Today on episode 9 of the Listening in Place Project, Cassie Carroll (Master of Divinity, 鈥�16) is in Redondo Beach, California talking with Jessika Perez about Hatchery and the power of eating around the table with others.
On the Hatchery: This is a new way to plant non-traditional church communities focused on service and cause. It鈥檚 new and everybody is trying to figure things out, which requires a willingness to do that.
On developing personally: Growing up, asking questions wasn鈥檛 really encouraged, so to be able to learn about different theologies has been really meaningful. Now I鈥檓 looking forward to more engagement in the community.
On the challenge of conversation in community: It鈥檚 easier to talk about what we know. It鈥檚 important to include that in our communities, but conversations also need to be around what is actually on people鈥檚 minds.
On the importance of food: 鈥淚t鈥檚 a way to share and be uncomfortable but still partake together. It鈥檚 so foundational to being human.鈥� When you鈥檙e around a table, a lot of interpersonal dynamics and stories come to the surface.
On story around the table: My own family history has revolved around the table. I also experienced such an revelatory moment when a group of Muslims were so welcoming to me during the month of Ramadan around their table.
On the Redondo Beach community: It鈥檚 certainly not a food desert, but I am planning to go to a community that would focus on those who are homeless.
On experiencing hope: 鈥淚鈥檓 seeing hope in an organization in which I鈥檓 able to dream.鈥�
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About Hatchery
Based in Redondo Beach, California, is a church planting center that incubates innovative, sustainable models of church (Common Cause Communities) 鈥� with a goal of launching nine new churches each year and ultimately building the Silicon Valley of Church Innovation. Led by Spencer Burke, this initiative is a ministry of the Pacific Southwest Region of the Disciples of Christ.
About Listening in Place
After graduating with a Master of Divinity from 天美视频 in 2016, Cassie launched , a venture in which she is collecting stories from pastors and practitioners throughout the United States who are practicing new, innovative, and compelling visions of what it means to be the church. And for more from Cassie, check out the presentation of her Integrative Project, 鈥�The Pastoral Both/And: A Complicated Story.鈥�
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