Thaddeus Stevens College specializes in educating under-represented and under-resourced students for careers in the trade industry. Pedro Rivera, President at Thaddeus Stevens College, describes the gifts the and challenges of higher education in today’s changing climate. We discuss how Lancaster and the surrounding area is a unique environment where higher education can flourish.

To learn more about Pedro Rivera and Thaddeus Stevens College, visit https://stevenscollege.edu/

The need for mental health care is at an all time high in the United States, but the mental health crisis continues to rise.

Rev. Keith Espenshade, ACPE Educator at Penn Medicine - Lancaster General Hospital, introduces us to the idea that we all struggle with mental health, and suggests practical ways to love our neighbors and love ourselves.

To learn more about the CPE program at Penn Medicine check out - https://www.lancastergeneralhealth.org/health-care-professionals/clinical-pastoral-education

Kristin Neff - selfcompassion.com

If you are PA and in need of help for mental health, Contacting 988 will connect individuals to 24/7 free and confidential support if they are in distress or in need of prevention and crisis resources for themselves or a loved one.

This episode we are joined by Dr. Linda Cushman - retired Public Health Professor from Columbia University - now working here in Lancaster at Franklin & Marshall University. A long time volunteer of Church World Services, Linda describes the challenges and opportunities shared by refugees settling in Lancaster, and the way it has shaped her life over the years. Learn more about how you can help with Church World Services at cwslancaster.org or reaching out to us here at FPC, info@fpclancasterpa.org.

No, I Don’t Want to Join a Book Club -Virginia Ironside

I Feel Bad about My Neck - Nora Ephron

Faithful - Alice Hoffman

Rabbi Jack Paskoff answers the question, “What do you wish Christians knew about Jews and Israel?” Rabbi Paskoff of Congregation Shaarai Shomayim joins us for the start of our 2nd season. He offers some teaching to clarify our understanding of the complex crisis in the Promised Land. To learn more about some of the peace making efforts and organization in that region, check out the links below.

Arava Institute - arava.org

Combatants for Peace - cfpeace.org

Seeds of Peace - www.seedsofpeace.org

Check out www.shaarai.org/worship to learn how to visit and worship with our Jewish friends at Congregation Shaarai Shomayim.

Stay connected to FPC Lancaster PA via YouTube, fpclancasterpa.org, @fpclancasterpa.

CAP of Lancaster, Community Action Partnership is Lancaster County’s largest anti-poverty organization with programs that assist families at every age and place in life.

CAP has walked alongside people LIVING WITH LOW INCOME ACROSS LANCASTER COUNTY FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS.

CEO, Vanessa Philbert, speaks about the gifts that CAP’s customers give to the collaborative spirit of our Lancaster County community.

To learn more about CAP visit caplanc.org

Kyonna Bowman, Executive Director of The Mix, talks about the importance of after-school programming and the way it serves the Lancaster community. For nearly 40 years, The Mix has played a key role Inspiring Youth and Empowering Families.

To learn more about The Mix visit themixlancaster.org Stay connected to FPC Lancaster PA via YouTube, fpclancasterpa.org, @fpclancasterpa.

The music of Advent has a special place in the heart of Dr. Adam Lefever Hughes. Adam, FPC’s Director of Music, takes us on a journey through the themes of this season, and how music integrates the stories of the first and second coming of Jesus.