lattes by Ross A. Lockhart (Chapter 6 by Andrea Perrett:  Can Rocky Soil Be Tilled?  Growing a Church Planting EcoSystem in Cascadia)
• Parker Palmer
• Michelle Nieviadomy

CREDITS
Jean Chaumont is producer, composer, recorder of all original music is https://www.jeanchaumont.com
Corey Schlosser-Hall is host and editor. https://www.northwestcoast.org/coreys-bio
Jenine Taylor is copy editor https://www.northwestcoast.org/jenines-bio

"On the Verge: From Inspiration to Incarnation" is sponsored by the Northwest Coast Presbytery. 

Rev. Dr. Ross Lockhart is Dean of St. Andrew's Hall, Founder and Director of the Centre for Missional Leadership, and Professor at both the Vancouver School of Theology and Regent College.  

Mentioned in this Episode:  

• Christian Witness in Cascadian Soil: Co-Workers with God in the Land of Hiking, Hipsters, and Hand-Crafted Lattes by Ross A. Lockhart
• Alan Roxburgh
• Darrell Guder - Centre for Missional Leadership Senior Fellow in Residence
• Christopher James, Associate Professor of Evangelism and Missional Christianity, Dubuque Theological Seminary
• Cyclical Cascadia
• Rev. Andrea Perrett - Centre for Missional Leadership Associate in New Witnessing Communities
• Better than Brunch:  Missional Churches in Cascadia, by Jason Byassee & Ross A. Lockhart

Other Books by Ross Lockhart

Beyond Snakes and Shamrocks: St. Patrick’s Missional Leadership Lessons for Today 
Lessons from Laodicea: Missional Leadership in a Culture of Affluence

CREDITS
Jean Chaumont is producer, composer, recorder of all original music is https://www.jeanchaumont.com
Corey Schlosser-Hall is host and editor. https://www.northwestcoast.org/coreys-bio
Jenine Taylor is copy editor https://www.northwestcoast.org/jenines-bio

"On the Verge: From Inspiration to Incarnation" is sponsored by the Northwest Coast Presbytery. 

Kevin and Danielle Riley are Commissioned Pastors at Mount Baker Presbyterian Church in Concrete, WA. They live in nearby Sedro Woolley with their three children.  Together they are a powerful force of good in the community with a deep understanding of the barriers people face as they seek to get free from addiction.  

Mentioned in this Episode:  
Tierria Nueva
Genesis Process
Commissioned Pastor Development Process

CREDITS
Jean Chaumont is producer, composer, recorder of all original music is https://www.jeanchaumont.com
Corey Schlosser-Hall is host and editor. https://www.northwestcoast.org/coreys-bio
Jenine Taylor is copy editor https://www.northwestcoast.org/jenines-bio

"On the Verge: From Inspiration to Incarnation" is sponsored by the Northwest Coast Presbytery. 

Rev. Doug Bunnell is pastor at First Presbyterian Church in Bellingham, WA,  where he has served for almost 20 years, and where he lives with his wife Laurie and their huge loving dog. 

Mentioned in this Episode:  
TV Show mentioned:  Ted Lasso (Apple TV)
Quotes from Frederick Buechner

CREDITS
Jean Chaumont is producer, composer, recorder of all original music is https://www.jeanchaumont.com
Corey Schlosser-Hall is host and editor. https://www.northwestcoast.org/coreys-bio
Jenine Taylor is copy editor https://www.northwestcoast.org/jenines-bio

"On the Verge: From Inspiration to Incarnation" is sponsored by the Northwest Coast Presbytery. 
 

CREDITS
Corey Schlosser-Hall is host and editor. https://www.northwestcoast.org/coreys-bio

Jean Chaumont is producer, composer, recorder of all original music is https://www.jeanchaumont.com

"On the Verge: From Inspiration to Incarnation" Podcast is a production of and sponsored by the Northwest Coast Presbytery. 

Collide: Run Into Jesus is based in Bellingham, WA and engages women all over North America. In addition to quarterly conferences, Collide produces elegant, inspiriting Bible Studies such as:  

• Yes, You!
• Personal & Powerful
• The Birds & the Lilies

They also provide counseling and mentoring programs and foster an amazing process of creativity for producing their gifts to humanity!  

Read more about Willow Weston.  

Check out and Subscribe to The Collide Podcast

CREDITS
Corey Schlosser-Hall is host and editor. https://www.northwestcoast.org/coreys-bio

Jean Chaumont is producer, composer, recorder of all original music is https://www.jeanchaumont.com

"On the Verge: From Inspiration to Incarnation" Podcast is a production of and sponsored by the Northwest Coast Presbytery. 

Melissa Robertson is mom, spouse, friend, Founder and Director of Pepitas Bilingual Preschool in Lake Forest Park, WA.  She is visionary, energizing, reflective, bubbly and tenacious!  

"On the Verge: From Inspiration to Incarnation" Podcast is sponsored by the Northwest Coast Presbytery. 

CREDITS
Corey Schlosser-Hall is host and editor. https://www.northwestcoast.org/coreys-bio

Jean Chaumont is producer, composer, recorder of all original music is https://www.jeanchaumont.com
 

More about Rev. James Kwon and Community Church of Seattle  
Rev. James Kwon has served as Senior Pastor of CCS since 2000.  He is the author of 2 books:  
우리 교회 이보다 더 좋을수 있다 / Our church can be even better than this (4/18/2007)

교회만 다니지 말고 교회가 되라 / Don't just go to church but be a church (12/4/2014)

Hero Academy:  Where God is up to Something Good will be held virtually July 12-16, 2021.  This is the ministry mentioned by Rev. Kwon where they are hoping to bring together 10,000 kids from around the country and world for a fun and encouraging learning opportunity. Kids and congregations are invited to participate at no cost to them.  

"On the Verge: From Inspiration to Incarnation" is sponsored by the Northwest Coast Presbytery. 

CREDITS
Jean Chaumont is producer, composer, recorder of all original music is https://www.jeanchaumont.com
Corey Schlosser-Hall is host and editor. https://www.northwestcoast.org/coreys-bio

Lori Mercer is founder and chief gardener of Emmanuel Farm at Emmanuel Presbyterian Church in Bothell, WA. 

"On the Verge" is hosted by Corey Schlosser-Hall & sponsored by Northwest Coast Presbytery.  Corey also edited this episode along with Jenine Taylor.    

The Producer and Original Music by Jean Chaumont, jeanchaumont.com 

Original Score includes the following musical compositions:

• On the Verge Intro
• On the Verge No Guitar
• On the Hopeful Verge
• On the Floating Verge
• On the Heavy Verge
• On the Groovy Verge
• On the Emotional Verge
• On the Ambient Verge
• On the Verge Acoustic Session
• On the Verge Outro

Chris Hoke is Executive Director of Underground Ministries in the Skagit Valley of WA State. He is the author of Wanted: A Spiritual Pursuit Through Jail, Among Outlaws, and Across Borders (2015)

"On the Verge" is hosted by Corey Schlosser-Hall & sponsored by Northwest Coast Presbytery.  Corey also edited this episode.   

The Producer and Original Music by Jean Chaumont, jeanchaumont.com 

Original Score includes the following musical compositions:

• On the Verge Intro
• On the Verge No Guitar
• On the Hopeful Verge
• On the Floating Verge
• On the Heavy Verge
• On the Groovy Verge
• On the Emotional Verge
• On the Verge Acoustic Session
• On the Verge Outro