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Hey Hey Anybody ListeningRerelease of our most popular episode, Merry Christmas!We'd love to hear from you! Share your thoughts, suggest a topic you'd like us to cover, or just let us know you're tuning in.Christmas time is here . . . and we would like to share with you some Christmas cheer. Jonette and Jason share some of their favorite Christmas memories and offer to you a Christmas story given from the mouths of babes. A special thanks to the Ephrata Community Church, who produced and allowed us to share this adorable telling of The Christmas Story by children in their con...2024-12-2255 min
Hey Hey Anybody ListeningA Sweet and Loving FarewellWe'd love to hear from you! Share your thoughts, suggest a topic you'd like us to cover, or just let us know you're tuning in.It's the end of an era at Otterbein UMC as we say good-bye to our loving pastor Jonette. It was her dream that began this Podcast and we thank her for all the episode and interviews that share the stories of the individuals whom make up our intimate Christian community. We wish you all the Love and Kindness as you move on your journey and know there is a home in our hea...2024-06-1311 min
Hey Hey Anybody ListeningOpen Hearts Open Minds Open DoorsWe'd love to hear from you! Share your thoughts, suggest a topic you'd like us to cover, or just let us know you're tuning in.In this Episode Jonette shares with us the Great news from the UMC World Conference and how our United Methodist Church, after many years can now fully live up to our Moto " Open Hearts Open Minds Open Doors"Rev. Chris Eden is the pastor of Otterbein United Methodist Church and Jason Burgess is the Media Specialist for OUMC. These...2024-05-1711 minHey Hey Anybody ListeningThe Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the HorseWe'd love to hear from you! Share your thoughts, suggest a topic you'd like us to cover, or just let us know you're tuning in.in this episode Jonette shares with us the Beautiful story depicted in the 2019 illustrated book by Charlie Mackesy The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse. "What do you want to be when you grow up?" asks the Mole to the Boy "Kind" says the Boy.Rev. Chris Eden is the pastor of Otterbein United Methodist Church and Ja...2024-05-0921 minHey Hey Anybody ListeningRecognizing Our SinsWe'd love to hear from you! Share your thoughts, suggest a topic you'd like us to cover, or just let us know you're tuning in.Jason and Jonette share a conversation about recognizing our sins as we lead up to our forgiveness and salvation in this time of Lent.Rev. Chris Eden is the pastor of Otterbein United Methodist Church and Jason Burgess is the Media Specialist for OUMC. These two are happy to present to the congregation and beyond, something to engage...2024-02-2924 minHey Hey Anybody ListeningChris EdenWe'd love to hear from you! Share your thoughts, suggest a topic you'd like us to cover, or just let us know you're tuning in.While Jonette is a way on sabbatical we have some guest pastors here at Otterbein. In this episode Jason sits down with Chris Eden for an opportunity to get to know a little about him and his ministry.Rev. Chris Eden is the pastor of Otterbein United Methodist Church and Jason Burgess is the Media Specialist for OUMC. Th...2024-01-1223 minHey Hey Anybody ListeningJonette's Fireside chatWe'd love to hear from you! Share your thoughts, suggest a topic you'd like us to cover, or just let us know you're tuning in.Happy New Year! We start the new year in the midst of winter and we feel it's chills to the bone. Sitting near the hearth of a fireplace or simply the furness vent in the kitchen we can warm the flesh. There is a fire that warms the heart and spirit. In this episode we hear the crackle of the fire place and feel the warm words Jonette sha...2024-01-0308 min
Hey Hey Anybody ListeningA Merry Christmas SpecialWe'd love to hear from you! Share your thoughts, suggest a topic you'd like us to cover, or just let us know you're tuning in.Christmas time is here . . . and we would like to share with you some Christmas cheer. Jonette and Jason share some of their favorite Christmas memories and offer to you a Christmas story given from the mouths of babes. A special thanks to the Ephrata Community Church, who produced and allowed us to share this adorable telling of The Christmas Story by children in their cong...2023-12-2155 minHey Hey Anybody ListeningFinding God Right Where God Wants You To BeWe'd love to hear from you! Share your thoughts, suggest a topic you'd like us to cover, or just let us know you're tuning in.Jonette Invites Rev. Bob Garvie UM to share a little about his journey through his calling to serve at West Willow United Methodist Church where they know him warmly as pastor Bob. Via his colorful share, we learn we can find God working in some unlikely places and discover how we don't have to change who we are, when we submit to loving Go...2023-11-2835 minHey Hey Anybody ListeningGratitudeWe'd love to hear from you! Share your thoughts, suggest a topic you'd like us to cover, or just let us know you're tuning in.Happy Thanksgiving ! In this Episode Jonette and Jason talk a little about some of the things they are grateful for as we enter the holiday season. Rev. Chris Eden is the pastor of Otterbein United Methodist Church and Jason Burgess is the Media Specialist for OUMC. These two are happy to present to the congregation and beyond, something to e...2023-11-2113 minHey Hey Anybody ListeningProphets of Love: a conversation with Matthew R. AndersonWe'd love to hear from you! Share your thoughts, suggest a topic you'd like us to cover, or just let us know you're tuning in.The congregation at Otterbein UMC knows Leonard Cohen well from many a sermon by Dr. Rev. Jonette. In this episode discover why his message of redemptive suffering has captivated Jonette's ministry and how Mr. Cohens messages of Love are not so distant from the Apostle Paul. Jonette sits and talks with Matthew Anderson, biblical scholar and author of the book Prophets of Love: The Unlikely Kins...2023-10-241h 02Hey Hey Anybody Listening“Transcend and Include” What We Keep and What We Leave Behind.We'd love to hear from you! Share your thoughts, suggest a topic you'd like us to cover, or just let us know you're tuning in.Originally airing live and on camera as part of the UMC's national Podcast-athon. In this episode Jason and Jonette put on their best dress and speak with two members of our community about what they have shed from their young lives in their faith and what parts of their early faith have transcended them to their living faith today. Mark Stoner and our own P...2023-10-0549 minHey Hey Anybody ListeningThe Friends of RenacerWe'd love to hear from you! Share your thoughts, suggest a topic you'd like us to cover, or just let us know you're tuning in.Jason shares with Jonette about a mission to a children's home Hogar de Ninos Renacer meaning children's home of the reborn, located in a small village out side the capitol city of Hounduras. On his trip Jason captured a series of interviews with, not only the people responsible for this important mission but, with one of the participants and former resident of the children's hom...2023-09-3028 minHey Hey Anybody ListeningNow, Who's Doing The DishesWe'd love to hear from you! Share your thoughts, suggest a topic you'd like us to cover, or just let us know you're tuning in.After the honeymoon is over and the gifts are arranged in the kitchen, life suddenly gets real. In this episode Jonette and Jason ask a newly-wed couple, Paul and Janae, what will the future hold for them, can they live up to and exceed traditional expectations, and how dose God fit into this new union of souls?Rev. Chris Eden is t...2023-09-2227 minHey Hey Anybody ListeningDiscovering the World Through a Foreign ExchangeWe'd love to hear from you! Share your thoughts, suggest a topic you'd like us to cover, or just let us know you're tuning in.Jonette sits down with two students, Zeke Stephens and Claire Eckroat, who share their experience studying abroad in Germany. We hope you will enjoy these testimonies of cultural discovery.Rev. Chris Eden is the pastor of Otterbein United Methodist Church and Jason Burgess is the Media Specialist for OUMC. These two are happy to present to the congregation an...2023-09-1318 minHey Hey Anybody ListeningTestimonies of the FreshmanWe'd love to hear from you! Share your thoughts, suggest a topic you'd like us to cover, or just let us know you're tuning in.Our students are back to school and in this Episode Jonette sits down with Abby Gingrich and Maggie Eckroat, who share with us their experience from covid seniors in high school to completing their first year in college.Rev. Chris Eden is the pastor of Otterbein United Methodist Church and Jason Burgess is the Media Specialist for OUMC. T...2023-09-0523 minHey Hey Anybody Listening"What is Most Personal is the Most Universal"We'd love to hear from you! Share your thoughts, suggest a topic you'd like us to cover, or just let us know you're tuning in.In this Episode Jonette sits down with one of our own, Pat Lee, and encourages her to share something personal. Our faith is shared in stories and sharing ones story builds and grows faith in the ears listening. Pat offers us a glimpse into her faith through the stories she shares with us. Pat reveals how, her story, is yours the same. Rev. Chris Eden...2023-07-1319 minHey Hey Anybody ListeningUnderground at OtterbeinWe'd love to hear from you! Share your thoughts, suggest a topic you'd like us to cover, or just let us know you're tuning in.In this Episode Jonette and Jason have a conversation with a non-traditional member of the Otterbein family, Josh. He is part of an Anonymous Group that takes place weekly here deep within the Otterbein walls. We learn from Josh what great Faith and love is shared beneath the ground level. We hope you will take away a fuller grace knowing this place, we call Gods home reaches to depths you may not have...2023-06-2723 minHey Hey Anybody ListeningCommunity Treasures, Brought Out from the AtticWe'd love to hear from you! Share your thoughts, suggest a topic you'd like us to cover, or just let us know you're tuning in.In this Episode Jonette works with United Woman In Faith, behind the tables at Otterbein United Methodist Church's monthly Attic Treasures while Jason Interviews the patrons and participants that make this simple sale of "some one else's treasures" a catalyst for Community, Love, and the Sharing of Faith on multiple levels. A Special thanks to the individuals who took time from t...2023-06-1417 minHey Hey Anybody ListeningSummer Recreation is an opportunity for "Re-Creation"We'd love to hear from you! Share your thoughts, suggest a topic you'd like us to cover, or just let us know you're tuning in.Jason and Pastor Jonette, sit down together and share a little about how they find time for "Re-Creation" in their past and what has them motivated to find their own inner joy for the ongoing season. Happy Summer everyone don't let it pass without finding some special joy and something new about yourself.Rev. Chris Eden is the pastor of Otterbein United Methodist C...2023-06-0911 minHey Hey Anybody ListeningSinger and Song Writer Adam MonacoWe'd love to hear from you! Share your thoughts, suggest a topic you'd like us to cover, or just let us know you're tuning in.Jonette Invites, Adam Monaco and his better half and beautiful back up and support, Cate Monaco to talk about the thing that fills their souls and the gifts from God they diligently share from living rooms to the world, Music! Following this delightful conversation, we are happy to share with you 3 works by the artist (including his latest release, Nevermind) and 1 work from, Under The Oak, fea...2023-05-2541 minHey Hey Anybody ListeningThe Age Old and Amazing Sound of the Recorder with Rainer BeckmannWe'd love to hear from you! Share your thoughts, suggest a topic you'd like us to cover, or just let us know you're tuning in.Remember that Recorder? or Tonette as Jonette remembers from her youth. Most of us recall it as that squeaky instrument we so quickly set aside, never knowing the rich history and beauty of its being and sound. In this episode we invite you to rediscover its age old charm through the words and performance of a true master of its craft Rainer Beckmann. Take an enlightening journey through a soundscape of enchantment and whi...2023-05-0931 minHey Hey Anybody ListeningMaking People At Home, Church World ServicesWe'd love to hear from you! Share your thoughts, suggest a topic you'd like us to cover, or just let us know you're tuning in.Jonette takes a little time with Andrew Mashas, from Church World Services to talk about the organization and about the great work they do to introduce and integrate refugees from all over the planet to their new home, here in our welcoming community. Rev. Chris Eden is the pastor of Otterbein United Methodist Church and Jason Burgess is the Media Specialist for OU...2023-05-0209 minHey Hey Anybody Listening"Loss, Grief, and Rebirth"We'd love to hear from you! Share your thoughts, suggest a topic you'd like us to cover, or just let us know you're tuning in.Jason and Jonette sit together again this week to take some time to talk about the loss of a loved one, the loss of self through addiction and how Love can never leave you. God is with us all the way and life is always a new opportunity to love. When we find our selves grieving for someone we lost and even after having lost ourselves if we choose to...2023-04-1817 minHey Hey Anybody ListeningListening; Thoughts and Ideas on the Essence of Hearing One AnotherWe'd love to hear from you! Share your thoughts, suggest a topic you'd like us to cover, or just let us know you're tuning in.In this episode Jonette and Jason sit down together and share some experiences about Listening, meanwhile, contemplating just what It means to be heard.Rev. Chris Eden is the pastor of Otterbein United Methodist Church and Jason Burgess is the Media Specialist for OUMC. These two are happy to present to the congregation and beyond, something to engage the ears and hearts...2023-04-1113 min
Hey Hey Anybody Listening"Spiritual healing through the Breath and Body" a conversation with Rev. Melisa MadaraWe'd love to hear from you! Share your thoughts, suggest a topic you'd like us to cover, or just let us know you're tuning in.Rev. Dr. Jonette Gay and Jason Burgess Introduce our Podcast "Hey Hey Anybody Listening" in a conversation with Rev. Melisa Madara, proprietor of Sacred SoulScapes. Sacred SoulScapes is a ministry that seeks to recover that which has been lost, and to reconnect and re-engage our souls with the God of creation, the God of incarnation, and the God who dwells within and among us. Melisa challenges us to do this through, meditative hikes a...2023-02-1717 min