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SLC Downtown Ambassadors & Starting Our Supply Drive

1/24/2022

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Learning about the SLC Downtown Ambassadors program, & kicking off a supply drive to directly help unsheltered folks in the SLC area.

​Video length: 43:30
About the SLC Downtown Ambassadors:
On this Sunday, Sam talked to us about the SLC Downtown Ambassadors program, which he has worked for and thus has seen its impact firsthand. This program has replaced / is replacing the police when it comes to interactions with the local communities of unsheltered people. 


Originally created to respond to the concerns of area businesses, the Ambassadors maintain the goal of being a trauma-informed presence that can deescalates situations, helps get people to a safe place, addresses people's immediate needs [water, food, temperature, injury, needing someone to talk to, etc.], and makes sure people aren't arrested and put into the cycle of incarceration. The Ambassadors -- you may have seen them in their bright yellow shirts or jackets -- constantly walk the areas, and take time to build ongoing relationships with local folk, to the point where local unsheltered people now recognize them and know they are there to help.

While some people without housing are able to enter the local shelter system and gain access to the system's supply resources, there are many people the shelter system does not provide for in any way; it is this gap, the population of people who are unsheltered, that the Ambassadors are most directly working with. In the short time that the program has been active, Ambassadors have responded to over 5,000 calls (that otherwise would have gone to the police), given over 200 doses of life-saving Narcan, and provided countless supplies.

I encourage you to watch the recording to hear more information and stories from Sam's time working with the Ambassadors!

​Video length: 43:30
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A Full Glass (Water into Wine)

1/16/2022

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MLK day, the white moderate, the wedding at Cana
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Video length: 37:50
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Christmas: God Makes Room!

12/26/2021

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Christmas as a story of Divine Hospitality & Connection.

Video length: 23:01
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Peace & Everyone

12/19/2021

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Week 4 of Advent: Peace in the nativity readings, negative vs. positive peace, passive vs. active peace.

Video length: 43:01
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Joy & Shepherds

12/12/2021

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Week 3 of Advent: Gaudete Sunday, Rose candle, hospitality, working, serving, humility, joy.

Video length: 46:48
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Love & Family

12/5/2021

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Week 2 of Advent: Love, family, ancestors.

Video length: 38:00
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Hope & Prophets

11/28/2021

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Week 1 of Advent, the time of waiting and preparation for Christmas.

Video Length: 36:26
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Christ the King Day (A History of Power Struggles)

11/21/2021

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Diving into the history of Christ the King Sunday - including Italy, the pope, church & state, revolution, socialism, nationalism, fascism...

​Video length: 46:10
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Rejecting "Who's Right?"

11/14/2021

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Shifting from "Who's right?" to "How can we better understand each other?"

​Video length: 28:14
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All Saints & Sinners

11/7/2021

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Remembering those who passed on in the last year.

​Video length: 27:17
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Reclaiming Reformation

10/31/2021

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Martin Luther's influence, false binaries, good points mixed in with bad views, what lessons and values we [re]claim from the Reformation.

​Video length: 31:06
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Redefining Success

10/17/2021

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Money, time, and other measures/definitions of success.
Alt title: Success is a Social Construct

​Video length: 46:57
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Healing of the Outcasts

8/8/2021

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Leprosy, exile, purity, Passover, community, Life, healing.

Video Length: 1:13:09
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Divine Healing

7/25/2021

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Continuing our discussion on disability, and examining some relevant instances in the Bible.

In case you missed it, here is part 1 of the series.

Video Length: 1:09:33
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Disability Models & Their Impact

7/11/2021

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Discussing evolving models of understanding and defining disability, and their impact on society's understanding and the pursuit of justice. Part 1 of a series; next week we will jump into some related Bible passages.

Video length: 1:21:10
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