Rev. Canon Leyla King is a Palestinian-American Episcopal priest and author. She is a founding member of both Palestinian Anglicans and Clergy Allies (www.palestiniananglicans.org) and The Small Churches Big Impact Collective. She writes about her experiences as a Palestinian, a clergywoman and a mother at thankfulpriest.com. Daughters of Palestine: A Memoir in Five Generations is her first book.

Sermon Link: https://youtu.be/6yMzJqTwT9E?si=dR0aDS6beBQ_7UC3&t=1249 (preaching starts at 20:39)

Keep up with Leyla:

www.thankfulpriest.com www.dwtx.org/what-we-do/committees-commissions/small-church-ministry https://smallchurchesbigimpact.buzzsprout.com

FB: @Thankful Priest - Leyla King

IG: @ThankfulPriest

Recommendations mentioned:

Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb

Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac

Dr. Daniel Bannoura

Palestinian Anglicans and Clergy Allies (PACA)

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Link to Sermon: https://open.substack.com/pub/hannahbwrites/p/the-cry-beneath-the-table?r=10reou&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Hannah Brown:

Hannah Brown is the pastor of The United Church of Moscow. She has received a Master of Theology from the University of Edinburgh, a Master of Divinity from Baylor’s Truett Seminary, and a Bachelor of Arts in Christian Studies from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. Her work experience includes preaching, university ministry, writing, and pastoring. Along with co-hosting the Preacher Handshake podcast, Hannah writes on Substack at hannahbwrites and is a contributing author in the book, We Follow Christ: Helping Women to Discern God’s Call (Baylor Press, 2025).

Keep up with Hannah:

Instagram - hannah.r.b

Substack - hannahbwrites

Church - https://unitedchurchofmoscow.com/

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Rev. Timothy Peoples became Wilshire’s senior pastor in January 2023 after serving five years as senior minister at Emerywood Baptist Church in High Point, North Carolina. He was a pastoral resident at Wilshire from 2015 to 2017. A native of Jones, Oklahoma, Timothy received a BA in religious studies from Adrian College in Adrian, Michigan, a Master of Divinity degree from Yale University School of Divinity and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Emory University’s Candler School of Theology. The focus of his doctoral work was biblical interpretation and proclamation, and his dissertation was titled, “The Perceived Ethos and its Effect on Rhetoric and Relationship.” Timothy is married to Valerie Lott, and they have two amazing Old English Sheepdogs, Frankie and Cardozo.

Listen to Timothy's full sermon, "Silence is a Dangerous Thing" at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDm4fHR5BEk

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