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Gloria joins us to share her story! Hear her share about her family, personal tragedy, being "the rat lady," and true forgiveness. She shares how she learned about The Power House, its early days, and how she stumbled into being a community leader. Check out all this and so much more as she opens her life to you.

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Hear Rose discuss why she first came to The Power House and why she keeps coming. She describes a relationship with a close friend and the agonizing tragedy of a house fire. She describes life in Pigtown and why she's still here, as well as sharing about her family! Rose ponders her Thanksgiving plans, and shares how she met her husband. Check out Rose's humorous story about her wedding, as well as her hopes for the future. For good measure, Rose leaves a message for any family who may listen to this in the future! Give her a listen!

Join us to hear Fred's story! He shares about life growing up and experiences in Pigtown. Find out how he connected with The Power House, and differences discovered with other kids at camp. Hear about bonds made through IYF, encounters with the police while waiting for church, life at Graceland University and why he left, as well as what he's up to now, hopes, travel dreams, returning to camp as a director, describing God, and summing up who he is. Great episode this week from Fred. Give him a listen!

Angela continues her story with how she discovered The Power House, struggles with her kids, opinions on the neighborhood and a knee-jerk reaction to a troubling moment unfolding in front of her. Check out part 2 of her story!

Hear Angela's story of family life and growing up in Baltimore. She shares of the importance of children and her desire to write, as well as making difficult decisions on behalf of her family. She recounts the passing of her father and the dramatic experiences which followed. She also opens up about past relationships and experiences with death. Check it out!

Hear Bryce share his story about being the Pastor's son and how that affected him, memories of different activities over the years, his baptism, the point system, college life, where he would love to visit, and answering the question of whether he was named after a canyon! Check out his unique views!

In this episode of the podcast, Megan shares about how she first learned about The Power House, what makes it different from other churches, how a horse trough transformed her, exploring how we hurt God, characteristics of God, people who've impacted her, suicide, going into isolation, what happens behind closed doors, how she defines herself, what kids really want and how they've changed her, what she wants her kids to know if they listen to this in 2035, and what she wants you to remember about her. Give her a listen!

Listen to the story of a powerful woman, Katie. She explores her personal history, passions towards social activism, stories from the front lines of Baltimore's recent uprising, perspectives on privilege, racism, and the black/white binary, as well as her journey of discovery wondering if there is even a God at all, and her perspective on the very nature of what church should be when done right.

Hear Robert share how he found the Power House, experiences at Graceland University and life in Lamoni, what drove him to succeed, call to the priesthood, The Power House understanding of church history as opposed to the traditional Community of Christ understanding, mentoring youth on probation, becoming a Correctional Officer, feeling limited as “the kid” in church after college, becoming Assistant Pastor of the congregation, exploring his relationship with God, and answering the question, “Who is Robert?” Check it out!

Crystal talks about what it's like to grow up in Baltimore, how she found The Power House, experiences at Graceland University, adjusting to Lamoni from the inner-city, coming back to Baltimore, feeling like a failure, balancing school/work, unplanned pregnancy and life as a single mother. She addresses what she believes are stereotypes about single parents, as well as why she is not very involved in church anymore and being hurt by people in the church. For good measure, she adds a shoutout, too! Give a listen to hear her story.

Nick shares his story of homelessness, life in a group home, serving time in jail, the reason he came to Baltimore, volunteering at a local soup kitchen, how churches mistreat people and what they should be doing, the struggle of job hunting unsuccessfully, anger at God, history of Pigtown, true family, being a victim of crime, why he's so happy, wondering what God has planned, as well as addressing misconceptions people may have about him. Check it out!

Listen to this episode to hear Gary share about life on disability, what it's like to be cut off from family, belonging and loneliness, what church means, the role of alcohol in his life, daily life in Baltimore, struggling to survive with cuts to food stamp benefits, as well as the topic that will make him break down in tears every time. Hear his story!

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