It's Your Call

It's Your Call podcast  talks with John Egger, who has recently returned from Korea, where he  served as an ecumenical Co-Worker in Mission with the Presbyterian  Church in the Republic of Korea (PROK). John  is a lay person who considered ordained ministry in the United Church  while starting his career, but instead discovered a call that was  perhaps

"It's Your Call" podcast chats with Janet Gear, a theological educator  and ordained minister in The United Church of Canada. She speaks about  her call to ministry, which first began as an activist in ecumenical  social justice. Janet  Gear sees call as more than just a call to ministry — instead, it is  the lived response of all of us to the question, "

“It's Your Call” interviews Carmen Lansdowne for the second time —  this time as the Right Rev. Carmen Lansdowne, Moderator of The United  Church of Canada! This time around, the Moderator discusses her unique call to become leader of The United Church of Canada. Personal  challenges took her off the path of her calling for a while, but as  those were reso

Season Two of It's Your Call podcast begins with a conversation with Jim  Short, a retired clergy person who has an extensive and interesting  career in ministry, including years as a chaplain with the Reserves and  the Fire Department. Jim grew up in a committed church family, and liked to say he was  "United Church in my mother's womb." Yet, his exposure to mi

In  this episode, It's Your Call podcast speaks with Aaron Billard about  his call to ministry in The United Church of Canada. Aaron is the  minister at St. John's United Church in Monkton, New Brunswick and is  also well-known for his online ministry through Unvirtuous Abbey on  Facebook and Twitter. Aaron  speaks about his attraction to serving the c

It's Your Call podcast speaks with Rev. Dr. Catherine Faith MacLean. Catherine is a theological pastor in The United Church of Canada, currently serving at St. Paul's United Church in Edmonton. Originally  from the Maritimes, Catherine grew up in the church, so the concept of serving in ministry was always there. Even with several family members in ministry, it was her local c

It's Your Call chats with Andrew Hyde, an ecumenical chaplain at Guelph University. Andrew is the first United Church Designated Lay Minister (DLM) to be interviewed on the program. Andrew is a United Church preacher's kid and grew up in the church. As a 10 year old, the 1988 United Church decision to open ordained  ministry to all, regardless of sexual orientation, was a form

On this episode of "It's Your Call," hosts Karen Medland and Andrew  Richardson have a conversation with "Padre" Megan Jones, a Canadian  Forces chaplain based in Cold Lake, AB. Being called to serve as a chaplain in the Canadian Armed Forces is very different from what most  people think of when they are discerning a call to ministry. Captain Megan Jones shares how

For this episode of It's Your Call, hosts Karen Medland and Andrew  Richardson have a conversation with Rev. Dr. Carmen Lansdowne, who has  been nominated for Moderator of The United Church of Canada. Carmen shares the exciting story of where her call to ministry has taken her, including work with the World Council of Churches, studies at Graduate Theological Union in Ber

Your  hosts, Andrew Richardson and Karen Medland, sit down for a chat with  the Moderator of The United Church of Canada, the Rt. Rev. Richard Bott,  talking about his call to ministry — and specifically about his call to  the role of Moderator. Moderator Richard Bott on God's calling:  "...I might be being pulled or lured into a direction by the love of