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Genuine conversations about Christian faith in action with young innovators locally, nationally and globally. Hosted by embody, a national network of young people passionate about mission and justice in Australia and around the world.

  1. 10/04/2023 ·  Bonus

    BONUS - The Voice: A Christian Consideration

    Global Mission Partners (GMP) recently hosted a webinar titled The Voice: A Christian Consideration, on the topic of the upcoming Australian referendum. You can also watch this webinar online at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIfiL1rjaFE The video at the very start of this recording is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOACNcu4hBs This recording features the voices of Jeremiah Riley, Uncle Ray Minniecon, Dawn Gilchrist, and Bianca Manning. This discussion was facilitated and moderated by Nick Wight and Colin Battersby (Global Mission Partners). Jeremiah Riley is a Wajarri Yamatji and Ballardong Noongar man. He has lived and worked across Western Australia as both a Native Title Lawyer and a CEO of remote indigenous communities. He currently works for Senator Patrick Dodson, who is the special envoy on the Uluru Statement from the Heart. Uncle Ray Minniecon is an Aboriginal pastor with roots in the Kabikabi and Gurang-Gurang tribes of Queensland. Uncle Ray is an advocate of climate and social justice, dedicating his life to supporting the Stolen Generations of Aboriginal people. He is an active Executive Member of the Indigenous Peoples’ Organisation Australia (IPO), which is a national coalition of 300 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peak organisations, community organisations and individuals who advocate for the rights of Indigenous peoples. Uncle Ray current lives on Gadigal land in Sydney where he is co-leader of Scarred Tree Ministries. Dawn Gilchrist is a Yamatji Elder and Christian Leader. Over the years, Dawn has worked with Australian Red Cross, WA Country Health Services (Goldfields) and Wadjak Northside Aboriginal Community Group. Dawn fellowships at Subiaco Church of Christ and in 2019 was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for service to community health. Bianca Manning is a Gomeroi woman and Common Grace's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Justice Coordinator. Bianca has a Social Work degree and currently lives in Logan, South East Queensland on the lands of the Yuggera and Yagembeh peoples, working closely with Senior Aboriginal Christian Leader Aunty Jean Phillips in the Brisbane and Logan areas. Find out more and view more resources at http://gmp.org.au/thevoice -- Join the conversation: http://embody.org.au/discord Follow us:http://facebook.com/embodyauhttp://instagram.com/embodyauhttp://tiktok.com/@embodyau Credits:Our theme music is 'Overboard (Instrumental)' by Josh Woodward, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Josh_WoodwardUsed under Creative Commons. We respectfully acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands and waters of Australia, and pay respects to elders past and present. We recognise their continuing connections to land, waters, and culture.

  2. 09/18/2023 ·  Bonus

    BONUS - Q&A With Boniface Mpofu, Showers of Blessing

    We sat down with Boniface Mpofu to answer YOUR questions about safe water, boreholes, and how your fundraising in the Safe Water September challenge transforms lives! Boniface answers questions, submitted by the Safe Water September community, about the process of installing a bore, the difference it makes in people’s lives, and what happens after a bore is installed. Discover more about Showers of Blessing, and our other partners, at http://safewaterseptember.org.au. And follow @‌embodyau on Facebook and Instagram for more. Also, check out our September 2021 episode of Mission Unplugged featuring Ntando Msimanga, https://open.spotify.com/episode/21MHqiOF3JkolXdfCDYhjU?si=55a1e05a0c884fed -- Join the conversation: http://embody.org.au/discord Follow us:http://facebook.com/embodyauhttp://instagram.com/embodyauhttp://tiktok.com/@embodyau Credits:Our theme music is 'Overboard (Instrumental)' by Josh Woodward, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Josh_WoodwardUsed under Creative Commons. We respectfully acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands and waters of Australia, and pay respects to elders past and present. We recognise their continuing connections to land, waters, and culture.

  3. 09/13/2023

    Episode 31 - Nat Melmoth - Social Worker & fmr Embody National Coordinator

    Content warning: This episode contains mentions of sexual assault. Nat Melmoth is a social worker living and working in Canberra. She’s also a former Embody National Coordinator! She has been a part of organising and supporting young people to make a positive difference in the world in their local churches and through initiatives like Safe Water September. Nat is mum to Lena and wife to Luke. She has worked as a social worker supporting vulnerable people in Melbourne, Sydney, and Canberra, and is currently working as part of a team researching sexual assault and supporting survivors. Nat’s work with survivors of sexual assault is mentioned at around the 30 minute mark. The discussion lasts for around 2 minutes, and features no detail. If you need support, please contact 1800 Respect (1800 737 732) or contact LifeLine on 13 11 14. If you would like to contact Nat, you can email Embody at info@embody.org.au, and we can pass on her contact details. Find out more about Safe Water September at safewaterseptember.org.au. -- Join the conversation: http://embody.org.au/discord Follow us:http://facebook.com/embodyauhttp://instagram.com/embodyauhttp://tiktok.com/@embodyau Credits:Our theme music is 'Overboard (Instrumental)' by Josh Woodward, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Josh_WoodwardUsed under Creative Commons. We respectfully acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands and waters of Australia, and pay respects to elders past and present. We recognise their continuing connections to land, waters, and culture.

  4. 06/14/2023

    Episode 30 - Hannah Dungan - Ringwood Church of Christ

    Hannah is the Generations Minister at Ringwood Church of Christ. She has a passion for social justice, inclusion, and risk-taking in the name of Jesus. Hannah served as a Pastor in the Uniting Church with a children, youth and families focus, and has experience overseas in India and Cambodia, and with Indigenous communities in South Australia. In this episode, Mitch and Hannah talk about the journey of ministry and mission, intergenerational approaches to life and church, and how we join in with God’s mission for the long term. If you want to connect more with Hannah and Ringwood Church of Christ, you can find their website at https://www.ringwoodchurch.org.au or you can email Hannah at hannah@ringwoodchurch.org.auFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/RingwoodChurchOfChrist/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ringwood_church/ -- Join the conversation: http://embody.org.au/discord Follow us:http://facebook.com/embodyauhttp://instagram.com/embodyauhttp://tiktok.com/@embodyau Credits:Our theme music is 'Overboard (Instrumental)' by Josh Woodward, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Josh_WoodwardUsed under Creative Commons. We respectfully acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands and waters of Australia, and pay respects to elders past and present. We recognise their continuing connections to land, waters, and culture.

  5. 04/27/2023

    Episode 29 - Mitch Salmon - embody

    Mitch Salmon is the National Coordinator of embody, a national community of young people passionate about mission locally, nationally, and globally. You might know him from this podcast. He’s on the other side of the mic today as Emily asks him about his journey of faith, his formation in local church, his involvement with SUFM beach missions, and what drove him to join the embody team. If you want to connect more with Mitch and the rest of us at embody, the best place to do so is on our Instagram, TikTok, or Facebook @‌embodyau, or through Discord at embody.org.au/discord. You can also email Mitch directly at mitch@gmp.org.au -- Join the conversation: http://embody.org.au/discord Follow us:http://facebook.com/embodyauhttp://instagram.com/embodyauhttp://tiktok.com/@embodyau Credits:Our theme music is 'Overboard (Instrumental)' by Josh Woodward, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Josh_WoodwardUsed under Creative Commons. We respectfully acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands and waters of Australia, and pay respects to elders past and present. We recognise their continuing connections to land, waters, and culture.

  6. 03/15/2023

    Episode 28 - Eva Ntege-Dhizaala - Global Mission Partners

    Content warning: Mention of sexual violence around 13min, descriptions of the aftermath of genocide around 24min. Eva Ntege-Dhizaala is part of the team at Global Mission Partners, working as a Program Officer with the COCOA team supporting locally-led aid and development projects in partner communities around the world. Eva’s area of focus includes supporting the team at Showers of Blessing in Zimbabwe. Eva has previously worked with Oxfam on the ground in the wake of significant global disasters including the aftermath of the Rwanda genocide, Samoan tsunami in 2009, Nepal earthquake in 2015, and many others. You can find out more about the work of GMP at gmp.org.au, and explore how you can support Showers of Blessing at safewaterseptember.org.au. -- Join the conversation: http://embody.org.au/discord Follow us: http://facebook.com/embodyau http://instagram.com/embodyau http://tiktok.com/@embodyau Credits: Our theme music is 'Overboard (Instrumental)' by Josh Woodward, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Josh_Woodward Used under Creative Commons. We respectfully acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands and waters of Australia, and pay respects to elders past and present. We recognise their continuing connections to land, waters, and culture.

  7. 02/22/2023

    Episode 27 - Samantha Tyler - Social Worker

    Samantha is a social worker who lives in north Western Sydney. She is a Catholic Christian who has had professional experience working as a hospital social worker, in mental health, aged care and is now withing with CatholicCare in Customer Support and Experience developing projects and hearing clients stories to help improve their experience. Find out more about CatholicCare at https://www.catholiccare.org/ -- Join the conversation: http://embody.org.au/discord Follow us: http://facebook.com/embodyau http://instagram.com/embodyau http://tiktok.com/@embodyau Credits: Our theme music is 'Overboard (Instrumental)' by Josh Woodward, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Josh_Woodward Used under Creative Commons. We respectfully acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands and waters of Australia, and pay respects to elders past and present. We recognise their continuing connections to land, waters, and culture.

  8. 12/14/2022

    Episode 26 - Gemma Bell - Fusion Mornington Peninsula

    Content warning: Mentions of suicide and self harm, and sexual violence. Timestamps below. Gemma Bell is the Team Leader at Fusion Mornington Peninsula. Gemma has lived onsite at Fusion’s housing service for young people experiencing homelessness with her family for 15 years. Living alongside people who are from crisis, trauma, rejection, substance abuse, and mental illness has shaped Gemma’s theology and understanding of the needs within a community. Over those years she has worked as an educator in Youth and Community Work, practitioner, Minister with Churches of Christ, and Community Leader. Gemma has set down deep relational roots within the community and in the lives of the folks she lives and works alongside. Gemma is passionate about living a faith that builds healthy lives for vulnerable people through relational community development. She also swears by loose-leaf tea and a good book. Connect with Fusion Mornington Peninsula at https://morningtonpeninsula.fusion.org.au/ And find them on Instagram @fusionmorningtonpeninsula And on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/fusionmornington/ Content warnings: Mention of coercion of sex by landlords in rooming houses at 33:30 to 35:30 Mention of a young person's past suicide attempts and self-harm at 44:20 to 46:40 -- Join the conversation: http://embody.org.au/discord Follow us: http://facebook.com/embodyau http://instagram.com/embodyau http://tiktok.com/@embodyau Credits: Our theme music is 'Overboard (Instrumental)' by Josh Woodward, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Josh_Woodward Used under Creative Commons. We respectfully acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands and waters of Australia, and pay respects to elders past and present. We recognise their continuing connections to land, waters, and culture.

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Genuine conversations about Christian faith in action with young innovators locally, nationally and globally. Hosted by embody, a national network of young people passionate about mission and justice in Australia and around the world.

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  • Creator
    embody
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2023
  • Episodes
    47
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    Mission Unplugged